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dfiw fo € f n'fcr wd_u._u_.im d^hii ii^laii-i j\a,j 1 dli & p-iii^jijlil j-^.ii j±h ■- > vol xfv j 32 > ; ' ' f i ' v .' . •, ■• salisbury monday january 13 i the dhpvmt'l'im thai those who had i u dcuoouced us uufrieudj i the existence of the con.'oderacy were i lie foremost ul those a , ,\ -,, resisting that c.xoci i ivo this qucntioiii lb ays in tin apor which he dr ( lay hold in his hand ii-ai looks upon tin pending questiun as ot in i c . iij^^^n ■i ■1 ____ -—^^—^^ i . \ -, > r..r ii n tin ki i-n mi , i'm i - i i i j w 7[!^|t^t ' ',..,, _.,'.,.,. , limi of public liberty . ijauk i ajiutner 1 1 - ii ■i.,n nmj eliecl the liudcr th iiwcinn ho leels tl x^r i |> i tho iiri'ii..l of the termination of llie lasl character i our govemmeul for uges to conic important to ttiti li » -, , • nuiol ,-,-. in delivered in the senate of the united states on session of congress the exclusive power oc con should the bunk be su/fi red longer to use the pub monccd i r thursdim tin - liili peeenilter being in coiitiuu gross ovci tbc public trnusury bad never been con lie money in the accoinplishiuenl i its purposes dm i october in l 1 h peril i proper for the an n ni ln iv 1 mi rks commenced on the previous i'-stod imong the earliesl events of that bi>cly 1 itli tho proof of o faithlessness nnd qorruptiou cbunge . t tin «!<,.■1 • _ ml ,,..,,• . ,. .. was an in 1 passed 1,1 s iitember 17^.0 i i yon - ■• lore nur ovos the nutiiotic among our iitizoin noci ...... uriiitl , , .. with tin suite until ■la which ill i t'liiuii 1 i.i 1 ik proceedings ." , ... • ,, _, . ' ,. 1 ii to nanl in ptiliiir irensurx trom u mogul will i|i'-)»;nr ut success in slru h'.j ngaillsl lis no 111 oui 1 i'm • encroachments fie would call the attention of iiowor j and we shall l responsible tor eulniliugj is there tid 01 , a sei.ut r present who will i we were in error in our last when «■>• raid that mr the senate for a few moments to some of tho pn - it up 111 our count r forever \ iewiug 11 as a qui -- rise in his place mi ii 1 ii 1 li,ul ■1 lied his « ch on thursday and that mr bw visions of tlui 1 it was an act btablish tbe lion of transcending inip.irtim.ee both in the prill dcposites fn.i 1 ihe uited states was 1 the horn n reply tind moved a postjioiie p n _ i nt not cn act like all the ciples and con equences it mvi ives the president nol tin ael of ih i'rcsideiil him if afti r readi 11 in ni iimln a lay mr i lnl m iki such a move ., - ' ■,, , • , 1 1 1 1 ■. 1 .. ,. 1 ,, j • r it 11 , , 1 , other acts creating t he executive depart ments ot the cm id n,.i ,;, 111 in in 1 he n>iii.i,..i u il which in i!.i it evi utiduinrv < ent i i 11 u 11 mi lielnill ii air ( lay who had concluded , . ' , . , •' . . ' ■. , ■. , oiilv uie first part of his argument _ ooveruinent ; not like the act creating the ollv no | thecounln retrain from pressing upon the oir saul hr t i am well aware nl the man for i'weigu allans the war or thenav depart sccrotan of the treusun hit \, « ofthec ide gracious vpri 1 us with which pnwei clothi mr ( l.i resumed his argument — incuts all of which were placed specially under nitious w deli iiu|h'l tn imh-a-diiitu action willi iirhuiiin mandates i'm l'niunple read the i'i vvc are sir i-md he in the midst of a revolu il veeulive i tion j bin h wns an m 1 special him he mr ci , . . viewed ii us h ;■1 ition of trim lowiiij . i 1 ■rcti i'red to tien hitherto bloodless but rapidh lending to tlinl fi-nmed to establish the treason department ..,-..,,.',,... i»«;io/7«//cc both in ihr principle uiul " in the re iki he has made un this nil import state in which the exorcise of the power of go requiring that a secretaij of the trensur shall i coiixriiuennm ichirh it involved in tho view which hut question he trust the secii'fiirj of the i'm a vertinienl would be reposod in the hands of < man !„■iipjmiutcd who e duties 11 specifies ; i iimtaig he mr i took of tho subject the hunk was as ni » . i he frank and respectful declaim 1 the exercise ul executive power the powers of whose obugul ions is that of making a report either nothing the hunk was perfect iiisiguil i nor lion of the piwious which the v11 iifent has fiirni 1 engross had licoii paralyzed except in those cases in person or in writing of all matters entrusted to ' wa even the currency of the coiiutn di eplj ami p i on a uieusure of great nntionnl iutt^r 1 ii,-,'|il where it was exercised in conformity tutheexecu him h the senate or house of llopresentatives — j v i 1 . 1 1 1 v iin|y>rtnnt as 11 tnighl appear and than allectiug tho character . 1 .■— • t it 1 - ad live will this had beeo done b the frequent ex not ix i he president of the i nited stales im h which the miivoiicj of no currencj in christendom ministration and 11 spirit of dictation which en ii ul the p iwer ol the veto — in a manner unan 1 either branch of the < aingress of the 1 1 nited stutcs 1 wns more sound and solvent 1101 uiei \, inch had the resident m uld be us careful in 11 , ad as rea ticipated lis the fuupduni of the constitution and i llv thai act a treasurer was to bo appointed n hcoii more i'aiililii to evorj oiigugei .', deoplj dj to resist napp will he he if the liie - now uilpr.ielli i h am nl till preileeess'irs nl'lhe pre | (',,.,, rn in n il,,r a ui_;is|rar 1,1 1 1 ■■■-• i 1 !«- 1 . f inl'trsliie iiteven lllis was 1 ine pe p!e : 1 1 ■j < i l li .- ■t i | ,;■... 1 1 ■■■• ., | 1 1 1 . ■i \ . . ill ■tpll ,. ... .,-,•.. the re 1 1 it mi i of the i i • .,, i i-i ■idi ht iii ii n to the . ■. , : , ti the oi'doi , ., lite y.ith li , icrial a lion of the i'n vi ul li w id in ■• ' i it mil ■iii ■-. ; i | ho t ■' it ii • f ti i ,, tii ' i , ,-. li v iild 1 in ni i the . i reading ihe whole of the uddrt ■- • t il i i ii i ■— 1 1 had hoi ii in 1 1 uhl.nmv ■-. would ordj " t'-i to hie elauw ill v hit i i l n •.) al.s til the causes 1 1 hi i in vlll i i '.'■liciii i."i a brief history of i i tineut mid tl notice of the j luet nice wiih tin h lie at cepl id lite place it imii rinded it leniai kin ■thai ■'■-■+- ■■■■■he ill n i vein office — mil because he had neglni ted his iluty — i t because he dilieritd ft the l'i isid ■>' i|t i0 aril in an ..,■"., i quest ,|, uf rid in polity — ii"i thai ito had diflhreil from him on the subject of tjie ! nite 1 states ha ik itself — hut simp's lieeiuise lie had n - . jii-fil tn inl't ihe removal of i he public lleiiusit_j ut i in.'i m.i_i-irat to crump still more tllb powers ol congress a new experiment had lieen devised d withholding the executive approbation it m-un which had passed im ih houses of con gress until t i mtiuiiin of its action was lost altho the members of uotli houses might lie unani mous in its favor the participation of the senate iii the power of appointment had iteon virtually ah iii .:• - ; by the p iwe which had been exercised by the executive in the removal of public officers the check of the sennte and how often senators butl mr c haie we felt its importance — the link of the senate ovm the resident wiseh es tablished bj the constitution had become n mere idle ceremony and et how ofien had the senate wt i:n injustice of the power of removal ! how often had they said to i'n-'.nsi-hcs " what can we do j the public interest required thai the office sli mid nit remain vacant if they rejected tho person nominated a substitute still worse might be offered fir their approbation the power of tin judiciary had not escaped the prevailing ni'_.e far innovation its decisions have been contempt •!