The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-09-16

justice feel 10 be due 10 high officer,
who has discharged, as President Tyler
has done, 3 soieu.n aud deeply responsible
obligation TO the Constitution and TO his
country, demands that he should be shislded
ifota the lnsiuualion Of having acted IN any
manner 10 violation Of the claims of good
faith 10 those Who raised him, BY their
voices, 10 his elevated station.
The Senator iu,Imaied that when ofier,
ing hs last amendment 10 the bill, as
compromise, he believed thai lha, amend,
meuI would be acceptable here and else
where-to the President as well as his
friends. do not kcoE sheuce the homo
rable Senator derived sach an impression.
lMr. Clay. The Senator again mistakes
my language. ! said that | did not know
whether the amendment would be accep,a.
BE OF noi but ;ha; hoped It would prove
acceptable nol only here but elsewhere.
have only to say, then, said Mr.. e.,
that | can see ~ adequate foundation for
such hepe 10 any Of the public proceed
ings connected With ia.s bt!l.
Let me nov give the history Of the affair,
as 1t appears in Documentary evidence
Was il not vel understood At lie con
taencemeut Of our session that there wrre
serious constitutional difficulties IN the Is
eculye Department, u regard to an old
fashioned BANK OF the United States -
Were not these difficulties piaUly referred
20 10 the Report Of The Secretary Of the
Treasury And d.i no. the honorable
Senator himself call upon that officer tor
The details OF plan mich should be free
from constitutional difficulties And Oas
II not understood that tie Plan submitted in
answer to that CA. contained the ult.mu;um
of the Presi1eul, after 4 fill consultation
with his official advisers And WHIST was
the Sae qrG nor 10 that plan , Was II not
the unqualified previous assent Of the States
10 branches within their !iuas But the
Senator VII not, | am sure, contend :bat
bis compromise amcu5nent 50 called did
provide for an unqualified previous assent
Of the States.
The Senator complains Of tie manner in
which the President has expressed himseii
in the message. Whatever, 10 SOM. pas.
sages OF tba! paper, may seem 10 tie homo.
rable Senator from hcatgeky as harsh, or
AT least, TOO energetic, nothing, ! an sure,
vas further IRON The mind of ghe President
than TO use Ianzgsge vBich might seem
waiting 10 respect 70 this body, or any
member Of IT. lle knows too we.l The
high and dign,f d courtesy which should
preside over the relations Of the co ordinate
departments of the Government 10 indulge
for moment, a1y feeling Inconsistent With
that courtesy, IL 10 the force and earnest.
ness o! E.s ccavictt1as, he has used Ian.
guage Of corresponding energy, II must be
set 6own 10 that accot ni alone, AMI NAV
plead some indulgence from the example C:
the honorable Seu1 Or, Ia whose bold and
commanding eloqueace words are won, TO
bear the impress oi bis oVn ferF.a cocceP.
tons.
have teS words TON &c SCI as 10 :he
alternatives Witch tae Senator tells Us the
President ought 70 have embraced rather
than to bare returned il.s BIN With ohlec.
tlcus. The first e these alternatives was
70 suffer The btil, unsigned % become a Law
after The lapse Of tea days, as provided u
the Constitution. And that sas!d tbs Jc
but an ienomisious retreat from duty ID.
ss@sj CT maniaily rod boldly meeting the
responsibility Of rs higb station WIZ
eli respect for the honorable and d.suu
euisbed Senator, | aiii say taa! be himself
IS lie last, The Yery las, man 10 practice
WIS, be preLc5es. Le. him point Us to d
s.Ugie Circumstance 10 t.s own " glorious
example which would sanction anything
like ssalEag l.5n duty. Never, never.
What are TIE p,aci pcs o. y h.ch The Con
stiiugiou IS iyuateI 4 Dot Inc Eyecggge
Deparmea, CO orlsu1.c With the L3g.sla-
tiYe, and !niea1ed 10 cheek, when occasion
requires. 81 lnpr5psse4eEc.se Of the Iegisa.
tive ar.hoaty Tao Constitution sGpPoses
tia, such a. exercise Q! tie Legislative
poBer uay sometimes L1opeu. Il takes il
tor grsE.ed that Caagress may, n &c IN
guarded moment, invade tie rights q tie
States, CT COMMIT cher Ylola,locs. Sc the
ius;rumeHi Which 6-iaas rs powers
Hence Il places 10 .ae hand Of tia PresI
dent lBe veto poser that be may stand 10
the breach, AID, la tie !lHegege o: his OIL
cal oath. defend and g.esefGs and protect
the Constitution am proud to cav for
tie President that such az a'.eual4ye as
letting the bill become q 10 4. by tie lapse
81 the ten days, ao~eter II may have pre-.
seated Itself 70 the 5aag .aa,s3a Ct the hoa
cradle Senator, never onae entered The
mind Of tie President, trust never to
see q na'i,e Of that proud old Common
wealth, which cIa!ms the Senator from Ken
lucky himself as one of the nobiesl Of her
SOUS, fly to such q refuge.
But tue Senator refers Us 70 another al.
ternsiiye within the pawcI Of the President
VIZ. The resignation Of h.s Office; aud he
adgers TO an example 10 the Presidents
Own history ghefe be once resigned bis
seat IN this body ral.cr than obey Ingiruc
tons by giving a vote which he deemed to
be violation Of the Constitution. ask,
IN what circumstances did SIR. Tyler stand
al tia, time The Legislature Of Virgin.
"a, which gave the instructions. we're. uu.