Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-05-29

nominated, but on the propriety Of any
appointment, or of any such mission as is
proposed. If new information should be
given, shedding new light satisfactory to
the senate, In such case it may be proper I
reason for agreeing to nominations once
rejected. Nor will the committee say that
there may not be other cases in which
person once rejected NAV be properly again
presented to the senate. But the commit
tee think that in case in which the de-
cision of the senate has been deliberately
made upon the sole question of the fitness
Of the persons for the offices to which they
are nominated, and its assent has been
withheld, it ought not, without very strong
and clear reasons. to change that decision
upon denomination. The committee has
caused the journals of the senate to be ex-
amined, in reference to the practice of re-
nomination; and they find that, during the
presidential terms of general Washington,
Mr.. John Adams, and Mr. Jefferson, no in
stance of denomination to Office once &C.
CURED; and yet there are NOT wanting in
stances Of the rejection o. nominations
made by those illustrious citizens, the mo-
tives for which ii would be diGcult now to
nacerta;n- 10 illustrate this it is only
necessary to select the case of col. Fish
burn, gallant soldier of the revolution.
who was nominated by general Washing
ton as the collector of Savannah. and
was rejected by the senate. And although
the president was evidently mortified by
the decision, the nomination having been
made, in great measure upon his person
al knowledge of the individual, he content
ed himself, after the rejection, with ad-
dressing letter to the senate, containing
his reasons for the nomination of col Fish
burn, and accompanied that message with
the name of another individual. During
the administration of Mr.. Madison, two in
stances occur of denominations of the same
persons to the same offices for which they
had originally been nominated. Abraham
Quackenbush was nominated as an ensign
and rejected; renominated, and confirmed
And George Brown was nominated a col.
lector OF the first collection district of Ma.
ryland, and, after rejection, was renoml-
mated and confirmed. What reasons influ
enced the president to pursue this course
In the two Instances referred to, or the sen
ate to concur IN 1t, the committee now
have no means of ascertaning. DURING
the administration of Mr.. Monroe the in
stances OF denomination became more fire.
quent; but several of them were nomina
tons to military appointments; and, in
majority OF the cases, no direct vote reject
ing the nomination had passed the senate
The cases OF denomination by Mr.. Monroe
after rejection, were James Gadsden as
adjutant general, and Nathan Towson as
colonel, Charles Van de Venter as navy
agent, an Duff Green as receiver, all q
which were rejected on their denomination
The two first nominations were purely
military, and involved an interesting and
oithcult question of grade; and, in the
opinion OF the president, called for The most
minute and elaborate investigation What
motives impelled to the renominat,on OF
the two last, the committee cannot under
take to say. During the four years Of Mr.
). ". Adams's administration, no instance
OF denomination appears to have occurred,
unless the nomination of Amos Blnnev,
whose nomination, previously made by Mr..
Monroe, had been postponed; and that OF
feter Sally, whose nomination by Mr..
Monroe hao been laid upon the table at the
last day OF the session, and who, at the
commencement Of the succeeding execu-
tive session, was again presented to the
senate, are to be considered as renomipa-
tons. Since the Sd of March, 1929, four
instances OF denomination, after reiect ton
by the senate, have occurred. In two of
these instances, The persons renominated
were again rejected; in the third the nom
ination was agreed to; and the fourth is
the case now before us.
The committee perceive, with regret,
an intImation in the message that the
president may not see fit to send 10 the
senate the names of any other persons
to be directors of the bank, except
those whose nominations have been al
ready rejected. While the senate will
exercise its own rights according to its
own views of its duty, it will leave to
other officers of the government to de-
eide for themselves Oh the manner they
will perform their duties. The commit
tee know no reason why these offices
should not be filled; or why, in this case
no further nomination should be made
after the senate has exercised lis un.
questionable right of rejecting parlicu-
ular persons who have been nominated.
any more than in other cases. The SEN
nto M III ha raadx - Ill 49,, A.