■o 1 \ disregarded tim sanctity of treaties had been equally contemned our indian relations es tablished b numerous laws and treaties had been violated and the rights of unfortunate aborigines of this i try trampled in ihe dust ; they had been brought into subjection to unknown laws — laws in the enactment of which they had had no voice and vuidi were promulgated iii ah unknown tongue the public domains the richest which it hail ever lill to the lot of any nation ancient or mordern to p — tn was threatened with total sacrifice the currency t".-.l life-blood of the community had h"t'ii menaced with universal disorder ami confu sion the american system whose object was to protect the industry of the country had been with difficulty snatched from imminent danger or des truction at the last session of congress ; nml they were told by the secretary of the treasury in his annual report — coolly and without a blush — that it was now understood on till hands to he conceded thai a tariff merely for the protection of national industry was to l finally abandoned sir said mr c if the progress of innovation was tn continue unarrested until the ld of march the dui of the treasurer is to receive and koi p all moneys belonging tn the i uited suites whit a are placed in his custody ho is also required to give security in a bond ol'-i lot unto for their safe keeping again he is enjoined t receive and keep j pjisscssion of the public money and not to dis|k.rsc i an of the same but h wnrrnnts drawn and signed ; by him countersigned bj the comptroller and re corded h the auditor — hut nxxt xxthx rii'ini prior t the establishment of the present itanh of the juited stales there was no public treasury designated as such in law in which the moneys of the i . states should lie deposited : tin the clause in the present chattel of the hunk requiring ail public moneys to he deposited in that hank or the branches thereof was not in the old charter i theretlii-o regard the hank of the united states as the public treasury the place designated bv law fir liie sale keeping of the moneys of the i nited states if a building in the city of washington were elected and appointed by law for tin purpose of a public treasury the treasurer alone would have the control and directions of the mime pla ced there so if the hanks in the district of co lumbia wore designated os the place where all the public moneys should he kept that bank or those banks would then become the public treasury of iii united stales and would he under the sole con trol of the secretary of the treasury thus has congress by designating the hank of the united states as the place lor the public depositee virtu ally made thai hank the treasury of the country the safety of the treasury or in other words the safety of the puhlio depositee in the hank of the i united states was called in question l"'f the liisi time by the present chief magistrate of the i nited states prior lo the commencement of the last session of f ',, unless the president appointed an agent to investigate into the afiairs and to examine the condition of ihe hank of the united states and lo ascertain whether the public moneys were or were not safe in the hank that agent made the examination lie scrutinised into lie condition of the hank and having made his report to those who appointed him he has therein slated that the pub lic money was perfectly safe in the rank of the united states the president however was not im-iiltt^^^h in w i ii of the question involved in the exorcise of the e.xo how kind and grneious these expressions and cutivo power that was a question nfiecting tin how gratifying ntu>t thej have been to the £ safot and existence of ihe uovoi'iuncul itself tar t the treasury ties remind 1 lum • ',' a the executive had assumed a control always lie bistoricul uuccdnie colaled ot that most remarka l!>re considered as belonging exclusively to the le bio of .,- ; cios oliver cromwell whilst in i aii\e authority the immediate representative ireland r i upland mr c did not reonllccl which of tin people and he considered tii.it this alone cromwell was liesiogiug a catholic town ; the he had an power over ihe public purse entertuin sieged finding theiusulves hard pill i - it proposed hi these views of the question in should not (.,- terms of cnpitulution aiiiong which was an article day at least examine into tho villi lit of ihe roa providing tor the tnlcrati u of their religion put sons offered bv he secretary of i o treusur lor tin on his spectacles ami can ihllj examining the the act tin if the president hud no power to order article the t rant responded — " oh yrs ! oh ves ! the removal of the depositee wh ibon no ren ms the terms are granted ; bul it a ingle imlivnlual however strong they might appear n the purl of ninoug ihem attends mass | will have him linn ilc secretary . could justify an unconstilutioiiul ami the president tells the secretary of tin treasnn illegal act that in does not mean to interfere with the right iid now sir said mr ('.. tin first question fill performance of his duties — oh no hut he which it is no purpose to examine is ih whose tells him in tin wquel that if he does not obey his decision has tins change i ma le | and sir is man lutes that is remove the public deposites from there ma man who hears me who requires it.t-.i the bunk of the i nited stat bj the first da of malum on that point . is it not a question of inii october the da designated b him in tho paper vernal notnriet ' does an one doubl but il was read lo ins ( ahinct that he must go out of office the act of the president himself i that the reiuo well sir continued mr c what are the facts val of the deposites was made b his autborit ? this document liears date on tho 20tb september sir the president has furnished incnntcstihlo pi-oof i s33 and i be official paper in v inch ih ooyoi.o to the world thai the act was his own and on his inent makes known to the pooplu of ihe '" nited own responsibility although he has denied to states its determination to remove the public cpo the s ie an authentic cop of the document in sites'fmm the place assigned thoui b law is dated which he gives his reasons for the rem ival of the on the only tin ia\s after sir said mr public deposites from the hank of tho united stntcs < !., if the article to which i am iiboul t refer i id the president has admitted in that ver denial tin not been published in the official pa pi of the cj - authenticity of the paper ; and he mr c hoped verniiienl — if its close resemhlunci to tho paper therefore that senators would he allowed the pri read in the president to his cabinet did nol de vilege of exo iuu it mr c admitted that it clnre its authenticity — i would not road it j hut as was u most extraordinary paper the consfitu the source from which ii emanated is sufficiently lion mil 111 tied tlie li^ht of the two li uses of < ' hi a inns i will quote it here mr ( '. ' l ' ihe f.i gress to call on the president and ii ads of de lowing editorial article published iii the globe pa it i nei its lor their opinions on public matters in newspaper writing and the president had also the unlit to ■' we arp authorised to state that the deposites cull on the mombnrs of his cabinet in their writ of the public mono will be changer from the hank ten opinions the paper to which he had refer of the united stales lo the slai • i links as soon as red admitted that the < ahinct was