Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-05-15

State and Treasury. but not known to Congress IL
was called the Diplomatic fund To this fund, apprOpra
tons Tor foreign intercourse all carried for the
venence OF ransactng business with bankers abroad
Our Ministers and foreign agents. not only in Europe but
in South America until recently all paid by these
bankers. The various expenses paid through these chan
nels, are all charged 10 the Diplomatic fund. The De-
par'ment makes Jumping remittance 10 banker, to
meet such expenses, which is passed the credit of
the Diplomatic fund. On the appointment of Minis
ter, instead OF receiving cash at the Treasury he
taxes letter oil credit ON the banker requiring him pay
his outfits and salary, and charge ii the diplomatic fund
his fund from which such expenses are paid has nothing
to do with this question If outfits have been refused TO
our ministers lately sent abroad, might be because the
Department could give credit on this fund The De-
parment might not be able TO draw upon our Banker If
any scuple existed in the mind of the President it was
undoubtedly from that sougce If the of the accounts
between the Department and the Barings who are our
Bankers at London, did not permit the draft il was lust
proper and honorable scrupe. He discamed all cavng
upon such subject. 1t was the duty of the House TO
adopt the necessary TO remove scrple of this
kind (r a. then quoted from the Constitution the pas
sage relative to the appointing power of the Presden
This great principle is involved in the question raised by
the Senate. The gentleman from s. Carolina (Nr
McDuihe says the power OF the President appoint to
Office during the of the Senate arises er
ret Undoubtedly every grant of power arises from ne
ccssy The necessities OF the people the foundation
o al ponuca' power not particle OF power has been
granted by any clause OF the constitution which was not
required er neceSSGte rel Powers of an executive cha
racter are granted TO the President The proper Depart
mens call Tor the necessary appropriation TO execute these
powers. The estimates laid before the Commit
tee OF Ways and Means, who frame the bill which
is brought into this House. The bill passes here
and requires the cooperation of the Senat. and Pre-
sident TO become law. Ours government of checks
and balances Ii is not only government of mutual CO.
operation but Of mutual control. The controlling power
IS not the general principle but the exception. 1t
was never 10 be resorcd but for the benefit of the peo
pie ana upon the conviction that the branch control
Ied was taking the wrong path. To apply these prnc
pes-The President has given notice hat the mission TO
France viii terminate at a certain period This fact had
been brought before the House i'm lie regular of
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another minister to Paris. There the cooperation of two
banches-thc Executive and the House. The bill con-
tanning tins provision, goes 10 the Senate That body
strikes this provision out OF the BILL which comes back 10
the House without it, What reason is ASSIGNED for STRIKING
outths provision The gentleman from South Carolina
or inc purpose oil controlling the appointing power The
comparison between the power of the Senate and the Br
tsh House of Lords, is not accurate The Lords have
no power TO strike add TO money bill But tbe
senate may consltutonally amend such bill. They NAV
even originate such abilfor though the constitution pro-
woes mat all laws raising shall originate i'm this
rouse me Senate may originate bills spend il after il is
raised But why have the Senate struck this appronraion
out OF our bi For the simple purpose of asserting cri
nca question OF power between themselves and the
President The Chairman of the Committee of WAYS
ana Means says, if the House shall have the peril
nacty to adhere TO their opinion upon this question:
the appropriation bill will be lost. Upon that point
he was willing TO permit the Senate TO act upon its own re-
sponsibliiy He bclevedthey would oher suffer this item
TO pass than TO deprive the people Of expenditure of
or lO millions, in the various branches OF public service
But should the Senate insist their amendment has this
House so low estimate of its powers its rights and its
uuuG' as 10 SHRINK from placing the responsibility where
belongs! II the Senate disposed place the pas
sage OF the bill upon this point he, for one was ready to
hazard it, 'oe mast come to extremes, let as meet
them firmly. Let who will assume this fearful re-
sponslbity Ii certainly belongs either to this House
or TO those who first started this delicate question of pow
er. Inc difficulty had arisen from this assertion of
the Senateyou sh: not exercise your constitutional
power because we able 10 control you This was not
language entirely properbut if is used il affords add-
uOna reason Tor adherence the appropriation i'm our bill
Whether the President might or might not take This
outfit from another fund an idle question IT was
saldto be lmpoperfor the President to appoint minister
IN october when the next Congress near Meeting
why control Tor month! The controlling power was
different from the advisory-as much as right differed from
expedient 1t had been said that the President coud NOT
make an appointment without the Senate He was not
sure oil that 1t had been done and the appointment had
been rejected The power of rejection was given bv the
constitution and had been exercised by the Senate in view
OF thelr responsibility TO their constituents On that sub
lect tins House had nothing TO say. nad question
been coupled with striking the salary of the rejected Mi
mister out OF this bill it would have been precisely the
case in principle which is before u.s. He was unwil-
ing any question with the Senate but it had been
forced upon the House in manner that rendered il imuos
slbe to avoid it, They have endeavored TO make lhe
House party to their contests. He unwilling to be-
come party in such question.But it necessary TO
assert the dignity OF the House such occasion. For
these reasons he should against concurng with the
Senate and in favor OF the of the Committee disagree
ing TO the amendment.
