New-York tribune., 1841-09-28

ooua.ry feel ana acknowledge the blessings Q:
Wing Administration. Had ;hair hearts s@eiIed
with sach purposes. perhaps tkey might have 0eea
less ex7uis;:ey sensitive 70 personal indignities
real Or imaginary.
Had the Nen.5e7= Of ne Cabinet good grounds
Of suspicion ,aa. tae Presidea: would prove
.rai,or to the party TIA, elected him. - much
--ea,er vas The 1ecess5ey o. their remaining n
posts where ,hey might prevent the treason. Had
he manifested ;rbecil,yo mind AID changea0ieness
Of purpose, So much more urgently vas !; re
or;red tina: he should l.7ve steady and asle coun-
soo-.-for be was President, and 30 must remain.
unless removed b the provdeace Of COD. for three
aid half years % come Il ne we're deserted By
wise and patriotic men can any ore III. 10 see that
he would fail iato hands 0; :r.eE Of al opposite
character. ana that the Country mus: become II.
sufferer There : only one way Of answering
;Eese questions. Wha;, therefore. was 70 De
gained, VIA: patriotic purpose answered. By =
-,D;ure with the Presiden. AID voluntary di;sa
luton Of me Cabinet! The men who retire pc
cone powerlcss; the President continues 70 be
the Chief Executive Oficer under the Constitution.
IF there had peer, among the members OF this
Cabinet. oac -naz who would have exercised sun
cisnt influence ever his colleagues 20 prevent their
resignation ih., man would IN ny Judgement de-
serve the lasting gratitude Of his country. sach
MAJ. CT, imagine, would hare thus addressed
his colleagues: % Gentlemen, you are abou; 70 send
in YOUR res;gaa,ion=-are yo- sure that yo1 are
not acting under raers ,raasier; exei;eEaen; =
I respectfully submit; tina; you lad better pause IN
I'll Won are perfectly certain that ';le course you
shall determine pursue : dictated BY considefa-
,ioa, merely personal bu: BY The dictates Of acoo
AID deliberate judgement, guided BY patriotic feel
ing. We are Invested, gentlemen, with high and
important powers under the Constitution Il We
part Nth these powers they canno; easily be re-
gained while they are under our control We may
Use them, ii sot 70 accomplish the Utmost coocev-
able good, We NAY {, least keep them from hands
in which neither we nor our friends have conf
deace. Ought We then. to relinquish these ?ow-
ers by our own voluntary act
Were we acting for ourselves, oaly and atlib-
erty 10 crafty our personal feelings, willing
10 admit tina, nothing could be more agreeable
than to surrender these posts but We are acting for
Others, for millions, and we are called upon, as
patriots il all ages have been called upon, 70 make
persona! sacrifices Those By whose will and
voice we are placed here have struggled. through
long course o! years, TO gain tina; political
power, portion of which has been commit
ted to our hand, by our country, and We are not
al liberty to surrender it, unless case OF strong
necessity for such surrender, is clearly made
out. NJ such necessity. in ny judgement,
is vet apparent; haze seen no sufficient
reason for the dissolution Of The Cabinet by the
voluntary act Of its own members. Il the Presi-
dent sees fit to dissolve u by his ac;, then it
i no, voluntary on our part. and we must answer
to the country for the exercise of the trust com
mi;,ed to him by the People Let stand ii our
places, and, in the exercise Of forbearance and
moderation, accompanied BY perseverance, Try il
we cannot reconcile the difficulties among our
friends, and reproduce union in party; for it is
to the union Of the Wing partly which l mean
the whole party, the Wing President, the Wing
Congress, and the Wing Peope-iha: looi, for 4
realization Of our wishes. CAS- LOOK SowRERE
Else"
This language would beti! an American States
man and Patriot-a Wing ard il such one had
employed it in vain, should sill honor him
In my mex; shall proceed to inquire into the
nature and ex,en: Of the alleged personal igni;y
relying solely for ny facts upon the testimony Of
the Secretaries themselves. CASDoR.