The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-06-25
The u. s, Senate,

the pfoDaoe actlon OF the Senate, at the next SEES
sion, on the nominations of the President The
new Administration finds in the coordinate branch
whose assent is necessary to the validity of an ap
polntment, majority of opponents. The power
OF removal resides in the President, absolutely anC
alone, and he has exercised itsweepingly. large
number of public officers have been removed, al
of political party, and of that party which has
the power, if it chooses to employ it, of defeating
the appointment of new officers, although it could
do nothing to restore the old. A considerable por
ton of the press urges and anticipates this action
calling upon the Senate to refuse its assent TO NOM
nations made In place of men turned out solely on
party grounds. They argue that as it is a warfare
avowedly on party grounds, the Senate is bound to
its limited of defence for its friends and
has as good ground as the Executive has to assail
| them. The wing press, on the other hand, pro-
nounces such course factious, and meets the sug.
gestion with defiance rather than fear. They hold
to the absolute right of the President to remove and
appoint entirely at his discretion, and without
accountability for the reasons; and they have the
| democrats on the hip, by showing that this has
| been the democratic theory and habit
Probably many wings would rejoice to see their
opponents commit themselves to opposition in this
| form and On these grounds. They see that in a
party struggle the advantage would be on their own
side 1t would be grand mistake for the democ-
racy which, when in power, asserted and exercised
the right of removal as an Executive function, to
combine for the purpose of restraining the same in
wing Executive. false position, thus taken
by the opposition, would give the Administration
greatly the advantage, of which its supporters
would not fail to avail themselves successfully.
The maintenance of the lawful powers of the Elk.
ecutive would have the concurrence of the people,
despite of any presumed inconsistencies of those
who maintain them. The faults of those in power,
either in obtaining or administering it, will not be
suffered to outweigh the primary duty of sustaining
the true construction of Executive rights
The democrats, we think, will not compromise
themselves by making such an opposition. They
are too astute to commit themselves TO what would
be grave political blunder, even if it were pos
sble they could unite their friends in the Senate
But that is extremely unlikely. The Senate ma
jority is nominally large. Probably on all ques-
tions that involve the distinctive points of party
faith, the majority will be decided. But there are
some who are considered very eccentric on occa-
sions of party policy, and mpracticable under any
system of party discipline Three or four of them,
perhaps more, may be deemed democrats, but not
members of the democratic party-concurring gen.
orally on principles, but not always on measures,
and very rarely on tactics. Besides there is Ben
ton, IN his new phase, who will probably have
supporters in the Senate-and it is not to be dis
guised that their attitude towards their political
brethren is extremely uncertain. 1t will be diff
cult to unite all these elements of which the
democratic majority is composed, into a concert of
action, on policy so questionable that of oppo-
stion to the Presidents nominations. Priuaa ia
che, the opposition should come, on principle, from
the other side and possibly there may be discon-
tents, that will oppose particular nominations, in
which many democrats may be pleased with the
excuse and the opportunity TO defeat some offensive
appointment for cause. But the idea may be dis
missed as idle, that the Senate will unite in any
system of reections, for the vain purpose of hwart
ing the Presidents right of nomination. They
cannot reach his right of removal. The only eff
feet of rejection is to compel the President to NOM
mate again; and somebody must at last be ap-
pointed, on his nomination, the public service
must stop, for which the Senate will take the re-
sponsibility.
We know that the ground is taken, that removals
by Gen. Taylor ought to be rigidly scrutinized,
for peculiar reasons. 1t is commended, from his
declarations before he was elected, his inaugural
address, and the tenor of the support given to his
policy by those who are in his confidence, that |
by him carries with it an impeachment of
personal character-is an official denial of nteg-
rity or capacity. Hence it is contended that the
Senate has right, nay is bound to require the evi.
dence of the imputed delinquency before consent !
ing to the displacement. The argument supposes |
that the Senate have the power to prevent re-
moval, which they have not; and to require the |
reasons, which, too, they cannot do 1t is unques-
tionably hardship for any individual to lie under
such an official condemnation, without the power
Of self-defence, or the opportunity to know the
charge upon which he is condemned; but it is one
for which there is no remedy. and for which the
cannot be called TO especial &C.
certainly not by the Senate. More
over, 1t is notorious that these views if they are
by the Executive in the sense in which
they are understood by the removed officers, have
been modified by events. Removals are made, con-
essedly, for political grounds, and without i'm
of personal capacity or trustworlhiness
The President is too just to permit any injurious
of this kind to remain uncorrected, and
we anticipate from him, on some early occasion, a
rank avowal that the policy in relation to removals
he has found it necessary to adopt, does not i'm
beach the character of the removed. In any event,
We do not see how the Senate would remedy any
Individual injury by conflict with the President,
n which he will surely triumph.
We conclude, therefore, that there will be no
concert of democratic opposition in the Senate to
he confirmation of Gen. Taylor's appointments,
md that any opposition to individuals will be for
pecial causes, and will hardly be attempted with
ut aid from the Administration side.
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