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n NOHTtl ; the ordinary routine of duties which upon the sea board and the inland frontier devolve upon it in a time of peace. The eystem,so wisely adopted and so long pursued, of constructing fortifications at exposed points, and of preparing and collecting the supplies necessary for the military defence of the Country, and thu3 providentially furnishing in peace the means of uefence in war, has been continued with the usual re sults. I recommend to your consideration the various pubjects suggested in the report of the Secretary of WarT Their adoption would promote the public service and meliorate the condition of the Army. Our relations with the various Indian Tribes have been undisturbed since the termination of thediffi ulties growing out of the hostile agressions of the Sacs and Fox" Indians. Several treaties has been tnrmpfl far tin? re innuishment ot territory to ihe United States, and for the migration of the oc cupants to the region assigned for their residence west oithe Mississippi. Should these treaties be ratified by the Senate, provision will have been made for the removal of a! most all the tribes remaining east of that river, and lor the termination of many difficult and embarras sing questions arising out of their anomalous politi cal condition. It is to be hoped thar those portions of two ot the southern tribes, which in that event will present the only remaining difficulties, will realize the necessity of emigration and will speedily resort to Jt. . My original convictions upon tins subject nave been confirmed bv the course of events for several i'mn nrtil pvnrripnrp :a PVerV daV addini? tO their strength. That those tribes cannot exist, surrounded by our settlements, and in continual contact with our cm zens. is certain. They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of im provement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition. Established in the midst of another and a superior race, andvithout apprecia ting the causes of their inferiority, or seeking to con trol them, they must necessarily yield to the force o! circumstances and ere long disappear. Such has been their fate heretofore, and if it is to be averted, and it is, it can only be done bv a general removal 1eyond our boundary, and by the recognization of their political system upon principles adapted to the new relations in which they will be placed. The experiment which has been recently made iias so la r proved sucessim. 1 lie emigrants gen erally are represented to be prosperous and contented, .h. country suitable to their wants and habits, and the essential articles of subsistence easily procured. When t he report of the Commissioner ifow engaged in iiiTestigating the condition and prospects of those Indians, and in devising a plan tor then; intercourse and government is received, I trust amplp means of information will be in possession of the Government 1-r adjusting all the unsettled questions connected with this interesting subject. The operations of the Navy during the year, an 1 !s present condition, are fully exhibited in the annu al report from the Navy Department. . Suggestions are made by the Secretary ot various improvements which deserve careful consideration, and most of which if adopted, bid fair to promote the efficiency of this important branch of the public ser vice. Among those are the new organization of the 'Navy Board, the revision of the pay to officers, and a change in the period of time, or in the manner of ma lting the annual appropriations, to which I beg leave la call your particular attention. The views which are presented on almost every portion of our naval concerns, and especially, on the amount of force, and the number of officers, and the general course of policy appropriate in the present .state ot our country, for securing the great and useful unrnnsi nf nnvnl nmtnrttion in ne.nr.e. and due nre- K ' 1 i I 7 r paration forthe contingencies of war, meet with my entire approbation. It will be perceived from the report referred to, that 1lie fiscal concerns of the establishment are in an ex cellent condition, and it is hoped that Congress may feel disposed to make promtly, every suitable provision desired, either for preserving or improving the system. The General Post Office Department has continued upon the strength of its own resources to facilitate the means of comunication between the various portions of the Union with increased activity. The method, "however, in which'the accounts of the transportation of Lhe mail has always been kept, appears to have presented an imperfect view of its expenses. It has vnnontlv hrwui il ioffvoro(l flint frnm thn ASirlifKit rppnrrta of the Department, the annual statements have been calculated, to exhibit an amount considerably short of the actual expense incurred for that service. These illusory statements, together with the ex $(jnse of