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I’rlday Morning, March 30.
The following letter from our Washington'
*•)correspondent received by yesterday’s Express
Mail contains intelligence of the most interesting
important character in relation to the action
of the Senate upon the Sub. Treasury Dili. The
clause requiring gold and silver inpayment 6'f
Government dues has been stricken cut, and
Air, Calhoun has voted against l he third read•
ini' of the bill !!! Head! Head !
Highly Important from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Matched, 1838.
The Sub-Treasury Bill has been ordered by the
Senate to be engrossed and read the third time,
and Mr. Caliiol'.n voted—AGAINST IT ! !
The measure was rendered by amendments
much less objectionable than ’it was as originally
introduced, and these I will proceed to explain.
( The debate was commenced to-day by Mr.
Southard of New Jersey, who replied at great
length to his colleague Mr. Wall. The Globe
boasted that Wall hud given Mr. Southard many
home-cuts. I assure you they were returned by
the latter with compound interest.
Judge WHITE, then took the floor, and spoke
till late in the evening with great force and spirit.
The speech of this venerable and [highly respect
..id Senator, was indeed one of the ablest thitfiab
y ■ \
I been made.
When he finished, Mr Tipton presented an
amendment which ho asked Mr. Cuthbcrt to ac
cept as a modification of his own. Mr. Tipton’s
proposition was to strike out the 23rd section,
and fill the vacancy with a clause making it ini.
iperative on the Secretary of the Treasury to
cause all duties, taxes, debts, or sums of money
accruing or becoming payable to ihe United Stales
upon the sales of public lands or otherwise,to be,
I :d and paid in gold and silver, or in Treasi
ites, as by law provided and declared, or in
or Banks, which arc payable and paid
land in gold and silver.
UUTHBERT declined to accept the mod
n. Mr. Clay expressed his regret and ur
; propriety of causing the payments to Got
nt to he made in the general circulation
:ountry.
KING, of Alabama, then moved to amend
1 section, (Mr. Calhoun’s,) so as to make
ation commence on the 31st of December,
instead of '3B, and to alter, verbally, other
f the bill, so as to make the whole conform
modification. The proposition was thuA
1 to,
question was then taken on Mi. Cutli
unendraent to Itrihe out the 23d section.
carATed —Ayes 31, Nays 21,
a—Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan, Clay, of
:ky, Clayton, Crittenden, Cuthbcrt, Davis,
, Grundy, Knight, McKean, Merrick,
, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Rob
lobinson, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith, of la.
ird, Spence, Swift, Tallmadgc, Tipton,
Webster, White, and Williams,
is—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Cal-
Clay, of Alabama, Hubbard, King, Linn;
kin, (!!!) Lyon, Mouton, Niles, Norvell,
, Roane, Srrilth; of Conn. Strange, Trotter,
;r, Wright, and Young.
Tipton then offered an amendment which
given above, as dn independent propo
to fill the Up the vacancy created by Mr.
ert’s motion. Upon this a long and ani
discussion look jlldcc, ill which Messrs,
n, Walker, Buchanan, Roane, and Sevier
id the amendment; and Mr. Tipton and
:vcs supported it. i'he amendment was
id—Yeas 22, Nays 30.
WEBSTER then proposed to fill up the
cy by inserting a clause prohibiting the
ary of thcTrcasuiy from making any dis
m between Ihe dirthtenl branches of revenue
ihe funds or melliiim of payment in which
and dues accruing to government shall
d or discharged;
Webster said truly that there could be
i few men who would defend that odioua
re of the specie Circular—the making a die
on between the debtors es the Government.
’ CALHOUN opposed this amendment on
round that iTgayfe too much tb the Secactary’s
etion.
t,N ION endeavoured tb fcmbarrass it by
mg to it an<(her amendment, that the credit
l for the payment bf the public Itfflds should
r the same period of time, and secured in the
i manner as in the case of customs,
its obtained onljr 8 votes in its favor; while
anators recorded their names against it.
r WEBSTER’S amendment was adopted •
37, nays 14-
ic question was then put on ordfcfing the
to be engrossed and road a third time,
r CALHOUN Instantly rose and announced
eterminalion tb ’>otc against the bill. Now
the 23d section was struck out, he said the
~'tion would l>c to restore the Stale Bank
a’ivte System. It would produce no separa-
Hp>n, no divorce. The Government goes back
r Ho the resolution of 1816, by which the collection
b Hos the revenue in Bank Notes is legalized. To
A uhis bill without the seel ion which had been
;f> out, he declared, would bo one of the
w o< farees ever played. It would he a thou
limes better, in his opinion, that it should be
than carried. There is but one mode he
of accomplishing the divorce ; and
is by returning to the exclusively hard money
Wkm.
speech occasioned a deep sen : aiion.
i H r question was then taken and the Dill was
I to be engrossed and read a third lime by
B vole, Ayes 27, Nays 25.
