Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-13

ris viii 30 much by pccuniary means as thu, Of the
u. States. The Cus.on, House, the Lani Ohiee,
the Indian and the Pos, Office Departments II
know mol how many thousand persons are by these
means influenced. II these individuals were inIs.
pendent, il ,hcy were suffered to esereise the COM
mon rights Of citizens, Il they we're subject no
political servnude If they wore M eoilar--pa'd
no rem; service for the tenure Of office The case
world be 'iffercnt but IL they hold Office entirely
al the viii OF the gvrt, what can b. expected
Men subject TO ,his influence. numerous, well pad
| and acting on q community engaged, like honrs
men, IN their own concerns eefain 20 ciTsei
their purpose in every pin Of The country.
| Ard how has u happened that any PIT Of the
| system has been deselope,--ih5t any thing 10
known in rela ION to the Post 0iife J Cenaieiy
not through the agency If the government The
last session Of Congress, Senator, from shom
q letter had pst been read NJ. Sprngue) proposed
10 the Senate 10 take the appon m.n, Of Commit
tees IN their own hands heretofore they have been
appointed by an officer who was friendly To Inc ad-
m,nistraiion. The Committees, thus differently
appreciated, wen, to work, and having had time To
examine into bu, QUO department, see what they
had already brosga to light, Now can j, be said
that VIC have no cause Of blame Look al the res
oluton introduced into the Senate n, he close OF he
session in relation to the p. u. Department. No,
one man. thank God, was found 50 complete
" lost, as to vote agsns, that resolution. The
Postmaster General WIS charged with having VIC.
lated the law with having run the u S. in deb,
aud with having Kept tho matter secret, session af
| Ter session The fact was proved -.ainitiod-uo
one was found hardy enough TO deny y II IL not
10 he SAID then that tiero IS 40 Foundation for alarm
l. Is moi however the loss o! the money Of winch
the people of the United States so much complain,
but OF The purposes FOE winch II waH applied. IL
Is not because money is properly thai they are in
d,gnant al it's loss but VIXEN the money used
10 purchase men to boy The people the people have
certainly hal right TO complain. An effort was
afade through the Post Office 10 control the pres
and govern the people by lie use Of their own dol
lars.
Again, we think that the negative power Of tho
President over the laws ass br IN abused We do
not think that by the Constitution ths President is
justified in rejecting the laws ut his pleasure. The
power granted to the President IN TINS respect us
principally for tho maintenance Of his own righlr
and 10 prevent the passing ofany law Which VIC
lated tho constitution. do no, recoec SAID Nj,
Webster. a single InUtsnce IN which ms negative
power has been exercised excepting on tho ground
Of constitutional or legal right never IN n case q
| mere expediency. II was exercised however by
the Presdentn relation To the Land Bill, men
sue which had passed both Houses 10y strong mu-
lofi'ies. The u. s were prarrieiors Of d domain
from which they derived large leycnue--S50 900
or 100000 (which fell TO the share OF this state
oniil tho interference Of tho Executive. There
were two modes Of disposing OF the public lands,
ono according 10 the census md the other by giving
them away to oil who chose 10 occupy them, There
was no reason for the adoption of tbs latter course
the land was cheap, 81 IS IN acre, settlements
were no, the least retarded by the price, and were
gong on very rapidly. 1t seemed then to the
old states that the revenue thus accrning nigh,
have been distributed among them, nasmuch as
they led no other means of raising money for ne
ee'sny uses cxccp,ins by direct and obnoxious
lar upon land
The exercise Of this veto power was then another
Executive abase bat under this the government
might have existed Otb.r assumptions however
had beea made which struck al the very existence
| OF our institutions. The chief Of these assumptions
war tho seizure Of the public Treasury "a thing so
abhorrenl in principle, so obnoxious TO every objcc
ton TO Executive encroachmcni, az Justly to avn
ken tho indignation fevery lover Of tho republic
The law had designated the place for the keeping
OF the public money, and the law could not DO re-
pealcd Congress had been applies TO- but had ro
fused to remove il declaring il TO be had de-
cdcd that il should moi be removed. Yet the Ex-
cculive had seized upon and placed it in banks Of
his own choosing. This vas IN act SO hostile 10
every principle of a popular government, as to ex
cite universal alarm. They hud always been laugh,
to believe hut the public money was TO be collected,
kept, and appropriated by Congress Bu, this sub
ject opened, Mr.. Webster said, field too wide to
he pursued II would be easy however to shew
,ha,,hc nc, Of the Executive had produced grea,
distress and pressure--pressure which would be
renewed and repeated until the cause was removei
for did any man suppose that the people could ac
qucsce in tho present state cf,hings. could con.
sent that the funds Of tho naion shouli be kept in
place unrrovided by law, and liable 10 the pet
pciaal interference Of the Administration Eter.
nal war, against such principle if it could no, 90
overthrown to-day let it be attacked to-mt row
and ear after year until it tcas over,h,own While
the struggle continued however confluence was
weakened prices, particularly the prices of labor,
were depressed; and now Id any man who pretcn-
ded TO love his country, for we were nation OF la
borers, and tho earnings Of capital were but as j
drop in a bucket, TO the ocean, comesred with
those OF labor-let any man say how this II, A,ne
! with the prosperity Of the farmers and laborcrs
| WINS TO be justified by reference to bank No
sooner was the act DONE ihnn the jusilfying reason
was found in the bank The bank was declares
| TO be unconstl uional! One could moi but enquire
of those who raised such oucry against The bank
at whit period they became the enemies of tina.
INSTITUTIONAL what time thoy discovered i, 10 be
a mons ter" The bank, during Mr. Adams ad
ministrati,n, an indie pendent institution never
desiring 10 interfere beyond too fso directors
When the struggle on the succession % NJ Adams
took place, ask 'fany of them comlsineJ OF H.,
Bank or proposed its ann'mls'ion as u mater o.
reform Did they say tharc Was my Janscr - -