Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-05-09

" sve-ed er giving the ps,rcnsse e the appoint
nss,s, TO the ffssadcn' wbe "a. thea coming int
slice. And shea tho new Pre,,den, entered o.
hi. cf'ce. he ~nhdrew tbe.e nominations. and .en
N Doginsiion. of he friend. their place,
! wss 81 opinion then. sDd am II opinion now tina
that doscision ef the Senate weni far to unhx tn.
rseper balance ofthc Government. II eonfrtre,
90 The Pre'ideo, The power of rewards for port,
rofPoscs or Pcfronai purposes without hunt or con
troll. ], sanctioned. manifestly. and plainly tina
eHercise Of power whi.h Mr. Madison had said wo',
defer'c impeachment /; and IL completely dcfeaic,
ooe great object, which we told The trainers Of
( the Constitution contemplated, IN the manner oil
forming the Senate that is.thst the Senste nigh
DO body. not changing with the election If presi
dent. and therefore likely TO be able 10 hold over
hin some check or restraint, 10 regard TO bringing
b.. own friends sDd psrtixsns into power with him
and ,hos rcwsrdins their services to him, a, the
public expense.
The debates in the senate. On these questions,
were long continued aud earnest. They were OF
course IN secret Session. but the opinions of those
members. who opposcd this course, aavc al been
proved true by the result. The cotscrt wac Sc
sere and ardent. as much so as any I have ever
psr,skcn IN and have seen some seryiccin that
sort uf earfnre.
Nntn look DOCK 10 that cyeniiiI
momen', ~h.- .e.-.-~t~- ~ho tt,,sv ~v,r, -.L.
upheld tr.s claim, Tor Executive power, with SO
much zeal and devotion. as well as with such great
and splendid abilities, and when look round, now
and inquire what has become OF these gentlemen
where they have found themselves, at last under
the power which they thus helped to establish
what has become, now of oil their respect, trust
confidence and attachment, how many of them. in
deed, have not escaped from being broken and
crushed under the weight Of the wheels of that en-
CINE which they themselves set in notion ] feel
that an edlfying lesson may be read by those. no.
in the freshness aud fullness Of parry zeal are rea
6y to confer the mos, dangerous powers 10 The hope
that they. and their friends may bssk in its sun
shine, while enemies only shall be withered BY its
frown.
will not GO into the mention of names. ! will
give no enumeration OF persons but | ask you to
turn your minds back, and recollcct who the dis.
ilngulshed men were who supported, in the Senate
General Jackson's administration for the two first
years; and will ask you what you suppose they
think now, OF that power and that discr which
they 90 freely coDGded to Executive hands 7 What
do they think Of the whole career Of that admins
'ration. the commencement Of which, and indeed
the existence Of which. owed 80 much TO their own
exertions
unlimited aud causeless removal, smother doctrine
has been put forth. more vague, it is true. but al
together unconstitutional, and tendin: to like dan
gcrous results. 10 some loose, indefinite unknown
sense. the President has been called the Represn-
fatire q The rhoie american People. lie has call.
ed himsefs SO, repeatedly /; and been 80 denominn-
ted by his friends, 4 thousand times. Acts, for
winch 40 sPeeinC autnori,y ms Deen fopnd either
!" the Constitution or the laws have been justified
on the ground that the President is the Rcpresen-
live OF the whole American People. Certainly,
this Is not Constitutional language. Certainly the
Constitution no where calls The President the Uni
versal Representative Of the People. The Cons,i.
sutipnal Representatives of the People arc in the
House 81 Representatives, exercising powers Of le-
gisation. The President is an executive officer
appointed in particular manner, and clothed with
prescribed and limited powers. 1t may be thought
10 be Of no great consequence, that the President
should call himself or That Others should call him.
the sole Representative Of all the People, although
he has no such appeaton, or character in the
Constitution. But in these matters. words are
things. fine is the Peoples Representative and as
such may exercise power, without any other grant
what is the limit of that powerf And what may
not an unlimited Representative of the People do
When the Constitution expressly creates Rep
resenia''ves. as members Of Congress- it regulates
defines, and limits their authority.
But II the Executive Chief Magistrate. merely
because he is tie Executive Chief MAG i.trs,e NAV
assume to himself another character, snd call him.
sell the Representative Of the whole People. what
u to limit. or to restrain this Representative power
in his hands,
fear. Gentlemen. that If these preicnsous sho'd
DC confined. and justified, we might hnvo many in
stances OF summary piicsl logic, such as once
heard in the House Of Representatives. A geu.
tleman, moi now living. wished very much TO vote
for the establishment Of bank oft the United States
But he had always s,outly denied the Constitution
al power 81 Congress TO create such a bank. The
country, however. was in state OF great financial
distress.from which such an Institution, was boped
might extreste II aud The consideration led
the worthy member 10 review his opinions with
care and elaboration. Happily, on such careful
and deliberate review. he altered bis former ude
menf. lie came. satisfactorily, 10 the conclusion
that Congress might incorporate bank The ar
gument which brought his mind to this result was
short. and 90 plain and obvious, tina, he wondered
how he should no long have overlooked il. The
power, he ssld, to create bank, was either piyen
10 Congress. or it was not given. Very We'll. n