The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-18


sking effect until ath March next, had very con-
. A. rahle doubts whether | had not gone too lar.
YET in my endeayors TO avoid complaint, adhered
| 70 my pledge: and nobody was Suffered to KNOW OF
| my repentance. The minute before ! re>isned, u
was made known that ceuLd abide BY that 'Usr, and
fnal answer was given by those competent To re-
ply, that the bill p0aid certainly pass wtioui nay pos
and any alteration If Il could endsngsr us passage IN
the other House, aud therefore no amendment would
| lie voted for This was communicated TO me, and
thereuPon my resignation was handed Ia 10 the
| Senate.
Now, my friends and eountrymen, ] believe
have told you all, and submit TO your justice and
| common sense, whether ingenuity ana malice COM
| bined can make out more against my conduct WIN
this administration upon ehe subject OF the tarlh,
than an honest difference Of Opinions Because The
| President recommended tax law, must your sena-
tor therefore approve Of il, without crossing or
dottlng an IL Because the administration wished to
carry Eill iol revenues most your senator, against
! hi o, u Judgment, therefore ypie for ~ Because
| the Treasury Department u,oy have become CON
mite 10 = new experiment The tarllf, did II there
tore &c me a part of the creed Of democracy, and
Dind senators who were chosen long before this ad-
| minlstr,ton was elected When. and where, and
how, did these become part OF the political faith OF
| North Cardinal Who indoctrlnated her and her
| people, What hook teaches IN What presidents
enforce iI What age illustrates III The cossTIrU-
TIoE provides that bills for raising revenue shall orr
ginale in the House Of Representatives but here 10
doctrine in politics, and new practice IN car
rying il out, well as new principle for laying
/ duties And will you. prescribe me, simply be-
cause resigned rather than give my vote thus TO
revolutionze at once and without time for delibers-
lion, opportunity to amend the act, all the past
| experience Of the government, and set aside the
counses Of Washington L.6srsOn, Madison, Monroe,
/ and Jackson?
| do not undertake to account for the present at
least for the extraordinary outrage that was perPe-
trated upon my rights man and senator, as
soon had resigned, and before had been either
asked for my allowed time TO speak TO
Il you for myself nor TO remark upon the seryile
| spirit Of some in our own State who were quite
eager TO follow the ignobe lead. There IL a time
for all things. But to those in North Carolina, OF
every party, who aim to direct public opinion, ]
beg leave TO say word in which they interested
as much as can be. How happened it that another
democratic senator openly denounced this very bill
as absurd, disgusting and unfit To be touched, and
HE was not noticed 10y party censures' How did II
come about that democratic senator, IN debate
syerred most emphatlcslly that the omission OF a
tax upon tea and coffee for revenue "pds tOiihoui
Grouse" and not a word of complaint was made
against HIM Whence was Il that democrats OF ptT
ginid voted against the administration upon the reso-
luton Of notice terminate the Oregon convention
aud no heard IN proclaim THEIR want OF
fealty TO the party or the administration And by
what influence il that South Carolina democrat.
did the like, and THrr went nreproved9 Whence
ndpDcneu u lndt a scnhtOT Tcluscu 10
vote for the .Msriean tcG, and still good
party man and administration mann And that Other
democratic senators voted against amendments to
the independent treasury, reported upon the recon
mendatIon of the administration, and declared by
the secretary 10 be indispensable 10 his getting along
and yet rHIr were treated true and loyal, with
out any open reproaches' And, more than all, how
will you account for IT, that other senators have de
nounced the President for the Oregon treaty, anC
openly charged him with fraud deceit, and hypocrisy
and still THEY remained Every excellent friends" d
this administration and received no censures' But
senator from Worth Carolina, who enjoyed the per-
sonal confidence Of the President more than any
other, supported his administration more zeaous y
and, may say, more successfully, than any Other
single senator has done-an early, intimate, I'M
fnehing friend, who brought to his heart as well as
, his head, all he had Of both-has been denounced
and slandered traitor and apostate, merely be
cause he resigned his seat In the Senate into your
hands, sooner than violate his conscience by voting
for measure of legislation or disturb his friend'
by resisting it. Such the undeniabe facts: lool
ye to their meaning.
Your friend and countryman,
WILL. II. HAYWOOD, in
WIsunc rom CRY August 10 lS46.