Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-17

s"efs '1db'Iy strong from the spec hes of others
"oniai not he d'thcalt. The Opinions then nj
''''a ny my eolieRgus are the same that he has
enforced in this debate. Blu, I,yill rive Won
the expressions and opinions of "A efntl,man
VINO stands more Immediately connected with
!"e proceeding now the subject OF discussion
mean Tue Secretary oil State--the person i'm.
mehiately charged with the management OF our
P'o'h' ,c 'elaiuns-one upon whose advice
IN" President doubtlessy reposed with conf
"rhee. have found no speech OF his teporI=
"u on br"nch's resolution. aud Imagine that
ne deliVered none; bat he spoke on the Pana.
ma question. property so called, and subse
qientiy ON The rules of the Senate. Let us see
ms speech on the first qnes. III Here Mr.. l.
'eah iromthai speech. t'Ihs measure Is deem
eo TO De (that OF sending Ministers 10 Panama
without previously consulting the Senaie) with
w we constitutional competency OF The Exeeu-
! i've that we are only consulted TO obtain our
/ "pln'on on lis sxpediency. and becans. il is
| necessary 10 come To us for an approximation
without which the measure cannot be carried
INTO effect Us, Sir, the FIRST blow that was
struck IN thai gtcat contest which suhseuurnI.
I ~ conVnlsed the country, aud the first voice
lhat was faised 10 nrre. tue cunenf
OF events then selling in, (spealNog of the
suggestion which was made by the first Adams
Te'aIise TO thu mission 20 BerinO were on
points, 10 all substantial purposes identical with
NE pftsehi. Is u not n startling, II not an
otnlnons circumstance. that SD soon under lhe
pieseni admlnsti dtiun We should have D. e,eni-
ed NJ us, ia sueh bold reliet, doctrines q pr,ncl.
! pies, which. IN tlie fist ear Of that 10 which
nave relcrred, tdId the principles OF the most
bItet mud unteleutng teuJs Does tho ana 10.
| KY top here The men who then opposed
the mission 10 Berlin were denounced as on
/ pnslaonists---ds a faction who sought the
srallheedon OF their personal views at the eI-
pense OF The public good. They tcere lam poon.
ed and ritJied by all he presses supporting,
anu supported by, The GOreTanieH', aud Il host
Of malicious parasites generated by is patron.
age. Yes, sir. aud we shall be iampooned
aud vlllhed for the course vi ieh wo now pur-
| sue. My colleague read correctly tie hand-
writing on the NAIL. What was fact iofnori,
wl be fact again. But let the storm rage, i
II shall be 30 "led by those who control
the operations of particular presses
stand hec The advocate OF the CONSTITUTION, md
it necessary, am ready to become the victim
in lis place.
! am not YET done with the Secretary of
State will read you II paragraph from n
| speech delivered by HIM on What was common
! ly called " the Rules oil The Senate speech
! delivered since have had the honor OF a seal
on his door
The same disposition TO limit the popular
! branch was lorclbly Illustrated in the discus
was upol that occasion contended, and sue
&c ssfuliy, too that the House oil Representatives
had no discretion upon the question of Appfo
priation for the expenses ot such inter curse
with foreign nations as the President saw fit I
| establish that they would be justly obnox Gus
TO the lmputaiion Of gross delinquency iiIhey
hesnated to make provision FOR the saIar.es
of such foreign Ministers as the President, with
The assent of the Senate, should appoint VIVA:
7 a 49,. r
republicans in relation to such doctrines al
lhs day , associated Wih them, Uas The bold
! arowai ii belonged 10 The President atone
! 10 dtctde on the prOprteiy Of The misa0n-aHd
| that all NE constitutional ageHcy Which ne
! Senale could Of right have, 10 pas, on The
! fitness Of the indUIduuls @Lected as minister's
! II was pIeIenlion like these, SAID Mr.. v, Is. J
aided by unceasing indications, both il the
! internal aud external movement 5 of the Gov
ernmrut that produced deep and settled
conviction IL the pubic mind that drsgn
| had been conceived 10 change the GoseTnment
| hom lis simple and republican form To one, il
not monarChical, al least too energetic for tHe
temper OF the American people lndre1 Sir.
| The avoWal that the President alone possessed
the power to decide on the PROPHECY OF ii ms
Sion, and that all our agency consisted IN de-
termln ng on the fitness vi The Minister to he
seat if not hn0aarchtcal, IS al least too energetic
!
aud ye, a mission originated, and not even the
names OF the Ministers sent in TO tue Senate !,
and that too, not" outstanding long session
; Of hal body hal, 10 fact, interviewed. Why
! Sir here 10 not only d0ld du0tUH, but HE &C
| tuBl execution of that nyowal with IA ven.
! geance. Not only no previous consultation
! VITA, but 40 nomination even ever submit ed
! The Secretary also Vo,eI Tor the resolution
Of NJ. Branca III the only form in which he
/ 4 4 - AID
shoes were old with which he followed (noi.
! " like Niobe al tears but with heart iuIl Of
ioy and gadness) tue last admin tration 10 lis
/ crave, the SAME doctrine is carried into fall
+ Practice. What, Sir make war upon all alb
straCtion-c cause tie IhandeTs TO roll, aud the
lig atnings 10 fash, in order TO shnlhllate IA
mere abstraction. aud yet call upon us 10 sane
ton its practical application NIl gentlemen
Iecanl thus their opinions, solrmuly Recorded
ShalI il be said that we oan give Two readings
to the Constitution, aud that that which is un-
cons tltutonal ia Mr.. Adams lime becomes right
aud proper under Gen. Jackson! Shall we
put off oDr opinions with as much facility as we
do our glove Have we not good grounds To
complain Of the Secretary OF state, II he advised
TINS mission and that he did so, cannot bring
IN yself 10 doubt. las not the whole Jackson
marty cause to complain? Was there any
uues ion on which that party stood SO
deeply committed as on thl' None, Dir not
one.
Even if there existed an aptness in The cases
referred TO by the Senator from Louisiana as
furnishing precedents 10 justify this mission,
howsoeyer they might influence the President.
thew can furnish no excuse for tue Secretary,
| his constitutional adviser Those cases were
all paraded IN the discussion on the Panama
gues lion they were commented on, and their
| force overthrown. Can an &C or in that pro-
ceeding now repo,e Tor bis justification on pre-,
cedents which had been declaI ed OF no force
or Effect Let il not DE said that the Prcsl-
dent is alone liable to be questioned. The Con
stilution has placed around him advisers in tue
several departments, and for the counsel they
may give him they are answerable, not only
10 him, but to public opinion.