Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-08-16

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| Ways aud Means having Gr,i been seni To th
President OF The United Staie.. who could not g,an
The rrques'. An appropriation is needed. Thu
! House then nd otrned.
MONDAY. AUoUsr 8, 1871.
IN SENATE.
The resolution submitted by Mr.. Clay. of Alaba
ma. relating 10 tho appointment Of additional clrr HI
IN Tho land office, and the grounds on which they
were appointed. Ne, was taken up, when
Mr.. SMITH, OF Indiana, said Re would call tn,
attention OF the Senao To the subject matter ot th,
resolution. SO far as he was ,ndn Iually concerned
| he had no objection 10 the resolution; but lie sub
miltcd whether II was worth while To burden til,
Departments with call Of this kind, where legs
lnive action could grow GU, Of II. In his opiniun
Congress had nothing to do with tho appo,hln eu
ot clerks; tina, belonged exclusively 10 the Exccu-
tive branch OF III" q ,vrrnmen. any legitimate oh
leci could be eIcctcdb by II, he would lie Just WI
ling as any Senator 10 The body thai II should pass
But must not all perceive IL We had tho ugh, 10 call
ono Department. we h, the same night 10 call
on anoihef until there might be no cnd TO calls.
out OF which. Ms lac had sad before, no legislative
aciiGn could grow During his legislative ltr, he
had never seen re.-luii oi similar import; bu,
II II proper cell, he hot disposed 10 max 4
tins an exception
Mr.. CLAY, of Alabama thou sh the rcsoluli on
| touched tender place. The present Adminislra-
ton had come IN nOdet the cry Of "reIenehnenl and
REFORM" and nnd.' inat cry he had understood scv-
e,a new clerks had been appointed to the Land
on, @, aud he sought to INSTITUTE an examination
into the facts and rtounls on which these appoint.
menis had been made; and should he not be permit.
ted to do sol lie would suggest dat Legislation
might grow on, ii the facts. Suppose they heard
that the head If office had been abusing hls pfvi-
leges, should th,y not institute uQnny into the
Facts Of the easel When II VAS known thai the bu
sness Of an office was 50 materially diminished as 10
require the dismissal OF some twenty clerks under
one Administration. anl all NJ once was found lha,
another Administration. coming INTO power under
| the badges Of reform aud economy. had appointed
the additional clerks, wns II not important 10 asce,
tain whether the facts as stated were so ornoi! lie
thought the Senator iiom Indiana must II, once ad-
MT the pfopriety OF The call
Mr.. LINN said TIN. 10 be a reform Admins
trMion; and II could moi begin al better time 10
carry cut it's pledges. lie not a lutte surprised
To see objection made 10 resolution calling ior Il
| simple statement OF facts. But IT only served 10
show that there was no disposition 10 carry oni their
pledges. Thai aboni economy and reform was jusl
about much respected as that about prescription,
and he should ende""oi TO nail such Conncfelts to
! the counter, that ihvse Who night read. Whai
said Mr.. l.. after the public buildings are nearly
flushed aud the FLORIDA war closed. ~ IL not our
righi as well AZ our duty to sre that the Immense
| sums asked for by you should be- used properly ]
You made the charges against us OF proligacy, DIS
honesty, and extravaganza, and now we mean 10
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watch closely your movements; We shall look into
Jour .boion aploinllnents, aud every thing Else.
promise yan.
Mr.. SMITH Of Indiana. would ,ay nothing more.
He made oh ecton the resolution II Il "asa prop
cr one lie had nothing 10 apprehcnd from The most
rgid scrutiny therefore the remarks OF the Sena-
io,s from ALBANIA and Missouri could not apply, as
no such matters had presented themselves 10 hs
mind. lie was as Hing, ay, and as ready, as any
Senator on that noor to expose abuses, lea them *
where they might. His remarks had no reference
lie The screening OF any body from Just responsibility
but supply to determine the question whether ilit
resolution was proper nr expedlen where Legislative
ACTON was not likely to grow out oi y. Aud he de-
sired, Tor all, 10 dIsclalm any ole' Object.
Mr.. PRESTON saw no objection to the rrs"lu-
ton; he dad not think that any additional clerks were
required, nor did he believe that any had been APP
pointed beyond the exigeDcies Of the office. Reform
was not absolute, must be relative; aud What the
present Administrator God pledged 10 do, was /,
! act better than their predecessors. They came II
undo, pledge 10 do much better Than those VIII,
preceded them, and th's pledge they should at leas
| redeem. With regard 10 twenty clerts having beer
dismissed, all might see how. by u sudden fiji OF re-
lreDchment and roioim, paGy gong out OF power
could be induced 10 DISMISS twenty clerks OF those
opposed TO them III order 10 show II clean sheet
When they had exceeded their income by millions
they could very easily come forward AID say deb
Was very bad thing, and endeavor TO throw The re
sp0nsib luy our side Of the House. He (Mt. L.
WAS not disposed 10 ch inge because different eX
ample had been set by The other side; il not th
frs, lime that administration had come under
pledges, and he meant humble as lie " s, to Ell
dcavut see that the Wings carried out tnens t,
"A contamination. They bad snalched the watch
words from the other parry, and came 10 under lhe
banners; and # we ioiici, pledges, they did, h.
lor one would be wiling TO put his hand TO IN
mouth in the dust, aud say I've have stunned" 20
twelve years the destiny OF the county had been l.
The hands OF party who were daily acung tor ia
benefit Of their party, to the exclusion OF all bu
their own immediate friends. lie dd not mean Il
say, cGeri parbus that i,iends not 10 be taken
bal that men should not have been put out Tor opu
IONS sake which had notJriousy been the case
They had never said that The President had not til
power OF removal without the sanction OF the Senate
that had long since been settled by Mr.. hladIsou; bu
they had SAID, over and over again, thai the rowe
had been abused. Had there not been the sirang
anomaly presented ola large majority Of the PeopI
often defeated BY minorny; they had trained
d,scp ned band under it, which had been rc~a,de
by the spos OF office, and il proper, right, Il
consistent TO retain such men! That the, ma
be persons in Office Of thar party who did moi US