...and secrecy was one cogent reason for vesting the power of making treaties in the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the principle on...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent. "It does not occur that the inspection of the papers asked for can be relative to any purpose under...

...consent of the Senate, the principle on which that body was formed confining it, to a small numher of members. To admit, then, a right in the House of...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent" (1 Messages and Papers of the Presidents, p. 104). The marked difference between foreign affaire and...

...confining it to a small number of members. To admit, then, a right in the House of IJepresentatives to demand and to have as a matter of course all the...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent" (1 Messages and Papers of the Presidents, p. 194). The marked difference between foreign affairs and...

...to produce papers requested by the House of Representatives relating to matters of foreign policy: "To admit, then, a right in the House of Representatives...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent." 1 Messages and Papers of the Presidents 195 (J. Richardson comp., 1899). In noting the first President's...

...to produce papers requested by the House of Representatives relating to matters of foreign policy : "To admit, then, a right in the House of Representatives...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent." 1 Messages and Papers of the Presidents 195 (J. Richardson comp., 1899). In noting the first President's...

...to produce papers requested by the House of Representatives relating to matters of foreign policy: "To admit, then, a right in the House of Representatives...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent." 1 Messages and Papers of the Presidents 195 (J. Richardson comp., 1899). In noting the first President's...

...eventual concessions which may have been proposed or contemplated would be extremely impolitic .... To admit, then, a right in the House of Representatives...Power, would be to establish a dangerous precedent. 5 ANKALS or CONG. .760 (1795). , 42. 5 ANNALS or CONG. 760-61 (1796). President Washington further...

....... To admit, then, a right in the House of Representatives to demand, and to have, as a matter o{ course, all the papers respecting a negotiation with...Power, would be to establish a dangerous precedent. 5 ANNALS or CONG. .760 (1795). 42. 5 ANNALS or Cose. 760-61 (1795). President Washington further asserted:...

...ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, vol. 35, p. 228 (1940). See note at No. 339 about the farewell address. 792 To admit then a right in the House of Representatives...power, would be to establish a dangerous precedent. It does not occur that the inspection of the papers asked for, can be relative to any purpose under...

...and secrecy was one cogent reason for vesting the power of making treaties in the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the principle on...power would be to establish a dangerous precedent. Washington explained that "the boundaries fixed by the Constitution between the different departments...