The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-02-27
conforming 10 your wishes in relation to

conforming to your wishes in relation to
them. .s,-.sa.sqss.s "a
,;ons are ..to vote for and use all fair and
nroner exer,ions to procure the passage
IF a law repeating the duties on imported
salt" -,
This subject has been before the Sem
vi on several occasions since have been
|, member, and / have ever been in favor
III. removing this duty. and should st'li
conform my conduct to my settled conyic-
ton, that my past course on this SUD-
ject has been correct. lsisSste 4.
In your sixth resolution you state, that
rou ..heartily approve the leading mea-
s.'|urres and policy Of the Administrations
Vi Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Blu
r.en, and" instruct "your Senators to sup
port in good faith, the leading measures
and policy. as brought forward and advo-
Gated by the present President Of the Uni nj
ted States, and to use all fair and proper
e,xer.ions to carry,o out, sustain and accom-
plish the same. -.
e The pl,raseology Of this resolution is
so general and indefinite, that am not
cure comprehend the meaning of your
honorable body; but believe you Intend
that should support all the leading mea.
sures Of the Chief Magistrate, as wei
those hereafter to be brought forward as
those heretofore recommended. t
To instructions Of this description,
could not with propriety pay any attenl-
ton whatever.
Our fathers and statesmen believed they
had done much towards the security OF
civil liberty, when by the constitution,
they divided the great powers conferred
into three departments. each i'll its sphere
independent of the other two. These
were the Legislative, the Executive, and
the Judicial. att,'.j "
1.-THE powers Of any of these Depart.
ments should be placed in the same hands
the whole machinery Of the Government
is destroyed, and the checks interposed
are removed. a #,,tl 4
You instruct your senators 10 conform
their votes in all the leading measures, to
the will Of the president, who is at the
head ofthe executive departmental, you
have right to give such instructions, anc
your senators are bound to obey, every
other Legislature in the Union has the
same right and their Senators would bt
equally bound to yield obedience.
Why not let the president at once make
the law and then execute it! If we are
bound 70 vote as he recommends, it is
solemn mockery TO consult us at all. The
law would not be the will Of the Senate
but the will Of the President. By thi:
process the whole legislative power woult
be yielded up and surrendered to the Elk
ecutive. M iss55ls aAsisa8
have, been educated to believe tina
continued watchfulness, and constan
jealousy Of those in power, are essentia
to the preservation Of liberty. f3b
Your honorable body would now teach
me different lesson, and instead of be
ing sentinel on the watchtower, to guart
the liberty Of my constituents, l am to be
take myself to slumber, examine nothing
but vote on all leading measures as TIL
president may recommend. = 8 y
Ifthis be the kind of service to whicl
your Senators are to be applied, / neve
can perform it, and feel myselfunsuite,
to station, which have heretofore con
sidered most honorable as well as conf
Dental. ! ri il all; ii! 50
After your resolutions shall have per
formed their wonted Office and my res
ignatiou shall have been received, befor,
electing my successor, | hope in you
wisdom you will either rescind OR. ex
punge this sixth resolution. Our. com
mon constituents, the free and chivalrou
citizens Of Tennessee, hope will eve
be represented in the Senate by thos'
whose principles and feelings are in ac
cordance with their own; and while this
Resolution is suffered to remain, no maj
can acceptthat high station but one who il
himself cnslaved and fit only to represen
those in like condition with himself. p
Ihaye now troubled you with all tn
remarks ] deem it necessary to max,
upon your six resolutions, taken separate
ly but do not feel that | will have dis
charged my whole duty until l hav
shown the deduction to be, drawn iron
them when connectedly considered. i
They contain the political creed of til
present chief Magistrate Of the Unite
States, as expressed through his friend
in the Tennessee Legislature; and what
III! z
BY the I'd resolution it is proved Ii
wishes the whole moneyed power Of tn
United States vested in him and subject t
his control. z" S 4
By the Sd it is proved he will nc
agree that the patronage and power b
now exercises shall be either lessened q
regulated by law. ~ .s..' ..s.,.
By the 4th tits proved that in order |,
have full Golfers, he wishes the states
surrender their right to the moneys ari
ing from the sales Of the public lands, an
By the 9th j, is proved that he wishe
Congress compelled to vote for every Leaf
ing measure he may recommend, and
am instructed in good faith 10 give my al
TO maintain this creed. ''
These instructions cannot and wi
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