carrying into effect the law of the last session of Congress, establishing new mail routes, an 1 a dis- position on the part of the Head of the Department to gratify the wishes of t he public in the extension of mail facilities, have induced him to incur responsibili ties for their improvement beyond what the current resources of the Department would sustain. As soon as ho had discovered the imperfection of the method, iie caused an investigation to be made of its results and applied the proper remedy to correct the evil. It became necessary for him to withdraw some of the improvements which he had made, to bring the ex penses of t he Department within its own resources. These expenses were incurred lor the public good, and the public have enjoyed their benefit. They are . now but partially suspended, and that, where they may be discontinued with the least inconvenience to i he country. ' The progressive increase in the income from posta ges has equalled the highestexpectation, and it affords demonstrative evidence of the growing importance and great utility of this department. " The details are exhibited in the accompanying report from the Postmaster General. The many distressing accidents which have of late occurred in that portion of our navigation carried on by the use of steam power, deserve the immediate ' ;ind unremitting attention of the constituted authori ties' of the country. The fact' that the number of ; these latal disasters is constantly increasing, notwith standing the great improvements which are every ' 'where madeirithe machinery employed, and the rapid advances which have been made in that branch of science, shew very clearly that they are in a great ilegrec the result of criminal negligence on the part those by whom the vessels are navigated. and"to whose care and attention the lives and property ot our citizens are so extensively entrusted. That these evils may be greatly lessened, if not substantial! v removed, by means of precautionary and penal legislation, seems to be Ijighly probable: so far therefore as the subject can be regarded as within the constitutional purview ot Congress, 1 earnestly recommend it to your prompt and serious consider ation. - I would also call your attention to the views I have heretofore expressed of the propriety of amending,; the Constitution in relation to the mode of electing the President and Vice President of the United States. Regarding it as all important to the future quiet and harmony of the people, that every intermediate agen cy in the election of these officers should be removed, unci that their elligibility should be limited to one term ot either four or six years, I cannot too earnestly invite your consideration of the subject Trusting that yoyr deliberation, on all the topics of general interest to which I have adverted, aud such oriiers as your more extensive knowledge of the wants ftf our beloved country may suggest, maybe crowned xvith success, I tender you in conclusion, the co-oper- lion which it may be in mv power to afford them. , ANDREW JACKSON. Washington, 3d. Dec. 1833. MR. DUANE'S EXPOSITION. Prom ihe jPhU&d'ttphid Commertial Intelligencer. TO TH& PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. Feliov) Cititei,-1 announced on the 20th ultimo, thkt, at an eftrly day t Would appear before you, at least to repel imputations cast upon my character, contained in a puoucaiion in the txlobe, the official paper ot tne fciiecutive, ot the preceding day. 11 tne calumnious attack referred to had not been obviously sanctioned by the President of the United btates, such is th. character of the newspaper under his protection, that I should not have felt myself called upon to notice it. In addressing you, I have hesitated between the adoption of a general exposition, and of a brief defen sive a dress, accompanied by that part of the corres- pondenc between the President and myself, which the official paper seems to have challenged me to pro duce. 1 adopt the latter course. In the correspondence you will find ample materials for an accurate com prehension ot my case one ot insult and oppression. On the 4th of December, 1832, without any solicita tion on my part, I was unexpectedly invited to accept the omce ot Secretary ot the 1 reasury. 