The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-03-24


II the Consulnlioa be rampled upon. and
the laws Be violaied. ne injury may be
equally crest wheahsr il hss been Done
with good OF bad intentions. There may
Be differences 70 the oficer. none % he
eo1nuy. The country. ss al expsusncs
demonstrates. has most reason 10 sppre-
hend those encrnachmenls which take
place % plausible prelexls, and with good
iDlenlions.
put Il. Nh. President. 70 The calm and
deliberate consideration Of The majority
oflhe Senate. are You ready 10 pronounce,
In The face Of this enlightened communal
~. Cor al Time 10 come, and whoever
may happen 70 be The President, thai the
Senate dare not in language The most ~
offensive and respectful. demonstrate
against any Executive usurpasion, what
ever NAV be is degree or dangerl
For one. I viii not. cannot | be-
lieye The resolution Of March, 1884, TO
have been true: and lhalm ass competent
70 The Senate 10 proclsimthe truth. And
I solemnly believe thai The Senate would
have been culpably neglected. Of lie duly
% itself. 10 the Constitution, and 70 the
country, ifil had not announced The truth.
But LEI me suppose that 10 all this ]
am mistaken: that the acl oi the President
10 which exception was made was in
conformity with the spirit Of our free IN
.sliI.tians and The language Of cor Con
siiluiion and laws; and that. whether il
was or moi. the Senate Of 1884 had no
authority 70 pass judgment upon il: wha.
right has the Senate Of 1897. a compo>
nenl part of another Congress. TO pro-
nounce judgment upon lie predecessor!
How eau YOU who venture TO impule 10
phose sho have gone before you an IN.
constitutional proceeding escape similar
impu,alIon! What part Of the Cons.isu-
ton COMMUNICATES 10 you any authority 10
arsign Your predecessors! II what article
is contained your power 10 expunge what
they have done! Aud may not the pre-
cedent lead 10 perpetual circle Of de.
facement and restoration Of The transac.
tons Of the Senate as consigned to the
public records!
Are sou not only destitute Of all autho-
riiy. bu, positively forbidden 10 do what
the erpungIng resolution proposesl The
induction Of the Constitution 10 keep a
Journal Of our proceedings is clear. ex-
prees. and emphatic. II Is free from all
ambiguity: no sophislry can peryerI The
explicit language Of the instrument; no
ar,'uI device can eluds the force Of The
obligation which il imposes. lfil were
possible 10 make more NANTES, the duly
which il requires 10 BE- performed. that
was done by the able aud eloquent
speeches. Al the last session. of the Sc
palors from Virginia and Louisiana.
aessrs. Leigh and Porter.) and AT this
Of IN, colleague. shall not repeat the
argument Bui ! would ask. If there
were no Constitutional requirement TO
keep lauanal, what constitutional right
has the Senate Of this Congress to pass
in judgment upon the Senate Of another
Congress, and 10 ex punge from its Jour
nal deliberate act there recorded! Can
an unconstitutional at of that Senate,
supposing IL 10 be 50. Justify You IN per
forming another unconstitutional act!
But in lieu Of any argument upon the
point from me. | beg leave TO cite for the
consideration Of the Senate two prece-
dents: one drawn from the reign Of the
most despolic monarch in modern Europe,
under the most depotic minister that ey.
er bore sway over any penple; and the
other from the purest fountain Of demo-
cracy in this country quote from the
interesting life Of the Cardinal Richel,eu.
written by that most admirable and DO.
pular author. Mr. James The Duke of
Orleans. the brother Of Louis the l3lh,
had been goaded into rebellion by the
wary RIchelieu. The Hing issued de.
cree declaring all the supporters Of the
D1Se guilty Of nigh treason. and copy
Of 81 was despatched to the Parliament of
Paris, with an order to register IT at once.
The Parliament demurred. and proceed
ad % what was called IN srrei de partage.
Richelleu. however. could bear no
contradiction in the course which he had
LAID down for HIMSELF" How strong a
resemblance does that feature Of his cha
rsc,er bear to one of an illustrious indi.
yidsal whom | will not further described
and hurrying back To Paris with The
Kug, he sent. in the monarch's name. a
command for the members Of The Parlia-
menI To present themselves al the Louvre
In body and on foot. He was obeved
immediately; and The King receiving
ihem with great haughtinrss. the Keeper
ofthe Seals made them speech. IN which
he ,i.clsred that they had no authority 10
dellherase upon affairs Of State; that the
BUSINESS u private individuals they might
discuss. but that the will 0f the monarch
in ,,her matters they were alone called
upoa 10 register. The Riag then fore
witi has o1a hands The page Of the re-.
gisier on wlieh ne arret de par.oge had