Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-04-03


Of Cabinet discussion, and that upon tn,
undersi gned would rest the responsibility
1t will not surprise the President
therefore, to learn the sentiments Of tn,
undersi gned, now for the first time; no
that he may fail to present such an expo
sition OF his views, as, under diiicren
circumstances, he would at least hav,
attempted to prepare. Subsequently {,
the lst Of June, the President was :,
good as to say, that he wonld send to tn,
undersigned the opinions OF the member.
OF his cabinet, with his own views, to be
deliberately reflected upon, with view
to a frank declaration Of the opinions o
the undersigned to the President, on his
return from his Eastern tour. Those
documents were received on the lst in
stant, and the President returned on the
4ih, so that the Srevity of the interval,
and other circumstances interfering, will,
he trusts, be regarded as adequate apol-
ogles for impcriection. Whilst, howev-
er, he regrets the imperfection, he is con-
soled with the knowledge, that he is but
a cleaner in the field of inquiry, after
officers superior TO the undersigned in all
the advantages of experience, and with
whom he will not assert an equality, cx-
Cept in purity of purpose, and in regard
for the Chief Magistrate, who has made
him their associate.
ii. I'm the conc lusion OF the presi-
dents letter, he has the goodness to saw -,
that, whilst he frankly avows his own
opinions and feelings, he does not intend
TO interfere with the Independent excr-
else of The discretion committed TO the
undersigned by law on the sub ect; and
that the undersi gned may adopt on the
Presidents responsibility, the sentiments
expressed by him, in his letter, as the ba-
sis in part of his own decision. The un-
dersigned therefore concludes, that he
has not received the direction Of the
ChIef Magistrate TO perform an act Of
Executive duty; but that the President
believes that Congress had right to d.
rect, and hold responsible, an Executive
agent. And, accordingly, without ex-
pressing doubt on that point, that nigh
be thought presumptnous, the undcrsign-
ed will decide on his responsibility to
Congress, and that decision shall be the
same as if he had received an Execu-
tive order. This, however, will not, for
"A moment, be regarded by the President
as indicative of the least abbreviation of
the respect and attachment which, on
many accounts, he entertains for the Pre-
sident; the expression is used in order to
evince the perfect sincerity ofthe under
signed in the matter referred to him; it is
used in order to make known to the I
President, that, however grateful to him
the Undersigned may be, and however
unwilling to incur the risk of separating
from him so soon, a separation so likely
to expose the undersigne to the shafts
of envy or Of malice, if such exist, such
considerations are overcome by sense
OF the high duties imposed on him as
public agent
1t is not more consistent with the prin-
c,pIes Of the undersigned to pay hom-
age to the President, than it would be
the desire Of the President to receive it;
but, since it is so soon his fate to differ
in opinion from the President, the under
signed boldly says, that no one could
have been called TO the station, now fiI-
led Wy him, who could have had more
anxious desire than the undersigned had,
10 render the evening Of the Presidents
iie as tranquil as its noon had been gIo-
-ious 1t is very painful to him, there
ore, to be obliged to decline to adopt
he course described in the Presidents
etter; he has the consolation, however,
hat the very opposition establishes a
lain to the Presidents respect, and is
sure guarantee Of sincerity.
Trusting, therefore, to that magnani-
nifty on the part of the President, which
s inseparable from the purity Of his own {
the undersigned will frankly {
tate some of the reasons that have drawn {
i'm to the conclusion at which he has
rrived. In doing so, he will present
he results of brief, but anxious rcf1ec- 7
ion, and incidentally such observations
8 perusal of the Presidents letter de- I
hands.
Ill. With regard to the Bank of the c
United States, even If the undersigned I
id not consider il unauthorized by the &
Constitution, he avows his deliberate a
nd unbiased belief, that the renewal a
{ its charter would be Inconsistent with S
,e duration Of the happiness and liber- v
es ofthc people. These sentiments are n
ot formed as potter moulds his clay, to 5
nit the fashion of the times, or the order d
T customer: they are not the scnti- 4
tents of a man, who has latent griefto |
ssunge, or an injury to avcnge; they C
re the opinions of an individual, who,
Though bowing 10 the law, as every u
pod citizen should do, and respecting j