Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-09-23
III e RAID OF II III E Il M p S.


Of lhe bill IN accordance with your expressed
wishes. And ] am upprised Of the TACT,
though II did not occur 10 my presence, thn'
after tho bill was drawn up, and before II
wns reported, II was seen and examined ny |
| yonrsclf: that your attention was specially |
called to the 10Th fundamental article that |
"n full examination you concnrred IN It's pro-
visions: that at the same time rs namc was
40 noJlded as 10 meet yOnr appreciation ana
hc bill was reported aud passed, IN all essen
ra particulars AS it was when It came through
your hands.
II Yon asked Mr.. Webster end myself each
10 prepare and present you M argument
touching the constltutieDalliy of the bill ana
bcfIe those arguments could be prepared
aud read by you, you declared, as heard
and believe, to gentlemen, Members OF 'he
\ sLouse, that you would cut off your right
hand rather than approve It. Amer this new
resolution was taken. you asked and earnest.
Il w urged the members ot your Cabinet 10
/ postpone the bill but you would neither
/ give yourself nor suffer them to give, any
assurance of Your future course, III case OF
| such posiponeincnt. BY some of us, and
| was myself one, the effort was made to graft
n fy your wishes IN the only way in which II
4 could be done with proprieiy that Is, by oh
laining the general concurrence OF The wing
N Members of the two Houses ln the postpone
| mcut. 1t failed, as have reason to believe.
|, because you would give no assurance that
the delay was not sought as means
Il aud occasion for hostile movements. During
/ this season of the deep feeling and earnest
cXerton upon our part. while we were zeal
! ousy dcvoting our talents and influence to
| serve and to sustain you, the very secrets OF
! our Cabinet councils made their appearance
IN an infamous paper printed ~ ne'ghoor'
| ing city, the columns q! which were dniIy
charged with fa',ery Of yourself and fonl
abuse Of your Cabinet. All tins bore; Tor
felt that my services, so long as they conld
| avail were due To the nation-to that great
and magnnniinous People whose sntlrag's
| elevated your predecessor to me s'a''oh
| which yoa now ill, and whose nni'ed voices
| approved his act when he summoned US
| around him, TO be hi S counsellors ana iclt
| that what was due to his memory, to the IN
| functions which he left us in his last dying
words, and to the People, whose servants we
were, had not all been performed until every
| means was tried aud every hope had failed
Of carrying ont the true principles upon
which the mighty movement was founded
| that elevated him and you To power
II This bill, framed and fashioned according
| to your own suggestions, IN the Imitation OF
| which aud another member OF your Cabinet
were made by yon the agents ana the nego'
| tiators, was passed ny large malorltles through
! the two lJonses of Congress, and sent To yon,
| and you rejected it. Importnnt as was the
| part which had taken, at your request, III
the orlgination of this bill, and deeply MS !
was committed for your notion upon IT, you
never consulted me on the subject "f the
veto message You did not even refer to u
| in conversation, and the first notice had OF
!. lis contents was derived from rumor.
/ And to me, at least, you have done moth
| ing to wipe away the personal indlgnty arls'
/ iug out of the act. gathered, II is true,
| from your conversation, shortly after the blll
had passed the House, tina, you had strong
| purpose to reject II but nothing was saiu
| like soilenng or apology 10 me, either III
| reference 10 myself or 10 those with whom
| had Communicated at your request, ana VINO
II had acted themselves and induced the two
! Houses to act upon the faith oi that cominu'
! nlcati,n. Aud, strange us 1t may seem, the
! Veto Message attacks IN special manner
! ,he very provisions which were inserted at
4 your request; and even the name of the
| eurporaIIln which was not only agreed to-
|, by you, but especially changed to meet your
| expressed wishes, Is made the subject OF
| your criticism. Different men might view
! lhls transaction in different points OF light,
! but under these circumstances, as matter
|, of personal honor. IL would be hard for me
! 10 remain of yonr counsel, TO seal my lips aud
| !euye unexplained and und,scuscd where lies
! IN this transaction the departure iron straight
/ forwardncss and cardor So far indeed from
admitting the encouragement which y"hI
/ gave to lhi. bill ia ls inception, ana explain
| Ing aud cXcuSlng your sudden ana violent
! hostility towards il, you throw INTO your Veto
II Message an in'crrogatory equivalent To an
assertion that it was such bill as you had
II a ready declared could not receive your sane
,iun. Such is the obvious effect of the first
lntcrrogatory clause on the second page. II
has all the force of an ASSERTION without lis
open fairness. have met and re:u'ed tins,
\ the necessary inference from your languagc,ln
my preceding statement, the correctness oI
which you am sure VIII not call III question.
| Your veto TO the first bill you rested on
constitutional ground and the high convic.
tons of conscience; and no mun, in my
opinion, had a right to question your sIncerl.
W ! so said and | so acted, for, through all
the contest and collision that arose out OF
that act, you had ny adherence nnd support.
Bat how - 1t with respectto this The sub I
lcct of n bank is not new to you; 1t Is more 1
II lhhn twenty years mat you nave inauc " All
object OF consideration and Of study. cspe- /
cIally N lis cunnexon with the constitutional
powers Of The General Government You,
therefore, could not be, aud you were not.
taken unprepared on this question. The bill
which reported to Congress, with your up.
/ probation, at the commencement of the scs-
sion, had the clause relating to agencies,
and the power to deal IN exchanges, US
strongly developed as the ono you have now
rejected and equally without the assent
81 the States. You referee specially and
wtl, appreciation to that clause, many days |
after, in conversation held 10 the Depart /
menl of State. You sanctioned 1t IN this
/ particular bill as detailed above And no
\ doubt was thrown ont on the subject by you,
~ my hearing, or w!HIln my knowledge, IN.
\ I'll The letter of Mr.. Bouts came 10 your hands.
Soon after the reading of that letter, you .
threw out strong in,lnalions that you would I
veto The bill If it were not postponed. That
\ letter did and do mpd unequvocaliy con
dcmn. but it did not aliGc. ihc constitutional. 4
ty of the bill, or justify you in rejecting 1t on
! that ground il could affect only the cxpcd. l
cncy of your action aud, Whatever you may