Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-16

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t,sp.D et,s t''Ftl fs!, has - ast IL advice AMI '.-
cit IL IL. Nominations
And tl,en as - TIE arbitrary impulatoos If the Mad
,,nian hear again what tie presidcnt said, ~hen
Senator he Mas assaled in silnsr laanher i hls nJec
ton ui scribe tdrorises
The Senate not being lounl give tr At. votes
IN these eases, bound would he ptcr In give
apy answer rts founded the presumption oi hat
such reasons must have been IN the present case
These views obyiUus that we would tetl hound
to apJfaaize readers Tor repeating them were II
not jr the systematic rUI,s made 10 present the
sta,s las lag acted IN ruthless and aetnus manner.
We do not coose to set forth the reasons which.
cnneeYe, may lave prompted ihe peifon ol The Stn
aic and which induced heartily approve il. They
apart from the presrpt qufsoni II Is to pre-
stunned That the Setate makes the inquiries Which
the President org 10 make regard Ia every pefsn
nlmlnaied-"ls az fiji t,r the iro l. he actualed BY
views aud motives? Is he likely 10 be inllnen
c,d by thuse considerations alone which should govern
him in the discharge II his intics? aud that decs
ion is governed accordingly.
We call public attention the fact that in the
report n,m which we have quoted, Senator Tyler aud
Senator W ebsier took the strongest ground against the
ri Noa1h of persons rejected by the Senael
They told President jackson that the roies well
calculated satisfy him that the Senate entertained
dcisire obJeccns the confrmaton Of those persons.
Was not this the also in regard 10 Mssrs. Mise
aud Gushing! II vote two to did mol prove de
Jackson. that during The administrations Of Washington.
Jefferson, and the elder Adams, there mol sin
gle mstare OF denominations although their nominations
were sometimes rejected. They dwell particularly on
the of Col fisburn, gallant officer oi the Revo
uliun, who was nominated by General Washington as
Coerier n Savannah, and rejected. Although the
General was obviously mog fed the nomination having
bern made upon his personal knowledge Of the ntiyd-
ual, he sent in tie name of another What contrast
was this conduct OF the Father of his Country the
and unidentified bphaV uf President 'EvI.r
nominating the persons over and over anain-
w hat are Wc To think Of the denomination third time
measure entirely unprecedenieand that without
the assignment of any reasons. after the Scuae bad de
e-ied deliberately twice to withhold lis assent,
The whole course Of the Chief M gistrate on this
casun deserves the rprubation; and have
shown, is condemned by his own recorded opinions aud
those othe Secretary of State. They Febaked General
Jackson for having ntlmated that he would not send t,
the Senate the pames Of any olh. persons To be directors
of the Bank except ihuse who had been already rejected
at Mr. Tyler refused To send in the name of an, Pc,
son for France except Mr.. WISE aud declared thai h,
would not send another IN the place of Mr. Spencer
were he rejected We maintain now that he is respon
sbIe aud he alone fur the vacancy Paris: and would
have been, had the Treasury been ctl without Secrr-
t1ry. What was his own language in 1854, against
General Jackson
81" these Offices remain unified viii ro be the fault
the Senate. Their power ol~Ithhoding their assent sr
the Presidents npInin9io,s altug II er nuga
tory twas given den ~ the Constitution be
IN proper and in their di>c etion. he Senate
has only done its duty and having done this honesty AN,
couscentiolsly, il cannot isal an, consequences
The public may thus see now srnScless is the cutlery
against the senate. and how unworthy exhibition
the Executive had hul,et when lac persisted in pres
sing his nominees upon that body. oct the facts %
forth io1he people oil Virginia and Massachusetts,, AN,
then let hleasrS Gushing and " Use make thei PERSONA
gnc's elements in the general contest, il they think polt
zeal capital can be mace cat d il,