Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-03

ohhinsh the expence. " also provides thar ,,,o ~
the Council with the Governor shall be comnc,cn, .,
act There is olso II regulation Tor the apnon,,n.
OF Lieutenant Governor who will be- no cba,1o r,,
the public. The next propUsl tion is To destruv ,Ln
scratch, or removal Of person at the end of everv
TWO years IL is species OF ostracisn, and the hes.
members are frequently oslracised The plan az
su"efing them Ia 60 rotation Is the best The
mode OF pay il the other change: and the fc,,ur,
.'e present constitution by which the Council are
p according to their Attendance Is changed to mn
i, ,c W more equal character. Tue per diem,
,ho n,o,t ms usually been divided equally anon.
'hc "e"oers 10y agreement There is anoihct
change. IL was stated the other d., h. ,L ,i'
man from Brooke. that when the C,nnc, !; 3;y;doI
,ic aJJ;,;nn,i ouu' a1I he proposed to give lit.
OF a division Of The Council The Co,no;i ;1 10
responsible Tor their advice ar it VIII he Io,nJ ~
t'e journal lie thought under all the circumstsn-
ces TINS arrangement would be found equslv eco
nomicai and efficient. He would not cnlnrre no h.
had no doubt the minds of Q. lcmcn we @ mad M
Mr. lilies said It was necessary for gentlemen
u Understand the present organization and
practical operation of the Executive Council lie
did otfhlnk, that this sufficiently understood
Inc gem ieman rom Brooke objected To the council
on account oil ITS Irresponsbiliiy. Could IL he sbevn
that they are n responsible body he hoped IL ,bnt
WIS the only objection of the gentleman, that bN
would withdraw it. But he had said that the peonlo
nave Sent s mere to abolish this council Of the
Objects II So IT is useless 10 say more about IT,
Inc gentleman had also said, n majority of the free
holders had voted III favor of calling The Convention,
The day he himself signed the proclamation hc
1 m flrf
freehold rs, were III favor of q Conycntis n Tbo
majority about 1000. On examining th. vo,,
critically he discovered that In those counties wbsro
there was no desire OF Change the vote was very sr,n
He also round, that vast number in the Eas, 10
ana not Themselves wish Convention. were ,viIEn,,
10 "oSc DINERS lie was then of opinion, that there
was inaJnrliy OF the frecholders actually agains.
the call Since the Convention had met he ash pd Is
gentlemen believed, that another call was made ~,
inc people, we should be iavoureG with our seats
mere. us sole object in makng these remarks,
The relaton between the Governor and tho c,,,,,
c., is ht,c known to the people. He believed that
there was scarcely one who understood the subirc,
ahn even the gen LEHMAN from Brooke seems to be
IN ignorance, lie had used the expressions that tI,
Governor Is commanded by the Council 'Pbe fact
is, lie asks the advice of the council asks in his own
words, and those words entered on the record
They never ask him, but he a.ways spontnneous;,,
asked them Had he ever been placed IN stunI,,y
tn require IT. he would have hcsItated 10 require
e advce oil the council, AID to IN opposition TO
IL All the acts OF the Governor histatory, us well
as conclusive, are entered on the journal and me
annually laid before the voters. He therefore i NOS
screened from responsibility. The council are also
required to enter their opinions the iournsI SO
that they were evidence IN ali cases. He asked The
gen leman from Brook, IT he could require or eyis
more cfiici III test of responsibility. lie said tbot
the clTm'nent man who framed The present consttu.
tlon kn' W perfectly well what he about.
As 10 thu scratch, it had always had the effect d,s
red lie believed the Trainer here had gone into
the OK rene The scheme was devIs cd To make the
countl rcsPon. Iblc and IL presents liz. of ,esnou-
slblltv the effect OF which upon tl, minds of the
council, as constant He refei red also To the ohicc
ton uodc, as Ia heir possibility hch esult. from
the numbers, VIII ch he did not regard MS valid ono
lie thought II was Impossible TO devise a more eff
cient ponsIbity; althc ugh he believed that il was
here carr ci into excess. lie opposed to the IN
troduct e anv prime Pile. which could have an M
usual effect. tie thought that the system Of rxcn-
sion "a II now exists leads tn icaousIes and dIstr,
and I'll feeling. Under these crcunst ances he con-
si'ered the amendment OF the gentleman from Rich
mund, u Il CITe Tor tn only evil WhiCl exits He
would alludc to one other circumsl ance-the inn
peachmen OF the Governor. The gentleman had
nm ed, that Impeachment was useless, because his
time would run out during the process. lie sud that
process OF lnpeachm mt might, under the Constitu-
ton, BE- insu ed when the Executive is out of Office
for malvcrsution while in office.
1t wa said the Executive had no DOVER He has
all the power which the Legislature throw upon him.
aud which varies one year from another. Have NOT
! these powers been exercisedi The gentleman from
| Brooke had yesterday brought forward the iour.
nal and had entirely failed 10 substantiate what no
proposed TO substantiatc wherever It desired 10
crlnnate, the result elogiuln. The Lieutenant
! Governor now Is n member of Ae Council and IL
you merely pass tho second resolution Of this report
You VIII give the name, without the duties of th;
ONCE lie stated that Whenever he found il necessa.
~. he called the Attorney General for bs advice
aud It was always laid before tie General Assembly,
Ihc Treasurer also had full SHIRE of most impor-
tant dulles and he had in his province Of supervisor
hHeahy detcc I'd important in the county Trca
surlcs The duty of examining the Banks is one of
the duties The Treasurer. and Auditors books had
agreed TO fraction when these errors existed; and
1t was only by he Ingenuity of the council that they
were detected As 10 advice, he had never felt him
sell above the advice of is council and he had often
received very good advice and none bad. The con-
tingcnt accounts are subjected To the nspeoiion of
the council, d there body which had ever pass
en- frw%r improper accounts The principle they have
adopted nnd the rule in which they act ciIectuaIy
prevents any such from being passed.
The Governor is responsible as or more so tlo,,
me council. The council never give advice before
they are asked. The accounts of tho continent
inni are always su5miltcdto the council, aud they
advise that It shall be paid not lie Is not bound
oudherr to that advice. lie is therefore responsible
hfst' Tor laying The account before the council and
ultimately for paying IT, lie might be pnrtui, no
/ Dignt ic"I some attachment To lie Council with
whom he bad acted but these T. clinos Womb meyer
sway nm to ngrrc TO any improper principle being en-.
grated on tho organic law. Tho task ofpuinp down,