Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-12-28
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BY BRAD1NG & THOMSON

/" ""h hO HoS'!uioNHSuIShSu uitShuOut uStuB
gree'ed y.publie meetings in all The princi-
pal cilies, and making at various points ad.
dresses upon topics Of public interest. Gen.
Jackson also made Northern tour during
the same recess Of Congress; and il was
during that period that The removal Of the
public deposites from the Bank OF the United
States was determined on. 1t was carried
into effect In September, 1888, and lis i'm.
mediate effect upondhe business of the eoun-
Try was most disastrous. Congress met TWO
months after; and one Of The earliest move
ments in the Senate was the offering OF a
resolution by Mr.. Clay, calling on The Pres
ident for, a copy Of paper said TO have been
read by him at Cabinet meeting in regard
10 The removal Of the deposits, on the 18Th
of September. He supported The resolution
in an animated speech, and i, was adopted
by vote of 90 10 18--lhe State. Rights men
on this occasion abandoning Gen. Jackson,
and leaving The Administration in minority,
The President, in reply 10 Tho resolution,
declared his independence Of the Senate, as
coordinate branch of The Government;
and he chad yet 10 learn under wha. con-
s,iluted authority tha, branch of the Legis-
lalure had right 10 require Of him an ac.
count Of any communication, either verbally
or in writing, madelo The heads of Depart.
menis in Cabinet Council" lie therefore
declined 10 comply with The reques. con-
,ained in the resolution. In the paper thus
called for he had declared ,ha, he had deci
ded upon the measurein question, and should
carry il inio effect upon his own RESPONSE
billy, and without requiring any member OF
his Cabinet TO make any sacrifice Of opinion
or Of principle. For this he was severely
denounced by the Opposition, Mr.. Clay
offered resolutions of substantial censure,
and supported Them in on, cf The ablesi
speeches he ever made. Aher long and
vehement debate, The resolutions, consider.
ably modified by its author, passed The SEN
a,e--one Of them by vote Of 26 10 90,
and The other 90 10 18. In The discussion
upon these resolutions Mr.. Webster took no
part. But in reply 10 Them, Gen. Jackson
sent 10 The Senale Oh the l7.h Of April, 1884
his memorable Protest, in which he argusd
with great ability, LIST, that The Executive
under the Constitution and the laws, is the
sole custodian Of the public funds; 2ndly,
that even on The supposition that he had as
sumed an illegal power, he was amenabe
TO the action of either House. only lhrougf
The constitutional process; Of impeaehssrH,
3dIy, that the Presidehi alone Is Irresponsible
TO the People alone for, the conduci Of al
The subordinate Executive officers, whilt
they in turn are responsible only 10 him
and 4,h, that he is The direct, immedial
representative OF the people. This lormi
da5le document. and lhe claim it preferred
10 the most extraordinary powers, aroused
profound sensation not only in the Senate
but throughout the country. On The 7Ih @
May, Mr.. Webster delivered speech upo
the subject, in which he subjected every POI
lion Of iha, remarkable paper TO the severes
examination. Al the opening and The clos
Of his remarks he took occasion 10 disavov
in The most earnest manner, every thing lik
personal or parIizan feeling against the Pre'
:denl, man who, he said, "has .rendere
most distinguished services 10 his country
and whose honesty Of motive and integrI
: Of purpose are maintained by those who al
init that his administration has fallen in
lanenlable errors" But he regarded II
doctrines Of The Protest as ut war with o
y sound principles Of constitutional libert
n and as indicating tendency on the part
j. the Executive toward despoIic usurpalic
: Of powers belonging 10 other department.
j. which called for The most prompt and
v iermined resistance. Even If no har
} should result from the claim, still il oug
s. not 10 be allowed 10 pass unchallenged. 9
was against the recital Of an act Of Parli
h ment, rather than against any suffering u
l. der its enactment, that our fathers took
l. arms. They went 10 war against preaI
p Bile. They fought seven, years ngains. {
?, claralon.l'r Upon this question Of prin
y pie, "while suffering was yet a(ar off, lh
v. raised their hag against power 10 whic
ID for purposes Of foreign conquest and sub
he CATION, Rome, in the height of her glory,
Al mol TO be compared; o power which has d
is ted the surface Of The whole globe with
of possessions, and military posts, whose mo-
ne ing drum beat, following the sun, and kel
n, ing company with The houis, circles
10 earlh with hohel continuous and unbrol
r.. strain Of Ihe martial airs Of England ~
N, H Mr.. Webster asserted and V:ndicated,
Is. ihe clearest manner, not only the right,
" the duty, Of the Senate, TO defend The pul
as liberty against encroachmenl. and 10 expi
Ilh its opinions whenever il believed such
Ivy crUachmenr TO have taken place. The s
ch a.e had u cted in It's Legislative, and not in
,k- judicial capacity, and in this uction II
od only defended It's own jus, authority and
he of tho co-ordina,e branch oi The EegisIat,
ter lie examined closely, and denounced "
lb- majestic emphasis, the extraordinary {
is trines put forward by The President conc,
ct, ing the theory Of his relations TO the ol
~. branches of the Government, and 10
po- People--declo that IL these 'doctr
on, were true, il was ''idIe 10 talk any loI
led about a government Of laws. We have
les, government Of laws--we have no legal
mes sponsibii,y. We have an Executive,
on sisling Of one person, welding all off
ON power, and responsible only as Cron
any was responsible when he broke up Pa
gh, ment, or Bonaparle, when he dissolved
ac- Assembly Of France" The speech elic
5 TO the warrnest concentrations from di
CHI guished men in every section Of the cou
ern chancellor Kent exhausted The lunguug
und eulogy in exlolling It's merits. Cove
d. Tazewell, OF Virginia, who had seldom
Cured with Mr. W ebsler in his views
IpubIjc topics, thanked him cordially,