Vincennes Gazette, Volume 11, Number 18, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 October 1841 — Page 1

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VOLUME XI.J VINCENNRS, INDIANA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER, 9, 1811. NO. IS

Letter tVcm ths Hon. Joha Bell.

r.-7?i the Ni!itniul Lit' .7 etnar. To the Editors asinot.in, Sept. 20, 1841. Genticnen: Doubts have been attempts' J o be cast upon the correctness ( Mr. Ewing's statement in p.hiiimi to the pa. i taken hv the President in tvu ng ip ihe Fiscal Corporation Bill, by arguing th.o there va rii ltnoropri- :y in making n whi-b. ought to deprive it of credit. There fire circumstances iit this rase distirjjuihUiT it from a I rulers that I recollect 'f the kind. It i:r"W'! out of a matter of o f Ti " i n I hr.-nir-s, iraneied between high public fuftetiona' ies-, and is of public 1 eneril cmeern. The puhiic and open conduct of one of these hih fun. ttortHri-s is in direct opposition to what the othe- had. bv hi express direction and an 'hoi it , affirmed a to his in ten lions and purposes. I'hre can, I humbly submit, bo no serious question in pu -h a rase upon the point of persona! propriety. wh- n the injured party seeks to vindicate his honor by disclosing tiie truth. The obligations arising out of; confidential relations, in private or public affairs, are founded in mutual trust. lie that disregards his own confidential pledges and engagements cannot alledge the oMigati m- of confidence, in the same transaction. ajai"st th rio;ht of df-de-tenee belo-.ging to the injured party. For anv thing that emi ever be k iown to the onirun . it nav hav-' been the n'-j-et of th- uniiiii.il (de lg- or cngHg-iiv.it '01 fa-tih'e those w'u trusted and were mislet bv it. For these rea-ons I do not hesitate to furnish for publication, the accompanying statement, wbich contains all the fact? and circumstances within my knol--dge, ih.r. occur to me us beinf mat-rial, connected wi'h the subject of difference. ! do this not only as an act f justice to Mr. Kwing. who requested it, but to nu s "if -.',, 'he public. I iv rl mvs.- f of Uih occasion to 8iv th i' I b svi t no tinie. rear:i(U( a diffr-renee of hetwe.-n the President a'td mv self in rel.ition to i Hank, however imp rtan' the subject, as -sufficient to justify a resignation of ihe office which I lately hehl in the Fvetitiv- Administration of the Government. Nor was it because the President thought proper to trifle with or mislead bis Cabinet, as there is loo much reason to believe he intended to do. in the uff ur of the last Fiscal B . 1 1 k Bill, t h v ' I resign mv p! u-e. 'I'ber.- we 9 other, and ome of ilinn ore xtsong 'iu 4, for s'i'-!i a roure. which uiativ wi(i regard as ? ud'e'ient of themselves; and which w odd not have I'fi-n overlooked, n.it it w 1 posi' le to exphiiu or remove them, and therefor- they were not promptly acted upon. The last a-'t of the f resident, how v.t. w -i conchfiiv- -i the true character of r.W tbe -.'-.er o 'cui ie, re or cirHirnh.?!-'e3 which had previously awkened curiosity or excited distrust. I shall, at mv leisure, state the reasons more at large which rompe'Ied me to t!e course I have thought proper to adopt, snd a' t!i" same time furnish a narrative of all the c-ui-ea, far as thev fell i:id-T mv o'-'vrvnton. wbi-h resulted in tbe K.-.v-r 'i n if Mr. Tv'er from the partv .vhj'-b mght him into power, and the breaking up of the Whig Administration I am. resppr tfuily . your obedient servant. JOHN BELL. Messrs. Ga!e , Seaton. STATEMENT. I called to fee th- Preridftit on fill d biiai:u, o i ihr; tiioniiug ( 1 md-iV. IG b Aiigii-i) bff ire the fir.-'. eto meh.-age wane tit in. 1 !oi;: I him leading the mes sage to die St 1 re i a r v of the Treasury. He did me de- honor to reai1 ttie material pas:ge :.i me. Upon teadng that part of it which treats of the siipen.ir impo'tanec r.nd v Jt.e of the bus nc-s done iy the ! :'e l!tn' of tb,, J J nited Statett in fur-nisi-ing ex ).i.'.:;es between the different S; s -,e.d src'i'e; of the Union, I was mi -tron ill v iur.ress.d with the idea th -.t he m - on o. ii'.iuiaie that he wo-.ild have rv o'j ctn.il o a bunk which should he reeticied to de .ling i:i exchanges, that I interrupted him in the reading, and asked if I was 10 understand, by what he had just read, that h was prepared to give his assent to : hank in the Distr'iL- of Columbia, with til ces or agencies in the States, having the priv.lege. without their assent, to d.-ai if' exchange between them, and in foreign bills. lie promptly replied that he thought experience had shown the ne--e-sit of su.-h a power in the Gov e.-nm lit. ! con d not restrain the imme diate exmvssi m o" my gratification upon hearing ibis av w d. J hJJd 1. the President 3t once, thai what I had feared would lead to fatal dissensions among our friends, I now regarded r ilher fjrmtt ite thar. otherwise; that his veto of the bill then before htm the adoption of wo:ii t.) .1 t.i. s h-f i.t n:iL" 1 wwn" him uoou the happv circ-uin-tanfie of b;e d.-lav ' which had taken place in sending ia his V.0.1 Me.-an-. The heat and ihr which miglit have been evpected it the Veto had br 1 sent in iinm-liately cje i 1 tb - bi'l. would now he 11 0:1 tb. -d d

