Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-07-17

In regard 10 TINS OOrtO"tnS uIVssSy :, -.
credit of The United States, ! wish 10 caIi the
attention of the Senate nat only to wnat
might happen, hut to what has actually nap |
nenrd We are informed that the Post VI
ice Department, Department over wn.c"
the President claims the control as over Ms
rest, has actually borrowed near half neetttO" "
waoneu on the credit of the United St0tes'
Mr.. President. the first power gFanteu 70 |
Con9ress nv the Constitution is the power 10 |
Law faxes: The second the power TO borrow |
money ON the credit Of the United States
Nov. sir. where does the Executive nn0 us
authority of Congress? This proceeding APP
pears to me wholly Illegal. and rePrehens'ble
in a very high degree. II may oe sara tnat
NAV moi be true that this money Is borrowed
on the credit ofihe United States, but that It
i borrowed on the credit Of the Post Office
Denartrnent. But that would he mere eva
sion. The department is but a. name. II is
Mn Office, and nothing more. The Banks have
moi lent this money to any officer. lf Con.
gress should abolish the whole Department to-
morrow, would the. Banks not expect the U.
) States TO replace this borrowed money! The
money, then, is borrowed ON the credit Nf the
United States; an act which Congress alone
is competent 10 authorize. 1.-THE Post Office
Department may borrow money, SO may the
War Department and the Navy Department.
IL half million may be borrowed, ten mill
ions may be. borrowed. What, then, if this
transaction shall be justified, is to hinder the
Executives from borrowing money, TO main
lain fleetsand armies, or for any other pnr-
pose, at his pleasure, without any authority
oflaw |? Vel, even this, according to the docs
irine of the protest. we have no right 10 de-
clare that al Executive Department has viO-
lated the Constitution and broken the law, by
narrowing money on the credit Of the United
States. Nor could we make similar decla-
valiOn If we were TO see the Executive. by
means Of this borrowing money, enlist armies,
and equiPping fleets.
Mr.. Noah's Dismissal. -Senator Wright, in |
a recent speech, spoke of Mr.. Noah's s'dis- |
n:issaP from the Office held by him some |
years since In New-York. 1t has proved an
unfortunate expression. Mr.. Noah gives a
full accountofthe affair. He states that Mar;
tin Van Bnren was originally opposed to
Observation-Disclosures the manner in which he
was forced into his support and gives the a
vowed motive Of the change, !. that General
jackson was the easiest 10 manage" On the
CiisgracefuI dismissal Of the original cabinet,
Noah incurred his resentment by freely CEN
suring his conduct, and opposing his preten-
sions to the successorship. Van Buren, at
once got 10 work 10 effect Noah's dismissal.
The latter thus describes the operation.
Phil. Com. Int.
"A series Of disgraceful intrigues were set
afl6at to poison the mind Of General jackson
against me. They continued. from time to
time, for sex eral months. Al length, they
! reached 10 such height that wrote to Mr.. !
Swartwout, the Collector, then at Washing |
ton, requesting him to say to General jackson.
that had on all occasions been his friend, that |
Z / was dscharging my public duties with cred. !
IL, that the public had expressed 90 wish for |
my retirement, yet rs his friend was mt |
disposed Ia. allow him 10 BE- annoyed in any {
ways0sYny account; TINT 1swAs Arquainted
with an the infrigues on foot against me, and
That THe1d myseif ready at any moment to re-
sign ma 96cs, schen he expressed a s0ish for me
10 do so. General Jackson said 10 Mr.. Swart-
won't, on reading the letter, it 10 no more
than Respected from Mr.. Noah /. tell him to
remain quiet III few months after this.
the intrigues were again renewed. The Re- 4
gency declared that ifI was nnfavorable to
the pretensions 0f Mr.. Van Buren,, II was I'M
safe to leave me in nm Office in which several
hundreds or influential men were. employed,
and that | must be removed but, first, Mr.. u
Van Buren, ascertained to his entire satisfac- !,
ton, as he thought, that was tied up, BY
binds. moi TO publish a paper FIR -four years; I,
80 that, when he imagined had not the pow
er 10 check hispr0gress. another attempt was !,
made upon the President, and, finally Weld I.
Ing Id the cabal in this case, as he has done in
III Others, he wrote to Mr.. Ssastweut ia the
following terms; You knos0 that have the
best feelings for Mr.. Noah, but he connected
himself with newspaper which Is contrary
10 the principles laid down 10 my inaugural +
address, or words to that import tell him
. send me his resignation, TO date from the
irst Of next quarter j sent the resignation
Ire minutes afterwards. This ~ the true his
Dry Of my Dismissal from Office, spoken OF
~ Mr.. senator Wright. He knew It was
lot 50. He knew that IL ! had written a
friendly line 10 Van Buren,. ! should haze
aeard no more Of this intrigue.
. Now, whatever my political opponents
NAV have heretofore thought Of my cupidity
o. ambition, here they have the fact. that
resigned an Office worth $4,000 per
annnn,, which was filing with entire salts
faction to the community. hscanse scorned
to hold IL on the bounty Of Mr.. Pan Barren. / I
could only hold Il by giving pledge to sup
port him for the Presidency, and would do |
no injury to the country, or violence 70 my
own sense of propriety. Il was hard, TO be
sure, that after compelling Mr.. Van Buren, to
support jackson, be should have had the
pow CIR to induce the President 10 ask me TO
resign i; but 81 it is--General jackson sacri6-
ces 8 good friend 40 cOolIy as a decided enc
my, Had given one friendly word ofprom-
ise to Van Buren,. i could have remained 10
~ a. 81 s,lYsns ~