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pursue, 10 order to vindlcste IT'S honor
thus assalIed; aud Mr.. b. wished TO
stale that under this impression he had
personally indicated to that gentleman
the proprlely Of such a movement on
his part, but he had declined to net
from motives Of deIlcacy, TO which he
had himself just alluded.
As member Of the select committee
which had made the report. esA member
OF the House, and as the Representa-
1--we Of a portleD Of the free People Of
this country, he felt called upon to vim.
dictate the honor aud indie pendence which
belonged 10 the representatives. Of The
American People.
II he understood the message which
had been read at the clerks table, il de-.
clared that the action OF The House 10
adopting the report Of the select COM
mittee was without precedent 10 our
parliamentary hi,lory. Now i, seemed
that on this occasion, the Presidents
memory must have been in some degree
treacherous Another and very mem
orabIe case Of the like kind had occur.
red, and one in which the President
had himself taken an important part;
and Mr.. B. proposed 10 measure out to
him the very same he had melted out to
The then President OF The United States
A resolution had been adopted, accor.
ding TO which Congress was 10 adjourn
at Two O'Clock 10 morrow afternoon, and
there was therefore, no lime left for a
protracted debate on this matter; nor
was there any need Of it; because he
meant, by permission of The Chair, to
introduce an authority on the right Of
that House 10 adopt the resolutions Of
the report, which the President, in all
his lnsoIence 10 the Peoples repre-
sentatIves, DARE not question.
In 1884 The Senate had adopted Ger
lain resolutions condemning The course
OF President Jackson in the removal of
The deposites from the Bank of United
States into the State Banks. In conse.
quence Of this movement on the part
Ofthe Senate, President Jackson sent 10
thai body auprotest against The right of
he Senate 10 express any opinion cen
surfing hls public course; and what made
the case then stronger than the present
case, was, that the Senate constituted he
Jury by whom he was 10 be trled should
any impeachment DO brought against
him. The Senate, alter a long, elabor.
ate discussion Of the whole matter, and
the most eloquent and ovetpowerlng
torrent Of debate that eVer was listened
10 in this country, adopIed the three
folio wing resolutions:
1 RsS0l0cd, That while the Senate
Is and ever will he ready to receive from
The President all such messages and
communications as the Constitution and
laws aud the usua! course oil business
authorize him to transmit 10 IT,, vet ii
cannot recognise any right in him tn
make a formal protest against votes aud
proceedings Of the Senate, declaring
such votes and proceeding, to he Illegal
and unconstitutional, and requesting the
Senate 10 enter such protest on It's Jour,
nal.
On this resolution the yeas and nays
were taken, and it was adopted bv a
vote of27 10 l6; and amoug The recOr
ded votes 10 lis favor Stood The uame.
Of John Tyler, now acting President O
the United States. aud Daniel Webster
now his Prime Mlnisrer.
The second resolution was as fol-
lows:
2 ReSOlU0d, That The Aforesaid protes
is a breach of the privileges oflhe Sen.
ate, ard that it DO not entered on tn
Journal.
The same vote, numerically, was Civ
en- III favor Of this resolution; AM
AMONG the yeas stood the name Of job
Tyler, now acting President of The Uni
ted States, and of Daniel Webster, no,
} his Prime Minister.
=, The third resolution read as follows
3. Resolved, That The President o
the United States has no right 10 send
protest 10 the Senate against any Of il
, proceedings.
} And in sanction ofthis resolution ais
the record showed The names ofthe sam
John Tyler and Daniel Webster.
Mr.. B, went on to say that it was nc
often that he was driven 10 The n~ecessit
of adopting the sentiments others in
stead OF giving expression 10 his owns: b
was in the habit of thinking, Of speaking
and OF acting for himself; but. on thi
ocrasion. he should adopt a few extract
OF the speech OF a gentleman whom
whatever opinion he might hold con
corning certain parts Of his public course
! he never had hesiIated 10 admit 10 be th
abIest Of ~jurIsts md the sOundest Of cot
siltutionaI lawyers. Never were word
more applicable 10 The very case now be
fore the House. This mastery speec
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