Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-10

AGAINST H. as " Congress were not disposng OF
ST. llifs revenue 10 tie tune Of millions, Of every
scssinn. Bui lie Jaeksonre objection IN II was an
aCgpmentum ad homiaem 10 hin, Mr.. f.) namely,
thai the scheme would give the custody VI the pub
tic treasure to the President which, these Oh
sctofs animated wps the very thing that he Affected
10 he'd in such dread anal aversion. But the ob-
vous effect of the scheme, wond be take The
pubic treasure out OF the ensinjy md eoaifol OF
he President Mr.. l.. did not admit The inherent
riglh aud prefogaaye, which the President had as
serted u have TIC custody Of the public Treasure
II never would almIl Inc d1c'rincs Of tho protest
nd II was wondefful 10 bee, that those doetrHes
were ulrondy referred 10, as admitted, undoubi.d
aulls The Pfesidenfs doctrine was--that thu
secretary and other officers Of the treasury, were
Executive officers and could not be made otherwise
by CoDgtess-lnit all Executive officers were bound
10 conform 10 his ofders--th as he had the con
uui5nai power 4 selecting those officers, 81 he
hal a power, gwen by the constitution which
could not be aiken from him by law, 10 remove
Them at his pleasure or discretou-thnt he, and ne
alone, was responsible for all their acts-ihat the
custody OF all public property and OF nll public
money hppcrinincd 10 him, by constitutional right
which no law could impair, IT such property or
monty were confIed TO any officer, who WINS reno
yabie by hiu aud for whose acts he respon-
slble. thai IS according to these astonishing pre-
tensions, II they were confded to any officer what
ever, th1t c5nd possibly be created II these
lo:aincs were allowed, ii would be true, that every
attempt 10 regulate The treasury by law, or to hp-
pojni the place Of doposue AID manner oil safe
Keeping OF the public treasure wonid b. vain ana
llc the President would be tt eBi'i' ioio hi2h
tres,Drer of the nailon-congfess would have no
ihug to do b1' 20 vote the supplies, AID make the
appfop, ialiDns leaving 10 the Executive, the NIB
Il nT
between he collection and d disbursement, pceofdne
10 ts %isdom his pleasure. And then repoo-
licnnism 40 III be- nothing but an empty sound
the modern great ones jest.
THIS high prcragntlve rsht ia the custody Of the
oubir treasure, Mr.. J.. sald, was unhappy only
unc of the veal now doctrines, bfoached since
10 last election OF the President 10 Office, asserted
anil acted on Ivy HIM and admitted and aIn'alne1
by his frlcn 3 winch, If they had been imputed 10
Inn or them, three years ago, he, for onr, would
have given no crcdence 10 the charge, 1 he iaci-
iaY with which such doctrines he'd been received
The rapdly with which they had gained ground
- was TO his m'n1, most wonderful aud appalling
For inst nee, II seemed now TO DC agreed among
the Presidents friends, that he might with pure
aud patriotic motives, coalmu or sanction VIOLA
ton of the Constitution, and that not doubtful one,
bn o len, pap ,ble, acknos led Cd all hands, aud
deemed by the purity of the motive. The Post
Master General negotiated loans OF money 10 the |
amount of some Si3) 900, at pen cent. interest,
III direct violation Of the pan words ol the Con
sliru'lon; this vas admitted by The recorded votes
every trleud OF the administration IN the Senate
and no man md d had had The hald'hood Ia deny
It. So long rs the President was nnintormeh OF
he fact, Mr.. l.. would MAINTAIN, III opposition 10
his protest. that he was not, and that the Post
Master General alone was, responsible for the acl
but the President, being fully an exactly inform
ed OF II, and Yet pcr5lstng To rc'aln the officer IN
his place gave his sanction to the pr" ,eedlng, aud
m ldu II his own. Dad those who acknowledged
llc ucl TO be unconstitutional, yet approve n Or
could the President make II constitutional by his
sanction Or were his frlends rcconeled to II,
because IT was trivial affair, not worth his OF
'5tjr serious cure Ii The Fix ecutivc 3ht violate
hc constitution in one article, with patriotic mo-
ives why might he not with patriotic motives too,
ovcrtnrn the whole constitution, Hnd give us, what
he might think a better one II the Post Master
General might borrow money for the use OF his dc
partmrnt, with tie Presidents appreciation OF
sanction, why might not any other Executive of.
fcor under the sanction of Presidential authority,
borrow money for the Of his department And
what would hinder the Executive from dispensing
with the exercise, (or the time being of the power
of Congress To borro y or 10 raise money!
A republican people, Mr.. l.. said, co0l mover
rem thcir vigilance over their free institutions, IN
Il single instance, or Tor single moment, without
endnge,lns the stability Of the whole fabric.
The x, thng should probably hear man.
tanned the foundation for IT already laid
would b., that the judicial power of the Senate, as
CON, Of impeachment, was, in effect, limitation
on ITS lrgl latve authorIty-Ind that therefore, II
could not mo IRE into abuses of any Executive de-
parmenh because, by possibility, those abuses
might be the subject OF Impeachment as If II were
possible Ia lesslito for the correction of abuses
without kno wing what the abuses were, aud under
Standing de manner and nature of thcn and as II
the Senate were really incompetent 10 such leGs-
alion,
Bot Ne l., SAID, there WAS one power vested in
the Sanate by the Constitution, OF nature SO
supple, that, untll lately th.re had never been any
dispute raised about the exetcisc OF H. even in times
Of the highest excitement he meant the conc TRENT
power of the Senate in appointments to o.licc. |,
was the province of the president to select aud nom
mate, aud the province Of the Senate to confirm or
REJECT according 10 their sense, respectively, OF what
the public good required an the president
vas perfectly free, IN making ms seleCuons, 10 re-
Ject any applicant without assigning his reasons
SO each and every Senator was equally free to con
finn or re- 3ct the presidents nomination, without
giving his reasons TO any human benz for his
vote. The function, he should think, was some.
times no very agreeable ouc to the presdenl--he
tor but II not, for that reason, to be avoided
livery often happened, that the most unresetved
man placed IN the Senate, might forbear 10 give the
reasons OF his own opinion, even TO his b. other
Senator's IN secret sssson-ovcty Senator was o.
bllged to act upon such evidence MS sat sized his