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

war came IN also, and You read portion
OF the message to us. He observed thal
though the veto would crcate,a great Son,
satlon IN Congress, yet he thought the
minds of our friends better prepared fdr !,
than they were some days ago. and no
hopedit would be calmly received, espe.
cially as it did not shut out all hope Of,
bank 10 this you replied, that Won re-
ally thought there ought to be no dt1icuI-
ty about it: that you had sufficiently iod;-
Gated IN your veto message what kind Of
bank You would approve, and that Con.
gress might, if they saw fit, pass sucb !
one in three days.
The 18th being the day Tor ON OR reorlo,
Cabinet meeting, we assembled, sli NV.
cept Messrs. CRITrENDEN and Ge.ycrn
and you told us that you had had a lonS
conversation with Messrs. BERR1rv an5
SERGEANT, who protested TO come in ho.
hall OF the Wings ofthe two Houses to en-.
deavour to strike ont some measure WIKI
would be generally acceptable That Vol,
mad your doubts about the propriely Of
conversing with them yourself ind
thoughtit more proper tina, YOU shoula
commune with them through yo Vol 'const;-
tutional advisers. You expressed w;sL
that the whole subject should be postnon.
ed tlll the next session of Congress. You
spoke OF the delay in the Senate of the
consideration Of your veto mossooe and
expressed anxiety a. to the tone Iard tenn
per which the debate would assume
Mr.. BADGER said that ON inquiry h.
was happy 20 find that the best temper
prevailed in the two Houses. Tie be1isv.
cd they were perfectly ready 10 take IN
the bill reported by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and pass it at once. You re-
Piled, 'Ialk not to me Of Mr.. Ew1yc,s
bull, it contains that odii,s feature of local
discounts which | have repndiated in nv
message then said to you, have no
doubt, sif, that the House, having ascer.
tanned your views, will pass Bill in con-
forrnity to them, provided they can be
satisfied that it would answer the purpo,
ses OF the Trcasury,& relieve the country,
You then said, cannot my cabinet see that
this is brought about You must stand bv
me inthe emergency Cannot Won see
that bill passes Congress such as can
approve without inconsistency | de,
elared again my belief that such a bill
might be passed, And You then said to
me, What do YOU Understand 10 be NV
opinions2 State them, so that mav 90
that there is no misapprehension about
Them
then said that understood Won to no
of opinion that Congress might charter !
bank in the District of Columbia, qiyino
it its location here. To this YOU assent.
Ell. That they might authorize such hank
to establish Offices of discount and dcr.ns
lie in the several States, with The assent
Oh the States. To this you replied, DOME
name discounts: they have been tn,
source of the most ubominable corrun-
tons, and are wholly unnecessary to cnn.
BILE the bank to discharge its duties to the
country and the Government
l observed in reply that was propo,-
ing nothing, but simply ondeavorins to
state what had understood to be your
opinion as to the powers which ConS,es.
might constitutionally confer on d bank.
that on that point stood corrected:
then proceeded to say that | understood
you to be of opinion that Congress might
authorize such bank to establish agencies
in the several States, with power to deal
in bills of exchange, without the assent of
the States, to which you replied, yes, If
they be foreign bills, or bills drawn in one
State and payable IN another. That is all
the power necessary for transmitting the
public funds and regulating exchanges and
the currency
Mr. WEBSTER then expressed, in strong
terms, his opinion that such a charter
would answer all just purposes of Gov.
eminent end be satisfactory to the People:
and declared his preference for it over any
which had been proposed, especially as
it dispensed with the assent Of the States
to the creation of an institution necessary.
for carrying on, the fiscal operations or
Government He examined il at some
length, both as to its consttutonali,y and
Its influence on the currency and exchan-
ges, in all which views YOU expressed
your concurrence, desired that such bill
should be introduced, and especially that
it should go into the hands of some OF
your friends. TO my inquiry whether
Mr.. SERGEANT would be agreeable to YOU,
you replied that he would, You especi.
ally requested Mr.. WEBS rER and mrself
to communicate with Messrs Bpnp,rw
and SERGEANT on the subiec to whom
you said you had promised to address
note, but you doubted not thast this per-
sonal communication would be equally
satisfactory. You desired us, also, in
communlcating'with those gentlemen, not
to commit you personally, les. this be-
ing recognised as your measure, it might
be made subject of comparison to your
prejudice in the course of discussion.
You and Mr.. WEBSTER ,hen conversed