Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-04-09
CONC SION l..
ExpUNGING RESOLUTIONS.

MIR. BIN lSl< OIIcicu tiiS Aoiio'
ING preamble and resolution:
Where as. on the 26th Of l'ecefn-
Der. 1898, the following resolve was
moved in the Senate:
"Resoired, By dismissing the late
Secretary Of the Treasury, because
he would not, contrary TO his own
sense Of duty, remove the money o.
the United States in deposlte VIII,
the Rank Of the United States ana
;fs b.ancles. in conformity with the
Presidents opinion, and by appoint
mo his successor TO effect such re-
,ooval. which has been done. the
President has assumed an exercise oI
mower over the Treasury Of the l nj
ted States not granted him by the
Cons,itutisn and laws, and dangerous
10 the liberties OF the peoples; i
Which proposed resolve was al
tered and changed by the mover
therefore on the oath of March, 1884,
so n, to read as follows:
..Resolred, That in takingupon nm
self the responsibility OF removing
,h.. denosite Of the public money from
the Bank Of the United States, the
President Of the United States has
assumed an exercise Of power over
the Treasury Of the United States
no, Granted to him by the censtitu-
ton and laws, and dangerous to the
Liberties Of the Peoples;
Which, resolve, SO changed ana
modified by the mover thereof, on the
same dav and year last mentioned
WAS further altered so as to read III
these words:
.Rssolred. That the President, IN
the late executive proceeding IN reia-
,;on 20 the revenue, has assumed up
ea himself authority and power not
inferred by the Constituti on ana
laws. but in derogation OF both;
In which last-me l,ioned form the
said resolve, on the same day ana
year last mentioned, was adopted by
The Senate. and became the act and
irloDent Of that body, and, as SUCH
now remains upon the journals there'
Of:
And whereas the said resolve wa:
irreguiarIy, Illegally. and unconsfitu
t;onal,y adopted by the Senate IN vi
olation of the rights of defence whici
belong to every citizen. and IN SUP
version of the fundamental princ'p
les Of law and justice; because Pres
ident Jackson was thereby aJudget
and pronounced to be guilty OF al
impeachablc offence, and st'g,n;
placed upon him as u violator OF M
oath Of Office, and Of the laws and TIT
Constitution which he was sworn t
preserve, protect, and defend, with
out going through the forms OF an I'M
peachmcnt, and without allowing Z
him the benefits of 4 trial, or tn
means Of defence:
And whereas the said resolve, Il
all it's various shapes and forms, wa
unfoundsd and erroneous in point Q
fact. and therefore unjust and unr'gh'
eous, as well as irregular and uncon
s.itut;onal. because the said Prcsiden
Jackson. neither in the act OF dismls
sing Mr.. Duane. nor in the aPpo'n
ment of Mr.. fancy. as specified !
the first form Of the resolve. nor
taking upon h;mseifthe responslblllt
of removing the public dePosites' a
specified in the second form OF III
same resolve. nor in any act who
was then or can now be specified III
der the w que and ambiguous tern
of the genera. denunciation contain
cd in the third and last form OF IL
resolve. did do or commit any az
in violation or in derogat'on OF II
laws and Constitution. or dangero'
to the liberties Of the People:
And whereas the sand resolve,
adopted, was uncertain and amb'S
Gus. containing nothing but ioo'
and floating charge for der'Sat'o
from the laws and Constitution, an
assuming ungranted power and a
thority in the late executive procee'
incs in relation to the public revenu
without specifying what part OF II
public revenue was intended to I
referred to, or what parts Of the law
and Constitution were supposed
have been iniringed. or in what pa
Of the Union, or at what period OF h
Administration, these late procee,
ings were supposed 10 have take
place, thereby putting each Senate
"a, liberty TO vote in favor Of the r.
Ssolve upon separate and secret re;
son ofhis own, and leaving the groun