s.£. 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 27, 1364.— Postponed 
 until Monday, in the morning hour, and ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Foote.] 
 
 . . PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 1 Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instruc- 
 
 2 ted to inquire into the expelieney of adopting some such pream- 
 
 3 ble and resolutions as the following, viz. : 
 
 1 Whereas, the Constitution of the Confederate States has en- 
 
 2 trusted Congress,* in a very especial manner, with the control 
 
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 3 and regulation of the currency ; and whereas, it will be impossi- 
 
 4 ble that Congress can perform this duty effectually unless the 
 
 5 office of Secretary of the Treasury bo occupied by some indi- 
 
 6 vidual of unquestioned high ability as a financier, whose view* 
 
 7 in regard to important matters of finance, and especially fn 
 
 8 regard to the currency, are in harmony with those of Congress. 
 
 9 and who shall be willing, at all times, to carry into prompt and 
 
 10 efficient operation the deliberate enactments of Congress upon 
 
 1 1 this important subject ; and whereas, the Secretary of the Treas- # 
 
 12 ury, for the reasons above suggested, has been made, by the 
 
 13 Constitution, directly responsible to Congress; now, without 
 
 14 claiming in the least degree a right to trench upon the un- 
 
 15 doubted prerogative of the Executive Department in matters of 
 
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 id official appointment and removal from office, but with a sincere 
 
 17 desire to harmonize with the President irr all things appertaining 
 
 18 to the public weal ; be it 
 
 I Resolv&d, That, without intending to call in rjuestion the hon- 
 
 1 esty or patriotism of the present incumbent of the Treasury 
 
 3 Department, it is the deliberate judgment of this House that the 
 
 i public welfare does demand that he should no longer be retained 
 
 5 in said Department ; but that some other individual, of proper 
 
 6 ability as a financier, more likely to be successful in administer- 
 
 7 ing the affairs of said Department, and more likely to command 
 
 8 the public confidence, should be appointed in his place.