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X 7 State, for the DisM f emu. da ing t1 pr ogress of . DatT V truf lit Hi. ti to. Kill ho M1lV It'll.' " " : ' '-- V I o'i-f re that the cse of Mber y . r Madison has been ei.J, and I think it material, to jiiop at the thres hold, the rms ' C4e asautftoniy, Because the i ud Z the outset, di claimed all cigfiiance of the ; U " tlitm-rH they theo weiif l what would have been tlM-i.'; opinion thi-j In J r.osni-Snce f Tnw theo, ws confessedly in' ex'njudicial pwi, and as ch; of no autimri'v.; 2. Be ' csu-e, had it beru iulic ia'lV prriouiic '- eJ.it would havd been sgiti ! tor cuiiimUun. a ile1 br.d, de ftly in nluT '! o give 'Validity. I 'mil, rfcereii;r. the c-uMs!li is de . t,vte4.l of the haiid-l vLhiJlftt,: :. t'e and hit IVttiTitW WftJ: II eay WtthVild r cancel il at plea Hre,ih-! might hi private deil in ' tb fiq iiitin. The enntittt:i intended that the tlre g'eal branches f if the government h'u'd be e ordi v ttf nil ioilr,i'l'Bt of each other.-. As toad. ihrefoe, wM b are to be dme by riihcf. it h given nu control In another branch-...-'., : ; : " The Executive and Sens' ae? on tlie construction tht until delivery from thet liii-m'iv 7D,prtm,nf, a - r rtiitHj'mi'wt w iff h:-r- re-siKi and within their rightful pwrr, and in 'ia-.. ae.f e-Mtoi""''r will,; Jhef, til'i-JM senate approbt I 1 tirto, and the. President's g and ' wfr n inform lit oT- (l.emilit ' ' f h pirtitti hat tm .. Janil tbi-Atr ikift-tMWrrf tif th ciiinmwiMi 1 m iwmituiimii ajTt Un.iude atti anprorcd, and uew 'cemmviioii liie HkucI, ,to lein!; on thi 1 thall rvr act. and ai a :i tU-lW- vwf-.f4 U- ': tern meat ainr aoj control whinH " mjf b attempted" bf the"1jia Ta obTH.n hftlif n.t,tctfdrac(l''ttf ibe mecauT ana Qrnaie wunin tneir pe Tbia anwer of Mr JcDTerfon, ir, to tlie Supreme' Cuurt, appcrt to ma to rronettwe" amrirmrSWeTTIt now. t ht. the ilrtct nne t. "M dtnn W Wren vih rerd lo the meri'a f tde par Vicutar c, bur 'd4nroury ' wrong.' ) wit a Vltilen. ar.d adcutftd Jiiw to v at tn their boly. : Duinentaa republican, ai.d Suitili a federaUrtretid hee dUiotta were daring Ifce ft!eral isteuilency. Tlife are exaTiiplei of my poiiiion, that rath ijftbe three de partmeota h tqialljr tlie right ,to Ie tide f jr rtireif wt- i- U-ittt .49 gd?r, the tiin.liiiion williDBt aBJ regid to wht lb utberauiar have decided fr lhemel- under a aimiiar iuctioo." -tWittimt enifring at thW timer r, ir.tony dicatuin, of thoe rmxirtant ptfiuiile, 1 will, noly ay, that it the pretent Ctiu f MajtHliale tiai sinned a git the Cttiiitiiion by any doc- trioe! which Ue- ina advanced, or i lypp iM-d loenteritiu, on thia subject, fee hii" ToneincVw 2rt ap(rtte ; or Anicrtcau libettjr aod of-the rjh'a of niin. : tlie rotiilU ot .wlifit has been s;nil, I Uin'rV, in regard tollie Uead if the Department- htmsctf, . his functions t are obviouatjr and" eiclu-ufelj ejecative . hat, ' air, are . those-futictiona aa prescribed by the act for the establish ment of tha ., Treanurj, lcparttneftt? To . report and orenare nlana for the improvement d management of tle We solvency r of ntoiiou,; iarn CT. "If the - Present, ote'riainin a (hlTerent opinion of theetpediency anil propriety of die measure, hsu itow o, ky,) to control an hdependf otbraotb tj tha Uorernmnt,ta vattcracjfitiRdeil by llnnk it ba been aiiown that, accord ing lo the true theory of the Constttu- tinu, the rresulent 01 the L fitted State?, -in whom the executive xiw er is vested,' & made responsible fur the conduct and pr(M:elinra of all the Kxecniive I)eparunent8that, a a liiCi Sr.1.rv CDiim wiener of hat ri'Sixm- siliil'.t v, he ha a ctmstitutioiul rifit to ia-ifh'Ct, urjeii:ireiid, and control, the op'i;atioiia of tUone Department and tfttt at 4h- very- orjranixition ot the PjyrnuutntttmtBcdMt-wicitdins uv IIHUUIIIIII UI me