divided on the necessar arrangements can be made for that pur subject of the removal of the deposites two and pose and that it is believed llu > can lie completed two and the third member was willing to vote ei in baltimore philadelphia _ v ' w york and boston lliei way the pi-e-iilent iiowowt in thjs ja , in time in make tin eh ii hy the 1st of october the a hnllilslrn vfr c asked if any testimony could t e complete i ha n this to establish the propositii n tl at the removal ot the deposites was the act of the president the pie on both jidesj was both direct and corroborative thai such wa ihu fki-t — tin president removed the jkjoretaj - ) beoim would mil sii_-n the order in ornei i earn into i f feci his will tin ihe transfer of tho lepo8l.tr . an i eoiild an one doubt thai that was his act which was afterwards done in obedience to his commands b the new secretary ! now , having seen that this had been done by the authorit of tf pre«ideiit it was next to b seen how fhr it was warranted by the constitution and laws of the united stales lie would ml now as he had before observed enter into an examiut lion of the reasons which the president had put ibrth for his condiu t except so fer as those reasons or au of them might ih set up as his authority !' r the removal if he had not the power to cause the order to ik made — if the ( oust it ul ion delta i red him tho right x touching the public trousuri — it was ml necessary to look at present to the extra neous reasons hut he would inquire what constitutional power the president had oxer the treasur ! none — hail he anv power granted him in the charter of ihe bank the clause in that instrument which refers to the public funds deposited in the blink provides that the shall remain there until remo ved by ordor of th-tsecretary « hose duty ii i made to report his reasons tin such renin al to tho < it i gresa if in session and if not in session at it next meeting this clause mr t lay said was perfeetl in unison with the character i f the treasury de partment as fixed ill l"hh the sec rotor was the agent of congress before whom he agt in i i-rveil he must lav his reasons for the removal lb was appointed an agent to watch over the.n!e tv i i tin deposites ; and if he undertakes to remove them he is answerable not to the president lot in t longress b the charter of the bank the president pqg e-si'd onlx two powers first the power to up j point iheiioveriuient directors and remove them ; i and secondly to order n irire faeittt in the event h of a violation of ih charier tin si were ihe i\_m 1837 there would not at thai term remain a vest ige of this government such as it was on ihe ltd ol march 1820 in u term of years little more than that which was employed by our ancestors a establishing tie liberties of this country the en tire character of its government would have been changed and converted into an elective monarchy the worst of all possible forms of government — tins picture pitiable and melancholy as il was lie hud ii sketched to excite there or elsewhere any vindictive lis'ling he had no such purpose lie would on the contrary implore the senate and the people ol this country to discard all prejudice and parly feeling j and to look manfully hut resolutely at ihe condition of the country it was not the least unpleasant symptom of the present state of things that good and enlightened men of all parties w"o \ ialding to despondency keeling of dist rust — a want olvontidence — pervaded all classes of the olll/.elis were oulcrlail__l yet satisfied lie threw out his suspicions of the sali-tv of the public moneys in ins message to t ion cross and at the opening of the last si's ou of con gress he invited its attention to the subject con gress examined into the matter ihe public moneys were found lo he safe m the hank and it mad a report to that effect indeed one of the last acts of the house of representatives was the passing a resolution declaring the entire safety of the depo sites and their full confidence in their security after all these testimonies to the safety and secu rity of the public money who could have supposed that a change of the public treasury would he made ! thai within sixty days of the meeting of that very house of representatives which had de clared its confidence in the safot of the united stales hank as a til depositor fu ihe public trea sure who would have thought that us it were iu contempt of the opinion of that body the president of the t'nileil slates should have taken it upon him stance was not satisfied with his con-tuuliouul prffl vilege of calling on the heads of the departments litr their opinions in writing but reversing the constitutional order he makes to them it w ritin - of his own which he reads to them ill order to in doctrinate them in the same opinions which ho held on the subject sir said mr ('., this is the first time that such a paper lias ever been written ami published b a thief magistrate of the united states it was a most unprecedented proceeding i ii seemed to hold the members of the cabinet in j the most sovereign contempt and to leave them no other n-treat than behind the screen , f ejxeci|ti.v influence but the first point continued m..c is win gave the order ! whose act was il ' who gave the order by which the rem va of the public deposites from the bank of the i nited states i eflected sir said he i am hot t bo uniused b the presentation of an order signed bj r b ta-j ney or auv body el~e it is iiq the cl ok w hoi and perhaps sooner it ■i 7 inn f^t'r'^ti add ion 1,7 an earlier action neces iry on tin purl of the go vcrnmeut " it is contempt c i we understnud not to re nin . . ni mice th - t hole of tic public mone now on deposit in iii bank of the united slates hut to suffer it to remain there until it shall be gradu al withdrawn bj the usual operations of the go vernment nd this plan is adopted in order to prevent an necessity on the part of th bank of tho united slates for pressing upon the comnier uul community ami to enable it to afford if it think proper tho usual facilities to merchants it is believed that by this iiu-aie the change need not produce ail i nvenience to the t uiorcinl community and thai circuinstaucesavtll not require a sudden and heavy call on tin hani of the united slates so as i occasion embnrius m_.nl to the in istiiiiijini or the public genorul anxiety which has been manifest h powers granted him — all others weie den 1 the hank did not make its inontlily or other re ports to him hut to the secretary of the treasury to whom the ivorfl bound to furnish whalevei in formation he might doom it expedient to call lor when further investigation was necossarx tie power of making it was confided to a c mnhttee . f congress which had power lo examine books pa pers and person in all these proceeding the president took no part ami was 1 1 . . t even seen or heard of lb was restricted lo the two simple powers which he had e lumerated the in wer to appoint or remove the f iovcimnt.ril directors a d the power to issue a scire faexos in case of a vio lation of the charter again then had the pre '- dent any power over the treastir by the consti tution none the constitution imperativol pro vides that m money shall lie drawn out of the treasury hul by a law making u specific npprn prialion : the public funds home thus hll enti'-e'v mil liars thai our free institutions were destined 171 ii ipeed overthrow but he ho|m'd that the spi rits of the country would revive the occasion called for manly confidence and for determination — not fur despair they should never despair of u republic ! had our ancestors despaired our independence our liberties would never have been self to have ordered a change of these ileposih who could have dreamed that a treasurer of ihi united states should have thrown away the ke which congress had entrusted to his custody and in lieu of it to have accepted some dozen keys over winch neither he nor congress were to have tide tpiate control ' vet has all litis boon t|one j ow jlr.iws up and i us a paper at the coniinand of his supi 10 is responsible i ul the superior him w if ,\ im commands it ii is not the hangman who does the last sad offices to the wretched culprit but the tribunal by which he has been sentenced that j puts him to death sir said mr ( '., i want i j ll^o\v the public d"|io sites were rej . ' r ed on thij subject has made it proper it a-iiioiincn what is intended to lie done : and we understand hi-it the farts and reasons whi.