Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-07-25

a., Ti, rssaidste ttou,,-cd 10 ssts io lls foot
.sps ss5 c.rr est 30 pfueifies and Fear', ord
~. ihefcop~a ciertoa.
Ths, ,,sct gas tho ts r.rua ~htch w, O. give 90
Or cconosair.i ndahisissusn. and coutd 'ho
bu,.s ~hich Is gst fsis,iy pretended bed brought
the t~iton,gc n She government into eouh'ei Win
tie freedom ~ .lociiess.
Bat y sst not enough lhsi Tho Administration.
viii .'s lord g'alrsssons ~ hofrpf o. eNfatgancr
and .bgsc 4 excessive po~ct. should have msde
a go psofsspns the coser 81 cttrayscanccs and ..
t3.rs unprecedented 20 tie history of he govern
u,sn, Il rnn.i all be done 10 The name oflhc Peo-
rle--si Gur ne sake ~ msinitiniug the principles
= Derneotscy hs Wtsief.l eRpcndiiufe vas avg
menicA and Executive Usernstion gfo~ boider ana
more rcctless DID tie crg Of" Democracy become
louder sud logger. Every stride IN the career "ss
accompanied BY the exclamation behold our Ia
tied ofsnslocnoy. aud our real mr tie rights %
tie dssr people
Pom ihe momen, tbs, TIC present dynasty he.
cane ascendant IN 1870 to ihe present time, oNE
ass,r ruNrosE has controlled iu movements and
absorbed iis energies. Tss, purpose has been
THE AUGMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE IN
FLUENCT AND POWER. To accomplish It, 8
more than ordinary smbiiion would have been con
tent with 20 ueiag the power Of removal nhd oP-
pointneni as to convert the agents experimenting
she ssst machinery &C government INTO The mere
ministers Of the Executive Will and agents to su-
pefntond the machinery of party. This wouid to
m ambition of more than ordinary grasp, have
b,on deemed sn agen, sufficiently powerful to con
troll The presto guard the ballot box-'o ac'
upon State Legislation and to influence the DELHI
etsiions of Congress. Bot the ambition OF our
modern Tcitfmcs reached far beyond tins and
ia. cres, project was conceived Of reinforcing he'e
means with The entire revenues of the country
and Of uniting TO The POLITICAL. the MONEY
POWER And this introduces Us to the I'm
PERTINENT" under which the country is now
rrospng-ihe beginning. progress aud iotn'ina-
ton Of which wc will now, briefly Us possible,
describe.
The great experiment embraces succ ession Of
experiments which sc will glance ni IN Their or
der. Tie fret The experiment Of making the
Bank Of the United States political engine, sub
seryieni 10 the will Of the Executive This erpT-
imcEi J,siicd The Bank had not mingled IN the
politics Of the country and i would not. II had
not opposed the elevation of Gen. Jackson to pow
cf, and II would not, when lie had obtained i: bow
10 that power. The decree went
forth hat il should be crushed
The next experiment was, to create doubts Of
the scl,ency Of the Bank-obiai0s vote of Con
gress that tho public monies we're unfae 10 is
possession. and thus sustain the medi'aied measure
IN their removal from tie custody This e1peri-
frspl also idttrd. Nsiiher couid the cftul ol tue
hank be shaken IN the pablo estimation by the IA
eiious auemp, of the administration 10 n,par il,
nor could Congress be induced TO declare the rev.
20 uhtaie IN Ills custody. direct effort
60 this effort resulted in ibe report Of a commit
ice Of The House Of Representatives majority
OF whom were tho Presidents political friends
that tic public monies wtre sqft: and that report
was sustained oy overwhelming vote Of the
IIouso. Thus ended the second CO pertinent. The
ltt ,T tl.l a.L 81. ig,I i,,(
gress aad Throughout, tho country md the public
monies remained in their legal depository.
And now came tue main experiment. The lar
made the public monies removable from the bank
Of the United States only by the Secretary Of
Treasury. The President undertook the expert
ment Of commanding that officer, pain Of his
displeasure TO do what The lac bad left to his own
discretion, under responsibility 10 Congress. Mr.
Mclean Vas at the head Of the Department. lie
EEL, his legal responsibility and dcclineda compl-
anee with the Presidents ms mate. lie trans
fcrred to smother Office and Mr. Duane Mas selec;
ed 10 perform the service. To him the President,
pleasure WAS sgnihcd. lie hesitated. He wa'
the President lriend-his early fiend-and NO,
do any thing to him. but surrender TO hi
ldoiatoE the discretion which he was bound by
Law TO exercise, upon responsibility to noo,he
power. The demand was too much. lie declar
cd the revenues Of the government safe ant
that he could no, remove them. The Presiden
was memorable. The Secretary resigned Tn
great experiment struggled for existence. The
Independence OF two Secretsrys had proved an
oycr-nAeh for the EKpcrimenier. third effort
found ali INSTRUMENT who could be used and ih
work as done. The public monies was remove,
from safe national bank, provided for their custo
dy and dfbarseucni BY the legislation Of Congres,
and over bich there was q supervision By Lats {,
numerous State banks. selected by the Executive
and sUbjoc, TO HE supervision and control
Thus oonsummscd the great experiment, q
OBTAINING THE CONTROL OF THE MON
EY POWER. The revenues Of the goEernmen
were rapidly Increasing. The vast surplus whic
would necessarily seesmulsie (ihe poblic deb, be
ing paid was too tempting. 1.-THE law lo0 10 il
operation. that surplus would remain where con
grou had determined bot ifihe Pfesiden, coul
succeed IN removing II Ia state bsnks Of his ON
selection, he might thereby reach IN. long arm O.
he power into the s'a,es--lsy hold of lheir mon
led institutions aud secure their support and IA
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