V-UriBUVUUUII, IMC curvectnes of the principle was ac kiitttledj;ed in tlie niit formal man nor, and after the fulleat (lihcuss un. by ao explicit 'Lcgialatiye recognition of tiitf power of the President to re, move from ollicc any of the function- anea of the Executive Departmenta ft poweriiicUlba -nover aiuee been llattavmd thapnUcat iiiui,i;oe 10 me auujeci unuer consi- deratioHi the-extmtrdinary novelty oeen aavanced that the secretary officer. I low ihen has it happened, Mr. i'iesident, that front the origin of the Government to the -present day, he ttaa bi'ea ioc4atod w i ik I f earis c f i.T r m V" the other Department in the Cabinet rS l'.f tlTnar tb 'Went of the United States hr tta honorable Sector from Kentuc- ?nl tiflullitutwn auflior- iw him to tie only oC.Ahe, t vjncipal oniccr in eacTi a the Kxerutive Depart luentfcf -Do gentlemen tpeit us to . tSe conttitn.ion to .i tmitMn.i.iiL.&f2J tha deei.loninfolveaa fjvation oftht H"vV u rass,,lS umr.r ""T'rtor rriveit imDort noa aBVei nir that fun. 1 " w-'iuury, m rfr w aus , dameotal principla not merely of our , cnnitittttjon, but of free (i.vernnient )Q general. wWtb preai-rib tfi e prsfn and mutual indprndonre nf tha thica ' gr Uepsrtnienta, ,4'gulaiive. Exec aSU i uoKHt a tjuetMt too 1 regard to which the noputrd opuuona , of tha pre a-at Chief M titrate have . freely commented pq in the lha count of this dicdkiun. I Herper- mmioo in me ena'e, wnne 1 nave me : wrtnoja of Mr JelTran in my hand, to reau wrjar wa uttered ty Utin uepob lican oracle. on thia iini.nnant mtiiett In aleteraddred by nimin 18l0ln -J u il Roane innel f mo of th ti r profound ronntiiutional juris! of our country, he revenue", '&cTrf wbicb the conatitotiim. hid placed n bis' hands by the power pf. removal, had permitted - his Secretary quietly estimates of the public expenditure, I &c. tn superintend tlie collection 0 ine revenue 10 cieciue on ine lorms 01 keeping and stating accounts, &c. and to ; srant Warrants for inohey to be Issued, from the Treasury , in pursu ante of appropriations bv law: and fo execute services relative to the safes of .BubKcJahd csAU JtliegefanctjpnsV I think, sir, must be allowed to be hx ecutive. - The only other duty pre- arowfornatioirto Either bttracli of the Ieislature, &c. respecting all matters referred to him by them, or which shall appertain to his office, Lc It is this circumstance, it seems, of reporting to Congress which is consi dered as divesting the Secretary of the Treasury of the character of an Kxecu tive ofiiccr. But, sir, does not the President himself, the chief Executive oflieer, report to Congress?- Is he not required by the Constitution to "give, from time to time, to Congress, in fonnution of tlwj atnte of. the Union, ftd t recommend M ttenii auck taeai-; sures p,s he shall judge necessary and expedient',' in other words, to report to Congress both facts and opinions, just ns tiie Secretary of the Treasury does? Do not the other Heads of De partments, also report, whenever re quired, to Congress? Are not resolu tions adopted almost everr day in th fatal rcvoliitiou will havebceD'accora. jdished. The, timo will liye n.rj ived, which was foretold by. the' great re publican atatesman, (Mr. Jefferson,) TepornnratTTng matter in1 ot!a-i ? Congress, then, surely cannot divest the Secretary of the Treasury of-the character of art Executive ' officers the practiceof the Government, and in the understanding of the community, as well as in the view of the law. from the adoption'flf the constitution to the We-' sent day. As little, sir can ihe omisrl ston to denominate him an Executive officer, in the mere title of the act es tablishing the Department oLwJikhlLC ufmju mr,t.Kaye.lhat effecteiplauu.. -u 100, as mai omission is uy-inecir-ciinfslaiicesW and renouncing the sajufary control Vwuofie prophetic and instinctive