Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, July 26, 1842, Page 343, Image 2
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We are now called upon, Fellow citizens,
hy the return of this day to celebrate
the goodness of that (iod who
f riuvuf.l f.ur tYeble efTo.fs, as a nation,
with such astonishing nnd unparalleled
MlCCtKS.
Wno can read the liiir ory of our.
Moody contest with Great B itain. and J
not bo convinced that the strong arm
of Jehovah uas bared for our safety and \
defence? And shall we refuse Ilim the
honor, the praise, and the untiring obedience
which Me ho justly claims at cur
hands?
Whilst we would invoke the aid of (ire.
cian and Roman eloquence in proclaim
ing the praise, .and celebrating the bravery
of the worthies of our revolution ; yet we
would not forget that our national victo
ry must be ascribed to the special interposition
of a wise, holy, and Almighty
Providence?a truth that was sensibly
realized, and publicly arknow it dged b\
those who fought our battles for us.
It become* us too to rejoice with trembling,
tor this is an eventful period in the
history of our ow n nation in particular,
and toe world in general.
The spirit of discord and dissatisfaction
of insubordination and i.-.isrule, like the
boisterous subjects of Eohis, w hen ideascd
from their gloomy pr:s in, seems to In*
stalking abroad through our world, causing
the thrones of King to totter beneath
them, and tarnishing with his foul touch
the purest institutions, and most umblemished
characters, and striking with his
mighty and poisonous wand, the fairest
prospects, blasting the brightest hop's,
and paralyzing the mightiest energies of
the most strong, wise, and stable govern
wont* 011 earth.
I do not say that wo have a Caesar
or Catalinc who is striving to subvert the
liberties of our nation ; hut I do say most
emphatically, that the eh inents of destruction
are gathering rapidly in oar po
liticul heavens, and that citizen must be
fearfully blinded by prejudice or parli
spirit, who docs not already see the dark
and omnious cloud, wiiich may dis.
cba^c ite fatal contents upon our devoted
Da t ton.
it is a melancholy truth, thatour ?nv*
eminent is approaching a crisis of fearful
magnitude, and one which .ill the learning
o 7 wisdom,
and *1< quence of our ablest
statesmen cannot, of (htmsclvcs, either
turn aside or defeat.
D?> you demand the evidence ?
"What mean -those mobs which have
infested some of our largest c ities ?
Why do tuousrnds assemble under
eovw of night to molest the peaceable and
unoffending portion of our citizens?
*. -1* ! 4.'-#VlIfl
it tnis spirit oi ijisumxuiiiniivii nitu...,.
gam strength for a few yo?rs, until the
j:\atiA of our countrynrion ('link long and
of its deadly poison, there is no j<ow.
rr on earth than can withstand iis infiu.
once, or subdue its indomitable rage.
Te.H roe.not of officers ami of soldiers;
point me not to your vast magazines
which are full of the implements of death;
remind me not of your d.sciplincd armies,
your strong forts, your cannon, and your
experienced generals?what will all ihese
avail you, when the mass of our citizens
shall have drunk deep of the spirit ol
rebellion ?
Thr principle of which I am speaking
is on unwillingness to submit to the due
O
<* i:i..l!.,na| lail- Clid |t
<'{H.F31 tOf> Of CUit9i1tuiivim i - ,
has already -aiu.wn its* If in chlJL*rent [KirIs
of our union.
If ever the time come?and 1 fear if
may?when this principle Khali gain ?.
general ascendency, we may bid faiewell
to all ihooR institutions, lawn, and immu
iiities which have thrown such a halo of
glory around our nation, and published
our greatness among ail the families of uV
dearth.
I 3m nol aw r?rc that the remarks w hich
havb been submitted, or any that aro to
r It J.. miorn fVilv?? (,> r>r1P
I III low, iipjH v v> ; m Iirv/I '/ "I X.V- w ? - - ?
political parly than another ; for we wish
if oossible, to avoid all such allusions on
the present occasion.
80 far cs the spirit of moboerncy is concerned,
it is exceedingly diiiicull, in ordinary
cases, to ascertain to what political
party the insu-gents belong ; and if (lie
Arctct were revealed, it would he found
that the crowd is composed of men of different
political ciittis.
