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Excerpt from Mr. Webster's Speech on Mr. Ewing's Resolution to Rescind the Treasury Order of July 11, 1836: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 21, 1836
But, sir, what have been the gentleman's own opinions on this subject heretofore? Has he always been of Opinion that the Secretary enjoyed this power of selec tion, as he now calls it, under the law of 1816? Has he heretofore looked upon the various provisions of that law only as so many moveable and shifting parts, to be thrown into gear and out of gear by the mere touch of the Secretary's hand 'certainly, sir, he has not thought so; certainly he has looked upon that law as fixed, definite, and beyond Executive power, as clearly as other laws as a statute, to be repealed or modified only by another statute. No longer ago than the 23d day of last April, the honorable member introduced a resolution into the Senate, in the following words: Resolved, That, from and after the day of in the year 1836, nothing but gold and silver coin ought to be received in payment for public lands; and that the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to report a bill accordingly.
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Excerpt from Mr. Webster's Speech on Mr. Ewing's Resolution to Rescind the Treasury Order of July 11, 1836: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 21, 1836
The Senate having again proceeded to the order of the day, which was the consideration of the following resolutions, heretofore moved by Mr. Ewing, of Ohio:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, &c. That the Treasury order of the eleventh day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, designating the funds which should be receivable in payment for public lands, be, and the same is hereby, rescinded.
Resolved, also, That it shall not be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate to any person, or to any corporation, the power of directing what funds shall be receivable for customs, or for the public lands; nor shall he make any discrimination in the funds so receivable, between different individuals, or between the different branches of the public revenue.
Mr. Webster addressed the Senate as follows:
Mr. President: The power of disposing of this important subject is in the hands of gentlemen, both here and elsewhere, who are not likely to be influenced by any opinions of mine. I have no motive, therefore, for addressing the Senate, but to discharge a public duty, and to fulfil the expectations of those who look to me for opposition, whether availing or unavailing, to whatever I believe to be illegal or injurious to the public interests. In both these respects, the Treasury order of the 11th of July appears to me objectionable. I think it not warranted by law, and I think it also practically prejudicial.
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