Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-10-09
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To suppose, after so broad and emnba,;c a
declaration as this, that the President would an.
prove bill 50 loosely disguised and 40 ,r5olk,
unguarded IN reference 10 Tie eerv ,cor,, s,er;cs
Of "local discount" was to suppose hin ~ ~
the ass or the knave which Mr.. Ewina b..
proven himself TO be--ond this, ,hereGotSs ha :.
comes the whole question. Mr.. Ewing CO...
verts a Sl5,000,000 bank OF bona 6de w.
change, into a $2l 100000 bank of the mos,
dangerous, exclusive and corruptng kind of dis
count, and charges the President with "trescberv"
| Tor not ralifying so gross raud!" GIVE
- an inch and he will take an ell" II is
gatherable, moreover, from the "staiement" of
Mr.. Bell, ttat, in the Cabinet conversation allu.
ded to, the President plainly intimsed his prefer.
ence that Mr.. Webster (and not Mr.. Ewing,
should represent his views to Mr. Sergeant. wiz
was this, unless the President supposed Mr. w
better understood them or would &C, more fa;rl,
and honorably in representing them? Yet moi.
wthstanding this plain nlimation, it seems thu,
Mr.. Ewing had the gross indslicacy to MAKE
himself purpoSely and privately ofiicious, beyond
the desire and beyond the authority Of the Exec.
utve-not going to Messrs. Sergeant q Berrien
trih Mr.. Webster but by himself afterwards.
The whole matter, therefore, most probabIy
amounts to just what wa. suggested in nv lost
that is 10 say-that Mr.. Webster, on whom lls
President mainly relied to give a fair exposition
OF his views to the Chairmen OF the Bank Com.
mittees Of the two houses, did not misunderstood
him, did not transcend his authority in commit.
ting the President to greatly worse bank than
the one he had already veioed--in short, did not
join in the design to "heHd him, and has, con.
sequeDtly, no issue quarrel with the Executive;
and that "T. Ewing" either from misunderstood
ing the President, or from some other cause
transcending his authority, felt and found in the
subsequent declenson Of the Executive to con.
verse with him upon the subject at all, that he
had Justly forfeited the confidence of bis princi.
pal, and has sought to escape in the partisan
Glamour excited by his own prostitution
desire but TO add, Messrs. Editors, lha, what,
ever Of unmered reproach has fallen upon Mr..
| Tyler and hissfriends, in reference 10 this Baak
controversy, has been brought about by the sin.
cere desire they have entertained and evinced, to
meet their late political allies upon some honor.
able and midway ground, which might harmon.
ize and settle "the vexed question" compatibly
with the interests Of the whole country and
with the honor Of every division OF the late
Wing party. Instead Of reciprocating this SEN
timent, that division Of the party which Welded
the question as test at Harrisburg, and in the
canvass afterwards-the ''headers" and schemers
in Congress, and even in the late household of
the President, sought to take advantage Of feel.
| ing thus kindly and honorable, and by the com.
bined influences OF Establishment on the one
hand, and terror upon the other to operreach
him with charter so framed as 10 combine and
answer all their purposes, ard compass his dis
honor, yet so disguised as they hoped he would
have neither the time to unrayel nor the frmness
| 10 oppose
Well-the "headers" have themselves been
headed-and feeling and knowing that then arc
the real cause Of leaving the question unsettled,
and that they have done so expressly in the hope
that they can so nlisrepresent it as to make i,
innure TO the advantage OF their chief they Ca
lumniously raise the cry Of "treachery' against
President elected as an anti.bank man, and
whose only leaning to bank Of any kind, grew
out OF desire TO meet them, and answer the
Just wants Of the rhole country, upon the mid
die and honorable ground alluded to This,
NlesSrs Editors, seems to be the thanks awarded
to every mainland especially the old Jacksoa
men-who so far waived their objections to Mr..
Clay as TO act Nth him in the late political revo.
luton for Wm n. Harrison and John Tgler, but
decline TO act for him now AdAIssr the "survi.
wing partner Of the same republicans firm In
the expressive language Of Mr.. Profit, of In.
diana, in reply TO Mr.. Bots, Of Virginia, on
| line second veto, the whole country will soon dis.
Germ that that was the reason why The great cues.
ton OF the finances and the currency was not
honorab!y and amica5ly settled during the recen.
extra session, and why it is that it may have
reached pass that nothing but the verdict Of
The peopte can settle it.
''Sr, ifIhe gentleman will not dispe the mys,e.
~ hanging over this Bank business will. Tho
whole session has seen passed in "President-mak-
| ing" told you few DAYS since | tell Won 40
,gain. And repeat that from the first meeting Of
En"gress to this hour, there has been desrnins.
ton on the part OF some gentlemen to create an
issne VITA the President. His constitutional scru-
| pies, well known and openly bvowed. have been
Sneered at, under the prelext of avoiding them:
the most absurd and evasye propositions have been
presented 10 him. with full knowledge that iley
could not receive his sanction. In the expressive
language OF the gentleman. there has been every
means used 'to head him''-to make him sion bill
which neither his conscience nor Judgment ap-
proved. and thereby violate all his long cherished
principles, and subject himself to the scorn of the
GOOD and Virtlon<, or, by refusing his assent to
become an object Of abuse and Misrepresentation
ior hose who hate him, and look upon him as stand
ing between them and the objects Of their snbi-
ton"
! would fain commend the whole Of this mas.
terIy speech to such Of the Wing party as desire
to read triumphant defence of the President OF
their choice, and a searching exposure OF the
| ISLANDERS and schemes Of his adversaries. Now,
as heretofore, the conduct of the men who have
again SET for themselves has only TO be por-
trayed to be condemned and the country will
rather Joy than mourn that the address Of less
than hIly mem bers of Congress, out of nearly