Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-30
,r,,r EXPERIMENTATION.

The Wing press praIslng The terms " VI 60;
nation at the expense OF the S :, No ga mo.
,.,;on The n Intellgencer even CITES ~ as nv
del" otis (says the Official organ) striGIy ,h
tonol The President conrenes tue t"o 100 49, 49,,
!, his constitutional duty. lie says lhi', 81 49,.
yened, he shall lay before them
- 10 Tn;on This, also, is his constitutional uuty
- -, l,;es being performed on ms part, II VIII
1a., NTH tLcm TO devise and adopt such measures .
tho sY;oencies of the country may require is -
,bs;1 constitutional duty. The new congress, .nele
fore will come together for the adoPt'oii u ms 10 49,
for the well being OF the country, anu 70 Cur
nv into practical cnecl TIC e'e
been accomplished. It'll, ;;,sa,,
wv noss over the last omnous remark, which IS itsei
:, wo, With the terms Of the Proclamation. nat TO-
cl,nation saws: "whereas sundry important ahu
nat,ers principally growing out OF the conotloh Oh 'e
conn, and finances of the country, appear 10 me 10
al, for ,he consideration of Congress, &c &c lhefe-
c',a 60 &c That is to say, the Proclamation prin-
c;nollv confines objects to the condition OF Inc Ieee
mn, and finances. But the lntell'gencef goes %"
ho, bevood these Objects by embracing generally all
he measures necessary for the webeIng OF the coun-
in still more sweeping terms, "to carry tno
o,coI effect the great Revolution arhieh has been af-
compiished-that is 10 say according 10 the
OF the ~ Intrlligenccr National Bank, Distributions
an increased Tariff, &c, &c
But let all this pass. Let the lnteigencer SHOW oy
its own CLOSES the hollow professions OF the froca-
nation and the real objects Of the Extra Congress
Our design in taking up our pen was 10 snow aho'ei
thing viz how directly The Proclamation IS at war win
the Constitution and how completely the Intelligent
Ger shows j, 10 be So The Proclamation runs thus +:
uAnd require the respective Senators and Repre-
spntatyes then and there to assemble IN order 70 re-
ceiye such Information respecting the sta!s OF tne
Union as NAV be gwen 10 them, and TO dense ana ADOPT
such measures the good OF The country may seem 70
them in the exercise of their wisdom and discretion,
n The nellgencer adopts the same dIstinc-
ton yiz:-that the President is TO give the information,
and then are 10 deUise the necessary measures eve
shall not quarrel about the word "adopt, because 1t
is the duty Of Congress to adopt measures IN ols,
which are then to be signed by the Presdent.) But
we maintain that both the Proclamation and the Intel
Ecencer are ut war with the Constitution assigning
10 the President the duty of giUng ,njormntton and
in assigning Congress the exclusive duty OF derstHg
measures We appeal 10 the Constitution itself.
What does il say, Article 2d-Secton 3d-"Fle (the
Presidency shall from time to time girs 10 The Con-
oress information of the State of the Union, and
recommend to their consideration sueh measures as
he shall Judge necessary and expedlent lie IS
equally bound therefore, give information, and 10
urecorlmend measures They embraced III the
same clause of the CONSTITUTIONS and placed upon the
same oong-and If he does not discharge both duties,
he shrinks from the responsibility winch deyolves upon
him Has not every President of the Y. ). recon-
me nded measures 10 the consideration OF Congress
and does il become Gen. Harrison TO violate the whole
practice of the and the direct provisions OF
The Constitution; H. will not do for the Columbus
Journal TO attempt ts escape the dilemma, by saying
that the President only bound to suggest or recon-
mend subjects for her consideration. Its BY no such
hocus ,ocus as this change of phraseooGy that the
Journal can reconcile the terms of the Proclamation
with those of the Constitution This last instrument
saws ",ueusures" not "subjccts' for consideration
We claim for Congress the full liberty of Judging OF
the measures recommended by the President-of re-
ectinr or adopting hem-or Of devsng others for them
any event. of ultimately adopting his sug-
aesons their But we hold 1t to be equally the
dutv of the President "recommend TO their consde
ration such measures he shall judge necessary and ex
pedent He cannot escape suoh responsibility, with
on, changing the and the purposes of the Const
tuition itself