Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-04-09
TFrom the Newark Daily ADJ.

HoSoRs TO Mr.. FRELINGHUYsEN.-No cir
cumstance connected with the political for.
tunes of this State has more deeply affected
the public mind, or been moro universally
deplored by the friends of orr institutions, u,
home and abroad, than the misfortune which
deprives the State of the services of one o
her most distinguished citizens,a and the Amer.
ican Senate of one of its proudest ornaments
In closing his brilliant Senatorial career, Mr.
FRELINGuUYsEN can hive nothing to regret
and his name must 90 down to posterity for
ever associated with that glorious band ofpa-
triots who resisted to the last, nobly and sue
cessfully, the powerful efforts of the Execu-
tive, to subvert the Constitution of our I'm
ion.
[TIorc follows an address from the citizens
of ofNowark, (N.J.) to Mr.. F. inviting him t
partake of n Public Dinner, as an evidence o
the respect and confidence of the friends o
Constitutional Government.]
DIR. TRELTSoHUrsEN's RErLr.
NEWARK, March 10, 1885.
have this morning been favored with your
letter of the 18th inst. in which as a commit
tee from q large number of my political
friends, you are pleased to speak in terms of
appreciation, respecting my course in the Sc
nate of the United Statcs.
Such a testimonial, proceeding as it does,
from body Of my fellow citizens, whose
good opinion is among the best rewards Of a
public officer, is, ] assure you, most grateful
to my feelings. The Senatorial term, during
which it has been my honor and duty to serve
you and the country, is aptly designated, in
your letter, as arduous. have often felt it
to be such. 1t would have been far more
pleasant to have harmonized with the policy
adopted by the administration. No public
men would, for their own sake, desire the
frowns of power, or the violence Of party
press. But there are occasions when these
must be endured as the only alternative to
the sacrifice ofprinciple. Such emergencies
have occurred in the administration of the
present Executive. A stern sense Of duty
constrained me to oppose his course with re-
spect to our Indian relations. regarded it
as violation of the most solemn pledges of
national faith and honor; and, however the
excitements of political controversy may OBJ
scure or suspend the moral vision Of the coun-
try, yet they cannot avert the severe rebukes
of faithful history. 1t is to be feared that
the cries ofthe oppressed and driven Indian
will be remembered, when the wrongs done to
suffering humanity shall meet a righteous
Ietrbution.
When, in 1888, the President arrayod him
self in hostility to the Bank of the United
States, and against the plain provisions OF its
charter and the declared opinion of Congress,
removed the public deposits from its vaults,
! was compelled to resist this measure, as a
dangerous encroachment on the other de-
partments Of the government. Here with
not to be considered, as impcaching the mo-
tives of the President. The question involv-
ed no such charge, and was of momontous
import. 1t was not mere personal matter
with General Jackson whether he meant
well or i'll, nor whether the Bank had been
faithful, or was dangerous agent; but whe-
ther the Executive had assumed powers not
conferred by the Constitution. That such
encroachments had been made, was believed
by a majority Of the Senate. And with this
conviction, we would have been unworthy
of the trusts we held, had we failed TO declare
our opinions, or faltcred in the high duty Of
firm resistance.
That the press would assail us with bitter
invectve and denunciatons-that the infti-
ence of Executive popularity and power
would be enlisted to overwhelm us, and that
in the struggle some, perhaps many, would
fall, was to be expected. Notwithstanding
all this, the claims of duty were unchanged;
and rejoice for the example, that when the
storms of party violence broke upon the Sc
nate, majority was found to face it's fury, in !
vindicaton of the Constitution and laws of
the country.
That your efforts, gentlemen, to sustain the .
Senate, were unavaiing, does not diminish
the Importance of the example, or in the .
slightest degree abate the necessity of maxi
ing it. These seasons of strife will pass A.
way. In the calm reflections Of the future.
the People will do justice to the American
Senate. 1t may be distant, but believe it
TO be certain.
!, In respect to public dinner, to which you
have kindly invited me, hope you will per-
init the suggestion that such an expression of
your good will cannot be necessary, after the
repeated manifestations Of your confidence
which ! have already received. am. zen.
tlenen, fully assured and deeply sensible of
your esteem and friendship, greatly bcyond
what could ask or expect. The public. in
the late political trials, have seen. and / II
gratefully remember, how faithfully you stood
by your representative. Allow inc, then. tn
decline an honor that | should prefer ut this
time to dispense with. Please receive for
gentlemen, and for those whom
you represent, the beat wishes and respectful
regards of your obliged aud
Obedient fellow citizen.
THEo. FRELINGuUYsEv.
TO a. ~ Hhncy. and others