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

have no. 4 doubt ina. il would have pas
sed. They were all made in thai spifsi
Of accommodation BY which The mover
Of the resolution has ever regulated hls
ennduc, a. . member Of Il delibersiise boz
DIV. m not one single instance did be
understand from any Senator a whose
request he made the modification, thai,
without il, he would vote against me Re-
solution. How, then, can even me o.
nalors Who we're oflhe minority Of 1884,
undertake 10 make the assertion 10 ques-
rionl How can the new Senators, 1ho
have come here since, pledge themselves
10 The fact asserted in The recital OF which
lhey could not have had any epnesanee!
But al The members of the msjoriiy-ihe
veterans and the raw reeruiis--ihe slx
wears men and the SIX weeks men--are
required 10 concur in this most untaun-
ded assertion, as | believe il 20 be. ]
submit il 10 one Of the latter docking to-
wards nr. Dana, from Maine, here BY a
temporary appointment from the Execu-
liye,) whether, instead Of inundaiing The
Senate with torrent Of fulsome and re-
voting adnlaiion poured on The President,
iI would moi be wiser and more patriotic
To illustrate Inc brief period Of his Sena-
torial existence by some great measure
fraught with general benefit % The whole
Unloni Or, il he will no, or cannot ele-
vate himself to = view Of the interests OF
the entire country, whether he had not
better dedicate his time 10 an inyesnga-
ton into the causes Of an alien jurisdlc-
Tim being still exercised over large part
Of the territory of The State which he re-
preseulsi And whv the American carry
ing trade 10 the British colonies, in WHICH
hIs. State was so deeply interested, has
been los, by most improyldeni and
bungling arrangement H. =.
n President. what patriotic purpose
is 10 he accomplished Nv this expunging
resoluiinni What new homer or fresh
Iaurels will il win for our common conn
try! l. the power of The Senate % vast
that il ought 10 be circumscribed. and thai
of the President So restricted that il ought
10 be extended! VIVA, power has The
Senate! None separately. !, can only
act jninuy with the other House. or joint
" with the Executive. And although
the theory Of the Constitution supposes.
when consulted by him. il nav freely
give an affirmative or negative response.
according 10 the practice. as il noic exists,
il has lost The faculty 81 the negative mo-
nusyllable. When the Senate expresses
its deliberate judgment. in the form ofre-
solution. that resolution has no eOmpul-
sorry force. but appeals only to the dis
passionate intelligence. the calm reason,
aud the sober judgment Of the communi-
". The Senate has no army no navy. no
patronage. no lucrative offices, nor gilt
,ering honors 10 bes,oa. Around us
there is no swarm Of greedy expeciants.
rendering Us homage, anticipating our
wishes, and ready TO execute our COM
msnds.
How is il with the President Is he
powerless! He is felt from one extre-
nifty To the other Of this vas. Republic.
By means If principles which he has in-
uoduced, and Innovations which he has
made in our institutions, alas! but too
much coun,enanced by Congress and a
cnntiding people, he exercises unconuoll.
ed the power II the stale. In one hand
he holds The purse, and in the other bran
dishes the sword Of the country Myri-
ads Of dependents and partissns, scattered
over the land, are ever ready to sing no
sannas to him, and To laud TO the skies
whatever he does. He has swep, over
the Government, during the last eight
years, like tropical tornado. Every de
parlment exhibits traces Of the raVages Of
The storm. Take, as one example, the
Bank OF the Unied States. No institn.
tion could have been more popular with
the People, with Congress, and with
State Legislatures. None ever better ful-
filled the great purposes Of lis establish.
menl. But IL unfortunately incurred The
displessure Of Tie President; he spoke,
aud the back hes prosrale. Aud those
who we're loudest IN lis praise are now
lJudest in its Condemnation. What oh.
ject vt his ambition Is tihsa,lsfied! When
disabled from age a1N longer 10 held the
! ceytre If power, he desguates h.. SUE
cessnr, sed Tansrnus u to his tavorl,e!
Wa! mute does he want! Must We
bio, face, ard mu,iIslr lie records oi
the c""ntr} III punish The presrnp ,uous-
ness oi rxpresslng an op,aIDn contrary 10
his own!
/ What palrio,Ic purpose is to he accom-.
pllshed by this expunglng resolution!
Can you make that not 10 be which has
been! Can you eradicate from memory
and from history the fact that IN March,
1894, a majority Of The Senate Of the
United States passed the resolution which
ex"'Ies your enmIty! Is 1t your vain
and wicked object To arrogale To your.
selves that power Of annihllaiing the past
whlrh has been denied to Omnipotence