War. Dings were read w its uy lue aenaior rrom Missouri, when a moneyed power, self constituted and trrrsponst Wey'Uibave aupers?" dejl the fj-ctfecl and responsible GovcrtTment of the' jeojle in ita-tiotiGeutlemeii in the course of Ihia debate have' de claimed' much on the dangerous in fliienre rr money. But the only rnoWy'wh'ifcc influetice they seem to reirard as dancfroiis, is the niouei 4 ofth? priLvmneyaiae4JMtap u-uiriHlnl by tha- lejireseiiraiiyj'B t the ptHiidc disbursed by 1 efrwVijt(g BlSmii4Tt4p-by he-trtrtn btdts and burs of the law"' vom cor rupt use! But they seem to be wlioli ly insensible to the danger of money in the hands of a great corporation, wielding an iiiirneiiserapital at will, without ci.nlrol, without responsibil ity. Let Congress, sir abstain from tin eonstituional piropi-iations; let the ground that the President hd no right to lntericre wita a discretionary p-w- iT"t ntrustcd by "Ciinarria t a held of a .Department, what then" would have been said? We should , have heard, sir, denunciations not (ess loud and Tehement. than thoe which have been uttered on the present occanion, thundered against him, but upon a dir ferent "prihc'ip'fei-" We g(ioiild7thh have beru told, sir, tht the President had ben recreaot lo his hirh Uut- toatehftj 4enriitrd wrftrtheTfow " -r t - - -V er 01 removal erpres-iv to pro'ect the public interrsts from the faithlesaneM or incapacity td public .iiffit ers," and that, in failu g. to exercise it, he had weakly and wickedly betrayed his lu ty lo the Consiitu'.iun and to (he countrvi Having thus reviewed, Mr. Presi dent, the doctrines, to me, I must say, novel doctrines, of cnnxtitutional law which have been ailvnnced by the honorable Senator from lieiitucky, (Mr. Cmy,) I will detain the Senate but with k few word's - more. The- honorable ScfiVtbrWtrw (iiuurnfut patho, that we are in the midst of a -revolution. I airrce with him, sir; we are in the mhNt of a reo lution a happy and auspicious revinu tion, like the civil revolution f 1800," which, according to Mr, Jeffersi'n, was "as real a revolution in the prin- ot ou r government." A like salujary re.V4qtion "in th!-princiflls of tbe sv T eroraeni- we nave seen accnmpiiirieu uring the last Eve years of its adminis tration. In that time. sir. we have seen the -'Gofernmen t' bi-ooVhfbarfc-"w its "republican tack" from the devia tiont of latitudinous power into which it had fatally fallenwe have seen an unconstitutional and corrupting system of internal improvements, under the patronage of the federal authority." ar rested, and those great local interests remitted to their natural and life guardiaws;-4he governments -of 4 he raie.-rw nave rxprraoed h.nisrlf thus My cnnittuction of the routtitution . is ery dill' fnt from that ynu quo1 e it la, mai earn itrpartment H truly in .dependent of the-others, and has an e . qua! right lo decide fr itself what is the meaning of tae constitution in the - cases submitted Id its action; and es pecially where it is to art uliimately -ant''withot';ippilaf.'1'nK'1trti44fn-- , myseil oy examples, wbie!, having oc- Zorrttr wmit l was in oiucc, are bltr known tame, and tha principles wbich .7. Cvern them." A" lee'iHlature" had baa. ed the edition .law.jrhe federal courts had sunjecteit reitain n.iliviiluals to its jwoalties. oj fine ! and Impiisonmeniv un coming imo nitue, I released the 7T'r!n.lividoslr--by;h- nowerr-ya rdon: ; ' 'etioimlited " iExeVutii - :rr: whicft ,etM ef.M in propiM'ty . m erUed than where citlxent were sof Ming without the authority of, tow, or, which was equivolent, under a Uw t.n. authorised by the constitution, & ilurre f 'r null. In the esse of M rbury anj Miditon tha federal judges declared - . Ihat commiisions Mnrd and sealed - by the Presiden', wrre valid although not delivered. I deemed delivery a- - frt,il U Loiplett ta ileedAhkhail ...! , img as it remainun the hands olibo r 1 party it as yet no deed, it is in poe . oniy, our noi 10 esse, and i; : withheld delivery or the eaminisaii'ms. Yea, 'tr, I, the Preatdeat. not the Secre tary, withheld the comniii.ioa. -'.i ' T"T 'n',t Issoe'a mandamus to "7 Ibe President br' to the Lrgi.Uiure or "t' aay of - ilpir elBcera-ih 7;cin aliioltco Controlling the common law in this particularly.)