-h huv led to this measure will short be laid before the public it is believed that bey will l found to be am pl suilicient to justift th course winch is now to ll_1.1l.on iii relation to the public deposites in the fwituin the iii-iil of congress but the president had said that by the constitution and the suffrage ul i he peon 1 ,.-, theduty hud devolved on him of siq er intending the executive dopartinenls and seeing that the laws were put in faithful execution in another pail of the same document ho referred in jj__!'acl of his re-election as a triumphant pr , q at liiev oil it was in the filial the memorable the gloomy winter of t6-77 that the country through out was covered with darkness ami despondency it was an epoch in its history remarkably resem bling the present moment bui on that very day •'" years ago a victory was achieved by the father of his country which shed joy and gladness over ill i in i but he would hope that tho kind pro videncc who had dealt so bountifully and watched so carefully over their fortunes and bad given them though frequently l unseen menus some happy do lliverance from every difficulty and danger would lkdivcr them also from the present -\ assembled in that place i i-l . ■ir 7l we suppose a chief miooslial of th lint moved from i h"~ptm^^^^^^^l ,. , ... , » ' t states — i make sir said mr c no such charge there said mr con intelligent man who doubts against the present chief magistrate — but if we sup that it was the sole act of the president of the i ni pose liinidcii mis of possessing himself of the public ted states ! if he does said mr c lot him rope treasure of the united states what would havo been ruse the document read to the cabinet and then the course ha would have pursued 1 why first b hi conviction will be certain here mr c read throwing out suspicions of the safety of the public the following extract depositee coursing through the numerous channels " having carefully and anxiously considered all under his control in would lead the people to !>••- the facts and arguments which have been subinit lieve that their money was unsafe and that it would tod to him relative to a removal of the puhho do be better to place it somewhere else ; and finally pontes from the haul of the roiled states the nffer bavin excited a general suspicion iil'ainst the president deems it has duty to e-iiiimu neat in institution which had the custody or the care of the this manner to his cabinet the final conclusions public money then to seize hold of it himself and of his own_uiiinl and the reason on which th.-yj m^_^_^_m ___■'< t^^s ihe i'lllteil slates b the official paper of the 20th sopteinho^ffi noiinces h v authority that ihe deposites would be removed hv the 1st october — the ver day pro pos.-d in the president — ami perhaps sooner if cir cumstances should permit now th.-v found thus — that on the 1 will september the measure was decided upon by the president and mi the 30th it was announced to the people of the united states through the official journal hut what further progress was made in the affair ' mr secretary dna'ie continued in office until september 23:1 on which day he was dismiss i in the interim ih 1 tvve^nthajdab ami the ith the formal act wa ' ■'■_ _ _ i that he was sustained by the people ui his conii;.'t " to the hani it was not exactly he time to sp"nk of these thing now or to discuss the question if the late election or to ascribe it either to th me rits of the president or the unwoithiuess of bis competitors but certainly he mr clay raw d.f fer as to the election being co-idrainnatoiy of the haul he thought that the pet pie did not in vo ting for his election intend to express their at mo hiition of all his principles lie could scarcely think that pennsylvania r instance — peimsvlva ma winch had been called and called so h fly the ke stone of tlie ioai f ei.il ind roujd n voting lasl year on ibis no ii n he u istood as tin iiuisl dreadful fnrclmidiugs existed in the puhho tiiiii'l on the one hand they were threatened ith a civil war which lighted up ill one state aught spread through one of the most extensive and important sections of this confederacy on the other hand thev were threatened with the xix t ruction of a system of cherished policy con gresg had happily devised the means of reconci ling all parties and of uniting the whole country ill me bond of brotherhood and friendship ami he mould be on-all disappointed if they did not funl tt^etrtiietn that it would is much more sate in his hands how much less than this had been done in the present case he mr c need not further inquire it now became the dill of the senate in the first place to ascertain by whose authority this measure had lieen decided and secondly to inquire whe ther the decision was in conformity with the con stitution and laws of the united states he mr c agreed and was exceedingly happy j when he could agree with the president of the i united states u to the immense importance of are fannied ut^^^pto put them in durable form c mi.jeii d - int i >..,,-,. |-, ,.^ and to prevent imsconceptions n nd signed the order lor the removal of the depo and ugnin — he conformed tti the will of tho president the president again repeats that he liens his winch mr duane had deemed it inconsistent with cabinet to consider the proposed un i urea his ins principles ami his duty to do this was th own in the support of which he shall require no state of the facts on ihe 20th he repeated the ot f them to make « sacrifice of opinion or prin order was announced and on the 40th mr tanex emle its responsibility has iteen a*.-inned after appeared and the or<l-r signed lor the removal of the most mature deliberation and reflection as tie t deposites in relation to this last rirrum cessnry to preserve the morals of the people the si cc !,•■would refer to a lett r f'-oin i presj ficcloin of the press nnd the purit of t elective dent of the am september 1-ii'l to lha s iug seutimeit hosiile to the bank and ho sill • to the prim-in i rel iti n to that institution bx which s!,i has w.i - h i di-ti ai.-b kw-li if such opinions bad br-oii evinced ||," |>, , h j ot in in mn ■li in them and from his re-clo ti 11 m l vor of aba removal of ii lihiic ,!,.,„,. lites might as w"lliir;'i that if lie bad had a car buncl or the ki m's evil his ro.-i-o'i ,,, l „.. .. tione i b tb i in'a's evil n ' ,-. but the pi in question is icvdv.-.l ,,., | b the on lull 11
