The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-07-26

| OIL, e"''oC tHcSe TWO powers stand
togethcr2 Undoubtedly they can.-
When the President and Senate make
treaties which do not require the legis.
lativc action Of the House, and are not
prohibited by the Constitution, they
are the law Of tho land; but any trca
ties which they make involving ap.
preparations of money require the
legislative action Of the House, and
cannot be operative and in full force
until the House passes the necessary
appropriation.
Suppose, Mr.. Chairman, that We
transpose these different clauses of the
Constitution. Suppose we put this
clause which restricts any other body
than the House of Representatives from
raising money in the first instance, and
That clause which requires appropria.
ton bills to be passed through both
Houses. Suppose, say, we put these
clauses together, alongside the clause
giving the treaty making power to the
PRESIDENT and Senate, how will it read
then?
lie, (the Presidency shall have
power, by and with tho advice and
consent of the Senate, to make treaties,
provided two.th;rds Of the senators pre-.
sent concur" " but''-use either con
junction, Or neither" all bills for
raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives" "No mon,
ey shall be drawn from the treasury.
but in consequence Of appropriation
made by law" Certainly if the clauses
stood in this juxtaposition in the Con.
stltutlon. t!i;. construction contend for
would be conclusive; but the effect of
the various clauses Of the Constitution
are in no degree dependent upon their
local position in the Constitution, nor
arc ar they in any degree affected by it.
10 all intents and purposes the money
clauses have just referred to are as
ctt'caclous where they now stand as if
they had local position IN immediate
conncSion with the treaty power
clause.
The President, with the Senate, two.
tNTfs colicar.. Z -. ..r ,a; ,he RICH. 4;
mao. trea,iu,, but where anv mercy
is 20 be drawn from the trcasu ,l0.'
h!'' Tor that purpose originates in the
iiouse OF Representatives, and 10 mon
ey can be drawn from the treasury
but by appropriation made by law,
in which both Houses must concur
II both clauses of the Constitution
Which govern this matter stood toueth
er, side by side, thcro would be no
doubt about this question. If these
clauses We're in juxtaposition, there
would Ec ITO room for doubt.
There is no locality in the Constitu
ton. One clause has rs much force
rs another, as far as construction is
concerned. take it, then, that there
is no doubt that this House has the
right to pass and act freely upon
money bills which come before it for
its action, whether that money is to
carry out treaty or not.
In constituting the Constitution,
think it is proper, that we should
cndeavor to throw around it every
possible security in relation to the
expenditure of the public money. If
We secure the public money against
be!tig wasted, We accomplish u great
result. The cons, ruction which
Contend for does accomplish that pur
pose, as far as it can be done If trca-
ties Are tae law Of that land, and ob!i
gatory upon the House without its
action; we have no discretion, but must
make the appropriation from the pub.
lie treasury; and the President and Sen.
ate may determine how much shall be
expedited in thdt way, and for what
purposes.
We are, therefore, bound to give
that construction to the Constitutes
which will Secure the money of the
people; and the construction contend
ed tori is the ono best adapted to ac-
comm odate that object.
Again, We should SO construc the
Constitution lis to be in harmony with
the genius of our institutions. The
whole genius of our institutions looks
to the fact that the money of the pco
pie shall not be expended but by the con
sent Of the rep' 'esentatives Of the pco.
pie. That fact has been alluded to
| by every one who has written upon
| the Constitution and laws Of England,
as the great safeguard of the English
people, and they maintain the doctrine
that the commons, who arc the repre-
sentatives Of the people, have q right
to pass upon all questions involving
the expenditure OF tho money of the
people. And that is the spirit of our
institutions. 1t cannot be supposed
that we have fallen behind England in
that respect, and that wp aro placed
in less favorable position chan the
people of England occupy.
! l beg leave here to read n tcw line:
from the celebrated work of De Lorm.
or the constitution Of EnulGn |, who
considering the powers OF the House
OF Commons, says:
" In reading the foregoing cnuntcra
ton of the powers with which the law.
Of Erglard have intrustcd the king, W,
" ate at Il loss to rsconciI6 them viii