The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-09-23

ION 10 whirh that grant should be intro.
dursd; you als0 spike u The name ollhe
institution. desi.ing lLal fhaf should BE-
changed. 10 this OH. c,ed. - il sould
probably be made = suhjeri 81 ridicTlr.
but yon insisted lhal Ihere vas much IN
name. and This institution ought NOT 10
be called bank Mr. Websler undertook
10 adapt il in lhi. particular u your uish-
90. Mr.. Bell then Observed 4, Mr.. Web
slsr aud myself that We bad no lime 10
lose; that IL lhls we're not inaedis.ely
attended 20. saoIhrr bill. less acceptable,
night be got up and reported. We -
pllrd thai se wuuld lose no time. NJ.
Webster accordingly called on Me.srs.
Bsrrien and SeTgesni immediately. aud
| waited On them BY his appointment %
s o'clock on The sane day. and agreed
upon The principles Of he bill in accord
anee with your expressed wishes. And
| am sPprised &c The iaei. though il did
MI occur ~ my presence. TIA, af,er
the bill WAS drawn up. and before il was
reported. il Vas seen and exsminrd nv
yourself; that your attention Was sperIslly
called TO ,he l6 b fundamental ariic:e;
that on full examination sou concerned
in is provisions: that II the same iimeis
name was 50 modified as 10 meet your
spprnhalian; and The bill was reported
and passed. IN all essential particulars. as
IL was When u came through your hsnJ-.
You asked Mr.. Webster and myself
each TO prepare, and present you an aigr-
menI touching The conslilutinnslny ofIhs
bill; and belnIe ihnse a'gnmrnis could be
prepared and read BY you. you declared.
As | heard and believe. 10 gentlemen.
members Of the House. that you would
cut OF your right hand rather than sp.
prove IL. After this new resolution was
taken, YOU asked and earnestly urged The
members of your Cabinet to postpone the
bill; but you would neither give yourself,
nor suffer them TO give. any assurance Oi
your future course, IN case Of such post.
ponemeni. BY some IL rs, and | was
my self one. the effort was made 10 graii-
ly your wishes. 10 The only way ia which
il could be done with p,opri. /, |; that il.
by Obtaining the general concurrence Of
The Wing members of The tao Houses
in the pos,ponemenl. II tailed. as ] have
resson 10 believe, because you would
give no assurance that The delay was not
sought as means and occasion for hostile
movements. During this season of deep
feeling and earnest exrrIion upon our
part, while we we're zsaiousiy devoling
our talents aud influence TO serve AMI ID
sustain YOU, the very secrets III oar Ca
biuet councils made their Appearance in
an Infamous paper printed in . neighbour
ny CITY, the columns of which we,e dali
~ charged with As,tery Of yourself and
foul abuse Of your Cabinet. All this
bore; Cor ielI that my services. so long
as they could avail. were due 10 the ma.
Iion--lo that great and magnaninous Peo-
pie, whose sutfrages elevated your pre-
dec ssor 10 the staliun which you now
Gil. and whose united voices approved his
act when he summoned us around him,
TO he his counsellors; and fell that what
was due TO his memory, TO the Iujuuclions
which he left Us in his las, dying words,
and To the People. whose servants We
were, had no. all been performed until
eSery me ms was tried. and every hope
had failed Of carrying out the true primes
pies upon which the mighty movement
was founded that elevated him aud you
to power.
This bill. framed and fashioned Accord
ing To your own Suggestions, IN the I'M
tialinn uf which aud another memberuf
your Cabinet were made by you the
agents AMI the nego,Ia,ols. was passed by
large majnrIlies through The two Houses
OF Congress, and sen, 10 you, and you re-
jected II. Important as vas the. part
which had taken, al your request, in The
originate, Of This bill. aud deeply as | g.
was comi,ed for your action upon il. yuu
never consulted me on the subject Of line
veto message. You did not even refer
~ il in conversation, and The 6rst nnIice
hid Of Tvs contents was derived from ru.
NOR. ......
And 10 me, al least, you have dine
np,hing To wipe away the personal indlg-
nifty arising out Of the act. | g,,hered,
il is true, from your conversation, short.
ly after The bill had passed the House.
tina. you had strong purpose TO rejec.ii;
but nothing was said like sof,ening or
apology ID me, either in reference to my
self OF to those with whom | had com
municsied a. your request. and who had
acted themselves and induced the two
Houses to act upon the faith OF that CON-
municaiion. And, strange as it may
seem, the Veto Message attacks in an cs-
pecial manner The very provisions which
were inserted al your reques'; and even
the name of the corporation. which was
no, only agreed to by you, but especially
changed 10 meet your criticism. Differ
ent men might view this transaction in
diiferen, points of light, but. under these
circums stances. as matter ofpersoasi no.
nor, =, would be hard for me 70 remain &c
your counsel, 10 seal my Iips and leave