Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-08-17
From the Nat. LtsiAgencer.
APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESI
DENT

DENT
SAMUEL GwIN TO be Register Of the
Land Office for the District OF Lands sub
)ect to sale at Mount Salus. in the State OF
Mississippi - Globe ofJuly24
Of oil the arbitrary acts of Gen. JACK
SON, since he became President, this is per-
ihaps the boldest the most unwarraniable
itself, and the most insulting TO the Sena-
torial body.
The history Of this appointment iscontain-
ed in the Extract from the Executive Jour
nal of the Senate, which we publish to-day
IN connection with the following precedent
facts, for which we are indebted TO the Tel
egraph of Monday:
The Senate, in the session of lS3O-3l,
had passed resolution that it was ineXpe-
dent 10 appoint a citizen of any one State 10
an Office in another State, in which such citi-
zen does not reside, without some evident ne
cessity for such appointment" The propri-
ETY. of some such principle, expressed or i'm
piled, being adopted by the Senate and Elk
ecutive, is so apparent, that the resolution
was adopted by the following vote
YEAS-Messrs. Barton, Bell, Benton,
King, Marks, Noble, Poindexter, Robbins,
Ruggles, Sanford, Seymour, Silsbee, Smith
of Md. Tazewell, Troup, Wiley, Woodbu-
Ey-22.
NAYS-Messrs. Barnard, Bibb, Dick
erson, Dudley, Ellis, Kane, Knight, Nick in
ley, Smith of S c., White-lO
In the face, however, of this declared o.
pinion of the Senate. the Executive nomina-
ted, at the next session, SAMUEL Gw1N, as
the Register olthe above named Land Office.
Mr.. Gwa was a clerk in the Post Office
Department, and had been, short time pre-
viovs TO the meeting of Congress, appointed
by the President 10 fill the Office 10 which he
was then nominated.
The proceedings and votes upon this nom
ination Will be found in the extract from the
journal. With respect TO the last of these
votes, the Telegraph furnishes the follow
ing additional information
"This Course was adopted at The instance
ot a friend of the President, with an under
standing that he should be advised TO with
draw the nomination, and nominate some
other individual Ii was subsequently, sta
ted in the Senate, that the President had de
clared that he never would nominate TO the
Office ga citizen of Mississippi"
Thus far the Telegraph. But this was
not all. On the last nights sitting, when
bare majority only ofthe Senators were in at
tendance, Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Holmes, MIR.
Sprague, and others, having left the city,
AN attempt was made TO get this nomination
taken up and acted upon. This attempt, al
ter the explicit understanding that il had
been laidon the table as a quietus TO it, pro-
duced so great and general sensation of dis
appreciation among the remaining Senators,
without respect TO parties, that the mover
was Obliged TO Withdraw his motion.
Alter these repeated reflections by the Sen
ate, we now Learn, with a surpriZe hard
~ to be expressed by words that the mo-
Enent the Senators had turned their backs.
General jackson re,qypointed the same re-
1ceted person to The same office The prin-
ciple OF the Veto is arbitrary enough; but
this last arrogation OF power caps the climax
of Executive usurpation.
Let the worshippers of the "Conquerer of
Conquerers' get up public meetings every
where to applaud this new display of &c more
than Roman virtue" in him, who, as they
inpiously say, "has filled the measure of his
country's glory" 1t is fully as worthy Of
all the adulation they can pour upon it, as
his notification, in succession, sfthree impor-
tant bills passed by large majorities in Con-
gress, and undoubtedly approved by large
majority of the People
o. The following are the Executive pro-
seedlings of the Senate, on the nomination of
Mr., Gwin, referred TO in the foregoing arti-
Gle:
THURSDAY, December g. 1881.
The following message was received from
the President of the Uniled States, by MIR.
Donelson, his Secretary.
TO the Senate Of The United States
WASHINGTON, December s, 1881
Commissions having been granted during
the recess of the Senate, 10 the following !
persons for the offices respectively annexed
to their names, ! now nominate them to the
same, viz:
John H. Jacobs, &c SC &c
Samuel Gwin to be Register Of the Land |
Office for the District oflands subject TO sale,
at Mount Salus, in the State Of Mississippi, |
vice Stokely ID. Hays, deceased.
The message was read.
Ordered, That the nominations of Regis |
ter and Receivers of the several Land Off |
Ces, be referred 10 the Committee on Pub |
lie Lands.
THURsDAY, December %, 1881
MIR. King, from The Committee on Pub |
lie Lands, reported on the nomination OF
Samuel Gwin, contained in the message of !
The 9Th of December.
The Senate proceeded to consider the
nomination.
On the question" VIII the Senate advise s. |
consent to the appointment Of Saml. Gwin;' !
1t was determined 10 the Negative Y cas- !
l3, Nays %.
On motion by Mr Johnston,
The yeas and nays being desired by one |
fifth Of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative, are
YEAs-Messrs. Bibb, Brown, Dallas Dick
sTsoD, Dudley, Grundy Hill, Kane, knight, |
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