Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-11

fail n reepuir,cassi u, the tauit Is ms, chaH,
,;oct,y. aud exclusively, lis. F!his. SIT, "e
Constitution 81 the snisca s,a;es, or else uo "o'
understand the Constitution eftLe United states.
r. ,,.,, ,,.ry man see haw perfectly nnconsii-
,u,ional !, i. tia, the President should fom'n"ni
~a,e his er;ni.us or wishes 10 Congress on s"eh
er,se ANA irpnrlani subjects, otherwise than by d
d;rer, .n,, r,snou.ble recommendaiien--a lubiie
md omen recommendation, equally known 10 ID,
rbos. .lo,v calls upon Them 10 act on tie Suh1cca
sVh,, va,,Il lie The state Of things il he might
communicate Lis wishes or opinions privately 10
members of one House, and make no such com
muncai;on 10 members Of the other w QUO
no. the two Houscs he necessarily put IN imined.-
ate collision Would they stand en equal ieei-
ingl Would they have equal Information "ha'
could cnsuc from, such manner Of copduc,ihg the
public business tu, quarrel, eoniusianF and con-
nict I A member rises in the House OF hepie-
ssenta,ives, and moves a very large appropriation
of money for military purposes. II lie says lac
does il UNION Executive recommendation, NheIe Is
his youcherl The President IS not like the bri'
fish king whose ministers and secretaries are IN
certain cases 10 express the opinions ana wishes oil
their sovereign. We have no kings servants at
least VIC have none Known 10 the constitution.
Congress can know the cpnionso OF the President
only as lac official, communicates item. lt"oud
be a curious INQUIRY in either House, VIXEN large
whether the mover represented the President,
spoke his sentiments, or, in Other words, whether
wha, he proposed we're " N accordance with tie
views of the Executive z. llaW could hat Il
Judged of BY toe parry lie a,."te> tof Party
is not unique enough iJr ,hai. = Inc ais hf
gives himseltl Many might ASSUME air, 81 there
bv they could give tuetdsei,cs such Importance as
to be esteemed au,dcHljc exposition, al ihc EArca-
tive will. Or j, Ills Wi 10 be circulated IA wins
pers 7 made known 10 meetings otfarY men / M
rima,ed through tn nrcssl O. communicated III
any other form, which sill leaves the Executive
completely Irresponsible s. tlai vhilc Ehceu-
tvs purposes or wishes pcrydde ,he tanks OF
party friends influence their conduct, and unite
their efforts, the open, direct, aud constitutional
responsibility is wholly avoided. Sir, This IS hot
the Constitution OF tie tnitcd States, nor can II
&c consistent Will apN constitution winch pro-
fesscs TO maintain separate departments ~ The Go'
vernmeni.
Here, then, sir, is abundant ground, IN my judg-
ment, for the vote oil the Senate, and hue
nigh, rest it,. But illrre Is also another ground.
The Constitution deeiuts tltf no niuhey shall be
drawn from the I rcasutt bur in consequence oi
appropriations made by law. v Ia IS mean; by
I" appropriations = Does thn lmsuase moi
mean tia, particular shall he assigned, by
law, to particular object, How lar thus point
Ing cut and fixing the particular obiocls Shall be
CARRIED ia n ouc.tion fl,a, ,,nntt Ia .,ttlcd l., any
,rer;se rl In, :. s,.ei6.. .,,rF,.,r,,tiou' il.,l
i IN s,y tho DESIGNATION c,,tv ,l,ie,, for which
,,cn.y il vated ne lar a<surl5 Il >.,tti6n i prae-
,i,nhls las tc,, ,bo,tql, IA b., u,o.t iu,portoui
,enublcun prjee,lc. In times past, r,oprlar par
lie, have ci,inicd GREAT merit from rroicSsinp 10
carry ttS dJo.iar mach farther, aad 10 adhere Ia
il m,cl,more s,tis,lq= ihaa tAsir al.,rs4ries. Nh.
Jellsr>or, especially. Was aeIeat adN"oatc for
il. and l.el il - leiRdi,aensaAf, lsa safe ard e.
.unomicai Ir,p, ,i,i1l5 and eli,iul,enrit Of tie
uublic re,c,iurs.
Betvl,,l l,,s lh,. fii,.4zt, and admirers al Nj.
J,iIersan To So, 4, Ia, at,saay...t;en2 Where
d. the, find. il, tn, pra4ss9l rtani If t!ree mil
lions, defamation "a. ,l5stt asl fnrtirular and
specific am LEGATION ii f,a.t, il,sc Hey forgot
ton, ali foco.ie., ai,. wholly abandoned, even all
pre!rn.e !u4 sacride augmentation? Il not, how
could dizzy san,,i.n sol >cte as dist Let me
recall lis terms. tbv. ATE, tin, the sum of
three millions OF dollars te. and the same hereby.
il app-onrn,tcd. oal OF any money in the Tfcus.-
nv no, oih2rni>a ..np.1u,it.d. tn h, .,p,ndrI II,
Who'll. or IN p,r, md, ll,c direr,j,,n ,f ,he pte.i
dent of the Ini,ed S..,,s. for The m,lila, and ma
val service, incAldins l1rIl,i,ai,i. and ordnance
and 10 :ncrra,c the navy. ,,ro,tlr1 ,prh r,rcn.
siurrs shall be rendered n,,,z,,. for TN, dt,rn,
sfl,e country pfier 10 ,be u,A ulrptinF. OF Con
rrcxS"
In tl,c frx, ,l,r. :, :. - l.. aL..ry.1 ,,,,,
whether I'M. money ll3 h,. cod :, III -, nat -
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