Tlie Semite immediately adjourned, at nine
o'clock, P. M. The ayes and nays on the en
gtossment were as follows :
Ayes—Allen, Benton, Brown, Clay, of Ala.
Cuthbert, Fulton, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lump- |
kin, Lyon, Morris, Mouton', Niles, Norvcll,
Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Sevier, Smith of Con.
Strange, ’trotter, Walker, Wall, Williams, f
Wright, Young. f
Nays—Messrs, Bayard, Buchanan, Calhoun J
Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Davis
Grundy, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Nicholas,; (
Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Robbins, lluggles, t
Smith, of Indiana, Southaro, Spencer, Swift, 1
Tallmadge, Tipton, Webster, While. |
We have read the address of Mr. Wise to his (
constituents on the sul>jcct ofhis participation in s
the lato unfortunate duel which resulted in the |
death of Mr. Cilley, aiid we are constrained to j
believe that he has been the subject of much s
unmerited and undeserved abuse, lie places c
the whole alfair in a now light, and shows cofi t
clusively to our minds, that the unfortunate Mr. 1
Cilley was far the nlost guilty of all parlies con •
cerncd in the transaction, in bringing about his j
own untimely and lamented end. When the J
letter of Col. Wehb was handed to Mr. C. by Mr. 1
Graves, he declined to receive it on the ground j
that he would not be drawn into a controversy
with an editor, for what he had said hi debate in (
the House, and disclaimed any objection to Col,
Webt as a gentleman. Mr. Graves consulted
Mi. Wise, to know if, in bis judgment, the an- 1
swer was sufficient. Mr. Wise told him it cor- J
lainly was, that nothing more could be demanded, j
and that he ought to return Col. Webb’s note to t
him. For the purpose of placing all cavil and 1
j dispute at rest, as to the terms of Mr. Cilley’s rc- 1
fusa! and to make it satisfactory to Col. W, Mr.
Graves desired Mr. C. to put it in writing—Mr* (
C. requested Mr. G. to address hurt a note, in 1
order to give him an opportunity of putting the |
terms of Ihe refusal in writing. Mr. Graves ac- 1
cordingly did so, and was utterly astonished at
t receiving from Mr. Cilley an answer almost totally i
different from the tenor of his verbal communt
, cations—evasive of the point, and indirectly im
peaching Mr. Graves’ veracity, in having stated
that he (Mr C) had disclaimed all objections to
Col Webb as a gentleman. A second note was
I addressed, to which an equally equivocal answer
was returned—in which he refused to admit or
deny what he had previously stated to Mr Graves '
in verbal conversation us to the character of
Col. Wehb, in effect denying him to ho a gen
i tleraan, and explicitly declaring that he reaped*
ed Mr Graves us one, thereby inviting Mr G.
j to substitute himself for Col Webb. A challenge
> followed—was accented, and the result is known
t to the public.
r While on the ground, Mr. Wise was governed
, entirely by Mr. Graves arid liis two selected
friends Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Menifee of Ken
tucky. Alt that Mr. Graves desired, was that
Mr. Cilley should admit ( here, what he had said
to him in conversation at the commencement of
the controversy. Nothing less than this would
r satisfy Mr. Graves, and it would hdve been dis
honor to him to have accepted any thing short of
it. The proposition to shorten the distance after
the third shot, came directly from Mr. Graves and
was not a suggestion of Mr. Wise !
We intend to publish Mr. Wise’s address as
soon as we get through Mr. Clay’s Speech. A
much injured man, whoso greatest sin is an un
conquerable attachment to the rights of the p *i -
pie and an inflexible opposition to a corrupt ad
ministration, shall be heard In his own defence
through thb columns of our paper.
From Florida.
By the arrival of the steamer Cincinnati, at
Savannah on the 37th, front Garey’s Ferry, via
Jacksonville, the Editors of the Georgian havb
received a copy of the Jacksonville Courier, from
which they extract the following confirmation of
the Indian murders at Occah Pond.