And yet, who can doubt that if a corrupt
administration should invoke the
aid ot this disorganizing npiiit, it would be
pule to accomplish its most ambitious '
achemcs ?
In view of these facts is it not the 1
iultrcst ns well as the duty < f every !
virtuous citizen torxert his influence tn
banish this mischievous and ruinous
principle from bis District, Slate, and
imtion ?
Does any one ?*k f??r the qa.o modo ? I
answer in the language of Solomon? j
''""-J exjiuth a nt'tVn"?it j
tends to produce public peace, and dome*,
tic tranquility, and wherever it is possessed
it expels the evil demon of discord
and sedition, and teaches its subjects to
reverence the laws of (Jod and obey the
constitutional regulations of human socioty.
In proportion then, re-petted auditors,
as you disseminate the heavenly principles
of revealed Ue!ij?ion, in the same ratio
....ii ,r? iKm franouilitv and safut\
ill y\>u OCV.IH V IIIV j 0 ? ^
?<f your nation.
Permit me to allude very briefly to 1
I anothoi dark speck in our political
! horizon. We read in the Bible,
that Jehovah proclaimed from Mount
Sinai, in a voice of thunder?' Remember
the Sabbath-day lo keep it holy." How
is this mandate regarded by our citizens
generally ? It is set at naught, and
treated with contempt. VVcare empirically
a nation of sabbath-breakers. The
high and the low. the rich and the ooor,
the free and the bond, the learned and
illiterate are, to a very great extent,
chargeable with this crime. And what is
it? It is rebellion against God ; it is treai
*on against His government. He has
Io . o
commanded us, under pain of the most
j solemn and awful penalties, to reverence
! the sabbath day, and keep it holy, hv devo
oil itd cnrroi-i hours to llu? DlirnOSeS ol
j ,w.fe .... ?... ? r f
I His worship ; but bow have we obeyed
j Him ? Uo to out high ways, our rail|
roads, our riverj, and our places of public
I resort, anil you will sec how far wo regard
! the laws of Jehovah. Men generally seek
on this day, either their pecuniary emo.
1 lament, or their sensual and intellectual
| gratification, and how can such a people
j nope to enjoy the favor and protection of
j that God, whose institutions the wantonly
j trample under their unhallowed feet 7 It
j ought not to he disguised, tliut,??a nation
j we are highly criminal in this particular ;
and if we wculJ avoid the doom of other
nations and of other ages for this very sin,
.t behoves us to humble ourselves and
j repent in sackcloth and ashes.
| That nation must have advanced very
] fur in the science of iniquity, which is
prepared to insult Jehovah in broad day
light, and in the noon tide of Gospel
truth, lie has spoken once and again,
both in His word and His Providence?
He has whispered in accents of tncrcy,
an { warned in a voice louder than the
united artillery of heaven ; but we have
hern equally deaf to both. Thus we have
shown that we spurned his mercy and
defied his omnipotence.
J When I see these things, I cannot hut
tremble for the safety of my country, for
should this evil practice continue to increase
for the next half century as it has
.lone for the last twenty five years, there
is every reason to believe that God will
j vindicate the honor of His law, and the
; justice of His administration in th?i com.
j plete and final overthrow of the liberties
j of this guillv nation. When I road of the
J desolate cities and sterile plain* /J" Judea,
I cannot but fear that the day \\irl come,
if we repent not, when our republic will
live only in song, and when our citizens
shall be the abject slaves of a foreign and
oppressive despotism. You tnnv regard
j my fears as groundless, and smile at my
\ weakneg*?so thought the Jews when
j they were faithfully warned by their scrj
var.ts, I lie prophets, and yet. n-las, they
I discovered, when it was too late, that the
j prediction was true. May this dark
! cloud tn our political heavens he rolled
f
j hark, may i's lightnings ccaso to blazo.
j and its liiundert be hushed in eternal si!
lence !
j Will you nlhnv me *o adduce vet anoth
. i . ? f.?r l
| or evidence tnat our cicu, political, ana
j religious p'icilcgrs nre in danger?
He must be strangely blind who does
! not nee a gathering storm in the rapid
i influx of emigrants from the old world,
1 who have no sympathy with our institu.
j tions, and thousands of whom stand pledg.
oi by the most solemn oaths to abolish
j our laws, change our customs, and sub!
vert our liberties. I possess not th?I
means of staling accurately the number
...
