Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-04-12

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onc Of those ,lenartn,cn.s may at crtica'
pcriod, copfidentialIy present, and for "a long
period of time hold up to the presiding Off
Ger of the popular branch Of another the
powerful. mducencnt of q splendid foreign
mission, is there not imminent danger OF un'
due sabserviency of failure OF tnat pro-
siding officer faithfully and independently 10
discharge TIC high duties cth's exaltea Sid
ticn! =,
The Senate thought there was anu Win
held ITS advice and consent TO the notn'ha.
ton OF Mr.. Stevenson as minister 10 Oreat
Britain. And now, after q lapes OF near
two. years, with all the circumstances ny
which bis original nomination was attended,
remaining in full force, but with considera'
bic individual variations Ia the compost
tion'of the Senate. the same individual Is
again nominated by the. PRESIDENT Tor lie
same office. Doubtless place, moro than
any other foreign appointment, important
to be constant occupied, has not been kept
vnant with view to or in expectation ofany
such variations. Doubtless, in the ample
field for selection which the intelligence anI
patriotism of near fifteen millions Of People
offer, some individual equally well qualified
with, and less exccptionable than Mr.. Ste.
venson, might be designated to represent the
United States al the Court Of St: James.
Doubtless no personal feelings or wishes to
achieve a triumph over tho Senate can have
prompted the renewal Of this nomination.
Whatever may have been its motives, the
committee neither know nor have any thing
to do with them. They are not themselves
aware Of an peculiar fitness in ilr. Steven.
son, Or any absolute necessity OF dcput'nS
him, and only him, rs the minister OF the
United States to Great Britain. In eFdlna.
ry times, the fact of his being unacceptable
to large portion ofthe Senate, even if that
did not constitute an actual minority, would
be regarded as deserving Of consideration.
In a free Governmentit it should be the aim
Of those who administer it to promote har-
mony in the public councils. anu SAUSAGE
ton among the People.
The Senate of tic United States is sup.
posed,. bv the theory of the Constitution, 10
he as free and independent in the exercise of
its Judgment on nominations submitted to its
consideration, as the President is in propos.
;no them. Each Of the two componcnts
Of the amounting power acts upon its own
sense Of duty, and upon its own response
bitv. The Senate has no right to require
the President to nominate any particular in
diyidual, and the President has no right to
reo,,;re the Senate to confirm, any particu-
lar non,;na,;on. When the Senate has
onco decided mon nomination. there ought
~ bo ,rcnd cf the matter.
" Pr;or tn the present Administration. in.
stances Of denomination were rare, and are
believed to have occurred only when some
Indication was eivcn from the Senatc Of a
desire tbat # sbould take place. It has Of
late become much more frequent. The
nr,ct;co ;s liable 70 orcat abuses. A Pres.
iiJen. ,1;snoscd 70 alliance f,vorites to pub.
i;c ot,;ces and fndino Senate disap.eeiae
with him, nc 70 tbcir illness, may forcbear,
I c,r , l,no time, to the dctrimcnt Of the pub
Tc % service. to nominate any person to fill
them. until, from those changes of individ.
| ,o1 cnpOI,arS tO which all COLLECTIVE OOQtcS