Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-20

fos them. "a appeared that there wss great deal Of
Personal lnhoeoes on then.
There was gong on land he wished now TO spesk
without giving offence TO any party. because he be-
iieved all parties having any power in this House
were equally responsible on the subjeci1 What was
IN the very Of things. as proved by the hsto
~ Of Government and all Zee Coveroments, and
/ al other Governments-there was perpetual
struggle gong bet~een the three separate branch
IS of this Government TO enercach on the ionc-
tons of each other IL was the duty Of every one
Of them TO resist that enctoschment. lie might re-
cur TO the resolution passed not week ago, as an
Instance OF what he conceived an attempt on the
part Of this House TO encrosch the Executive IN
which the House undertook to declare disapproba.
ton Of what the President acting under his oath OF
office, had done; from which resolution he (hr. "A
differed altogether. IL not the province OF this
House TO pass votes of appreciation or d'sapproea>
ton on the act OF the Executive. IL was enough tor
the House to approve Of what It did itself land that
he believed they would find, when they came 10
their sober second thought" they would not a.,
ways dc.) He said this IN perfect sincerity ana
csndor; but he must say that during the whole his
tory Of our Government, this House had been in
hnitey moro sinned against than SHINING Previous
to the adoption Of the Constitution, IN reference TO
what this House would be under the present con-
stitution of Government, it had been spprehended
thatths body being the representative OF the people,
would be continually cncroaching on the other
branches the Executive or the Senate, and there had
been disposition the part of some so TO do. DE
in which very distinguished. though very eccen
trio, member from Virginia, said that, in all the
discussions which took place between this House
and the Senate, his leaning was without meaning
TO do any njusticel in favor of this House, and so
in all the discussions between this House and the
Executive; an6 in all the discussions between the
Executive and the Senate, his leaning was IN favor
of the Senate, because he had jealousy towards
the Executive, compared with this House or the
other, that mcdc him favor the OF those who
were most numerously supported. He (Mr Al
went partly that principle; but, IN order 10 check
and control 1t, he went on the doctrine that this
House and the other House of Congress ought a
cautiously 10 abstain from encroaching on the pow
ers OF the Executive, as il was the duty Of the
Executive TO abstain from cncroaching on the pow
ers of either branch Of Congress In the history of
this country since the Constitution had existed, it
had been surprising thing to him to see that this
House generally had manifested none of the dispo-
s,ion to encroach on the other departments while il
had suffered the other departments to encroach
on il.
That was what was now attempting to DC done
on the very question before this House, and he
believed it was the peculiar province of this House
to decide this, he hoped it would resist every at
tempt to encrosch on its powers the representa-
tive Of the People.