Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-06-05

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alt, submitting 10 injustice from Uoae.' TIL, =
the irss Democratic rg's, aud caruei out with
iraukuss> and energy, val elevate our Republic
among lAc nations q, the earth as he JOS, cor.
rect sua fearless maa IS elevated among has tel.
low men.
We cannot subscribe to a portion of the Pre>,-
dents sentiments abou, the keeping Of the pub
he moneys, NO matter how err where the pub
Hc MONEYS sre Deposited saws he, $50 lon. as
the President can exert the power Of appointing
aut removing, at has pleasure, the agents select
sd for lhei, custody, the Commander-n-chiet Of
the Army ard Navy Is IN fact the r,easuer'
just Is Truly may Il NAV be SAID, that while the
President can exert at viii the power of appoint.
nc COLLECTORS, Receivers and Poslmaslers, the
COMMANDMENTS hef Of the Army aud Navy. Is
IN fact the receiver of att public moueys
just rs truly may II also be SAID, that while be
can apport and remove Payma>l,rs pursers
and he other discussing officers Of Dho Govern.
ment he in fact discusses all the public money
HIMSELF
All public money passes through these sta
ges, yN:
|. 1t is collected
,, It's kept.
3. 1t disjwS,d.
These three operations are conducted in gen.
eral by three sets public officers, all appointed
by the President, and holding office at has pleas
ure.
The entire revenue of the country is first re.
ceIyed by the collecting officers.
1t is handed over TO and kept by the keeping
officers.
It's then discussed by the disbrsiug officers.
Now does not the power OF the President over
the collecting and discussing officers, give hun
the control Of the public money as enec,ually as
his power over the keeping othcersl Can he not
say to the collecting aud dlsburslng officer, "give
| the money to me- as easily as he can say 1t to
the keeping officer Would il be any more un.
! lawful! And would he not have the same power
to enforce III
The public money must be kept by somebody
| That somebody ought to be responsible 10 a high.
e. authority, which can at any moment apply a
corrective to neglect of duty or abuse of trust
II does not follow, because the Preslden, holds a
supervising on correcting power, that he can law
fully touch dollar Of the money. 1.-The does,
he is himself liable To Impeachment, unless he
come, like Caesar, with victorious army at his
heels, when 1t matters hule who arc the keepers
| 0lthe money. Caesar could neither appoint nor
remove The Roman Knight who keeps the 'sa.
cred ueasure;' yet the sight oil his sword opened
the way to it,
Ever since that honest man, ANDREW
JACKSON, caused the public money to be ia.
ken out the keeping Of men who are now pro-
we'd AMI acknowledged to have cheated the stock.
holders or their Bank out Of about "NINE.
TEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS" and the
people Of Tins Republic ou OF MANY MILL
IONS MORE, we have heard constant dim
about "EXeCutve usurpanon' and the "uuou Of
the purse and the sword Many men have been
deuded by tins cry, and Mr. Tyler may be one of
them; bat the real object Of it's cunning authors Is
10 get The puJic moaty back into position
WHERE IF WILL HAVE NO RESPON.
SlBLE KEEPERS AT ALL, THAT IT
MAY BIZ USED & PLUNDERED WITH
IMMUNITY. To whom would tho President
and other Eoliccrs Of the United States Bank
have been responsible, Hhey had squdndcred
the ten millions o, public MONEY Gen. jackson
CAUSED to be taken away from them, as they have
done the fund. The Bank
We heartily agree with the President in the
opnlon that lhe patronage Of the Executive ought
To- b. confined Ui'un le nlrowtsl possible Iu.
rs The loss numerous are lhc public agent, ihe
less vii be the expense Of supporting them and
the less danger Of abuse. We also concur IN lhe
sentiment winch condemns "A course leading to
"crouchILg sefyty N the Official corpsn But
we dissent from the means alluded to by him to
prereat IBIS consequence, believing them to be
most ehcclua TO produce il. He says. II viii
remove no incumbent from Office who has faith
fully and honestly acquitted himself of the duties
Of his Office, except IN such cases where such
officer has been guilty Of an active padlsan.hlp,
or by secret menns-he less manly and heIe'
fore the more Objectionable gwen hts Off.
cIal Influence to the purposes Of party, thereby
bringing the patronage Of the Government in CON
ct with the freedom OF elections" Again
Freedom of opinion will be tolerated. and the
full enjoyment Of The right Of suffrage will be
maintained, as the bluhright Of every American
citizen, but say emphalIcaIly TO the Official
corps, thus far and no further"
Wat have We hercl "OGcehoiders, you may
THINK; you may VOTE; but say emphatic'
ally, THUS FAR AND NO FURTHER
You shall not SPEAK, you shall not WRITE,
you shall not GIVE A DOLLAR or CIRCU.
LATE A PAPER to spread the principles or
promote The measures on which the liberty and
safety of your country may depend! ! say EN-
PRACTICALLY you are to be me dummies,
moving through the palace like eastern sunuchs
Wih Their tongues cnt out"
And ''secret means are worse than pubIic-
"fou are not to opeh your mouth at your own
Preside, not to .menton the subject in letter o
"a friend, not 10 make known your opinions by
word, letter. mark, sign OF act, or say emphat
ically YOU SHALL FEEL MY POWER"
Freedom Of opinion ,eiI he toieratedn II man
could deprive nun Of the right TO Think this con
cesslon might be considered a boon FOR which