Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-01-16


next session. the reasons of such order or
direction This il in strict ronsonane a
with the act creating the Treasury De-
Ipartment in 1850 The Secretary Of the
Treasury is by that act constituted tho
Agent Of Congress: he Is required 10 re-
port 10 Congress annually the state Of thu
tnances, and his plans respecting them;
aud u Congress, in either Of its branches
{ shall require Il. he is TO report at any time
on any particular branch Of the fiscal con
Germs OF the county. lie is the Agent OF
congress 10 watch over the safety OF
me national deposiies; and if. from any
peculiar circumstances, the removal OF
Them shall be required, he is'to report the,
iact--to whomP TO the President? No,
slr--hc must report it 10 Congress, to.
geiher with his reasons therefor BY tho
charter of the Bank, the President Of tho
. United States is clothed with two powers.
respecting IL. and two only. by one of its
clauses he is authorized 10 nominate. and
by and with the consent OF the Senate, to
appoint the Government Directors, and
TO remove them; hy the other clause, he
| Is empowered 10 issue scire faeias ahen
he shall apprehend that the tue charter Of
the institution has been violated. These.
say. are the only powers given him by
the charter. all others are denied him.
and gwen 10 others. The Bank is not
bound TO report the state Of its affairs Ia
him but TO the Secretary of the Treasury;
and II Is thus 10 report whenever he shall
call upon II for information; but when il
becomes necessary TO go further. a COM
mitiec OF Congress is authorised 10 ex-
anime the books Of the Bank, and look
into tho whole state Of IFS affairs, and re.
port, not TO The President, but to Congress.
who appointed them. The President, asr
have said. is restricted TO the two powers
OF appointing Directors, and issuing
seire )acias.
And has the President any power over
The Treasury by The Constitution None.
sif, none. The Constitution requires that
no money shall be drawn from the Trea.
snry except by appropriation, thus placing
y entirely under the control Of Congress.
But the President himself, save, .upon
him has been devolved by the Constitution
AID the sutirages of the Am, rican people.
the duty Of experimenting The operaiioa
OF the Executive departments Of the Co
vernment, and seeing that the laws ara
faithfully executed" Sir. the President
IN another part Of this same paper, refers
TO the same sutirages Of the American
people, rs the source OF some other and
new powers over and above those in the
Constitution, or nj least, MS expressive of
their appreciation OF the exercise OF them.
Sir. | differ from the President on tbi.
point; and though il does not belong ex.
ac'ly TO this place in the argument, I will
aid remark or two on this idea. When
the people elected the present Chief Ma
ettrate, u IS not necessary inference that
they dbl Il on account Of his own merits:
and the nnworihincss Of his competitors:
nor was II intended thereby to express
'heir appreciation Of all the opinions he
was known 10 old. Sir, il cannot he be-
lievcd that the great State Of Pennsylya
MA, for instance, which has so Justly been
denon'naicd TIE key stone of our federal
arch, 10 voting again and again for the
present Chief Magistrate, meant by that
ACT 10 reverse her own opinions on tho
subject Of domestic industry. Sir, tho
truth is. that the re election Of the Prcsi-
dent proves as little an appreciation by the
people ~ all the opinions he may hold.
(evcn II he had ever unequivocally CT
pressed wha, those opinions were, a thing
which he never, so far as my knowledge
extends. has yet done J as il would prove
MAT u the President bad carbuncle or
me kings evil, they meant by re-clectine
him TO approve OF his carbuncie.
Dot The President says, that the dufv
''has been devolved upon him" TO remoyc
The deposItes, "ly the constitution and the
snflrages Of the American people, Sir.
docs he mean 10 say that these sufTraeea
created Of themselves a new source OF
power? That he derived an authorize
from them which he did not hold as from,
any other sourcep If he means that their
sniliages made him the President OF the
United States, and that. as President, he
may exercise every power pertaining 10
that Office under the constitution and the
laws. there is none who will con,royert II:
but then there could be no need 10 add the
sufirages to the constitution. But his Ian
gnsge IS "the sufirages Of the American
people and the constitution" Sir, de.
ny IT.. There Is not syllable in the con-
shtntion which imposes any such duty up
on HIM There is nothing Of any such
thing; no color to the idea II is.true, that
10y law, all the Departments, with the ex-
ception OF the Treasury, are placed under
The general care Of the President. He
says this is done by the constitution. The
laws, however, have appointed but three
Executive departments: and il is true that
The Secretaries are often required by law
10 act. in certain cases, according to the
directions Of the President. So far, tits
admitted that they have been, by the law
mot by the constitution, placed under the
Erection of the President. Yet, even as
% the State Department, there are duties
ievolving upon the Secretary over which
he President has no control; and for the
ion performance Of which that officer is
responsible. not TO the President, hut TO
he legislative tribunals, or to the courts of
Justice. This 10 no new opinion. The Su-
pfeme Court, in The case of Barbary and
expressed it 10 the following