Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-08

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e,e told Us that the Chief Masse,s ssca, and pow
esvs nation sholdneve lndosein party feeling Under such
tcgsrcd as any expression OF pcpSias viii ~
70 sonHdnac officers that Will In his sentiment
s an tina, although the sres mass Of tho NATION hsos
ie aud care less, In the election President about the
nee been too much guided in by hopes OF Ex
scnye patronage aud the love OF Office And TO lay
before hem The true principles Of their winch
ns iot ,he garhoson Of personal Ambition mere ele
r 100 o. party Tor private Pque OF for personal vengeance
vofn or foe other secure faithful dis
esnno, exercised and shall now ,a s ows,
an S DC ehec,ualy and ieaIiessy restrained
Inc esreean "o dead mems shoes will then Disappear
The elective franchise will bs TO its pristine r,ry
Executive patronage viii longer US at tho pos that
action Of by thus cleansing the WAY prnS
from which Bows become heceforh rchned hesth and
.e'i and pra1a,e people win be eouversd into ocs
.nc eoa.es, Tor power win be every where conducted
wsou reference principle, the elective franchise viii snk
under the influence OF personal hopes personal ass un
vssal eor.uPoa viii oe substituted Tor tina, virtue without
wcn republic cannot exist. and the cxpaon 81 every
oui years the ,Inul, will SWELL venafy will tester
longer deced and .e.s 10 Ssns
p ', sule oil our attempt q, sef eoyerusen we shall
strike mortal blow the liberties his country Let me moi
Us od then that tue sacred Of Ia
commission or statute, eonoundg Executive power S,s
Executive pleasure BY tho paramount Of ie land ,re
ana wnn you suffer him sink the officer In The You yio
tate us simplest and most saluiary restrictions. :.
with this view Of the duties Chief Na,isira,. aud f
hts constitutional power must occur that as his sho, -,
can DC exercised only Tor cause. there must be some
tribunal TO nSre into and that cause rrsard his
nsI ihorsh denied by the gentleman from Tennessee as
nciden, OF the advisory OF the Senate we
ow Wen mat there is dividing line between MS in This
oody Que party here deucs con iutionaI Iph IN m,
wok of our a, ao OF 20 ,s any par Of the g'ound
eiuie OF Tie rationale of this operate We have been ali
then, say. We consider ourselves bound 10
Che Magistrate IN his appointments We no, restricIed
to expression consent TO- or dissent Gon HE
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viii consent TO choice which you can make NAV
answer but il you me whether viii adr;,S vo, :.
10 choice, might point you d better The wnris adpre
nd consent are not synonymous meaning is essenav
Inherent Consent is the Agreement the mind 10 ha,
Is proposed by anoIer ipice ordinarily implies Inc recon-
nenaon of some opinion offering of some nionna,,on
worthy 10 DO Weighed and acted upon by another The cen
eran from Tennessee expressing opinion current ,ve
all know mons his political friends here denies the cons,u
oa snt oil ihs senate to examine into and Judge the pro
PreSy OF removals from office, and declares that our por IL
cop"ea 10 Heq"eshon Of fitness uttness Of ne person
nomHafed 10 succeed Now, IL be removed from, Office and
nominated supply the vacancy were only our
ca on me appointment OF nig, possibly adopting his
Vo'e aye when Il we are asked whether we
would adrise as well the appointment we ieh
% mo; we know thousand better though not
hH me nominee absolutely nnht We thiuk the remo
yed IS better man" Il is said however that we must
our 70 he nomination before us aud that go beyond
hat Is adVce masked answer that If am, as his
ADVISER to consult the interests Of the President alone cano,
learn why has been removed ascertain what his
purposes are lie be deceived either the character ar
about them than President, II bound 10 look 10 his
alone ought 10 advise him Of his our object nd
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sustain his pary' lie may have recommended one Of Ihe on
rose party to supply the created by removal Of
ms own paiy-man with view TO his interest then as his
adessr, we ought, suppose, him 50 Well inform
INN OF II and he tells me in reply that he that but had
iSen Il know !, TO 20 facs that his nominee has lost his
even according 10 he of these think the Pcseni
To consul, his pleasure be faithful advisers Yon,
asking confidential way here what ina, ples.
fcstng ite his removals On ,be o,ber hsg
am to ADVISE with M ere single the public good which
take to be my Standard ought not 90 advise HIM 81 %
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appoint better for office l. mol Then
eut foI usnay is not sometimes absolutely necessary 10
the proper discharge Of advisory duties 10 learn wiz
servants have been dismissed? And So where is the l,
~ the constitution which limits in the exercise of these G
ties! IL we have gentlemen say, constitutional ,, ~
inquire into the causes Of these removals have no povT N
for tho first Of these principles being conceded the
INV as consequence from the This make. the
PRESIDENT independent OF the Senate IN his appointing power
and OF course OF any other tribunal established nv the cons,
tuon And the Senator from New Hampshire has reminded
u" W discussing announcer topic OF this debate that Mr. JsHc
sons axiom Of eternal truth politics" was "at oba,sa
power IN any government is independent absolute also"
apPrehend toe that this restrictive construction Of o
constitutional duties differs entirely from that adopted bv ali
our pIedcces0Ts Iue their Executive records show thai
we Dec mas not been moved on nomination.; the right
to exercise the power appears have been denied ba
anu nose records o" US that the Senae has oen inquired
tne popueyo OF nominations and OF removals. also when
Robert PuTdy memoralzed this body on the 1Jtb Of Jsr
repIesening as he did that his removal from the army had
Pspeiy maze ana even charging, expressly that IA
vorsm with tie President "had supeTceded the claims r
he senate instead Of deciding against their own pow
er or nanding as mqulsoTia, appointed committee 10 in
Vesleae the whole subject and tho 18th of April aGe
ney, Wy espuon called Tor the
general ohceTs upon which the reduction new arrange
meni Of the army had been predicate1
when Mr.. Monroe nominated Gadsden rs Adm !
tant General, and TOwson and Fenwck as CtoloneIs
the senate looked bohind the nominations and took
cognsancc OF the fact that other officers were super
seeded and disbunded as supernumeraries; and al !
tnouSh' as appears by the able reports of the com
mItteo which investigated the causes and the leCal-
ty oi the arrangement, they did ample Justice TO the
merits OF these gallant officers, and admitted them 10
4Sl"ty competent for e stations TO tohich he
President had named them 10 nc Senate vet tho nom
nations were not confirmed. Gadsden aud Towson
were rejected here on the 10th Of March 1922 and
me Nv, nomination OF Fenwlck was then Withdrawn
The President afterwards rc-rominaicd them IN tbc
SenO", when The investigation was again ado.
the committee called tic War Department for
more iul iniormatIon the President assigned al
Te"soHs IN an elaborate message to the Senate the
committee reported against those feasons with full
argument 10 rcfutc them, ond the Senate second
time rejected all these appointments on tho ground
tbat other persons entitled 20 them Here was
no cry OF inquisotal power nor did tho oor,,o 80,