1 sought to shun the station, did not consent to serve until asked for my decision, on the 30th of January, and then con sented reluctantly. No doubt, subsequently to, as before, the adjourn ment of Congress, speculators, for their own selfish ends, agitated the deposite question, and kept up an excitement, felt by the President; but it was never intimated to me that he desired to concentrate in him self the power to judge and execute to absorb the discretion given to the Secretary of the Treasury and even to nullify the law itself. I never heard until after my entry into office, that he meant to remove the deposits, without further inquiry by Congress, 4or that he had ;isked he opinions of the members ot the cabinet, on the subject; on the contrary, wh o, after having entered the treasury department unpledged, untrammelled, and unsuspected, I was informed of what was meditated, I felt surprise at the intelligence, and mortification at the manner in which it was com municated to me. On the 3rd of June, the President himself mayde known to me what was in contemplation, and that he had taken the opinions of the members of the cabinet on the point; two of whom concurred with' him, two of whom did not concur, and the fifth iiad not yet giv en a written opinion. He said that he would submit to ine the writt- n opinions of the four members of the cabinet, with his own views, and that he would expect me to give him my opinions frankly and tully. As if to urge me to avoid all reserve, he assured me, in a letter dated Boston, juae 26, transmitting the opinions and views, tiiat " it was not his intention to interfere with the indep. ndent exercise of -the discretion com mitted to me by law over this subji-c. fJut wli 'ti, on the LOtli July, I gave my opinions frankly and fully, as an honest minister and man should do, there was every return but that of approbation. On the contrary, on the 2 2d of Juiy, I was asked whe ther it was my intention to refuse to remove tnc depo sites, if after inquiry by an agent and advisement with the cabinet, the President should decide to remove them, as in such case, it "would become his duty, in frankness and candour, to suggest the course, which would be necessary on his part." .Not on my own account, hut as an act of. duty to the country, 1 now subjected my pride and feelings to re straint, by tendering, in order to avert a present hos- tile breach, a tuture surrender of my post, in case I should not ultimately concur with the l'r sident. But befor my concurrence or non-concurrenve was made known, and whilst 1 still Irfeld in n.y hands the manu script exposition, which was read in the cabinet on the 18th '.'Septemb r, and then d livered to me by the President lor my consideration, he virtually dismissed me as an officer, and insulted me as a man, by caus ing the official annunciation, hereto appended No. 3., to be published in the .lobe of the "20th September. Yet, after this, when it must have been obvious, that independently of other considerations of great weight, I was absolved from all respect for any pasj assurance, a letter No. 2, which I peisonally present ed to the President on the 21st of September, accord ing to my promise of September 19, was contumelious ly sent back to me in letter No. 3, intimating the ex istence of improper imputations in mine, No. 2, calling my attention to my assiirrance of July 22, and inquring whether I concurred injjreiiioving the deposites. From this letter, No. 3, it must be evident that when it was written, my dismissal was not then deemed justifia ble, dn rounds subsequentlv sujr'jestedi: for when the I resident wrote it, he ; knew that I refused to re sign ; he Knew tne contents ot the letter deemed ot fensive, and yet he held the correspondence open. What then, I ask, subsequentlv occurred? Instead of treating this new indignity, the return of my letter, with silence, or evincing any other mode of disappro bation, I felt that I was on duty at a public post, and that I ought not to suffer it to be taken by surprise. 1 could not now mistake in concluding that it was in tended to insult me out of office, or to draw from me some expression w hich might form a pretext for my re moval on a minor point; so doubtful was the President, after all, of the propriety of removing an officer for not yielding, when desired, the discretion given to him by law. 'Sr Accordingly, I sent letter No. 4, subsequently with drawn for alteration, and then letters Nos. i and 6 No. 5 especially because the President did not seem to comprehend me, when, in my letter No. 2, 1 said, that after what had occurred subsequt-ntly to July 22, I felt absolved fiom ad obligation to observe the as surances given at that ti;ne. These last appeals, indicative of any thin but bad feeling or disrespect, were also sent back to me in letter o. , declanna mv services no longer neces sary. I submit to all just men to determine, by w hom an assurance was given, and w ithout cause disregarded. Thus was I thrust from office not because I had neglected my duty not because I hid differed with the President on any other point of publick policy not because i had differed with him about th- Bank of the United States but because 1 refused, withoujt further enquiry or action by Congress, to remove the depo sites. If, in my letter No. 2, there is any thing, that should not -have been there, I ask it to be borne in mind, that it was written under a deep sense of injury and insult. 