Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-02-22

nor Thar s.la
oil construction laid down the Virginia Report of l1aa
must nave relation 10 the end, direct immediate and an
ppdfe. Falling In this relation the power cannot right
uy oe used unless gentlemen can supply 10 us one rIs
winch the incidental powers Of NAV be
sned; anu another by which the came class OF
~ 60 IN 20 DC measured-and here. Mr.. Speaker, ALLOW
"y mat nir. Madison has laid dow u the rule Of con
s.ueon Chat now only repeat1 a, one ofthe .segu,ri
me system against dcspo,ism and tyrsnny For one
mas. ~ P,nary Effects as he thought Of ensrging the
powers delegated TO the FEEDER al gov ernuen was
"ow into the hands OF Congress much of tina, powe,:
secondly to pass by delegation from ,ha, body to the
irescen, whose action would be relied upou a: SUM-
p'rn.nt to The Legislative wili We are now going a.
very iar hey ond all this Tor, now scanning viii,
VIC closest severity all the powers OF Congress- and ad.
I"s VIZ" Iroiusc and penal nberslity the full po-ses-
sion OF oil that may be claimed for the exercise Of tho
Chet Executive Magistrate. If We estimate the chsrac.
e' our government by the tendency that accompanies
80 e"'se me Executive, at the expense of the Leyi..
ve department, In what light do we behold our sysen
low o,en has 1t been said. that democracy may be
AHo"h oy the extension Of the branch al
ryse'n tn all its practical relations: and uon,rchv h
ns. OF It's executive Entertainments upon this other d.
P.".nss Judging Of ours by this test, is there not
'or every one who loves free government TO shud-
aer LOT our condition! Patronage and power have cus
s'ea ABOUT the same hand and in age have the 10
shos NJ more largely adorned any executive, than
Muse now Claimed and held by Upon the issue of this
su"gg.c depends destiny. he President NAV
rom ONCE to the end that the laws be faithfully cxecue
rS~ ms posuia'e' CAN HE (righUutIy) REMOVE roR
m foRPosE OF VIOLATING AN EXISTING LAW,
Gan any one PRETEND that power $50 10 be
Ues relation to the end direct immediate and appro
i'm al,
an ex'ng law, remove faithful and hon man bscans
ne by his duty, aud that duty known to him in tho
anu nothing but the law; and yet this is claimed as
o. implied power, resulting from the obligation in YOUR
rres,aent TO see The iatcs faithfully erecufea L.. ma
'ook urher into it, BY the charter one of The
cured (tor valuable consideration y is ths " e
whch are to be made In the Bank aud its branch..
'esS the Secretary ohertcisc order and dreef. In ,.i
n, . ~, 40 reasons FOR THE ACT SHALL BE IMmE.
49, ELY REPORTED TO CoNGREss-Csn any thing he
ore pam exact and simple, than part required Of Tho
Jsvo,uay .. 'ne treasury! The instrumental agency
sr rs,,S nun, whilst the appellate and revising pow.
p. mat the safety Of the deposites made in the
D"N, was alone intended to be secured through the
agency Of the Secretary, Is apparent from the Mes
sage Of the President in 1892 and the final vo,. IF
!he Representatives Of the People shortly foIlowinr
no speak oil the safety Of the Bank the place for
Pone' anu neither then assumes any other grounds
IL any other causes Of removal could lawfully arise WIN
was ina! congress, in one of its branches and the Pre-
Foila,, us an'eor message. failed 10 hem'
roVwhg 'hese executive and legislative developements
,ne late Secretary OF the Treasury refused to obev The
r!es'dehts mandate when that mandate required vim
,a"cn OF duty founded in an existing law To m.
