Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-02-23

,-ssrr,i rssr-ss~etk y 10 wholly stoaded- sf, 'ess
!. .ss he Ce~sanssisa 81 tho Caitsd states. ne'
a.. a \. een.sss~-s -nh say cens'ns''on -h'oh
,.ss.+~~s 10 rsssasis separate departments 10 the
Ccyunm~pf.
jrs+. ,Ae.. %, W ss-eAsn, rrosn4 II say Iodr
.s.i fas the vote q ,As sensie. sse be'c ! might
,sssh. usi taere 10 siso s"o'h~f s'enno' Ihs
Co.sglisitaa Declare that ~ onry shsii DO crave
"a "A, Trese.rr su, N conveyance a spprnF,f-
49,, ,,.s. b, is~. What 10 mesri BY "syPro-
,,.nso-,- Does ,his lsarVsgs no; mean that
,sr,,s.l., ,ss.s sAsn ss ssasnca. b, Law. 70 p.'-
,....ss shss,s, Nov krtis pointing 90, and hr.
az a, pssssesls, ea~ss shall DO earned 10 gees
,.ss sAAi ssssss b sss,ss BY say prs~sss rule -
pss .'spsssse appropriation" tAs, 10 TO cay. the
isarns,,sa 10 prss,Isls. hss tsss tsosghi 10 be .
most inyos.sns rspssilesn pr,seiple. 10 times
rad possiss parti.s have claimed great merit ffon
,tosexsas 10 carry ihs. do-;nae mDch farther. tnd
"a .Shst. 10 II mach more strictly than their Adscf-
s.rss- N, Jefferson, especially. "a. great sd-
,oe.,s 70, IL. and held Il TO DO 10 disbursement Of
the p~sl,e e.snass.
M, sA., have the frlends sod admirers Of MI
Jefferson 10 esy TO tbi. appropriations Where do
,hey And IN this proposed grant 81 three millions,
ds,,ess,,on a. ohjee,. and particular IND specific
sesl,esi!oa Of money Have they forgotten. all
srsot,ea. and wholly aba pdoned even oil proieneo
70, .y,eife sppropri.tloo' " not, how could they
..netigu ,seh a vote as this = Let me r.otll lite
terms They are, that the sam Of three millions
ofaoilsfs be, and The sane hereby 10. appropriated
OF: Of any money 10 the Treasury not o,bcrv 'sc
appropriated, TO be expended, 10 whole or IN part
ssdes the direction Of the Pfesideu, OF the U. y.
Zoe the military and naval service, including for
ti6es,ioss and ordsnoe. and TO increase the navy:
provided ssch expenditures shall be rendered neees-
ssry for the defence Of the country prior TO the
nert meeting Of Congress-
In the FIRST place IL is to b. observed that whcih-
e. the money shsll be used AT all or not. is made
20 dspcsd on tho discretion Of the Prcsiden,.--
This 10 sufficiently liberal. ], carries confidence
ssr eaourh. But, II there had been no other oh
rc,ions, II the objects of tie appropriation had
been sufficiently described. so that the President If
be expended the money at all, must have expended
u E-r purposes authorized by the Legislature. and
nothing had been lef 10 bis discretion but the
question, whether On emergency had arisen, III
which the authority ought TO be exercised, ] might
not have felt bound TO reject the vote. There ale
somc presidents which might favor such con,in-
rent provision, though the practice is dangerous,
and ought no, 10 30 followed except in cases of
clear necessity.
Bot tho inssrmountahle objection 10 the propos-
cd grant was. tbs, it specified objects. II was
as general as language could make it. !; embrac-
ed every expenditure that could be called either
military or naval. Il was TO include fertilization
ordinances, and increase OF the navy" but it was
not confined 10 these. IL embraced the whole
general subjec, Of military service. Under the au-
thoriiy Of such law, the President nigh, repair
slips. build ships, buy ships, enlist seamen. aud do
any thing and every thing else touching the naval
service. wihou, restraint or control.
He might repair such fortihcailons as he saw
81. and neglect the rest, such he f., and
Leelect the arming Of others or build new fortif
cations whenever he chose But these unlimited
powers over the Notifications and the navy con
stitutes. by no means. the most dangerous part OF
the proposed authority; because Under that au-
tbosity. his power to raise and employ land forces
was equally absolute and uncontrolled. lie might |
levy troops. cmbody new army, call on, the mill
Tia in numbers TO suit his own discretion, and EN-.
ploy them ss he saw ht.
Now. cir. does our legislature. under tho Con-
s,i,u,ion. furnish any preceden, for all this
We make appropriation for the army. and we
what we are doing. because it is "ihc
army" that 10 to say the army established By law.
We make appropriations for fertilization. but we
ssy what fertilization. and wo assign 10 each its
intended amount Of the whole sum. This is the
Why should it DO departed 'front.' Are we ready
to say tina, the power Of fixing the places for new
and the sum allotted to each; the
power Of ordering new ships TO be built. and fixing
the numbs. OF such new ships; the power Of lay
ing out money 10 raise men for the army in short,
every power. great and small. sespec,ing the mill
tary and naval service shall be vested in the Pre-
s'den. without specification Of object or purpose,
or the entire exclusion Of the exercise of all Judy
meni on the part Of Congress For one, ! sm no,
prepared. The honorable gentleman from Ohio |
near ne. has said ths, ifihe enemy had been on
our shores he would no, have sgresd to this vote
And ssy. II the proposition were now before u.. |
and the guns Of the enemy were baitering against
lbe wall Of the Capitol. would not agree TO il. I
The people Of this county have sn interest, q |
property. an inheritance in this INSTRUMENT against
The value Of which forty oapi,ols do not weigh the
lssntis'h part al one poor scruple. There can
seser be any necessity Cor such proceedings but
signed and false necessity. mere idle and hollow
pfe,snee OF necessity actually existed ou the 81 Of
March. There was DO enemy on our shores, there
we're no gus pointed against the Capitol; We
we're IN no var. nor there reasonable mo-
'asi,y that We should have war, unless wo made
{ ourselves.
Bot whatever Vas the state Of our foreign rels-