The Madisonian., 1840-01-18

oo's that thc iHohty vi uio country ouSht
not TO be kept locked up by the government
my more than the arms belonging to the
citizcns--both will be sure to be inisused."
Aud twill be urged that society is suffering
Tor sound circulating medium: we must
pass law authorizing this money to be loan
ed, the interest will ease us Of the payment of
much taxes, and by circulating Treasury noles
or drafts drawn by one OF these Trcasurers
upon another, we will have a sound paper
currency good every where and bo,tomed on
metallic basis. This doctrine will become
the democratic doctrine, and every man who
opposes it, will b. denounced as bank
bought iederalist, the law will pass and in due
form we shall have the Treasury Bank and
what thenl
The purse and The seord viH be united, and
a power TO increase The purse, as need may re-
qmre, moi by adding eagles and hard dollars
TO our funds. but by issues of paper, il such
sums as may be deemed necessary aud pro-
per. This bank with its pecuniary means,
and the credit and resources il will possess,
can either destroy or render subscrvent to the
views OF the Executive any State Banks
which may be in existence. The whole mo-
neyed power not only of the federal govern
ment, but Of all State Banks being thus placed
in the hands OF the President, he will be able
TO control the destinies Of the country.
His piH becomes the law of the land He
will never again have to appeal 10 !" The sober
second thoughts Of The people" to carry any ia
vorite measure. His first recommendation
will always secure its speedy enactment into
a law.
In The views which | take Of this subject,
may be in error but they are sincerely en-
tertained In the first instance, placed my
vote against it, under the beliefthat such were
the sentiments of the people represented
Afterwards, was instructed by the Legisla-
ture to continue my opposition. did so, from
a convection thai | was right and nothing
would give me more pleasure than TO conform
my vote to your wishes, if the measure were
an ordinary one, or il believed the error Of
sanctioning il could be corrected; but, be-
lieving. as do, that the power once granted
TO the Executive can never be recalled, and
that its exercise will take from the people
that freedom Of thought and Of action which
alone entities our government TO be consider
ed Free, most respectfully, but decidedly,
state that cannot and ,ciH not obey The instruc-
t,on contained in your second resolution.
Your third resolution unquali6edly con-
demns the provisions Of bill of the last ses-
sion, entitled, a bill TO prevent the interference
of certain federal officers in elections, declares
the same to be violation of the Constitution
Of the United States, unqualiiedly condemns
the vote given in favor Of said bill by my col
league and myself, and instruots your Sena-
tors 10 vote against, and to use all fair and
proper exerlions to prevent, the passage of
the same, or any similar bill.
When my colleague and myself gave our
votes in favor Of that bill, we acted under the
same solemn sanction Of an oath TO support
the Constitution Of the United States that the.
members of your honorable body did when
they voted in favor Of this condemnatory re
solution. We had the benefit of very able
arguments both for and against the bill. We
examined it with all the care we could, and
came 10 the conclusion that it was not unc ocsti-
tutional, and believing that the prevailing
practice Of the Preslden, interfering in elec-
tions, both State and Federal, through the in
srumentality Of officers, who hold their places
during his pleasure, called loudly for remedy,
we voted in favor Of its passage. ~
If your decision was final, would not be
SO childish as to ask of you 10 reconsider the
constitutional question.
To men of ordinary capacity, or eqnivocaf
moral character, might make such request,
from belief that the decision was a hasy
ont, produced by some ertraneous influence,
and that more deliberate investigation of the
subject might lead to different conclusion
but, when | reflect that the leading members
OF that mqjority which passed the resolution
are men as much distinguished by ther moral
character as by their intellectual attanments
and deep research on objects connected with
constitutional law, and see tina, my vote is
not only condcmned" but unquahfedy
condemned" cannot hope that one Of my
humble pretensions could urge any thing
which would occasion even doub, in your
minds of the correctness of your decision
But there is higher earthly tribunal than
your honorable body, that will Judge both
your vote and mine, and pass sentence dis
passionately, without any predispostion to
un9uai,fediy condemn either of us, but in cha
rty hoping that each believed, when giving
his vote, he was acting correctly. To that tri-
bunal, then, our common constituents, through
YOU, their immediate repre- sentatives, beg
leave respectfully and briefly TO assign some
ofthe reasons which influenced the vote com
planned Of
Every officer named in that bill holds his
Office at the wiH of the President, and is La
bic to be dismissed whenever it is the plea
sure of the President to dismiss him Each
and every one of the Offices is created bv act
of Congress, The qualification for the office,
the tenure OF it, and the duties to be perform
ed by the officers are, and were, matters of
Legislative enactment
The President has no power to dismiss or
control one of these officers, merely because
he is President, but because Congress, by Ian,
naYe him that nnMer The hill itself eynrcss-