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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Letters and times of the Tylers. (search)
uren's message of the new system of finance, Vol. I, page 584. It also witnessed, as he observes, a split in the ranks of the Democratic party. This faction called themselves conservatives, among which were some men of great virtue and ability— Rives, Tallmadge and Legree being of that party. But what is also remarkable Calhoun, Tazewell, Gordon, Troup and many others of the Whig party, who had been bitter opponents of the Jackson measures, co-operated with the Democrats on the specie platfobill that would not be objectionable. We refer to the letter of Webster in the National Intelligencer of September 13, 1840. The President, in his second veto, was sustained by some of the first statesmen of the day, among whom may be mentioned Rives and Wise of Virginia. The compiler of the work under consideration presents in the second volume a full history of this question, with a statement from the President of the reasons sustaining his course. We think the President not only acted