Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-08-02
From the National lnteigencer of Wednesday.


APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
Samuel Gwin to be Register Of the
Land Office for the District of Lands
subject to sale at Mount Salus, in the
State Of Mississippi.-Globe Of July "a.
Of all the arbitrary acts Of Gen. Jack
son, since he became President, this is,
perhaps the boldest; the most unwarrant-
able in itself, and tire most insulting to
the Senatorial body.
The history of this appointment is con-
tanned in the Extract from the Executive
Journal Of the Senate. which we publish
to-day, in connection with the following
precedent facts, for which we are indebt-
ed to the Telegraph Of Monday.
The Senate, in the session of l83O-3f,
had passed resolution "tleat it was in
eXpedent to appoint citizen of amy one
State to an Office in another State, III
which such citizen does not reside, with
out some evident necessity for such APP
poiAtment. The propriety Of some such
principle, expressed or implied, being u
dopted by the Senate and Executive, is
so apparent, that the resolution was adop-
ted by the following vote:
Yeas. +-Messrs Barton, Bell, Benton,
Burnet, Chase, Clayton, Foot, Hem
bricks, King, Marks, Noble, Poindexter,
Robbins, Ruggles, Sanford, Seymour,
Silsbee, Smith of Nd. Tazcwell, Troup,
Wiley, Woodbury-22;
N1ys.-.Messrs. Barnard Bibb, Dick
erson, Dudley, Ellis, Kane, Knight, Nc
kinley, Smith offs c., White-l0.
In the face, however, of this declared
opinion of the Senate, the Executive
nominated, at the next session, SAMUEL
GwiN, az the Register the above-nam'
ed Laid Office. Mr.. Gwin was clerk
in the Post Office Department, and had
been, short time previous to the meet
ing Of Congress, appointed by the Presi-
dent to filllke Office to which he was then
nominated.
Il With respect to the last Of these votes
the Telegraph furnishes the following ad'
ditional information:
"This course was adopted at the in.
stance of friend of the President, witt
an understanding that he should be ad
vised to withdraw the nomination, anC
nominate some other individual. 1t was
subsequently stated in the Senate, tha
the President had declared that he neve
! would nominate to the Office ga citizen ol
Mississippi" . -.
| Thus far the Telegraph. But thi:
was not all. On the last nights sitting
when bare majority only of Senators
were in attendance, MIR. Webster, MIR
Holmes, Mr.. Sprague, and others, hav'
ing left the city, an attempt was made tt
get this nomination taken up and actet
upon. This attempt, after the explici
understanding that it had been laid OF
the table as a quietus to it, produced 81
great and general Il sensation OF dlsap
probation among the remaining Senators
without respect to parties, that the mover
was obliged to withdraw his motion.
! After these repeated reflections by tlt
Senate, we now learn with surprise tha
can hardly be expressed by words, tina
! the moment the Senators had turned thei
! backs, Gen. Jackson re-apponlts his SAM
! rejected person 10 the same office. The
principle of the Vetos is arbitrary enough
but this last arrogation ofpower caps tli'
climax of Executive usurpation.
! Let the worshippers Of the "Conquc
ror of Conquerors" get up public meet
ings every where to applaud this new dis
play of "more than Roman virtue" il
! him, who, as they impiously say, ''ha
filled the measure ofhis country's glory
1t is fully as worthy of all the adulatiol
they can pour upon it, as his notification
in succession, of three important bill
passed by large majorities in Congress