Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-15
POLITICAL.
From the Wssbin. ton Globe.
HE TREASURY DdrpA RTNEN,.,

W 'ne odnk, anu ITS conductor hired TO overthrow
previously Professed principles would be quoted
authority Tor facts and doctrines establish theory
o. 'he Constitution.-1ha the Editor OF the Richmond
enquirer should ever have looked such source for or
OF amazement and Of modification We excuse
~ e puome ior Tue notice we now take OF the iaiacy
"" imposition which such person has to prac
use solely upon the ground that his bay,
taken Tor granted by Mr. Richie.
Inc Editor oil the Courier and Enquirer conc Iu,ey the
account OF his discoveries IN the Constitution thus:
Here At eoin be perceived that the Treasury Depart
ment and in coy ,chaerer connected NTH The Err
enhrej ercePf that its head TO be nominated to
me Senate 6y that officer"
This Is the history by which he establishes tho grand
result: '''' s''"u
The Bills organizing the w ar and State Department.
as Executive" Departments were immediately p.ssed
and sent to the Senate for and each q,
became law in the following words Be il enacted
&c. That there shall be ExEcUrIvE Department to
10 denominated the Department OF and there shall
be principal officer therein to be called the Secretary of
Tho Department OF War; who shall perform and execute
entrusted to him 6y the President of the United So,c,
. andJurfheyniore, that said princi.
pal oihcer shall conduct The business the said Depart
men IN such manner as the President Of the IT, States
shall from time to time order instruct
ne same language was attempted to be used in rea-
aon 70 the Treasury Department. but was opposed ON the
ground that the Treasury should not be CONSIDERED an
" Erecuire' Department., in any wav made sub
sevIen TO- or dependent upon, the President II was
contended, that II would be dangerous establish any
such conneSion, and that of right the Treasury shonl
be deemed separate Department reporting directly
W inc f1ouse OF Representatives instead the
siuent, as In The case OF the other Departments The
acts establishing the War aud State Departments AZ
"Erecuf'ue Departments passed without opposition but
The title OF the act in relation TO the Treasury
was changed and all its provisions fully freely discus
Fed and altered On its reaching the Senate il there
ed through the same ordeal, and many
proposed and adopted in some of which the House of Re-
presenatives refused TO concur; and consequence
committee oil conference was appointed, OF which MT
MADISON was one This conference continued till the 81 d
August, when MIR. Madison made repor, stating that the
committee could not ogree and introduced re solution
which was adopted, declaring that the House would not
reeede from It's position. In consequence Of this resou
ton, the Snate aer great ration Yielded to the
House. and the Bill organizing the Treasury partment
OF the United States, became law on the n Sentem
ber 1885, under the tile act to establish The Trea
,y Department. whilst the laws In citation 10 the war
ana State Departments are each entitled "a esaJ.
Partnenf Of (War orr Foreign .lfaiys''
The impression made the Editor of the Richmond
Enquirer, from this exposition and which was evident
W intended TO make, is that the question of difficulty be
tween the two branches Of the Legislature was whether
the Treasury Executive Department and that this
issue was argued upon the title the R and decied in
the negative II pretended that this fact is shown nv
the change in the title OF the Bill. The Journal of bo,
Houses winch we annex, marking every step pro.
gre.s OF the BILL proves However, that there was not The
slightest difficulty about the title OF the bill.
The title of " Treasury Department" was given after
All the principles were discussed and settled making il an
Executive Department aud entirely dependent the Pre-
sident; and without division the slightest discussion
IN regard to the title IL was adopted evidently avoid
lhe tautology and decentralization OF calling an Erecu
me department to be denomiDaeda TREASURY Deporf.
menL IL will be IRON the extracts from the a,y
marked mo. 81 that only few days afterwards "r E
ectue Department. to be denon.inoted the Departr,,
~ Foreign Hfdirs, was directed 10 he denoninated
simply "Ihe Department Of State" And it will be
alter that establishing the Treasury Department. an in
deed corollary to il, i. the for establishing the
n 1are' OF the ExEcUrIyE OFFIcERs. and the first
named Erecuffpe ccer the Secretary q the Treasrv
From that day to this, he has always been recornizJ
as an Executive officer, not only in Of Congress
siona recognition but, under that clause in the Con.it
'ion which provides that the President 'ay require he
opinion, m t0riting, Of the principal office, in each of
ne EA DEPARTMENTs, upon any subject re-.
fdhnS 10 me duties V their respective Otices" Through
out the whole debate, in rel on the several Depsr
msns (wce we have read with much i'm Llovd.
hepor') the Treasury Department held he an Ex.
ecnve Department. The assertion OF the Editor of the
Courier and Enquirer TO the contrary sheer impo-ion
from the Journals and Extracts OF the Debate, which
we give, the controversy which led to argument
running through almost whole volume OF Loyd's De-
oa'cs VIII be found TO have arisen with regard TO the
tenure ny which the Heads uf tie different Executive
Departments (be Secretary of the Treasury among ,hc,A
were TO hold their Offices. MIR. Madison maize ,be
proposition on the Threshold, that the Heads of Depart
ments should be removable by the President IL was
argued IN that shape but when carried in the House az
constitutional principle, Mr.. Benson proposed 10 recoe
n'ze u IN the bill in such way preclude the idea that
Tue power was grant from Congress Mr. Madison ac-
copied the modification proposed by Benson and was
inserted in The bill in new form, as follows:
IND whenever The Secretary shall be renamed froy
cpce 6y The President Of The United States or in ann
oiher case q racancy IN the office Of Secretary the as
sstant shall during the rocancu hare The cha, oe and
custody ~ me records, books and papers, opperiaining
10 The said otfce.'
The Senate moved 10 amend The Bill bv stirling M,
ms clause Those in the House of Re WIN
opposed the claim OF power in the President TO
pleasure the Heads OF Departments insisted that as the
Senate was united with the President in the execu,s
"ncuon OF making appointments, that body ought az q
consequence To participate in power Of removal Mr.
Madison however, who had taken the share In
training the Constitution, illustrated the true p,nr,ls H.
the clearest manner.
His exposition adopted by iriunphapt majority
IN tue House oil Representatives, all The
Al lin, af, a..
dence Of the Treasury, then urged The senate
by Insisting 10 the last upon their 9Th sought
10 extend lis Executive functions, bu cODsfruefiou he.
yond the express provision, which limited their
ion with the Executive 10 the approval Of
10 advising and concerning 10 nominations They did mo-
deny thai the power OF removal an Executive poyer
On the contrary they claimed IT, sse in consenng IN
appointments they exercised in a slight degree Execu.
tive authority. But Mr.. Madison maintained success
iuy, That The Constitution ia declaring " the Erecuipe
p0tCer shan De rested ia PyesdeHf had inposed all
the executive duty upon that officer, except in those
ses whereinit provided that IL should be performed in
conjunction with the Senate, entirely prohbited Ile
maintained that the Constitution expressly conferred
the Executive power the President, and reoured as
consequence that he should take care that the laws
should he faithfully executed the authority and
blity 81 the whole Executive Deparmen mt unon
him, except ~ those particulars in which special roodi6
cation OF the Constitution directed Otherwise In the de-
cision oil This question, giving the President complete
authority over all the Executive Departments the
II viii be seen from the journals that il upon the in
seron OF the clause recognizing the Presidents power
over the Treasury Department especially the contest arose
which called tor the COMMITTEES Of Conference And 1,
VIII also be that the Senate at last receded and
the point a. put in issue, in relation 10 tho
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