1 appeal to all prior letters and intercourse, to shew, that 1 had not on any occasion forgotten my respect for the Chief Magistrate, or for mvself: and I deny that, in any letter, there was inaccuracy ot fact, with my knowledge. As I considered my removal inevitable, I asked, in my personal interview, and by letter No. 6, such order, as when shown to the representatives of the people, would be an apology for leaving the station under my care. Had such order been given, all subsequent unpleasant ness would have been prevented; for the present result I am not a countable. If any doubt existed as to the propriety of submitting the annexed letters to the public eye,jt is removed by the example set bv the President in the attack which he has sanctioned, and against ivhirh this is mv defence. I appea' to the justice and generosity of all publishers of newspapers, who have inserted therein the attack up on me, whether I have not a claim upon them to allow me to be heard, by pub-jshing the present letter, and the annexed documents. Very respectfully yours W. J. DUANE. Philadelphia, December 2. 183.1. APPENDIX. No. 1. From the Globe of September 20, 1S33. " We are authorised to state that the deposites of the publjck money will be changed from the Bank of the United States to the State Banks, as soon as necessary arrangements can be made for that purpose, and that it is believed they can be completed in Baltimore, Philadelphia- and New York, and Boston, in time t make the change by the first October, and perhaps sooner, ifcir Curostances should render an earlier action necessary on the part of the Government. "It is contemplated, wc understand, not to remove mjuw,ui; wuuio uiiuc puuutiv uiuuuy now on aeno a l. .K.1 r 1 1 k..UI'..I. . I bu. hi me vaim ui uic uiuiru o wins, oui io suner u lo remain thereuntil it shall be gradually withdrawn by remain there until it shall be gradually withdrawn by n by plan Dart tne usual operations ot the Uoveinment. And this j ?" i . duce any inconvenience to the commercial community, and that circumstances will not require a sudden and heavy call on the Bank of the United States so as to oc- ! casion embarrassment to the institution or the publick." NO. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury to the President of the United States. Treasury Department, ) Sept. 21st, 1833. Sir I have the honour to lay before you 1. A copy of my commission, empowering and enjoin ing me to execute my duty accoiding to law, and au thorising me to hold my office at your pleasure, 2. A copy of my oath of office, wherein 1 solemnly pledg ed myself to execute the trust confided to me with fidelity. 3. A copy of the 1 6th section of the law chartering the Bank of the United States, whereby the discretion to discontinue the deposites of the publick money in that bank were committed to the secretary of the treasury alone. 4. A:i extract from your letter to me of the 26th of June, wherein you promised not to interfere with the inde pendent exercise of the direction committed to me (by the above mentioned) law over the subject. 5. An extract from your exposition of the 18th instant, wherein you statf that you do nbt expect me, at your request, order or direction, to do;a"ny act which I may believe to be illegal, or which -my conscience may condemn. : When you delivered to me, on the ISth inst. the ex position of your views, above referred to, I asked you whether I was to regard it as direction, by you to me, to remove thtt deposites ; you replied that it was your direction to me to remove the deposites, but upon your responsibility, and you had the goodness to add, that, if I would stand by you, it would be the happiest day of your life. Sol emnly impressed with a profound sense of my obli gations to my country and myself, after painful reflec tion, and upon my own impressions, unaided by any advice such as I expected, I respectfully announce to you, sir, that I refuse to carry your directions into ef fect. 1. Not because I desire to frustrate your wishes, for it wouid be my pleasure to promote them, if I could do so consistently with superior obligations. 2. Not b. cause I desire to favor the Bank of the United States, to which I have ever been, am, and ever shall be opposed. 3. Not to gratify any views, passions, or feelings of my own but 4. Because I consider the proposed change of the de pository, m the absence of all necessity, a breach of tne publick faiih. 5. Because ihe measure, if not in realitv, appears to .e vindictive and arbitrary, not conservative or just. 6. Because if the bank iias abused or perverted its pow ers, the judiciary are able and willing to punish ; and in thr- last resort the representatives of the people may do so. 7. Because the last House of Representatives of the United fctaUts, pronounced the publick money in tin Bank of the b . sale. 8. Because, if under new circumstances, a change of depository ought to be made, the representatives ot the people cliosi n since your appeal to them in your v:t message, will in a few weeks assemble, and be wiliing and able to do their duty. y. Because a change to local ani irresponsible banks wil. tend to shake publick confidence, and promot doubt and mischief in the operations of society. 