Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-14

Lst me give On example Of the ease with which
this work msy be done. The constitution authori.es
he esiden, by aud with the advice and consent Of
he Senate, to appoint ambassadors and other public
ministers l, IL DE- sired, however, 10 appoint such
wi bout consulting the S:nae, iest they may moi be
Wiling to establish ary such 'fices. Turn TO the
COLI and you may there find. that the ambassador Of
he Pope Is MI distinguished n0mne, but 10 termed
L-ga'e. For a. an ambassador represents the per-
s!n OF hl' na''er; snl as ,h- sanc end ioslibii
u hi' touuess eannot b. represented he therefore,
cauDot have what Is COMMONLY called an an ,ssador
10 show, homeser, hat Iii, Lsga,e /. in very ruth
he p'rsonh representative OF his sovereign, 10 is
some ine' styled Lea ldtsre that is to SAY he
u supposed 10 be taken Ike our impi udept moth or
Eve from the side Of his lord and master and
may very property be ideuhed with h'm So, too l.
the Pope wishes % nd minis p,nipott n iarv ar
other go,a,or to any of tn, Ca h hc Princess his
beloved chiljreD, as it would be quite unseemly for
TIE holy iather, (whose wishes mus, be Commands 10
'nem) 70 send TO mem any otheer whose very tile inn
pors negotiation, ms ministet upon such oco asons il
styled Nuncio, mere MESSENGER, deput.d to bear
'he WIZ oil 'he ialher TO ihsss his du,ul children
woioh WIZ. TO- be obseIved, needs but 10 be known.
NOW, as III Republic Is mere artificial body and
as around and wi hU there many who eon,tan,,y
us'ngush the P'esid mt az their " Grea, Father" n
would no' require much ingenuity TO find out some ii.
multitude between his otiice aud that OF the Pcpe
men, as the constitution says Que word about L..
gates or Nuncios Ill that necessary to attain the de.
snec tni' woui be to fill the blank in the Commission
WIN such words, when, ecordDg 10 this mt of
the Senator from Illinois the alone would 60
acquire power, TO do the very act which he rbild,
70 90, IL ms blank was filled by tn proper name,
! lhsre Mr. Kane Interrupted Mr.. Tazewel obs erv.
ing, he had not meant TO saw that tn. mere cbany. n,
me naue OF the public miniser would authorize the
rres"ent 10 appoint one; bu, that he had said thes
commissioners were not public ministers at all Tn y
were Secfe MINISTER'S or private agents. like those for
ineiy sent TO South America or the persons
sent WIN dispatches The appointment Of rose OF
tDe1e h. ever oeen submitted TO the Senate bu, was
always male by the President alone cause ,uch an
stitution I " " ~ S'''-
'hank The ntlemsn for this correction. really
du no iaea thai u was his pose to draw dispt
'ion between public and secret minister, NV impr.s
SION was, That his dirt notion run bstwe n,,blir
m'"'S'LS ana these Commissioners, who were not
s"Ppeu 70 De public ministers, becau they were no,
so c"iiei; and was about show that the off eel
were me same, although their de nomination was diff.
However, the Senator om Illinois has rels we'd
me from hrs trouble Let me then euorire wbetber
h's actual argument is more conclusive, than tina,
"nch had snrpo ed him TO have u ed.
"o n's'' or, ist me ask my friend from Illinois, il
efe commissioners were not public but secret min
ister according to his sense of ,be,o later word
whence me Pfesden, and S.nate together much less
'ne felueht alone, can derive the r'eh. 10 apponi
"en! The Ccnst ution gives 10 he Pre.ident IN :
Po'e' W nominate, and by and with he advice and
eo"seht oi The nate TO aproiIt Dblc b
would be as difficult believe 10 find anv autt orv
-! :" az c'u' secret ministers VIII, ,hould not be
P"O'c MINISTERS, az IT would be TO conceive the idea
W'odte ogent sppoin ell PEE form the public iu
ne. OF a'ing Treaty; which, " hen rati 3D. is de
eieu ~ De me tupreme law Of our lard.-I pray we
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una OF M duty conferred upon him. or with In, ode
IN wien he may be directed TO perform this du,y
Dh;nh un or thai rrovi ion OF he Constitution
which authorizes the appointment Of public minister
we crescent by aud with the advice ard consent O,
'ne otha,e' may appoint such ministers secrety They
accysJ,'s instructed , TO depart secretly They may be
u,'u secTeHy--Ihey may negotiate las they
gen rai COY secretly. Nay they NAV conrud. n S.
