Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-12-19

IN for discussion. lie hau he'ey '''e"
tn answer the inquiry of the gentleman
/ from Georgia; and to say that he wished
| ~ ascertain the genuineness OF this pa
per which now only rested on newspaper
authority; and because !! 1t was an oi-
| fetal act of the President, he was desir-
Gus to have il before the Senate IN an OIL
fetal character. II any gentleman OBJ
,ected to the word "genuIneness" IN his
resolution, he had no desire to retain H.
II was merely his oh jcct to obtain posses
sion of the paper, and he would then be
/ willing to assume its genulneness.
Il Mr.. Forsyth said, he could not see
why the honorable gentleman iro'n1Aen-
lucky should entertain any particular DE,
sire to get at this paper. W hat oficia,
use could he make Of ii, when lie had
rot it? Why depart from usage by cal
! ling for such n paper as this, unless II
was intended to make some ofhcial use
of it, 1.-THE paper in question was TO DC
made the ground of criminal charge a
oainst the President the United States,
/ il must come from another body, and must
! be n part Of the evidence on which the
! President OF The United States Is to be
brought to the bar Of this body, under a
charge OF high crime or m'Sde emean"f.-
IlThe honorable Senator bad s"egest"a
i,but the paper referred Ia, might be ol
! vast use in asceraining by whom the de-
posites have been removed. As 10 'na',
. Mr. +. said, there was no question thM
the deposites have been removed "he-
,,her uroperly or not, would he presumed,
become subject Of inquiry. Mr.. r.
concluded by saying he could perceive
no use that the Senate had for tins pa
| per: the call for it was of n nature entire
IIiy unusual, and he should therefore re-
= sis, il, and require the Yeas and Nays
upon the question of agreeing to II. q,
/, MIR. Benton said that he had INTENDED
10 ask for the Yeas and Nays, 1.-THE gen
~ man from Georgia had not done SO,
,|Ibecause he considered it due to the Sc
nate that it should appear on the lace oi
1.-The Journal who voted for, and who a
} oainst the resolution. AS to the lniof
,tmation sought for from the PRESIDENT, II
; il impossibe for the maglnation to con
Iceive the uses to which tins information
could be applied. The President had
,nlrealy communicated his reasons 20 al
America. He might refuse to send a
COPY to the Senate, in answer to thei'
rail: and such a re iusal would, IN his o.
: pinion, be proper, in reference to the ell
iect it might have in cast $ t" ARISE mere
; ater. Every Senator might take up 'ne
= Globe, and read the paper, ana In'eht
e consider il the act OF the President, ana
n E,,I
e had before him the autograph tne Ife-
sident. In conclusion MIR. b. said, that
his object was to prevent the Senate from
cutting a question to the President when
iihe m;oht not cons ider himself bound to
answer.
' Mr.. Poindextcr said, that he consid'
cred the paper referred to IN this reso'
q luton, as one intimately connected win
the removal Of the public dcpostes from
the Bank of the United States. ii II
Iiwere merely IL correspondence between
r the President and Heads Of Depart.
: ments, or ore Of them, he (Mr. Z. would
g; he one OF the last to disturb the Piesl
il dent of the United States, by calling fo
n it.-But, he said, he regarded it as
a nobl;c document, and document too o
o areat Importance. He regarded It as
d heinz in the nature Of Instructions IRON
!, the Pres,dcn, Of the Uni'ed States to ths
{ Head of one of the Departments, WIN
d rcsoect to the manner of execution oi
!, duty coniided to that Department by law
n |, i the business of this branch OF th'
L. said Mr.. p, to enlghte
n i,he neople, as well as they can, as to III
y manner in which the Government Is con
:; ducted, and to keep them advised OF a
TO encroachments upon the rights oil Con
D press or of the People from any quarter
n The question, says mr.. +. which nov
y nresents itself to Congress is, wheihe
= the broad line which the Constitu'ioI
al has drawn between the President OF TN
rs United States and the control OF the ma
n t;onal chest shall be eilaced, and whcth
'e er. by virtue Of the power OF appoint
Of ment. the President of the United State
IN shall not only take command 0 the Al
s. nv and Navy, but shall also assume IN
as unlimited control of the public purse :
at Tpon bis construction OF his au'horltl,
ly as expounded in practice, and oy I"
u document referred to, what was 10 P''
r. vent the President OF the y. .. 'fo
ly drawinr ten millions of dollars from u
ny Treasury for any purpos" he pleased :
a Nothing at all. lie had only to say
to the Secretary of the Treasury l wa
nd ten millions of dollars-draw warra
lid for it. The Secretary would perha
lot renly. there has been no appropriate
made by law for any such expenditure
IN. the public money, and cannot !ner
IN fore, draw the warrant. bu', SIR,