The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-09-18

be changed. To tins o2JecIea' as II
svO I'D problbly be made a subject OF rldi-
Guile, bnt vou insisted that there was much
an a name, and this Institution ought not
40 be called bank. Mr.. WEBSTER IN
herto5k to ad ,pt it in this particular to
vour wishes. Mr. BELL then observe to
Mr.. WEBSTER and myself that we had no
i'm, to lose, thlt il this were not lhh2-
diately attended to, another bill, less &C
rentoble. might be got ~ and rePoricI
We reylicd that we would lose no time,
Mr.. NEBsraR accordingly calioi on
AJos rs. BE1RIaN and SERGEANT imm'-
,liot .lv. and wait-d on them By his ap-
nointnoat ut S o'clock on the same day,
and agreed upon the principlo5 o. the bill
IA acco,danae with your expressed wish
e4,. And an apprisea eitha fact, though
it did not occur i'll my presence, that al
ter the bill was drawn up, and before u
was reported, it was seen and examined
Inv yourself: that your attention was spe-
,ci,jIv called to the 18th lundamal;aI aril-
Gle: on full examination you concuTfGA III
its provisions: that at the same time It's
s,ome was so modified as to meet your
o,nrobation: aid the bill was reported
and passed, in all essential particulars, as
!, wa, When it caHe through your hands.
You asked Mr.. WEBSTER and myself
each to prepare and present you an ar
gumept touching the consiitu'loA"lIty
of the bill; and before the arguments could
be prepared and read by you, you docIaT-
ed. as heard and believe, to gentlemen
ETembers Of the House, that you would
cut OF your right hand rather than ap
proye it. After this new resolution was
taken, YOU asked and earnestly urged the
members of your Cabinet to postpone the
bill; bit YOU would neither gave yourself,
nor suffer them to give, any assurance 0!
Your future course, III case oil sUch post
qoucmont.--By some Of us, and was
anvself one, the effort was made to graft
iv your wishes, i'll the Only way IN which
it could be done with proprlety; that Is,
by obtaining the general concurrence OF
the Wing Members of the two houses Ill
the Eostponemcnt. 1t failed, as | have
reason to believe, because you would
give no assurance that the delay was not
soupht as a means and occasion Tor hos
tile movements During the season OF
tleep feeling and earnest cXerton upon our
part. while we were zealously devotlng
our talents and influence TO serve and to
sustain you, the very secrets Of our Cabl-
net councils made their appearance IN an
infamous paper printed in nelghborhood
city, the columns Of which were daily
charged with ilattery of yourself and
foul abuse of your Cabinet. All this ]
bore; for | felt that my services, so long
as they could avail, were due to the ma
tion-to that great and magnanlmous
People whose spiirages elevated your pre-
decessor to the station which you now
fill. and whose united voices approved
his act when he summORd us around lam,
to be his counsellorS; and felt thai what
was dueto his memory. to the inlunctions
which he left US in his dying words, aud
to the People, whose servants VIC Were,
had not all been performed until every
means was tried, and every hope had fail
ed ofcarrying out the true principles upon
which the mighty movement was founded
th,t elevated him and you to power.
THIS bill, framed and fashioned accor
ding TO your own suggestions, IN the inI-
tation of which ] and another member of
your Cabinet were made by YOU the
agents and the negotlators, was passed by
large majorities through the two Houses
of Congress, and sent to you, and you re-
jected it. Important as was the part which
| had taken, at your request, i'll the origin
alton Of this bill, and deeply as | was
committed for your action upon it, you
never consulted HE on the subject Of the
veto message. You did not even refer
to it in conversation, and the first notice
| had fits contents was derived from ru-
NOR.
And to nc, at least, you have done
nothing to wipe away the personal iadig-
nifty arising out of the act. gathered, it
is true, from your conversation, shortly
after the Bill had passed the House, that
you had strong purpose to reject it; but
nothing was said like soflcniug or apollo
gy to me, either in reference to myself or
to those with whom had communicated
at your request, and who had acted
themselves and induced the two Houses
to act upon the faith Of that communities
ton. And strange as it may seem, the
Veto Message attacks in an especial man
her the very provisions which were inaer-
ted at your request. and even the name Of
the corporation, which was not only a.
greed tie by you; but especially changed
to meet your expressed wishes, is made
the subject Of your criticism. Diilcren,
men Eni2htslew this transaction in differ
eat points of light, but, under the circlm-
stances, as matter Of personal honor, it
would be hard for me to remain of your
counsel, to seal my lips and leave nncX-
plaincl and undisclossd where lies in this
transaction the departure from straightIor-
Mardness and candor. So far indead from