Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-09-30
Mr.. BELLS LETTER.
TO THE EDITORS.
WAsHI SGroS, Sept. 90, lS4i.

WAshi SSIoS, SeP'' ~, iof''
GENTLEMEN Doubts have been at
tempted TO be cast upon the correctness
OF MIR. Ewing's statement in relation to
the part taken by the President IN get
ting up tho Fiscal Corporation Bill, by
urging TINT there was an lmproprieiy IN
making il which ought to deprive It Of
credit. There are circumstances IN THIS
case disting uishing il from all others iIst
] recollsct OF the kind. II grows out OF
a matter of official business, transacted
between high public functionaries, and
is of public and general concern. The
public and open conduct Of one OF these
high functionaries is in direct opposition
to what the other had, by his express
direction and authority, affirmed as to
his intentions and purposes. There can,
Ihumbly submit, be no serious question
in such case upon the point ot person.
al propriety, when the injured party
seeks TO vindicate his honor by discIos-
Ing the truth. The obligations arising
out OF confidential relations, in private
or public affairs, are founded in mutual
trust. lie tina, disregards his own con-
fdentiaI pledges and engagements can
not allege the obligation Of confidence,
in the same transaction, against the natu-
raj right OF selt-deience belonging TO the
injured party. For any thing that can
ever be known to the contrary, II may
have been the object Of the original
pledge or engagement to sacrifice those
who trusted and were misled by It. For
these reasons, l do not hesitate 10 fur
nish, for public alton, the accompanying
statement, which contains all the lacts
and circumstances within my knowledge,
that occur to me US being material, con-
nected with the subject Of difference
/ do this as an act of justice not only to
MIR. Ewing, who requested it, but to my
self and tho Public.
avail myself Of this occasion TO say
that | have, at no time, regarded dif-
ference OF opinion between the Presi-
dent and my self in. relation to a Bank,
however in,por,aIt the subject, as sutb-
cient OF itseli TO Justify resi- signaiion Of
the Office which | lately held in the
Executive Administration of the Govern
nent. Nor was il because the Presi-
dent thought proper to trifle with or mis-
lead his Cabinet, as there is but too much
reason to believe he intended to do, in
the affair Of the last Fiscal Bank Bill,
that resigned my place. There we're
other, and some Of them pre-existirg
causes, for such course, which MANY
will regard as sufficient Of themselves
and which could not have been over
looked. But was possible 20 explain
or remove them, and therefore they were
not promptly acted !ppon. The last act
Of the PRESIDE nj, however, was conclu-
sive Of the true character of all the aiher
occurrences or circ unstances which had
previously awakened curiosity or excited
distrust.
] shall, ut my leisure, state the reasons
more at large which impelled me to the
course ! have thought proper to adopt,
and at the same time furnish narrative
Of oil the causes, SO far as they fell un-
dor my observation, which have result
ed in the separation Of MIR. Tyler from
the party which brought him into power,
and the breaking up Of the Wing Ad-
ministration.
1 am, respectfully,
your ohedent servant,
JOHN BELL.
Messss. GALES s. SEAToS.