Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-05
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ANOTHER JACKSON.
A Proper Rebuke to an Assent
bly, Of Contemplate
Demagogues.
President Grant Resents an In
dignity Offered by . Dem.
Ocratic House.
Another Jackson.

Anotner Jackson
WASHINGTON, May THE pres.
idcnt to-day sent the following mes
sage to the house, in reply to Mr..
Blackburn's resolution.
To Me House Of Representatives -
] have given my attention and con.
sideration to the, resolution Of the
house Of representatives, passed on
the 81 Of April requesting the pres
ident of the United States TO inform
the house whether .ny executive
offices, acts or dutles, and if any,
WHAT,
have within the time specified, bean
performed At distance from the seat
OF government established by law.
| have never hesitated, aud shall
not hesitate TO communicate to con-
gress and the house any Information
which Is
THE CONSTITUTION MAKES 1T TIE
Of the president to give, or which my
Judgment may suggest to me; or =
request from either house may indi.
cate to me may be useful in the dis.
charge Of the appropriate duties con-
tided to them.
On the Both of March, 1871, short
~ after the passage Of the act referred
10, General Washington issued Nm cx-
ecutiye. proclamation having reference
TO the subject OF this very act,
FROM GEORGETOWN,
place remote from Philadelphia,
winch then was The seat Of the gov
eminent, where the act referred to,
directed thai ali officers Of the state,
aud government should for the time
REMAIN.
That his successors have cntertsined
an idea that their executive Offices
cunld be perfermed only at the seat
Of the government. is evidenced by
hundreds on hundreds of such acts,
performed by my predecessors IN an
unbroken line from Washington to
Lincoln.
A memorandum OF the general
motive and character of some ot the
acts IS submitted herewith, and no
question has been raised as to the
validity of the acts, or to the right
aud propriety of the executive 10 ex-
ecu,e the powers of his Office in any
part of The United States.
- fail, however. to find in the con-
sti.Wion of the United States the
authority giAen to the house of rep
resentatives one branch of the con
gress in which is rested the Legislative
power Of the government. to require
of the execution an independent,
branch Of the government, an accoun,
of the discharge of his appropriate
acts and iuties, or as to when, where
or how performed.
What the house of representative
maxteqnire as its right to demand
upon the execution for information il
limited to what is necessary for th'
discharge OF the powers Of the legis
| lature or OF the impeachment.
TIE inquiry in the resolution Q
the house as to where the executive
acts within the last years have bee
performed, and At what distance fror
any particular spot, or for how long
period ut any one time, does no
10 the province Of legislation.
does mol propose to be asked for that office
II this information be sought through, =
ingoing Of the presidcn, rs IL his execu,iy
acts in view or aid ofthc pow,rof lsnpeacl
ment vested in the house. it is ssked In de
rogstion Of right recog gnized in this coui
try by constitutional guarantee, whlc
protects every citizen the pre- ide1t as we
as. the hnMtfest in the land, from beir
made witness agsinst himself
During the t.ttit have had the honor
occupy the pnsition Of president of tn
government, it has been, aud while co
tinue To occupy that position, IL wall eo
iinue TO be my earnest endeavor 10 recngizl
and To respect the several trusts nnd dutit
und powers OF The various co.opeati
braLchcs oi the government;
NOT ESchoAcHINo on THEM,
nor allowing any. encroachments on /
proper power OF affairs, which
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED sTATKs
have confided 10 me.
But owing to the presence in the
proper relations of the several powe
apd functions Of each Of the co.ordi
ate branches Of the governmel
agfeeably 70 the ccnslita,iop, and.
accordance with the solemn on
which ! hsee ,aker, To preserve, pr
teet and defend that instrument, in /
maintenance Of the rights secured
the constitution to the execute