run had been given for eoo Myauac (l-i not rx-

elude the idea of a bank in home. 'brm. ;o unpleasant conequrnees would be iikely to follow. He expressed great urprise that there should he so much excitement upon the suhjee;; that he had had his mind made up on the be fore him from the first, but bad delayed '11s Message that there should be lime f .r the excitement to wear off; that nothing could be more easy than to pass a bill which would answer all necessary purposes; that it could be done in three days. I'he next day, having occasion to see the President sgain. he requested me to furnish him witt.Jstich information as ihe War Department afforded of the embarrasmenis attending the irausf-r nd disbarment of the public revenue to distant p mts on the frontier, in Florida, fc", He at the same time requested me to draw up a brief statement of mv views upon the subject, .-.sowing ihe particular advan tnges -and nece ssity of uch a fUc d institution :ts ho had thought of proposing. Such information as I could hastily codeet Irom ihs lieads id' the principal disbursing bureaus of ihe Department 1 handed to him on the evening of die same day. knowing that lime was of the inmost importance in the state in which the question then was. He received the state merits I gave him with manifest indifference, and a'armed me by remarking that that he began to doubt whether he would give his as-eni (as 1 understood him) to any batik. The next day (Wednesday, ISdi Au-gu-t) was the ta:ed time for the weekly meeting of the Cabinet with the President Mr. Webster, Mr. Kwing, and mysrll, went at ten o'clock in he. morning, and were informed that the President was engaged with Messrs. Berrien, Sergeant, am!, i think Mr. Dawson, of Georgia. We wailed until they retired, antl the President made his appearance about ihiee quaners of an hour afterwards. Mr. Hader came in soon after the President joined us. Messrs. Crittenden and Granger did notattenJ. The conference which ensued was a lang one lasntic wo hours at least, according to mv recoilection. I cannot pretend to detail all thai was said; neither can I undertake to tve the language employed by the President, upon every point, nor of the members of the Cabinet. I can only state the substance of what w?s said upon those points which most attracted my attention. The President cnmmpcid by siaiing tl at ne had b. en w ot. el upon that morning iiy a committee of Members of Con-gres-, who d- sircd to know his views upon the sueje.-t of a bank such a one as he could sanction. He had given ihnm 1:0 satisfaction upon that subject, but had informed them that he would first consult with his consitntional advisers his Cabinet through whom he thought it most regular that his views should be communicated. He asked the opinion of his Cabinet upon the the correctness of the ground he had taken: remarking at the same time, that ti e habit of expressing his views to Members of Congress upon subjects of so much interest subjected him to great embarrassment and much misrepresenutiou. Tim question being disposed of, the President advened briefly, but without 1.1UT h connexion, to the relation in which he stood to the Mank question, and his di-position to go as far as he could to comp'y with the wishes of Ids friends. He spoke of the relation that existed between him ami his Cabinet, and how necessary it was that he should have their support. Would they stand by him? He much preferred that the whole .subject should bo postponed until the iKXt session; but if it was necessary to act now, he tho'i a plan might be advised which with their co operation, might be carried through. He wondered uhv the Senate continued to postpone acting upon Hit Veio Message, which was yet to be disposed of. He supposed it might be to fold has a rod over his head; ami had some douhif. whether it was proper that he should consider further upon the subject until the Senate hail decided what they u o I!