cree Ttdty' which need not be made known, uol q
AEON arises TO give II the eff, ct OF a law by pro
mitigation In this sense, such ministers NAV nrop.r
[ y m fbau
''s P"ohc ministers Because they are the mipistet.
he Puolic co nmssiOned by its government author
m"h, t perform l'S business, and accountable TO the
puoc ior a' Their acts ard omissi under theie M
'h's'cn' Ia one words, Sir they are public m,iser.
eeieuy appointed, and with secret instructions HI,
,srs ea IN notn'os else from all other public minis
', inas"u'n as theif commissions are precisely tn,
same IN both csses-Any other idea tbsn this yyouI
Pe'enta subj ct here Of quite much mirh a, the
'oh''c scene oil Sheridan in which hs describes SO
c'et conference two British ministers in the
ana nearing OF the centinels Tiibery tort when one
W tue ohsr as profound secret. what he declares
W, o,,eI H"ew before secret agent created by let.
V' Paeh' undr The great seal, gwen to'him 10 be
uewh, aud 'ddr ssed TO all whom it may cont efn
s, 'H would lar surpass the sarcastic ircny Of the
duthor cf"'he Critic"
Let me be no misunde rstonJ 7 IA mn, ,,. a.
uuot me power OF the President to appoint secret
agents. when and how he plea.es; nor do I mean to
any claim on the part of the Senate to parti.
Up &c III ,hs exercise OF any such power. As smpIe
,huViu"ai would humbIy suggert 10 him. II I nish,
permitted so to 90, that whenever he stands in need
80, Hseh's VINO are really designed 10 be euch he
n"u oeuer aos'aio from putting his own name TO The
warrant tiven to them, aud never TO permit il n he
Communicated by the great seal. Such procee dins
may sometimes prove h,ZardJus; and | thiak would
no De very credisbe to the nation whose seal il ia
"u' d. aoenhor, do claim for tn. S+nae in tbs Ian
s"ase VI 'he CONSTITUTION. the right Of advising and
ep,ng 10 the appointment OF any and every cfi ser
VI we u . no mater what may be his name VII,
ms u"'irs' or how he may be instructed TO periorm
mem And It IL only because secret agents are no,
oheers oil The u. s., but the mere agents of the pres
, Ut Of MS Secretaries. o? Of his military or naval
comm hdefs, that disclam all participation in their
appoin men'. fF '' '"e'
''hi. distinction, between off "ers of the Govern
rn'' anu me mere agents Of It's officers which CON
Tue STRIKING difference between the ca q. refer
70 ny me Senator from Illinois, aud that now he
o'e us IN This case these Commsi ners were Officers
" W, Om'eu ofaes,-commissioned as such-au,hor-
Neu NY lna' commission 10 pledge our faith and honor
en"ieo as the bearers OF our great SEAL to be re-
every "here, as the repres sntatives Of tie go
Ver'lKny whose emblem iii5-at 10 claim ali ,he inn
lnuni'ies accorded by the public law to such repre-
sen,a'Nel OF any power on earth. Whereas your ss-
eIe' agents 10 > America, your bearers of a.
" ne".Fdpefs ef at 0nlRe genus, never had anv
commas on-had no authority to pie ,ge your faith.
were never trusted with your great ssa,-and had not
single privilege any where, which aoy other indivi
oudi clizen might not equally well claim In short
they were not oih 'ers of the United ates I'm, d.
messengers eher special generaD of their ol ,ers
oT' IL mortihss me, TO hear the hish funconat,, NJ
'ne haIon, degraded by comparison with ouch gen,rv
as 'nese and their sacred commits son, assjmsted n
he warrants OF messenger or the secret letters IN
sPies' know bu, one Of thess Commissioners
any Out oil him will say, that the same Iofv sp,i,
"hich refused to bring his ship TO Cops,an,nonJe nm
WIN her ports rised up, her guns shewn, and her