The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-08

lile ltte4Atss - 4AfA A9rssaEes and nosn
! mgairali0ns - ne constitution an -.
and The usaal enEsr Of bnsinrss au,h.,
ise hin 10 sransssis % il. vel Il rsnno, -
cogniEe any TiglH ~ him n make c.
mai protest againsi srass and pr0ceedinv.
% he Senzls. dreisiag snrh votes -
proceedings 70 be ilirgd and uneons,i,n.
ii0nal, and requesting lie ssnxe % en-,
sneh protest. on is journal.
On This resolution the yeas md ssv.
were lshen. and IL was adopted by W.
laf27 10 rs; and among The recorded vo,e.
in is favor stood tie name 81 John I'll,
INV acting PNskenl OF The linilrd s,sa..
snd Daniel WEBSTER, row his prime ~.
mister.
The second resolution Was ~ lollew..
Q. Resolved. That ihs aforesaid p,n,,.,
Is brraeh of ihe privileges of ghe Srn.
ate, and thal i be moi snisTed on the iour.
nal.
The same vote, numerically. was Tiv.
en- in favor Of This resolution: and smou,r
ihe yeas siocd she name a. John T'yl,s
now scting PresiJeni &c lhe United SAFE.
sDd Of Dsmei Webster now his prims
minister.
The ll.ird resolution read a. follows.
Resolved. That The President Of ,he
United States has M right 70 send ! pro.
test 70 the Senate agains. any Of lis pro.
ceedings.
And IL sanction Of Ibis resolution aI.o
The record showed The names ofihe same
John Tyler and Daniel Webster.
Mr.. u. went on 10 say thai Il was ma,
often that he was driven 10 ihe necessity
Of adopting the sentiments of others n.
stead of giving expression 70 his own: he
was in the habit Of thinking. ofspeaking.
and Of acting far himsrif; but on this a..
casion, he shouM adopt few extracts ar
The speech Of gentleman whom, whale,
yer opinion he might hold concerning Ger.
tain parts Of his public course. he never
had hesilaied 10 admit 10 be the ables, Of
lulisls and the soundest OF constitutional
lawyers. Never were words more ans
plicable TO the Very case now before The
house. This mastery speech (or Mr..
Websierl would be found IN The IOth yr-
lnme Of Gales 4 SeaiOn's Congressional
Debates, page go;
MIR. President. know not who wru,s
his protest, but ] confess am as,onish.
ID, truly aslonished. as well AZ the want
'f knowledge which il displays Of oonsli.
uiional law, Is nj the high and dangerous
oreiensions which il puts forth. Neither
branch Of the Legislature can express cen.
lure upon the Presidents conduct. Sun.
bose, sir. that we should SEQ him enlist.
ng troops, and raising an army: can we
'sy nothing, and do nothing! Suppose
le were to declare war sgsins, foreign !,
'ower. and put the army and the feet in
ciion; are We sill 10 be SILENT Sup.
lose we should see him borrowing mo- "a
icy on The credit ofihe United Stairs; are
Ve YET 10 wait Cor impeachment Indeed,
IL, In regard TO this borrowing money on
he credit Of the United States, I wish 20 -
all the attention Of the Senate not only
D what might happen. bur 10 villa. has
clually happened. We are informed
'at the Post Office Department, a de-.
arimeni over which the President claims
'e same control as over The rest. has ac-
tally borrowed near half million Of mo-
ey on the credit Of the United States" ..
lNor do know, said Mr.. Bolts, who
roie This. ] am very sure John Tyler
ever did. "A voice. .Those words, are
otihere. are they! they are your own."1
es, the words are just as / have read
lem. A laugh.1
" The protest. as have already said.
intends that neither the Senate nor the
ouse Of Representatives can express its
onions on the conduct Of the President,
Icept IN some form connected with i'm.
'achment; 50 that il the power Of i'm
'achment did not exist, these two Hous-
i, though they be representative bodies,
ouugh one Of them be filed by the i'm
edia.e Representatives Of the People,
oush they be constituted like other po-
liar and representative hodies, could not
Ter syllable, although they saw tho
secuIlve either ,rampling on their own
'h's ana privileges. or grasping at abso-
e authority and dominion over the H.
r''es OF the counlryl Sir, I hardly
ow how to speak of such claims Of inn
n'iy Tor Executive encroachment |
amazed tina, any American citizen
o"ia draw up paper continuing
en- ioiIy preiensions; preiensions which
'uld have been met with seorn in Eng
q. at any time since the revolution of
bS. A man who should stand ND, in
her House Of the British Parliament,
maintain that the House should not, by
e or resolution. maintain its own rights
privileges, would make even the TO.
benches hang their heads for very
me. There was, indeed, time when
n proceedings were not allowed.
ne Of the kings Of the Stuart race
Md not tolerate them. A signal in
ice &C: Of royal disp!easure with the pro-
llngs OF Parliament occurred in tho