Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-12

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States that he should be informed having the
power 10 make on investigation and to correct The
prese'ts'aIe OF things in tho Post Office Depart
meni and, therefore, he (Mr. P.) had come to tho
| conclusion, IN which no though, all would concur,
that resolution ought TO be passed by tho Senate
| II hal produced IN his bosom feeling of sncsrc
regret, when the resolution Of the last session was
| unanimously adopted, that tho President had not
thought proper oexercise h,s high constitutional
prerogaye, ia the application of an eiicetunl RENE.
| dy FOR these evils.
He, (Mr P) had hoped. TINT when a matter Of
this kind war brought before tho Senate il would
not be characterized as ebuiion Of party feel
ing, bn, would NEE, with the unanimous opinion
OF the Senate and that this unanimous ex.
preston would have induced The President TO OK
nrc'se his power IN tho publication Of this Depart
menl OF the Government. lie (Mr Preston) wish
Cd IL and rxpcctedn. Gentlemen mls.pprehe ndcd
hlm they supposed he intended to throw any cen
sure on the Executive, when he made alusion to
The high prerogative claimed by the President
tie lMr, T. diseaimcd any such intention. lie
did however disagree with the Presiden, entirely
on the night he had asserted To The Senate. lie
would not pat his trust in any individual in this
community. lie would never, by his vote, who,h.
or with opea or closed DOORS sanction such extra
ordinary Executive powers us were claimed by the
Chlei Magistrate. There were gentlemen who
differed from him widely in this respect but hc
Mr. + felt compelled to take issue with the Pres
iden', as to his CLAIM TO- power, when he proclaim,
cd 10 the Scna'e that it belonged TO his depart
'nent OF the Government, to supervise all tho other
Executive Departments, and that all the Executive
powers were in his hands lie (hir. P.) denied
that they were. But was i, not natural and abso.
'utely necessary hat he should desire that the Sc
nate should again recra,e to the President Of the
Ctntca uccn af ti,p INN rtesv
suing to the country from this state Of things I
All we could do was TO illuminate the pcople---wc
could only expose the cv,la We were pow erloas IL
was FOR the People TO act
IT ihcrc were errors, and il could not be ioubted
there were, they ought 10 be corrected When G.
wis existed they ought 10 be exposed 10 view The
Senate then, must interfere in some way or other
to correct them.
Now, he was satisfied there wna not u single
gentleman present mot taking into account the
coorng which had been given 10 the transnction)
but what must ADM, there had been mnlfcns ance in
the department, lfihcro was any individual there
10 whom these frauds and the corruption were
charseable, let hun be brought out and held up to
the community as branded criminal. lie (Mr.
p thought, il tha resolution could 10 unsni-
moosly passed, marking the NAL administration
of The office with the censure which il meri,cJ tina,
a corrective would be applied by tho Pres,den,
tina, general " clearing out would be the con.
sequence
Now, it wus said tina, this was /" party ques-
. tion." A party question They all knew the cf-
fec, of an application of this term. Tho honorable
Senator from Missouri and those who acted with
him, were under the persuasion tina. the Senate hsc
INDUCED IN party feeling when they passed the re-
solulioa, which was considered by some gentlemen
very obnoxious tina, ii had done an act which
in their opinion should be burnt ou of tho records
OF this body for tho purpose Of their expurgs.
ton.
Hc woull not pause 10 look into the policy 81
such an act M expnnging matters of record from
tho Journals Of the Senate, whenever in the chan.
ges of parties, the Of one party become odous
to another. Nor would ho even pause TO inquire as
10 the difference 10 degree between the Head Of the
Government and mere subaltcrn, with the feeling
that
= saint m Grape rs twice n saint IN lawn
lie INDUCED only these feelings which ought
10 neiuate all honorable bosoms when he assert
cd that there ought to be IA expression Of the o.
pinion Of tho Senate Oh these ntfocious nioyersa-
lions
II was true, he might have stated yesterday
what he deemed unpalaiabe 10 some Of tho gentle.
men with whom he acted, but, he must repeat
that we are beaten down. 1t was true that the pa
ty with whom he acted were not yet minority,
near 'vhcn they would be, and when they. who now
carried their measures would DO the weaker pnrty.
lie would not ask them would il be fair and proper
that cyory thing which they had done which was
disagrecable to the other side should be cxpungcd
, from the records Now he put this question
standing as he did in the majority. In his conf
dcncc IN the intelligence Of the people he re2osed
his hopes, lie believed that the party collisions
of the day, would pass away, and leave no trace
behind, md that This government would not pass
away, hut that 1t would live long in The odmnistrn
ton Of the universe
Casting his eyes through the long vista before
him. he could hardly conjecture the period W hen
the principles he asserted and the men with whom
he had acted, were 10 be seated in power. Not
less was hedsposcd TO continue firm to these prnci-
pies and conductors. lie would struggle with them
10 the last because he could never consent to
rcllnquish the conviction that great is truth, and
the truth will prevail
duleing party feeling on this occasion VIVA,
would avail his dcnuncia,Ion of the Post Office
Would it shake those who conduct the adnsinistra.
ton of the Government Did any one expect tina,
such power as was nov held by tho adminis-
tralon was to DO shaken by these means =
Could even such damning exposure this shake
the popular opinion as 10 the present adninistra-
lion Z
Ii there were other gentleman " no we're so san
g',ine as TO believe That exposition II the rotten.
| ness which lay here in tho administration could
shake the magnificent structure Of POI ulariiy on
which the present Executive stands lio, at least,
was not so sanguinc III his expectations There
were spirits dc not one Of tbosc) who enter.
TUNED the opinion tina, this affair oflhe Pos, Office
would shake. in the slightest degree the present