do wiih the bid then before them. Some one present assured him that the postponement of the question pending in ihe Senate was interned to give time for reflection, and to prevent an intemperate debate. The President then gave the outline of etich a bank or fiscal Institution as he could sanction It was to be in the District of Columbia, to have the privilege of issuing its own notes, receive inonevs on deposite, and to deal in bills of exchange between the States and hetween the Linited States ami loreigu States. Rut he wished to have the opmioti of his Cabinet upon it. His own eonsi-teucv and reputation must be looked to. He considered his Cabinet his friends who must stand by him and de fend whateverer he did on thr subject. He appealed particularly to Mr. Web ster for his opinion upon the point of consistency; and whether there was not a clear disunion between the Old Ban'-: of the United States a Bank of dis count and dfpsite and the one he now thought of proposing; and whether the c .institutional question was not differ cut. He reminded us that, in all hi; form jr speechs and reports, he had takei the ground that Congress had no cor.Eti-

tuiional power to charter a oank which had the joer of local discounts. Mr. Webster pointed out the distinction between the two plans in a manner which appeared to he satisfactory 10 him. The substance of what he aid was, as follows: He had a deci led pref rence for a bank upon the plan then proposed over either of those which had been previously spoken of. lie reminded the President that he hod expressed his preference for a bank which should be restricted in its dealings in hills of exchange, when certain gentlemen from the city of New York were present several veeks before. He then thought, as he did now, ihat it would answer ail useful purposes. One ground of this preference was, and it had great wright widi him, tha the plan did not eontemp'ate the consent of the states as in any way or at ny time, necessary to its existence or efficiency. He thought the plan proposed at the commencement of the iession, generally known as Mr. Kv:xo's bill, as incongruous and ebjectiotiable on this ground. His general course of thinking on such subjects led him to prefer that, whatever power this Government asserted, or was authorized to assert, should he exercised independently of State authority, and of the interference of the states. He thought there odd b no tloubt of tho constitutional p wer to charter such a b. nk as was then proposed, a-cording to the President's own modes of thinking upon that subject if he understood them. Certainly there was a clear distinction between such a bank and the late Hank of the United States. The one now proposed was to be limited in its operations to such subjects as were

