Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-05-11

much so rs any that nave c'tf P''.. x n
and have seen some service, III '''a' 'o''N il
warfare. A., ,, (
Gentlemen. when lGok back to that a"- :
,C,, moment. when | remember who 'hose !;
,ye,e who upheld this claim, Tor Exec''"e
,o,ys, with so much zeal, and devo.oh, Us
well as with such great and sPlendiu ao''",eS,
sJ,.hon I look round, nov, and inquire what
has bccomc of these gentlemen, where '"ey
hnyc found themselves,at lastunder the pow
er which they thus helped to establish, whh'
Las become, now, of all their respect, trns',
confidence, and attachment, how many VI
them. indeed, have not escaped from peing
broken and crushed, under the weight III Tue
wheels of that engine which they themselves
sol in motion. feel that an cdiiying lesson
may be read, by those who, III the freshness
! and fulness OF party zeal are ready to confer
the most dangerous powers in the hope tEat
they. and their friends, may bask IN ITS sun.
= shine. while enemies only shall be withered
by its trown.
II will not go into the mention of names.
/ will give no enumeration of persons; nut
ask YOU to turn your minds back, anu 10 re-
collect who the distinguished men were, VINO
supportcd in the Senate, General Jackson's
administration for the two first years; ana
will ask you what you suppose they th'nk'
} now, of that power, and that dlscretion,w ,whicn
they SO freely contided to executive hands:
, What do they think Of the whole career OF
that administration, the commencement oi
which. and indeed the existence OF whch
/, owed so much to their own Great eXertions?
4 I'm addition to the establishment OF TINS
2 DOW or of unlimited and causeless removal, n
. mother doctrine has been put forth, more
G vague, it is true, but altogether unconstltu-
tional, and tending to like dangerous results.
r In some loose indefinite, and unknown sense,
e ttbc President has been called the inpresen-
d itafire Of He ,ohoie american People. lie has
J. called himself so, repeatedly; and been so de-
J. nominated by his friends, thousand times
% Acts, for which no specific authority has oeeh
j. found, either in the Constitution or the laws,
ID have been justified on the ground that the
o. President is the Representative OF the whoi'
H. American Peo lc. Ceranly.thls is not Con-
s. stitu,ional language. Certainly, the Constl-
it, tuition no where calls the President the Uni
d. versal Representative Of the People. The
lie Constitutional Representatives oi the People
rs, are in the Honse of Representatives, exer'
re cising powers of legislation. The presden
ie is an executive officer,appointed IN pnrtcn
lar manner, and clothed with prescribed nn'
DC limited powers. 1t may be thought to be %
at no consequence, that the President shoult
b. call himself, or that others should call hlm,thf
&c, sole Representative ofal the People, although
IS he has no snch appcilation, or character II
be the Constitution. But i'll these n,aiterFword
Ell are things If he is the Peoples Represen
's' taiive, and as such may exercise power,wth
er out any other grant, what is the limit to tina
N power? And what may not an unlimited kcp
~. rescntative Of the People do.
m When the Constitution expressly create
.rc Represe sem,atives, as members of Congress,
lse regulates defines, and limits their authority
it. Rot if tic Executive Chief Magistrate
to merely because he is the Executive Che
'rs, Magistrate, may assume To himself anothc
ink character and call himself the Representa-
en- tive of the whole People what is to limit q
apt restrain this Representative power in hi
'wn hands?
eedI fear, Gentlemcn,t that if these prctcnsior
The should be continued and Justihcd, we m'g'
heir have MANY instances of summary pouc
nay lopic. such as once heard, III the House
ana Representatives. A gentleman, not no
living. wished very much to vote for the e
mi ,ablishment of Bank of the United State
aye, But he had always stonly denied the Cor
be- stitutonal power of Congress to create sue
tam q Bank. The country however, was III
dis state of great financial distress. from whic
nat such an Institution, it was hoped might hcI
he'd To cxtrcate it; and this consideration led H.
'nrd WORTHY member to review his opinions wi,
see care aud deliberation. Happiy.on such care
'out fu aud deliberate review, he altered his TO
tied ner Judgment. lie came, satisfactorily
,rld; the conclusion that Congress might ncorp
tied rate Bank. The argument which brong
ssa- his mind to this result was short, and so pla
nblc and obvious. that he wondered how he shou
the so long have overlooked it. The power
said, to create Bank, was either given
IT so Congress, or it was not given. Very VIC
e, as lfn was given, Congress of course could c
link ercisc it; if it was not given, The People S
, ex- retained it, and in that case, Congress as
hem. Repre- sentatives of :hc People, might, ur
time, an emergency, make free to use it.
lnce, Arguments and conclusions in substar
II Of like these, gentlemen, will not be wanting
I'd on men of great popularity, commanding CHI
o the actcrs, sustained by powerful parties andf
tho of rood intentions to,cards the public, may
ions, permitted to call themselves the Unvcr
ears, Representatives of the People.
nter- But, gentlemen, it is the currency, the Ct
was rency OF the country-i. is this great subje
u so interesting, so vital, to all classes OF !
ress, community, which has been destined to Il
After tile most violent assaults Of executive pow
cted, The consequences are around US and up
Y i'm us. Not unforeseen, not unforetotd, ht
usual thew come, bringing distress for the prese
. Ad- and fear and alarm for the inture. II 1t
these denied that the present condition of 'hl'
enate has arisen from tic Presidents interfere
kson; with the revenue, the first answer IL.
,lons, when he did interfere. just such consequ
'ibarv ces were predicted. 1t was then said,
'oDed, ,repea,ed, aud pressed upon the public att
Or the ton that that Interference must necessa
pat n, oduce arrangement, embarrassment,
ident, of confidence, and commercial distress
when pray YOU. gentlemen, 10 recur to the deb