-- When the BriM , iah treaty, of 180? arrived, without any -pmvUion agsinat imprtasment of our seamen, I determined not I ratify it. The Senate thought I should k -heir , adviee. I thought that would ke a ' mockery of theoi, when I was pre-de-, termined agninst following Jt. should ' .they advise Pi rafificatlftr'eTsoit '- atitution .bad made theirv advice ne crisary to f ooJ5rm a treaty', bat not to reject i. Thi, had been blamed by some; but! have iever doubled ita oundaen. In the case of t per una, ainenaii, pnaer exactly .similar Uin their novel theories? On what then, air. is this new doctrine founded that thrSecretary of the TreisfffTTls nn aitraci uuvB ouicerf- IS ti mat in the mere title of the act for the estab itahment of the Trea-Hurr Department, it does not happen to be styled an Exe cutive -Department I The acta for the eatablishmentof the other Derartuients arc alyled, it seems, in ihe title,form- ing no par4 of the law itsell) "An net to establish an Executive Department. to be denominated the Department of ar," and o l.tewifte of the State and Navy IVpartmntts., while the ai t f.r tlte .taUUUinent of the Treasurv, m simply styled in its title, "An act lo establish the Trcaiury Dopartinetiu" Now, air, if this tliirneiicc in the title was not the rcsi'U-of mere acci- deut, aa 1 am inclined to think it was. for I find that the title was f he tame as of the other acU. in all the preliminary aud intermediate proceedings, down to the Very passage , of the act, (after w'UCIV.r JruiogjQparlunentary custom, a formal entry, ia made on the journal tu-thia elect 'ordered that the tme nf .theactbr soand go,)rif, ir, I say this diUl-rence was not mere ly accidental, it is suflicientl v exolain- rn or wn oinerenc onrani.anon ot m t reasury Department, compared with the other Departments. '' The" organi- tation i ot the other Departmcn ts is sitn pe-anihomoacnewsV-W eath, of one principal wlficer, the head Wlfte'fjfcW ployed uniler hun, to perfurm, as he shall direct and arrange it; the bum iiess of the. Department. But. on the ' her hautl tle organixal :io 4-! be ireasury Uepartment ia complex and liversilied. It consists not only of one principal officer, the head of the Department; and las clerSs, but of va- nous otlier olh cersy f arti rghnand portant Einule, vvhoseespectivefunc tions are classiGcd and arranired bv the aw ibtelf such as tlie Coinntroller. the Auditor, the Register, the Treasu rer. l be functions of seme of these officers, of the Comptroller and of the Auuuor lor example, seem to nartake 1 vmcwnui di xne jBuictai - cnaraeterj uu n wai o aeen in me ueoates on the organization of the Treasury De partment, that this idea was suggested, ia relation to the Comptroller particu larly, py Air. JMatlison, who, for, that reason, propbsed to modify diiferently ... r L! n -m ' c itaure mi in ouicc. ; . 