' of Roman Catholics in the United States,
1 there arc prohahlv between four and five
j millions, or at the lowest estimate the}
; are a fourth part of 011 r population. Nine
i tenths of this number are foreigner*, and j
) from theii h'rth, education, and wipersti- j
j terns training, aro prepared for the com j
! mission of any, tnid every dark deed of j
j villany which their corrupt and designing
| priests may suggest or direct. The faith|
ful subjects of tyrannical and supersti- i
I nous Rome nro publicly instructed how {
1 thev must vote fit every election, and if j
I they disobey, the anat-kama of mother i
i i
| church i> thundered forth again*! the n.
| Already have they shown what they
j would do it they had the power, by dictaj
ttng laws to one of our sovereign stales, j
i tJut their strong hold is in the vaJJev o! J
i the Mississippi, where thev have, at this
I moment, ten cincesscs, and over three
UJ* i.n \-v. f ?
i '
nanae?mm? , . . ... ?
Thcv have seized upon this portion of
oar territory with a giant's grasp, and
with n sagncity and ability which none
but Jesuits could command, they are gaining
an influence, which if consummated
as they intend and hope, will soon level
our proud institutions in tho dust, and
confine lis and cut children it) the inqui!
sition, torture us on the rack, and burn us
I ?t fhp sf.ike \ !
Popery in essentially the same in every
a^e and in every country?all must irnft
? ?
Illicitly how to her mandates, nnd wear
ihe galling chains of mental and spiritual
despotism, or be crushed by her cruel and
implacable anathamas. I appeal to im- I
partial history. Tell me, when has it J
ever been known that popery was the
friend of civil, political, und religious lib*
erty ? Already has the pope fixed his
avaricious eye upon these happy and
prosperous states, and he hopes soon to
wear them as the brightest jewels in his
crown. Then may you bid farewell to
your Bibles, and your sanctuaries?
your lives, your fortunes, and your liberties
; or become the degraded subjects of
the vilest despot that ever di>graced our
world! Again:
Will you allow me to touch, with a
gentle and affectionate hand, a subject,
upon which most of you, perhaps, are
very sensitive?I mean The manner in
which this day is generally observed, I
do not intend to call in question the pro
priety of celebrating our national jubilee ;
but I ask you as sober, intelligent, and
| rational men, w hether the Fourth of July
is generally observed in such a way as to
be acceptable to the Hod of armies? If
He fought our battles and gave us the
victory, is it rational that we should demonstnle
our gratitu le by acts of profanity
nnd beastly intemperance ? Alas, how
many thousands there are in this free nnd
! happy land, who seem to feel that the
I ret urn of this day gives them full nnd perj
feet license to swear with the profane, to
j eat with the glutton, and drink with the
! drunken ! The earth groans under the
j . ?
weight of our abominations, and calls for
retributive justice. When Grecian and
I
; Roman herons returned from the vtctoriuus
battle field, they decorated their
j Temples, and offered sacrifice to their
! Gods ^ init we are more irrational than
they. Th y knew no Gods but their
*
! dumb idols, .and vet thev were far more
i consistent with their principles than the
citizens of the United States. Wo have
our Temple* thai have been reared for the
| worship of the true God, but as a nation,
' we repair not to them, to praise Him for
| bis goodness. Hence I would respectfulI
Jy avk, hi there not danger -that c-vrn the
! abuse, of our joyful jubilee may bring
| down upon us. the withering displeasure
of the God of nations ?
I will on!}' add one further remark at
present in confirmation ?f the idea which
1 has been advanced respecting the danger*
I that threaten our national rutn?namofy :
I The strong, unkind, and hitler nnimosj.
( ties uh'ch prevail between the North and
I the South, in .plain language, The. doc!
m "
i frines and principles of tlx Abolitionists
If these misguided men and women would
confine their efforts to morals .and rel ginn
. we should not feel very much anxiety on
!
iifetnilijnct; hut when we see them grasp jug
at civil poww. and seizing to change
i our laws, and our euntom*, wo cannot dij
vest ourselves of fear and alarm. Who
i cannot foresee the dangerous and fatal
?
