The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-09-22
CABINET DISCLOSURES.

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CABINET DISCLOSURES. ~
Our readers will perceiys in anotber parf Eof on
paper, that the Presidents Cabinet has beenareor.
ganized, with the exception Of Stsie Department,
in which Mr. WEBSTER sill remains The lcftsrs:
Of Nessrs. CRrrrEsDEN and EWING to The President,
rendering their resgnations bsys been pnblishcd;
that Of the former will be found 10 oar seoasmns to-
day. Mi. EwIse's letter is too long, nnless u Rds
more deserving, for to give il 10 our readers. fts
publication certainly one Of tho basest aets That
ever marked the conduct Of Cabinet Dtiyi
We cannot call to our recollection single instance
in which member Of the Cabinet. 5baI eyers,bc@
fore, so far degraded himself as TO bet1y The con6
dence reposed in him one Of the lsthgtionai
advisers Of the President. On the memorable s1-
plosion Of of the Cabinet. under Gem JAcxsos
neither of tho retiring members, Messrs. Baayra;.
BERRlEu, and IsoHAM. MI of whom addressed IeE-
ters to the President or the public, could 70 far fot
get themselves as to betray the proceedings of
binet Councils. 1t has been reserved for THoNAs.
EwNo, tho specuator in revolutionary land claims,
to sink himself into a slower deep,p BY this iast
act Of uncqnatled baseness and per6dy. II i could
bc shewn that any high. motives ofpatriotisp, ds-
manded the disclosures made BY this letter,
if Mr. Ewisas personal character had been assaulted.
and his defence could only be made perfect hy ths
act, there would be some apology, for the course
which he has-adopted Butit is-not pretended that
any interest Of the country sto be subscrvcd
infamous act, or that it will tend in any idegrcet
add any thing to the purity or dignity Of it's apti,o
MI. EwIyGs letter is addressed TO The President,
and processes to give the Cabinet proceedings the
Bank Bill, the veto Of which. he makes the pretcxt
for leaving the Cabinet, and the treacherous betray
al of the confidence reposed in hns Mr. sEwInc has
richly merited the severe denunciaons which he
received for his iratorous condpc, j be- ad
mttod that his letter is true IN parbbut the
public will be slow to place implicit reliance in tle
improved statements Of an individual who comes, uns
hidden. before them under such questionable cifcam-
stances. Ono vino in the very actaof askings u to
trust him., is outraging every principle held sacred
among men of honor. -. Z. -. -
We have not space for this extraordinary pfoduo
ton of Mr.. EwINd, but there are two sentences
in it which strike US as SO singular that VIC cannot
omit copying them. The FIRST is az follovs;- 3, \.
ut is equally a matteEof justice To- you
and to myself 10 say. thatths. bill which I
reported to the two Houses Of Congress at
the commencement of the session. in obe-
dience to their call, was modified SO as to
meet your approbation. You may moi;
it is true. have read the bill throughout
and examined every part of2it; bur the
10Th fundamental article, which became
the contested question of princlr le, was
freely discussed between us. aud II was
understood and unequivocally sanctioned
by yourself Tie last:clause in&the hiit.
also, which contained a reservation OF
power in Congress. was inserted a,' thssss ,sss
9th Of June, in your presence, anu witnss !ls
your appreciation; though youat one time 2
Told me that, in giving your ssnctinn TO-
the bill. you would accompany itwith an
explanation Of your understanding Of that ;,
first clause" ~ n y -: 3
The bill alluded to in this paragraph is known bys
the name of"EwIso's BILL" and was rsferrsd IN tho
Senate, to speciu committee, whore il was ssnoth-
cred. and the first bill known MS CLAY'sD which .
passed both Houses was reported by that Committees
It will be remembered however, that the 18th funda
mental article was retained in the bill, and It WIZ
also be recollccted to what severe commentary It
was subjected, by the President, in his frst Veto
Message. Keeping this in mind, we ask the readers
attention 10 the other sentence to which we alluded
in Mr.. EwlNG's letter. 1t is as follows:--
"Mr. Badger said that on enquiry ne :
was happy to find iha, the best temper
prevailed in the two Houses. He beiev- !,
ed they were perfectly ready to take up
the bill reported by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and pass it at once. You re-
piled, "Talk not to me Of Mr.. Ewing's
bill; it contains that odious fea.uiesof To-
cal discounts which Ihaye repadiated IN
my message" | then said 10. You, Il
have no doubt, sir, that the Hnase. haV-
ing ascertained your. yiews,Swili pass a :
bin in conformity TO them, provided they
can be satisfied that it would answer tho