1 ne same niea, we have , seen it stated in the ncwspapera,'in resard to the chararf 01 ijia Aututor't functions, nas recent- ty fiirntshed, in wv own State. th groundf an able and ingenious argu ment n(T5niit 1, .,:...:.i:. particular act of Con ress. The nr. ganijution of the Treasury Depart ment there, embracing officers of this uescnption, wnose luuctiona appeared if the functions assigned to hirnby tin act itself be, as I thin all must adml them to be. Executive in their. tturp 'TOrtffefeOtiTranotKercr another were necessary, for ascertain ing the character of his office . I mean its tenure. The Secretary of the Treasury holds his office by precisely the same tenure af every otfeoHIead off a department, jte is removable by the President precisely in tlie same way aa other secretaries are, and that removability is declared in the act cre ating the Preasury - Department,-- a identically the same terms and manner, that the removability of the other Sec retarie is declared, in the acts consti tuting their respective Departments. By retarrence to tlie debates of C on gress in 89 on the power of 'removal by the President, it will be si'cn th -the TemoabHrtv of publtcflicers by iuc rf suu-nu was consiuereo as de pending solely on the circumstance of their peing hxecutive officers or other wise. A1' Executive officers were re- gaoled as rurre assistant and substi tutes of the President in the exercise of that Executive power which the Constitution had vested wholly in him, ana as such ought to be, ami were re movable . by him at pleasure.. The act establishing the Treasury Department, therefore, in expressly recojrnisins as it dace the removability of the Sert' rr of the Treasury by the President, virtually declares him to be an Eiecu- The power of removal. eiitipr a'ifef in regard to the Secretary of the Trea ry and, the other heads of I) .'pnii-. wMeify z Tightfu lfy-TTerrt,i d or reasons so varit, us, th.it i rtrr ' yweilde twredueethem tw affygmrt ciasaincauon. ino I'resnietit. who possesses the power, is to iiiilze. in the first instance at Jeast, ol ti e rea sons for its exercise. . In the dibau- h ..Jr.......ii. ...i...i rw 111 iiiiriniT .Vl'l wait'll 10 T. public expenditure bo restrained to t)io simple ahd economical Wants of rcpuhiicaii govertiinctdi let the ac countability of public disbursements be eiiforceitj and wc shall have -but tittle '-tbutj;t:eb'end.fri,itn the money of the people. " BufMrl5 Vrr7 shull by ti lose means have provided but a poor security against the danger of money, if at the same time, we invito its concentration in the hands of an nrcanized association, and eive it 48 artificial facItiea-tif 4 uuitctLadii Forsyth.. mg, of Georgia, and C,' ' bers tookpart. IV Senate adjr e!d, after spending a short titneoa .' dinary business. , , Memorials were presented by Prentiss, from citizens ot BuriinrrJ Vermont, and by Mr. V Frelintrhn from 450 citizens of Patterson. v Jersey, beinz a lane roaloritv r voters in that towni both memori,', late., usurpations vf " the Execus-,;, Mr. Frelinghuysen also presenteil counter -memorial from aix .ar iP, hundred citizens of Patterson arnl ; i vicinity, and one from inhabitant! J .jhmc4ihe,orthMaioAiir state... l it e 0 naw on itiese mem,, al ocenpted ; nearly.the wliole-it dayMrClay eead - letter from Mayor of Troy, iad otlier list'miiij. ed citizens, which stated that intw of there being only '100 supporter! General Jackson, whose names a 1 . .1 . attacneu to me 1 roy memorial, u i serted by Mr.. Wright a Tlieauflia,,. ty ot the Representative from ffij; county, 'there were more tliaa' 4ol The Senate spent a shot t time on EIe. cutive business, and then adjounni - U'etkittttay; Alurck li Mr. Leigh presented a memrat from citien of Petersburg, VMni, complaining of the late Executive aitt.' and asking the restoration of the de posites. A'd'ebate folloWeJi for or.Uvrce hours, in wnicn Mcssn. LfeigTo'r?j'Ca'a7i Gporsia, took part. Mr. McKean ! presented memorials and resolutions, of the same tenor, from citizeiu C umbcrlstn d oou nty, Pa, and from liMiljlLeelBfcWl r. mrha ui coppf rs lrirthjnjf -rhilad elpma: d accumulated now- j TheTScnate-lhen resumed the ? A.profound thinker, sir, with whom I have had the good fortune to serve in the .pwbiie euc Usr bat whovia no w in. private life, and tu whom it affurds me sincere gratiheation to have this oppor tunity of paying the tribute of a cordial and respectful remembraocf, (l r.JSk p Allen, of Mas.jhas beautifully and phiJoophcally-said.