clearly within some of the general provis ions of ih Constitution, or such as were clearly necessary in tbe execution ot others. The privilege; of issuing its own notes, of dealing :n exchanges, an. I of re ceiving n oni'Vs on deposite, 3 1 1 appeared to have immedtai" reference 1.1 or connexion with the power given in the Constitution over commerce between tho stales, over the currency, mid the necessary fiscal operations of the Government in th collection, saf '-keeping and disbursement of the public revenue. These w.'re all subjects of national, and local 01 Stale concern. The tli-tinction between this plan and the late Hank of the United States lay in this: the piivilege enjoyed by the old bank of dealing in local paper, or discounting notes having no rircu!ati'v ,l might be. bm between the different streets or commer cial points of the same city, had no connex ion with ihe trade or commerce beiween the states and remote sections of the Union, nor with the transfer of the public money, from one point to another; and it had, therefore, no necessary connexion with any of the great national objects for which the bank was chartered; iiTir could it be claimed as an incident to any o' the powers given to Congress by the Co.-isti-.... 1 1 1 1 1 union. I hat privilege, ne apprenenneci. was conferred upon the late bank from the belief that without it the stock of the bank could not be made profitacle; and it was therefore considered 3s a necessary incident to an institution which was itsolf but ihe offspring of an incidental power. Experience, he thought, had shown clearly that such a privilege was no longer important or necessary. Hy confining the discounting privilege of the proposed bank to bills of exchange between this country and foreign slates, and between ti e sevcr- . ... . r .1 it 1 1 : : al states 01 ine union, uns on i-cumi would not lie against it. The President expressed his regret that he had not used the words 'bank of discount anddejiosite'in his late Message, so that the distinction he now took might be clearly inferred from that .Message, and he could not then he charged with inconsister.cv. -wr. lUtxiER saia ne tnoug'u notuin. would have been gained by the useof the f-rms'bank of discount and deposits' in his message; for. as to the charge of inconsistencv. it might, and probably would,, Me 1 ;e e ,i';iiiii mm iu. mn. .uili, sanctioned the bill then proposed bv him. . , .. 1 . ,. n.'e-mueh as dealing in or buying ouls ot . .,M K ,,,.nilMih.t r- ... .... - nvti.ui iii.i'.e if : b.ink of discount. wi.n ..11 .1... t...;! .-.;.. Bnno.rf.1 ... t ,t; 1 .,,tfiw. m.mhpr. r.f the! u llt u an uir iijcu1 i mi poim.i o Cabinet present had expressed their decided approbation of the plan th President I'j utr tin ;"lu ui, uuvi ihi,hiui.ij v. had sutrirested. he said that, after all. net would not sanction a bank in the form iust agreed upon, if he supposed that it would be made the groundwork or basis 01 it U.IUK Willi .ill mo iuvi r 1 o ... - .. 1 1. ...t.U 1I .w,,. n ,0 -,C flio l.nfo! Hank of the United States. He never would give his sanction to the power ot lo cal discount. He feared that, at the next or succeeding sessions of Congrass, ine Whigs would be bringing forward amendments engrafting this power upon any charter he might now approve; and he appealed to his cabinet to know if they wonld stand by him. and use their infltipnpfi in nrftvp.ntine- anv such movements) while his a Iministration lasted. Mr. Webste". and others gave him all proper assurances upon this point. Th Prpsidont tho tght a cap:tal ' f fif- ....... .Illmncr.f r.-,!'fir; '.vOOld be sufficient. A nnmr.'sai l.wns imp . riant. What should it be? Fiscal Institute would do. It was objected to. and the name of Fiscal Bank was pr f':rred bv a member of the Cabinet. He replied tat therw was a great leal in a name, and he did not wi: m ine 1 t w

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The President then inquired if he was

