Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-03

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uiiiinsh lne cxpencc It also provides that two of
inc Oonnci the Governor shall be competcn, to
ACT. !here Is also regulation for the appointment
OF n Lieutenant Governor who will be no cbornn ~
the public. The next proposition is to destroS ,I
scratch, or removal of person ut tho end of ever
TWO years 1t Is species ofosracism and the bc.t
members are frequently ostracised. The nInn ~
suffering them to 60 out in rotation isthc best Tic
mode ofpay Is the other change: and the G,airra
oil the present constitution by which the Council orc
pnia according to their attendance s changed to an
allowance of more equal character. The nor Io,n
allowance has usually been divi dcd equally nmonr
the, members by agreement There is anobnr
chaHSe' II was stated the other day by the gentle
man from Brooke that when the Council Is divided
!ne governor cannot act He proposed to rive n lit
tie additional power TO the Governor to nct in cos
% DIVISION 10 OF the Council The Council will be
responsible Tor their advice or it will be found an
the Journal. He thought under all Tho c"rn,, -"
ces TINS arrangement would be found eou,'v ocn
nomicai and efficient. He would not enlnrue sS H.
hua no Gouot the minds OF gen lemen were made up
MI GiLEs said 1t was necessary for pcn,lemrp
To understand the present ORGANIZATION "a
practical operation of the Executive Council He
d,d not think that this sufficiently understood,
Ahc gentleman from Brooke objected to the council
on account OF its responsibility. Could il he shewn
chat they ore responsible body, he hoped if thu,
was ihe only objection of the gentleman that he
Mouu Wi.iura" IL. But he had said that the people
nave sent us here to abolish this council as one of the
OBJECTS. II so. 1t Is useless to say more about il
fiic gentleman had also said, n minority of the fec
nTiuefS haG voted IN favor of calling the Convention
| me day he himself signed the proclamation bo
DOUBTED the fact. He doubted that MAJORITY of the.
ircehoiuers, were IN favor of q Conventi, n Tho
majority was about 1000. On examining the yot es
critically, he discovered, that in those counties wber
there was no desire ofchange, the vote was very sm.
tie also found, that vast number in the East. who
did not themselves wish Convention, were willns,
10 oose others ne was then OF opinion, that there
was majority of the freeholders actually auains,
the call Since the Convention had met he asked Il,
gentlemen believed that another call was made on
the people, we should be favoured with our seats
b Al
was TO get at the truth
I The relation between the Governor and the co,u.
ca, Is little known to the people. He believed that
there was scarcely one, who understood the s,h;o
and even the gentleman from Brooke seems 70 h.,
IN ignorance, He had used the expression tint thI,
Il Governorls commanded by the Council The f,cy
rs ne asks .e ADVICE OF the council, asks in his own
words, and those words are entered on the record
lhey never ask him, but he always Spontaneously,
asked them Had he ever been placed in situatiri
10 require 1t, he would not have hcsutcd to REQUIRE
inc auvcc OF tho council ard to act i'm oppostion IN
IT, All the acts of the Governor h,stiatorv ne vii
as conclusive are entered on the journal. and mr.
annually laid before the voters. He therefore is mot
screened from responsibility. The council ara oiI
required to enter their opinions on the iourno, ~
That they were evidence in all cases. He asked Tho
gentleman from Brooke, fine could require, or devise
more eliiclent test OF responsibility. He sad thai
the elnminent man who framed The present cnnst;,
ton, knew perfectly well what he was about
AS 10 the scratch, 1t had always had the effect d.. :
ted- lie believed the framer here had zone into
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council responsible and it presents IL. of resnon
si5ty, the effect of which, upon the minds of tI,
councli, Is constant He referred also to the ohiec
t Us 10 'heif responsibility which results from
tic NUMBERS winch he did not regard as valid one
/ ne th"nght II was impossible to devise more cff
cient responsibility; although he believed that it was
mere carr 'ed into excess lie was opposed to tie in
production of any principle, which could have nm IN
usual ettect He thought that the system of cycjn
sion as 1t now exists leads ieaousies and dstr,Is
ana III ieeing. Under these circumstances he con-
Grnnnf o.
nonds as a-crr re for the only evil which ex;to IT,
"oud aIiune to one other circumstance-ihe inn
peachmen' of the Governor The gentleman Ind
trno no ,hd' Impeachment was useless, because his
the would run out during the process. He SAID that
a process OF lnpeachIn' mt might under the Const,,
sion' be nstu ed when the Executive is out of Office
tor maversation while in Office ~
| 1t was said the Executive had no nnYcr IL -
ar the power which the Legislature throw upon I;,n
apo winch varies one year from another. Have NOT
IheSe powers been exercised The gentleman from,
brooke mad yesterday brought forward tho ;on-
nai and had entirely failed to substant;ate. ubst h.
proposed TO substantiate wherever it was desired IN
Isilnlate' Ine result was elogum. The Lieutenant
' oo'clho[ now Is member of The Council and if
you merely pass the second resolution of this yenort
you Will give the name, without the dnties az The
once lie stated that whenever he foupd il necessa
ry' ne called on the Attorney General for his advice,
and 1T was always laid before the General Aseo,h
The Treasurer also had full share of most mno1r
tant duties, and he mad in his province of SUPERVISION
already detected important errors in the county rco
suites me Guty OF examining the Banks is one of
inc o9tes. The Treasurer, ond Auditors books bad
agreeu TO traction, when these errors existed ara
twas only by The ingenuity of the council that tInV
were detected As to advice, lie had never felt him.
sen above the advice of his council and he had often
received very good advice, aud none bad The cor,
ingent accounts subjected TO the inspcctior, t
the council, There was no body which had ever
ed Fewer improper accounts. The principle they hayo
ADOPTED, and the rule in which they act, eectualjv
prevents any such from being passed
Inc governor is as responsible as or moo ca f,o,,
tne council. The council give advice beforr
they are asked. The accounts of The cnn,;ngent
lIna are always submittedto the council and ihry
Is s'E !. 2Ha4l DC PAID or not He is not bound
10 adhere to that advice He is therefore rcsponsi.i
lLsl' Tor laying The account before the council and
ultimately for paying it. He rnrbt bc martial Ir