-thafl!'ai80tUteiLl m resolutions of Mr. Clay, and tha report of the Secietary- of the Tretn rjr on Jhe subject of the remoyaJ 5t.fti E' uhltc deposited ''from the Bank'af tt( Inited States) when Mr. Tallmadgt, commenced his remarks, and addre seen "the- Hank, the vfirstjorn' uf . - f ederat visor pat ionv foiled in its e (Torts to perpetuate its ex- istence.aDiL:ii confii m it7 Muntphl 1 over tne sanctity ot the ronstilution system ot tne honorable senator him self a system which we of the South wealth is the - dvnastr- of modern Stat." Sir, it 1 so. This modern dynasty is now seeking to establish its s :waypiyer .ui;in ;jne?wpiacoiaii7aOTS' v..v..M,k. t u.e iria cowtiafTO partaken a onti lerable degree. of determined that one W then, (Daoe;the judiciaf-ehar.cter doubts might wii not 1 citizen the House of Repra jhive arisen as to the propriety or de- .tUlKe, WV ; m!i?:the wholePDTpartWnt m -that tha. other, (Smith of South Care- Executive PeFirtraenti tiouW r , this rul'iect, Mr. Mdison .said, "If head of a Department shall inf run form to the judgment of the Pi esident, in dojiig the executive riuti d t-i. ftfJlceThe rnay"be dispIaieilTiu honorabte Senator from New Jersi-y (Mr. SoolhardJ who spuke a few days ago, cited the opinion expresul by Mr. Madison in the same debate, that the President might be imn-thnl tor'a wanton removal of a public, of hcer. Sir, I do not doubt i'f buf"I bg leave;- to- l-emiad. the honoi stile Senator of a correlative opinimi de-l livered by Mr. Aladiaon on- the same occasion that ... the Prtsident -inisht be properly impeached also for neg lecting to remove a puDUc, olhrer. when the public interest demanded it And this, nir, suggests the true mode of tesMtig the question which has been raised i f the President's constitotiao- al rxwrr. to remove the late Secretary . 1 r m I. . . . , I 01 tne treasury, ror nit refusal, (to the faoeuage f Mr. Madison lost cited'Mo conform to the Judgment of the President" du the subject of the pahliiidephsites.' Irft us reverse the case which actually - occurred, and suppose that Jhe Secretary of the Treasury, instead "'of the Prfsidenf. had desired a transfer of the public de - poitesthat he did to without any sufficient reasnn, and was about to commit them to Eauki of questiona- r?....: 1 t have felt to be one, not of protection but oppression we have seen that, too. partially overthrown and " abandoned ere, indeed, is a happy and glorious revolution ror tnoe who have cherished the cardinal principles of limiud con stitotional construction, of freedom, of industry, of equality of public bur thens. And for these great results, we are indebted to the fir mness, the vigor, the patriotism, of the individua whd now presides over the administra tion of the Government tustaiord by .l - - - - - J mc virmous cenniu-ntc 0; a luepto- pie. We have, air. the auihentic and pnsi rive declaration of ihe honorable eietiator from Kentucky himself, made on this iliior during the last sesaion.that it was owing to the known and determined op position 01 the Uhu-f Magistrate to the protective system, rustained aa it was foreseen he would be by an increased popular aapport in the present Congress, that the nnuorubie Senator consented to yield what he did of that system in the compromise of the last wioterThe other great reforms of national policy hate been accomplished by the direct agency of that h Igh power "which the cofistitutiou has p'aced in the hsnds of the Presideot, aa a shield, among other purposes, for the protection of the jusf ngnis 01 toe oiates, anu which he has faithfully and firmly wielded for that object. Used, sir, as that power has bftn, 1 cannot ynipaihr;e: ifl IbC n- timentsot tnitiutiatit renmbarion with which