Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-27

: were kept together irom the fih TO The sil
: March. an estrs session. beyond all precedent
Thu President proceeded with a snails pace
aud very little business WAS done. But oul
backs we're scarcely tuEned wheu the Tires o
persecution were kindled, aud have ever sinoe
ragged WHh relentless Jury.
But the greatest outrage Of MI Is. that the
Presiden, has invaded our domlnona, ond de'
tta'y reniottd aud IN NE recess Zoe. On officer
Of The tip0 houses Of Congress- sir, the fresi-
dent had as good right tn remove the Sseretd
! ~ of the ocnaie ms the Librarian. THIS
Library is the Library OF Copgre1--the
purchase of MI. Jefferson, library was
Tor the tleo houses Of Congre0' Inc rules
forg governing II are To be- made by he presiding
officers Of tho Two houses. The law, 10 be
SURG. gives the power OF appointment 10 the
President but So soon rs he has exercised
! IL, he is Lncim eDcio 10 all intenls AID pun
! poses
The President has no control over this Library
ANY mora than Que of our clerks or any
stranger va pefmIl him 20 tnke books under
Qua regulations, n we do the Justices of the
| Supreme COAT and other officers. But be
cauuot any more Than they. dictate single
/ word "a 10 lis management or control Instead
of BIS having the power 10 direct this officer
! ~ the performance OF single duty, IL 10 di-
rectly the Tcversr--the Librarian has the right
i 10 direct Inn, aud 10 punish hun Tor n violation
of ITS rules, II the power OF removal IL, IN
tins case consequent upon that OF appointment,
| the President ona impose un MS ~ officer OF
| the Two houses against the VIII ot both II he
can Itnore At diserciion he can also rtfiGe al
lbs discretion, lle might. consequently, return
| Librarian mtetly Offensive 10 us, who mis-
| managed our property, disoheycd our diIec-
tons. aud set our rules nj defiance. But Sir,
this usufpailou is further manifest. from the
tact that he eau never ludsc when the pilieer
become. disqualified. lie. edlT by himself
OF any Of hi subo,dnaies, have no tight what
ever 10 lnsprct the Library, or inquire how tie
duties hive been performed. lie can there
fore. never know when thpio IL cause for reno
val. II with him would always be hap hnz'
ard business quite rs likely 10 100 done wrong
as pghl. The president dd not. for he could
not remoYc Ion cause lie had, when this re-
moval was made, been inauguated hut
Three months. Now, Ind lac devoted nil his
time 10 examining the regulation, al that Ii
bfary. hr would not have learnt whether thf
LIbl arian Ind managed well or H. e,cn IN thee
years. Bun Sir, ne hnJp that Alr Nhitrrsion
was mol removed beeau. he was uniafhiul at
incapable Ne kuoio ho was both faiihfu aud
capnblr aud pic-sm1nniig 50. Not nu IN
had been whispered against hlm. aPpea
10 he Jolnt Z Immilters OF the Library, Wht
haYr from time 10 TIME saperintended II, If tht
- not the Tact.
Bur. 81, there Is another reason, which
should nave conyUtrd the President Thai lac
WIS doing wrong, II ho is capable of reasoning
At all. The law rrquuod that the Librarian,
who was to have tie custody of such valuable
property should Pre- bonds with sufficient
surctlrs. h bo approved by The Presidfm ~ The
StHaie and The SptakrJofHe House When his
removal WIS made, Hfe rus no Presdcm u
he Ncaaie here. and no Spfatfr ofHe H0use an
! CIbieHfc. This puts the H,t negative upon
! the Presidents power 10 rrmuyc and I'll Ia The
recess. lie could not possibly appoint the
officer according Ia Law, Lis Whole was He
enl . icsponsibr un 81 Va thrust cut by ar
biudry power, aud another man ordered To
tal,c our property lnfp his custody, Of no tfgai
reY)Haibiatfg. hut. sir, II be- Ind The power ia
remove aud appoint al his discretion an officer
! Of our own, we should have thought thai com.
mou courtesy would have demanded that he
should have c0hniitd as Bot, ue dad not, in-
| deed lac could not L ngtegs wa not M ses-
! son--ihefe was IN fact no Congress IN ex's'
| tonCt when The removal was made Tor some
States had not lbrn elected theif members.
lbeu call upon gentlemen TO give the reason
uby h0W. anil BY Wltal authority, oar Librarian
| bas bren removed
Bun We were promised reform, 'retrench
ment' n correction Of existing abuses, u 81
| wing OF tho public money. The Augear
stable was 10 be cleansed. This pns the cry
out OF doors, aud echoed even from the halls %
i Congress. Many, have no doubt, repeated
the expression without understanding "orC
Of is meaning. orits application. don't meat
he Senators, iOr tl,ey no doubt are all refj
olaWte. And would not now repeat the slof,
bal Ia show ilal there is no analogy. Aaged
as you rccoGct, was some petty King of sofn'