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HLI'HIA Wood MOULDING MILL
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SILAS E. WEIR.
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X-ILE A2' THIS OFFICE
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rav Makir?. always on hand. Any
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'"',sTuWis in his portion of the State,
The Soutli Carolina Belle:
OK Wno WON THE WAGEK.
My Uncha Ned had set his heart upon mar
rjing me to my cousin Rosalie, but the thing
savored of compulsion to me and I made up
my mind to be ju'.t aa obstinate as the nature
of the case might demand. .
Uncle Ned was a jolly old fellow, and
laughed in lay face when I told him that I
could not think of such a thing as permitting
Lim t& select a wife for mel looked ' difrni-
ed and .felt -JigniScJ; and was not a little.
mortiaod when the old fellow haw hawed
right in my face.
'But ny Loy, she's as rich as mud, with an
income of eight thousand a year. Think of
that.'
My dear Uncle, I beg you will deem me
above mercenary motives iu so important a
matter aa this.' I replied with a seriousness
in keeping with the . solemnity of the topic
discussed.
Perhaps you don't mean to take a wife
die an oil bachelor eh?' continued he,
punching mo under the ribs, as he poured
forth another of Lis abominable cuffaws.
No; 50; on the contrary, I mean to take a
wne just as soon a-s 1 can fitid ono exactlv
suited to my mind.'
w j
'And yoa don't mean to raarry a girl that
has got any uioney?
'That is perfectly immaterial, sir, aa you
are aware that my fortune is amply suGiciect
witLout the addition of a wife's dowry.'
'But the money wouldn't do any harm,
would itV
No, I should cot object to a lady who pos
sessed the reouh-ite iualiGcatioi:a because pfao
happened to have a lurtuce at her disposal,
though ia my cstiiuatioa it would add tothiDg
to my wife.'
'Indeed? drawled Uncle Ned, locking at
mc with such a fuaoy expression that I could
not tell whether he was going to laugh crget
mad. I didn't care much, for I doomed it
beneath his dignity to attempt any interfe
re n so ia euch a delicate matter.
'But Bob, Rom is the most beautiful girl
ia South Carolina. There, are thousands cf
young gentlemen cf the firtt families ic the
Statu who would gladly jump tt the chance
to ttep into Iter shoes.'
'They can do 0, sir; I tell you plainly b'dc
can never bo my wifj if she were a pearl aud
had all of South Carolina for her do wry, said
I with a di-juiliod earnestness.
WLewI'
'Your sneers, r.ir, will be as useless as your
persuasion-; they thail not iuovo uic.
'But Bob, you know that your father ear
nestly desired you should bo married before
he died,' added uucle more seriously.
'It mattcri? uct, sir: I must bo entirely un
embarrassed in the choice of a wife. Lot me
tell you plainly, that even if I had no other
objection, the marc fact that "you have at
tempted to draw me into this uiarriac were a
sufficient reason for me to decline it.'
'Eh! you 3'oung puppy, what do you mean
by that?'
'Just exactly what I say, namely, that I
will neither be led or driven into marriage
with Rosalie. I think wc have eaid enough
about it.'
1 began to talk more coolly. lie was in
my opinion, treading upon the prerogative of
a free born citizen.
What did the old fogy mean? Did ho think
I hadn't sense enough to choose my own wife?
Rosalia was entirely out of the question I
could not on principle, be driven into a mat
rimonial connection, even though tho other
party was an angel and had a dowry of eight
thousand a year.
'Mr. Bob, listen to reason. Rosalie is
handsome and graceful, and all that tcrt of
thing; sings charmingly, liko a nightingale;
plsys on a piano and harp, and can talk
French like a l'arisienac.'
'It matters not, sir; I object to tho princi
ple of ti c thing, and I repeat, cannot nor will
not aiarry her.'
'Bob, you're a fool
Am Ji'
'lon my word you are; you don't know on
which side your bread is buttered.'
Enough birl
But Bob, you will pay us that vLiit won't
you?'
'Certainly, but do not flatter 'yourself, on
year impudent interference in my concerns.
