Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-07-08
MR.. STEYEMSOM

ed 10 ma IN william Duane! They have indeed
caught Tartar.
MR. STEVE.NSOM
We understand, that Mis- gentleman returned to
this city on Sundny-and that his health is improved
since he left Washington.
The public prints at distance continue to dis
cuss the subject of his rejection and many of them
to denounce its injustice in the strongest terns.-
Among those papers which have treated the subject
with effect is the Charleston Patriot-one of the
coolest and abest Journals in the Unon-The fol-
lowing is the view ittakes of the matter:
From the Southern Paiiotl
Tbe rejection Me- Stevenson by the Senate is as un.
disguised and unequivocai party as apy re-
corded in the annals OF legislation There is no nsifica.
ton Tor this insult to OF the members of this Conede
racy IN the person OF Of her siugish sons
The published correspondence furnishes apology for
consented TO the publication Of the debates in secret
son that the public might be put in possession Of the
grounds OF this rejection? Why the and mo-
lives oil Senators thus shrouJed in mystery! Why take
oil the injunction OF secrecy from the results Of the dis
cussion and keep locked up from public view the process
by which honorable Senators arrived at the important
eluson, that thrice honoured by the Representa-
lives OF the People, in being chosen preside their
drbcrstions unworthy OF the confidence OF the other
branch OF the National Legisla 'ure
Now. lei us for moment look CORE pondence
What does establish Does it Prove corrupt under
sanding between Il President and MIR. Stevenson that
the latter should lend The influence OF his
ton to the support OF the OF The
he letter inform ng Mr. Stevenson OF The nenon Of the
PRESIDENT to nominate him, speaks OF the hsppeuDg Of
certain contingency. Is il such uncertain grounds
that publ proceed when they traffic the influence
Of station Tor promotion? Well, between the date of the
promise 10 make the nomination and its realization
lapse OF year aud months occurred. In this
long interval was there any subsequent lie, ter wit.
ten by the President, 10 keep alive the hopes of
Mr. Stevenson, corrupt motive to influence him
his public conduct? Is there any evidence period
in which Mr. Sevensons aid would have been all i'm
poian TO the Administration, when about 10 venture
on so hazardous the the Deposes:
l. there any proof urnshed ask, that Mr. Sievensons
zeal was kept alive, by stimulating his hopes There
not syllable 10 this effect The motUe for apprizng Mr.
Stevenson OF his nomination. plainly and distinctly
ed in the letter Of the President. enable him
PrePare Tor so imPorsaat appointment SO long
voyage by an arrangement OF his personal affairs.
snow, II the President intended to Influence Mr. Ste.
venson improperly in his public conduct, by the promise
oil Office, why address letter him through the presi.
ding officer OF the Department OF Sate thus making it
part OF the records OF that Department. Why address
him prirofeiy il there any thing like unus,ifiabIe
mystery to be observed in the proceeding? But Presi
dent places public record, where any sub
Ject to the order OF Congress, letter spprzing public
man OF his in'eniion 10 nominate him an important
office which will separate him by space of three
thousand miles from his home and xon and for this
mark OF private regard presumption is raised cor
rupt bargain understanding between honorable
divJual and the first officer OF The government there
any thing in the OF the coufdenaiIy found in
the letter OF the President TO take OF the description
we have given II! Those who use such argument
must be prepared show that would be prudent 10 bla-
zon, In the most public manner, the intentions the
admnsra loo, and that there state TO be
observed in Republic. In the oil MIR. Stevenson
there was peculiar proprety in making the communca
ton in confidential manner, the nomination
depend on contingency which might not be realized
In the absence OF all knowledge OF the true motives OF
Senators for this rejection, which the publication Of the
debate would have disclosed, left 10 conjecture
what those motives were. Discardng then The nv
poihesis that Mr. Stevenson rejected the presuH
lion OF secret and corrupt understanding between the
President aud him, 10 be inferred from intinaton
that he was TO be nominated, daes such
10 jusiibable principle Of rejecon9 Are all notices
timatOns OF this contrary the spirit OF the
Constitution Is there no precedent for such act
OF Executive regard, In the practice of the Govern
meD! We will be bodl TO say that there is scarcely an
important appointment made under the Fede al authority,
whether The nominee be member of Congress not OF
which inimaon has not been given IL not directly from
the Resident himself least indirectly ho The friends
Of the party about to be fsvoured The inference that
member Of Congress would be influenced corruptly from
the ledge he possessed Of his being about receive
office, should find place 10 the minds of high mind
ed legislators. II is most dispssgng public We
call that corrupt influence that offers the bait OF office on
Implied pledge OF political support How Far the Sc
nate will stand justified in the eyes Of the country, for
appearing TO act ON such presumption, in the Of Mr.
Stevenson, remains 10 be seem"
tFfom the Hartford Timest
"As regards the objection, OF his being member OF Con-
gress, know OF no legal constitutional objection that
excludes them more than editors. Had The election Of
President deyolyed on the House OF Representatives. and
General Jackson been indebted 10 Mr. Stevenson Tor The
Office Of President, aud in return for his VOTE given him
the Office OF Minister 10 London, there would have been
reason why they should have rejected him. Per-
baps Mr. Clay could tell Of the mpropriees of such
appointment; but certainly he should be the last to
make objections OF any kind on that account MIR.
ettVeDson's efficient He no President ma
ktr. There was no corrupt bargsin-Le worthy
man. Wepubi'hed few weeks ,ince his address to the
House resigiug the chair Lett be read, add then
ask u such man was deserving such ment. In
lee ing his important committees he appointed tho most
distngsi he'd members OF The Opposition 70 places although
he did not give them, as lie ought not, majority. But
how unlike tie conduct Of the Speaker Of the House OF
Rerreseniaiyes IN our own State"
| Several of the Opposition papers, particularly
Those Of Virginia, rs the Charlottesville Advocate.
Lynchburg Virginian, &c. &c pour out great deal
OF nonsense about the documents which were laid
before the Senaie. We shall "bide our own tilne''
for criticising The Critics
Mr.. Folks Speccf.-The Globe Of Friday pub
fishes the Speech delivered by this gentleman ia the
II. of X. on the 10Th u upon the " Bill regulating
the deposites Of the money of the u. s. in certain
local Banks" We shall publish il in our next II
is a plain, unadorned unpretending exposition OF
the principles of the Bill but II also nboInds in the
mos, valuable and relevant facts. 1t touches upon
the Rise nd Fall of the Old Bnnk-and shows that
the same parry which put up that Bank is struggling
10 perpetualc the preseut--aDd that the same Re-
publican Party which succeeded in pulling down
the Old Bank, is laboring to straugIe the pre-
sent lie shows, that the same efforts were
made in 1911 to continue that Bank, are now repeat
| ed with new scenery and decorations for the bene-
fit Of Messrs BddIe & Co He shews, that Memorials
were then sent on to Washington, sometimes backed
by Deputntons, have been recently dispatch
ed, lFaught with the same Glamour about the public