10. Because it is not sound policy in the Union to foster local banks, which, in their multiplication and cupidi ty, derange, depreciate, and banish the only currency known to the constitution, that of gold and silver. 11. Becaush it is not prudent to confide, in the crude way proposed by your ag nt, in loat ajidts, when on an average of all the banks d pendent in a great de gree upon each other, one dollar in silver cannot be paid for six dollars of the paper in circulation. 12. Because it is dangerous to place, in the hands of a secretary of tin treasury, dependent for office on execu tive will, a power to favor or punish local banks, and consequently make them political machinery. 13. Becaus the whole proceeding must tend to diminish the confidence ot the world in our regard tor national credit and reputation, inasmuch as, whatever may be the abuses ol the directors of the bank of the U. ."5. the evil now to be endured must be borne by innocent per sons, man y of whom, abroad, bad a right to confide 111 the law that authorised them to be holders of slociv 14. Because 1 believe that the efforts made in various quarters to hasten the removal of the deposites, did not originate wun patriots or statesmen, but in schemes to promote selfish and factious purposes. id. Because it nas been attempted by persons and press es known to be in the couudence and pay of the admi nistration, to intimidate and constrain the secretary of tiie treasury, to execute an act in direct opposition to his own solemn convictions. v And, now sir, having with a frankness, that means no disrespect, and with feelings such as I lately declared them to be, stated to you, why I refused to execute what you direct, I proceea to perform a necessarily connected act of duty,, by announcing to you, that i do not intend voluntarily to leave the post which tiio law has placed under my cnar;-, and by giving you my reasons tor so refusing. It is true, that, ou the 22d July, you signed in lan guage suihciently intelligible, that you would then re move rne trotn ytrice, unless 1 would consent to remove the deposits, on your final decision ; it may also be true that i should then have put it to the test, and it is also true, thai under a well grounded assurance, that your bank pian, the only one then embodied in the instruction drawn up by me for your aent, would be, as it proved, abortive, that tor this and other causes, you would be content, i did state ni) willingness to retire, if I could not concur with yon. Hut 1 am not afraid to meet the verdict of generous men, upon my refusal oa reflection, and after what has since occurred, to do voluntarily what 1 then believed I never should be asked to do. If 1 had a frail reputation, or had any sinister puipose to answer, 1 might be open to censure, for a neglect of punctihoub delicacy; but i can have no impute motives, much less can I attain any sedisii end j I bar-'iy choose between one mode of re tirement and another ; and 1 choose that mode, which I should least of ah have preferred, it 1 had not exalted and redeeming considerations in its favor. I have besides, your own example ; 1 do not say, that after you had promised "not to interfere with the inde pendent exercise of the discretion vested in me by law," you were wrong in interferring, if you really thought the public w elfare a superior consideration to a mere observance of assurances made to me; nor can you say 1 err, when upon a solemn sense of duty, 1 prefer one mode ot removal lrom this station to another. rtie course is due to my own self-preservation, as well as to the pubhc, for you have in "all your papers held out an assurance, taat you would "not interfere with the independent exercise of lhe discretion, commit ted to me by taw," over the d posites ; and, yet, every thing but actual removal of me from oliice, has been done to effect that end. So that, were 1 to go out of office voluntarilly, you might be able to point to official papers, that would contradict ine if i said you interfer ed, and 1 should thus be held up as a veak or faithless agent, who regarded delicacy not shown to himself, more than duty, to his trust. ir, after all, I confess to you, t.-at I have had scru ples, for it is the first time that i have ever condescended to weigh a question of the kind ; but 1 am content that it shall be said of me, that in July last 1 forgot myself and my duty too, rather than it should be said that now, knowing the course that you pursue, I had in ay way favored it; on the contrary, it I have erred, I am willing to be reproved, b.ut my motives no man can impugh. .Y. y rt tusal to resign cannot keep me one moment longer tlmo you please, in an office that I never sought. 