Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-03-25

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restore the depos,es.
That Ills W. ud be great alienation Of the evil; that
IL would banh much OF the alarm that induces
suspend or contract their business and have immed
ae sensible and most bene fetal effect i'm restoring pub
Tic confidence, cannot doubt. But 10 me il plain
aud obvious, that system of bank creditsuch as exists
IN he united States such must continue 10 exist,
unless The State Governments shall unanimously
IN Tue gradual abolition modification of it, which
man can at present entertain hope Of consist
WIN an absolute, uncontrolled power OF in tho
STATE TO destroy, or even TO touch il. Such system,
I'D us very nature, involves the interests Of such multi
es as never can concur in the sudden violent desruc
on oil Their caprces their passious their preudices,
er errors, their seIove, counieract and neuralze
ano'heT; and they i'm any policy, With
respect to so general and pervadng interest, which
ey 40 not esteem necessary for the veal OF all
b"t IL one man has the power modify, contract,
destroy the system, his CAPRICE his passions excited
perhaps Without his ideas State
his notions of policy, his projects Of REFORM may at any
mme ana IN any moment subver from its foundations.
me public can have security. / remember that Fire.
derrick IL. Of prussia'he great Frederick after
STA ing That had been thought impossible TO establish
oahk In country governed by simple absolute
eny boosted that he succeeded In establishing one; and
s bank ostered by his parental ard sustained by
us master genius, capable in reconcile
tradcions did nger during his reign How long it con-
inued alter his death, TO know; all know is that
the experiment Is s,id 10 have failed and have been
soon abandoned Does any believe that system of
oahk credit such as that which exists in this country,
could exist at ST. Petersburg or Constantinopie? Co.
euVate The sugar in the northernmos, district of
Maine! Public credit is the sensitive Of all sens-
1--WE plants; at the slightest touch power, shrnks
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expands aud revves; but il the lghtes touch be long
continued, the plant wbers and perishes.
cannot believe il possible that the people of my own
stale wi ever consent to any such stupendous and
overwhelming power vested in the President much more
thatthey will unite with others confirm him in the pos
session oil u-that they want intelligence TO discern the
consequences or virtue 10 them by all means in
Their power They must lose their devotion to civil Ii.
oerty and their knowledge Of It's principles; they must
lose all regard 10 the very principle OF property tho
pride and the love must be supplanied in their hearts
, anu ex"ngul:hed by party spirit, before they
MT he
Tor himself and has in fact begun to exerce shall make
tne experiment he proposes on the body polite have
discovered since came to this pace-no who would
not shut his eyes and could have failed discover
that systematic effort is making planned and directed
CHIEFLY by persons here, many OF them having
toh WIN Virginia, 10 reverse the public sentiment of
at State at The approaching elections and they hope
and nlend, TO hitch her again 10 the of Executive
power. She is thought 10 have broken Of harness
have myself no fears doubts of the result and as to
any views OF personal ambition, wholly Indifferent
about it. indissolubly bound 10 Vrgipia-I must
abde her deteminaiionI must partake with her veal
or wo; and, II she consent evil, l must bear nv
SHIRE Of her destiny with resignation One part the
e,rt 10 which have alluded, consists in the stale trick
o, boldly claiming majority in anticipation, the me ans
oil procuring one gentleman, not holding the relation
10 NE State that do, bound by Instructions from
The STATE Legislature, has thought proper TO find or make
an occasion TO tell the members OF the General Assembly,
mat IN their late resolutions concerning the measures Of
the Executive Of the United States they have not
expressed the sentiments of their constituents do not
mention il in hostility, (or have no hostility towards
any man. but with real pain If that GENTLE
man had only reflected that The subject of those TesoIu
tons was under discussion for many weeks and if he had
rejected ALSO ON what he must have KNOWN the sensi-
biiy oil the members Of that body the will of their
constituents and the intimacy Of the relation existing the re
between the representative and constituent body think
he would hardly have presumed suppose himself bet
ter acquainted than they with the sentiments OF their own
constituents, and 10 put his differences in opposition TO
Their evidence And is wonderful 10 that any man.
protesting 10 be disciple OF the Virginia school probes.
sing devotion 10 the State rights principles which she has
SO long and so steadily maintained, should have for
gotten himself such con,umeiy OH her Leei.la
object, unless he supposes his opinions 10 possess
influence home Than any other person there .ye a
hehued III he does not know that the dignity of Govern.
ment is essential to the maintenance of lis authority he
has not read the heart of man. say, confidently that
whoever shall succeed in bringing State Legislature
nts general contempt, will do more TO impair It's just au.
lory than any single of this Government nos
sbiy can Neither are the people Of Virginia OF tenn
per 10 accept professions oil respect in lieu of reality
Some there who think that the danger 10 our inst
'uons 10 be dreaded in the present conuncture Of
affairs the pros,rsiOn Of the powers of the Executive
department OF the Union, and The assumption of all power
by the Legislature. Dr. johnson said that those who
od La,se me cry OF Popery in England, in his day,
nave raised an alarm OF fire in midst of the pe-
neral deuge; and say that those who In our connrv
and our day, are holding forth the danger OF The annbs
lion oil The powers OF President would hold the like lam
guage at Warsaw, ST. Petersburg or Consaninople Let
for the history Of the last Elk months
aud what the President has DONE and what il ia in
| sisted he had right 10 do.
The charter OF the Bank of United States provided,
That the public moneys should be deposited in it, unless
the Secretary OF the Treasury should at any time o,her
wise direci IN which he required 10 report tho
TACT, and The OF his ORDER Congress Immediate
~, II in session. IL not, the of the ext
session; that is, he clothed with arbitrary po,
but sound hscre ton the subjects; discretion To be
exercised Tor good cause aud under lhes supervisory con-
troll OF Congress; Tor IL is absurd suppose that the Sc
creary was required &c report the his conduct
10 This body merely 10 crafty the curiosity lis members
To give discretionary power TO any officer is TO give
power 10 be exercised according to his Judgment not
The judgment OF any obeI this essential of
such power The President having resolved, that The
public deposiles should and ought be taken from the
Bank, and finding Secretary Of the Treasury so obs
nate and refractory that he could neither led nor
into what the officer regarded abuse of the dscre
ionary power vested in him. dismissed him from Office for
that only, aud appointed successor, who he knew
concurred in his opinions and ready carry his pur.
pose into effect
On the hand, II IL conte nded that the Troasorv NJ
partment is Executive Department Mt and tho
tay responsible TO tile President aud bound TO conform
his official conduct, in all cases, with the iudgmenf and
ordo OF his sUperor the other that this 10 not an Ex
ecutive Department. but Department carefully disIin.
gnshed by law from the Executive Departments bound to
follow the directions Of the laws, whether conformable
with the opinions Of the President, not and required
to make his reports directly 10 Congress- and that the De-
parment was constituted, and cessarly constituted
for The purpose OF keeping The treasure OF the nation un
der the control Of the Legislature. On the hand Tia
in-isted that the Secretary Of The Treasury being al ali
events an officer Of The Government, without any stated
term Of Office provided by the constitution or laws ,bs
President has at any rate, constitutional power o rerove
him pleasure; the other that even s,pposinc the
| Department Executive one, and the head ri il a
mere Executive officer; yet when special discretion ia
vested In such officer by law, by an act in which Con-
gress and The President have concured, the President
cannot, without violation Of the law and the Constitution
the officer merely because he refuses TO exercise
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