Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-21

Houses Ia tho pus,poncnent. II failed -.
son TO believe, because you would rire -
that the delay was no, sought as a moan, Tn
for hostile During this ss,,-
feeling and earnest eXertion upon our p,r
were zealously devoting our talents ana 49, y
serve and to sustain you, tho very secrets ,t
net councils made their appearance IN an ,,t
per printed in a ncighbotiug city, tho colvnc,
were daily charged with laper Of you,,,,t
abuse of your Cabinet. All This | bore. G, Y
my services, 50 long as they could avail. We. 7"
the naiion-to that great and magnaninor, n
whose suflragcs elevated your predecessor
ton which you now Gil, and whose united "
proved his act when he ummone us sur,s
I've his counsellors, and | felt that what wa, d.
memory, To lie .uJunctions which he lcuu,-t
dying words, and 10 the People, whose ,.,, "
we're, had not all been performed up,L e,,.. v
was tiled, and every hope had failed oC c,r,..
the true principles upon which the might,
was founded that elevated him and you to po,..
This bill, framed and fashioned accordnc
own suggestions, in the initiation Of which ,,"
another member Of your Cabinet were m,1e 4.
the agents and negotiators, was passed bv ls-,
loritlcs through the two Houses of Conrte>.
to you, and you rejected ii. Important ;, ~ 49,,
which had taken, at your request, in the or--,
OF this bill, and deeply as | was committed m
action uponi It, you never consulted me on ,hsr..
Of the veto message. You did not even rct,,n.
conversation, and the frs, notice | had Of II, r.,.
was derived from rumor.
And to me, at least, you have done nothing q, y,
away the personal ~indignity arising ont ofihe ,a
gathered, IT is true, from your conversation. ,g-.
after the bill had passed the House, that Won had, |
strong purpose to reject it, but nothing was said ii, |
softenlng or apology to me-, either IN reference TO m,
self or 10 those with whom | had communicate |
your request; and who had acted themselves, and |
duced the two Houses to act upon the aib Of IN,
communication. And, strange az il NAV seem. IA,
Veto Message attacks, in an especial manner. the w,
provisions which were inserted at your rcqnest. an
even The name of the corporation, which was not mi,
agreed to by you, but especially changed to NEE, Won,
expressed wishes, is made the subject Of Of your cp.
cism. Different men might view this iransacuoB IN
different, points oflight, but, under these clrcum,io.
ces, as a matter of personal honor, it would he hand
for me to remain of your counsel, to seal my lin. md
leave unexplained and undisclosed where hes IN M,
transaction the departure from straight FORWARDING,
and candor. SO far indeed from admitting the encou.
agement which you gave TO this bill in its inception
and explaining and excusing your sudden and vd,.
hostility toward, it, you throw into your Veto Me,ue,
an interrogatory equivalent to an assertion that It VA
such a bill as you had already declared could not Re.
ceive your sanction. Such is the obvious efec, ID.
first interrogatory clause on the second page. htn
all the force Of an assertion without its open fairness
| have met and rcfutcd this, the necessary inference
from your language, in my preceding statement, t,
correctness of which you, | am sure, will not call ID
question.
Your veto to the frs, bill you rested on the consa
tutional ground and the high convictions of conscienc,
and no man, in my opinion, had a righ, to quesyo
your sincerity. | so said, and so acted, for, ,hroug
all the contest and collision tina, arose out Of that &C
you had my adherence and support. But how !.
with respect to thisl The subject Of a bank is not ne
to you; it is more than twenty wears that YOU have ma
1t an object of consideration and of study, espccla
in lis connexion with the constitutional powers Of
General Government. You, therefore, could not b
and you were not, taken unprepared on this que.to
The bill which | reported 10 Congress, with your q
probation, at the commencement Of the session, h
the clause relating to agencies, and the power to de
in exchanges, as strongly developed as the one "
have now rejected, and equally without the assent
the States. You referred specially and with approx,
ton 10 that clause, many days after, in a convers'lc
held in the Department Of State. You sanctioned
49, '3 $3.50 ''A 10 htAAAAtA NV lEtNHN
was thrown out on the subject by you, in my hearn
or within my knowledge, until the letter Of Mr. Bot
came to your hands. Soon after the reading Of th
letter you threw out strong in,im1tions that you wol
veto the bill II It were not postponed. That letter
did and do most ~u.eqsAgocally condemn, but j, ddrt
effect the constiturionality of the bill, or Justify roai
rejecting il on that ground; it could effect only he eI
pediency ofyour action; and, whatever you may nv
believe as to the scruples existing in your mind, ia1i
and in a kindred sources, there is strong ground to b
lisye they have their origin.
III be right in this, and ! doubt not | om, here IS
great public measure demanded by the country, par
ed upon and approved by the Representative of m
States and the People, rejected by you as Preside
on grounds having no origin in conscience, and noIe
efence to the public good. The rejection Of this mea'
ure too, continues the purse with the sword DO %
hands of the Executive, from which we s,roye 10 wls
1t IN the contest which elevated your predecessor 80
you TO power. cannot concur in this your court
policy. In or out Of Office my opinions remain IN
changed cannot abandon the principles fr "5e
during al! my political career, | have struggled. ego
cial!y cannot be one Of the instruments by which %
Executive wields these combined, accumgisiei, o.
dangerous powers.
These sir, are the reasons Tor tie important 81
winch ! have felt it my duty 10 take, aud s.sr
Them as It's justification.
am, very respectfully, youS,
T. EWING
To The President.