The Arkansas advocate., 1834-01-17

LAT shis paper. lis object was
 0II e.i,.s ..n Senate from putting a ques-
 sveli' D., ,plresiident winch he nligiii iio;
 ds5 al,z lll.9, zoFxrEs said, that he consider
 fo's teferred 10 in this resolution, Ss FaE.' al'aateIiy connected with the remo-
 ,l',,,s aabIic deposites from the Bank
 Tisitsd m b slaiss. If t @as n5e merely .a 2
 O'S nenauments, or one of hem, he
 5 :" rouId be one of the last to dis
 z es.s;;.lIeat ,i [ the United States, by
 e |. But, he said. he regarded it
 s;c aocnment, and document, too,
 D.' ;aoortance. He regarded 1t as
 Y ,se 1 nature of instructions from the
 7 :, d # the United States to the Head
 's sF tbe Departments, with respect to
 s,maerof ~ execution of duty confided
 l''s rspartlnent by law. The doctrine
 s.nstors from Missouri and Georgia
 sJn this [: that if the President of
 M '''sa States had written letters direct
 l .bl;e fmctionaTies, to Foreign Min
 ~ example, iasirncting him how to
 so subjects of great importance to
 @a s'atry. jscaass they were letters from
 tss,deni, aii;a! aiia had nat passed through
 'ssrtment . of State to this Minister,
 N be incompatible with the rights of
 rse,ttive and the duties of the Senate i m fhesc letters, although they had
 ;moo.tant bearing on our foreign
 sven 10 the extent of involving the
 ;n q war. Such a doctrine was
 menable. The paper in question, l p understood 1t, contained nothing ' n lqss tllan instructions to one oi the l 4 Departments as to the manner in hs should exercise certain functions Ebylaw devolged upon him. Ii is the Ess of this branch Of the Leglsiature, RIt P. to snlighten the people as we'll sTraa. as to the manner in which the knucht is condaeted, and to keep them Nj of al eneroaehments upon the of Congress. CT of the people from |nrer. The question which now pre- itself to Congress, is, whether the lime wtieh the Constitution has drawn sfo il1e President of the United States fe control Of the national chest, shall kksad, and whether, by virtue of the Eof appointment, the President of the |d States shall not only take command ! army and navy, but shall also as- 1 the unlimited control of the public h Upoa his construction ofhis author Es Esexponnded in practice, and by the Eelt referred to, what was to prevent President of the United States from Ing ten millions of dollars from the Evy, for any purpose he pleased!-- Ing at all. He had only to say to the FMy of the Treasury | want ten mil |Of dollars-draw warrant for it, Secretary would perhaps reply, there |een no appropriation made by law for !uch expenditure of the pubic money, J cannot. therefore, draw the war Bui, sir, the President might say, l Finnish you paper containing the req |vhy require this ten millions Of dol ltake the responsibility upon myself |h0t mean to, control you in the per- Pnce of what you believe to be your las Secretary of the Treasury, but l Petfully require that you will sign this snt for ten millions of dollars. The ttaryperhaps would rejoin, and say, l |naturely considered your reasons, Sir, cannot, according to law, and consist TIh my sense of duty, sign this war What taen, sirl said Mr. ?. Why, slsA hepromptitude of a Napoleon, or 'e Grand Turk, or of the Emperor of ''a, 'he President might say; NIr. Ia appoint gov Secretary of the Treas |aad, fl Mir. Fancy would not comply, ''lggAt appoint another, and another, un- found one fit to h.s purpose. By such Iase s, of the power of appointment of 'a0lnet Ministers, the President might 'ae ''e absolute control of the national , ana at any time dip his hands into 1t, sAe ont whatever he would. Now, want this paper; paper, because t is iTi tie the < < ol instructions by the President to ssec'e'ary Of the Treasury on this very a'n ]. concerning the public money. So as It, shall give the resolution my ' FORSYTH said, that, in his view, the 4e.y a. or lmpropriety of the proposed uspended on the use which the Senate ,ea ,eApected to make of this paper. For ,sl ,s,,'9se of informing the public, 1t was s'''ea Z oy the Senate, for 1t was already Y y U, ne do not call for the paper (said a' auaef to have it before US; for it is " Y before 2 the world. Why do we want 'e | otscaallu before us? What 0f4icia, ~, s'., ~e make of it? see none, Sir 7 sl's oltlclal use that can be made of 1t ;;l ; ''a' me Senate cannot make; that is, as''ce as ' oi the eriminality of the Prcsi- ,s s <. 'le United States, to be preferred < ae u'lier ,' tranch of the Legislature at the oi llIS lad,r 1l