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“ie a ( 0 It was because of such experiences that President Washington felt called upon to refer, in his Farewell Address, to the importance of main- taining the independence of our separate branches of government. Later, President Jefferson refused to allow two members of hie cabinet to supply documents at the trial of Aaron Burr. In 1825 President Monroe declined to comply with e request of the House of Representatives to transmit to the House certain documents relating to the conduct of naval officers. In 1833 President Jackson refused to comply with a Benate request that he communicate to it a copy of a paper purporting to have been read by him to the heads of the executive departments relating to the removal of the deposits of public money from the Bank of the United States. In 1686 President Cleveland supported his Attorney General's refusal to comply with a Senate resolu- tion calling for documents and papers relating to the removal of a District Attorney. Similarly, in 1843, a resolution of the House of Representative: called upon the Secretary of War to communicate to the House the reports made to the War Department by Lt. Col. Hitchcock relative to the affairs of the Cherokee Indians, together with all information communicated by him concerning the frauds which he had been charged to investigate. The Secretary of War advised the House that he could not communicate informa- pion which Col. Hitchcock had obtained in confidence, because it would be grossly unjust to the persons who had given the information. The House, however, claimed the right to demand from the Executive and heads of departments such information as may be in their possession relating to subjects of deliberations of the House. President Tyler, in a message ee ee ce rm ee met TF