'Saucy puppy I' and my undo again laughed.
We were, on the most familiar tcnns.
'You are a meddler; you make me eaucy.
I iru. tl shall always bo prompt iu resenting
aa iuvaMon of my natural rights.'
llopo you will, my boy; but I will bet you
a thousand dollars you marry Rosalie.
'Done;'
But ou one condition.'
What?'
That you come to my estate iu South Car
olina uith a susceptible heart that you uco
not engaged to auother.'
'I accept the condition,' said I, gracing
his baud, 'uucle, you've lost the bet.'
Not yet, Bob, wait a bit.'
It was rather foolish ia tho old fellow to
make fcuch a bet; that I wa3 bo sure I could
resist tho attractions of my cousin, even tho'
she should prove to be a Venus, that I con
sidered the money already mine, and what was
far better to :ue, that I had won the victory
over Li.u.
That night uncle' Ned starled for Lb plan
tation in South Carolina.
My father died three years before this con
versation, leaving me an ample fortune. His
two br ethers had been iu South Carolina for
thirty years, w here the father of Rosalie died,
leaiug my uncle Ned her guardian.
I La 1 been cfteu told that Rosalie was very
pretty but the Lai been to the north only
once, and then I was traveling in Europe
and Lad uevr ,o.u her
I had wriiUu to UueL N.d, vioLg t
and then I was traveling iu Europe.
spend a month with him in the autumn. Bcsi
nesa had called him to Boston, where our in
terview occurred. . LTe had moro than onco
expressed a desire that his brother's property
should remain ia the family, and pressed me
to unite my fate to that of his beautiful niece.
This was out of the question, 'A made up
match was my abomination. Certainly I
had other reasons for my prejudices against
the marriage I considered it a sacred, obli
gation to fall in love before I took a wifeand
the idea of falling in love with Rosalie lefdre
I had seen her myself, was ao absurd that I
had no patience to think of it. ... ; , .
Ani then I had a principle for guidance in
sffairs of the heart, which absolutely forbade
me to think of eucIi a thinrraaa 'marriage for
convenience.'
The autumn came, and I pail my proposed
visit to my Uncle Ned's plantation ia South
Carolina.
I was disappointed in my cousin Rosalie.
She was a tolerable good looking damscJL but
in my opinion very far from the beautiful
creature she had been pictured to me.
Isn't ehe handsome, Fob?' said my uncle.
'Did you ever ece such lips, such a graceful
form? Isn t she handsoma, ch, you dog?
And the eld fellow punched no ia tho rib3
and reared with laughter until he ucarly ?rht
his eides.
I couMa' for the life of ma ecc what ho wii
Iaughieg at.
'Isn't eLc beautiful, you rogue?' Lc c ou-
Passable,' I replied, very coolly.
'Passable! You puppj! What, do you
mean to;-ay that Rose is nt handsome?'
' 'Tolerably,' I answered, twisting off the
leaf of a palmetto which grew by the silo of
a bank on which we were seated, jusl to show
how indifferent I was.
'Bb,' taid he, locking more eeberly ct inc.
'I had an idea you were a man of trude, but I ,
soo you arc a.s like to fall in lovo with one of
my black wenches as tho prettiest girl in
isoutli Carolina.'
Who's that. Undo Ned?'
This remark wa3 called forth by the gud
dcnv appearance oa the grayc! walk of the
lovliest creature I Lai ever heboid, and that,
considering I Lave flirted with the bcilea of
Paris, Naples and Rome i? paying a great deal.
I was dumbfounded by the sudden apparition,
and Epringing to my feet as if an electric
thock Lad roused tho slumbering blood ia my
veins I Etood upright before her.
EhaJo of Venu! did any one ever eco such
loveliness! such a graceful movement! 6uch a
divine expression!
Kioto, fo completely
was I par&lyzcJ Lf tlic
glorious beauty of tho nymph.
I didn t know there was any ono hero,'
stammered ehe, such a delectable blush on her
check that I nearly went mad with enthusiasm.
