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


II 10 Gar beller Ihai miIlians should be lost
By The ne2lecI Of Secretary ofIhe Trea.
sury. Than 10 establish he manssrous
principle lhal al the checks and balances
Of the Executive Government shall be
broken down. The whole power absorbed
by one man. and his will become the
supreme rule. The argument which
! am combating places The whole Urea
sury OF The nation IL the mercy az ihe
Executive. II he in vain 70 talk &c sp-
by law. and the formaliiies
q warrants upon the Treasury. Assam
iRg he argument 10 be correct. What Is 20
prevent the execution Of an order IRON
the President 10 The Secretary Of Ihe
Treasury 10 issue q warrant. without The
sanction Of a previous legal appropriation.
" The Comptroller 10 enunlersign il. 10
the Register 10 register i, and 10 the
Treasurer 10 pay IN What becomes of
that qusdruple seeuril, which The precau
zion Of The Law provided Instead Of
four substantive sid Independent wills.
acting under legal obligations. all are
merged in the Executive sortex.
But there was, IN point Of fact, no
cause. none whsiever. for The measure.
Every fiscal consideration land no other
had the Secretary or the President right
10 enIerssin) required the deposlIrs u he
left uDdlsmrbed in The place of perfect
safety where by law they we're. We
told Won so Al the time. We asserted
that the charges 81 insecurity and in
solyency Of the bank were without The
slightest foundation. Aud time. lha,
great arbiler Of human controversies. has
confirmed all that we said. The bank.
from documents submitted 10 Congress
BY the Secretary Of The Treasury al the
present session. appears to be able not
only to return every dollar Of the stock
held in its capital b. the Public, bu. an
addition Of eleven per cent. byond IL
Those who defend the Executive act
have 10 maintain not only tina, the Presid.
ent may assume upon himself the dis
charge OF a duty specially assigned to
the Secretary Of the Treasury. bu. that
he may remove that officer. srbiirsrilly,
aud without any cause, because he relus-
ed 10 remove the public dePosiles with.
ont cause.
Ny mind conducts me to a totally
different conclusion. Think. | solemnly
believe, that the President assumed
upon himself authority and power moi
conferred Nv the Constitution and laws.
but in ,ierogsuon Of BOTH" 10 The Ian
guage of the resolution. | believed then
IN ruth Of the resolution; and now IN
NY place, and under all nv responsibility.
reavow MY mistaken conviction Of il.
But II has been commended on this
occasion, as II was in the debate which
preceded the adoption oi the resolution nf
1894, that the Senate has ne right To px-
press the truth on any question which.
by possibility, may become subject Of
Impeachment. II is manifest tina, if Il
may, there is no more usual or sppropri-
ale form IN which il may be done than
that Of resolutions, joint or separate,
orders. or bills. In no other mode can
The collective sense Of the body be ex.
pressed. But Senator's maintain that no
matter what may be the Executive
encroschmenl upon The Joinl powers oil
the two Houses. or the separate authority
of the Senate, il is bound to stand mute,
and not breathe one word Of complaint or
remonsuance. According to the srgu.
ment, the greater the violation Of the Con
su,u,iou or the law, the greater The
incompetency Of the Senate to express
any opinion upon III Further. that this
incompetency is not confined TO The acts
of the President only but extends &c
those Of every officer who 10 liable sc
impeachment under the Constitution
Is this possible! Can j. be true! Con
trary to all the laws cf Nature. is the
Senate the only being which has no pow
er OF self preservation mo right to com
plain or TO demonstrate against attack.
upon its very existence!
The argument. is. that the Senate. being
the constitutional tribunal to Try all i'm
peachmen,s, 10 thereby precluded from
the exercise of the right To express any
opinion upon any official nalieasance
excep, when acting in It's judicial charsc'
ter.
If this disqualification exist. il applies
TO all impeschable officers. aud ought q
have projected the late Postmaster Gen
eral against the resolution. unanimously
adopted BY the Senate. declaring that HI
had borrowed money contrary To law
And it would disable the Senate frou
considering that Treasury order which
has formed such a promiaen, subject .
its deliberations during the present ses
sion.
And how do Senators maintain thl
obligation Of the Senate to remain silen
and behold itself strlpt. one by one
of all its constitutional powers. withou
resistance. and without murmurl Is