Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-04-20
.YNCHBCEG. APRIL 20, 1887.
PLAIN FACTS AND REFLECTIONS

= law of Congress by an Ordcr rmanating from tn,
Treasury Department which is, in effect, now tn
law Of the land :
p The duty of regulating the currency" is ais,
deyolyed upon Congress by the constitution aud il
the performance OF this duty. tina, body did, in tn,
wear 1916, enact law prescribing the several kind
of paper which. in addition to cold and silver shoul,
he received at the Treasury in payment of publ,
dues And yet Gen. jackson unceremoniousl, Sc
aside this law. and arbitrarily prescribed diercn
rule OF action Tor ms Secretary of the Treasury :,
utter contempt Oh 'he limitations of the constitution
and in shameful disregard of his solemn ,,,h ;,
support and deiend' that Instrument. and Ia ,,.,,,
tain aud execute the laws passed in pursuance oro
OF.
of ~ha, vain" are written constitutions if the,
-. ., '-"''.ions are thus dsrcgarded
PLAN p
Why were the legislative, Executive aud Judi
cia departments OF the government lorrr,o., sepa-
rated and appropriate and clearly defined duties
assigned to each, one of them is thus permitted to
.ncroach upon the province Of the other
III President may, by amere fiat, repeal one law.
of Congress, he may in the same summary n,,n,e,
disregard all laws. and thereby substitute his own
will for the constitution itself He may set aside an
propria,ion laws. by bidding has Secretary of the
Treasnr, to refuse TO pay appropriations as they are
called for. lie M, alter the rates of duties on I'M
ports by his custon-h house regulations Indeed thcre
is no law which he may not repeal by REFUSING ia
execute it and nothing which he may moi do he
substituting for the law thus nued Il countcr,ail.
ing Order from some of the DEPARTMENTS What
is this, practically, but Dc,potism
1.-THE Executive may thus usurp Legislative DOW
ers, why may he not also assume Judi, ial fnncions
and nulliy the DEGREES of the supreme Court, and
substitute therefor his arbitrary ,licta
lithese things be so, then the President Of the
nned States we repeat it, is an unqualified Dcspot
with a popular title
Aud are they not So IN all the discussions which
have arisen touching the jolcy otthe Treasury Or
der, the most devoted aud brazen partisan of the
late present administration has not dared IL DENY
the t.tcts here stated Have til" people reflected up
on them Are they prepared for the consequence,
to which then tact approval of such bold and wau-
ton act OF usurpation must eventually lead Do
they not know that the tolerated precedent OF To dav
becomes the admitted rule of action Tomorrow ,
And are they willing 10 see the legislative power
sna'ched from their lrprcsc Lrtivcs an cNereiscdbv
one man, and the broad lnc, ol demarcation be-
tween the several departments of their govern
''' VIII" WIZ 'c-''"po ny our fathers as 81 e.
ae"''' u 'e Pn'N am preservation oi iffe institute
'''''' ""'' ''''c" II 'hc are lei them
sustain the men who approve aud ,nllcate this act
u "'p'''' ""' "'>Po''>'' lltll'N are not II be
''''"' " 'a"' S'o"" aS'hnst every
w. f''" '''' "'i' S"s'''ins 'li's iSsnmP-
"'" Vi o''e'7"'" P""'r-'h'N contempt OF cons-
'it"s'h' oeHanft "i the
y ''' r''p''' - ''' It NNo"" y. 'he act ot then
''p'es."''''eS'
,...... 80, -, '''' ''''hee'f' Win TIE
" ~ '"'''''' ''''>"'f o'"ef' "fieh more
- IT, '''''"''''e eh'f'fiaf' and
Ian. p...;,.., l.. ''' u ''''
~ CO.. 'r,,! It !" ~ '>s'',
=. ,.:...:.....,,,, W. '''''' ~
,lo,, :. -, i - ''''' :
nm 'e
ofrc,cl h. ". ra,,o,, ,,..,,...;.
Thin, u,,;,,, a., p...;.,... c,
,owo, of 5,;,, ,,,,,. .l,a.;.,..
n,,;o, = 80
.x,,o,a,. '''''
r,;ns, h, l.r;.,,,;,, aa,;o,,
.,i, tn, ,,1 - :,
,naeca .x,;i,;,. :. ,., -
tho ,,s....:. 49, ~ u
Gen. J,cL so, n,.o .., =, ''''
,on ,ba, orc,so, . n.,,.'' '''''.' ~
,Copc.oss 49, 49, ~ ~ -
ted chance !, ,ho -
b,,;,n c,;l.I -