Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-26

of these prases:-"Thc constitutional right OF Cong'tsS
TO urragn the public officer who may nave VIC
Constitutions -''thc waste of time and pubic money IN
pursuing subjects not within the sphere OF Their GUY
''the injustice of prejudging all peachaT.e oiiee,
tthe stGma upon an innocent nan II unJus.y cohuemh
ed :thc impeachment 10 justice, It the gui'y Shouo DC
aIsolycd;" 'thc agrant rnorlny OF pron"nncis an "p
MON upon iipcuc!aLc charges without the iorms o III
Al nr iuI;r,I procc.diur" "tlt total improperly OF
even iIJcanu an opinion upon The truth or lasciood OF
III. accusalion ''ic constitutional and legal security "'
EACH citizen have lar AMI ipara! tFaI' unlh ny
imprach,nrlt and at common law; 'llie snbvcrsun oil
tin, Fundamental principles Of justice, ana The dan.
crrous example of i Legislative ndy, before Tie com.
ihrrlcrrrnt of any prosecution, expressing an OPT
Mon upon the guilt innocence OF an Implicated lnd.-
yIuai" All these expressions apply directly, and with
infinitely more furce to the of President Jackson,
than to that Of Judge lnuis. The Bank OF the United
States through all organs had appeared as the accaser
Of President Jackson. 1t had sat IN Judgment upon him
for violation Of the Laws and the Constitution, IN dis.
missing Mr.. Duane and appointing MI fancy; Tor taking
upon hluscfte responsibility Of removing the depohes
and for his proceedings IN relation to The revenue II
had demanded his Impeachment. torctold 1t, and named
the member of the House of Representatives. whom it
presumed to say would bring il Forward. The public
press the the Bank had been for many months
preparing the public mind for the event; and just
at the commencement of the session, the Bank ITSELF
lis own person, and in the most imposing form, slept
from behind the curtain and appeared upon the stage
The responsible accuser 1t caused manifesto OF some
fifty pares he drawn up BY committee Of its directors
adopted by vi the Board, ordered 5000 copies
be printed, copy to be laid upon the table OF every
member Of Congress, and the rest distributed all ever
the Union. IL was that famous manifesto from which
have read some passages in which the President Of the
u s. was compared crfeitcrs and the first place
in the comparison assigned to him. The Senale and the
country would remember thatmantesto 1t was the
hcntc act Of the bank and contained the identical Charge
against the President which Immediately afterwards
brought into the Senate, and what is 1t contained
every argument which used in the Senate in support
Of the condcmnutoy resolution The PresIden Ien was
an implicated and accused individual, at the commence
ment Of the session of 1888 81. He was accused BY
the Bank; and being thus accused the Senate took cog
nzdncr Of the charge without the intervention OF the
House Of Representatives. debated it for an hundred
days, and adopted it, The resolution brought into the
Genera! Assembly OF Kentucky, in the of Mr. In
mis-, strong they are yet described by the sto.
rian from whom haze read them as being "tcmpcrai4
amt just anil respectful 10 the sacred rights g crery pri-
rdtc CITIZEN to enjoy impartial trta uthO tic GcnHa-
ciation Of Influential non in eDice" coucar in this
sentiment MIR. President, and SO did the General As.
scnbly Of Kentucky with the Of the rcso
luton which hav. read for although that resolution
was not adopted vet had the effect of changing the
resolutions Of Mr.. Marshall, and to deprive them Ell
tircly Of their eliminating character.
