The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-16

could have pursued no other course than the one
adopted by him. The governor of the State in adj
vance of Mr.. Walkers letter, announced, on the
23d, that he "never doubted that Mr.. Walker would
render a satisfactory reason for what he has DONE"
and is perfectly satisfied Nth The proprety Of his
The "Mssssippian" refers to another very import
ant snbect--the public depositea. equotes the law
restricting the power Of The Secretary this sub.
ect, and admits it to be embarrassing" but adds,
that the depostes not made secure by the banks;
and that therefore they may be removed underline
clause Of the of nth June, 1874, permitting the
removal Of the depostes from the banks on "thc fail
ure to furnish sufficient security" Our friends may
rest satisfied that, if this contingency occurs, the de-
posites will be removed; and that the most ample
security is being required by the Secretary. The
'.Mississppian" may be well assured, that neither
in theory nor practice will the Secretary abandon
any of the specie doctrines he has long advocated
and that at the proper time the power will be sought
from Congress to effectuac, to the fullest extent,
the wishes Of our friends on this subject
From the Misssppian of the I'd July published at Jack
~ son, Mississpr) "a sE1
THE LOST CoMMISSEON--STAT OF
THE HON. r. ]. WALKER.
We have the pleasure of laying before our read
ers to-day, the statement of the Hon. r. J. Walker
in relation to the much-talked-of suppression of the
commission for the Hon. Jacob Thompson as
senator in Congress. This statement is so plain
narrative of facts that we do not doubt that il will
give entire satisfaction to the whole community, both
as to Mr. Walkers motives and actions, in the
discharge Of the delicate agency which he bore in
the matter. The fact that MIR. Thompson's COM
mission did not take effect until the 10th of March,
and that Mr.. Walker, at the time he determined to
withhold it, had reason to believe that the Senate
would adjourn before that day, had escaped the pub
lie attention, we believe much less would have
been said upon the subject than has BEEN Further
| comment is unnecessary We will be INDUCED,
however, in expressing our regrets that we had it
not in our power to make plain statement of
all the facts, when the subject first attracted the at
tenton of a people jealous Of their rights We
will be INDUCED, further, in stating that the appar
ent ncongruty between the facts now presented
| and the authoritative statements heretofore made in
the Mississippan, be readily accounted for, by
reason of the circumstance that only part of the
action OF the parties was known to us, or to Gov.
Brown, up to the time Of the reception Of Mr.. Walk
er's statement. The contingency which induced
4 Mr.. Walker to urge the governor to make ain APP
pointment having never arisen; Mr.. Walker knowing
the reluctance with which Gov. Brown had acted /;
| knowing, too, that his action was induced with a
sole view to advance the interests Of the democratic
party, and seeing that no question would come be-
| fore the Senate, where the vote Of Mr. Thompson
would be required by the democratic party, acted
with becoming respect to what was due to the Ex-
ecutive of Mississippi under the circumstances The
subsequent act Of Governor Brown, in sending Mr..
Thompson a commission since his return to the
State, evinces the mistaken determination of the
governor TO confer the executive appointment on
him; and the declination of Mr.. Thompson leaves
the whole matter as though nothing had been done.
We believe that a Just public will find nothing in
al of he IN MOI he
slightest censure rest upon Mr.. Walker The ac-
ton of both parties was dictated by patriotism,
acting through settled anxiety to subserve the best
interests Of that party, on whose success we all
believe the cause ofrepublicanism depends.
STATEMENT OF THE HON. r. J, WALKER
! WASHINGTON CRY, June l6, 1S45
| To The Democracy Of Mississippi
| On the 5th of March last, | received, together
with confidential communication from Governor
Brown, a commission for Mr.. Thompson, as a
senator, take effect after the 10th of March last,
the period fixed in the tender Of my resignation.
The governor had been induced to make this appoint
ment in consequence Of assurances from mo, that my
own vote, that of my successors might, and, in all
probability would be necessary to give the democratic
party majority in the Senate upon the election OF
a printer for two years at the executive session.
urged upon the governor the importance ofhis cleo
ton to the democratic party, fully approaching the
at the very outset Of the new administration, and
the censure that would attach to me, if this defeat
were produced by single vote owing to my with
drawal from the Senate. Influenced by these con-
siderations, and with view to meet this contingent
CIV, the governor transmitted--not to MIR. Thomp-
son, but TO me--a commission for him as senator,
to take effect after the 10Th March last; leaving to
me, as conceived, full discretion to deliver the
commission or not the circumstances Of the cnse
before referred to might require. When the COM
mission was handed to me, with Governor Browns
letter, the contingency to which have referred had
not happened and, it was clearly ascertaned, would
not happen--t having been determined, after the
date Of my letter to Governor Brown not TO go into
the election of printer at the executive session.
The contingency not having happened, to meet
which the commission was signed, It seemed to me
that, to have delivered it, under such circumstances,
would have violated the will and purpose of the Ex-
ecuve and the confidential trust and discretion de-
volved by him on me. still further intlu-
enced in arriving at this conclusion, by the fact that
| it was IN consequence of my assurance to the gov
ernor of the probable occurrence of THE contingent
cy, that he had been induced to transmit the
commission--not to Mr.. Thompson, but to me ;
and that if, under such circumstances, had de-
livered the commissions, | might be justly ac-
cused of procuring an appointment to meet a
contingency, and then delivering it in violation Of
| the trust reposed in me- when the contingency had
not happened, and would not happen, upon which
alone he had been induced to sign the commission.
1t was my duty the confidential agent Of the gov
ernor, 1.-THE commission, until delivered, being law
fully within his control to have acted precisely as
il was obvious he would have done if present; and
il was clear that, present, he would not have de-
livered the commission unless the contingency had
happened, TO meet which he had been induced to act
The commission Qike any other grant or deed) was
the property Of the governor, and not of the person
named in the commission, until the delivery TO him;
and the governor, by himself or agent, could with
hold the delivery, TO ascertain the occurrence OF
particular event, upon the happening Of which alone
it desired give effect to the intended appoint
men and this principle is well settled, and so uni
versally adopted in practice, in regard to commits
sons and all other grants, as to require no eucida-
ton from Ipds moi authorized 10 confer ,sifh Nh
Thompson unless the commission delivered 10 him.
and had thus conferred with him, and disclosed to
him oil the circumstances Of the case, he certainly
could not and would not have accepted an Office de-
signed to be rendered to him to meet contingency
which had not happened.
And now the Withholding the commission is ut