1 . - 1 n . anu ui a removal irom winch 1 snail not crieve on mv own account, ii must on tne contrary hasten my exit So that, if you proceed in wreatina frm So that, if you proceed in wresting from the Secretary of the Treasury the citadel in his possession, the act can nnlv be accnmnlisheri hv mandato .k;u ;n w j o uii juui account, far greater than on my own. I have been your! early, uniform and steadfast friend ; 1 can have no un j kind disposition, but shall cherish those of a kind nature. I that I feel. You proudly occupy the hearts of your countrymen, dui sun 11 is ine 101 01 numanity at times to err. I do ample justice to ybur motives, but I am constrained to regret your present proceedings and I devoutly wish that you may live to see all my forebo dings contradicted, and your measures followed by re sults beneficial to your country, and honourable to your self. WTith the utmost consideration Your obedient servant, W. J. DuAiit. No 3. The President of the Unite i States to the Secretary ol the Treasury. Washington, Sept. 21, 1833. Sir After you retired 1 opened and read the paper you handed to me : I herewith return it, as a commu nication which 1 cannot receive. Having invited the! free and lull communication of all your views, before I made up a final opinion upon the subject, I cannot consent to-enter into further discussion ol the question. There are numerous imputations in the latter, which cannot, with propriety, he allowed to enter into a corresjKindence between the President and; the head of a depaitment. In your letter of July last, you re mark But if, after receiving the information and hearingthe discussions, I shall not consider it my duty as a responsible agent of the law, to carry, into effect the decision that you may then make, I will; from respect to you and for myself, afford you an early op portunity to select a successor, whose views may ac cord with your own on the important matter in con templation." My communication to my cabinet was made undei this assurance received l' m you ; and 1 have not requested you to perform any thing which your sense of duty did not sanction. I have merely wished to be informed, whether, as Secretary of the Treasury, you Can, consistently with your opinion on the subject of the ejX)sites, adopt such measures in re lation to them, asi 1 my view the puhlic interests, and a due execution of the laws render proper. If you will now communicate that information, it will confer an obligation on Your obedient servant, Signed ANDREW JACKSON. No 4. The Secret. iry of the Treasury tothe President of the United States. Treasury Dtpartment, Sep. 21s, 1833. Sir 1 have tne ho ior to acknowledge the receipt of your note returning the communication that I pre si nted to you tins morning ; the grounds on which it is returned, are that further discussion of the dejiosite question is unnessessary, and that there were impu tations therein, that could not be admitted into a cor respondence between the President and the head of a department. Allow me respectfully to say. that, it was not with a view to a further discussion, (fwit 1 presented rny reasods lor declining to act agreeably to your direc tion, in removing the deposites, but to justify mv re nisal, nor was it my desire or intention that any mat ter contained in my letter shoulu he disrespectful, or open to such ii supposition that any thing therein should te soconsiruedK I very much regret. My object throughout was to jusldy the course on the' two joints stated in my letter, which, undei the thosi solemn impressions,. I felt it to be my duty to )orsue i o snow you my obligations, 1 presented a copy ot my commission,-a copy of my oath ot office, and a copy of the law giving the Secretary ot the Treasury the discretion to rhange the public depository; to show you upon what I relied, in my course of conduct. I quoted" your letter of June 26th, and your exposition of the 18lh instant. In order to justify my refusal to resign, I described the circumstsncts under which your letter ol July 22, and my reply of the same date were written, and showed the new posture in which 1 was placed by subsequent reflection and occur rences. When I entered your administration, I had no know ledge that you had come to any decision on the de posite question, or that you meditated, a change of de pository without the action -1 Congress. At. soon as I was made acquainted with your views, 1 anxiously -sought to accord with them: and as you i.ivited a full disclosure of my thoughts, by assuring me 111 your letter of the 26th of June, that you did not intend to interfere with the independent 'exercise of tho discretion committed to me by law of the deposites, I opened myself freely to you, against any change of the depository; at all subsequent singes, although I have kept myself opeii to explanation, 1 hav invari ably disinclined to make that change, and I remain in the same resolution still. Permit me respectlully to say, that I am not aware, that