Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-01
DOCTORS DISAGREE.


rhe Views of a Massachusetts Republican
Leader, of Some Eminence, Contrasted
with Those Advanced in Senator Eo
munds' "Greatest Effort"
Some .sprecedentsn that his Lord
ship of Vermont neglected to include
in his great report or mention In ms
.greatest effort" have been discov-
cred by a Boston lawyer. They are
interesting fragments of our constltu-
tional history, though of no value for
the information of the noble author OF
the literary and oratorical works men
toned. His Lordship, whose knowl-
edge includes every thing, was not IN |
ignorance of them, and no doubt |
passed his penetrating eye over them
when he prepared his so-called preee-
dents; but as they would not serve his
noble purpose representing impartlally
the truth of history, he omitted them.
But, as his parasites of the star
chamber organs that made haste to
parrot his arrogant assertions are not
so well informed as he is in our con-
stitutional history, it is worth while to
reprint for their information few OF
the historic facts that he found 1t con-
venient to suppress.
The first is precedent that was
made in the reign of Madison, and IS
taken from book called History OF
the Appointing Power
1.-THE dismissal of the Postmaster eneral'
Gideon Granger, caused considerable re-
| mark in Official circles. Contrary to the
wishes of the President he had appointed 70
| Philad efphia DR.. Lieb, a person who had long
been openly opposed to Mr.. Madison. me
Of hostility y to himself. and having long sus.
pected his friendship. he dismissed MN. AS
| he had not been removed Tor deinquencS ,
| his friends protested, and a resolution was
| introduced in the Senate asking the reason
| for his dismissal. 1t was rejected on tne
| ground that the Senate had not the right 10
make such an inquiry. 1t il the only instance
in the early history of the Government Of an
attempt to question the motives OF the fresf
dent in regard TO removal
The next is an official opinion by
Daniel Webster, Secretary OF State IN
the reign of Tyler:
but applications for Office or letters re-
specting appointments or conversations heid
with individuals on such subjects are NOT o M
be made to partake of the character OF omclai
proceedings, unless after the nomination OF
President shall think proper to lay such cor.
respondence or such conversations eiore 'he
Senate. Miles Register uot. o., p %.
, The next is from speech by DAME
, Webster in the Senate, and, compared
) with the official opinion OF the same
; eminent statesman as member OF Tine
+ Government, fails to reveal that varia
t ton of ideas to suit circumstances ant
, motives which is so marked char
s acteristic of his Lordshlp from Yer
f mont:
! | practice since every Administration has IL
dulged in it. and since it must now be consle
cred as the legal construction o. Iee Ps
= | dent to remove incumbents from omces Wnlc
q they hold, it follows as necessary ana as y, q
= inevitable consequence that this power tht
i legally vested in the President must be exc
cised by him as independently OF our con n !
any other power that is to oe And
see no ground upon which we can can upe
: him to give us reasons Tor the man manu- 81 :
n which he exercises that power any more tnS
. we can call upon him to give reasons Tor u
d manner in which he exercises any other pow
- nf the t,epartments are not all mixed up in
tumble '-Congressiona Globe, Uol. q, p III
er The deliberate opinion of such cha
ct acter, officially delivered, on a state
$ facts exactly analogous to that upe
Il which the arrogant Senator from We
1t mont has turned the powerful hea
light of his genius for clubbing Is
We more worth as a guide to truth than
o. the arrogant dogmatism OF the latt
On Joined to the so-called precedents tn
tl- even do not go to support his asse
az tons.
ot Edmunds says: "AU papers address
a bv ANYBODY to an executive officer
III the topic of suspension are official T
It's pers."
or Webster: "Applications for oth'
I'll letters, or conversations OF ndivldu'
W. respecting [even1 appointments, are Il
a official proceedings and can not be ma
Ter to partake of the character OF otfic
lat proceedings.
APP Edmunds: The suspension of an
OF Ger ..simply withholds from the dut
IN and emoluments of the office pendl
lad a decision of the matter by the Senate
lad Webster: GAS it is one of the pc
uld ers of the President to remove incu
+ a bents from offices, it follows as an IN
1t liable consequence that this pow
aw locally vested in the President, m
ON be exercised by him as independent,
less the Senate as any other power thai
the to be exercised by him under the
act stitution."
1tly Edmunds: Having, sin the e,
les else of its jurisdiction, to Judge OF
APP conduct of the suspended official,
pro- Senate had the right to see the PAL
says because ''they disclose the grounc
res or reasons, son which the Presto
as acted"
to- Webster: eve 1.-THE Senate] can
ago call upon him to give us reasons
his exercise of that power any N
than we can call upon him to give
sons for his exercise of any other p
er under the constitution.
la'e- Edmunds: 'sAll the operations OF
man Government are executive" The
eign islative chambers have universal T
ONE er of knowledge in respect to every
~ is Grafton of the Government and e
one of its officers.
i'"a Webster: 1.-The powers OF the del
nont ments [meaning the several bran
v no of the constitution are not all M
con- up in tumble.
,wlv The assertions of his Lordshi
;rs+ Vermont relate particularly to al
49, 1 called suspension;" the view
Webster to an act of reanoral, and
10 i'm in to a proposition of appointment
COW has been very well said that tn
,na+- tempt of the Green mountain int
80 IN to draw distinction between rem
a the and suspension sis mere cobweb,
and ming" Removal is an exercise OF
!, go a,,. Presidential discretion, over whlcl
; +ho star-chamber has no control. ous
NV sion, even by the express words O
Cd ~ statute, is the same. A suspense
49, in law and in effect removal.
iooi s,snandad officer goes out, IS rem