Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-03

Name, King, Rowan, NhHe, woodbury., tblT
Taawell being ebsehit aud all the Senators APP
/ pointed TO thu heads ui Departments, aud now
i shrinking from a similar call
| J. The only remainn g conspicuous instance
which shall deem II necessary a. quote, . The
report TO euria,l Executive patronage, already
quoted, showing that the powers you now
ooneede to the T. esident make him mon-
arch
/ Thus We SEE thai portion Of the presen, ma
jorty veering. and vibrating, under different
administrations, like survey ers NJ edle ampng
the mineral banks of Missouri. according 10
the power OF the attraction first pointing 10
the new diggings. chen TO Mime au Brion'
then 10 Wales mines on the plaiin, aud then
to the great IRON mountain between the waters
Of The -. Francois and Merineek. They are
nsker fixed 10 the poles OF the Constitution
hut ecsm 90 guVern by lhr law of maiorliy--ths
las oil lorer IN administration that did noe
wish coheealment ior cnusn. would thank tbs
Senate ioI its aid, council, aud advice upon thu
causes of fhese removals, aud nyow them hhe
opon men OF conscious rcCt,iude. The people
are not dissatisfied With The Administration for
removing upon cause, as they have done in
several instances in aud out OF his cry but
tins attack upon the freedom ana pufAY OF
elections Is striking NJ ihr root OF the tree OF
liberty, aud. II not arrested, vii leave II ~ ihir
Republic, rs IN so many others, stripped OF its
bloom aud foliage, The scathed victim OF viii
eflng despolsm.
There two remaining objections Of The
Sonntor from louisiana, (Mr. IL TO be an
swared.
lie transfers himself baok 10 the birth Of tho
Republic aud imag mes all to be uniried theory
beiora him, when in fact wo have been praC.
Using bpfmonnusly upon this restraining pow
err of the Senate for bali a century, with snln
tary effect. lie imagInes the frs step IN ne
moving nh officer, under the system hdvnca
led by the minority, would be 10 convene The
Senate aud submit the cause Of complaint 20
them aud deprccales the expense aud trouble,
and, above all. the ease with which della.
qsent while The Senate were convcnine aud
debating. could transfer himself and his ill-gpt-
ten wealth beyond lhereach OF investigation
ns this Administration nre modoslly retiring
from that right to hide their bushes. His pre-.
mises are wholly imaginary, and his conclusions
are OF course equally visionary.
The originating aci of suspending the fuoe
tons, and arrestlng the career oil delinquent
officers il and ought to be, with the President.
the during the recess OF the session Of ibr
Senate; and the matter IL then submitted 10
them when they ARE in regular session, IN the
established manner we have described.
The delinquency ofa rrvenue officer IL not
The emergency for convening an axtra sessioo
of the Senate. That power WA gwen for great
emergencies of State.
lie supposes great difficulty from vexalious
complaints. Safe experience auswrrs oil
neainsl him. II isea easy foun in prnetios
IL distinguish between qnorluns aud vexaiious
allegations of removed dolinquenis. nnd he
manly. indignant scnfe OF high handed fteu
dental, or low pnrty cabinet iyfnnnles, rs the
gentleman himself suppoa II 10 be- some
yehrsnRo, IL dfaw the bIond Distinction be
tween tho summary procc' OF M. jefferson,
IN s.iGirg the Balturt nj Nav Orleans, md the
due proceeding AT law for which the gentle
man so ably commended, and ultimately obtained
10 TINT crlebflted case.
No, SIR, n Delinquent o. unfit person removed
from office Tor cause, will usually be the last
man to court investigation but will hide hs
bushcs, mud enjoy, 1t he can, his pecuatas.
IN the deep forests Of The West, or ~ the F." SO
litudes of great les In the East, or abandon
The country and IN nine ont Of every ten thou
sand cases of removal Tor cause, the Senate
will know, or easily learn the cause. and, acting
for the Interests Of the country, pass all SUB 81
dniio, as past experience proves
If aur ancestors hhd left It IN donbt--if The
question had never been discussed or submitted
TO The American people--wheiher We shonld,
have the despoiism four yeafsnow proclaimed
by the INA ority, the checked and no
strained Executive claimed by The minority
the construction should be 10 favor Of popular
rights and the representative principle.
II would be 80 in England, winch we are il
the habit Of considering tyranny, although
the righls, characters. aud feelings Of the sub
jet there. in public mud 10 private life, bel
ter -ecnred than they arc here, al the present
epoch IN our history
But that question: was mol omittedhy the wise
forecast OF the trainers Of our government. IL
was directly before The people sDly discussed.
ana af,ls don ned In nG
tiona liberty, 10 claimed by the present minor.
lily.
The far mode OF proceeding would be for
the maioriy TO propohe mn amendment To tie
Constitution, and submit the que ton 10 the
people, which Of the two will you choose And
mol thus, by an unexpected desertion OF their
Pr. let 10 the enemy OF de poiism which the
Nation thought forever excluded.
| mus leave your own mind. to imagine the
rodceming results that would be produced by Il
firm. practical re-asserilon OF the restraining
power and DUTY of the Senate, and OF the prD.
cpcs for winch the minority contends,
II would arrest the dow inward tendency oftho
country 10 universal Office hsafing aud cousc-
queni corruption aud sorvility and reclaim
them TO the high aud honorable patriotism OF
their fathers OF the revolution.
BY connecting the official existence OF our
public officers with tho appreciation of the
disapprobntion OF the Senate, you will create
race of elevated and independent, public Off
GERS looking, like freemen. 20 the performance
of their duties. and TO the protection of the
laws tor their places and free the country. ia
time. from that brood Of serviie sycophanfs,
lounging around The Capitol, or eves-dropping
al the houses OF their fellow citizens or carry
ing on system OF low espionage ia tayern
halls. or at street corners, TO catch the unguar-
ded expressions of men, to be retaIled at the
palace, or Heads OF Departments, TO produce
vacancies for themselves TO fila brood OF
beings, which, in all countries, have been the
ready instruments with which unhalloWed anu
biiion has destroyed law and liberty.
Ard you will restore tho government TO wha,
it was represented TO be, when, with jealous