understood. Ho said thero must be no misunderstanding of what he proposed do. Addressing himself to Mr. Kwing, he asked him if ho thought ho understood his views fullv. .Mr. Kwing undertook to recapitulate. He understood the President to have no objection to a bank in the District of Columbia, with offices of discount and deposite in the states, with their assent. The President interrupted him abruptly, by saying he did not understand him at all: he was not willing to sanction any such bank. I understood his objection to be to th power of local discount. 1 supposed Mr. Kwing intended to say that heunderstood the President had no conslitut tonal objections to such a hank. Mr. Kwing, however, without explaining, went on to sav, that he now undorsUiod the President to have no objection to a bank in the District of Columbia, with the power to issue its own notes, receive moneys on deposite, with offices or agencies in the states having the privilege, with their assent, of dealing in bills of exchange drawn m one State or Territory and made payable in another State or Territory of the Union, and in bills between the United States and foreign States or Nations. The President said he was then under stood. He requested Mr. Webster par1 ticularly to communicate with the gentlemen who had waited upon him that morning, and to let them know the conclusion's to which he had come. He also t en. test ed Mr. Kwing to aid in getting tho sub ject properly before Congress. He re quested that they woutd take care no: to commit him by what they said to members of Congress to any intention to dictate to Congress. They might express their con fidence and belief that such a bill as had just been agreed upon would receive his sanction; hut it should be as a matter infer en'-e from his Veto Message and his genera! views. He thought he might request that the mettsure sh uld bo put into toe hands of some friend of his o'.wi upon whom he could rely. Mr Sr.aGKA.vr was named and he expressed himself satisfied that he should hae charge of it. He also expressed a wish to see the bill before it was presented to the House, if it could be 30 managed. 1 then said, addressing myself to .Messrs. Webs'ik;: and Kwing, that no time was to he lost in communicating with gentlemen of Congress; that there w as danger that Mr. KwI.ng's bill would be taken up and reported to the- House immediately after the bill sent hack to the Senate with he President's objections was disposed of. As the members of the Cabinet rose to depart, or just before the President requested Messrs. Webster end Kwinu. as thev had turned their attention more particularly to the subject, to furnish him w ith written arguments upon tiie points they had be-n discussing. He wanted them to fortify his own opinion, and to lay up for future reference JOHN BELL. Washington, Sept. 20, A D I) It i:ss Ot the WHIG MEMBERS to the People. Vroni the Satioiial Intelligencer, Sept. 15. Congressional WHI-J MEETING. At a meeting of the Whig members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the "27 th Congress of the United States, held in the City of Washington on the 1 1th September 1-11. The Hon. Nathan F. Dixon, of Rhode Island, on the part of the Senate, and the Hon. Jeremiah Morrow, of Ohio, on the part of the House, were called to tho chair. v A- ... A- O- 1 " r--- - o ' I Richard W. Thompson, ot Indiana, were appointed Secretaries Mr. Mangum, of North Carohna, offered the following resolutions: Resolved. That it is expedient for the 1 .... . . . ri c T. I . lUD " 1 recitatives of the United States, to pnb- , r ' ; -IJU'1 ; ' . Ish an Address to the People oi the Unit;ed States containing a succinct exXJSitio:i ot mo prominent pn roceeiimgs at the extra . - . , tni session 01 congress, 01 uie mwsu.w mu. have been adopted, and those in whicn they have failed, and the causes of such failure: together with such other matters as may exhibit truly the condition of the big party and Whig prospects. Iiesolvcd, That a committee of three on the part of the Senate, and five on the part of the House be appointed to prepare such Address and submit it to a meeting of the Whigs on Monday morning next, the ICth instant, at half past eight o'clock. And the question being taken on said resolutions, they were unanimously adopt ed. Whereupon the following gentlemen were appointed said committee: Messrs. Berrien, of Georgia, lallmadge, ot Aew York, and Smith, of Indiana, on the part of Senate; and Messrs. Everett, of Ver mont, Mason, of Ohio, Kennedy, of Maryland, John C. Clark, of New York, and Pnvn,-r. r.f NT. Ce-ohna. on the nart of the , IIo'.e' When, on motion, the meeting adjourn ed, to meet again on Monday morning. Monday, Sept. 13, '8 11. The meeting asoemblod, pursuant to ad ioumment.

Fel.-ow-citizens: Tiie Kx.ra Session of Congress has, at length, been brought to a close. Tho incidents which belonged to the history of this session, and especialIv those which have marked its tormina-

