Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-28
THE CASE OF Mr.. GWIN.

In copying the following from the Globe OF yes
terday, we follow the rule Of giving the Executive
the advantage Of placing before our readers It's
own statement of its own case:
"The Intellisencer has new and formidable
trouble this morning IN the case Of Mr.. Gwin.
{" The whole lpha and omega oft IS, whether,
while the Senate chose 10 take time to consider
his re.nonination-the great and pressing bust
ness of the Land Office in Missisippi-amount-
Ing to hundreds of thousands Of dollars, is to be
suspended.
:. This is all. Because, if it is not to be sus.
pended, nobody can doubt that Mr.. Gwin, the
present incumbent. is hit and the most appro-
pirate person to discharge the duties Of it, con-
sidering that he is still before the Senate, reno.
minated with numerous applications from citi.
zsns of Mississippi, and with the express wish Of
one of her Senators.
{" Till these applications and this wish are
pronounced Intellectual by the Senate, nobody
can doubt that Mr.. G. should continue to act"
Sn lar from this being - the whole" alpha
and omega, it is neither the beginning. the mid.
die, nor the end Of this business. The Senate
did aot want - time" IL they did not instantly
+. ect MrGwin's nomination, it was with the ex-
pectaton, undoubtedly, that, il laid on the table,
the President would take broad hint, withdraw
it, nd substitute some one less exceptionabIe.
The official editor seems to think that - no.
body can donb'" the fitness Of Mr.. Gwin. But
the Sena,e did DOUBT it very seriously. and after
full enquiry too: and they expressed their doubts
in a manner not tn be misunderstood, though it
has v.~n contemporary disregarded, by the
Executive.
Az to the numerous applications from citizens
Of Mississippi in favor Of Mr. Gwin, it would
have been discreet IN the Official to be silent on
that head, the manner in which those letters were
obtained being one OF the most exceptionable fea-
lures of this case. II we understand rightly,
they were ELECTED by letters from the President
himself. directly or indirectly, written after the
first rejection Of Mr.. Gwin, and asking that re-
Communications should be forwarded with view
to his denomination. So obvious was this, We
have heard when the recommendations were pro-
duced in the Senate, that it was proposed by one
of the Senators to call for copies OF the remain.
der of the correspondence on this subject. They
had got the omega: he wanted the alpha aud the
whole of it,
The real .salpha" of this case is the first re-
lection Of Mr.. Gwin. upon principle, which. be.
fore Mr. Gwin vas nominated at all, the Presi.
dent knew that the Senate had established tor ITS
Government. The ''omega" is, that the Presi-
dent. failing to coerce the Senate, has transcend
ed his constitutional authority, to offer them the
greatest indisnity within his power. The consti-
tutional authority Of the President is 'to fill up
"all vacancies that may happen during the re-
-" cess of The Senate, by granting commissions
" which shall expire at the end Of their next ses.
" SION" The vacancy 10 the case did not hap
pen "during the recess Of the Senate" and the
President had no power to fill it. No court Of
Justice would sustain any &C! which Mr.. Gwin
may do under the pretence of this void act Of the
Executive. HIS commission 10 mere brutum
ful,nen.-Nat. Int.