Before I could recover my scattered sen
ses, tho enchauting beauty bounded away as
light as a awn.
'What the devil ails you, Bob? What are
you starting at?' sail Uncle Ned.
Who is she?' asked I, cla.-piug my hands
in tho rapturous escttcmcnt of the moment.
That? Why, that's little Sylphie Howard,
and one of Rosalie's friends, who is spending
a few weeks with her,' he replied, with in
difference. Beautiful,' said I.
She! passable! Tolerable good looking,' ho
continued, 'but nothing to be compared with
my Rosalie.'
I was about to pay something Baucy, but
thought since uncle Ned really believed what
he was saying I would not hurt his feelings
by denyiug it
At dinner I met both young ladies, and
was formally provoked with my uncle when
he assigned me a scat next to Rosalie. I
could hardly be civil to her with such a pair
of beautiful eyes beforo mo, and I hardly
ceased to gaze upon Sylphie during the eeeni
ing short hour wc were at the table.
After dinner wc went out to ride horse
back. Uncle Ned annoyed rne again by pro
vokirgly contriving it eo that I should help
Rosalie to mount her horse and ride by her
side, and he, confounded old fool, did these
offices of gallantry for Miss Sylphio.
No use old chap, you'll lose your bet,'
thought I, and I tried to be civil to my cousin.
I don't think I succeeded very well. "Sly
eyes rested all the time upon the fair -and
graceful horsewoman who rodo before mo
And thus it was for a week, undo Ned
managed to keep me by tho side of Rosnlic
nearly all the time. If we played wLit ho
was my partner; if we rode in the carriage
she Eat by my side; if we walked he monopo
lized Sylphie aud left Rosalie to me -and
moro than once the fallow left us alono to
gether as though well.
In fpite of my uncle's vigilance, bowevcr, I
found opportunities to flirt a little with Syl
phie, and one day lure 1 her into a grove of
palmettos at the rear of the mansion house.
Time was precious. I was the hero of a
novel. Cruel uncles in bob-tail wigs sought
to crush the afTeetion of ray heart. In thort
I threw myself at her feet, and with all the
eloquence that Harvard College bad crowded
into my composition, I declared my love. I
used my cla.saio term.s. I quoted Milton, By-
ron anu iaaespeare, ana caiiei on an tue
gods in the caieuiir cf Greece and Rome.
Did she accept me? Of course she did; she
couldn't belp accepting me; I aia not an ill
looking man, nd let me say ia cstonuatioa
of her weakness, that I hal popped tho ques
tion in a decidedly original manner. To be
sure ?hc accepted mo.
I printed twentv-f ur ki.scs on each of her
pretty cheeks, au I sho blusucJ till I thought
lier eyelashes would take fire aad cheat me of
my prize.
We kept our counsel for two or three weeks
and one morning when we were tiding out,
wc jret away from Unci
Nod and Rosalie,
and I clipped it away about
clergymau who wa so obliiin
as with a marriie cei liCcatc.
ten miles to a
j aj to furuish
We rode back tacre lcisartly
a -.?as ia
my element. An elopement was just the kind
of excitcmcni for me. We got back to uncle
Ned's about dinner time.
Whcro have you been so long?' asked un
cle Ned. ' .
Over to the Rey. Mr. M's. Allow me to
present my wife said I, witli perfect neu-chalence.
'The deviir
Just ?o; and uncle Ned you have lost the
wager- -One thousand, if you please, said I,
holding vtt my hand.'
' 'No you don't, you puppy. Is it, Rosalie?'
said uncle' Ned, turning to my wife-.
.. 'No Faia she, .-with a blush. ..,
lIa."rLaf bijroarcJ uaclc Nod.
I did uoi-kv.ow whit to aike cf the cSair
at alL
You havo lost the bet. Bob,' cried the jol
ly old fellow, an sooa aa he could spak
No.'
Fact, Bob,' eaid he, pointing to her hith-
crto known a3 my cousin,
rr ,i
'this is Sylphie
'I have cheated you into the handmo -U -;t
wife and bigfjert forlua; iu South Carolina.