tion, are of a nature to make so srrongan impression upon the country , and to excite so much interest in the future action and relations of the Whig party, that the Whig Representatives in both Houses of Congress have thought it their duty, before separating, to address their constituents with a brief exposition of the circumstan ces in which they conceive themselves to be placed by tho events which have recently transpired. This session of Congress wss called as almost the first meusure of that illustrious and lamented citizen whose election to the Presidency was not less significant of the "eneral sentiment of condemnation of the acts of the preceding Administration, than it was expressive ot a wish for an imme diate and radical change in the public pol icy. The improvidence ot those who had just been expelled from power had render ed it inevitable; and the country hailed the meeting of a new Congress as the sure pledge of relief from all those ov ils which the disastrous incompetency of the men at tho head of affairs had brought upon it. The People desired the early adoption of the policy which had been promised them by the W h;g party. I hat policy has been brought to the consideration of the country throughout a contest of nearly twelve years duration, maintained with unexampled demotion; and its principles were illustrated by the precepts and practice of the most eminent and patriotic of our citizens in every form by which they were able to address themselves to the intelligence of the People. Xo oni misapprehended these principles; they were identified with the labors of that great party whose unparralleled success was Loth the token and the reward of the- general confidence of that nation. They promised reform 1st. In tho restraint of 'Executive power and patronage. '2i. In the wholesome regulation of the currency and the advancement of the interests of industry; and 3d. In the establishment of an economical administration of the finances. They proposed toaccom lish the first of these objects by limiting the service -f the president to a single term; by furhtdd'mg all officers of the Government from interferingin elections; end by a voluntary self-denial, on the part of the Chief Magistrate, in that extensive use of the Vero power wh ch had recently became i;o of- i fensive to the country as an instrument ot party supremacy. They hoped to achieve their next object by the establishment of a National Bank; by an adjustment of th system of duties upon a :no ierate and permanent scale, adapted a a nearly as pra -ticable to the interest, and conformable with tho views of i it - 1 .e e.verv portion 01 trie iron ov ;ne orulishmentof a uniform system of bankrupt cy; and by the distribution of the pioceeds of the public lands amongst the S!;; esmeasure recommended not only bv con siderations of Justice to the Slates them selves, but also hy a sad experience of tho embarrassment produced in the currency resulting from the administration of a fund of such variable amount as an item in tue revenues of the Government. The establishment of an econominal administration of the finances they expected to attain by cutting down all useless offices; by enforcing a strict accountability of tho public agents: and, more conspicuously, by making exact and adequa e provision fcr the ascertainment and eventual liquidation of that public debt which tho past Administration had created by permitting their which thev had concealed irom puonc ob .... . ,11- I 1 I servation by the easy device ot repeated issues of Government note3. These wero th prominent points to which the policy of tl3 Whig had been directed, and which constituted the great is sues beforo the country in the recent Presiden ial election. We are aware that our adversaries in that contest now deny these issues, founding their denial chiefly upon the fact that no formal manifesto was put forth to declare the terms upon which we insisted. U e choose ratner to appeal to widely diffused knowledge of our princi ples, which had been impressed upon ev ery man's mind in that long struggle of years gone by; with which one party had been identified, and of which its very name was an exjonent. It need not be said that, in a represen tation spread over a territory of such extent as that comprehended by our Union, and exhibiting interest so diversified, what might be called the characteristic princi,,lortf tlir. Whin- ni-fv.- throughout this wide sphere, should bo subject to occasion- -.- - j 1 , !rwd ina modifications, dependent upon Icx.ci m V , . . -.' .....-o.ar- thereluences; and thai it was lncunioem, tncrt. fore upo r the party to move together in a .ninJf mn,l mneessi .n and accomoda - i on of sectional dUTerences of opinion.It need not be told that, in tho system of. . . 1 ..,(,. npmiod.rftn. ,no,onr which we have enumerated, con - (;r views mlirht naturally exist be - 'ii.o T7oropntfitive3 of distant norlions of our Pvepohlic, and that only by the ..-.oMW of minor interests to thn Cr-!;.

tish.r.entof the general good. ent;ro her- every one frit to he due to tompu-ben-monv was to be obtained in the action of ftive policy, whose scope thoold icrludd r-onrrress. This w as natural, and to bo ex-, very intercut in the natiou. It h a triwl

-sp-3. But wo felt a nrou u coni;':C"U2

j uess that in tiie patriotism of the party a: ! huc!i difficulties would vanish, and that the demands of an enlarged welfare would be met and fulfilled, through ihe virtue of thn; spirit of compromise and forbearance, tho

