Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-05-15

= senator here, was not complained of a
. IN unconstitutional exercise of power, an.
rIyet the resolution of the gentleman frou
e kentucky IS complained Of as unconstttu
+ Illonal resolution, because it is not 1oint
and not intended as the foundation to Ieyis
lailve action. How did TIE president know
: that It was notiniended as foundation ola
. blll tor the restoration of deposltes? Ye
he assumes it, and says the senate canno
; pass the resolution. The preamble de-
! clares that it is asserted lest it should be
drawn into precedent, and was it not the
: duty OF the senate to declare it, to prevent
ii silent acquiesence. Mr.. s. said he
might cite the resolution relative to the
l mlnoc war, and the resolution in the
mouse OF representatives relative the Piazza.
ma mission, but it was unnecessary.
: There was one thing however upon which
ne would saya word. The president had
seen I'll to set forth in this document Ger
ain Legislative proceedings, for the pur
pose OF having bearing on certain indi-
vldual members of the senate, and he had
done (hr. Sprague) the honor to refer to
MS vote on the passage Of the resolutions
AMI then detailed the resolutions of
the Legislature of Maine, giving him i'm
structlons on that subject. Now, all that
he (Mr. 81 need say to the tenant of the
white house was, that if the secretary of
The treasury was bis secretary, he (Mr. ST.
was not his senator. He recognized no
RICH; in the president to lecture him upon
his duty as senator here. Whatever
power he shall have over his officers and
men, and the officers of his government, he
was not his officer; and so long as the gov
eminent was confded to him to the extent
OF the part he took In it, it should not be
his government. Mr.. S. said, he recog-
nized no right in the president to say
whether he should act in accordance with
his will or Otherwise. In his spirit of dic>
tillon, what had we heard2 Members had
SAID they were elected as Jacksonmen, and
therefore they had no discretion but to vote
as Jacksonmen. He was not so situated !.
lie owed no iealty to president jackson, he
was not elected as Jacksonman. He
submitted to no control of his-he never
bowed the knee to Baal. He was elected
to act on his convictions of duty, upon ma
tnre deliberation, upon such subjects as
should come before him. He never would
acknowledge the right of the executive or
of any individual, to dictate to him, or to
rebuke senators here. He was aware there
Was disclaimer accompanying this part
OF the document; that no said he gave it'll
only as matter of history, and he was the
mere historian. But he might have given
something more interesting, for this had
been The business Of the official iournal
for the last three months. The president
closes this paper by an appeal to his own
services in behalf of the people; the same
process by which the people have been
called on in all ages to confer unlimited
power He points to his wounds, to hi
past services, ana appeals to the people i'll
they can refuse any thing to such bene-
factor. Aud how (Mr. S. asked) is SIN,
government" now felt like the dews of heav-
en-? l. ok abroad through the land
your eyes over the country. Behold your
green fields wilhered. Listen to the cries
OF distress of the widow and the orphan
rising almost in execrations of the exercise
OF that power which has blasted their hopes
and reduced them to despair. And We,
says this document, government is only to
he known as the dews of heaven in its OPP
erations. Such is the moral such is the ex-
ample.
Mr.. FRELINcHYsEN considered this as a
most extraordinary proceeding; one which
would form an era in American history
When the busy hum of industry was silen-
ced, when the laborer was in want of en-