Litchfield enquirer., 1834-05-01

"Then," said Mr.. Clay, 81 cali Upon the Senals
and the whole country witness, that die day asr
Document sent the Senate BY :he President OF the
Ool!ed States was read. eSd dsb%isd' she fTesideH
the document, and sends IL out 70 the people, with ia
most Odious features cODccaled,". -. Z.
1.-THE alteration. were the changing the phrassolc;
&c.l
EUents harry on Topidly.-The appeal By
The President from the Senate to the People,
under the name Of a Protest, presents the ma
ked question Of limited constitutional re-
public; or Government with IN unlimited
EXECUTIVE.
The exclusive care and custody ofihe pub
lie money are in terms claimed for the Presi-
dent--the Senate is sternly rebuked for pre-
Stunning to censure his acts in relation thereto
and individual Senators are told that they
misrepresent their constituents.
Entire exemption is claimed for the PTesi-
dent for the censure or supervision Ofthe Sem
ate, at the@very moment when he presHmes
to instruct that body in their dulies--tO re-
minding particular members oftheir responsi-
bilities-and to hold them up in the country
as usurpers aud betrayers Of their trust.
We have not room, nor time. nor words. to
express our sense of the vital Importance to
the duration Of this Government, Of the dis
position which shall be made of this paper.
If il be received, and II its doctrines be ac-
quiesced 10 by the nation, then Andrew Jack
son is indeed the whole OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tied, irresponsible, and all powerfully. Y.
American.
Mr.. Preston. of South Carolina, lately ex-
pressed !.imselfin the Senate Of the United
tafes, in relation to the course pursued by
the President, 10 the following emphatic lam
gvage.
''Ifthe rejection. two years since, is the
reason why there is no minister now 10 Eng
land. it is the reason why the President has
made no new nomination. He has then re-
fused, fnr-taeo years, to make a nomination,
because his nomination was rejected. He re-
fuses to exercise his constitutional pOwer-he
refuses to perform his constitutional duty-he
refuses to attend to the foreign relations of the
c0unfry-bccause the Senate has not thought
proper, in q single instance, to be the passive
instrument Of his will. This nOn-exercise Of
his power, which the Constitution has conf
ded to him il but little less dangerous than
his assumption of power which the COnstitu-
ton has withheld from him. He keeps open
all the high offices Of the Government, or fills
them at his pleasure with an entire disregard
of the concurrent rights Of this body. He
flls the great departments at home without
consulting the Senate, and keeps foreign mis-
sions open for the hungry and subservient ex-
pectants.
80 The Senate is ENTHUSIASTICALLY,
deliberately. systematically superseded; be-
cause it dares to be, what 10 its creation it
was intended to be, check upon danger
aus power Of the Chief Magistrate. He will
moi trust the Senate with his nomination to
foreign c0vrts, and therefors the missions are
not filled. He will not trust the Senate with
his nomination to high Offices at home, and he
6ils them by his own will. To some instances.
after his favorites had been rejected by the
Senate, be has cOntiailed them in Office, aud
nominated Them over and over again. For
what practical purpose does this body exist
The President has an0ihilated Us. Sir, there
is nothing lett but 10 protest against these
usurpations. The liberty Of occupying these
seats, and of speech. Is yet a " bile graciously
permitted 10 u.s."