The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-12-11

ability.
fhe President may be thoroughly con
yfuoad thar an olhoer is incapable, dishon-
esf or uaiAilhfui TO the Constitution, but,
u der the law which have named, the vi
most he can do is to complain TO the Senate
aud ask the privilege Of supplying lis place
with a letter nan. II the S,nnte he re-
sxl ded as personally OF practically hostile 20
the pnSldent, il Is natural, and not alto
gsther unreasonable, for an officer to expect
that it will take his part as tsr AZ possible,
restore him TO his place, aud give him a
tr:.nrh over his executive superior.
The oHser has other chances Of impnni'y
etis;Rg from accidental defects Of evidence.
ths node Of investigating it. and the sceresy
~ hs'ring IL. II is nrt wonderful that
gtAsai s.a,ieasanee should become boll in
pr, al:.on a. dclinql"nls learn to think
th-tnseirss safe.
aa eatiteiy persuaded hat, under srch
n ,nle. the President can not perfirrm The
great duty assisned tr him Of seeing the
I,xs faithfully ex"cuten, AMI that is disa
bl.s him most especially from eDf rcing
,ha. rigid accountability which is nrcSya-
~ ,na dua lxvud;ion of taa ,evrnre laws
Tha Constitution invests the President
with authority to decide whether removal
shql j,e made in aHy given case. The act
Of Congress declares. in substance, that he
shah o;ly "scuse such rs he supros-S to be
unwert!y u .hair trn;t. The Constitution
n.kss hini that julge in the promises; but
the sta;ats takes away his Jurisdiction,
trarsiars il to the S,pste, and leaves him
no,rias but the o1ious aud sometimes inn
rrsc cah,e dlty Of becoming prosecutor.
Oh r'osecu:icn, too, is to be conducted be
,ose ir!Iunal whose members are not, like
him, rrspon.i;la 10 the whole people, but
TO separate constituent bodies, and who may
lear his accusation with great disfavor
The Senate is ahSolu ely without any
kunsa st2"dard Of decision applicable to
such case. Its Judgment cannot be an
ticpated, Tor it is not governed by any rule.
The law does not define what shall be deem.
ed good cause Of removal 1t is impossible
even TO conjecture what m&y or may not b.
considered by the Senate. The nature of
the subject for6ids clear proof. If the
charge b, incapacity, what evidence will
support il2 Fidelity to the Constitution
may be understood or misunderstood in a
Thousand different ways; and by violent
PARTY men in violert party times, unfath>
iu,ncss to the Constitution may even come
to be considered meritorious.
II IN officer be accused of dishonesty,
how shall il be made out? VIII it be infer
red from acts unconnectad with public du-
ty- from private history, or from general
reputation; or must the President await the
ecmmi>sion of an actual misdeneanor IN Of
Ace? Shnll he in the mean time risk the
character and nterist of the nation in the
men to whom he cannot give his confidence?
Must he f0rhcar his complaint until the
,sischiaf i, done and cannot be prevented?
If bis zeal in the public service should COM
pei him t. anticipate the over act, must he
Iuova =; tie peril Of being tried himself for
the Of ..e Of slsndering his subordiuates?
in he present circumstances of the coun.
try. saose one must be held responsible for
official delin lnency of every kind. 1t is ex,
tr2,aeiy ditncllt to say whore that responsi,
bili;y should be thrown, if it be not left
where it has been placed by the Constitn-
tipn. But a!l just men will admit that the
President ought to be entirely relieved from
such resp ,asibility, il he can not meet it by
reason Of restrictions placed by law upon his
actions.
Unr.s,ric4ed power of removal from Office
is q very great one to be trusted even to a
magistrate chosen by the general suffrage OF
the whole people, and accountable directly
to them for his acts. 1t is undoubtedly Ii
able - abuse, AMI at some periods Of our
uISIOT$. perhaps, las D;ctl duuSGu'
Ii it be thought desirable and constitu
tional that it should be so limited as tc
make the President merely common inH
fsrmer against other public agents, he sho {
at least be permitted to act in that capacity
before some open tribunal, independent oI
party politics, ready to investigate the mer.
its of every case, furnished with means o.
taking evidence, and bound to decide accor
ding to an established rule. This woulC
guarantee the safety of the accuser wher
he acts in good faith, and at the same time
secure the rights Of other parties.
speak, OF course, with all proper respec
for the present Senate but it does not seen
10 me that any legislative body can be 81
constructed as to insure its fitness for thes'
fuactions
1t is not the theory OF this Government
that public officers are the property of thos
who hold them. They are given merely a
trust for the pubic benefit, sometime
tor fixed glo1, sometimes during goot
behavior; but generally they ara liable to b
terminated .: til (. pleasure ct the appoint
lug power which represents collectively
and speaks for, the people
Forced retention in Office of single dis
honest person may work great injury t.
public interests. Danger to public servic
comes not from power to remove, but from
power to appoint. Therefore it was tha
the trainers Of the Constitution left tn
power Of rsmoysl unrestricted while the
gave the Senate the rignt to reject all ap
poiA :ments which, in its opinion, we're no
fit tQ be made.
A little reflection cn the subject vii
probably satisfy all who have the good 0
the country at heart that our best course i
TO take the Constitution for our guide, wall
in the path marked out by the founders o
the Republic, and obey the rules made sa
cred by the observance OF our great prcde
ea3sors.
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.
The present condition of our finances an
circulating medium is one to which you
eatly consideration is invited. The proper
tion which the currency of any countr.
skould bear to the whole value of an annua
produce circulated by its means, is ques
sou upon which political economists bav
not agreed; nor can it be controlled by egis
lston, but must be left to the laws whicl
every where regulate commerce and trade
The circulating medium will ever flow t.
those points where it is in the greatest de
mand The demand and supply is a
unerrng as that which regulates the tides O
the ocean; and, indeed, currency, like ,h'
tides, has its Gibbs and its flows throughou
the commercial world.
At the beginning Of the rebellion th,
bank note circulation 81 tie country amount
ed TO not much more than two hundred
millions of dollars. Now, the circulation o
National Bank notes, and those known a
legal tenders, is nearly seven hundred mir
lions. While it is urged by some that th
.,ror,,4 oil a,ll h, iporanund othor. onptan.