Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-10-02
LETTER FROM uov. O. Z. BADGER.

f3D fssff0FS OF the 4FGtiOHtE ms titt3 t'Lt5
Mezsrs CALLS s. SEAToN: deem It proper to
Il ra public explanation IF some Of the reasons
winch led to ray resignafInr Oh the lth INST. OF
the aliiee Of Secretary Of tine Navy, and for that
purpose, ISL, small space in the National Intel
ItgRueer.
At the Cabinet meeting held on 'he ISM q
Aurlst laet. l:ha Attorney General and the Z st
master General heing bsent.) INC sutjeci OF nm
Exchnn-e INK, or institution, was broug for
ward by The President ht1seif ard was FULLY con
sidered. Into the particulars ct what passed 90
not propose 10 enter. II Will be sufficient to
say that it then distinctly stated ana under
stood that such an institution met the appreciation
Of the President, and was deemed by hun tree
OF consf!tntaual objections; that he desired ct
Congress should deem II necessary - act upon
the subject during the SESSION. thai snch an in-
situation should bc adopted by that body, aud thai
the members Of his Cabinet should AID IN bring
ing bout that result; and Messrs. WEBSTER ana
EWING were specially requested by the President
to have a communication upon the SUBJECT
with certain members Of Congress.-ihe Insi-
tuition then spoken OF was to DO located IN the
District Of Columbia; TO be authorized 10 estao-
sh agencies in ihe States and Territories with q
power to deal in bills nf exchange between the
United States and foreign countries and IN bus
of exchange drawn in ono State or Territory aud
payable in another State or Territory; and the
exercise of this power not to depend on any
assent expressed or implied, Of the States with
in which such agencies might be established
In consequence OF " hat passed Mt this meeting,
| saw such friends in Congress as | deemed 1t
proper to approach and urged upon them the pas
sage Of bill to establish such an institution, as
snring them tina, did not doubt i, would receive
the appreciation of the President.
/ The bill was passed, as the Public know, and
was met by The Veto. Now, if the Presd 7nt, at
ter the meeting OF the 18th August. had changed
his mind as to the constitutional power CT Con
and had q doubt DENY what he had
admitted in that meeting, (Which Is the mos, Ia
vorable Interpretation that can be put upon his
conduo;) il was, in my oP!nioa, plain duty on
his part In have made known 20 the gentleman
concerned this change of sentment-io have OF
lcred them an apology for the unpleasant siiua>
ton in which they we're placed By his ogency-
or, at least, to have soltcncd by full expana-
ton OF his motives, his Intended Veto Of a meas
ure in promoting the success Of which they, at
his request, had rendered their assistance. But
this the President did not do Never, from the
moment OF my leaving his house on the 18Th, did
he open his lips to the subject. II was on
~ from the newspapers, from rumor from hear
say, | learned that he had denied the constItu.
tionalty ofthe proposed Institution, and had made
the most solemn observations that he would new
er approve n measure which | knew was sugges
ted by himself, and which mad been, ut his own
/ instance introduced INTO Congress. 1t still
in the Presidents power, by proper statement
7 in the message containing his objections TO the
bill. to have supplied these omissions, and IN some
degree at least to have repaired his former neg
ect; but when that paper came to be read, II was
found that 50 far from saving frankly that he once
favored End had been willing TO sanction the bill
but had been led If such was the fact.) by sub
scGGent reflection 10 adopt different views upon
the subject, he treated the measure IS enc eyi
IDENTIFY Inconsistent with his previously express
. ed opinions and which it ought not to have been
supposed ior moment be could approve.
Whe;her this conduct Of the President is sus
ceplible Of jast dsfence reasonable excuse it /.
not necessary now to inquire have not heard
nor can imagine any ground for either. Nhe:h
er on explanation Of 1t has been offered to any
one of the gentlemen concerned know not. bn
none any time offered me: and while
lolhear 10 mako the remarks, obvious and painful
as they aye, which the transaction Suggests, de-
clare the conviction that this coudact of the Pre-.
sIdent, standing without known defence, excuse
or explanation, constituted Of no other reasons
had existed) ample ground for withdrawal from
his Cabinet without delay.
+ 1t Is scarcely necessary 10 saw that | have not
supposed, and do not now suppose, that differ.
ence merely between the President and his Cab
met, either as 10 the cons:ituiionai;y or the ex
pediency Of bank, necessarily interposes any
obstacle Ia full and cordial desperation bctwe cen
them IN the general conduct Of his Administration
and therefore deeply as regretted the veto of the
first bill, did not feel myself a, liberty retire
on that account from my situation. But the facts
attending the initiation and disapproval Of the
last bill made totally different from that
one II IS believed without parallel IN the his
tory OF our Cabinets; presenting, to say nothing
more, measure embraced and then repudiafeC
efforts prompted and then disowned service
rendered and then treated with scorn or neglect
Such case required, IN my judgment, upon con
sideraiions. private and public, tina, the official
Iaiions subsistng between the President and my
self should be immediately dissolved.
GEO. f BADGER.
/ WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. lSil.
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