; consequences that must necessarily result
J to the South, if they should ever gain the
i ascendancy in our political affairs ? Will
I southern men tamely sit by, and see their
rights, and their proj?erfy unjustly swept
away by five rude and unfeeling hand of
I fanaticism ? I will not insult you by
. ;
' pressing the qnostion. Whenever this
| period ariives, if it ever does, it will be
, tlie signal for lighting the torch of discord,
j s dition, and civil war, which will soon
, burn out the vitals of this free and happy
j nation. If talents, energy, industry, j
, money, and impudence can effect this
j work. it will soon do Gone?which, may
j find of His infinite incrcy, forbid !
We have thus taken a cursory survey
j of tome of tho evils which endanger the
j perpetuity and stability of our national
j institutions; and I am at a hxs to decide,
1 whether we should rejoice, or m nirn ?
j whether we should array ourselves in the
habiliments of mirth, or ciotbo ourselves
in sackcloth and ashes. Ot one thing
we may all rest perfectly satisfied, viz.
It is the imperative duty of this nation to
! humble itself before Ciod, and beseech j
dim to remove those crying ov ils Iroin our j
land, which are our reproach note, and j
may become hereof far our viler and final I
ruin ! Notwithstanding, however, the j
da?i: pietwreof our future prospects which j
has just been presented, I rejoice, in be- I
inz able tOHtafc, that there is n star of!
I
hope which has not yet forsaken our po- j
ii'icii! h.in ens, and it is to be found in j
the tendency of Religion to produce Industry,
sobriety. and a spirit of equity,
kindness and forbearance ; and finally the
assurance of the blessing of heaven upon
that nation which cultivates these lovely,
amiable and pious trails of character.?
God has planted His church in our land,
and for her sake, we hope fie will spare
our nation.
Men may philosophize and our ruler*
may enact wise, wholesome, and salutary
laws, yet if we refuse to cultivate a seri
1 ? vr\rr: ><! f/,f f hji rnnlilj. I
their firesides, their wives, their ch IJren,
and their altar*: they were driven to the
dreadful alternatives?Slavery or Death,
nor did they long hesitate which I hey
would choose. ?And were these s.irri d
immunities more valuable to them, 11 an
they are to us/ Thov felt the strong
influence of that tender cord of afleetion
and sympathy which binds man to
his fellows, and hence that torrent of
flowing and moving eloquence which
roused into action theimgiity energies of
their enraptured auditors; hence that
skill in planning, and vigor and Inavery
in execution, which caused a feeble, unI
disciplined, and to some extent, partially
! supplied army, to gain a decided and glo.
i nous victory over the most powerful and
warlike nation upon earth. Believing
in the justice of their cause and tin ;
purity of their motives, they appealed, in
the most solemn and a flee'i no; manner, to
the God of armies, and entreated, hoth
...if II
publicly :tMi privately, i uu no won u m- i
rect tliem in counsel, nervo their arm lor :
the conflict, aiul give tiiem the victory. ;
I Not a day dawned upon the world, not a '
Sabbath, with its high and holy duties,
was ushered in, hut fervent and devout J
supplication ascended to the mercy seal !
I'or the protection of their armies, the :
safety of their soldiers, and the success. !
lul issue of their contests. But do we, j
their child.cn, pray with equal fervor fori
the continuance of the.se blessings ? Too ;
many of us, it is to he feared, have for- j
gotten the source whence these favors i
descended, and have abused the mercies!
that were purchased by the (cats and the j
<)U8 HIIU ir?i:n"iiuni i<^<uu .? < j~"tv
of I lie I).vino Law-giver; if we ens!
off* 11 is authority, a nil trample upon f 1 is
mercy, soon will we find written upon
ntir national escutcheon?" Mcne, Menr,
Ti ke]. Upharsin"??? Cod hath numbered \
our kingdom and finished it?toe are. weighed
in the balances, and found wanting?
our kingdom is divided, and given to our
enemies
Head the history of Rome, and you
will find that during their first and most
prosperous days, they were the most religious
nation upon earth. *? The Senate
at no time assembled, no consul entered
m his office, no great publ c measure
was ever undertaken, without previous
Yctigious services, without prayers and
sacrifice."
