Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-28
Correspondence Of me Uhir.


ger rom the country that the President and some O
his immediate advisers have becom, oIi.,,,.i g..
inc wing party-lt is the subject Of free eonv.,,,
y" "o s''ec'S' ana 1t IS openly proclaimed OF
the hoor OF Congress The Locolocos. O + ali bns,
o'S' ''"' 'nere Is 10 be dissolution of the Cab.
"'' and co'dy indicate Mr. Granger, Me- Ewing
'"u Mr. beII, as the obnoxious members, and 6,s
victims oil the new organization Of parties. And 10,
'""nse 10 say, whilst these individuals. vino ,ce,,
70 speak semi officially, are fulmnatins their ,r,.
tne'has against the constitutional advisers os ,b
F'esiden', the President has according In ,r,,o,.
continued to exhibit towards tho Cabinet so g,
MS external department is concerned. Tn. u,r,o.,
uesree oil personal kindness and rcspcct. I, il ,,
that they are no. informed as TO the measures xvhh
ne intends TO adopt, and that the Veto N,s,,..
was not even submitted to their inspection. B,,
from what can learn, the Prssd,n, has no, ,;vo .,
any member OF his Cabinet the shghtes, in,im,,ior
oi ms wish 10 dissolve the official relations which ,
present subsst between them. Its rather s,r,,.o
however, that he should permit his friends n,
san inc Calumet IN the way ihey DO If MIR. Tyl.r
"iShes TO dissolve the CaJ.et It is his duty in cooo
forward, Ike a man, and ell them so. and mn, Nor
init any sly, underhinded, irsidious assaults N h,
made upon IAem by others.
MATTERS are now rapidly coming to a crisis. md
'he d>HousSi'Ht may be expected IN few weeks 1,
Is confidently asserted, and universally believed
'ha' the PRESIDENT will veto the bill which has n,
Gu 'he Rouse OF Representatives. and do It in such
terms as to preclude the possibility of re-union
win the Wing party. limitations to tina, efFee,
nave been thrown out in Congress. IL is said ,b,,
the Cabinet will then he dissolved. md f,.r,,t
UNION take place between the President and N.
"CorPorals guard" and the L.ocos.
An impression has been made. to some sY,e,, -,
the pubic mind, that the present Bunk bill was in.
trodue"d INTO Congress with the know ,edge ,b,, !.
would ba vetoed. MIR. Wise dwelt upon this ,de,
!" MS speech But he is utterly mistaken. After
'"e 'e'o message cam~, the first impulse was to
S'cohce every thing Ike pride Of opinion on the al
TAR OF 'he country and 70 pass the plan recommend
Cd oy MI Ewing, " ch the President had repent
cay sald, pending the former bill, he would SION
But upon scrutiniz,ng the Veto Message. II wos
found that Le there TOOK the ground, that he would
sa"cuon No bill which gave he Bank the mower IN
E!'c'un nca paper whether i, Ia d the risht q, cs
tin!Ish branches with or V.,hou. the assent or rho
states. Now, i 1t had be-n the rrrposo NJ M.
Wings 10 involve the President in any cr,b,rr,.s
meni they had only to pass that billet him veto
IT. and then confront him with the promises which
ne mad made I" sign 1t, and with the fact that L,d
been recommended to Congress, by his Secretary of
tue treasury as Ministerial or Government nnea.
sure In such state Of affairs the position of the
resident would certainly have been any thing but
ehvaole! But such was not the wish of the
WhIgs-They desired to restore harmony TO the
Party, and to reconci,. the unfortunate difference
between the two departments of the Gove,nmeo,
With this view they met togethec-they deIibera-
ted day after day, and night after n,ghttbev caro-
July considered the Veto Message, and aysiled
themselves OF every other means of information as
to the Presidents opinions, which were accessible
10 them ana proceeded in good faith to frame a bill
"hich 'hcy honestly believed would answer the
purposes OF the Government and the country and
remove the constitutional objections of the Pre,i-
dcnt-They had no desire to onirap him-they have
none now-and nothing would give the Wbiss nore
pleasure HolO than to sec Mr. TYLER sirn the b,l, -
It's, IN the opinion OF the ablest fnanciers admiro
bly, adapted to the purposes Of the Treasury De-
parment, and to the necessities Of tie people and i,
$50 entirely relieved from constitutional objections
as to receive the support Of our able and estmable
Senator, Mr.. Archer, who 10 a strict construction.
Isl Of the straitest sect.
II MIR. Tyler will come forward ng,o and sign tho
bill he will at once establish himself in the con-
hdenre Of the Wings; because It is not the mere act
OF having vetoed the other Jill, bu, the supposed
leaning which he has manifested to the L.ocos. whom
he has so often denounced as unworthy of conf
dence, which has created ds,rust in the minis Of his
old friends. Many still affirm that the President
would do right If left 10 himself, but maintain that
he Is held in leading strings by certain learned Off
clal dignlInrics, who speak through him, and man
age the Government to suit their own purposes.
Some 60 so far to say that, il the President dis.
solves the present Cabinet there will be al least s1
very desirable Offices vacated, which must necess,
rily be filled by other Individuals Il is also init
mated that some persons might be found in Virginia
sufficiently imbucd with an enlarged spirit Of pa
trioiism-which is but selishness on an extended
scile-io consent TO exchange an income Of 5 900
or 81 500 for one Of $4,000. How these matters
are, however, cannot pretend to say Time will
showl
The Land Bill will paSs the Senate to day and
be sent back to the House TO obtain the concur
renee Of thot body 10 the Senals's amendments
Two Of these amendments are very important
The first changes The basis Of distribution from ls-
presentation in The House alone, and substitutes
representation in the two Houses. This amend.
men. will be rejected in Inc House Of Representa-.
uyos II Il is concuu-d in, the bill will 10 i1eyi,a
by lost
Tire other amendf'sn. provides thrt whenever
the duties imports shall be 20 arranged ms to i'm.
pose tax Of more than 20 per cent on any article,
the operation Of the distribution law shall be sug
pended think that amendment will also DO re-.
jected.
Thu Senate will then proceed to consider tho
Bank Bill, and pass il substantially as it wen, from
tho House.
From all can gather, I think il not improbable
that the revenue bill will b. laid over by the Senate
until noHt session. !. will require a gront deal Of
time 20 get through IT, and members a,s becoming
very impatient to 60 home And, moreover. the
bill, by the adrori management Of the I.oroficoa.
was made Objectionable to tho Wings, by the tax
ten and coffee, and they therefore care little about
It for the present
lsit not a dsplonble thing TIM. the Wing party
that glorious offspring Of a free peopls-shoud b.
reduced 70 sueb a condition by the evil counso's Of
Incompetent and ubpfTi.i, advisers7 ffany thing
could enhance tho bitterness Of the regrets Of tte
wn 3, Il would DO the reelection o, the nppnren,
ln"ignihcgncs Of the causes and agents which have
brought their caIamitics pom them Heavens f"
exclaimed an indignant gentleman from Ponnsy Iva
MIA, chow mouryng It Is TO think that wo should
thus be overcome by pismircsl"
Yours, truly, u. v. w.