Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-01-30

AFTER the commencement Of IL.
next session, The reasons Of such order !.
was plainly intended 10 or.
the Secretary power TO take away the A.
posiies from the Bank. not at his oY,
mere pleasure, nor in compliance with ths
opini or in obedience 10 the orders ~
the President. hut orly for good Gauss.
and for good cause TO he reported 10. and
judged of, BY the Congress Of the United
STATES.
R:solred. That the Legislature h.v;,.
IN the establishment OF the Treasury D..
partment. taken especial care that Il
shonlJ not he an Executive Department,
"I'b the obvious design 10 retain To itself
the absolute confront over the pubic pir.,
a nv the Constitu,i,n il wa. bound ~
do, the Secretary Of the Treasury. in IN.
exer'ise OF any discretionary power con.
fd' d 10 him nv law. is in nowise hound "a
r"spec, The wishes or the orders of IN.
President mtrary TO his own Judgment
Of what IS right or proper. but is bound
TO respect the will of the Leeislatur.
declared by Law; and that the President
10 diminishing a Secretary Of the Trea.urv
from his office. for refusing 10 exercise
the discretionary power vested in him bv
law. 10 take away The deposites from the
Bank. in compliance with the will of ,be
President, contrary 10 his own judgment.
and in appointing successor known 4,
concur in the views OF the President. man.
silly for the purpose of conforming the
aetirn Il the Department with his will.
has perverted and abused bis consii.nion.
al power OF appointment and discussion
Of officers. and has assumed to himself ..
Illegal unconstitutional and most danger.
Gus perogafive
Resofped, That considering that the
President had submitted the question :.
TO the proprieiy oil taking aw y the Drpos.
ties from the Bank, TO Congress. at ito
last session. and that The House OF Repre-.
sen,aiives Che peculiar guardian OF the
IT, a'ur.) had. in responce to that ones.
ton, expressed its opicion, in terms not
10 he misunderstood. that there was no
good reason for taking away the drposiies
from the Bank; and considering. too, that
tie Bank was acknowledgedly safe do.
pf STORY of the public money.:-ihis meet.
lng ,nnoi hut apprehebd. that the act Of
the EAeruiive. taking away The deposites
from the Bank. in the recess of Congress.
and so shortly before The annual meeting
OF that body was dictated hv design 10
prevent the sense ola majority Of the two
houses on the subj ct from pre-, ailing, and
TO secure to the P,e-i,ent. by the exer.
else Of his veto. tn. power he had assumed
over the deposltes, unless a majority Of
two thirds OF both houses should concur
IN measures to redress or correct the evil:
and II this was the design, Ms it certainly
may he the sfrct Of ad ,pting THE mes-
sure in the recess Of Congress. this meet
ing regards this act of the Executive, 10
ih,s view Of Il also, as a gross. palpabis
and dangerous abnse and perverston Of
the constitutional power Of The President.
Reso'red. That as the Constitution Of
the United States has jealou.Iy provided,
that no moneys should he drawn from the
treasury, but IN consequence Of appro.
pria'ions made BY law. and as the act of
incorporation OF the Bank Of the United
States. in effect, constituted that Bank
and its branches the Treasury Of the Uni.
ted States. by making ihtm the place
where all public moneys should be depo-
s'ted and safely kept. for the u.e of The
government, according TO appropriations
made hy law; therefore, in the opinion OF
this meeting, the late acts of the Secrefa.
~ Of the Treasury, transferring large
sums oil money 10 certain State Banks 50.
lected as future repositories Of the public
treasure. not for the use Of the govern
ment. nor in Consequence of any sppro-
priation made by law. but with the obvi-
Gus. and, indeed. avowed purpose. partly
to enable those State Banks to discharge
the balances they owed 10 the Bank Of
the United States out of the public mo-
neys so transferred to them, and partly
20 sustain their credit, and to enahle them
10 enlarge their operations. by an advance
or loan Of the public moneys. were in
principle and in effect, withdrawal Of
moneys from the Treasury without any
appropriation made by law, and viola.
ton OF the Constitution
ReDtced. That the Constitution Of the
U. States, CONFIRMING. in this particular.
wih the constitutions Of all free govern
mems. } imperatively requires and provides.
that the sole and absolute control of the
public purse should be vested and jealous
" retained in the Legislature, and. espe.
cIally. that no control over il should bs
permitted TO the Executive; and that the
the assumption by the President. in this
instance. Of a power to take away the de-
posites of the public moneys from the
Bank of the UniIed States. TO which they
were destined by the Legislature; and to
place them in any State Banks he may
think proper TO select, upon such terms
as he may deem il prudent 10 sfipnlate,
& TO take away such dep ,sites from those
State Banks again. and TO confide them 10
new repositories Of his own selection. AT
his will and pleasure, without authority
or regulation of law. amounts TO an as
sumption by the President. Of full and
absolute power over the public purse. and
has direct tendency 10 concentrate all
the powers Of government in his hands.
and TO convert our free, happy, republic
can institutions into simple mona chy.
Resolred. That it is the serious appre..
b. Al T. At