Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-15


Message wh,ch he transmitted to Congress ycsier
day, OF his disposition separate, but, the
contrary to co operate with hereafter the further
anee OF those great national iec'S which yet afford
scope for the eSeTtion ui their patriotism.
We saw that now hnd that the instruments
OF small party hostile to the Wings, have wormeC
themselves into the confidence of the President oi
the purpose a perveTtlng his power to minister 70
their own designs, and OF suggesting counSes fata
TO his peace and quiet and most iniuspcions TO the
interest OF his country, to the hopes OF his friends
and to the expectations OF the Wig party Of the
| Union The conclusive evidence Of these persons
having got into communication with the President
flashed conviction upon US yesterday; as, paragraph
| by paragraph, we read through the Veto Message
Before We go any further, II is proper to explain
10 our readers that, for the last week two, there
have appeared IN the Mao York Herald letters
| from Washington, touching political events and
prospects, the contents OF which, anticipating IN
some cases by several days the happening of events
here, Indicated access to sources of information eth
or not within the reach of other persons here not
Stpiored to the same extent For a few days past
we have, IN consequences, done what we have not
been before IN the hab u of dong. We have read
these letters, and noted their contents; and we
have been surprised at the deStcrity nth which use
has been made Of hat was true to insnuate in
those letters what false, with the evident inten
tion as in the case Of other letter writers we have
noticed, to bring about what they have assumed
and predicted.
Up to the evening of Wednesday, the 7th inst
1.-THE day before yesterday no wnig in this city,
with whom we conversed, could positively say what
was To be the fate OF the ball which the President
Yesterday returned To Congress with his NeIo.-
During several days there had been a sus pense IN
the public mind on the subject; the delay to sign
the bill, however, gradually producing impress
sion, whch had become general, that the President
would decline signing II.
The reader will conceive Of our astonshnent
therefore, at finding, on the perusAl of the Message
that the substance Of had been pr, figured by the
Washington corrres pondenl OF the New York He
a etpr daIe on last SCI A \
and published IN that paper, AZ New York, on
Monday morning last Tint, whilst Congress was
acjournlns day after day, in suspense and wonder
ment at what the next day might bring, forth, the
plth and st of the Message hhu come IL the know
ledge Of some having the confidence of the Pre-
sden who, with an unparalleled breach of pro.
priety, had Immediately committed il TO paper and
sent It off poSt-hnste to be pub ished vt New York
M The Herald azores ud.
To enable our readers 10 Judge how faithful was
this portcaitnrc OF The forthcoming Message We eS.
tract so much ofthe Herald letter as is descriptive
OF as follows, 1.-THE italics being those of the He
rad.l
"Thc Fiscal Corporation bill was this morning
sent to the President, and early next week 1t wi
be returned"
"The President in his veto message will presen,
conc usve objections TO the constitutional organ,zt
ton ola Fiscal Corporation, to act as the Fiscal
Agent, TO whom is intended TO be transferred the
most imposing attribute of sovereignty, the mDney
making pOtocr, while, at the Stme time the Govern
tro.
"The Corporation as constructed, invites sub.
scripuons to be made ~ corporations. and immed-
atcY on the receipt OF ten per centum ono third
OF the capuaI, representatives of these bodies may
proceed TO elect six directors OF the nine, which
are TO constitute the whole direction. The direction
being thus formed, the entire organic arang ements
are 10 be made, 10y laws TO be established and such
banks as may have joined in the combination will
he selected as the corpOritors under national STA
iute of incorporation. The law permits the trans
Ter OF the business and concerns of the Fiscal Cor
poratIon TO the management and control OF State |
banks neither OF whom under the supervision
Or amenabe to the General Government; and, when |
1nce selected, except by disagreement among them
selves, cannot be interrupted Invested of any por
lion OF such an anomalous exercise of public power"
The bill coniers every essential privilege OF he |
coinage power TO individuals or corporate repre-
positively, conclusivey, and without |
present or future restrain, for The of twenty
years; and the vested rights which 1t conveys the /
Legislature cannot otherwise interfere with except
by the consent and permission Of the creatures of
dent OF the principal, and neither be recalled |
directed, nor controlled"
'rhe very title OF the bill, the Fiscal Corpora |
ton, is redundant with objections. IL not only /
sanctions the right IN Congress 10 incorporate
ney corporation, but presents the negative preg-
nant OF unlimited right 10 grant acts Of ncorpo-
ration, for any and every purpose, under the pretcxt
of public necessity; and the authority 90 regulate
as an initiatory guide will create corporations
for the establishment Of commercial monopoles |
predicted the overshad0wiBg power of coplrt-
ner relationship with the haliont. Treasury, they
were carried 10 conneXiOn with the late Bank OF
the United Stales," sc.
