Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-21

VI ''fH appointments from tue Senate. Thea
'hs proposition involved in my motion is. will
The senate SANCTION this usmpatlon Of authority,
which has been thus exercised IN nngrant defo-
CATION ofthelr rights This is tbs question
and II Is VAIN for us to seek To hide it from our.
selves. power has been exerted by The
President, without our advice and consent ;
he no" comes here, asking an appropriation
oi money, as the pledge Of our acquiescsnce in
ahh appreciation ul that WHICH he has so dons.
Ought we 10 grant the application which has
this "hJeotf | pray the Senate 10 consider
the matter vel, before they agree thus voluntaT-
Nv dnd ior ever 10 surrender their highest
privileges, conferred upon them by the COAST.
III ION for he wisest purposes.
5eioie Undertake 10 examine the questions |
have stated, let M call the attention of the
Senate TO the nature and character of whit
rs supposed by some TO be the trillingp
power which has been exerled upon this occa
siou.
u the President alone, without the adv ice
aud consent of The Senate, may originate a
mission 10 "A state with winch we have never
before hal any political connection or dr.
plomaiIc intercourse ell must toncede, that he
may compound that mission OF what materials
he may think prorcr. Ifhe may dispatch oae
minister. he has the same authority TO send
the negotiations NJ Ghent, or as many more as
he may think fl, The same power ha pos
sesses To sent ministers he must also possess ~
accompany them With such aud so many secre-
tarIes, nefpei ers students OF languages, ~ other
attaches, as in his discretion hn may Judge USE
lul to his new legation. And II lac may AZ
point all these, doubt c,s he NAV contract with
ali aud each oil the memhsrs oil TINS newiy r--
cr"lted Corps DptOnidtlqae, ~ TO the quaotpm
o the 90 mp 'nsatloA 10 oe pad Tor tneII
linus he vii have an u limited power TO pledge
the public revenue to any extent he NAV choosr.
We shall then have these strange anomalies III
our government, that the President, whJ can-
noi ouch one ceut even OF his own ssar,
without the ronseat Of both Houses of Con
9ress, may, nsyerth, less, by his own act pro
peIly create any charge upon the Treasury IN
tavor If anu. her which he may think proper /;
aud although, as TO our long established and
approved DIP lomatIc conne xlons, the Pres,-
lent must not enlarge tho establishment.
hSed by Cong, ess, yet MS to all neW relations
ms own discre ION Is the only check upon his
own WI.
No is this all. If the President alone,
| without the advice and consent OF the Senate.
nay originate a new mission 10 Turkey d
Power " tn which the Unled States never had
| any political conner OF diplomatic relation,
he certainly nast have the same authority a.
To any other State. Then, tbs moment the
Senate a. onIns, h, may adopt the sug .estion
o Nj Rhm7 contained IN one of the letters now
on your fable. winch has been read, and DIE
pate lro ~ OF dIplomaiists To Armenia an i
another tn Persia, on missions 10 which | an
very confident ia Senate would never CIV
their ahvI.e or conseot. II the matter should
end here. although I aud the very few o hers
who still mink as do, might Roget this unel-
pected extension of ex CutIve patronage, anu
useless waite oI the public treasure, vet il
would not be productive probably Of much Otd-
er positive mischief ai present. Bur might
not end here.
Sir, we live in strange times: Revolutions
of government, aud the ACKNOWLEDGMENT vi
empires, even's which formerly were almost
OF as rare occurrence IN the political world, as
| tuose terrible cunvulsIons OF tue natural worn,
winch sometimes have shaken TO its centre the
6 ODE we inhabt, have oil late become quite com
mon ucide0is We now feel surprise IL ouI news
papets do not furnish ~, Js ~ wi h the det,ils
OF some sanguinary civh contlLi, some new
cha Ige in long established government. IT oil
some diyulsion Of ancient states aud empire, .
Old dom Nous are almost hourly tOueilng 10
Their dnwnisil, and new soyeIeIgntles sprina-
ing from then runs, are claiming 70 be IecUg-
nigsd as independent members OF the greaI
family of Nations. 4 sucha sfason as this,
while the thunder rolls and h lightning CLEANS
IN the distance only, IL becomes us TO
look well 10 the ship in which our all IS en-
barkcd. Our county expects every man To
do his dhtyi and the first duty SIC en- olns Is
"A faithful observance OF the mandates of her
Constitution. IL the President 8lour, without
consulting eIther House OF Congress, may H.
situte an original mission to Turkey, 50 he
may TO Greece, 10 Egypt, TO Belgium or To
Poland. Now we all Know, not only what
might be, but certainly would be the result
Of this. IL Would be just cause Of war aud
the United States would at once be involved
IN that dreadful conflict when seems but 10
wait the return oil spi,ng to dsluge Europe
once more with blood, aud threaten the repose
OF all Chrislendom, perhaps OF all TIVE wolf.
Here, then, would be another anomaly Ia our
go, eminent, for while Congress alone 10 au-
thorized by the Constitution 10 declare wal, by
the mere exercise of his " ulhnGg' power of
dlspatchIng a Minister TO new state, he Presi-
dent alone would I've authorized to bIiug aboui
that very siate of things, winch the wlse
authors Of that INSTRUMENT certainly Inleb-
ded TO commit to the discretion OF Congress on.
B.s
Such is the patnre, g. such may be the effects.
OF tue " uIting" power, that has been ezerted
by the President upon this OCCASION, anu
which we are now asked to approve, to sane.
uiy. aud 50 10 perpcuate IN HIM aud his sue
cessors. Let me not be told, as has heen more
than lnsnnaltd by some, that tins vast power
vii be lodged IN the discretion OF the PiesI-
dent; and that we should have So much conh-
deuce ia the wisdom and virtue OF this officer
as 10 believe, that the power will not De ab"s-
ed or exercised indiscrertly. SIR, never have
had, and neve, can, SO much confidence III
any President. as Willingly 10 conhde 10 his
unchecked direction, any important power,
with even a hope that it " i'll not be abused IL 10
in he nature OF man to COW, powtr,& 20 nbnse
that winch he has, in order 10 acquire NOR,
and OF all forms of government, tins elective
monarchy Of ours.is least calculated to 'epie'S
inis natural proc,viy OF It's temporary ehiei,
especially il he desires TO IetaIh MS place ioi
"a discretion OF