ama, this Union is dissolved already."

The nomination of Mr. Everett was confirmed by a vote of twenty-
three to nineteen. Every Democrat who voted, and two Southern
Whigs, voted against him, and several Northern Democrats dodged,
among them Pierce, of New Hampshire, Williams, of Maine, and Wright,
of New York. The Southern Whigs who stood their ground for Mr.
Everett were Clay, Morehead, Berrien, Clayton, Mangum, Merrick,
Graham, and Rives.

A second fiscal agent bill was prepared in accordance with the
President's expressed views, and he said to Mr. A. H. H. Stuart,
then a Representative from Virginia, holding him by the hand:
"Stuart, if you can be instrumental in getting this bill through
Congress, I shall esteem you as the best friend I have on earth."
An attempt was made in the Senate to amend it, which Mr. Choate,
who was regarded as the mouth-piece of Daniel Webster, opposed.
Mr. Clay endeavored to make him admit that some member of the
Administration had inspired him to assert that if the bill was
amended it would be vetoed, but Mr. Choate had examined too many
witnesses to be forced into any admission that he did not choose
to make. Persisting in his demand, Mr. Clay's manner and language
became offensive. "Sir," said Mr. Choate, "I insist on my right
to explain what I did say in my own words."

"But I want a direct answer," exclaimed Mr. Clay. "Mr. President,"
said Mr. Choate, "the gentleman will have to take my answer as I
choose to give it to him." Here the two Senators were called to
order, and both of them were requested to take their seats. The
next day Mr. Clay made an explanation, which was satisfactory to
Mr. Choate.

This second bank or fiscal agent bill was passed by Congress without
the change of a word or a letter, yet the President vetoed it.
When the veto message was received in the Senate there were some
hisses in the gallery, which brought Mr. Benton to his feet.
Expressing his indignation, he asked that the "ruffians" be taken
into custody, and one of those who had hissed was arrested, but,
on penitently expressing his regret, he was discharged. Tyler's
Cabinet first learned that he intended to veto this bank bill
through the columns of a New York paper, and such was their
indignation that all, with the exception of Mr. Webster, resigned.
Mr. Ewing, who had been appointed Secretary of the Treasury by
President Harrison, and who had been continued in office by Mr.
Tyler, publis