Opis: Debate in the Senate, on the Nomination of Martin Van Buren, to Be Minister of the United States to Great Britain (Classic Reprint) - Congress United States; D.

Excerpt from Debate in the Senate, on the Nomination of Martin Van Buren, to Be Minister of the United States to Great Britain

Nays - Messrs. Benton, Brown, Buckner, Dallas, Dickerson, Ellis, Forsyth, Grundy, Hendricks, Hill, Kane, King, Mangum, Marcy, Robinson, Smith, Tazewell, Tipton, Troup, White, Wilkins

The Senate being equally divided, the Vice President determined the question in the affirmative.

Tuesday, January 24.

On motion by Mr. Marcy,

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Martin Van Buren; and, after debate,

The Senate adjourned.

Wednesday, January 25.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Martin Van Buren; and, after debate,

The question was taken - Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Martin Van Buren' - and was determined in the negative, Yeas 23, Nays 23, as follows:

Yeas - Messrs. Benton, Brown, Buckner, Dallas, Dickerson, Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth, Grundy, Hendricks, Hill, Kane, King, Mangum, Marcy, Robinson, Smith, Tazewell, Tipton, Troup, Tyler, White, Wilkins.

Nays - Messrs. Bell, Chambers, Clay, Clayton, Ewing, Foot, Frelinghuysen, Hayne, Holmes, Johnston, Knight, Miller, Moore, Naudain, Poindexter, Robbins, Ruggles, Seymour, Silsbee, Sprague, Tomlinson, Waggaman, Webster.

The Senate being equally divided, the Vice President determined the question in the negative.

So it was

Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Martin Van Buren.

The Debate.

Mr. Holmes.

Mr. Holmes said, in offering these resolutions [proposing an inquiry, &c.] I am governed by the expectation that the inquiry proposed by them will lead to disclosures in regard to transactions which are still involved in considerable mystery. Public opinion is not yet settled down as to the true causes of the late explosion in the Cabinet. That a Cabinet of the President's own selection, and whose official duties had, by his own admission, been performed to his entire satisfaction, should so soon be dispersed, is an event so extraordinary in the history of this country, that the public, and especially the Senate, have a right to be informed of the causes which led to, or operated in, producing such a strange result. The People, whose money has been squandered to derange and re-organize this Cabinet are interested in this inquiry. If the gentleman whose nomination is now the subject of consideration, has in any way contrived or contributed to bring about the event, it would go far to disqualify him for the office to which he has been nominated, and if not, it is due to him that the inquiry should be had. Suspicion rests heavy on him, and, when that is the case, it is always good ground for investigation. I did expect that his friends, instead of objecting, would have consented to, and insisted upon, the investigation proposed by the resolution. Is it because they fear the result They say not - but the inquiry proposed is not in terms what it should be. I, sir, have never insisted that the form of the resolution should be preserved. If I can obtain the object, I will put them in any shape which may be agreeable to a majority of the Senate. That this must be an ex parte inquiry, and when Mr. Van Buren is absent, at such a distance that he cannot be informed of the investigations which affect his character, I can only say, that, if a man will consent to take an appointment in the recess, knowing that the Senate must pass upon him in his absence, he takes the hazard of an ex parte investigation, or is willing to trust his case in the care of his friends. Sir, if it be otherwise, the Senate is entirely precluded from any inquiry into his merits until he chooses to return, or the President is pleased to recall him.

For myself, Sir, I am opposed to this nomination on other grounds, and I propose this inquiry rather to satisfy others, although on

Szczegóły: Debate in the Senate, on the Nomination of Martin Van Buren, to Be Minister of the United States to Great Britain (Classic Reprint) - Congress United States; D.

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Recenzje: Debate in the Senate, on the Nomination of Martin Van Buren, to Be Minister of the United States to Great Britain (Classic Reprint) - Congress United States; D.