hboral and comprehensive sentiment self-dcn al and concession, w hich resia the heart of our confederacy, r.nd whicl constitutes the living principle of ou: Union. Before the appointed day arrived for thr meeting of Congress, and i t the expiratior of but one short month from tho elate ct his inauguration, our beloved President ur.j snatched from us by the grasp of Goaih loo soon for tho happiness of .his coun.ry but not too soon to awaken in our bosotr.! a deep and awful sonse of the irreparable loss which wo have sustained in the deprivation of a great and gcod m..u not t, soon to convinctt us how long and how bit terly our country is doomed to deplore lh.ii heavy misfortune. In this our calamity we hoped to find con.wlation in the character and principles of him whom the Con stitucion had designated to fill the office o: the departed chief. It is true, that towanii that individual, even at tho moment cf his election for the Vice Presidency, no vt-ri earnobt public attention had been di recto ! and it is equally true that but a pas -irg regard was bestowed upon the current of hie previous life and opinion:?. e only knt-a him as one prcfcs.--.ing to be a nv-m:-er othe W mr party, ui himself with thyse s seer:;.:g to iuentit v leader:; ot party whoso opinions an.l principles wore deeply c-ngraved in the mo-a conspicnoui acts of our political history, and w ere rce: and understood by every citizen in thr land. In this connection, where lie hue sought to bo ore mineo I, w e discerned wh we conceived, anJ what douhtloss he meant, to be a pledge of fahhl'dl fc.iherance to tho cardinal doctrines f jr which we struggled, and with widen the hones of ihs country were mdissoljbly bound up. We hoped to find consolation also in tho fact that his accession to the Presidency .wrought him into communion anj intimate political fellowship with t:ie chosen vanguard of ike Whig party the f:;c.t Deletion me 1 e by General Harrison of a Cab.net, distmi.ru: lor its paramour.: ao tv, integrity, and fidelity to the glorious cftuse in which we had conquered a cabinet eminently crowned with the public conndeuce in whom all men trusted, es in very embodiment of the principles of the party :o which they belonged, who vor inseparably associated with its glory, nn"i in whoe generous and honor nb!- . olooto the President w o had tho security ot wise and prosperous counsels, ani ho t! nledge of a eo-cperatiori which should en able him to accomplish all that the nation desired. These hopes were still fu.-f er enlivened by tho encouraging tone in which the President referred in his first address to the nation, to tho "over glorious example" ahorded him by the Fathers of tho great Ivepublican school, and the doclaration of his determination to walk in the path wnich they pointed out. In tho indulgence of these hopes. Congress entered upon its labors. Ky adopting rules for the despatch of business conformable to tho emergency of an extra tension, and in view of ihe great amount of legislation which the timed required, wo have been enabled to achieve ad, and even more than all, that our constituents cooli have demanded at our hands. The leading and great measure? oi' this session ha-. o been under disaussiot:, in Congress and out of it, for many years past, e.nd httio remained to be said beyond a repetition of former debates. There was nothing in the circumstances or position of cither party in Congress to require, or even to justi fy, protracted discussions; and toe major-i-.v. therefore, felt themselves entitled to give no in 'js e.;ru se-ssiju i.iu 1 i.nr; .er u; a Congress of action and decision, rather than one of debate; and we feel assured that in this effort we have dene no moro than respond to tho just cxpectstiona of ihe People. First m urgency among the hills paired during tho session, and that to which thu public command most imperatively drew the notice of Congress, was the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Law. Our next euro was the enactment of tho Land Bill. Thia was .followed by an act converting tho Debt which tho "preceding Administration had entailed upon the country into a loan of twelve millionsof dollars, which is lim ited for its redemption to a period of threo years. Associated with this measure was the Revenue bill, rendered necessary not onlv n3 a provision towards the extinguishment of the loan, hut also us indispensable for the biipply of means to me. t the ordinary and necessary appropriations of the year. The Bankrupt aet. so enrnestlv and en long solicited by a large and meritorious class of our ciZen.-, li3S been pasSPO unuer cirmuisiuu; i ? wiiiui i iiinnn hut reilrct it rniiueei nonor upon me nenh 1 rcsentaiives cf rnativ sections of the coun".11. try As a measure slandmg alone, ,t ! might perhaps have been dtmcd to further deUy; bu bumg brought a, it was .,rre. of nww. wh.ro we (.Ufipr.sed tn embrace the n.dti nie ot relief . supposi lief ; which the nat: n ;t huge required, it m? t trom whiij Conret ihat mipp Tt of which ih cbT. f rugion. ,,t w hiheM value are rived fr m the reopen wbuh - ? fcr the bev.t-ii of 'he " i:a!t:f