That much superstition and folly en.
tcred into what they called Religion, will
j he readily admitted ; hut still it implied
reverence to a Supreme Power in heaven,
which ruled over all the atFiirs of men,
and was entitled la their homage. Hence
that sacred respect to an oath, as an in.
violahle obligation, which long distinguished
the Romans ; and historians have
remarked, "that when the reverence for
an oa'.h hegan to Iki diminished, and the
loose Epecuriau system which discarded
the belief nf Providence, to he inlro.
diu-oiL tio? Ro-nnii honor and nmsneritv
"I ? I ,
from that period, began to decline." if
you wish to have a more perfect exemplification
of the sentiment which 1 wish
to impress upon your minds you will
Hud it in the history of the Jewish nation.
Whilst they followed the directions,
and obeyed the command* of their
righteous Law.giver, their enemies fl. ?|
before them, or were slain by the sword ;
their cities were unmolested, and tneir
tit-Ids were laden with rich Larvests o.
grain; they had peace and tranquility
Without, and comfort and prosperity
within-;?But when they forsook the
Uod of their fathers, and plunged iato the
dark waves of iniquity, imbeei! ty marked
lheir actions* desolation, ruin, discord,
uuJ dissension followed in rapid and
mournful succession, and finally they
were led into disgraceful captivity. In a
word, when has it ever been known tint
a nation continued to prosper, after it
had thrown oif its allegiance to Jehovah?
Look at Trance in the days of hex boastcd
glory and freedom?;ur history is
written in characters of blood, and she
stands lorIh before the world, an awful
beacon to warn others not to follow her
example, lest they should snare in her
pumsiiiuent. Alas for that nation tliat
provokes the Almighty iu arms, or enters
the list of combatants with heaven!
j 1 lliltter myself that I address -those
| who love their eouutry, and wish t<? pro.
j mote its happiness and prosperity, i iierw
I are no people under the broad canopy of
I heaven wno have so much reason to he
J proud ol their native land, or he gratified
for their high and ennobling privileges, or
he contented and happy in tire enjoyment
of their wise and equal laws, as Ameri.
cans. Love of our country is a principle
implanted in the human constitution
by the hand of our wise and beneficent
Creator; and ho must do violence to the
dictates ol reason, and the feelings of
humanity, who seeks to obliterate all the
traces of its existence. Our social and
religious privileges, as well as our civ I
institutions, depend, in no small degree,
upon the perpetuity of our government.
Our forefathers fought and hied for
Mood of our fathers. Practical infidelity
is making rapid and fearful strides in
our land, an I is tarnishing with its foul
and polluting touch the minds of our
citizens; and, if not speedily arrested,
we may live to see the day, when our
government shall throw off the restraints
of Religion, and refuse to acknowledge
the over-ruling Providence of (iod. A J
proper regard for the rights ol Religion,
of conscience, of justice and humanity
lies at the foundation of all political institutions,
and wo to that nation which
refuses to follow its dictates, or be governed
hv its sanctions!
i Cut some, perhaps, nro ready to ex
claim, "Away wiin mese mei mcuvij
fore Codings ;?.f when wo were an inlant
and feeble people, and had hut few
of those bulwarks of safety which are a
I nation's protection and defence, we were
j able to conquer proud and spirited Britain
with Iter disciplined armies, and powerlul
navy, shall we now when our resources
arc increased a hundred fold, quail
before the mightiest nation on the gloat?"
O ~
I appeal to history. Tell me, thou rev.
erend chronicler of the grave, can all
the illusions of ambition realized, can uil ;
i the wealth of a universal commerce, can |
j all tiie achievements of successful heroj
ism, or all the establishments of this
j world's wisdom, secure to an Empire the
{permanency of its possessions? Alas,
Proy thought so once ; yet tlio land ol j
Priam lives only in song! Thebes thought i
I so once; yet her hundred gates liavei
crumbled, and her very tombs are but as j
' the du-it they were vainly intended to [
i commemorate ! i?u thought Palmvra?
