Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-23
JAMES r. MILLER. Secretary,
POWER OF REMOVAL

1.-THE Senate was occupied again. Yesterday in ss-
cret session on Executive business or the PARTICULARS
oi what was dnne we have OF course no accurate in.
for NATION. Within the two DAYS past, number Of no.
limitations OF subordinate civil officers and consuIs a.
broad, are understood TO have been confirmed Wi h
out yielding the question, TO the right of the Exec.
ulive 10 create vacancies in office for the pnroo o nj
making appointments il to have been conceiv
by majority OF the Senate that the exercise of the
authority is one which should, for the present, be left
to the constitutional responsibility Of the Executive
MANY such appointments have therefore been confirms
edit
The above article is from the N Tntelligepcer of the
zoih lnstit IL rev specimen Of the Of inysfif-
cation Who shall decide from what motive the Pre.i.
de mt does Tenou Whether with uietD OF aking m. re-
~ anetc appointment or ot making beffet apo
than the last, OF Diminishing the last oiic er for want
OF qualifications, integrity, &c--Throwing asidei hen
Tins sdro manner OF stating The question: and bringing
II down to the general naked propo-ition has the Pres
iient the Po,ofr Of remorai,we scarcely believe
the NJ lnteligencer has given the real fnctS Of the
case, a. before the Senate OF the u. SThr yight nj
removal was either involved in tho late appoint
or ii was not II il not, why has il been ,o much
argneh, BON 10 closed and in open doors5 II was
not why does The In'egencer bring il in AZ sll?And
y Il ods involved, was il not decded by the fact of
confirmation? How could the disseDtenis have avoiJs
ell yielding the question: Or, how could they have re
conced u TO them'eves, 10 waive their O,cn rights
and " iefp everv thing 10 the constitutional respon.
.sibility Of The Execuive"2 Where wa. their own
constitutional fesponsibty-and did they quietly sur.
render w
MIR. Grundy, in hs lucid S.e.eh on Mr.. Foots res
olution, seems TO us to have settled the question
He takes II upon the argument and the fact The
PRESIDENT (says Mr.. GJ di'covefs a deficiency Gin an
oihcer) u Is his duty to remove him; and then ac.
cordIng TO the argument on the other tide, the
comes before The Senate for trial, I suppose. Tn,
Stnate VIII moi take the ,oH Of The President a. the
rule OF IFS decision; for II should no valuable pnr.
pose could be obtained by the action OF the Senate y
" suppose the Senate should decide, thst the officer
shall not he removed, say the Secretary of State. He
" rent hack the first confidential adviser of the Pres
r4i.e I..a
confidence, and not TT to be trusted What kind of
Cabinet will you have made up and forced TO remain
together, Of su5b materials Sould the Secretary of
the Treasury, in the absence Of the Senate be about
TO secrete all the money Of the e)vernment will il do
To- walt to take the advice Of the Senate as 10 his re-
novhR In time OF danger and contest the Secret ary
at War is in the act Of bersying the armi Of the
United States into the hands Of the enemy shall the
President wait anil ask the Senate what IL TO be done?
Iba Secretary Of the Navy is about TO deliver mp the
whole Navy 10 the enemy-sha the President pos se -
no power 10 dsplace him, but sit quietly by, until his
advisers shall convened
Mr.. O. then exam ines the hi Dry Of every Ad-
~ nstration (among ehers he loduces the fact that
" on the h oi January, 1909. Mr. Jefferson noioi.
mated twenty three persons to the Senate 10 ell va
eancies occasicned by removals made by hm"-aud
concludes thus have selected the cases referred
70, tor the purpose Of showing that every President has
eSerc sed the power, contested for the fret time
since 1885, and question ever aised in the Sen
ate, except upon ihg domination Of Mr.. Meigs as
Postmaster Generals and t a IN ,iority OF the Sem
ate decided that the President could not be questioned
upon the subject"
u the Senate be dissaf fed with the Presidents
course, they have the Pow'r 10 control him-If they