The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-10-02
THE LATE CABINET-MR BELLS
EXPLANATION.
To Mc Editors Of the National MtcH..

To he Editors Of the National Mtcll.-
gcHcct
WAsmNGToH, Sep. 20, 1911.
GaNrIruEy: Doubts have been al
tempted to be cast upon the correctness
o, Mr. EWING's statement in relation to
the part ,ahcA by the President in getting
up the Fiscal Corporation BIN, by argu-
ing that there was an improperly IN max
ing il, which ought to deprive it Of credit
t'hala nta circumstances IA this case Glc.
tingJ,>niug it from all others that rrcol-
lee, Of the kind. 1t grows ont vi mat :.
Of Official business, Transacted between
high public lunctionaries, and is OF public
and general concern, The public and
open conduct Ct one of these high func-
tionaries IS in direct opposition to what
the other had, by hi, express direction
and authority, affirmed as to his inten-
tons and purposes. There can, humb-
! " submit, be no serious question in such
a case upon the point Of personal proprie-
ty, when the injured party seeks to VIM
dlcale his honor by disclosing the truth.
The obligations arising out of corfidenti-
al relations, in private or public affairs;
are founded in mutual trust. lie that dis
regards his own confidential pledges and
engagements, cannot allege the obligation
| Of confidence, in the same Transaction; a
gainst the natural right Of sel-deicnce be-
longing to the injured party. For any
thing tibet can ever be known to the con-
trary, it may have been the object of the
original pledge or engagement to sacrifice
those who trusted and were misled by it.
For these reasons, | do not hesitate to
furnish, for publication, the accompany
ing statement, which contains all the
facts and circumstances within my knowl-
edge, that occur to me as being material,
connected with the subject of difference
do this as an act OF jnstice not only to
Mr.. EWING, who requested it, but to my
self and the Public
! avail myself of this occasion to say
that have, at no time, regarded differ.
ence Of opinion between the President
and myself in relation to Bank, however
important the subject, as sufficient of it.
sell to justify resignation Of the office
which lately held in the Executive Ad.
ministration OF the Government. No
was it because the President thought pro-
to trille with or mislead his Cabinet, q,
there is but too much reason to believe
he intended to do, in the affair of the las
Fiscal Bank Bill, that resigned my place
There were other, and some of them pre-
existing causes, for such a course, which
many will regard as sufficient Of them.
selves; and which could not have beer
overlooked. But it was possible to ex
plain or remove them, and therefore they
were not promptly acted upon. The las
act of the President, however, was con
: elusive of the true character of all the 9th
err occurrences or circumstances whicl
had previously awakened curiosity or ex
cited dstrust.
shall, at leisure, state the reason
more at large which impelled me to tn
course | have thought proper to adopt
and at the same time furnish a narrative {
! all the causes, so far as they fell unde
my observation, which have resulted i
: the separation Of Mr.. TYLER from tn
party which brought him into power, an
, the breaking up Of the Wing Admins
l tration.
lam, respectfully, your obedisnt sal