AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE SENATE'S COURSE, AND PARTICULARLY OF MR. WEBSTER'S SPEECH UPON THE EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE BILL. BY A WHIG OF THE OLD SCHOOL
1835 · Boston
by [Whigs]
Boston, 1835. 52pp, disbound, lightly worn and foxed. Clipped presentation, "E. Quincy Esq. fr. his friend C.F. Adams." Good+.
Fearing that the nation will be cast "wide afloat upon the ocean of uncertain experiment" the anonymous author-- identified by American Imprints as Charles Francis Adams-- criticises Webster and other anti-Jackson Senators for arguing that the President's power of removal from executive offices requires the Senate's advice and consent. Nothing, he argues, could be clearer, from the Constitution itself and its subsequent elaboration by the Supreme Court, that only the President's power of appointment-- not that of removal-- is subject to Senate confirmation. A thorough examination of the constitutional issue.
The argument would, in the succeeding generation, be revived by the Tenure of Office Act, intended to limit the power of reactionary President Andrew Johnson.
Sabin 103268. AI 29928 [5]. (Inventory #: 6633)
Fearing that the nation will be cast "wide afloat upon the ocean of uncertain experiment" the anonymous author-- identified by American Imprints as Charles Francis Adams-- criticises Webster and other anti-Jackson Senators for arguing that the President's power of removal from executive offices requires the Senate's advice and consent. Nothing, he argues, could be clearer, from the Constitution itself and its subsequent elaboration by the Supreme Court, that only the President's power of appointment-- not that of removal-- is subject to Senate confirmation. A thorough examination of the constitutional issue.
The argument would, in the succeeding generation, be revived by the Tenure of Office Act, intended to limit the power of reactionary President Andrew Johnson.
Sabin 103268. AI 29928 [5]. (Inventory #: 6633)