The fact is, Boh, yoa were much prejudiced
against Ro&alb. You c?.rnc revived f
uacivi
ii to be.-.
I Jeter:::!
to give- :
.cro tLe
i:ur ehaTicc, tlxi:
U 5 had
, i0
iao coti!pl:nrec.
ot ''-i:e, a:
ti.ii is not a lcr-al
marriage. i.oa;:r vroi ua::cu to Lie uca .r
fictitious iinr.ie.'
I dca't care for tknt
Ycu irrriol
the
wc
Tady youLeM by iko LaLa. B
will have it over again. Do you
if, Ji.'O,
rr.v to?"
vjx course I UiJ not say no. 1 wouH rt
wouH
have lost my divinity for all tio trea .:-c i
South Carolina. I jaid over my muaey aul
uncb Ned gave it to the free school cf th?
State. -
A few" weeks alter I returned to the North
with cue of the mo:t beautiful and loving
wives that ever lighted tho destiny of a worth
less follow like rjycelf.
Tlie i'rcsl Jent'f feeconil t'rctcHtJlcs
ere a.nlsiS tlso Cqvc&z Ccr;i:i!!-
tee.
President Buehaaau scat on Moaday the
25la the following protest message to tha
House. On motion of Mr. Stanton, of Ohio,
it was referred to a special committee of five
to examine iuto the eoaLituticail nicstious
involved, aud to rcpeti at the ncit Cciioa:
To tlie House of licprcscnlaiivcs:
In my message to the House of Represen
tatives of the 2ita of March last, I solemnly
prtJtc-rtod agiiiAfct Ihc crcaticn of a'Gocjiritttcc
at the head cf wLicb was placed my accusjr,
for the purpose c-f iavcstigatiog whether the
President had "by roney, patrona e. or oth
er improper mean?, sought to ieCueiiee the
action of Congress, or any Committee thereof,
for or agaiust the pipage of any lav apper
taining to the rights of any State or Terri
tory." I protested against this because it
was destitute cf any spcc-ilivration, because It
referred to no particular act to enable the
President to prtparo for Li? dofencs, because
it deprived him of the constitutional guards
which, ia common with every citizen of tae
United States, he possesses for his protection
and because it assailed his constitutional in
dependence as a co-ordinate branch of the
Government.
There is an enlightened justice as well as
a beautiful symmetry iu every part of the
Constitution. This is conspicuously manifest
ed in regard to impeachments. The House
of Representatives possesses "the solo power
of impeachment;",- and the impeachable offen
ces are "treason, bribery, or other high crimes
cr misdemeanors." The practice of the
House from the earliest times had been in ao
cordance with its own dignity, the rights of
the accused, and the demands of justice.
At the commencement of each judicial inves
tigation which might lead to an impeachment
specfio charges were always preferred, tho ac
cused had an opportunity of cross-examining
the witnesses, and ho was placed in full
possession of the precise nature of the offence
which he had to meet. An impartial and el
evated standing committee was charged with
this investigation, upon which no member in
spired with tho ancient sense of honor aud
justice would have served, naa ne ever cx-
... wr
pressed an opinion against ine aceuseu. u n
til the preseut occasion it was never deemed
rropcr to transform the acous&r into thcjulge,
and to confer upon him the selection of Lis
own committee.
The charges made against me, ia vagao and
general terms, were of each a false aad atro
cious character that I did not cntertaia a mo
ment's apprehensioa for the result. They
were abhorrent to every principle instilled
into me from my youth, and every practice
of my life; and Ldil not believe it possible
that tho man existed who would so bx-ely
perjure himself as to swear to the truth of
any such accusations. In this conviction, I
aai inferraed, I Lavo not been mi taken.
