Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-09-11


Shall, be told that The honor, the frmness, The
;5oneodence of the Chief Magistrate might
have been drawn 10 question II he had renamed
Massive and SO permitted the bull 10 become I
law? answer that the office OF Chief 9agis-
,rate is a sacred and exalted trust, created Aha
conferred for the benefit OF the nation, ana not
Ear he nrvate advantage Of the person VINO MIS- +
it. Can any mans reputation tor hrfnhess, nut
rendcnce pnd honor be of more importance taaB /
Inc " Welfare OF great people? ihere Is ho'htps'
in my humble judgment, 10 such a COURSE i''Co'ii
patible with honor with hrmness, WIN lndePeh-
dence properly understood. Certainly, must
ro.oac,fully think, in reference to measure like
this recommended By such high sanctIon--by
five Congresses--by the authority OF tour Pfesl
dents-by repeated decisions OF the supreme
Court--by the acquiesence and judgment oil inc
people Of the United States during long periods
OF time-by its salu,ary operation on the interests
of tho country for a space OF forty years, ana de-
minded by the people whose sutffages Paceo
President Tyler in that second office from whence
he was translated to the first, that he mlght nave
suppressed the promptngs OF oil personal Pfiuo .,
private opinion, if any arose in his bosom, anu
Welded 10 the W ishes and wants OF this country.
Nor do believe that, in such a course, ne woo'a
have made the smallest sacrifice, IN Jist SENSE
OF personal honor, firmness, or independence.
But sir there is still! a third alternative, 10
Which / .Ilude not because | mean 10 intimate
that it should be embraced, but because | aW re-
minded Of il by a memorable event IN tho Ito oil
President Tyler. 1t will be recolected tnat aIler
tho Senate had passed tho resolution declaring
the removal Of the public deposites from the late
Bank of the u. S. for which resolution President,
then Senator Tyler, had voted, tho General AS
semhly of Virginia instructed the Sena tors from
that State to vote for the expunging OF that reso'
luton Senator Tyler declined voting In conior~
nifty with that instruction, and resigned ms seat
in the Senate Of the u S. This he did because
he could not conform ane did not think 1t right TO
20 counter 10 the wishes Of those who had placed
hi IN in tho Senate. If, when the people OF 'ir-
pinia or the General Assembly of Virginia were
his only constituency, he would not set up his own
particular opinion IN opposition TO theirs, "ha'
ourht TO be the rule of his conduct when Inc poo
plo Of % Siates--a whole naton--comPose Ms
constituency Is tho will of the constituency oil
one State 10 be respected, and that OF twenty -sN
I, be wholly dsregarded? Is obedience due only
10 the sinnIe State of Virginia? The Presiden
admits that tho bank question deeply ugitaied AM
continues TO gitate the nation. 1t Is tncontesta
bic that it was the great, Absorbing and contFoii
ing question. IN all our recent divisions and eXer
tons. | am firmly convinced and II IL my delhi
crate Judgment, that an immense majority, no
less .,dn wo-;hirds of the nation, desire such 81
institution All doubts in this respect ought t
be dspeled by the recent decisions OF mo I"
housea of Congress speak OF them as eplde"c
Of popular opiaon In the House OF Repfesen
tatives. tno ma Iority was l3l To loo III III
House had been full, and but for the modticatIo
&c tho 10th fundamen tai condition, there woul
have beeu probable majority OF A. Is II to b
believed that this large majority OF Inc lnRled
ate representatives OF the people, fresh fFoi
amongst them and to whom the President seem
ed inclined in his opening message, to refer III
very question, have mistaken The WISHES OF the
constituents?
I pass TO the sixteenth fundamental condition
in respect 10 the branching power, on which rs
gre, to feel myself obliged TO say that think tn
President has commented with uneXamplod soVe
itv and with harshness OF language not ta'o
nbie TO the maintenance of that friendly and ha
rnonious intercourse which is so desirable betwet
coordinate depart ments of the Government
The President could not have been uninforms
that overy one of the tweuty-six Senators, al
every one of the hundred and thiriy-ene Repr
sentatiYes who voted for the bill, If left 10 h
own separate wishes, would have preferred Il
branching power 10 have been conferred unco
ditionaliy, it was IN the charters OF the "
former Banks of tho United States. 10 conser
ing To the restrictions upon the exercise OF IN
power, be must have been perfectly aware tn
thew actuated by friendly spirit OF cor
promise and concesslon.-1et no where IN b
message does he reciprocato or return this spi
Spoakiug OF the assent or dissent which the can
requires, he says: ''Thls iron rule is TO q
way 10 no crcumstances--it is uubending and
flexible. Ii is the language OF tho master TO {
vassal An unconditional answer is claimed for
,rihn The "hgh privilege" OF o submission
the question, the part of the State RepIese
tatlves, TO their constituents, according TO t
message, is denied. He puts the OF t
popular branch of State Legislature expires
ing its dissen, ''by unanimous vote, and It's r.
olu,ion may be defeated by tie vote IN the s.
ato,'' and Both branches Of the legislature IN
concur in u resolution OF decided dissent, and )
the Governor may exert the veto power conf
red on him by the State constitution, and III
legislative action be defeated" "Fhe State n
afterward protest against such unjust infercn
but its authority is gone" The Presiden, G.
tnucs: ITO differences so violent and III
seem 10 me IRRATIONAL cannot yield my coase
No cour, of justice would or could sanction The
without reversing all that is established in il
cal proceeding. by introducing Prescriptions
rlrianc6 trih fact and differences at the erpe
of reaSon.-A State in condition Of dure
would be presumed speak an ndividl
manacled and in prison, might be presumed to