Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-12-28
Twcnty-thirA Congress.
IN sen NE.
Dec. 10. 1888.

President OF the United States tor i.
.o,c Of the reasons read by h.m to III 2
,abinet. and officially published '"in
September lat; and the Debate nav t,
~ made tie progress reported se7- i
le.day- -, q
Mr.. Ribb said, lie should not nave i
.,sen in this debate, but tor the cfou'u =
tine gentleman from Georgia
had rested his argument. Beiie''h" /,
that the Senate would have TO ACT on ;
this subject, he would not be SATISFIED ,
to go into such action. without e'i
,ience that this paper, which was cal
led for by the resoiuti"n- was genuine.
God forbid, that he should take any
thing put INTO that paper, winch I'D.
noilu,ed dbl, document, and attrlouteo
10 the President, as genuine: n
though he did believe this paper 10 DC
,.eruIine. yet a regard to his pubic du-
" would prevent him from acting on
+ az genuine. because it appeared !"
,fat newspaper. lie was sure the
Saoator from Kentucky did not want
,he paper for the purpose when Nal
been in,ima,ed by the gentleman ''o.'
Geor.ia. The President had IN ms
message alluded to the removai o. Tue.
nublic deposites, and the Secretary OF
the Treasury had made a report OF h's
reasons for removing THIN. ne Pa
ncr now asked for was d paper In se'-
ar.nce to this public act OF the Iee>t
dent. twas addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury, as one OF '"'
Heads Of the Departments, ana TO inc
other Heads, convened IN eon'h"'
council. touching the public moneys
If.he Senate had not II rlghe To Such
n,ner. Nc knew not what paper 'haN
lad = right to ask for, ultii 1t s'Ese
BE- craciou.,y laid heso:e ~ GER
hal 30 desire to found 20 newspaper
Senate on the as-.sfsed. vas an an
t,;n n,ner a.e should therefore vote
- resolution, in order that he
Int Ilaye the means of forming his
own opinion upon the document; and
IS he had DO desire 10 show any dis
resc.ct &c the Chief Magistrate, he 7
preferred he resolution in lis modisi- !
. .or.n.
|.ir. Calhoun said. he should vote
iJr the resolution, although be was
e..,r from feeling any di-resp ct TOR the
President. lie considered the ofilr;a
communication of this paper rs due to
The dignity OF the Senate, and to tn"
Chief Magistrate himself. Ard he
submitted it to the good sense of gen
,lcmcn, if 1t would be treatin. the
President with propc: respect. to pre-
dicate any action Of the Senate. in ret
erence to SO important 4 SUBJECT, On
newspaper authority.
Mr.. Forsyth rose 70 correct al error
into which gentlemen bad fallen as to
what he had said. lie did not meat
20 say that the paper was geEniae be-
cause it had appeared in certain
newspaper. He knew too much OF
S. he newspapers to make such assertion.
i;nt tins newspaper was published at
the Seat OF Government, and all the
- circunstanca combined TO give IT a
character Of authenticity. 1t was a
defence Of his course to the Cabiaet.
he differed from the view OF this pa
per '1Nt'n Nv tbt G'iti -ib'tti hI'"' VI
srchusct;s; tor he (Mr. F. regarded
it as confidential paper. lie thought
that the Senate had quite As nauci
81 ..htto call FOR the corrcs pondenoc wit.
air. Dunnc as for This paper; and he
believed that gc,.'icme.: did not make
the propcr distinction between con
:iient,al and public act. A to thu
use Which was TO he ma,.e OF the DO u
meat, gentlemen said that tins pape
was the cause OF the removal OF lii,
pubic depo>iics. and that these wer.
the reasons winch influenced that act
THEY then desire to 20 behind tbs pa
per, and for what! Was it TO aseef
t;.n, why the deposites we're removed
No. 1t was to ascertain who had bee
guilty of the criminal act OF remosin
them. lie bad cot intended 10 81
that gentlemen were DESTROYS to Grim
/. nate tire President. He had merel
adopted that view by way of arg,
uGut, and he believed that the oiie'
OF their proceeding would he to urs,
IN the other Hcvse. AID to she y. thi
/. - tlr.y w>,Ie nesiAtiul oi thar dui,
:. ts.e Senate would at as Judges in Il
raT:.s
FIR. kis1 made Few remarks
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