' *
j W hTo is she 1 So thought the countries
J of D -mosthencs and fiie Spartan ; yet
i Leonid as is Iramjdcd hy tho timid slave,
j and Athens insulted by the servile, intndj
less, and enervate Ottoman! In Ins
j nurried inaich, Time has but looked at
1 * L" - ' * . 11? *r f find :ill ||>
i 111111 11ll.lg I 'Idl t iij 11 ii7i n* 111 y , ...... .... |
i vanities, from the palace lo the tomb,
. have, WuU their rums, erased the; very
j nnprrssiom, of its.footstep*! " I he uay>
! of their glory are as it" they ha J never
; been"?an 1 in t\ nut the period arrive,!
! when America proud and potent as slu
i >.ppcurs, do wnal Alliens is, and smni'
! rude and savage nation, yet soon to br
I vvaat Alliens was.' Yoii boast ut your
[liberty, retincunenf, anil civilization;
you con tide is the w.sJom ot your conn
s:"Is, and t.he ibrce of your arms, and tinJ
stability id your laws:?.So thought the
J mighty republics oftiroece, and ol Rome;
j and v. here arc thry ! Tncir days have
i ioiw since been numbered, and tiieir heI
,r
roes and sages I veonly in song ! Wtiere
D J r?
arc their gorgeous palaces, and decor ited
temples? Wnere are the enraptured
hearers who hung u ion ilia thrill.og elo.
r* | D
tjucnce of J) -inosttiencs and ot Cicero/
i vV'hcro are the vast armies that Caesar
{ marshalled on the plains of Europe ?
j l'neir bodies are sleeping in the dust, and
the proao men inieui* ot their greatness
j have mouldered into ruins!
I M iy t.iat Cod w ho rules upon the
storm, and directs the whirlwind?whose
Kingdom rtiloth over all, and who sways,
universal Empire, roll back the dark
clouds from war political sky, and bid
I the sac of peace, prosperity, and huppiI
ties* Io arise in ail his glory, and impart
j refreshing and ij lickemng rays to ev.
i cry Amur icon bosom ! :%J iy our free
; ami glor.ous institutions lie iiaiided down
! unimpaired to tinhorn generations, thai,
j when e-c.uries shall hiveroila.l away,
J America may still be distinguished
j among all tne nation* 4?f tiie Earth, for
j her liberty, civJizut.on, morality, unu
! Religion !
Tifi PllESIDSNr'a CONKI3 VKN C V AGAIN?A SCENE !
! in the Holme or Rei-re sen r.\ rives.?Whilst the
; President's Ute veto message was under d s - us;
Kion in the House of It prescntatms, the follow.
mj remarks were ma !c:
! Mr. Weber's colleague [ Mr. A/uthio'] said
; lie w is prepared to prove la it ihe President
i riHfI dtiiu-raicly and wiltu !y lied; now Mr.
j W. h?d s'di.i luile time left, and he would
j cheerfully yield him the floor for that purpose,
i lie daUd tain to the proof tie joined issue,
} and called lor proof Let the gentlemen
I maintain iiis asser ion, or eise let the
epith't he h id applied tu the President attach
; lo irin.
J Mr A/a'liiot, ac-ep4ed the chal.'tmge, and
j rose to address ?ho loinmilteo. H said tha' !
' his ciiarge was, that Mr. Tyler had wiifuilv j
I and deu uuicy to d what wag *jot true,
j Mr. Wi lier li a iied !
Mr. Mnthiut. Vcfl, has delibenlclv and
i wilfully Jicd. Tnat is the charge, and now to J
| liio proof. Tlie fact transpired duruig the ex. :
' ira session, and while ttie first iiar-k bill was
pending, just b? tore it had received the
f cutivc veto. At soon as it w as ascertained
j tnai in- President was about to veto the hill,
i the Whigs reurt'd from tho White
j House. i'he I'msidoiit complained ofj
j tljie, and ?.>iJ he was leli in the j
|hands of tli * E iccfiic.ofl, ?.nd was anxious to |
j t.ee liif Whi- friends. When the members of ;
I the O.iio delegation ascertained this to be the j
case, io id a in -filing for the purpose of !
j consulting oil the propriety of visit ng the
| President. Strong uhjections were urged t?y j
! soiii* , especially bv an aged ami venerable}
member, (undi-rsuMd to a*? AJr. .Morrow ) on .
nit ground ina! vvni.e k-j important a bui was [
pei d ng oetore hiii, it w .6 mdeln ale in mem i
hers ol Co igr*s to intrmle upon Uio Chief <
.Magistrate. The Executive and L-'gisiative J
brai.cues of ihe tijvermnenl were distinct and j
indepeud of, and llie President ought (o pt. {
left to I tie dnhales of li a own j jdgmcnt in '
the t: ?se. Bai these objections wer^ overrul-j
i d, and it w ,\< determined ?y the majority that j
the v.sit should t?e p.oil, -?nd they app<> nt? d
a coinm to e of 'J. to wat oil "the Pipsident.
