The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-09-30

luIAtUH VI = mNCu ucttCt uNCs aAeN EUN i
g,alulsled him Bron the happy elFeun
s;anae Of the DELAY uhieh had isken pisrs !
10 srndng in hi ysln Message. The heat
and yinlenre which might hase bean FL.
peeled ifthe Veto had hren sent IN lanmr.
dia.ely upon the passage of The II l. would
now be avoided. Tlme had been gwen
far cool reIleeiion. and as ihe Message did
moi exclude the idea II bank ~ some
form. no uhl.lea.Ani consequences would
he likely 20 follow. He expressed his
great surprise that thrIe should be 80
mneh exelemeni uP"n The suffice; said
Thai he had had Lis mind made up IN
lhe bill before him lrom the iirsi. hui
had delayed his Message that there
slinLid b. time fnr The excitement ii
wear of; Thai nothing cnnld hr mHe
easy ihan 10 pas b Il y Inch would sps.
wer all necessary purposes: that il could
De dune IL THREE dlys. The next css.
hating oce-sinn 10 see The President
again, he requested me o. furnish hln,
such Information as the w 81 Department
sff..ried nf the emhansssmrnis attending
The transfer and disbursement II The pub
lie revenue Ia distant pnIni< on Tie fran
Tier, in Floriila. DC. lies the same time
requested me IL draw NJ htiei .iptrmeni
ni nv views npnn The subject. showing
The prscucal advantages and necTsslty 81
such fiscal instiio'ipa a. he had Thought
of proposing. Such information a. |
could hastily collect Ir"m ihp heads uf
the pr,nsipaI disbursiug bureaus of the
Department ! handed 10 him ON the even
ing If same day, knowing that time was
of The utmost inanriance IN the state ~
which The qars,ion then was. Tie Tecei,-
ed the s,aie'nenis | CAV" hun vii. maui
fest Indifference. and Alarmed by me re-
marking thai he began Ia toabi whethrI
h would give h. assent (as | understood
him) 10 any hank.
| The next day "wednesday. 18Th An
gusl. WAS tie stated time fer the weekly
meeting al tile Cabinet with The Pr sidenl.
Mr.. Webster. Mr.. Ewing. aud myself.
went al len o'clack ~ the motntng. sHl
were informed that the Prrsidrn. WAS en-.
glgrd with aiessTs. BrTrirn. Sergeant,
aud. think, Mr.. D4wsnn. Of Georgia
We waited until they retired. and lie
| Presi,len, male hiss appearance aboul three
9Usris's nf an hour aflerw ards. Mr..
Is d.ger came in soon after HE President
ininedus M,ssrs. Crurndtn and Gran.
ger lid nit aueiit. The conference whirh
ensued vas long one--lasiinc iwu
J hours a, least. according to my ,ecnllfc-
non. caunol pretend 10 de,ail all thai
was sa,d; neither eau undertake tn give
The language employed by The President
upon every point, n'T ol the mamhets oil
the Cabinet. can mly stale the sub
stance ol " Iia, was said upon those paints
y hich mnst attracted NV attention.
The presi,!, nj commenced by stating
,ha, lie had been waited upon ll,a, morn
i ing by cnmnuiee uf Members III Con
! grrss. Who desired 10 know his views
upon Tie subject Of b.hk--surh onr
as lie could sanction. lie had given them
no satisfaction upon that subject, but he'd
informed them that he would first con.
suit with his CONSTITUTIONAL advises - his
Cabiue,--iur"ugh whom he thought il
mosi regular TIA, his views .hould be com
municaled. lie asked the opininn nj his
Cabinet upnn the CORRECTNESS "f the
ground he had taken; remark Dg al tie
same iine, that the habit of expressing
his views ,n Members al Cnrgress upon
subjects OF stmuch in,"rrsIsUbJ cttd him
ID great embarrassment and much mis-.
representation That question beang DIS
posed Of, the President adVer ed briefly
but without much conn kim, tn he rele.
ton in whirh I've stood To tie Bunk qnes
lion. and his disposition rn ." as lar AS he
could tn compIy with the wishes al his
friends. lie spoke ol the relation that exist
ed between hrm AID his Cabinet. and how
necessary il Vas that he sh uld have ifrir
support. Would they stand by has! lie
much preferred that The whole sutJ"rt
should he postponed until The nex' ses-
sion but It 1t was necessary I" act nnw.
he thought plan might he devised which,
with their e. -nrFra'ion, might be carried
through. He wondered why the Senate
rrninued tn postpone arIIng upon his
Vet, Message, which was We; I" be DIS
postd Of. lie supposed it might be tn
hold 1t as a rud over his heid; and had
some doubts whether it was proper that
he should cnns;der further upun The sub .
iecr un,Il The Senate had decided what
they would do With the bill then btt"re !
Them s me one present assured h'm
tha the postpanrmem ii The question
pentiI in The Senate was tn'ended t"
give time for reflection. aud To prevent
an incorporate drha,e,
Tie President then gave the outline ri
such bank or fiscal institution as he
thought he could saac6on. twas tn be
in the Dlsuic, Of Colombia, T., have the
privilege # issuing i,suwn nmes, receive
nontys on deposi,e, and To deal IN b liz Of
exchange between The States and between
the United States aud foreign States. Blu
he wished 10 have The opinion OF his Ia
binet upon il. His own consistency and