In mv former protest, therefore, I truly
and emphatically declared thctit was mid.j
for no re-asoa personal to luysclt; but because
the proceedings ot trie House were ia viola
tion of the rights of the co-ordinate cxecuure
branch of the Government, subversive of its
constitutional independence, and, if unresist
ed, would establish aprecedent dangerous and
embarrassing to all my successors. Notwith
standing all this, if the committee had not
transcended the authority coafcrrel upon it by
the rcscl-iti ou of the House of Representa
tives, broad and general as this was, I should
have remained silent upon this subject. What
I now charge is, that they have . acted as
thousrh they possessed ualiaiited power, aad
witLout any warrant whatever ia the resolu
tion under which they were appointed, havo
pursued a course net sierely at war with the
constitutional rights of the executive, but ten
din-' to degrade tho JPresideatial oflivje itself
n.L"Treo a- to render it unworthy of tho
1 aocentaaeu of aay man of Louwr or priuci-
pie.
The resolution of the 1 louse, so far as it is
accusatory of the President, is confined to aa
inquiry whether he had used corrupt or im
proper means to influence the action of Con
gress, or any of its committee?, ou legislative
measures pending before them. Nothing
more, nothing less. I Lave not learned tLro
tho ncwparcrs, or in any other mode, that
the. committee Lave touched the other accusa
tory branch of the resolution, charging the
President with a violation cf duty ia failing
to execute some law or laws. This branch
of the resolution is, therefore, out of the qucs
tion. By what authority, then. Lave the
committee undertaken to investigate the course
cf the IVnidci ia-regard to the ('ouVLtIoi
which fn.uiod the Lecii '...a Crtieutioc?
By vhat authority Lave they undertaken to
pry into our foreign re'atioas for the purpose
of assailing him on acecmnt of the instructions
given by the Secretary of State to our Minis
ter ia Mexico relative to the Tebuantepcc
route? By what authority Lave tbey enquir
ed into the causes of removal from'cCice, and
this from tho r-artics themselves removed.
with a view to prejudice hi j character, not-
vrilhstr.n ilvs this iwwcr of removal
belon C3
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commit! e-d
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a o I vr u :i s i ; . ?! J i ii
ubsoiute viui of p:a r, the eoaiiuittce rushed
into this iavciigatioa ia advaace of all other
The e-firiiiiiftce proceeded fer months, from
t!2i cf March, 1 bGO, to examine tx ji;!t,.
and without any notice to nyself, into every
subject which could rostibly aiTect my char
acter. Interested cad vindictive witnesses
t.e-io suiuuioued and examined before them;
and the rit and only infoaiaalioa of iLJr
testimony which, in almost every instance, I
received, was obtained froi the puMicatioa
of Fueh p -rtionsof it as could injuriously af
fect myself, ir; the New York journals. It
mattered not that these statements were, eo
far as I have learned, disproved by the most
respectable witnesses who happcued to be on
tho spot. The telegraph was siknt respect
ing these contradictions. It was a eccrct
committee in regard to all the testimony in
my defence which could by possibility reflect
ca my ehanrtr-. nc pr'?a was left to r-ro
duee its effect upon the public mind, whilst
the autiJole was carefaliy withheld.
Iu their examinations the comniitteo viola
tod tho most sacred and honorable conaden
ces cxinting among men. Private correspon
dence, which a truly honorable man would
ucrvcr even entertain a distant thought of di-
vulgmg,
ras dragged to ught. Different
oGcial aul conaJcntial relations
with myse-.f.
nd with whom it was supposed
I might Lave LclJ conversations, the revela
tions of which would do rue injury, wero ex
amined. Even members of the Senate and
mer-bcrs of my own Cbiaet, both my con
stitutional adtisers. were called upon to testi
fy, for th i purpose cf discovering something
if possible, t? my discredit.
TLe distribution cf tho patronage of the
Government is by far tho most disagrecablo
duty of the President. Applicants arc so nu
merous, and their applications arc pressed
with such eagerness by their friends both in
and out cf Congress, that the selection of one
for any desirable office gives offence to many.
Disappointed applicants, removed ofacer,
and those who for any cause, real or imagin
ary, had become hostile to tLc Administration
presented themselves, or were invited by a
summons to appear before tbe Committee.
These are the most dangerous witnesses.
