Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-10-24
MONDAY. OCTOBER 81. 1888.
From the Albany Daily Advertiser.


short time since, that the Editor Of the
#Richmond Enquirer, albeit most de.
voted adherent of Gen. Jackson, had
|esinced the candor TO express his dosbts
as to the Presidents jurisdiction over
The public deposites. The Albany Ar.
Gus thereupon expressed his conviction,
that if Mr.. Richie would examine the
subject, his doubts would vanish. Alas.
for the oracular prediction! 1t is most
sadly destitute of verification.
From the Richmond Enquirer
We have expressed some doubts u
bout the jurisdiction of the President
over the public deposites. The more
we have eramined this question, the
nOre they are strengthened. We are
vllllng to pay every tribute to the lofty
patrlotlsm-aud the unsullied integrity
of the President Of the United States.
I'VE entertained no sort of doubt that
Die believes himself perfectly justified in
the course he has pursued-that he feels
no scruple about the po,cer he has ex-
*ccuted, and that he has been actuated
Eby the justindignation he has conceived
for the abominable abuses of the Bank
of the United States.
1t is of not the slightest consequence
Jas to the justice and legality of the act
Ethat the President believed himself JUS
/ ifed-if he could have so believed in
the teeth of his own assertions and ad-
missions. 1t is no excuse for him,
"that he feels no scruple about the por-
! er he has exercised" such mnscrHpulous
#ruers are not wanted in America. A
Edeberate violation of the law is not to
be defended by ''good intentions. =
i The illimitable floor of the palace of
ESatan is paved with that material. If
1.-The President has done 4 wrong and
act, honest men should not
hesitate to condemn 1t and him.
In the following passage the Enqui-
rer admits, but with unworthy tame
/ ness, the executive violation of the law.
I'VE are at loss to conceive what act
of Gen. Jackson would be monstrous
enough to call forth denunciation
j from the collar press. Mr.. Cambre-
ieng, according to the Courier and En-
quirer, maintains the Generals right
| to take the life of Mr.. Biddle--to pis-
tol him with his own hand.
at seems to us, therefore, that the
President disclaims all desire to dictate
to the Secretary of the Treasury--but
only to press upon him his own "view
of the considerations which impel him
immediate action" If these views
were not conclusive upon the mind of
the Secretary, it appears to us that
the President ought to have been con-
tent with doing his duty, and LEAV-
ING THE RESPONSIBILITY
WHERE THE LAW HAD LEFT IT,
IN THE HANDS OF THE SECRETARY.--
The President might have, in the mean
4 time, obtained information as to the
best mode of depositing the public mo-
ncysin the State Banks-and laid these
f.cts, along with the gross abuses of
which the Bank had been guilty, be-
fore Congress and his countrymen at
tho next session. For this cause a..
lone, he should not have removed the
Secretary and appointed substitute.
people jealous Of its liberties, should
match the exercise Of the Erecutire
poacers, IN all cases; and particularly
%here the public purse IS coacerned.-
The most virtuous Chief Magistrate
may be led into error. His very vir.
tues may betray him. His indigna-
ton against the abuses of others may
prompt him to the adoption Of a reme-
dy, which he enormously considers
within the strict line of his duty.
In another place the Editor Of the
Enquirer distinctly pronounces King
Andrew in error. A very mild term,
10 DC sure, for an act of highland
and daring usurpation; but mild as 1t
is, it is more brazen and courageous
than any thing the collarites in this
section dare avow:
eff he removed him (Mr. Duane,
because of a difference ofopinion on the
&keposites, we think the President has
- SRED--however pure his notices. y
At the hanging of Getter, on the 4tf
instant, near Easton, Pa, the fope
broke, and it was not until the lapse o
twenty minutes that the executionel
was able to bring the culprit again t.
the beam. From the want of due care
this cruelty often occurs. If the Law
provided that when the rope of the cri
minal breaks, the sheriff should b
tucked up IN his stead, the barbarou
spectacle would seldom he witnessed