my willingness, or unwillingness, to afford you uuij juiiuimy iu ecicti ii successor. Couhiliave had an influence or bearing upon any question before the cauinet; hut 1 am willing to meet that consideration. us weli as those stated to you this day in our inter view. In short, Sir, as I stated to you, in that interview, my course is justificatory to you : I desire no unkind teehng, I have no unkm i purpose ; however ardent or unusual my language may be, it is at least sincere. Allow me then very reswectfull v 10 smte. 14R le elared at our interview, that, under the most serious convictions ol my duty, I refuse to aid, assist, or in any way participate 111 the proposed change ol the public depository that 1 refuse to relinquish a post conlerred upon me by the law and that, without in the most remote decrr. e meaning anv sort ot dis respect to you, 1 protest against any interference, on your part, with powers and duties, which, I believe, were designedly withheld from the President, and committed to the Secretary of the Treasury, the fis cal agent of the law. With fervent wishes that your measures may con duce to the advantage ot your country, ,nd to the honor of yourself. 1 am with the utmost consideration, Your obedient serv't. W. J. DUANE. No. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury to the President of the unitd States. Treasury Department, Sept. 21, 1833. Sir Allow me, with great respect, to present to you another view in addition to those stated in my letter ot this date. If 1 understand your wish, a8 it is to be collected lrom your note of this, date, which I have just now again perused, it is to hold me. unon nrmcinU nt licacy at least, to my assurance of Julv 22d, that un less 1 agreed with your decision, after enquiry and from all obligation unon tins view nt th matter 1. On Wednesay, Sept. i8th. 1 si?nified in cab inet my oesire to take and examine your exposition -x you gave it to me, saying, in reply to my enquiry as to your direction, that 1 was? to cousider myself tq apt on your responsibility. 2. On Thursday morning, Sept, 19th, you applied, to me to kuow if 1 had come to the decision, and I re-, .turned by your messenger' wh?, brought the note uus repiy : uibtusion, i wouui promptly afford you an opportuni ty to obtain a successor according to your views, I pray you dispassionately to consider, whether vou did not absolve me, even uiion nrmeinl ni i. TnK. d . r - . ' " Sir Unnn umierj Stat i. ir maUer that deenlv rv ' ly mvelf hut all v rjilu 9 i h " J , " . t ' ".dve " H nena nere to ad, Z father at this fnsig; 1 vwiin i sure thai nothing k ' to reprice to-morrow hVh? Cktl ' shall he ahlp "u i oU , nutinn r' u i lu uiajf a - , 0U" " il the utmost rpgr ,nuni. SPrv Tit0ur b": Sept. 19th, 1833. , " ' UUA! , o. un ine same day, Thursday lfirh c? your private Secretary, Majory nnl " r w sav lnt OU propr.d to publish in u H of next day, your decision : W ft yuu ougnt not, that 1 was not a party tn , lVOQfc . - . - i, 11 urn, inat i was not a partv tn ' niatter of delicarv tn m vir nr i 0 "ir, u, ueiicacy to mysell could not annrn Lest words should he foreman ? .. 'PprVe of it ered to Major Donelson this: ' m deliv. " A. J Donelson, Esq. Dear Sir-The world is so censori c, fnnl r l ohl.ged upon reflexion, to expre to h at th.t you will not regard rue nppiH,. publication: it would seem to he buMJ 0t fer such an act until I shall either cmr- t0(je however, all that I desire lo have und r!i 00 not approve ol the course vou mentioned v at 1 the President. I would consult, at least r the feelings of a man, who ms alrel enough. As to the newspapers, thev wil L hn has been done without P 'official C fct Very respectfully your,, n- " Sept. 19, 1833." 4 4. In the Globe of Friday, Sent 20 he announced to the world, that U caused:t thus together disregarding the rights :0f IhTV tar, o, tho Treasury, and ,y nM and relusing hes.des to wait evi-n until the T1 to receive my decision. 4 CIxi day Allow me, ther fore, very respoctfullr lllf r dently to say, that I was thus discharoed l sort ot obligation, or respect for,!or on ccoulit of "!? You gave the ?r I would or a noopnortunitv tnlpf ther I would or wouli not affonl m C M,w tO I'.hmse a Rnrcpaenr- in l" m an hnnnrtnh i.. I reasury was, as far as an executive art wo ,1 V nullified ; and I hold it, therHore, that l) course, I may stand helore mv country. t T - ' "Mniv !h -v. . m.-iiuii, ine rsprrm .... j ...... , . . , , . 1 i.