its tif m m ha s bee tl if e n im'ncer ty the honorable Sena'or of Ktuky It is a pnwcr.sir.wliiih has bfen excited in the best constitutional Mms ol Kiu faiid and f oor own rountrr. I n K-rm- and, sir, William ihe Thin), a vene ration for whose memory is tirohounccd by a late writer on the rftostiiittinal history of England to be the true test of Mt!!J!thisnxlj( exercise rendered ne.ctsarv, and just; fii dr we are told, by oricld the tualiHi ans of the times, b a strong pai ty in the oiW, ''who enlertaiord deep designs.' Our own Madiwnr sirr4hn wlim there never "lived a man n.ore " " i ' n"'re .coiim o-ntious, nnne scrupulous 10 the use of power, nor yet "he firmer in the dsthare - of' diy. ihatnl ar.eat legal, corporitioo, rami hed and extended through the Union, directed by irresponsible authority, cni rolling the foi iones and ib-t hopes 4JdiMi! encing the public press, dictating to the Itiqn) Whichjrere read and referred. , ed the Senate .until 3 o'clock j and tha theSeiiale adjourned."" " " 7 A nuriuuyi lumen 13, ifemoilirwerepresenteu Brooklyn, N.: Y. Easport and Lubc, Maine, Falmouth, Fredericksburg anj otnacR -cottaiyi: virgiijiafcOn p subject of 'h embarrau iiients of tKeWan'fiyaMnmng''tita to the withdrawal of the public dfr pnsites frmn-the-Bank "of the United m not hesitate t exercise i. The f inttted epporuniries of rrVean h f have had, disclosed no less than half a dozen instanresin whkh l.a resorted to the veto, four, of those dmii.g the Brt term of his presidency aod one f them, tllie vejo of the Bonus hi I fur la er nal Improveinent.") the very last act ol his public life, thus rendering an annrii- prnrte and- impressive hofuage to: the constitution on retiring freni ill highest trust,, J cannot see ilenln ihe7 use of the veto by the present Chief Masistrate any cause of alarm for the liberties of the country. '., . , I confess, sir, I ennsidrr those liher- f tea far more seriously threatened bf thencimHtitutionalinatrtntionith whose grasping ambition ive are now ktrofrglifijrir, air; it shall triumph organs ol the public will. 1 may be petmitted. Mr. President, to recall to the recolleciioo ofthe Senate, the solemn language of a great patriot and statesman of another country, on an occasion not unlike the present, ft wat in the memorable impeachment of War ren Hastings, sir, that Edmund Burke, with the profound sagacity which be longed to ..hit genius, held the following impressive language to the highest judi cial and legislative body of his country; "To day the Commons of Gieat Britain prosecute the delinquents of India, l'o morrow the delinquents oi India maybe the Commons nf Great Britain. We all know and feel the forcef tnonpy,- and weuow eaH'Trpon you IwjuMike in this cause of money. we can upon you lor tha preserva tion cf our manners of our virtues. We call upon you for our 'national character. We call upon you for our liberties." . Sir, an An.ericati Senator, applying to his own times and country, the solemn appeal ol the British oatriot. might well say-To day the Congress of tne sj. Mates aits in judgment on tne monopolists of the Bink. Te morrow the monopiiatt of the Bank maybe Ibe Congress of the United StatesVAIJ power 01 moneyed corporations, and we now see and feel that power exerted in th,e most . dangerous. o all loims.. in assailing tiw purity of our republican manner,. njleriiHui tig the stability of oriestiruiri- aj,14j inwieji the deUoer- at ioos ofoe puUlc councils. - Siry-tl American people jt8, sir, the people- when their true voice shall be heard, call upon us for justttt 10 this great cause ol money violating and tramp ling upon the guarantees of freedom. l'hejr call upon us for the preservation 01 1 lie pumic morals, exposed to a new and -. daring - corruptions r rheK call uponus for the indication of our 'nd practices before unknown in our histo -sn 1 1 - r .a i v. - iupv 11 urion n tup iiia nGM: j - -r rVo v- tnf thc.r libertm lrm ilie tiaBtf a ie.