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Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1834-01-13 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 13 |
Year | 1834 |
Volume | Vol.14 No.32 |
Issue | 710 |
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United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
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Description | The Monday, January 13, 1834 issue of the Western Carolinian a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina; with this copy John Beard Jr. included the issue number of this volume as well as the total issue number |
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Title | Western Carolinian |
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Date | 1834-01-13 |
Month | 01 |
Day | 13 |
Year | 1834 |
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dfiw fo € f n'fcr wd_u._u_.im d^hii ii^laii-i j\a,j 1 dli & p-iii^jijlil j-^.ii j±h ■- > vol xfv j 32 > ; ' ' f i ' v .' . •, ■• salisbury monday january 13 i the dhpvmt'l'im thai those who had i u dcuoouced us uufrieudj i the existence of the con.'oderacy were i lie foremost ul those a , ,\ -,, resisting that c.xoci i ivo this qucntioiii lb ays in tin apor which he dr ( lay hold in his hand ii-ai looks upon tin pending questiun as ot in i c . iij^^^n ■i ■1 ____ -—^^—^^ i . \ -, > r..r ii n tin ki i-n mi , i'm i - i i i j w 7[!^|t^t ' ',..,, _.,'.,.,. , limi of public liberty . ijauk i ajiutner 1 1 - ii ■i.,n nmj eliecl the liudcr th iiwcinn ho leels tl x^r i |> i tho iiri'ii..l of the termination of llie lasl character i our govemmeul for uges to conic important to ttiti li » -, , • nuiol ,-,-. in delivered in the senate of the united states on session of congress the exclusive power oc con should the bunk be su/fi red longer to use the pub monccd i r thursdim tin - liili peeenilter being in coiitiuu gross ovci tbc public trnusury bad never been con lie money in the accoinplishiuenl i its purposes dm i october in l 1 h peril i proper for the an n ni ln iv 1 mi rks commenced on the previous i'-stod imong the earliesl events of that bi>cly 1 itli tho proof of o faithlessness nnd qorruptiou cbunge . t tin «!<,.■1 • _ ml ,,..,,• . ,. .. was an in 1 passed 1,1 s iitember 17^.0 i i yon - ■• lore nur ovos the nutiiotic among our iitizoin noci ...... uriiitl , , .. with tin suite until ■la which ill i t'liiuii 1 i.i 1 ik proceedings ." , ... • ,, _, . ' ,. 1 ii to nanl in ptiliiir irensurx trom u mogul will i|i'-)»;nr ut success in slru h'.j ngaillsl lis no 111 oui 1 i'm • encroachments fie would call the attention of iiowor j and we shall l responsible tor eulniliugj is there tid 01 , a sei.ut r present who will i we were in error in our last when «■>• raid that mr the senate for a few moments to some of tho pn - it up 111 our count r forever \ iewiug 11 as a qui -- rise in his place mi ii 1 ii 1 li,ul ■1 lied his « ch on thursday and that mr bw visions of tlui 1 it was an act btablish tbe lion of transcending inip.irtim.ee both in the prill dcposites fn.i 1 ihe uited states was 1 the horn n reply tind moved a postjioiie p n _ i nt not cn act like all the ciples and con equences it mvi ives the president nol tin ael of ih i'rcsideiil him if afti r readi 11 in ni iimln a lay mr i lnl m iki such a move ., - ' ■,, , • , 1 1 1 1 ■. 1 .. ,. 1 ,, j • r it 11 , , 1 , other acts creating t he executive depart ments ot the cm id n,.i ,;, 111 in in 1 he n>iii.i,..i u il which in i!.i it evi utiduinrv < ent i i 11 u 11 mi lielnill ii air ( lay who had concluded , . ' , . , •' . . ' ■. , ■. , oiilv uie first part of his argument _ ooveruinent ; not like the act creating the ollv no | thecounln retrain from pressing upon the oir saul hr t i am well aware nl the man for i'weigu allans the war or thenav depart sccrotan of the treusun hit \, « ofthec ide gracious vpri 1 us with which pnwei clothi mr ( l.i resumed his argument — incuts all of which were placed specially under nitious w deli iiu|h'l tn imh-a-diiitu action willi iirhuiiin mandates i'm l'niunple read the i'i vvc are sir i-md he in the midst of a revolu il veeulive i tion j bin h wns an m 1 special him he mr ci , . . viewed ii us h ;■1 ition of trim lowiiij . i 1 ■rcti i'red to tien hitherto bloodless but rapidh lending to tlinl fi-nmed to establish the treason department ..,-..,,.',,... i»«;io/7«//cc both in ihr principle uiul " in the re iki he has made un this nil import state in which the exorcise of the power of go requiring that a secretaij of the trensur shall i coiixriiuennm ichirh it involved in tho view which hut question he trust the secii'fiirj of the i'm a vertinienl would be reposod in the hands of < man !„■iipjmiutcd who e duties 11 specifies ; i iimtaig he mr i took of tho subject the hunk was as ni » . i he frank and respectful declaim 1 the exercise ul executive power the powers of whose obugul ions is that of making a report either nothing the hunk was perfect iiisiguil i nor lion of the piwious which the v11 iifent has fiirni 1 engross had licoii paralyzed except in those cases in person or in writing of all matters entrusted to ' wa even the currency of the coiiutn di eplj ami p i on a uieusure of great nntionnl iutt^r 1 ii,-,'|il where it was exercised in conformity tutheexecu him h the senate or house of llopresentatives — j v i 1 . 1 1 1 v iin|y>rtnnt as 11 tnighl appear and than allectiug tho character . 1 .■— • t it 1 - ad live will this had beeo done b the frequent ex not ix i he president of the i nited stales im h which the miivoiicj of no currencj in christendom ministration and 11 spirit of dictation which en ii ul the p iwer ol the veto — in a manner unan 1 either branch of the < aingress of the 1 1 nited stutcs 1 wns more sound and solvent 1101 uiei \, inch had the resident m uld be us careful in 11 , ad as rea ticipated lis the fuupduni of the constitution and i llv thai act a treasurer was to bo appointed n hcoii more i'aiililii to evorj oiigugei .', deoplj dj to resist napp will he he if the liie - now uilpr.ielli i h am nl till preileeess'irs nl'lhe pre | (',,.,, rn in n il,,r a ui_;is|rar 1,1 1 1 ■■■-• i 1 !«- 1 . f inl'trsliie iiteven lllis was 1 ine pe p!e : 1 1 ■j < i l li .- ■t i | ,;■... 1 1 ■■■• ., | 1 1 1 . ■i \ . . ill ■tpll ,. ... .,-,•.. the re 1 1 it mi i of the i i • .,, i i-i ■idi ht iii ii n to the . ■. , : , ti the oi'doi , ., lite y.ith li , icrial a lion of the i'n vi ul li w id in ■• ' i it mil ■iii ■-. ; i | ho t ■' it ii • f ti i ,, tii ' i , ,-. li v iild 1 in ni i the . i reading ihe whole of the uddrt ■- • t il i i ii i ■— 1 1 had hoi ii in 1 1 uhl.nmv ■-. would ordj " t'-i to hie elauw ill v hit i i l n •.) al.s til the causes 1 1 hi i in vlll i i '.'