Even with the best intentions, they are so in
fluenced by prejudice and disappointment that
they almost inevitably discolor truth. Tbcy
swear to their own version of private conver
sations with tho President without the possi
bility of contradiction. His lips are scaled,
aud he is left to their mercy. He cannot, as
a co-ordinato branch of the Government, ap
pear beforo a Committee of Investigation to
contradict the oaths of such witaesscs. Every
coward knows that he can employ insulting
Language against the President with impunity
aad every false or prejuliecd witness can at
tempt to swear away Lis character before such
a committee without the fear cf centradictioa.
Thus for mouths, whilst doing my bct at
one end of the avenue to perform my high and
responsible duties to the country, has there
beca a Committee to the House of Represen
tatives ia session at the other end of the ave
nue spreading a drag-net, without the shadow
of authority from the House, over the wholo
Unien, to catch any disappointed man willing
to malign my character and all this ia se
cret conclave. The Lion's mouth at Venice,
into which secret denunciations were dropped,
is an apt illustration of the Covodc Committee.
The Star Chamber, tyrannical aad odious as
it wa, rever proceeded ia Eueh a manner.
For centuries there Las been nothing like i
iu anr civiMzcd country, except the revolu-
tuiiary
tribunal
;rre.
cf Franco ia
the
cays
of
j.1 JW,
I
undertake
to ftito cad to prove,
that should the pre
ecedings of the committee
Lc tanctioacu oy tuo ileu.-e. ana neconie a
precedent f jr future times, the lalancj cf tLe
Constitution will be entirely cpset, and there
will no longer remaia the three co-ordinate
and independent branches of the Government
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Thi
vorst fcar3 of the patriots and statesmen who
framed the Constitution, ia regard to the
usurpations of the Legislative cu tho Execu
tive and Judicial branches, will thcu be real
ised. Ia tho language of Mr. Madison,
Fnejkinr on this very salscct, in tho 4Sih
-i o '
uuiubor of the 1 tile nil is t: "Ia a licprescn
lativo Republic, whcr; tuo Executive magis-
irai'y is carefully limited both iu lLe cx.teut
and duratie-u cf its jowcr, and where the
Lcgitliiive owtrLi exercised by au assembly
which is inspired by a supposed iuCucBce over
the people, nith au intrepid confidence in its
own strength, which is fuCcienUy numerous
t-j feel all the passions which actuate a multi
tude, yet Lot so numerous aa to l-e incapable
of pursuing the objects of its potions by
means which reason prescribes; k is againt-t
the enterprising ambition of this department
that the people ought to indulge all their jeal
ousy and exhaust all their precautions.? And
iu the expressive uid pointed language of Mr
Jefferson, Lcn speaking of the tendency of
tho legislative branch of Gocin:ueut to uuri.
j "gLts cf the weaker Li aucueK-.-TL
concenlratin; lhcA; iu inc iamc nanus is pre
cisely t!ie dcuuitioa cf demotic gocrnuicrt.
It will be no alleviation that these powers w ill
be exercised by a plurality of Lands, aud not
by a tingle vue. One hundred and seventy
threo dc.-pots would surely be as opprcsMc
as on. Let thoiio who doubt ii turu tbeir
ej ea ca the republic of Venice. As litllo vill
it avail us that they arc chosen by cursclvcs.
Aa elective despotism was not the govern
ment we fought for, but cue ubich bhouldoot
only bj founded oa free principles, but iu
uLie'L the powtTs of govcruaivnt iLvul.l lc nt
divided unl balanced among :cv.ral bodus f
magi-tiaey aj th-t no one could transit nd
thur Iuzal iluiits vlihout leiDg effectually
cuCtixi a
md
controlled by the others."
