The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-09-09
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VS.. Clay, Of Kentucky,
On The Exsswiirs !Mssssst ssatainiag IAs PsssE
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| On ths Exsnuiirs Message containing TIE Pss,E
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10 Senate Un'ied S'Elss. Augsa -. 1871.
Mr.. CLAY. of keninrky. rose aud
addressed tie Senate a. ln!lnws: Mr.
prssideal. the bill which lvrms The pre-
sent subject ofoDr delihsr.siass bad pass
ed both liunses of Congress by decisive
msjOTillss. aud, IN conformity it'll The
requirement Of the con.nluiiaa. was
! presented IN the President al The uni,sd
SiaIes for his consideration. lie has re-.
TUNED il to Ihe Senate. IN WHICH IL n.igi.
mated, seeor,iInc TO The dirrcusn uf tie
Constitution. 9Th . message announcing
his sem Of The blIi. aud ruRiarniug his
AFFECTIONS 10 iIspassags. Aud the ques
IlnR n0w 10 he decided 10. Saall lhs bll!
pass. hy the required constitution, Il m sinri-
~ of two ihITJs. the prs.Idrni's obj.r-
iinns no,s outstanding!
! Knowing. az. but tho well hat m such
mal"riig ran be obtained. aud thai the bill
NUT I'll. | would have been rejuiced TO
have iound ny,eif 81 hbsrIy 10 abstain
. from saying Que word on lhis painful orca
slan b., the President hss not allaa ed
NE 10 g,se . silent VOTE. ! think. with
! al respect and difference TO hIm. he has
not reeiarocaitd the friendly spirh of con.
res'Ion aud compromise which simulated
! Congess IN the provisions Of this bill.
aud especially ~ Ihe modification Of Tie
, 10 Il fundamental condition OF the bank.
] lie has commented, I ihhk. wiih nnde
served seselily on that part Of the bill;
he has u.ed. | AN sure uninienlIonslly.
harsh. n not teProaehlul. language: aud
he has made the very coacessipn. which
was prompted as peace offering. and
from friendly consideration. the cause of
STRANGER and more .ereidsd tisspprobaiion
Of the bill. Standing IN tie relation To
thar bill which do. and especially 10 the
exceptonabls clause. The du,y which I
owe 10 the country. aud seif fespeci.
impose upon me The nbligstion OF Il least
attempting the sindirslion &c measure
which has met with fate so unmeri,sd
and 50 nnex pcc.ed.
On The 4ih Of April lasi. lhe lsmenied
Harrison, The President Of The Uui,ed
States. paid tlie deb, Of Nature. Presi-
dsri Tyler. wlo. ss Vice prr.idcni sue
ceeaed 10 the duties ~ thai Office. arrived
IN Inc city or Wasling,cn gu The Glib II
that moab. llclound the y hole metro.
I polls wiaps 10 gloom. every heart filed
with sorrow and sadness, every eye
streaming with tears. and The surrounding
hills yeifling'ng back the echo olihe bells
which were IolIcd on tina, melancholy oc-
casioh On entering The Presidential
mansion he contemplated HE rsle body
of his predecessor stretched before him.
sud clothed in ihe blatk h.bIliments Of
death. A,tkst solemn mnment hsve no
daubl that the heart Of President Tylrr
was everlasting with mingled emolons
OF grief. Of patriotism. and Of gralimde--
above all. Of grslisude 20 ,hst country BY
a majority Of whose saiFrages. bsslowrd
atihrprtcsding November. lie then stood
Tie most disuBguished. die most elevated.
the must houofsd Of all li,iug Wings Of
the United States. -. - 4.
Ia was under these ciIeums,ances. and
in this probable state OF mind. thai Pfesi-
den, I, Ter. on he 10Th day 81 the sane
month &c April. solunisnly promulgated
an Address to tie People Of The United
States. That Address was In The nature
Of coronation oath. which The Chief of
the S,a,e, In otlier countries. and under
other forms lakes. upnn ascending the
! throne. Il referred 10 the solemn obiisa-
lions. and the profound sense of duty.
nnder which the new Prrsidsn, entered
upnn the bieh uua which had deyolvei
upon him by The joint acts Of the People
and al Providence. and il slated The
principles and tleImealed the policy by
which he would be governed in his exal,
ed siaiinn. Il was emphstieslly a Wing
Address, from beginning. 10 end every
inch Of i, was Wing. and was patriotic.
In that Address lIlo President, in re-
spec, to The subjeci-ma,,er embrsced IN
, The present bill, held the following con-
! elusive aud emphatic langnsgc: - shall
promptly give my sanction TO any con-
siitulionsl measure Which, originating
ia Congress. shall have for its objec,,,he
restoration Of sound circulaung'mediom.
50 essentially necessary 10 give confidence
in al the transactions Of life. to secure 10
industry Is just and adequate rewards.
and 10 re-esfaJiish The public property
In deciding upon the adaptation OF any
such measure to the end proposed, as
rsH asits conformity 10 The Constellation.
shall resort Ia the Fathers Of the great
Republican school for advice and insuuc-