■liciii i."i a brief history of i i tineut mid tl notice of the j luet nice wiih tin h lie at cepl id lite place it imii rinded it leniai kin ■thai ■'■-■+- ■■■■■he ill n i vein office — mil because he had neglni ted his iluty — i t because he dilieritd ft the l'i isid ■>' i|t i0 aril in an ..,■"., i quest ,|, uf rid in polity — ii"i thai ito had diflhreil from him on the subject of tjie ! nite 1 states ha ik itself — hut simp's lieeiuise lie had n - . jii-fil tn inl't ihe removal of i he public lleiiusit_j ut i in.'i m.i_i-irat to crump still more tllb powers ol congress a new experiment had lieen devised d withholding the executive approbation it m-un which had passed im ih houses of con gress until t i mtiuiiin of its action was lost altho the members of uotli houses might lie unani mous in its favor the participation of the senate iii the power of appointment had iteon virtually ah iii .:• - ; by the p iwe which had been exercised by the executive in the removal of public officers the check of the sennte and how often senators butl mr c haie we felt its importance — the link of the senate ovm the resident wiseh es tablished bj the constitution had become n mere idle ceremony and et how ofien had the senate wt i:n injustice of the power of removal ! how often had they said to i'n-'.nsi-hcs " what can we do j the public interest required thai the office sli mid nit remain vacant if they rejected tho person nominated a substitute still worse might be offered fir their approbation the power of tin judiciary had not escaped the prevailing ni'_.e far innovation its decisions have been contempt •!■o 1 \ disregarded tim sanctity of treaties had been equally contemned our indian relations es tablished b numerous laws and treaties had been violated and the rights of unfortunate aborigines of this i try trampled in ihe dust ; they had been brought into subjection to unknown laws — laws in the enactment of which they had had no voice and vuidi were promulgated iii ah unknown tongue the public domains the richest which it hail ever lill to the lot of any nation ancient or mordern to p — tn was threatened with total sacrifice the currency t".-.l life-blood of the community had h"t'ii menaced with universal disorder ami confu sion the american system whose object was to protect the industry of the country had been with difficulty snatched from imminent danger or des truction at the last session of congress ; nml they were told by the secretary of the treasury in his annual report — coolly and without a blush — that it was now understood on till hands to he conceded thai a tariff merely for the protection of national industry was to l finally abandoned sir said mr c if the progress of innovation was tn continue unarrested until the ld of march the dui of the treasurer is to receive and koi p all moneys belonging tn the i uited suites whit a are placed in his custody ho is also required to give security in a bond ol'-i lot unto for their safe keeping again he is enjoined t receive and keep j pjisscssion of the public money and not to dis|k.rsc i an of the same but h wnrrnnts drawn and signed ; by him countersigned bj the comptroller and re corded h the auditor — hut nxxt xxthx rii'ini prior t the establishment of the present itanh of the juited stales there was no public treasury designated as such in law in which the moneys of the i . states should lie deposited : tin the clause in the present chattel of the hunk requiring ail public moneys to he deposited in that hank or the branches thereof was not in the old charter i theretlii-o regard the hank of the united states as the public treasury the place designated bv law fir liie sale keeping of the moneys of the i nited states if a building in the city of washington were elected and appointed by law for tin purpose of a public treasury the treasurer alone would have the control and directions of the mime pla ced there so if the hanks in the district of co lumbia wore designated os the place where all the public moneys should he kept that bank or those banks would then become the public treasury of iii united stales and would he under the sole con trol of the secretary of the treasury thus has congress by designating the hank of the united states as the place lor the public depositee virtu ally made thai hank the treasury of the country the safety of the treasury or in other words the safety of the puhlio depositee in the hank of the i united states was called in question l"'f the liisi time by the present chief magistrate of the i nited states prior lo the commencement of the last session of f ',, unless the president appointed an agent to investigate into the afiairs and to examine the condition of ihe hank of the united states and lo ascertain whether the public moneys were or were not safe in the hank that agent made the examination lie scrutinised into lie condition of the hank and having made his report to those who appointed him he has therein slated that the pub lic money was perfectly safe in the rank of the united states the president however was not im-iiltt^^^h in w i ii of the question involved in the exorcise of the e.xo how kind and grneious these expressions and cutivo power that was a question nfiecting tin how gratifying ntu>t thej have been to the £ safot and existence of ihe uovoi'iuncul itself tar t the treasury ties remind 1 lum • ',' a the executive had assumed a control always lie bistoricul uuccdnie colaled ot that most remarka l!>re considered as belonging exclusively to the le bio of .,- ; cios oliver cromwell whilst in i aii\e authority the immediate representative ireland r i upland mr c did not reonllccl which of tin people and he considered tii.it this alone cromwell was liesiogiug a catholic town ; the he had an power over ihe public purse entertuin sieged finding theiusulves hard pill i - it proposed hi these views of the question in should not (.,- terms of cnpitulution aiiiong which was an article day at least examine into tho villi lit of ihe roa providing tor the tnlcrati u of their religion put sons offered bv he secretary of i o treusur lor tin on his spectacles ami can ihllj examining the the act tin if the president hud no power to order article the t rant responded — " oh yrs ! oh ves ! the removal of the depositee wh ibon no ren ms the terms are granted ; bul it a ingle imlivnlual however strong they might appear n the purl of ninoug ihem attends mass | will have him linn ilc secretary . could justify an unconstilutioiiul ami the president tells the secretary of tin treasnn illegal act that in does not mean to interfere with the right iid now sir said mr ('.. tin first question fill performance of his duties — oh no hut he which it is no purpose to examine is ih whose tells him in tin wquel that if he does not obey his decision has tins change i ma le | and sir is man lutes that is remove the public deposites from there ma man who hears me who requires it.t-.i the bunk of the i nited stat bj the first da of malum on that point . is it not a question of inii october the da designated b him in tho paper vernal notnriet ' does an one doubl but il was read lo ins ( ahinct that he must go out of office the act of the president himself i that the reiuo well sir continued mr c what are the facts val of the deposites was made b his autborit ? this document liears date on tho 20tb september sir the president has furnished incnntcstihlo pi-oof i s33 and i be official paper in v inch ih ooyoi.o to the world thai the act was his own and on his inent makes known to the pooplu of ihe '" nited own responsibility although he has denied to states its determination to remove the public cpo the s ie an authentic cop of the document in sites'fmm the place assigned thoui b law is dated which he gives his reasons for the rem ival of the on the only tin ia\s after sir said mr public deposites from the hank of tho united stntcs < !., if the article to which i am iiboul t refer i id the president has admitted in that ver denial tin not been published in the official pa pi of the cj - authenticity of the paper ; and he mr c hoped verniiienl — if its close resemhlunci to tho paper therefore that senators would he allowed the pri read in the president to