nohor OF The country and himself that Secretary boss
genius mad been his iortune and whose virtues wsra hi
ae', was true to himself true the Constution-aye and
III us proper sense, most true the PRESIDENT fame and
honor when he refused 10 violate the public faith and the
PUBIC laws; and he was instantly removed from Office in
f1v ,p o. ,e rfe,dens power to see the Ia,cs faith
J1iy eTecnea The Presidents WILL Influenced bv
unwise nsigaons) did here usurp the place Of ~
anu presents an instance Of alarming abuse of power
which cannot be too hsrsIrly reproved Mr.. sneater
In the year 1928, toresaw tina, The shirt and n;
'chuon Of the Federal Constitution might ba violated in
.uc an ABUSE and perversion OF power Acting in ano
e oouy, eit II my duty TO my best efforts for Tho
purpose oi dlsarming him Of this capacity for mischief
IN invading indirectly the federal nronosj
so 20 amend the Constitution to lodge elsewhere the
po"1. appointing and removing the chief officers of
the Treasury Department. predicted thai in som. AZ
Yer age, President might clutch power and demonstrate
ms gnilty ambition by us worst employment A member
from Maine, now ia TIE Senate OF the u States con-,
planned In reply 10 me, that such expression, of dsrs
ought no! to be lightly made were
injurious 10 the character OF free institutions II Ia
among the melancholy portens Of the times Tia, The
~ man ior whose success was then conlendng should
nave zone me very act, that then fore6odinr as
possible only in some future time. But the thing has
come ; 1t is now full upon us, and the whole federal
treasure Is at this moment in the control of one man
n ,"a 100 brought about by this very power Of re-
,hoV'',oi winch then proposed to disarn him I beg
leave to look for few to the question Of the r
novai OF the ceposite,, and its constitutional bearing
,emova' OF the Secretary. The Constitution designed n
keep the Executive hands of from the public funds The
treasury was never intended 10 be his By the Cons,in
oh' no money can be drawn from the Treasury but in
oil appropriations made by law To give more
ana sure eIcacy TO This provision the several acts of
congress oil 1889, 1902 and 1920 have thrown all
guards around the Treasury in prescribing The nv Of ~,
oihcers, and The precise mode i'm which money n.y I
ao oy nose officers in conformity with appropr.
s,o, tnese acts OF Congress need not now refer
Neiher The President any officer nv him created "a
lawfully put their hands upon the federal miles,
DC an APPROPRIATION first by law, and then drawn on.
~ according TO law The Executive acts (bo, direct and
indirect both upon his responsbiiiiy and ,bronoh
ne dependent agency OF otbers have appropriated to his
v wv, Will Inc whole revenues of the country and
Enough he may employ them the best purposes and ~
no wrongful use, is not that account less danger
Gus assumption OF ungrancd power The assumption il
ncIe nahies and reprehensble; for the public l.
WITHDRAWN beyond the reach OF legal controul and ia in
me hands OF those, to whom the Constitution and e laws
never designed TO ebrust il. From recent disclosures
made upon the authority of the President and ON that o1
others' II Is certain that the Federal reasu es were ,b
al most extraordinary time, for the papae object
o' eh'arglng The VETO to a most danperous and
extent This assumption the more GEN.
SUI uonai authority, power which no free peopIe ever
conferred upon single Ii is reported that The
's' OF the Stuarts Games the 1sO was wont tn saw ,.
me Ming, Lords and Commons made bad co. partners
me enort there to dissolve the and draw
all The powers OF the latter to his Majesty brouob, ,h
mead OF his son to the block and expelled his crsnd go
'ro Tue throne, and the realmand vet that mover go =,
MOI more periIous in its influence Than N viii no 49,
where else, when the representatives of the peonIe
TonI over the public purse. ''' '''
also regard the intention of the present Secret.,v 81
e reasury savowed in his report to regulate the cur
rency throngh the employment of the State Banks, AZ
posnVe assumption oil unwarrsnabIe power The oo,y.
-, - - m s'dhdo'd 81 pdfue, was intended be granted
10 congress alone, In the endowment of oower 70 " go;
money and regulate The value tbereot' If 4, il ,o -
De exercised by the Secretary alone il is either
anu aSen rom Congress. from the people and The Safs
i's proposed exercise is unyarrantabIe assnn,,o
% no' 70 ee seen In the Constitution and the laws
MIR Jones oil e. City, asked whether should this amend
men be adopted, the resolution would still he omen =,
amehdmeht and being answered nv the Speaker In H.
rmsuVe-be said IN that case he should move IN ;nso,
before The word abuse, the word ioDiess
mr.. elmer regarded the word " assumption" az an,
plying 10 the "Power to control the public revenue "a
no as might be inferred from some remarks of tho o,,,
msn from Culpeper TO the power of the presdsos a., 80
,'ose rom ONCE That power, he presumed would NOT