Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-28

WIN The utmost diligence and delberaiion. ~a,u,ed
ah ior The collection, saiekserine and disbursins Of
NE public moneys through the agency Of CORPORA
Won Adsed To That end. and twice has II been our l,o
70 encounter The opposition Of the President, through
ihe application Of the veto power The character Of
that veto IN each case, the circumstances in which
was administered and the grounds upon which !, IA.
met The decided dsspprobAion Of your friend. in Con
gress are sufficiently apparent in the public documents
and The debates relating 20 IT,
ms subject has acquired painful iniefss, with Us
and Will doubtless acquire it with you from the unhau
pY developments with which il Is accompanied. We
are constrained 10 say that we find no ground 20 us
fy Us N the conviction that the veto Of the President
has been inerposed on this question solely upon con
scienuous and weil-considered opinions OF constitu
uonai scrupe as TO his duty IN the case presented
on the contrary too many proofs have been forced
upon our observation to leave Us free from the appre
hension tina, the President has permitted himself TO be
begued ino an opinion that, by this exhibition OF his
p'erogave, he might be able divert the policy Of his
, Administration into a channel which should lead TO
ne" political combinations, and accomplish results
which must overthrow the presen, divisions Of patty IN
The country and finally produce state Of things which
those elected him, at least, have never contemplated
We have seem from early period Of the session
that the Wing party did not euoy the confidence of
the President
With modification we have observed that his assoc
Citations more seduously aimed at a free communion
with those who have been busy to Illustrate our purpos
es rather than than with those who seemed to be most
identified with the power by which he was elected
We have reason to believe that he has permitted him
self to be approached, counciled and Influenced by
those who have manifested least interest in the success
OF Wing measures. What were represented TO he his
opinions and designs have been freely and even uso-
ently put forth in certain portions and those the
most reputable, in manner that ought 10 be deemed
offensive to his honor, it certainly was 10 the feel
logs OF those who believed to be his friends In
the earnest endeavor manifested by the Wing party in
Congress to ascertain specifically the Presidents no.
tons IN reference 10 the details OF such bill relating
to fiscal agent would be likely to meet his appro
haton the frequent changes Of his opinion and the sin
Gular want of consistency in his views have bailed
his best friends and rendered the hope OF adjustment
with him impossible.
Congress, early in the session, called upon the sec
rotary Of the treasury for the plan Of fiscal agent
the result Of tins call bill which reported in
detail with an argument in It's favor, and it was as we
had right to regard il, received by all the bill of
the president. In fact it was known to contain pro-
visions In reference to the of the States, which
correspondent with the private opinion Of no member of
the cabinet This bill the president had even informed
more than one member OF the house he would be will
ling to sign If passed by Congress: yet it contained
provisions for local dscounng in regard which his
veto message affirms his objections be altogether
nseparablc. The president has subsequently declared
that this no, his measure, and the when he said
he should sign this bill, he had not read it, The plan
of an exchange bank such as was reported after the
first veto, the president understood by more than one
member OF Congress 10 whom he expressed his opinion
TO have regarded as a iavorite measure 1t in
view Of this opinion, suggested it is in his first Veto
and after using every proper effort to ascertain his pre-
else views upon it, that the committee OF the House Of
Representatives reported their second bill. 1t made
provisions for bank without thepivego of local dis
counting, and was adapted close TO that class of
mercantile operations which the FIRST veto message de-
scrbes with appreciation, and which that paper espe-
ciay illustrates by reference to the dealing n ex-
changes of the bank of the L. S. in 1888 which the
president afirms 'amounts upwards of one hundred
million of dollars" Yet this when it was submitted
TO him, was objected to on new ground. The last
veto has narrowed the question OF bank down TO the
basis Of the sub treasury scheme and is obvious from
the opinions OF that message that the country is not to
expect anything better than the exploded subireasury
or some other measure OF tho same character, from
Mr. Tyler.
In the midst OF all these varieties Of opinion, an i'm
penetrabe mystery seemed to hang over the whole
sentiment ought TO characterize the intercourse of
President aud his friends and the last persons the
Government who would seem to have been entrusted
with his confidence those embarrassing topics were
the constitutional advisers which the laws had proyid
ed for him.
In this review of the position into which the late
events have thrown the Wing party, ii with pro-
found sorrow look 10 the course persued by the
President. lie has wrested from one of the best
fruits Of long and painful struggle and the consum-
nation OF glorious victory he has even perhaps
thrown US once upon the field Of political strife,
not weakened in numbers, shorn Of the support OF
the country, but stripped OF the which success
had placed in our hands and left again TO rely upon
the high patriotism which for twelve years sustained
us in a confict OF unequalled asperity and which f.
nally brought to the lul6lment Of those brilliant
hopes which he has done so much to destroy.
In this state Of things, the Wings will naturally look
with anxiety 10 the future, and inquire what are the
actual relations between the President and those WHO
brough, him into power; and what, in the opinion Of
their friends Congress, should be their course here
after, On both Of those question feel be our
duty address you in perfect iraukness and without
reserve, but, al Tie same time, with due rcspec, to