-nudcji Trusting, sir, that you will be so good as to trn this loentpr ininuniin.nn,;.i ... I .. , , J " '' "'""'t-i;uion With mv form note of this date, and that we may close, houT? credit to either, the p nding matter. former is- 1 am, with the utmost consideration, Your obedient servant, v e W.J.DUA.VE. No. 6. f The Secretary of the Treasury to the Preli iident the United States. Treasury Department, Septemher 21,1S33 Sir-asyou had not, in any writt-n coraauni. tions, given a direction as to ihe depose,, ()0t, onthc contrary, had lelt the action 10 the Secretary of the rtury 9 niatter of opinion, I deemed ii my du ty, when 1 had the honor to receive from vou vourev. posdion o! tlu 18th inst. to ask you whether! ftasiV co;.si er mysell directed to remove the depositee, an, you replied that I was directed on your responsibility I was preparing to lay before you fin exposition V: our relative: position ani views, from the m mo ment ol my entry into your administration, whrnyofiP d'-risioii was anthoratively announced in !the GW a proceeding unsactioned by me, that rendered ;i ! tui ther-dfevussion needles?, and any attempt of the kind derogatory to mvself. A communication, justificatory 'of my rour?o un der present circumst.-rires, which I delivered to voi yesterday, having been returned,' on account. of a' Jegd objectionable matter therein, the preacnr' r." whteh, if disrespectful, 1 regref; it now hewtfipa'rcv duty, in reply to your letter returning tfiaf rtrtfrncn' cation, respectlully to announce my urivouVngnep? t. carry your direction as to the deposites?' into rrfir!; and to making known that decision, without meaning any sort ot -'isrespect, o protect myself, by protcstini: against all that has been done, or'is doing, lo ti've-.: the Secretary o' t he Treasury of the povr tocer cise, independently of the President, the discrete corijmitted to iiim by law over the deposites. I have already, Sir, on more thnn one occasion. r.:i: recently, without contradiction, More the. cabine. stated that I did not know, until alter "my indn?t;n.i into office, that vou had determined that the cpwiiw should be removed without any further action hr Congress; if I had known that such was your dec; sion, and that I should be required to act, I wouli not have accepted office. But, as soon as I under stood, when in office, what your intention was. I sought for all information calculated to enable me t yet uprightly in the embarrassing position in which! was unexpectedly placed. You wre so good as to transmit to me, to that eriu. from Boston, not onlv the' opinions ol the members. oi the cabin u, but your own views in detail, upon tr.c deposite question ; hu that mv ,:i,..icl,uat,o t instead of lntimatmc to me, on to ea rry those views m'o e fleet, ould !e followed by a call for my retirement, vea emphatically assured ine, ;n you'- letter of the 26th June, that you -djd not intend to inicrfere with ? independent exercise of the discretion, committed ' me by law over the subject." u Fully confiding in the encouragement thus ne out, I entered into :ul exposition of my objections to the proposed measure. Discussion ended in an un derstanding, that we should remain uncommitted, until after an inquiry, whiuh vour agent wRstotnaK should he completed, and until the discussion w lie subject by the cabinet But pending the prratlCj lor this inquiry, I received -our letter of July 22n, veying what I understood to be an intimation thi must retire, unless I ould then say, that I would re move the deposites, after the inquiry and tliscuwoj n case you should then decide to have tnemicu I would have at once considered this letter M ' order to retire. Hiid ivnnlil have oheved it, it 1 "aa u ueht h m v liutv to hold the oost entrusted to me long as I could do so with benefit to the country, ,w uritk.,. a i-. . if 1 Korpfore 01 "T iriLiiuui uiscreuit 10 myseu ; lusieau tiring voluntarily or otherwise, I subjected my 'gs 10 restraint, and stated as you quu - j. j ter of this day, that if I could not, after enJlu,r discussion, as the responsible agent of the law, into effect the decision that might be rnaue,i afford you an opportunity to select a, successor, . under these circumstances, tn" enquiry ed upon, it ended in showinj, as I had preAicwa, the plan submitted to me on 26th June, waa av ticable and in a report without any defined w according to my comprehensions of it. cabinet After a consideration of the subject in the you gave directions as stated at the "commence this fetter, and I wrote to you that I would communication to you on Saturday, 21st i accordingly did so, as hereinbefore st;:le,hn Unto the pcesent time, therefore, I nave l3in a gling, under painful circumstances, not to j, post that I never nought, and thelossof wnicn be not regret on my account, but to maintain 1 country, pokier a serious sense of duty to it ave:t a measure (hat 1 hontstly feared ru'o yourself. ;itt? y uitoui entertaining or ueu-e - goietno" wards you, sir, the slightest disresctDu .. impressed with a consideration of my re 7flitejt the country, and my duty to m Janlirn . . I nrill nnt III am nysei.,- declare, that I will not in anv way a.,u Ubbiuitj t nin "Ml , inV cause the pubhc .money to bedepoww" - institution, bank, or place, than tnai p tps Rgn. l(itn section, of the Act charteriofc the d. & ww v
Newbern Sentinel (New Bern, N.C.)
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