The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-26


confer with Mr.. Madison in relation to the APP
poinrmeni of Jonathan Russell as Minister to
Sweden. NJ Madison declined the conference
In this case there is some semblance Of co-or-
dination but, between the House Of Represen-
,atiyes and the Executive, thers is not the
slightest foundation on which an argument can
be built TO create such relations. In this case,
il was committee organized by the Senate IN
the case under discussion, the deputatlon re-
ceived their authority from caucus, and The
President refused to confer with them in rela-
ton to the Fiscal Corporation bill, but requested
Messrs. Webster and Ewing TO see those gen
lemen on the subject. IL is now alleged that
Mr.. TYLER committed himself 10 those gentle
men to sign the bill This allegation is based
on the evidence of Mr.. Ewing. Mr.. Webster
has not, as yet, made any disclosures. He has
not said what Mr.. Tyler promised TO do.
This bill, il must be remembered, contained
the feature of dealing in local paper. If he pro-
missed any person to sign this bill with this obi
Gus feature of local discount imbodied in it, he
promised TO do that which he had positively re-
and Bell Now, it is plain that there is some
misapprehension on this head for ii is evident,
throughout your developments, that Mr.. Tyler
was anxious TO preserve his consistency
In the discussion on this part Of the bill in Ca
binet council, he frequently exclaimed TO the
Cabinet, "preserre my consistency" Now, TO
commercial lawyers, such as Mr.. Webster and
Mr.. Sergeant, who are well versed in mercan-
Tile terms and in mercantile transactions, the
terms purchasing and dealing in bills Of ex-
change are matters we'll understood by them
but to a man living in the section of the country
where the merchants and the planters are not in
the habit Of using this instrument Of exchange,
except for the lransference of funds, predicated
upon the shipment Of the products Of the coun-
try, or in sending credit from one section Of the
country 10 the other,-t is not 10 be supposed
that he is very familiar with the tangled OPP
erations 10 which bills Of exchange may be EN-
ployed by those anxious TO sustain fictitious
credlt--an unsound condition of things-so in
furious TO our commercial interests. Mr..
Tyler no doubt was disncined to give this
feature that broad and expansive basis, which
either Mr.. Webster or Mr.. Sergeant was dis
posed to give il, according 10 their understand
ing of the language employed when It was un-
der discussion in the Cabinet. The banking
pieces. A general Reorganization Of the whole
system was in contemplation by the several
States. Their piosra,e condition was ascrlba-
Bile 10 The unlimited accommodation which they
had given to their customers, in flying kites, and
in maintaining false system OF credit. AS
soon as Mr.. Tyler discovered the dangerous ex-
tent Of this provision, do you suppose he could
have sanctioned il, thus fraught with such
Objectionable prncpes-so contrary to all of
his previous declarations which he had made to
matters took place, apprehensive that Mr..
Sergeant had been misled by others to believe
that he would sign such bill as he had pre-
pared, either immediately before or Immediately
after the introduction Of the Fiscal Corporation
bill in the House by Mr.. Sergeant, and as
soon as its character became known and
its principles understood, and before any
action upon it in the House, The President
sent messageby Messrs. Gregg, OF New York,
and Williams, of Connecticut, to request an in
terview with Mr. Sergeant, TO remove any inn
preston resting on his mind as to the fact that
he would sign such bill. These gentlemen
either did or did not communicate that message
10 Mr.. Sergeant. 1t is believed that they did
deliver it to him in time TO prevent any misun-
Outstanding, or any misapprehension as 10 what
the President would do, as to signing or not
signing. Whether these gentlemen did deliver
the message, or not, Mr.. Sergeant, either from
choice or from The message not being delivered,
did not act upon the message, and receive from
the President his views in explanation of the
bill. Subsequently, not hearing from Mr.. Ser
geant, the President Of the United States, il is
believed on the very day that the bill was intro
duced into the House, inquired Of Mr. Wise, of
Virginia, VIII ether these gentlemen had deliver
ed the message referred to- Mr.. Wise, not
know ing that such message had been sent,
could give the President no information as TO
the fact. The President then requested Mr..
Wise, on the evening of the same day, 10 in
form Mr.. Sergeant that the President request
ed 10 see him Immediately. This message MIR.
Sergeant received, beyond all question:; but he
did not call on the President, as requested
Now what more could Mr.. Tyler have done ?
he apprehended that some misapprehension had
taken place in relation to The character OF the
plan OF the Fiscal Corporation. The Presi-
dent did all in his power TO remove any
impression which had been made upon the mind
OF Mr.. Sergeant, that he would sanction the
bill. In the conversation which took place be-
tween the President and Messrs. Webster and
Ewing, as regards the character Of the bil in
volvng, as this conversation did, many co npli.