Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-04

Department. a Comptroller an Auditor. a Treasurer
Register and an Assistant OF the Secretary OF the Tea,u
ry which Assistant shall be appointed by the said
tary.
"see find be hfrfhe, enacted Tha, I, shall be the
uuy OF me secretary OF the Treasury digest and pre-
pare Pahs Tor The Improvement and management Of the
revenue aud for the support of public credit prepare
n" report estimates of the public revenue aud the pub
TIC expenditures; 10 superincnd the collie elton OF the
e""e 10 decide the forms Of keeping aud stating
counts aud making returns, and grant under i,a
uons herein established to be hereafter provided, all war
rants Tor moneys To be Issued from the i'm pur.
suance OF appropriations by 1iw execute such
relative to the sale OF the lands belonging the u States
gre information to either branch Of the Legislature IA,
person or n tcrfng (as he may be
an matters rerred TO him by the Senate or the House
Representatives. or which shall apperlain TO his office: and
generally TO perform all such services relative TO the
hnances, as he shall be directed to PERFORM
Ii 'nese quotations be correct, il shows that Con-
eress qua not mean To establish that parallel connec-
non between the President and the Treasury of the
u. States, MS between himself and the other Depart
nen.s-fie has unquestionably the right TO remove
ne secretary ofthe Treasury, all The other Sec
'eaIes-ln all cases of abuse of office neglect cor
r"ption, lncapacy, of malfeasance or msieasance
-put never without the very strongest necessity
III any case where particular power seems to have
peeh explicitly committed by law to the Secretary
ana TINS brings
2udly. To he Bank Choyyey accor,;,r o., a.,
residents letter, which was read to the Cabinet OF,
me lo'h OF September, "rhe existing laws declare
at inc deposites of the money of the United States
hes
thereof may be established, shall be mnde i'm said
Bank or branches thereof, unless the Secretary of
Tue Treasury shall any time otherwise order and
urect IN which case the Secretary of the Treasury
snail immediately lay before Congress- if i'm session
and If not, immediately after the commencement, ~
tue next session, the reason f such order or direc
ton" " "'e
NOW, we do not understand the President 10 dis
pute In the abstract, the Secretarys right 10 Judge
OF the way in which this power is to be exercised
~In MS letter. he expressly says: "The power of the
secretary of the Treasury over the deposes is nm
qaatWed The provision that he shall report his
, n 10 congress IS no limtaon," &c.-And the
PRESIDENT thus closes his Letter:
sin conclusion. the Preside m, must be permitted TO re
mark mat he looks upon the pending ques OF high
er consideration than the mere transfer OF sum of no
ney from one Bank TO another Its decision NAV ,fc
sne character OF our Government. Tor ages TO come
Should the Bank be suffered Longer Ia use the nuhI - ma,
te accomplishment OF its purposes with the proofs
oil MS iaih ssness and corruption before our ewes tie
among our ci' zsns will despair success in
Struggling against its power; and shall be responsible.
'or ehahng az upon our country forever. Viewing it as
squesuon oil ranscendaut importance, both i'm IN. min
e,pes ana conse qnences involves the President could
ho'' m Jusice 10 the responsibility which he owes 10 TN.
county, refrain from pressing npon the Secretoru nj
he treasury has pie,o IF the considerations ,chich i'm
pei TO immediate action. Upon HIM has been d.yoya,
by The Constitution and the OF the American peo
Pe the duty OF experimenting the opera ion of the Eye
euye Departments of the Government and seeing tina,
me laws are faithfully In the performances n,
us nigh tus', IL is his undoubed right to express To
nose tohom the d,os and his choice hare made his
administration he
opinion Of their duties under circumstances No bs
arse MS this right tchich he noto exercises Far he
from nm to expect or require that any of The Ca5i.
net should, at ms request order or dicfafion do ann
oct 'chch ne believes uniatg or in his conscience
coHoe""S. FROM hein and from his fellow citizens i'm
general he desires only that aid and support which her
reason approves and their conscience sanctions
I'm the remarks he has made this all important oues
oh he trusts the Secretary OF the Treasury will see only
the frank and respectful declaration of the opinions
the President has formed on a measure OF great national
interest," deeply affecting the character and of
nus an'nmstra'ion and not spirit Of dicaon tohich
me Ffest0ett ooud be careful apoid as readv 10
resist Happy will he be, if the now disclosed BRO
auec uniformity oil opinion and unity Of action among the
members OF The administration.
Ihe President again repeats, that he becs his Cabinet
10 consider the proposed as his ON n i'm The
port Of which lie shall require no one of them 70 NAL
sacrhce oil opinion principle. Its responsibility has
been assumed, after the mature delberaton and re-
necoh as necessary to the the people
Tue freedom OF the press aud the purity of the elective
franchise, wi bout which all will in saving that the
oood ana treasure expended by foreiaors in the
constituent OF our happy system Of Government, will have
oeeh vain aud rutess Under these convictions he
a measure so important to the American people can.
Gos DC too soon; and he therefore the
hrst day oil October next period proper for the change
engagements with the State Banks be made"
IL SENS to us, therefore, that the President dis
CLAIMS all desire TO dictate to the Secretary of the
lreasury-but only TO press upon him his own
"view of The considerations which i,nneI n i'm
mediate action" If these views were not concIu
slve upon the mind of the Secretary il appeors In
us tiiat tie PRESIDENT ought TO have been conten,
with doing his duty, and leaving the responsibility
where the law had left it, in The hands of The Secre
mry: The President might have, in the mean time
oDtained information as to the best mode of de =
posting tile public monies in the State Banks-and
ad these facts along with the gross abuses of which
the Bank had been guilty, before Congress and his
Countrymen at the next session. For this cause
alone, he should not have removed the Secretary
and appointed snbstitute.-A People, Jealous of its
Liberties, Should watch the exercise of the Execu
i've powers IN all cases; and particularly where the
public purse is concerned. The most virluos Chic
Magistrate may be led into error. His very virtues
may betray him. His Indignation against tile abuses
OF others may prompt him to the adoption of n re-
medy, which he enormously considers within the
strict line of his duty
But 3dy, what are the facts of the case? Did h,.
supersede the Secretary and for what cause /? If
the Secretary did not resignbut il the President re-
moved him, as seems TO be agreed then the next a,es-
ton is for ,ohot did he remove him :? Ifhe re-
moved him, because of difference of opinion ON
the Deposites, think the President has erred
however pure were his motives. But if there were
any other circumstances connected with his re-
moval; any differences between these two officers
OF character not yet developed to the world il Wi
become us to Judge of the whole transaction when
1t is clearly and fully explained in all its circuu
stances 1T is highly probable, that these transac-
tons will at no distant day be submitted to the Public
| But whatever opinions we may form upon this
point, let us never lose sight of the OTHER question:
we mean the gross and unjusiifube abuses of the
Bank, its rreconcilablc hostility with the Constjtu-
luton of the country and its tremendous powers for
corruption and mischief. We shall bring those