The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-03-25

orms remain; History wiIl paint those
black lines drawn around this resolution.
and those fatal words nf condemnation
written across lie face. and hold them up
a. snournful memenio 20 ourselves OF
departed liberty. and a warning 10 some /,
happier race 81 mankind. II. on the
olhrr hand. the Senate shall. BY the bless !
ing Of Providence. continue 10 MAINTAIN !,
is place in the syslem-siiIl exercising !
the functions for which ii was designed !
-enjoying freedom Of delibersiion and .
Independence Of action; then will the /,
manuscript volume Of the journal. and
indeed the single page. containing those /,
memorable circular black lines, be The
only volume. and the only page, thai will
ever be sought afier. or read. The pro-
cess Of eKpunging the resolution. il the
snrest way 10 render the memory Of il
immortal.
IL cannot be forgotten, that very short
~ before was first elected lothe Senate.
the General Assembly ol Virginia. upon
long and solemn deliberalion. Resolved.
II. That the recent act Of lhe President
of the United States. exerting a control
over the public deposiies. By causing
them To be withheld and Withdrawn. on
his own responsibility. from the United
States Bsnk, in which they had been or.
dered TO be placed by the acl Of Congress
charterinR the said bank, is. in the judg>
ment Of the General Assembly. DANCE
rOus and alarming assumption Of power
by that officer. which cannot be ton
strongly condemned. O. That. while The
General Assembly will ever he ready To
sustain the President in the exercise OF
all such powers as the constitution has
confided To him. they, nevertheless. can
not but regard with apprehension and
dlsIrust The disposition TO extend his Of.
fetal authority beyond its just and pro-
per limits. which he has So clearly mani
tested ia hts recent interference with the
Treasury Department Of the Federal 60
I yrrnment. m The exercise Of sound dis.
. creunn which Congress had confided I.
the head Of that Department alone. 3
! That our Senators in Congress be in
. instructed, and our Representatives re-
} quesled. TO usr their best endeavors u
procure the adoption, BY congress. 0
! proper measures for restnring the publi
moneys 70 the Bank Of the United States
! or al least causing them to be deposite,
: therein for Tie future. according 10 III
E direction and stipulation ofth act Of Con
Z gress charenng the said bank, IL, al th
= time of their action on the subject, III
. ss,d bank be. in their opinion. safe de
posilnry at the public treasure" Thus
4 the General Assembly at that session
expressly affirmed the very proposition
p land in Ear stronger ierms) contained il
: the resolution Of The Senate which the pre-
). sent General Assembly condemns; an,
J. The resolutions Of the former session ma
nilesIly presupposes that il was withi
!. tie competency Of the Senate, as well q
= The House Of Representatives, 10 act up
: on that proposition. then in fact pendin
e IA the Senate. 10 consequence of thos
u resolutions. one Of the Senators from VII
II glnia resigned his seat; resignation Ger
e tainly most unexpected TO me; equal
}. unexpected. believe, to the General A,
!. sembly. Neither have | ever believe
e that the resolutions il had adopted WEI
). designed TO produce any such result.
IT was, soon after. elected TO fill the vacar
y cy. | shall not say. that the resolution
d which bad recently been adopted BY ii
st General Assembly constituted my moi'
I. for voting for the resolution passed b
l the Senate some few weeks after too
lr nv seat; for in truth this resolution e,
n pressed the sentiments ! myself had a
l. along entertained and expressed. Blu
Of surely, | have a RICH, TO refer to the il
y struciions of the General Assembly
lie 1884, requiring me 10 vote for the n
he solution which the present General Al
st sembly instrncis me to expunge, and
lie vindica,e and sustain myself by their a
D. thoriiy: otherwise no Senator can ev
III safely obey any Instruction: he must II
re cur the danger Of being driven to the a
a Tentative now presented to me. Of dish,
Sc noring himself by voting against his col
re science. or Of resigning his place. whel
to ever, in the vicissiIudes of party warlsr
I'd a subsequent Legislature shall think Il
IN instruction wrong. 1t is with the deel
IN esl conviction and heartfelt pain. that
Ill say, as must say, that the proceeding
u Of the General Assembly Of Virginia q
n. the present occasion, are calculates
n above all things. to impair the right
H. instruction itself.
he should have right, too, after havir
he acted in conformity with the instruction
il. given by the General Assembly a, oI
all session, and seeing the same opinion
So prevail at a succeeding session, to appe
u from the mandate of the present Asser
-. bly,, to the peosle, al the mex, election
I'D And this would seem the more reason
Of Bile, if il should be considered, that 500