his cabinet did nol de vilege of exo iuu it mr c admitted that it clnre its authenticity — i would not road it j hut as was u most extraordinary paper the consfitu the source from which ii emanated is sufficiently lion mil 111 tied tlie li^ht of the two li uses of < ' hi a inns i will quote it here mr ( '. ' l ' ihe f.i gress to call on the president and ii ads of de lowing editorial article published iii the globe pa it i nei its lor their opinions on public matters in newspaper writing and the president had also the unlit to ■' we arp authorised to state that the deposites cull on the mombnrs of his cabinet in their writ of the public mono will be changer from the hank ten opinions the paper to which he had refer of the united stales lo the slai • i links as soon as red admitted that the < ahinct was divided on the necessar arrangements can be made for that pur subject of the removal of the deposites two and pose and that it is believed llu > can lie completed two and the third member was willing to vote ei in baltimore philadelphia _ v ' w york and boston lliei way the pi-e-iilent iiowowt in thjs ja , in time in make tin eh ii hy the 1st of october the a hnllilslrn vfr c asked if any testimony could t e complete i ha n this to establish the propositii n tl at the removal ot the deposites was the act of the president the pie on both jidesj was both direct and corroborative thai such wa ihu fki-t — tin president removed the jkjoretaj - ) beoim would mil sii_-n the order in ornei i earn into i f feci his will tin ihe transfer of tho lepo8l.tr . an i eoiild an one doubt thai that was his act which was afterwards done in obedience to his commands b the new secretary ! now , having seen that this had been done by the authorit of tf pre«ideiit it was next to b seen how fhr it was warranted by the constitution and laws of the united stales lie would ml now as he had before observed enter into an examiut lion of the reasons which the president had put ibrth for his condiu t except so fer as those reasons or au of them might ih set up as his authority !' r the removal if he had not the power to cause the order to ik made — if the ( oust it ul ion delta i red him tho right x touching the public trousuri — it was ml necessary to look at present to the extra neous reasons hut he would inquire what constitutional power the president had oxer the treasur ! none — hail he anv power granted him in the charter of ihe bank the clause in that instrument which refers to the public funds deposited in the blink provides that the shall remain there until remo ved by ordor of th-tsecretary « hose duty ii i made to report his reasons tin such renin al to tho < it i gresa if in session and if not in session at it next meeting this clause mr t lay said was perfeetl in unison with the character i f the treasury de partment as fixed ill l"hh the sec rotor was the agent of congress before whom he agt in i i-rveil he must lav his reasons for the removal lb was appointed an agent to watch over the.n!e tv i i tin deposites ; and if he undertakes to remove them he is answerable not to the president lot in t longress b the charter of the bank the president pqg e-si'd onlx two powers first the power to up j point iheiioveriuient directors and remove them ; i and secondly to order n irire faeittt in the event h of a violation of ih charier tin si were ihe i\_m 1837 there would not at thai term remain a vest ige of this government such as it was on ihe ltd ol march 1820 in u term of years little more than that which was employed by our ancestors a establishing tie liberties of this country the en tire character of its government would have been changed and converted into an elective monarchy the worst of all possible forms of government — tins picture pitiable and melancholy as il was lie hud ii sketched to excite there or elsewhere any vindictive lis'ling he had no such purpose lie would on the contrary implore the senate and the people ol this country to discard all prejudice and parly feeling j and to look manfully hut resolutely at ihe condition of the country it was not the least unpleasant symptom of the present state of things that good and enlightened men of all parties w"o \ ialding to despondency keeling of dist rust — a want olvontidence — pervaded all classes of the olll/.elis were oulcrlail__l yet satisfied lie threw out his suspicions of the sali-tv of the public moneys in ins message to t ion cross and at the opening of the last si's ou of con gress he invited its attention to the subject con gress examined into the matter ihe public moneys were found lo he safe m the hank and it mad a report to that effect indeed one of the last acts of the house of representatives was the passing a resolution declaring the entire safety of the depo sites and their full confidence in their security after all these testimonies to the safety and secu rity of the public money who could have supposed that a change of the public treasury would he made ! thai within sixty days of the meeting of that very house of representatives which had de clared its confidence in the safot of the united stales hank as a til depositor fu ihe public trea sure who would have thought that us it were iu contempt of the opinion of that body the president of the t'nileil slates should have taken it upon him stance was not satisfied with his con-tuuliouul prffl vilege of calling on the heads of the departments litr their opinions in writing but reversing the constitutional order he makes to them it w ritin - of his own which he reads to them ill order to in doctrinate them in the same opinions which ho held on the subject sir said mr ('., this is the first time that such a paper lias ever been written ami published b a thief magistrate of the united states it was a most unprecedented proceeding i ii seemed to hold the members of the cabinet in j the most sovereign contempt and to leave them no other n-treat than behind the screen , f ejxeci|ti.v influence but the first point continued m..c is win gave the order ! whose act was il ' who gave the order by which the rem va of the public deposites from the bank of the i nited states i eflected sir said he i am hot t bo uniused b the presentation of an order signed bj r b ta-j ney or auv body el~e it is iiq the cl ok w hoi and perhaps sooner it ■i 7 inn f^t'r'^ti add ion 1,7 an earlier action neces iry on tin purl of the go vcrnmeut " it is contempt c i we understnud not to re nin . . ni mice th - t hole of tic public mone now on deposit in iii bank of the united slates hut to suffer it to remain there until it shall be gradu al withdrawn bj the usual operations of the go vernment nd this plan is adopted in order to prevent an necessity on the part of th bank of tho united slates for pressing upon the comnier uul community ami to enable it to afford if it think proper tho usual facilities to merchants it is believed that by this iiu-aie the change need not produce ail i nvenience to the t uiorcinl community and thai circuinstaucesavtll not require a sudden and heavy call on tin hani of the united slates so as i occasion embnrius m_.nl to the in istiiiiijini or the public genorul anxiety which has been manifest h powers granted him — all others weie den 1 the hank did not make its inontlily or other re ports to him hut to the secretary of the treasury to whom the ivorfl bound to furnish whalevei in formation he might doom it expedient to call lor when further investigation