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plastic ho0o8 81 friends Of the 0xecu.
tive. 10 BE moulded and fashioaed, 90
thai u might havesho eject Of Fiddine
the couniry Of the obnoxious Order,
and yet not appear 20 question exeeu-
tive infsllibiliiy. All this did not an
swer. The late President Is moi man
70 Be saiis6ed With sofs words; and be
saw in the measure. even as Il passed
the two houses. q substantial repeal OF
the Order. He 10 man Of boldness
and decision; aad be respects boidness
and decision ID others. If YOU are
his friend be expects 40 finehing; and
if you are biz adversary, be respects
yon none the less for carrying your on
position 70 the full limits Of honorable
warfare.
Gentlemen, most sincerely regret
the course Of the Precedent, in regard
20 this bill. and certainly most highly
diSapprove Il. But do not suffer the
modification Of having attempted 20
diSguise and gaEnish Il, in order 20
make u acceptable, and of SIN finding
Il thrown back in my face. All that
vas obtained by this iugeuious, ripiO-
matte, and oyer-couFteous mode Of
enacling q law. was q Fesponae from
the PRECEDENT snd the Attorney Gene
raj, that the bill in question was OBJ
scure. ll-penned. and NOT easy 10 be
understood. The bilI, therefore, was
neither approved. nor negaiived. II
Il had been approved, the Treasury
Order would have been annulled, tho
IN clumsy and objectionable man
0er. II neRatived. and returned TO
Congress. no doubt il would have been
passed BY two thirds Of both houses,
aR1 in that way become Law, and
abrogate the order. But II was not an
proved, Il vas not returned: Il was re.
tanned. u had passed the Senate in
season; II had been sent 10 the House
IN season; but there il was suffered TO lie
so Tong without being called up. that
u was completely in the power Of the
President. when ie finally passed that
body; since BE- is'not obliged TO return
bills. which he does not approve. IL
not presented 20 him ten DAYS before
the end OF the session. The bill was
lost, therefore. end the Treasury Or
der remains 80 force. Here, again, the
Representatives Of che people, in both
houses Of Congress, by malorities al.
most unprecedented, ende6vorsd 20
abolish this obnoxious order. On hard
" any subject indeed. has opinion been
50 unsnlmonS, either IN or out Of Con-
gress. Yet the order remains.
And now gentleHen, ask you. and
] ask al men who have not voluntaFi.
~ surrendered az power and ell right
Of thinking fnF themselves, whether
from 1892 10 the present moment, the
executive authority has not eReclually
superseded the power OF Congress,
ihwsrted The viii Of the Represents
iives Of The people, and even Of the
/ people themselves. and taken the
whole subject Of TIE currency into iis
own grasps IN 1891, Congress desired
20 eonlinne lhe Bank of the United
States, and maioFity Of The people
desiFpd u aiso; bat the President op-
posed l.. sad kis viii prevailed. IL
1888, Congress refused 20 remove the
deposiles;--the President resolved ub.
on Il, however, aud his uiil prevailed.
Congress has never been willing b
make . Bank, foanded on che money
and credit of the government. and ad-
uinisiete5 ~ course, by executive
handE; BAT this wss the Presidents OBJ
sect, and he attained 4, Ia great mea-
sure BY ibe treasury selection Of de-
pOsite banks. Ih lhis particular. there
fore. 20 great szteBi, bic viii pfpvnii-
-. IN 1895. Congress Sefussd TO con.
iinelhe receipts foF public lands 20 gold
end silver; bui ihe PFesideni 2illed Il,
end bis viii prevailed. ia 1871.
both houses 81 Congress, By more than
two thirds. passed q biIl Cor .saiof-
Jog The former sieie 81 shihes By
ahaulliug the Treasury Order, bni
ihs President wilied. notwithstanding
that The order shoald remain IN force,
And his Wili again prevailed. Irspeai
ibe qnesiion Therefore. and wDuld pul
ii eatnealiy 10 every inielligeni mau.
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4enilemen, have done with lhe
narrative Of events end measures.
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SeegFEsiza steps GO Ere cge-ree - Es-
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