I'lmy called and inquired when the ihc-ideni,
ecu d be seen } J'ne an>iv?-r was, Inai. he wa- i
: o: on.y w ihipg but anxious to see them, and i
would rece ve im rn at rive o'cio*. k tliat afternoon,
(Fnda .) i'iiey went accordingly; the!
I 'resident met tin in at the do.?r, am. gave |
'''i"1 - '"I'll r\.,t to l.u? y no Air. .1/. ;
v IIV* III <? IIJWVW ^fi ?j W I ? *? -- - - ? wuu'nj
clow {?i\e tu tl?e cjinuii ilte. si u->t t''?
very language of the President, the substance
at least uf what he t-aid.
The President to'd them tie was exfrente* ^
ly glad to see them them there, that ho un?
dersiood the object of their vstt, they were
there to have a tree and frank interchange of
opinions, and he de.-ired there should be no
conrca'ment. that they would tell hira frankly
ail their inuid. He had once made up
his mind to return the b ink bill to
Congress, but he was wilh. g to re-consider
that determ nation. He would accompany
members the next day on a visit to the ship
LMaware [then lying off Annapolis,] he would
dismiss the subject from lis mind, and suffer
no gentlemen lo approach him in regard to it;
on Sunday morning ho wotild go lo church
and say his prayers; and in the afternoon he
wou.d retire to his chamber?-shut out the
world?and carry the whole subjeet to the
throne of grace and direction from on high;
and if af.er that he could bring his conscience
to let him sign the bill, he would sign ?., and
if no*; he prayed Heaven-[here Mr s. voice
became low aud broken, ho put his hands to
his eyes, and what, he said was lost ?.u the Re.
porter. While, however. Mr. M. seemed
thU9 deeply affected, there was a general
laughter throughout the House.J
Mr M. proceeded to say that he then felt
(satisfied the ['resident intended to return the
bill, yot when he saw a big tear standing in
his eye, and heard him epeak of his mental
anguish, no power on earth would have ind?t?
eed him to doubt Ins sincerity; he then belies,
fd him to be perfectly honest. But mark ths
result! Alter the President had dried his
tears, the delegation gave him to understand
rhat they hid not come tnere to embarrass
him on the matter. They caine there to tell
Imn frankly what thoy believed would be the
< fleet of the return of the bill upon tho coun.
try generally, nod upon their own State in
particular/ which they accordingly dad, setting
forih the injurious consequences which could
not fail to follow."
The President hesrd tlvem patiently, and
then said " gent einen you are mistaken?you
are entirely mistaken. The only effect it can
have will be this; tho Oppue:lion, the Locofo.
cos, wiil raise a shout of inumpn; but
cannot deter m; from do ng my duty. But, if
1 do return this bill you can immediately re.
port the bill which was proposed by Mr. Cwing
iii the Senate, and can pass it m three
,ia" a let me have that bill and I will promptly
give''it my signa'ure." M*. M. undefined
him clearly to signify that that was the bill he
was m favor of?and it it were passed he
I would promptly sign it. Mr, 5J. told Ijjjm
that the hid had one feature in tl which wsuld
prevent the Whigs from voting for it; which
, was, that branch- s could not he extended into
| (l>e States Without the acsetil of the States,
! ?he practical rt-sui: of which would be that
non- but VV'h g A'ates would receive the
11,ink and tlie plan wou.d effvet oo g- neral
benefit to ibt- country. His reply was. Wiiy,
you cannot have examined the bill?it is not
possible you can have made vourseff acquaiu'
ted with its provisions Mr m told uh? Pre.
