Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-05-01

,,o;ot.., +, a. r.eess Of the Senate, who had
49, h.sn ;,.,,,Rrmed by that body. and whom
the President might or might not at hts pleas
nre nom;naI, 10 them, refused to DO what his
snnerior h the Executive Department con-
siderrd the most imperative in his duties, and
became IN fact. however innocent his motives
the protector Of the Bank. And on this oc-
casion it is discovered, for the aFst tlme' tnat
those who framed the constitution misunoeI-
stood it; that the frst Congress ana ~, "s
successors have been under 0esus'On' 'n"'
the practice Of near forty i've years u .Ou'
| continued nsurpaiiOn; That the SecFe.my "
! the Treasury is not responsive 10 'ne II:s
| dent and that 10 remove him is violation
OF the constitution and laws, for which the
| President deserves to stand forever dlsh0nor-
ed on the Journals Of the Senate. :,
1t is due to the high trust with which l
have been charged TO those who may De
called Ia succeed me in il !; TO the Represen
4 tatives Of the People, whose constitutional
I prerngative has been -unlawfnlly assumed
! 10 he Pevpls and to the States and to the
constitution they have established; that L
should not permit its provisions To be broken
\ down by such an attack on the Executive De-
! partment. without at least some effort !" to
4 preserve, protect, and defend" them. Win
/ this view and for the reasons which have been
stated, / do hereby Solemnly Protest against
I the aforementioned proceedings Of the Sen
ate, as unauthorized by the constitution con-
I trary 10 its spirit and to several Of its express
| provisions; subversive Of that distribution OF
the powers Of government which it has or
dained and established; destructive Of the
checks aud safeguards by which those powers
were intended, ON the one hand. to be con-
| trOled, and on the other to be protected; and
calculated by ltheir immediate and collateral
| effects, by their character and tendency, to
concentrate in.the hands Of body not direct
~ amenable to the People, degree Of indn-
ence and power dangerous TO their liberties,
and fatal to the constitution of their choice.
The resolution of the Senate contains an
imputation upon my private as well as upon
my public character and as it must stand
forever on their Journals, cannot close this
substitute for that defence which lshaye not
been allowed fc presentin the ordinary form,
without remarking that / have lived in vain,
il it be necessary 10 enter int" formal vlndi-
cation Of my character and purposes from
such an imputatiOn. In vain do bear upon
| nv person, enduring memorials of that con.
| test ia which American liberty was purehas-
ed-in vain have since periled property.
fame. and life. in defence Of the rights and
| privileges SO dearly bOnght-in vain am
| now, without personal aspiration, or the
hope of individual advantage. encountering
responsibilities aud dangers, from which. by
mere inactivity in relation to single point, !
might have been exempt-if any serious
doubts can be entertained as to the purity Of
my purposes and motives. II had been am
bitious, / should have sought an alliance with
that powerful institution which even now as
pires to no divided empire. If Ihad been We
nal. should have sold myself to its designs
had preferred persona! comfort and OH
i cial ease tn the. performances Of NV ardu0us
i dntv. + shonld have ceased to modest il.