Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-04-10

panic, which is little short Of absolute terror
The preliminary statements Of the Governor are
Of decided party character. He attributes all
the evils Of the present state Of things TO the
Bank Of the United States, and repeats the tire
some calumnies by which that institution has been
assailed. This plan is evidently party scheme
TO bolster up the system which owes its paternity
TO Mr. Van Buren,. Like the removal Of the
depositcs, il devotes the money Of the people to
the purposes Of party; and il is handled with
great severity by the New York papers. The
message was referred to joint committee, which
has since made a report, expressing the unani
nous assent Of the Committee 10 the plan of the
Governor, accompanied by two bills for carrying
il into effect The first bill is entitled can act to
loan the credit OF this State to the people there
Of" and provides for the issue Of State stock
Of six millions, four millions 10 be loaned to the
banks in the city Of New York, to amounts not
exceeding half Of their respective capitals, and
two millions to be loaned TO other banks in the
State. The second bill authorizes the banks re-
ceiving the loans to discount on them as so much
capital. These bills have since passed, and the
Legislature Of New Y ork have thus consented TO
pay six millions out of their peoples pockets as
entrance money for Mr.. Van Buren, in his Presi-
dental career. Under the supposition that this
stock will be taken chiefly by foreigners, the
New York papers represent the measure as ga
farm, piece, parcel or tract of land, called York
State"
The decision of the Senate on Mr.. Clay's rcso-
buttons, which we gave in our last, shews that
large majority of that enlightened body are op
posed to the arbitrary measures Of the President.
Inc largest vote was upon the reasons of the
secretary, declaring them unsatisfactory and in
sufficient, and Showed that twenty eight ont Of
the forty eight members who compose the BODY
are opposed to the administration and ON tho eide
OF the constitution and laws Tb;s nrn,t.,,
nave oeen increased TO thirty, but for the absence
oil Messrs. Bell of New Hampshire and Chan,
bers of Maryland. Here is deliberate declare
ton by this august assemblage, that the acts of
the President are derogatory to the constitution
and laws; decision which, it is to be hoped, will
exercise salutary influence upon public senti
ment, although there is not the SLIGHTEST hon.
that it will be received by the President as an |
admonitIOn oil the wickedness of his acts, and |
the necessity OF retracing his s'"r~' -
man who could do as he has done, must De I'M
nervous 10 reason-and we have ample proof
from his own lips, that President jackson is act
ing under the influence of passions, which he is
determined to indulge, be the consequence what
it may. In ordinary times, and under any oil our
former rulers such indication oil the uisappIo-
baton of the highest legislative authority IN .he
country, would have led the Executive to the
most serious deliberation, and, in all probability,
to an immediate change OF policy. The reno
val Of the deposites by the Secretary requireu
the approval of Congress. One branch cannot,
by its assent to the act render IT valid; ana 10
make il SO. the concurrence of both must be had
GLOW" SAYS a correspondent OF the klchmond
Wing ''can there be validity in continuing the
public monies from their place OF lawful deposte,
after this decided denial of assent by one branch
of Congress? The other branch and the Presi-
dent are not Congress-, nor is the performance of
an act by Congress, at all required 10 render the
removal illegal. A concurring act was required
to render the inceptive act OF the Secretary com
plete, and give legality to the proceeding, which
by the refusal of the Senate, is as certainly de-
fective, though not in the same degree, as if both
Houses refused their sanction to the act of the
Secretary" This seems to us to be sound rea-
soning, but it is not admitted by the friends of
the President, and il would, indeed, be wonder
full, aftor what we have seen, if IT were.
The opinions entertained by the President and
his supporters as to the force Of the votes in the
Senate, are, we may presume, fully set forth by
Mr.. Benton, in the following passages OF speech,
delivered by him in the Senate. on the day after
the adoption of the resolutions:
Mr.. B. did not know what the President
and Secretary might think they ought to
do in consequence Of yesterdays vote; he
knew what he thought they ought TO do,
and that was, nothing. So far from having
the voice Of Congress, there was no way
for the Executive, or for the other half Of
Congress, to know what the Senate had
done. Their resolutions were single, not
Joint. There was no way to communicate
them to the President, or to the House.
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did not; and these resolutions might lie on
the Senate journals till doomsday, an d
neither the President nor the House of Rep
resentatives could legally, regularly, or in
any parliamentary way, know of their ex-
stence. They could not regularly take
notice of them. These resolutions are a
anomalies In every
point of view, he, Mr. b., considered the
Senate's proceeding as an anomaly; and
that the best thing that could happen for
the Senate would be, for the President and
the House of Representatives to take no
notice of it until parliamentary commu-
nication of the proceeding could be made
TO them; and as that never could be done,
so they would remain in ignorance of il
forever. Certainly neither House can know
what the other does, except from an au-
thentic communication; certainly the Pres.
ident cannot know what is done in either
House, except upon regular communiea-
ton, under the authority of the House.
Newspaper reports, verbal intelligence, the
statements of members, are no authority
for CO. ordinate branches of the Govern
ment to act upon; and. in parliamen iary
understanding. neither the House of Rep
resentatives, or the President, knows any
thing of the resolutions which were adopt
ed here yesterday.
So that, according to Mr.. Benton, solemn de-
claration of opinion by the Senate of the United
IStates-which has been debated for months, and
which stands recorded upon its journal-virtually
and absolutely amounts to nothing. The kind of
ignorance which he describes may be understood
by the party to which he belongs, but will
scarcely be comprehended by plain people This
constructive ignorance, is very like construc-
tire Journey made by MIR. Benton in 1924, for
which he received double mileage, to and from
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