Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-01-24

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river the Secretary selection 'bst 10 provide
fSvs differed, modes. mcsia, II payments The
the seerei,rt j. 10 collect tho revenue ia one o
several ~ all thetc modes. or ntdis 81 he dc
cresisn The, eli are 10 the iu!unoiive, a. think
he expressed II and that the feto.uiion OF lsw y
not msn5stefy or conclusive 10 favor 81 sny ore
According 10 The bonott!e member. therefore. b
the Secretary had ohorca 20 Ssy tbsi cur own CO
ries and opr own dollars should 10 longer be re-
ceirsbls. whether Tor customs. '.yes public lards
hs bad tigh, 10 ssy co. sud to stop their Feesp-
iion.
Before construction Of - extraordinary char
seicr 10 fixed on the law q 1915, something Ike
the spre,rsnee Of sre0ment think nigh, be ex-
pec:ed IN ". favor. But ~bat there upon which
to found ,ueh en- implied power in the Sec Rotary
ftbe Ttessuryf IL there syl;sbie ~ the sboio
law WHICH CooNFNhNNft INV rhtb NV" w q e''
81. moneut' There clearly s not. The aw
w.s is,ended TO provide end doe, provide, in what
sous Of money or other means OF payment those
who owe debts TO the Government shall pay those
debts.
], enumefa,cs -four kinds 81 money or other
means Of payment, aud can any thing be palmer
than he who has to psy, insy have his choice out
Of all fSur' Al beng equally lawful, the choice is
with the payer and not With the receiver This
would seem too plan either 10 be argued to be
denied. Other lsws Of the United States have
made both gold and silver coins a tender in the
psymen, Of private deb,s. Did any man ever i'm
sgine the, In that case the choice between the
coins TO be rendered Has 20 lie with the party
ecising No ono could ever be guilty Of such
an sbsurdty. And uncss there be something in
thc.lsw 1916 itself. which either expressly. or
by reasonable Interference conicrs similar power
on the Secretary ofihe Treasury IN regard to pub
lie payments. is there, IN he nature Of things any
difference between the cases, Now there IL moth
ing. either in the law Of 1910, or any other law,
which eonfers sny such powers on the Secretary
Of the Treasury, either directly or indirectly or
which suggests or intimstcs, any ground upon
which such power might be implied. Indocd. he
s,atefnen, Of the argument, seems TO be enough to
confne IL. II makes the law of 1916 not role
but the disolu,on Of all rule not law, but the
aSrogation If all existing laws. According to the
argument. the Secretary Of the Treasury had au.
thor,y, no, only refuse the receipt Of the Treas
Dry notes. which had been issued upon The faith Of
statutes expressly making them receivable cor debts
and 6utes, and notes Of the Bank Of the United
States which were also made receivable by the
Law creating tic bank, bot to refuse olso foreign
coins, and the eonsge Of our own Mint putting
tbus he iegi uG ConUrpss "a ND
~ years at the unres,rsiued and absolute oiscre-
tion OF tho Secretary Of the Treasury. It APP
pesrs to me quite impossible that any gentleman
On rejection. can undertake 10 supper, such con.
struc,ion.
Bat the gentleman relies on supposed practice
10 maintain bis Interpretation Of the law. What
practice Hes any Secretary ever refused TO re-
eeise the notes OF specie paying banks. either al
the custom house the land Offices for single
hour Never. Has any Secretary presumed to
strike foreign coin or Treasury no,cs, or our own
coin, GU, Of The lis, Of reeeiyabes Such idea
never entered into III, head Of any Sec
retsry. The gcntleman argues lha, the Treasury
has made discrimination but what discriminatiOnsl
I suppose the whole truth to be simply this thar,
admitting a, all times the right ofhe party raying
TO pay in notes Of specie paving bsnks the coiiec
tors and receivers have no, been held bound 10 re-
celve notes Of distant banks 81 which they knew
nothing aud could not jldge therefore, neither
their notes came within tie aW. Those collectors
aud receivers were bound 10 receive the bills OF
specie psying banks but, as that duty arose fruin
The fact that The notes rendered the notes OF
specie paying hacks. lhs, fact II not notorious or
ALREADY known 10 them, must be made known
With reasonable certainty before the duty TO receive
them became imperative. suppose there may
have been Tressu'y orders, regulating the conduc,
II collectors snd receivers ,his pariiculn. Any
orders which Nenl farther than the, would go be-
you'd law.
The lIonorsbe member quotes one Of the by-laas
Of The bank of the L. States hui Nhst has that
10 d. wilh the subject Does the honorable mem I
bef ihiok ihs, The bylaws ~ the late bank Nere
laws to the people OF The Z. States The bank |
~ss cpder oblraiioB to receive any uo,es on de-
post ereep, It's osn. II might. therefore. make
INST such en- arrangement, with the Treasury a. Il
'sw o., u h saw u 10 msks sny. 70, neither he !
Treasury, nor the bank not bath together. could /
TO s~ty Si,h the written letter oi an tcg Of Con
gress nor did either underske % 10 Do.
Bat. or. ~h,t have been ths ecnflemtn's own
'Pinion on The subject herciofoie He he slssy
bern II orinion that The Secretary ENJOYED this pow
- a selection. as be now calls u. under the 10