The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-08

Mr.. Badger said:
ut Is neither my purpo nor wish
20 speak in terms Of severity OF Mr..
Tyler: but the President OF the United
States, though the Chief Magistrate. is
but a public servant. and as such his
conduct Is a fit subject for examlna-
lion and remark. His conduct toward
Congress and his constitutional advl-
sers was the main cause OF the disso-
,,,,;on ~ .hn cabinet The
Cabinet would not have been dissolved
simply because the President vetoeu
the Bank Bills. His scruples, X SIN
rere. however unreasonable, n even
absurd. would have been entitled "
tenderness, II not respect; ana no
member Of his cabinet Woulu nave
visited with the h~aIshness OF censuIo
the errors Of a man who souSnt ai.el
truth with a Willingness TO mo, anu "
desire to embrace 1t, merely Decau'.'
through f%cebleness OF understandings
or early prejudice, he was unable 70
perceive it. 1t was the want OF SIN
eerity and ingenuousncsS-of direct,
ness and candor, 1t was n disregard
Of courtesy and respect. IL was tne
nanifestaticn of q yacclllating and IN.
steady mind, II was the want o.
that manliness which assumes
and ayows his own errors ana sco!Ne
by concealmcnt or evasion
them on others that compeileo the
Presidents confidential aoVAsei9 "
abandon their position.
Consider the circumstances OF tne
.asa for q moment, and judge II tn!s
I've not so. One bill having been oe-
featnd, he himself proposed anothe!'
and induced the members OF MS csoi-
net 10 urge It's passage. Inc OH W"e
passed and sent to the PRESIDENT. i'lo
80 Ca ,F<oe Lid 20 hiN6f nan
induced their friends in Congress TO
accept it as the olive branch or Peace.
ne not only did not sign. but he sent
Il back with Sccrn, as q measure tnat
every one must have known ne couio
not sanction. How then. SIR, was MS
cabinet situated? The bill that they
had been induced to recommend was
so ~repudiated. as plainly but directly.
to exhibit the cabinet as false to truth.
false 70 Congress, and false to the
country. Every man must
perceive that q total loss Of confidence
having TAX en- place, there was an end.
~ once. to all hope Of rendering serv-
ice to tho country. OF the future con-
duct OF the President. we could only
Judge by the past; and from thai
what could we infer. but = disregard
for all that was justly due to us
AS his confidential advisers? His con
duct, then standing as It did to me
totally without an explanation OF 1t:
apparent deviation from manifes'
prOpriety. and without any sufficient
pledge for the future, left In my judg'
resignation, unless I had been q mis-
cradle s~ycOphant, willing to retaiI
ohlce, under whatever circumstance
Of degradation, for the sake OF it
emoluments n power. And in thi
opinion. there Is not q member Of tn
Wing party. or Of any other part.
probably IN North Carolina, VIII
would not CONCUR"
Mr.. Badger was right. His par
did approve his course and at tn
first opportunity manifested It's ap
prOval by electing him to the Unite
States Senate All the other member
Of the Tyler cabinet, except Grangel
received like endorsements from thei
States; and Changers constituents ser
him to the House OF Representative,
In tho Senate Badger stood with Wet
ster, CritteHden. John Bell and othe
Union men against h views Of tn
extreme States rights men. He RI
fused to argue hat Congress ha
no power to prohibit slavery in tn
territories, and he denied the const
tutional right OF secession. His cours
offended the States rights men, an
~ they controlled the Senate, the
refused TO approve, his nomination
tho Supreme Court OF the Unite
States when sent in by President Fill
more in the closing hours OF his q,
ministration. After nine years
service, Mr.. Badger retired from Il
Senate March ;, 1855, and returned
the practice OF the law in Raleigh.
Upon his retirement the Senate pa
him the distinguished honor, said
be unique In the history Of the Sc
ate. OF unanimously adopting a res
sutton expressing its regret at J
departure from them. The rcSoluti,
was introduced by Senator Steph,
Adams, OF Mississippi, an ultra stat,
rights Democrat. March 8, 1855. It
Executive Journal Of tina dat, co
fains the following entry:
"Mr. Adams submitted the folio,
Ing resolution. which was considere
by unanimous consent, and n
MouSly agreed TO:
Resolved, Unanimously. That
expression Of the high appreciate
OF Senators and the senate is te
dered to the Honorable George