In the Cincinnati came passengers, live Shaw
nee warriors on their way to Washington. They
are D. McNair, Geo. Williams, J Dougherty
Black Hook, and Geo Thomas.
Jacksonville, March 25.
Sxn Intellioenck from the Inteuioii. —
E B Mixed, late a Capt. in Col. Mill’s regiment,
brings the following account of the murder of a
whole family at the Ocean Pond in Columbia
county, about sixty miles from this, and forty
north of Ncwmansville.
On Friday last, just before sunset, a woman
of the name of Uollinson appeared at the Falling
Creek settlement on the Suwance, in great con
sternation and tenor, and said she had seen
George A. Gillen killed by an Indian; that she
hud fled from Ocetin Pohd, leaving her own child
asleep in the house. From Mi. John Pierce, his
brother 1H law, Captain M. learned that Gillen’s
family, wife attd four children, and five blacks, a
woman and four children, were also all muidered.
The Shipping Interest. —lt may intcres
some of our commercial readers to he made ac
quainted with the system pursued in France in
navigating their vessels, in that country the
I tperchanl and Ihe shipowner are distinct parlies.
! The remuneration of the crew is not a fixed
I monthly sum, but is contingent on freight. At
ter all expenses are paid, victuals included, the
I nett proceeds cf the freight are thus divided:—
the ship takes two thirds, and the crew one third,
and this one third is apportioned in the following
manner: —The captain receives two shares- the
mate one share and a half, and each of the sailors
one share. By this plan the captain ot q vessel
of 150 tons makes an .annual income of about
1501. This system identifies the crew with the
interests of their employers, constituting in fact
a fjtlasi partnership, and to it, in great measure,
may be ascribed the prosperous condition of *.hy
French mercantile marine. The subject is not
unworthy the careful consideration ol the young
firms which have recently started up amongst ns,
for whose informarion we have been induced to
write this brief artiste. We understand that the
vessels which import cattle into this island, an
navigated on this principle.—Jersey Paper,
ISAAC MOISE declines being a candidate i
the approaching election lor a member ofCounci
R. BARBER declines bring a cand
dale for a scat in the next Council.
1.
SPEECH OF .11U. cf. VV,
On the Sub Treasury Bill; delicered Idth
Feb. 1938.
Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, rose and addressed
the Senate as follows ; I have seen some pub'
lie service, passed through many troubled
limes, and often addressed public assemblies,
in this Capitol attd elsewhere ; but never be
fore have 1 risen in a deliberate body, under
more oppressed feelings, or with a deeper
sense of awful responsibility. Never before
have I risen to express my opinions upon any
public measure, fraught with such tremendous
consequences to the welfare and prosperity of
the country, and so perilous to the liberties of
the People, as I solemnly believe the bill un
der 'consideration will be. If you knew, sir,
what sleepless hours reflection upon it has
cost me; if you knew with what fervor and
sincerity I have implored Divine assistance
to strengthen and sustain me in my opposi
tion to it, T should have credit with you, at
least, for the sincerity of ihy convictions, if it
shall bo so unfortunate as not to have your
concurrence as,to the dangerous character of
lire measure. And I have thanked rny God
that he has prolonged my life until the pres
ent time, to enable me to exert myself in the
eorvibd or itiy country, against, a project far
transcending in pernicious tendency any that
I have ever had occasion to consider. I thank
him tor the health 1 am permitted to enjoy ; I
thank him fortjie soft and sweet repose which
I experienced just night; 1 thank him for the
bright and glorious sun which shines upon us
this day.
It is not my purpose, at this time, Mr.
President, to go at large into a consideration
of the causes which have led to the present
most disastrous stale of public affairs. That
dirty was preformed by others, and my
self. at the extra session of Congress. It was
then clearly shown that it sprung from the ill
advised and unfortunate measures of Execu
tive administration. I now will 'Content my
self with saying that, on the 4th day of March
1929, Andrew Jackson, not ly the blessing of
God, vy'iis made President of these United
States'; that the country Ihep was eminently
prosperous; that its currency was as sound
and safe as any that a people were ever bless
ed with; that; thVopghout the wide extent of
this whole Union', it possessed a Uniform vultlc;
and that exchanges were conducted with
such regularity and prelection, that funds
could be transmitted from ontqextremily ofthe
Union to the . other, with the least possible
risk or loss'. In this encouraging cond lio.n of
the business of the country it remained I'or
several years, until after the war, wantonly
waged against the late Bank of tjio United
States, was completely successful, by the
overthrow of that invaluable institution.
