Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-05-05

reference to the pracnce OF re-n0mination -,
they find that during the presidential terms @n AZ
General Washington, Mr.. John Adams and ,i' M "
Jefferson, no instance of denomination TO OFF,:
once occurred; and yet there are not wan. lee
instances of the rejection of nominations madsS
by those illustrious citizens, the motives c..
which it would be difficult to ascertain. To ill.,
trate this, 1t is only necessary to select the
Colonel tlshburn, gallant soldier of the revoI'
ton, who was nominated by General Wasb;nuu-
ton as the collector of Savannah and was res
ed by the Senate. And, although the presi5S0Snt.
was obviously mortified by the decision tba e
mination having been made in great measn ~,
upon his personal knowledge of the individnaIq
he contented himself after the rejection with la
dressing letter to the Senate, containing I IL,
reasons for the nomination of Colonel Fish6rnnIs
and accompanied that message with the MI MI
of another individual.
During the administration of Mr. Madso.
two instances occur OF denominations of a.
same persons to the same Offices to which tb ue
had originally been nominated. Abrabo2
Quackenbush was nominated as an ENSIGN anu
rejected-renominated and confirmed Ana
George Brown was nominated Collector f..
the first collection district Of Maryland; and ar
ter rejection was re-nominated and confrr,
ed. What reasons influenced the Presjdent ~
pursue this course in the two instances referred
/
have now no means of ascertaining Durin0
the administration Of Mr.. Monroe. the instances
of denomination became more frequent hn,
several of them were nominations to miltar,,
appointments, and, ina majority of the cases
no direct vote rejecting the nominations had
passed the Senate. The cases of re-nomina.
ton by Mr.. Monroe, after a rejection, We're
James Gadsden, as Adjutant General, and Ma.
than Towson as Colonel; Charles Vandeventer
as navy agent, and Duff Green, as Receiver: ali
of which were rejected on their re nomination
The two first nominations were purely military:
and involved an interesting and difficult oueS.
ton Of grade, and in the opinion of the Pres
dent, called for the most minute and elaborate
investigation. What motives impeIed to the
re- nomination Of the two last the committee
cannot undertake to say. During the four years
of Mr. j. G. Adams administration, no instance
Of denomination appears to have occurred I'M
LESS the nomination Of Amos Binney, whose no
mination, previously made by Mr.. Monroe. had
been postponed, and that of Peter Sally, whose
nomination by Mr.. Monroe had been laid up
on the table at the last day of the Session, and
who, at the commencement OF the succeeding
Executive session, was again presented to the
Senate, are to be considered as denominations
Since the Sd Of March, 1929, four instances of
denominations, after rejection by the Senate
have occurred. In two of these instances, the
persons re-nominated were again rejected; in
the tn ird the nomination was agreed to; andthe
fourth is the case now before us.
The Committee perceive, with regret an in.
timation in the Message that the President may
not see fit to send to the Senate the names Of
any other persons to be Directors OF the Bank
except those whose nominations have been al
ready rejected. While the Senate will exercise
its own rights, according to its views ofits duty
it will leave to other officers of the Government
to decide for themselves on the manner they
Wllperform their duties. The Committee know
no reason why these Offices should not be filled
or why. in this case, no further nomination
should be made. after the Senate has exercised
its unquestionable right Of rejecting particular
persons who have been nominated any more
than in other cases. The Senate will be ready,
at all times, to receive and consider any such
nominations as the President may present to it.
1t claims no authority to control him in his no
limitations, but it cannot surrender the exercise
of its own right of deciding for itself on the pro-
prety of advising and conserving to appoint
mcnts to office. 1t cannot deprive itselfof its
own powers; it cannot surrender its own consl-
tutional character; ii cannot through apprehen-
sion Of any consequences whatever, fOrDeafHO
exercising its high duty Of giving or OF refusing
| its advice or consent to nominations oilhe re
sident, in all cases, according to its conscen-
tious sense of its own obligations to the consul
tuition and to the country If these Offices o.
Bank Directors remain untitled, the iault VIII
not be the fault Of the Senate. The case IS Ike
other cases Of rejection In other cases, olDeL
persons have been nominated in place OF mos
rejected by the Senate, and confirmed; ahd, Il
different course shall be adopted on llllS %
casion, it is a course for which the Sennae caN'
not be responsible.
Their power of Withholding their assem- nom [nn
the Presidents nominations is not aHCge'.u
vain and nugatory: it was given them Dy 'nS
constitution to be exercised in proper cases. anu ~,
ntheir own discretion. When eXefclSeG y!
them, the rights of no other branch OF the oot
eminent are infiinged or impaired; the oe in".
has only done its own duty, and, having u Cnr
this honestly and conscientously, II cannon '''
any consequences coo
The Committee recommend that the oeila ',,
do not advise and consent to the appolli'i''"
Of the persons thus re-nominated
This Message and Report were ac'eu UpV'
and the nominations rejected by vote Oh ~ -
10! The proceedings Of the Senate IN re"'''
to this matter VIII be given in our next
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