Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-05

| ''''' w nave Ncfh3 100, tift the House. oil
''ofos' III The course OF tile ship-noncy transact
ton. passed resolution, oondcmning. IN the
strongest terms, tho conduct Of impeaciiablc Off
GERS a, illegal and northumberland an
| Impeachment against one of them was uctualIv
pending, aud Impeachment against others, on the
| same grounds, ncre anticipated, which in,pcach-
'nens that House was the tribunal to try and de-
tcrm,nc-"i,hohl mourning the blame Of prejudy-
my the cause Of him who was accused. and Of all
that might be- accused, of participation in tho act
declared Illegal. hut il is one Of the main objects
intended 10 be accomplished by cxpunging our
resolution, 10 establish the doctrine that the ju~
h'cal powers vested in the Senate by the Constitu-
ton, instead OF beng addition 10, operate as lin
''at'on upon, It's legislative powers and that tho
Senate cannot cypress opinion agaifrt the legal
~ of The measures OF the PRESIDENT or, by coise-
1'enre, or any other impcachablo officer without
exposing itself 10 the reproach Of int,caching,
trying, and rondemnnc, without lcafing the oil
Ger who may, by possibility, he impcached
The rspnneing Of the proceedings and Judy
mcnt OF the House of Lords in the case of skinner
agn'ns, the East India Company, my colleague
SAYS, and sass justly, intended land, in fact,
accomplished the ohlccO 10 ,ndica,c the common
reh, OF the subject 10 trial by jury in due course
at law" Aud he coons's us 10 cxpunec our RESP
m'leH, for I'll" purpose of acknowledging aud con-
~ Jury, To take away the public drpo>iirS from the
Bank OF the United States wheel, The bank claim
rd bs vn'ne Of II contract, upon a claree alleged
10y himself ri criminal condnc in the bank which
the President himself declared afforded Just GROUND
Tor II judicial procced,u" against il, to revoke its
charter.
The cypnneinr If the protest of the tory Lord.
IN 1000 WIS designed To vlndcatt the principles Of
the el"r'on> Revolution oi loss, which finally es-
tahl'shrd and confirmed Ia the People of England
the BLESSINGS of civil libcriy--lhr security ola
government oilaws, distinguished from u 90
vcrnmcnt of will; and pursuing thai end, tho
wing LORDS rSpunr"d protest which impugncd
the principles oI the Revolutions lhouel, tho pro-
testers had nm undoubicd rlrl, Il, enter their pro
test. Tn" Senate of the United States i, now to
he condemned for refusing to receive, aud insert
m us journal, protest of the President ugains,
IT'S proceedings, who had no color of right Ia mako
an, such protest and the Justice ol the Presidents
proles, - 10 hc acknowledged, hy eNpuneing from
our journal the entry oi the proceeding against
which he protested.
The House OF Commons rypunecI It's resolution
IN the case of the NIiddc,cx election, and there
by acknowledged The eligibility Of all prsons, not
under some known lrcal incaIrtritv, 10 plnr.
IN tia, House, and (vhai infinitely more I'M
porianl) the rich, ol,hc People 10 be represented,
have never thought of rspungmp the proceedings
on the subject of the Sc,lnion lava statute whcl,
invaded the constitutional twis oi the People,
Winch, IN the almost un,bImonS opinion of tn.
nation, uniformly maintained for thirty five venrs,
was plainly unconstitutional, and winch, therefore.
had lis beginning in wrong. They only have re-
course To the process " c,pun,fion, in order Il.
v'ndicaic and confirm Executive power
cannot, for my part, look al the contrast,
without modification and alarm. The Pailiamrn,
al England, processing monarclcal principles,
have exercised the power OF cNpunrng obnosi
proceedings, IN order to establish principles IN their
nature truly republicans American Senators,
PROGRESSING (,inccrclv, do no, doubt \ democratic
republican principles flushed with recent victory
over Their opponents, are cnd,aso'fng 10 apply
tins same process Of cNpuncion, III order 10 cs-
iab>h IA power IN the Executive. which appears IN
my ANXIOUS n,,l,l mnnarchicd prcroealisc. | do
not lmputc the dcsign ~ llcnn-l do not, | cannot
suspect them any such purpose. am speaking
only o the tendency aud elect of the principles
They hrc maintaining.