. The letters and times of the Tylers . of the cabinet offi-cers themselves. **notto commit him (tlu! President)to any measure, and that the bill must be submittedfor correction. This last was not done, though in his letter of resignation said that he *iieardit had been done. It is shown by undoubted testi-mony that the President strained every nerve to havethe bill corrected, and that he sent repeated mes-sages to those in charge of the bill. Hut they notonly paid no attention to these messages, but ig-nored the marginal note placed by the President onthe paper carried to them by Mr.
. The letters and times of the Tylers . of the cabinet offi-cers themselves. **notto commit him (tlu! President)to any measure, and that the bill must be submittedfor correction. This last was not done, though in his letter of resignation said that he *iieardit had been done. It is shown by undoubted testi-mony that the President strained every nerve to havethe bill corrected, and that he sent repeated mes-sages to those in charge of the bill. Hut they notonly paid no attention to these messages, but ig-nored the marginal note placed by the President onthe paper carried to them by Mr. Stuart on August 16th, at the earliest possil)le occasion, and would al-low no amendments in the house of representatives. The President, at the last, tried, with the aid ofMr. Webster to have the vote postponed. This alsowas refused. The only condition on which theywould consent to a postponement, as made by themthrough Mr. Gushing, was that the President should,not turn out his cabinet. ^ The President, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Gushing and. JOHN 43 Mr. Wise say ^^^ that this overture was ma(l(\ and in conj^^ress challenged^Uhe Whi};s to im-peach tlie President, if they wanted full proof of thefacts. Mr. Kwing admitted the attempt made to ac-complish the posti)onement, and further said that the• Whicrs decline(P*because the President would giveno assurances. The President would make no bargain of anykind, but before sending in his veto message he sub-mitted it to his cabinet, and professed his willing-ness to incorporate in the pa|)er a declaration againsta second term which the Whig papers were continu-ally charging as the object of his conduct. The cab-inet members opposed his insertion of such a para-graph, and yet he encountered shortly the attacks ofsome of the very men who him the advice andwho were foremost in ascribing to him the absurd ^ • ambition of a re-election. Sc^/^^fO £oJ^., ^^-^ ^^^^ ^ Some of the leading Whig members of con- ^-tllZ, 7gres
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