Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-02-06
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PRECEP / Us. PRACTICE

PiECEpT Us. PRACTICE.
On the hist page the reader will find Mr. w.
Bufen's neat and appropriate vaedic,ory 90
leaving the chair OF the Senate. & the io,n.n..'
address OF Senator King Of Alabama. on h.
pro ten. accession TO the vacated dignity rh'
latter, like the former, mi sht pass withoo, co..
ment, were il not for the expression of cer,,;,
lruisms, the ineilciency of which, in pr,c,oa
has been recently strkingly exemplifed by ,,a
action ofIhe Senate aud l,y the vote of the VA
dent pro tcm himself.
Mr.. King tells u, that the Senate i, III.
" great conservative body in the Renubcs l.
has recently better earned the title of the pr,,
destructive body" by the preparation Of an ar,
than which none exhibiting a more seryile do.
volon to the Will Ola master, and a NOR. ,ou,.
petc dcstitution of sei-respect was ever enacted
by any legislative body ia any aye Of the world
Here Continues Senaor kingJ hereH
. the strong citadel Of liberty. 70 ,hi, body the
intelligent aud yifuou,. throu ,houl OIL wide
" spead country, look with confidence for an
= unwavering aa1 INFLUENCING rEslsrANcgr,
= TIE ENcRoACnMENrS or POWER ON THE ONE
- CLEMENT on rus OTHER That a satire are
recent events upon this just dci.nrMion--not Of
what the Senate Is, but Of what 1t was intended
TO BE b. the trainers OF tie constitution How
can II be expected ihat tli- Senate will herea.
represent an utllinching resistance 10 the
encioachments Of power.a " lth the Eypunsinr
precedent stafin. them in tie face Indeed if
the Senate has right. a IS graycly conteud,d,
to express any oplnou even when it bcerrs
that an ambitious President Is transceadina h,
| constitutional powers, BY scizng the pur,y
which the constitution places ia the custody
! OF Ccnsfess, 10y What other means can thty
| sisl the eneroachiient, ol power We ask the
honorable Senator from Alabama, who has just
voted TO re5afe his brother Senators, who DARED,
upon their oath> 10 declare an act of Presderr
Jackson to be :" ia derogaton of .he laws and
the constitution, we ask him, il ha has Gu
himself assisted 10 PROSTATE the iuIepcndrnce
Of that body, aad 10 convert that " citadel Of
liberty Into an instrument Of ENccutiYe dsspo.
tjsm
Sc, on the either hand, We should like 10 be
informed how the Senate is to resist " the cfet.
vescences Of popular rycitemcnr,' i they are tue
nqre slave Of this eXeitemen, ii they are 10 do
whatever the public voice, operated upon by dem.
agogues, command, them to perform, or else
yield their seats 10 tn: more plant instrument.
OF faction
Senator King has correctly pouItrayed the
high attributes OF the Senate, such as ii was de-
signed 10 be-bolrowiug almost the language
Of Mr.. Madison, in vlndicatius that branch ollhe
government, against the objections of the oppo-
nenis Of our existing constitution. But If the
dogmas 0, the present day-nay, il Mr.. Kings
own votes TO b. deemed authoritative, The
Senate is no longer the conservative power
which he describes. 1t will not resist the en-
croachmcnts Of power, Oh the one hand-ior It
VIII dread the rebake Of poicer, inflicted in so-
ldtion OF is con litutional rights, BY its sefsIIe
mInlons, at some subsequent period. Nor Will
II array Itself IN oppo ,liion 10 ponuar eteryes-
cence, on the other,-for it will know that the
axe OF persecution will be forever after held over
their heads. is disobcdcnt servants-as ans
IocraIlc cont miners of the peoples will No.
The Senate, henceiorth IS the slave OF Execu-
tive pleasure. The President may cncroach,
one by one, upon the functions Of the other de-
par'ments oil the government, and upon Inc
rights OF the people ,henseves-and the repre-
sentatyes Of the State .overeigntes must sI' IN
submissive silence, lest they should ohe"u
the ears Of Majesty, and revive this vlnd'c-
tive process Of expunging the public records
TO this result the vote of Senator King lneSi'a
bly, tends. We are glad 10 see that his pf'n'',
plies are better than his acts-and we hope 'n''
the time will come when the latter will cease 10
be in broad and ludicrous contrast with The i''