;:Iiua!d tl
roeeexungs e-l lue L-ovoue Luui
a T rccedeut, both the letter and
mitttc Le
spirit of t
One of
a .
e Coi:r titntloa will be) K-IaUd.
the three mctcrivo columns ou
which
ho ttLvic i.uvrstructare rets will Lo
eieVit:. Instead cf the Executive Lo-
co-ordinal ,
it will be a subordinate
branch of the Government.
ti-1 oaice will be drnirircd ia
The Prcsidon
tho dust. TLe
I lease of Representatives will then Lave ren
dered tho Executive almost necessarily sub
servient to its T.:slic.i instead of being inde
pendent. Ifow is it possible that two powers
ia tae Slate can be co-ordiLatc aad independ
ent of each olh.r, if the cae claims and exer
cises the j.-owcr to rcprovo and censure all the
official acts, and all the private conversations
of the other, and this upon t-c jmj.Ic testimony
before a secret iaquL-itorial committee; in
thort, to assume a general censorship over
tLc other? TLe i lea is as absurd xa public as
it would be ia private life. Should the Fres
dent attempt to assert and maintain Lb own
independence, future Covodc Committees may
drag Lim into submission by collecting the
hosts of disappointed o2Ice -banters, removed
cfSccrs, and thu who desire to live upon the
pal lie trcisury, which mt follow in tlie
wake of every administration, and tLey in se
cret conclave will swear away Lis reputation.
Under such circumstances Le must be a
very bold inau should he not surrender at dis
crciien, and consent to exercise Lis authority
according to the will of those invested with
this teniae power. The sovereign peoplo of
tho several States have elected Lim to tho
Lighest and laott Lonc-raLlc office in the world.
lltt is their only direct representative ia tLo
Government. By their Constitution they
Lave male Lim commander-in-cLicf of tLcir
army and navy. He represents them in tLcir
intercourse with forcien nations. Clothed
wilh their dignity and autbority Le occupies
a proud position before all cations, civilized
and savage. WitL the consent of the Senate
Lo appoints all tho important officers of tho
Government. He exercises the veto power,
and to that extent controls the legislation of
Congress. For the performance of tLese high
duties Lo is responsible to tLc people of tho
several States, and not in any degree, to tLc
House of Representatives.
Shall Lc surrender these Ligh powers con
ferred upon him aa the represcutativs cf the
Americau people fur their benefit to the House
to be exercised under tbeir overshadow ing in
fluence and control? Shall he alone of all the
citizens of the United States, be denied a fair
trial? Shall ho alone not be "informed of tho
nature and cause of the accusation against
him? Shall he alono not "be oou fronted with
the witnesses against bim? Shall the IIouso
of Representatives, usurping the powers of
the Senate, proceed to try tho President,
through the agency of a secret committee of
the body where it is impossible Lc can make
any defence, and then, without affording Lim
aa opportunity of being heard, pronounce a
judgment of censure against Lim? TLe very
same rule migLt bo applied for the very Eaxno
reason to every Judge of every Court ef tLo
United States From what part of tho Con
stitution is this terrible secret inquisitorial
power derived? No such express power ex
ists. From which of the enumerated powers
can it be inferred? It is true, the House can
cot pronounce the formal judgment against
him of "removal from ofSce," bat they can,
by their judgment of censure, aipcrse Lis rep
utation, and thus, to the extent of their in
fluence, render the face contemptible. An
example is at Lac 1 of the reckless manner ia
which this power of censure can to employed
ia Ligh party times. The House, on a reccut
occasion. Lave attempted to degrade tLe Pros
ilentby adapting the resolution of Mr. Jcba
Sherman, dcclarinjr that he, in conjuuetioa
with the Secretary of the Navy, "by receiving
aid coaside: icg the party relations of bidden
for contracts, and the effect cf awarding cou
traets cpoa pending elections. Lavs set an tr
ample dangerous to the public safety, and de
serving the reproof of this House."
It will be scarcely credited that the sota
pretext for this vote cf censure was the sim
ple fact that ia disposing of the numerous let
ter of every imaginable character which I dai
ly receive, I Lad, ia the usul course of busi
ness, referred a letter from Col. Pattersea. of
PLiladclihia.ia relation to a contract, to the
attention cf the Secretary of tho Navy, tho
head of the Department, without expressing
cr intimating any opinion whatever oo tha
subject; aad to make the matter, if possible,
still plainer, tho Secretary Lvl informed the
eomini'tee thit "the Frtst.lt t tlt'.l u.4 ii aay
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