Such The sentiments entertained in Kentucky
such the jealous and sensitive decacy OF the feeling
against the prciudication Of an impcacabe oaer and
al this generous feeling, watchul jealousy, and cut.
ting rebukr, called forth in o! most remote
and contingent mischief where the pre- uGgcrs not
the triers, and where the prcjudicalion could have
but most Indirect operation upon the minds Of the
actual judges If Just there and then, how much more
so now aud here! When the Senate of the United
States, upon charges put forth by the Bank OF the
United Slacs, sits in judgment upon the President Of the
United States, condemns hun uuheard, fixes stigma on
his nam. rouses 100000 people to petition against
hn--iqorc than appeared at the bar Of tie
tona convention against Louis the NEI.-giycS au.
daciols institution triumph him, and subjects his
lie 10 imminent drady peril Yes, sir: puts life itself III
i,ln th,.tl al
III. Senate had tie effect OF putting the pistol in the
hands Of the assassin. Yes, sir, these denuncations
for while rational intelligent, and informed people
the H. Justice OF the charge against the President and tho
folly of believing tat the removal Of the deposcs had
made he Distress yet with the Ignorant the unlniurni-
ed and the insanr, !! quite different. They bcliev
ed il ALL and acted according TO their belief The gno-
rant went - the pus TO G: an end, by their votes TO
their county; the insane went TO the porlico of the
CartO! put end, with his pistol the life Of the
same 'tpH.t." Bat la"is 10 God, and to the People
His Pr"ricnre held back The bullcts their c0naeact
tanned him the polls, and TIER justice will find the
Of cXpungng from our journals that Uni usiabls
sentence which should never have been put upon il
Sooner later, expunged will be. At this session
tie VOICE Of the people obcyed; after the next gene
raj uivc:.un if il is hot done There room
70: mistake. Two years past history and the issue OF
the elections had developed the will Of the people Far
from believing i'll the truth and justice Of the sentence
pronounced by the Senate, and returning House of Re
presrntatrrs 10 impcach the President in FORM they
have gone on increasing in their confidence and aec
ton returning larger and larger majorcs in his favor
and IN primary meetings. Legislative resolves and thou
sand different modes, have testified their will that this
just should he cxpungcd from the journal. The
will Of the great majority of the people of these States
known il is in favor Of cxpurgation The famous Mr.
Fox voted IN favor OF cXpunging the record Of Wilkes
expulsion from The journals Ut the House OF Commons
against his opinion, and against his previous votes
and in protrsSCd oi''!irnce the will of the people,
Ills example IS worthy OF in!lalion; and trust, sait
Mir. b. That the expressed will OF the pcupe will b
uhcvrd in this CASE. For, against, the erpunring
will be obeyed aud that the voices OF the STATE
Legislatures will be equally respected, work which way
they may.
hlr. b. concluded what he had to say upon this par
Of the with expressing his deep regret that the &c
neral Assembly OF Kentucky, in 1884, should have 81
sadly and lamentably forgotten their example o
1eU7. In 1907 as has been shown they deprived tht
resolutions Of Mr.. Marshall OF their eliminating charac
ter before they would adopt them in lSA, and in the
month Of February Of that year, while the proceeding
against President Jackson in full blast, il adopted
resolutions against him of the most violent character
upon the points discussion and ordered them tc
be transmitted to their whole delegation in Congress
The following is the copy of these rcsouilons
Eso!rel That The President Of the United States By causing
be Withdrawn public money from the place Of sole dcposte
where by law, placing
his ronoI Of tr sovsnc which the people know nothing
anI whose affairs their representatives have right
has violated the laws and Constitution of the United iales that HI
has usarda responsibility dangerous br, and which tend
The Of all the hands OF the Chiei uSis
tra,c of the unit'd States
"sored That by the frequent exercise Of the
that still arbitrary ana dangerous Of withholding bills
sea BY both Houses oil Congress- thereby preventing the opportunity
OF reconsideration by that lmy in the mode prescribed III the Con
sGioH the President a to great extent crippled and paayze
the legislative damcn, Of Government, md
has prevented the exercise by Congress oi their essential eonsu
ccd That the CLERK of this House transmit, each
resolutions"
Mann Butler, Ell.
Tuesday. .iarch 22d, 1886.
IN SENATE.