I sident that Iw had carefully conned the bill
i ober and studied it. The President said' it
! could not bo; and that if AJr. M would ex.
i amme it, he wou d find that the iiauk was
! empowered lo extend branches mtotiie Slates
with or without their f consent, if it was
i ii?-cess try lo carry out ibe Uousututton. He
| spoke of Uie (Ijflereni si-clious of the bill, and
i se-ined faui itrw ib its details. When tho
! delegation retired lie foJowed ibeou to the door,
-i ."...:.i,; #h h;?J ativ regard for nim ihey
j dllll Adiu Li'an ... .j - ~m
would, ill case t/is Dili dlii'Ul.J oe vetoed nitro*
| (luce .Mr. ? wing's bill, past it, send it - tu turn.
I and lie would sign it. T/we wag other con.
venation winch the President Ii.id with other*'.
members of (he delegation, and which it jjol
material to the xuaUc; 4t issue, and which
Air. M. would not repeat.
This was about six o'clock ou Friday eyeoirior.
(Jii tlm Afondiy morning lollowing, Mr,
j W's colleague, from ilie .Montgomery district
' [ Mr (joode called at ftie President's house
I and found kmi preparing in* veto. After Jhe
> had finsheu his business the President
said to bun. I wish you to say to the members
of the Gh o deJega iu i il.at ** when i tuij >o
itiemj would apiwove and sign Mr. ?wing*
bill. I had not tuiu read the bill.''* This. iuo
nfier having argued vvilhMr. M. on the Friday
evi-ning bei.-re on tlie pi uiciples of the
u II, arid reh rru g to ita different s?ctioo>? jjr. ^
M. r< grotU'd Lua-t his colleague [ VJr. (joodej
was not now present; but ho had a conversa.
t.'on wrtb that gentium tn not three days s.uce,
and he was quite sure fie would confirm every
I word of this statement. He oo.v called on
i ins cn'Jeaguex who had been present to say if
I President had not discussed the provisions of
! -Mr. Kw.ug's bill, in its different section.-, and
he should cai! on Ins other cujjcague (Mr.
Good**] to say whether the <V*ident did u?t
afterwards teil linn he had not then read Ihg
bill. He now appealed to the committee to
say whether he had not redeemed tne pledge
he had given to prove the assertion he had
; made! [ MucT sensation in tfaa House J
! He said thai from the l'resideul'* Iangu*ge
t was obvious oe must have read the bill, for
i he argued on the provisions of its several sec.
i rions. IVhy was it necessary for htm to say
j rhat he had not then read the bill. Look at
j the ficts. (hi the Saturday, instead of ac.
I corapanying the members ol Congress in their
' visit to the ship Delaware, a* he *.nd tie woti'd,
j he remained at home. Every bolv wa? dis.
j appo nted that he did not go. Another dts?
finguwnedgentleman also abstameu froui go.
inir. fMr :M. wat> conjectured to allude to
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Mr. U is? ) Now he would noi gay mai uie
President was at that time busdy on*aged
with anyone :n concocting his v?io message,
hut it appeared that the veto wag then prepared
.Mr. M. thought that when the Presi.
dent spoke to him with the big tears upon
his checks, he was honest in what he said;
and he still believed, if Mr. Ewing's bill
had been presented to h.'m he would have
signed it. For, look at the doctrine contained
in the first veto message. The
President there laid down the doctrine
ihat a B ink, having branches in the States
whether with or without State assent is
unconstitutional, if those branches hnvo
the power of local discount; that was tho
point on vvhich he placed his disapprohnHon
of the bill ; it gave the branch banks
the power of local discounts. Mr. Ew.
log's bill which ho had been so earnest m
to have sent to him provided that branches
could he established in the State* only
with tneir consent; but when thus admit*
led, should have the power of local di*.
count. Ili-re the President found himself.,
in difficulty, and, as ilic only way to get
out < f the inconsistency, he retorted to
the assertion that lie bad not as much as
1 ?l... L.!l .
rt;.IU I
Mr. tinyih-r inquired witellmr word int.I
tm; been sent to the Ohio loemb'W by
V|r Jjitule, tm Friday evening. |?y <h?
President, i b.?t he hud now re?{j jjic btij.
.jn;j Jbund iie vouid uol si^ii it?
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