The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-09-23

On the moraing ii she 10 af Asgusi.
called a. your eh.RbsF. and Fund yuu
preparing The FIRST veto message % be
despatched IN the Senste. The Sseresa-
~ " War came in sl-n. and ynu read =
portion Of The mfssags ious. lie ohser
we'd that, though she srI0 would create
. gIesi sensation IN Congress. gel he
lhoughi the minds pf our friends better
prepared Zoe il Than they we're some days
sgh. and he hoped u saulJ b. calmly re-
esistd. especially ss q did not shut out
sll hope Of bahk. To this ron replied.
that y"u really thought ILerr ought ID be
40 difficulty about u; that you had s6fEi.
gently indicated IN yaur veto message
ahsI KIND Of bank you would approve.
and thai coagFe.s might, if they saw e..
pass one IN three days. a~.
The 18th being The day Tor our regu.
lar Calumet mFellng. we assembled. all
except Mfssrs. CrnIsnden and Granger,
and YOU i"ld Us that you had long con-
versrIon with Messrs. BerIisn and Ser.
gssni. WIN pr0iesseJ 10 cone in behalf
Of The Wings Of the tao IIonses 10 en-
deasOr TO sITIke out some measure which
would generally BE- acceptable. That
you had your doubts about the proprie,y
Of eonversing with them yourself. ard
thought IL m"rr proper thai you should
commune with them through your ron
sutaIiansl advisers. Yaa expressed Q
sish thai the whole subjrcI should be
postponed nil the neat session ol Con-
gress. You spoke al the dsi.y in the
Senate IL the consideration OF your vein
message. and expressed shx,eiy as TO the
lone aud temper which the debate would
assume. ..
Mr. Badger said that on inquiry lie va,
happy To find that tie best lemper pre-.
vailed in the iwo Houses. lie believed
they were perfectly ready To take % the
bill rtporIed BY the Secretary of the fres-
sury. and pass il al once. You replied.
Talk not 10 me Of Mr. EwIng's bill. il
contains that odiaus feature al lncal dis
coun's which l have repndlsied in my
message Il then said loyou. l have no
doubt, sit, that the House, having ascer.
tanned your views, Will pass bill IN con-
furmiiy TO them, provided they can be
satisfied that il would answer the purpos
es nf the Treasury. aud relieve The couu-
Try You then said, csnnal NV Cshl
net see that this IL brought sbou,! You
must stand by me 10 this emergency.
Cannot You see that a bill passes Cun.
gress such as can approve without iacun-
sls,encyr ldeelarelsgsin nv belief lha,
such bill might be passed. Aud You
then said to ne, VIVA, d. ynu under-
stand to be my opiuion.! State them. so
that may see ihai there Is no MS pre
heusinn about them
liLen SAID thar understood you IN be
VI upiulon tia, Congress nigh. charter a
bank in the District Of Columbia. giving
tits lncslinn here. To this you assenIed.
That they might authorize such hank 10
establish Offices &c discount and depusiIe
IA the several Safes, with the assent al
the States. To thus you replied. D"n'.
name discounts: they have been the
snurce Of the most sbominable cofrup-
Ii"ns. and ATE wholly unnecessary To en-
able the bank 10 discharge its duties To
the county and the Government.
observed 10 reply that | was prnpos-
ing nulhing, but s,mply endessorIng TO
staIe what | had understood u be your
opinion as 10 the powers which Con
gIess might cOnsii,uu"nally caufer on a
bank; that On that point | sIo I'd correct
ed. | then proceeded la say tina, | under
slnod you Ia be OF opmiDn that Congress
nigh, anlhnrizs such bunk to establish
agencies in the several States. with power
to deal in bull. ni exchange. without tie
assent OF the STATES. tn which yon replied,
yes. If they betoretgn bills. or bills drawn
in one slate and pay able in another. That
is Ill the power necessary for transmitting
the pubic funds and regulating exchanges
and the currency
Nc. Webster then expressed, 10 strong
terms, his opinion that such charter
would answer all just purposes Of Govern
menI and be satisfactory To the People; and.
declared his preference fr it over any
which had been proposed, especially as
il dispensed With the assent of the States
10 The cresiion Of an institution necessary
for carrying On the fiscal operations Of
Government lie examined it at some
length, both as 10 its consntuuonali.y aud
its influence on the currency and exchan-
grs. in oil which views you expressed
your concurrence, deslred that such bill
should be Introduced, aud especially thai
it should go into the hands Of your
friends. To my inquiry, whether Mr..
Sergeant would be agreeable to you. you
replied that he would. You especially
requested Mr.. Webster aud myself to
communicate with Messrs. Berrlen and
Sergeant on the subject, to whom you
said you had promised 10 address note,
but you doubted not Tia. this personal
communication would be equally salts.
factory. You desired, als", in com
nnuica.ing with those gentlemen. no, 10
commit you personally, lest, this being