The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-11-17
s.seeh OF Hr. Clay, OF Ky.
Is SENATE. September Is. 1887.
~ rgE SUB.TREAsURY BILL
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Ro, there are samr more specific OBJ
.,,,,s 10 this project # sub Treasures.
"A deserve 20 he noticed. The first
insecurity. The sub-freasurer aud
I. h,adsmen constitute the only guaran-
!, ls the immense suns ri public mo-
:, winch pass through his hands. l.
=. % be- compared with that wh,rh is
..,ssed through The agency of banksl
r,- ealleclnr. who is the sub-rreasurer,
49,. he money In The bank. and the bank
;, n, d,sbarslng officer. Here are three
.,,,k.: yuu prnpase To destroy two Of
..n. and that the mnsl important OF all,
t,bnk, with it, machinery Of president.
a,.rlOts, cashier. Iellers aud clerks. all
4 uhon are 81 many sehtiuels. Al the
vy nameat when the Secretary ri the
Tr,sOry tells Us how well his sab-l'rea.
vy system works, he has communicate
Sn Congress a circular. signed BY han.
~ exhibiting his .lslrusl IN IL: fnr he
s,.,s N thai circular that the public
r,sgs. Ghen they aIn"uat 10 a large
On. shall be specially deposited with
so.s very banks which he would repu.
i,ls. In the state Of Kentucky, lo.her
rna.nen can speak vi their Respective
!, ~. although Il has exlsleI bui about
.sy i've years, three fTeasurers, select
lib, the Legislature for their establish
a CHARACTERS Of honor aud problIy. prov
q lnlaIrss. And the history Of The de-
gagasnry of one Is The history oi all. IL
staneaced IN human weakness, Weld
~ 10 earnest solicitations for Temporary
.tl,, with the most positive assurances
Of punrlual reIurs. In no instance
Va, there ORIGINALITY any intention To de-
..1l the public We should not expuse
pw weak human nature IN such Iempta-
no.. How easy will il be. as has bern
!las. 10 indemnify the suTeiIes out Of the
,ssc money, and squander The residue!
,. Then there is the liability To fasoul-
ism. In the receipts. a poliucal partisan
or lnend may be accommodated in the
paynenl Of iuIles. IN the disbursement,
IL The purchase Of bills, in traits unnn
cOu.rn ent aud favorable Offices, and 10
! thousand ways.
3 The fearful increase of Executive
pariaase. Hundreds and thousands Of
hPs o'hrers are tn be created; Tor this
bill Is mere commencement OF the sys-
ZEN, aud all are TO be placed under the
!recI control Of the President,
The SeaA,nr from South Carolina
W. Cllhaun) thinks lha, The ENecuusr
Is aIS seak. and that no Danger j. To be
aPprehended irOm IFS patronage | wish
b God | could see The sublecs ~ the same
glI that he does. wish that | could
isel free from that alarm al Executive ell
:n'achnents BY winch he and | were 81
recently animated. When aud how, lei
ne ask, has That power. lately 50 fearful
ill iarnlda5le, suddenly become 81
weak aud har.nlessl Where is that corps
OF one hualred thousand Oflire-holders
independents. whose organized Strength,
directed by the will ol a single man,
vas lately held up IN such vivid col"rs
ali powerful language by repor, made
BY the Senator himself! When were
hey dlsbsndcd. What has become of
The prescription! lis victims may be ex-
haa''ed, but the spirit and the power
WHICH sacrificed them remain unsubdued!
W." Of the dIsrnisslng PnSer! What
OIL 'he veto! OF that practice Of withhold
Ing bills, contrary To the CONSTITUTIONS,
sAU nlre repreheusible than the abuses
o. The veto! Uf Treasury orders, pu, IN
io'ce and maintained in defiance and con-
hnpi aI The legislative authority. Aad.
although last, not least, of that expung-
'ag power which degraded the Senate,
aad placed At al the feet Of the Execu-
i've!
Which Of all these enormous powers
sld PreIensipns has the present Chief
Magistrate dIsaVpwed! So far from DIS
Gaming any one Of them, las he not ALL
aOunced his intention 10 follow IN the
very Ipolsteps Of his predecessor! And
ass he not done it! Was IL against the
person Of Andrew Jackson that the Sena-
'or IRON South Carolina 50 ably co-npera-
'ed with US! NJ SIR. no sir, no. II was
against his usurpa.ions, as we believed
'aen' against his arbitrary administration.
ao'Ve all, against that Tremendous and
tgh'lul augmentation Of the power
Ol the executive branch Of the Govern
nens that we pa,rioucally but vaInly
S9n'ended. The person Of the Chief Ma
gl''raie is changed, bu, there stands the
Executive power, perpeluated IN all its
vast magnitude. undimInIshed, re-assert-
e. aud overshadowing all the other de-
P'rlmenls Of the Government. Every
E1ophy which the late President won
HOm them spw decorales the Executive
Mansion. Every power, which he tore
IRON bleeding Constitution. is now IA
Ae Executive srmOry, ready, As time