Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-11-22

iha' belnc soihe, only hold HIM responsible to ia
tse TfeSideHfS budding and deuouncc him as ttai-
tef aud a lcdefaiiSt The oppose Executive orders
" nat did we hear 4 member of Congress say. a few
days ago IN his speech to the people, as an evidence
that he deserved renewal of their confidence =
Nhy. thai he had given azealous support To the ad
m'nstratlon-snd that, Tor the remainder of his
term he should do the same thing Is IN, the oh
leet Of the convocalion OF Congress Ii II be. we
had better dispense with tie Legislative body alto
sether Aud yet that th,s Is the main purpose OF
the self led Republican party the present day
IS manifest from all their Does the Executive
recommend 4 National Bank \ National Bank
ia Republican measure. and no murmur of disap-
probation Is head. Dnes he oppose Bank 1t
forthwith bcconesa Federal measure, and none but
tetlcraliss sustain ii Does he remove the public
money from the place Of dcposite fxedby law, hay
ing previously removed from Office a Secretary OF
the Treasury too stubborn to obey his Illegal man
date The act Is approved by tho very makers OF
the law which he violate, Does he recommend
league of State Banks. To supcrscdc the fiscal agent
oil the government, whose unexpued aud unrepeaod
legal authority he las nulied on his individual re
sponsblhty Tie recommendation is eagerly
eontcnted " nth his aceni-reyile IT III the most
uumeasnted rc1ms--and recommend another, which
will place the funds nearly under his own con
uo! Ills obsequous coultelS me rs loud In lheit
denuneiallons OF the agent as they were in their
plandts when II was the object of Executive favor
and the recipient OF Executive bounty. Aud now,
were the Executive 10 recommend Il National Bank.
Treasury Bank, league OF State Banks, or any
other system, these men would huzza rs loudly Tor
either as they have heretofore condemned them all
OF # a few, more conscientious than the rest,
should stick 10 the Sub Treasury, they would be
Stgmatizcd as Fedcrasts aud Traitors, Just as obey
would have been in ls3i, when Gen. Gordon broach
ed this scheme, had they then vcntutcd 10 express
preference for II over the denounced but
then hyodtc scheme OF the Dcposite Ban>league
Nor is ii strange that these things shouId be so.
Men are but men, after all aud whether they 1--we
IN Republic or an Empire, they viii b. sure to
turn then longing eyes, " like the sun flower 10 lis
god" TO the fountain OF PATRONAGE. The
President, by the power to nominate, and. by and
with the advice and consent Of the Senate appoint
Judges 10 Office, has IN in hs power TO bend that
branch OF the government 10 his opinions on, II he
fail in thls by refusing obey mandates asit has
been eontcuded that hc has right to do, he may
nuliiy It's udgmeut5--while, on the other hand he
may, and to a great extent does control tie action
OF Congress- by coruptng the integrity of ITS mem
bcrs aud inducing them TO set; naught the will Of
the people when it comes IN conflict with that Of the
Executive, by the offer of appointments within his
gilt, more brilliant, more lucrative more rerna-
nent than seatin Congress.
Every bias ofour system, therefore, it will be
seen, tends TO centaA:c Po'eer IN The hands Of The
PrcS8chf, aud 10 weaken the checks aud balances OF
the constitutions and the tendency, il not the de
sign of all the measures proposed by the President
and his friends to give additional energy to this
unfortunate bias. The Wings are cndeayoriog to
ncuralize AVID eounteract it; and, with tins motto
on their banner, observation-disclosures has increased,
is increasing, aud ought to be diminished" they
stand pledged, If they succeed in overthrowing the
dominant party. not only TO force back this constant
Iy aspiring branch the government, within its
cent constitutional limits, but Ito provide new
guards ion future sccurity''-so that, hereafter
the laws shallnot be set at naughr that II they be-
the Legislative department shall be permitted to
condemn the outrage, without suhJceung then
Journals to the Expungng process-so that, public
officers shall be responsible TO the people, and not
to the Piesident-so that the Halls of Congrcss may
be rendered pure, by the Withholding from the Pre-
sdent the ability to tempt them rom the path of
duty--in one word, that old Republican principles
shall spring from the grave Of the mscalIcd Repub-
can party.
The period has arrived when the people have II in
their power TO put hook in the mouth Of this lie
vlathan-a " Monster more formidable TO then lib
cries than fifty National Banks, though each of them
possessed fifty times the power of that which was
crushed by the veto-and we sanguneIy hope that lie
will be efiectually curbed.
JUDGE Wl1lTE.-ln consequence of recent
illness, Judge White, Of Tennessee recently tender
ed TO Gov Cannon his resignation a member OF
the l. 5. Senate. The Judge states in his com
munlcaton, that, in common with many ofhis neigh