Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-05-22

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pursue, than to protest against it.
i He could not counteract the resolu
tons in any other way. II he submit
ted in silence, he would have acquies
ced in what he believed an unauthori
zed interference with the rights of ;
} branch Of the government confded tc
him BY the constitution, and he woult
have been justly condemned by the peo
pie for his acquiescence. He would
have surrendered the executive office Ia
a successor impaired so far as his silence
against his duty could accomplish such
an end. He had precedent for his
course in the recorded proceedings Of
the senate. How often have the state
legislatures sent protests here against
the acts Of the congress Of the United
States, containing positive charges of
violations Of the federal constitution on
the part Of congress? Who ever made
a motion not to receive protest of this
kind? And, pray, sir, will gentlemen
tell me why coordinate branch Of this
government cannot protest against "A
resolution Of this body, and why, at the
same time, he will allow state legisla
ture to sead protest against the DELHI
crate legislative determination of con.
gress?
Whatever objections have been made
TO the right Of the president to send the
paper, no one has denied the right of
the senate to receive it, and spread it up
on the journal; for however much we
complain Of the want of power in 9th
ers, we seldom deny to ourselves the au-
thority to do any thing. | place the
right OF the senate TO comply with the
presidents request to cause the protest
to be spread upon the journal, upon its
unquestioned and unquestionable power
over its own Journal. The president
has no right TO interfere with the jour
nal. The president has no right TO in
terfere with the journal in any way, 4
therefore he appeals in the form OF
request to your justice to cause the pro-
test to be placed side by side with your
resolution.
1t has been urged that the doctrines
OF the protest are unsound; its objects
and designs impure, and that it is dec
laration If war against the senate. III
this be all true, it would seem to be
good policy in US to make these unsound
doctrines and impurities Of object and
design as conspicuous and as durable as
possible, that the world may know, and
that posterity may justify the defensive
operations Of the senate.
Suppose, however, sir, that the judg
ment Of the country, as to these doc
trines, objects and designs, should be
different; that the people should believe
them sound and irreproachable, in what
condition then will the senate be placed?
Will not the world suppose the reasons
Of our refusal to receive and record this
document to be, that We could not con-
trovert the principles, answer the argu-
ments, and prove the charges Of impu-
rity Of motive and design? Depend
upon it SIR, that the people Of this coun.
try will not be pleased with efforts to de-
grade the president, unless such efforts
have for their solid foundations, truth,
justice, reason, necessity and patriot
ism.
One gentleman has declared the pa
per in question to be declaration Of
war against the senate. Mild in its
terms, to be sure, as all declarations Of
war between modern powers are requi-
red to be by the courtesy Of nations,-
yet it is declaration Of war. lam to-
tally at loss to account for this opin-
ion, unless, indeed, we take into view
the statement so repeatedly made here,
that the president had made war upon
the bank. II that be true,if gentlemen
have entered into the war as its allies,
surely il is inglorious in them to complain
that the auxiliary is treated in the same
manner as the principal. II they have
made it common cause. they must a.
bide together the common fortunes Of
the contest.
j Let Us, however, examine the facts in
relation 10 this charge. though shall
be compelled to repeat some things Oft
len repeated, shall do it in so brief a
manner as not to be fatiguing. The
sixteenth section Of the bank law confers
lin terms, upon the secretary Of the
Treasury, the right to remove the public
| moneys from the bank Of the United
States, requiring him to give his reasons
/ therefor 10 congress. The terms ofthe
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