- nsn ami unrelenting moneyed despot ism, iney call uton us. sir. for the performauce of tbestt high duties, and worrhrtyr;;! llrust -Trdt "th e eittbe Friday, March 14, Memorials and resolutions werf sn sented, by Mr. Wright, from citiztH of Brooklyn, New York; by Mr. Mfr Keh, from a great meetins'at FbLV delphia, of the citizens of Penasylvaoil ill favor of General Jackson; and (ita three - meeting! "in the county if Perry, Pa i the first two being i favor of the Executive and hit m suret, the firtt one in favor of a nation al convention; and the three others being opposed to the whole.' The B morula were only accompanied with t few remarks from the gentlemen pn tenting theni.' Mr. Tallmadge cos cioded his remarks -on the Stindioj Spec tar Orderrshd then' the' Senitt adjourned till Monday, ' ' , 1 - -' ' V '' ; HOUSE OF REPKESENTATIYES- r ' Vondfltr, March 10.. , Thii being the weekly day forpri- tenting Memorials, ecc.and .thaconnd eration ol the resolution! of the Yiigis ia LegikJaturr, presented last Mondi, heing the morning business lint in v der, Mr. Gholson took - the-floor, and adureased' the House, in ertento, a MPPI7d7 State, at 4 particularly In rent to Mr, Pa:ton' arguwent on the other aide.!. Mobie, of V'aT., tsiilowed,' in tn anion ted speech, on the same tide. Mrl Pinckney, of 8 C, neat addressed flit House,: also in support "of ' the resofB tions, and continued to speak -until half past three;rw hen he yielded fo a ; cnotioa for-artjoummfititrr-Atlnhrerof thtsa gentlenien ''weftra'iionirfy'Tdtd'VeYjr severe animadversion upon the tours ofthe Administration ,io relereuco I tljB deposites. Vrf,; i JTueiL'xty, March 11 Mr. Clayton t G o. concluded ii reuut ks 00 the " tank ouestion, jwdtf answered by the lii mness, tlfe constan cy, and the patiinti&m of tlieir Rrpte teotatives. 7- ' ' 'SJ..1- . ' ..'i I.!1 CO NU UK 'S. .':. SENATE. . -. , Monday, March 10. Ucsolutions were presented by Mr; Silsbee, adopted by a large majority oftii-IafatarofMasMchettft'' cproplainiug of treat pressure in their pecuniary affairs, ascnb.ng U to7the Uonsijeration. ; ArUolmiobw.sfidsllf removal of the deposites, and praying greed tfl ftfterV debate of great uniuoiin ui ujih m jne ilior soiuiiona sebmiutd by Mr. Mar Ul"- . ..'. ---r -tr- -- Tlie order of thedT wst taken siV ami "the Ifi.ose" went into CoinmiUr of ihe Whole on the state of the Union Mr. VVeyne in tt.e : Chair; and tooksf the annv j -pnn'tjiiu bill for ihe jot 1S34. jriijr.vsiious.cses M.f the bill wee dVckssed with IlUchvani'a!,l' by M r.srs. McKf . i,f N. C. lio'l A Me., fuik. the Chaitin-iu of lite " mitiei of Wavs and Mesne. Vinton O., EvereiLnf M,si , Mi DuRie, Cbil tou- J he-id Coand-(UiCBn-lil half past f..gr o'clock; thecomnoU t?e rose, rern-rted and obtained cae 10 ait again,' and the House thru ad- Jouineo'i - , , ' , " , ; ; rnrjiij, JZtirch I", , .The report of the committee of WiTI ' and M-ana on the subject of ll.e rtei-' valof the iiublic'derHisitea from M Bank of the U piled States, tamt indir tnited Stales. . Mr, Webster gave notice that he would, on Monday next, ask leave to introduce a bill to rechar ter the Bank of tthe ignited State V for a loriger or shorter period. - Mr. W. accompanied this notice with a few airupgiing , B,r, aimii triumph lpaDat0ry remarks, and a discussion length and warmth, postponing lh question till Tuesday nest, aod prove ding that it should on and after that dy be taken, np at -one 0 clock PM " everv dav with the extentiot. of Mon-. dsyt and Saturdayithe, former beiSr devoted to thateceptinn ot petiMO" nd the latter to the action upon pri v&te bills, :jj ' ....
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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