Another letter from the Washington cores. |
pondent OF the Herald, dated the 9th, says: "The |
Ban. bill will be returned on Wednesday or Thurs
day, with Veto Message, TO the House of Repre- !
scntatIves where the bill originated" Well: Thurs
al I'D ~ he ftc :
which answer to the leralds account Of il. The /
writer o! this letter. therefore, l. pr Owed has daily
access TO the President, and, after extracting from
his flank and open conversation whatever he can !
Tor the purpose Of making Of II, RvIils himself
in all probability, of the same means ofinfusng mo
the Presidents mind assuming 10 speak for hm) |
his disinieres!ed counsels touching other mat
ters What are those counSe.? What DO they in |
dIcate? And what Ig 20 he the end OF all this schem-
ing and double deang3 Let tho reader Judge from
the following extracts from the Herats letter OF
September G. received here yesterday, m which the
writer (no jOurneyman scribe, warrant ye. but
one who ii'cs at higher game than the New York |
sders of the Hers % lets into his whole scheme:
"Thc bank hil Will be returned on We incsiay !
or Thursday with a veto message, 10 the House Oi
Representative, where the bill originated The ,
Clay men have held a caucus, and decided that il will
be best TO receive tie message without any partcullr
demonstrations Of hostility towards the President
Their ammnsity has cooled down TO n cilcu alton Of
chances. They think It wiser TO receive the mes. /
sage with Difference for the character anj 20
stlon Of the President. by which course OF proceed
ing, II IS hoped, dissolution ofhe Cabinet may be
prevented. la This way, hey propose respectively
TO return TO their constituents, and by common
movement, arouse the People against MIR Tyler, |
while they still IN league with the Cabinet. |
They return TO the siege IN the shape Of IN
disnaton meetings, newspaper dsnunciation, and
other affiliated hostile movements, extending oil |
over the country, while in the interval Of calm Of
a few weeks, Il IS hoped the President will in his
great good nature conhde the keys of the fortress 10
their niles, and his secret enemies.
"WCre the Clay men to denounce The Presilen, |
just now It might lead TO an immediate breaking up |
of the Cabinet and these magnanlmous gentlemen
might lose all future chance Of getting Offices The
people, too might come out IN the majesty OF their
strength, in defence Of the independence OF the pre-
sidentIa Office and 10 applause Of John Tyler's |
cool courage. The Cabinet, one and all, are hari
al work TO aay all open evidences Of rupture and
their friends to 20 home, and raise the
standard Of revolt there, while their own efforts are
directed 70 undermine and cIrcumvent the President
here. This IS their gimc.-WhO would have be- |
ieycd that higH minded and honorable men, for |
such members Of the Cabinet ought 70 be, would
thus concert a system NJ party movements, by
which to destroy the very man. 0t whose will they
hold their oi Cs, and who is nslutiona.ly re-
spOnsiDIc iyr oil lheir Ofici, ucts7 What trcache-
~ What ingrautujo Why do they not act
like men, and Bt once give IN their fesisna ions
aud suffer the President to bring 70 his aid such
men es he has confidence in--mcn on whom he can
throw portion Of the labor he is nov Obliged to
discharge himseli7 Nothing can exceed the indus.
g q ~.