Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-29

Gcntemen-Being assured by tho hitherto uni
form course ct hostility your paper has observed to
United States Bank, holding such an institution
TO be unconstitutional, ms its whole conduct has
DONE II ann not mistaken, feel sHre that its con-
ducioE has no design, ct this time, to weaken the
moral influences OF President Ty .cr's adminstra-
ton, by urging II charges which are not obvious
and sustained by facts. II am right in this Won
Will admit into your columns this brief explanation
OF President Tyer's course in one or two pArticu.
lars, which appear to me TO bc important and sui
Gent TO shield him from the public censure
Mr.. Bell says, with respect to the Cabinet COM
terence OF the 18Th OF August: "whcn oil the ma
teral poIns appeared to be disposed of, and tho
membeTs OF the cabinet present had expressed their
decided appreciation Of the plan tho President had
suggested, he said that, after all he would not
sanction bank IN the form Just agreed upon if he
supposed that II would be made the basis Of a bank
with all the powers OF the late Bank Of the United
States"
MIR. Ewing says, that after that cabinet consul,n.
ton, when the President had resolved not TO sign
the bin introduced 10y Mr. Sergeant, "he asked and
earnestly urged the members OF his cabinc, TO have
the bill postponed" sc.
Now, let II be remembered that the plon which /,
IS aedged reported and passed as il was agreed
on IN the cabinet conference, was held Nv the
trends OF Uultcd States Bank IN be insufficient
II not so impractcablC that the stock would not bo
subscribed tOT-that the fact H. rs MIR WRIGHT n <
serted IN the Senate on tho end Of September. TINT
the biil had been hailed in hc Hous, with broad
laugh, at tho odd attempt TO head tie President"
lhis beng ruc,-undcniable.-sus of album
dant Oi,-on what grounds was the bill pissed
Can II he believed that such a bank bill was piss-
ed, to remain as passed, without the intention Of
charging the powers OF the Bank by subsequent e-
gslHtionl Was not that intention sufficiently dis.
covered, among other Incidents by MIR. Bots let
ter to induce the President to take sanctuary or If
you like the term better, retreat, TO his decnra.
ton to his cabinet, that "AFTER ALP he would not
sign the bill II II was likely he made the basis Of
bank with al, the powers Of the old one, to which
he has always been opposed
by this state of tho case, which il seems 10 mo is
warranted by the facts, the President is justified on
the main point 10 which have intended to advert.
and submit whether II IS not Just him and Judi.
siouS, that u1mpuiaIons Of all Of bad motives
should cease to he made 10y tho pubic Press be.
they unjust, his conduct having been such
as can be accounted for on u supposlOn resulting
from the facts, that is honorable 10 him.
The remaining parLlcullrto which wish a. brief
iy refer, Is the charge that the President tr
with his Cabinet. THIS is the burhen of MIR Bad
gers letter. Tic speaks in tho following style of"
measure embraced, eEd then rcpudiatod-eiiorts
prompted and then dIsowned-serviccs rendered end
then treated with scOrn or neglect Now though
MIR Badger may have been trnsd WITH he consider
ing the President bound IN executing his office To
consult ms CABINET IN ali things, and having con
suited them, TO convene them again on the same
subject, should his mind undergo a change Of pur-
pose on mAturer reflection; yet, Mr. Ewing admits
that the President, have seem earnestly urged
"the members q his Cabinet" to secure a postpone
mcrt Of the Bank Question TO the regular Session.
We sec from Mr. Wobstor's letter TO the Massachu.
set's Senators, that he knew that tho President de-
| sired the subject deferred. Thus two members of
the Cabinet, quite inconSdcrabIc pcrsonages, To be
/ sure, compared with Mr. Badger, both IN station
6nd Influence, were npprzed Of tho Presidents "ne "
osO'utlon' MS Mr. Ewing calls Il, while Mr. ,dgcr
was unkinjIy left IN tho dark. And why that NEW
| rcsolulionW Again, | say, there is 10 be found n
| sufficient and lushcativo cause In the discovered
design 10 have made that bill had the President
signed IT, tho foundation Of an old fashioned United
! States Bank. And more, when that design wa,
discovered, and not 20 the full extent no doubt e
which II was entertained and INDUCED IL vas No
new resolution on tho part Of the President {,
desire the postronomcnt. Tio had forewarned IN,
Cabinet That such would bs his nc.on-thut D.,
would not, m such case. sign the bill.
In still stronger and moro important light, thort
was no new resolution" II IS true that the prnci
pic Of State assent 70 agencies, discussed IN tho
Cabinet Conference. II is equally true that thu
principle has been esteemed highly important bl
the President. II was embraced IN Mr. Ewing
plan, " was offered as an amendment 20 Mr. Clay
bl and u was stoutly insisted upon IN tho frs
yo.o message, and WIS not surrendered in the lest
Add u these facts, this other one that the Pfesijen
prepared an amendment and put u into the hands z
| a member 10 be presented IN tho House to the bi
then before IT, 10 this effect that the assent Of IA
States should DO expressly obtained 70 the estab
lsi m mt Of agencies, and he must DO ncx1rablc IN
deed who can withstand thor powerful appeal
| acquii tho President Of vacilntion IN refusing mi
sanction TO a bill which did not cmbody that prov
sion On the principles of evidence that obtain .
our system 0f enlightened jurisprudence scein
that the President insisted that principle repeat
edy,- before and after the Cabinet consultation
cannot 10 Justly contendod that he therein surren
dored II, unless the proof that he did DO direct an