After few brief remarks from Messrs. Doddrdge
and McDuhe the question of concurrng with the vote of
the committee, was taken, and carried, as follows
YedS-Messrs. Adams Adair, Alexander, Allison, An
derSon Angel Archer, Ashley, j. s. Barbour, Barringer
Bates, Beardslcy, Bell, Bergen, Bethune JAS Blair
John Blair Boon, Bouck Boudin j. Bodhead j. c. Brod-
head, Bucher, Burd, Cambreeng, Chandler, Claiborne
Clay, Clayton, Connor Craig, Crawford Davenport Da-
yam Denny, Dewart, Doubleday, Drayton j. Evans Ford
Foster, Gather, Gilmore, Gordon, L. Ii. Hail. VIM III.
Harper Iiawes, Hawkins, Hoffman, Hogan, Holland
Horn, Howard, Hubbard, lhrie Irwin Jarvis Jewett r.
NJ Johnson, Cave Johnson G. c. Johnston Kavanagh,
kennon j. King H. King, Lamar, Lansing I.eavit Ie-
compile, Mann, Mardis, Mason, w. Mccoy, McIntire G.
+. Mitchell, T. r. Mitchell, Muhlenberg, Newman Pier
son, Pitcher, Plummer, Polk, l.. G. Reed Roane A. H.
Shepperd, Smith, Speight, StAnder, Stephens f. Tho
mas W. Thompson, John Thomson, Verplanck, Ward
Mardwell, Wayne Weeks, Wheeler, c. p. White, Wilde
Worthing-1O2.
Ndys-Messrs. c. Allan r. Allen, Armstrong, Arnold
Babcock, Banks, Noyes Barber Barnwel Barsow /. c.
Bates, Briggs, Billiard, Burgess, Cahoon, Choate Coke
err Corwin, Coulter, Crane, Creighton, Daniel Davis
Dickson, Doddrdge, Ellsworth, G. Evans E. Everett H.
Everett, Fielder, Grcnnell, Griffin, Hester Hodges
Hughes, Huntington, Ingersol, Kendall Letcher LYON
Marshall, Maxwell, r. Mccoy, McDulie Mckay Nc
KEENAN,, Mercer Millgan, Newton, Pearce Potts Ran
dolPh j. Reed, Russell, Semmes, W. b Shepard, Slade
Southland, Slanbery Storrs, Sutherland, Taylor, Phin
Thomas, Tompkins, Tracy, Vance, Watmough L. Whit
uesey, f. Whittlesey, Wickifle, Williams, Young.-77
The question was then stated upon another amendment
respecting the printing of the Diplomatic Correspondence
from llS3 TO 1859, upon which the yeas and nays were
ordered-beore the question was taken,
The House adjourned.
I'm ELECTROMAGNETIC rules held i'm the
n clerks office Of Essex county court on Monday the
End day of Apil, 1892
Amos Cauthorn