Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-27
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az HIGH-HANDED USURpATION,

az HlGH-HANDED USURPATJONt
So reckless has been the course of Gen. jackson
and so infatuated and seryile his worshipper. that
honest and intelligent men have long since express
ed their fears that he would not suffer himself IN
be trammelled by the checks imposed on the Exec.
utivo Magistrate by the Constitution and Laws
and that let him act the Tyrant ever SO palpably,
he would be sustained and his acts not only excu-
Sod, but applauded by the great body of his adho.
rents. 1t was even ntimatcd by some who knew
him, that should he be unable to obtain the sane
ton of the Senate to Appointments, he would have
ahe hardihood to set ut defiance the constitutional
power with which they expressly clothed and
re-appont after the adjournment of Congress no.
minees whom the Senate had reectad-thus strip
ping the Senate of it's Legitimate pewcr-as he has
IN effect, nullifed the powers of Congress and
the Supreme Cortland rendering himself despot-
lc-the only fountain of power-an absolute Mo-
march in short, and using that power as Tyrant
~ THIS HE HAS DONE Whether the fears
entertained that any considerable number of his
adherents will sustain him in it, were likewise
but too well founded, is yet TO be seen-He
has absolutely re-appointed, of his own soye
reign will and pleasure, "Samuel Gwnn to be
Register of the Land Office for the District
OF Lands subject to sale at Mount Salus, in the
State OF Mississippi" after the nomination had
been rejected by the Senate! We shall have more
to say on this subject hereafter. In the mean time
we lay before the reader the two following articles
If this which caps the climax of the Tyrants acts
does not arouse the People, nothing can. Surely
none who sustain Jackson in this act will presume
to call themselves republicans or Jacksons govern
ment Republican.
From the Delaware Journal
the case of a certain Samuel G,oinn who some
time ago was clerk i'll the General Post Office
and distinguished himself by writing letter to Post
master General Barry, filled with the most fulsome
adulation of the said Post Master General and the
Hero; to which letter Mr.. Post Master General re-
piled, eulogsing the said Mr.. Gwinn for various
excellent qualities, among which his '.devotion to
the President" was particularly extoled. This
correspondence was published, with an appropriate
flourish, in the Globe, 81 the whole circle of hrelpp
presses as proof positive of the virtue of the admin
lstration, and of the excellence and purity of Mr.
Barry and the Post Office Department. A few
DAYS explained the object of this sentimental cor
respondence. The Post Office Clerk was look
ing for higher office, and his disinteresfed attach
ment to the Hero and Mr.. Barry, was rewarded with
the appointment OF Register of Land Office in
MiSSiSSipp', with a salary of about So 600 per an
num- Mr.. Pondextcr, the Senator of Missi,sippi.
when the nomination came before the Senate de-
nounced 1t as an insult TO his State that Post Of
fice Clerk who had never been in the State should
DC sent from Washington TO fill one of the most lu
cratve offices in it, merely because of his ieyoton
to the President" The Senate rejected the nomi.
nation by a vote of more than two to one The
subsequent proceedings in the case have come TO
our knowledge In consequence of the removal of
the injunction of secrecy upon the proceedings
IN the Senate, on the last day of the session.
Gwinn, 1t seems, had endeared himself to the
man who was "6orR TO command" by his letter tn
Mr.. Barry; and he was cnraged at the Senate for
daring to resist his nomination. 1t was a small
matter, lndeed-but our hero is accustomed to
SHINE In small matters, and he set his heart upon
carrying Mr.. Gwinn through the ordeal Gwinn,s
father sent to Mississippi TO travel tbropgb
the State and obtain recommendations for his
son. After beating about tho State for five months
the mendIcant collector obtained list of about two
hundred petitioners;-men, who like Falstaf's rac
ged recruits obliged to get other men t, write
'her names;-and upon the strength of this respect
able document, the Hero, re-nominatcd Samnel
Gwinn to the Senate! Gwinn himself the interest
ing object OF all these hopes and cares had been fin
Their recommending himselfsto favor, in the mean
tlme, by abusing Nj. Poindexter in scuryy Jackson
paper In Mississippi The Senate, indignant at
TINS fresh insult on the part of Jackson, and being
apprised of the circumstances ATTENDING the cose
refused, by large majority to take anv notice of
the denomination, further than to Law it upon the
table, with understanding that it should NOT
DC touched again. The "conqueror of CONQUER
ors' was enraged-he was, as Col. johnson said
like "a roaring lion"--and he swore that he mo
yer would fill the vacancy with any citizen of
mississippi, let the Senate do rs it would Ano
liner opportunity, however, presented itself for
display of the magnanimity of the Hero AZ an
a former occasion, he had taken ADVANTAGE of tbol
absence of certain Senators, to smuggle Major
Noah through the Senate, it was now determined
10 Practlse the Same trick in relation to Gwinn
In the last week of the session many of the Sen,
tors VINO voted against Gwinn had gone home
and Mr.. Powhatan Ellis, u Senator from N;se;Y
siPPi' was persuaded 10 move the reconsideration
OF Gwinn's case, and to secure his fdelitv-a
work OF superocrgation-Mr. Ellis was himself mn
Ind nf1
Senator Ellis part was to have Gwinn's nomino
ton called up before his own. He made tho mo
tion accordingly, and lie and Mr. Moore of Ala
bama stated, that the President had told tLern
tnat ne would make no other nomination than Mr.
Gwinn. "
FMS reiterated instance of insult and perfdy
excited deep sense of Indignation in the Sc.
nate. Those who had opposed his nomination.
declared, that it this violation Of The pledge form
efly given, not to take up this subject again.
should be persisted in in the absence of Senators
who had gone home with that understanding.
they would also go home and leave the Sonata
"lthout quorum, and not only let Mr.. Gwinn's
domination remain unconfrmed, Jut Senator
Ellis also. The President pro tenn, (Mr FAC
welD and Messrs. Tyler and Manpun IL 10 cid
expressed their indignation at this attempt of the
Executive TO rample the Senate under foot, and
their determination to vote against the appoint
ment under such circumstances. The result is
That Mr.. Gwlhn still sleeps upon the table of the
Senate. This is long story upon a small sub
lect-6ut IT is important to show the petty motives
tfe patty tricks and the ungovernabc passions Of
The man who, the official paper says, is "born TO
command" the American people.
IRON tie National Inteuigencer of yesterday.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
samuel Gwinn TO be Register Of the Land Office
lo inc District of Lands subject TO sale at Mount
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VI all the arbitrary acts of Con. Jackson since