was necossarx tie power of making it was confided to a c mnhttee . f congress which had power lo examine books pa pers and person in all these proceeding the president took no part ami was 1 1 . . t even seen or heard of lb was restricted lo the two simple powers which he had e lumerated the in wer to appoint or remove the f iovcimnt.ril directors a d the power to issue a scire faexos in case of a vio lation of the charter again then had the pre '- dent any power over the treastir by the consti tution none the constitution imperativol pro vides that m money shall lie drawn out of the treasury hul by a law making u specific npprn prialion : the public funds home thus hll enti'-e'v mil liars thai our free institutions were destined 171 ii ipeed overthrow but he ho|m'd that the spi rits of the country would revive the occasion called for manly confidence and for determination — not fur despair they should never despair of u republic ! had our ancestors despaired our independence our liberties would never have been self to have ordered a change of these ileposih who could have dreamed that a treasurer of ihi united states should have thrown away the ke which congress had entrusted to his custody and in lieu of it to have accepted some dozen keys over winch neither he nor congress were to have tide tpiate control ' vet has all litis boon t|one j ow jlr.iws up and i us a paper at the coniinand of his supi 10 is responsible i ul the superior him w if ,\ im commands it ii is not the hangman who does the last sad offices to the wretched culprit but the tribunal by which he has been sentenced that j puts him to death sir said mr ( '., i want i j ll^o\v the public d"|io sites were rej . ' r ed on thij subject has made it proper it a-iiioiincn what is intended to lie done : and we understand hi-it the farts and reasons whi.-h huv led to this measure will short be laid before the public it is believed that bey will l found to be am pl suilicient to justift th course winch is now to ll_1.1l.on iii relation to the public deposites in the fwituin the iii-iil of congress but the president had said that by the constitution and the suffrage ul i he peon 1 ,.-, theduty hud devolved on him of siq er intending the executive dopartinenls and seeing that the laws were put in faithful execution in another pail of the same document ho referred in jj__!'acl of his re-election as a triumphant pr , q at liiev oil it was in the filial the memorable the gloomy winter of t6-77 that the country through out was covered with darkness ami despondency it was an epoch in its history remarkably resem bling the present moment bui on that very day •'" years ago a victory was achieved by the father of his country which shed joy and gladness over ill i in i but he would hope that tho kind pro videncc who had dealt so bountifully and watched so carefully over their fortunes and bad given them though frequently l unseen menus some happy do lliverance from every difficulty and danger would lkdivcr them also from the present -\ assembled in that place i i-l . ■ir 7l we suppose a chief miooslial of th lint moved from i h"~ptm^^^^^^^l ,. , ... , » ' t states — i make sir said mr c no such charge there said mr con intelligent man who doubts against the present chief magistrate — but if we sup that it was the sole act of the president of the i ni pose liinidcii mis of possessing himself of the public ted states ! if he does said mr c lot him rope treasure of the united states what would havo been ruse the document read to the cabinet and then the course ha would have pursued 1 why first b hi conviction will be certain here mr c read throwing out suspicions of the safety of the public the following extract depositee coursing through the numerous channels " having carefully and anxiously considered all under his control in would lead the people to !>••- the facts and arguments which have been subinit lieve that their money was unsafe and that it would tod to him relative to a removal of the puhho do be better to place it somewhere else ; and finally pontes from the haul of the roiled states the nffer bavin excited a general suspicion iil'ainst the president deems it has duty to e-iiiimu neat in institution which had the custody or the care of the this manner to his cabinet the final conclusions public money then to seize hold of it himself and of his own_uiiinl and the reason on which th.-yj m^_^_^_m ___■'< t^^s ihe i'lllteil slates b the official paper of the 20th sopteinho^ffi noiinces h v authority that ihe deposites would be removed hv the 1st october — the ver day pro pos.-d in the president — ami perhaps sooner if cir cumstances should permit now th.-v found thus — that on the 1 will september the measure was decided upon by the president and mi the 30th it was announced to the people of the united states through the official journal hut what further progress was made in the affair ' mr secretary dna'ie continued in office until september 23:1 on which day he was dismiss i in the interim ih 1 tvve^nthajdab ami the ith the formal act wa ' ■'■_ _ _ i that he was sustained by the people ui his conii;.'t " to the hani it was not exactly he time to sp"nk of these thing now or to discuss the question if the late election or to ascribe it either to th me rits of the president or the unwoithiuess of bis competitors but certainly he mr clay raw d.f fer as to the election being co-idrainnatoiy of the haul he thought that the pet pie did not in vo ting for his election intend to express their at mo hiition of all his principles lie could scarcely think that pennsylvania r instance — peimsvlva ma winch had been called and called so h fly the ke stone of tlie ioai f ei.il ind roujd n voting lasl year on ibis no ii n he u istood as tin iiuisl dreadful fnrclmidiugs existed in the puhho tiiiii'l on the one hand they were threatened ith a civil war which lighted up ill one state aught spread through one of the most extensive and important sections of this confederacy on the other hand thev were threatened with the xix t ruction of a system of cherished policy con gresg had happily devised the means of reconci ling all parties and of uniting the whole country ill me bond of brotherhood and friendship ami he mould be on-all disappointed if they did not funl tt^etrtiietn that it would is much more sate in his hands how much less than this had been done in the present case he mr c need not further inquire it now became the dill of the senate in the first place to ascertain by whose authority this measure had lieen decided and secondly to inquire whe ther the decision was in conformity with the con stitution and laws of the united states he mr c agreed and was exceedingly happy j when he could agree with the president of the i united states u to the immense importance of are fannied ut^^^pto put them in durable form c mi.jeii d - int i >..,,-,. |-, ,.^ and to prevent imsconceptions n nd signed the order lor the removal of the depo and ugnin — he conformed tti the will of tho president the president again repeats that he liens his winch mr duane had deemed it inconsistent with cabinet to consider the proposed un i urea his ins principles ami his duty to do this was th own in the support of which he shall require no state of the facts on ihe 20th he repeated the ot f them to make « sacrifice of opinion or prin order was announced and on the 40th mr tanex emle its responsibility has iteen a*.-inned after appeared and the or |