Mr. WILLIAMS. Yes; it was signed by Mr. Adams; but I wish to call the attention of the Senate to the opinion of the court deliv ered in that case, which relates to this subject. Chief Justice Marshall says: “It is, therefore, decidedlythe opinion of the court that when a commissionhas beensigned by the president the appointment ission made: and that the commis is when the seal of has been affixed the U.S. to it by the SecyState. “Where an officer is removable at the will of the Executive the circumstance which completes his appointment is of no concern, because the act is at any time revocable; and the commission may be arrested if still in the office. But when the officer is not removable at the will of the Executive the apointment is not revocable and cannot be annulled.: has conferred legal rights which cannot be resumed.” Now, I say that the SCOTUS in deciding this case affirm the doctrine that under a law which fixes the tenure of office the POTUS has no power of removal; and the decision proceeds upon the assumption that where the officer is not removable at the will of the Executive the appointment is not revocable and cannot be annulled; and the Supreme Court make a plain distinction between a law which authorizes the President to remove the officer at his pleasure and a law which declares that a person appointed to an office shall hold that office for a term of years; and this decision is to the effect that in the one case the President may exercise this power of removal, while in the other case he cannot exercise any such power. The court further say:."The discretion of the Executive is to be exer chiasveidnguntil the appointment has been made. But the officoencemade the appointment, his power over is terminated in all easeswhere by law the officer is not removable by him.” Please to. particularly this language. “But havin? once made the appointment, his o. oyer the office is terminated in all caseswhere y law the officer is not removableby him. The right to the office is then in the person appointed, and he has the absolute, unconditional power of accepting or rejecting it. sig“nMerd. Marbury, then, since, his commission was by the President andsealed by the secyState, wasappointed; and as gave the officer the law creatingtheoffice a right to hold for 5 years, independent of the Executive, the appointment was not revocable, but vested in the officerequalrights, which are protectedby the laws of his country.”