Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-07-02

Telegraph and q all the sakisicd Jnpfnsls 81 the J
pat soss" parry. neS bear % ueH face eeidenee
how Gsiihioily ,hs safpose was executed; While
the sentiments 81 tbs whole eouniry from North 60
ssoath. sna Gou East 10 West. sitesi. Nth over
whsie,ns sasnimiiy. the Lusf hlsehood ~ the
charge. Bot u had Iis Gs,, aoe wtoegh, It's ia
icEsed effect.
PrtissSsd seps, Of Paicenors BY Mr. adams.
Ner cane the charge ofs prosiitutod Executive
patronage. sus abuse Of Executive poser. 1t 10
nbw q mstirt &c sruarcmen, ihst there should hsvc
teen found wickcdne.s brszen enough 10 make The
chs,gs, aud orcdoiiiy weak enough 20 be dipped by
Il. Ye, such ass the TACT Mr.. Adams made too
removals from Office duting his entire adminis,ra.
ton neither Of which ws. f1r politics. cause. and
ye, the land vas lnetslly filled with clamor abov,
the dsnRer sf 81 sbuse Of Executive power That
eismur was commenced In sac IN the report Of
camu,ilicc Of iae Sensie the Subject Of Exc.
euiivc ps,roussc. a, the head Of which vas Tsoa.s
~. Brsr.'s. aud smong whose members were
M.xris Vas Bcnss and LIcnARo NJ. JonSsoS.-
Tina, report dseli with much apparent alarm on
,he degree snd smoun, Of patronage noo (hsa)
,rsrosed by The President and came to the con.
rlosion the may. snd ought to be nished
by isw.' For the professcd purpose Of affecting
tha, dimino,ion the committee reported elk bills,
one Of which. is worthy Of special remark. p.ovid.
ed:
"Tha,, in al nominations made by the Pres.
dent 10 the Senate 10 hli vacancies occssioned by
the exercise az the Presidents power to remove
from Office the fac, Of the removal shall be stated
10 the Senate q, The time the nomination is made,
ath s,af,n,ni ef The reasons for irhich such officer
msy haze Jccn remored."
wish, Mr.. Chairman, tina, had time 10 60 fol.
~ into the report Of that committee. Bot I mast
forbesr. f. lsbored to magnify the aDoun, Of pet
rousge thea sroreisrd BY the President; declared
ths, 1.-THE power Of patronage. unless checked BY
the vigorous iaierposiii5n Of Congress, must 90 on
increasing until federal influence IN many parts of
this confederation will predominant in elections as
completely ss British influence predominaes in the
elections Of Sco,lshd and Ireland rotten borough
towns y urged the necessity Of laborng to mul.
tip.y the guards and To strengthen tie barriers
sgsins, the possible abuse Of po yer" and spoke OF
I'll" disposition manifested " in nil ages 10 flock 10
the standard Of poccr, whercsoever and by whom.
socser raised" II also embojcd a glowing and
truly prophetic description OF the effect OF the OK
sfe,se Of Executive power which shall have oc.
ession more particularly 10 notice hereafter.
II is useful 10 look back this repor, from the
point where we now stand. There was thrown
around j, air Of sincerity and regard for the
public good which rendered it very imposing and
seemed 10 claim for its authors the meri, of no
falpg non, ps,.ioism and dseernmcn Boz. sir. we
49, N'"'' "sN" ." Stse~s r-~ rss~--- A.
ambition. Sound doctrines indeed il contained.
but their promulgsion was made under circum.
stances and IN u mnnner clearly showing tina, il
was intended, no, to lay foundation for carving
Them out in practice. bot to give counteuance 10
inc is'se clnmor sgainst the then Administrations
Nothing had occurred 10 justify alarm. No arb.
trary removals from office had been made suggest.
Ing The necessity Of imposing on the president the
daiy OF giving reasons for removals, or FURNISHING
IN sccusion for the sudden and high wrouch, soli-
ciiudc manifested Tor the exemption Of the country
from the dangerous charm Of executive influence.
Bot, sir. the eonspirators understood il and now
We understand it. and the whole country under
stands II. Tire connection which tina, repoft--pro.
hsely scattered through tho coun,ry-was made
10 have with the misrepresentation which were to
put down, ami which did put down, a pure admin
is,rs'iou. aud the subsequent preparation by its
auihors and their political friends as soon as they
came into power. Of all The abuses they pretended 10
dprocafe reveal TO the broad light of DAY the great
purposes OF the report. That purpose was the ac-
qn'si,on Of power. II was effected; and effected
only to enable those sho accomplished il to fulfil
their own worst predictions Of The ABUSE of power.
have said. Mr.. Chairman. that none now da,e
to charge Mr.. Adams with abuse Of Executive
power. Itecsll the assertion. and ADM, that there
10 one exception. The gentleman from Msrylsnd
(Mr. Ho~srd) has said in this debate that " Gen.
Jackson found the instrument Executive patron.
sge) bright, from recent use. in the magazine
stunned and taken on his coming into power
By ibis he intended to say that Executive ps.ron-
age had been used by the preceding Admiuisira.
lion for parry pcrposes and that its notorious use
for ss,h purposes BY General Jackson and his sue.
eessor les eeea bot following out of the policy
OF tho administration iha, preceded them. Now,
sr.i demand the proof the genilenan's assertion
deny that there 10 shadow Of foundation for it.
Sir, am amazed al the iemerity Which can nor
make soeh an assertion. Who I ak. did Mr.
-s"'rs remove from Office for opinions sakei Not
The = 40 arr. no, one. Ga the contrary have not
" q Gates Of The "spoilsr system long main
q z fhs, his neglect 90 use his official power 10
pss down bic enemies and TO pot pp his friends very
~syh contributed 20 his defcsti Where Is The
sciise sappertsf Of Gen. Jackson aud Mr. Van
bsren. Who has ue. attempted to defend their use
ofeAees'ive poser for party purposes. by referring
- shsi has been denam mated tho fatal neglect Of
II. Adans to adopt that policy? And vet tie
'ehsrnsn u the COMMITTEE on Foreign Relations
vses here ADD rraseiy tells as that the use NJ -,