What our present situation is, it is ns needs
less to describe as it is painful lo contemplate.
First felt in our great commercial marts, dis
tress ami embarrassment have penetrated in
to the interior, and now prevade almost the
entire Union. It had been justly remarked
by one of the soundest and most practical
writers that I have had occasion lo consult,
lliat “all convulsions in the circulation and
commerce of every country must originate in
the operations of the Government, or in the
mistaken views and erroneous measures of
those possessing Clio power of influencing
credit and circulation; for they are not other
wise susceptible of convulsion; and, if left to
llioinselves, they will find their own level, and
flow nearly in one uniform stream.”
Yes, Mr. President, wc_all have but too mcl
anclioly a consciousness of the unhappy con
dition of our country. We all too well know
that our noble and gallant ship lies helpless
and immoveable Upon br akors, dismasted,
the surge beating over her venerable sides,
and the crew threatened with instantaneous
destruction. How came she there? Who
was the pilot at the helm whop she was
stranded? The party ill power! The pilot
was aided by all the science anil skill, by all
llie chartsand instruments of such distinguish
ed navigators as Washington, the Adamses,
Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe; and yet lie
did not, or could not, save the public vessel.
Stic was placed in her present miserable
condition by his bungling navigation; or by
his want of skill and judgment. It is impossi
ble for him to eeciape from on r or the other
liohi of that dilemma. I have him at liberty
to choose between them.
I shall endeavor, Mr. President, iri the
course of the address I arn about making, to
establish certain propositions; which 1 ue
lieve to be incontestable; and, tor the sake of
perspicuity, I will stale them severally to the
Senate. I shall contend.—
Ist. That it was I lie deliberate purpose and
fixed design of the late Administration to estab
lish a Government bank—a Treasury bank —to
be administered and controlled by tbo Executive
Department. ,
2d. That, with that view, dfid to that end, it
was its aim and intention to overthrow the whole
banking system, as existing in the United States
when the Administration came into power, be
ginning with the Bank of the United States, and
ending with the State Banks.
3d. That the attack was first confined, from
our considerations of policy, to the Bank of the
United Slates, but that, after its overthrow was
accomplished, it was then directed, *nd has since
been continued against lho Stale Banks.
4lh. The present Administration, by its ac
knowledgments, emanating from the highest and
most authentic source, has succeeded to the
principles, plans, and policy, of the preceding
Administration, and stands solcmly pledged lo
complete and perfect them.
And, slh. That the hill under consideration is
intended lo execute the pledge, by establishing,
upon the ruins of the late Bank of the United
States, and the State tranks, a Government bank,
lo be managed and controlled by the I rea.-ury
Department, acting under the commands of the
President of the United States.
I believe, solemnly believe, the truth of every
one of these five propositions. In the support of
them, I shall not rely upon any gratuitous sur.
mist’s or vague conjectures, but upon proofs,
clear, positive, undeniable, and demonstrative.
To establish the first four, I shall adduce evi
i deuce of the highest possible authenticity, or
■ facts or urtderiiablc, and fair reasoning
. founded on them. And a* to the last, the mea
ls sure under consideration, I think the tosliirtony,
t intrinsic and extrinsic, on which I . depend,
; stamps, beyofld all dodl.t, its true character as a
i. Government bank, and ought to carry to the
O min'd Ofthe Senate the conviction which Imu
e lerlain, and in which I feel perfectly confident
ic the whole country will shave. _ ,
1. My first proposition is, that it was tno do -
liberate purpose and fixed design of the late Ad
- I ministration to establish a Government Bank
et I,i Treasury Bank-to be administered end con
:il. 1 trolled by the Executive Department, loesta
- Wish its truth, the first prool which I offer uth
Jt* following extract horn President Jackson »An
IlU dl Message, of December, 1829.;
“ The charter of the Bank or the United
Stuiei expiree in 183 f, and u« stockholders will
moat prohuh ly apply for it renewal ol their privi
leges. In order to avoid the evils resulting from
precipitancy, in a measure involving such impor
tant principles, and such deep pecuniary inter*
■ffe, I feci that I capital, -injustice totha parties
interested, 100 soon present it to the considera
tion of the Legislature and tho people. Both
the cbnrtftutionalily and the expediency of the
law creating this Bant gro well questioned by a
portion of Our fellow citizens; and it must
to admitted by all that it has failed in the great
end of establishing a uniform and sound cur*
rcncy.
“Under these circumstances, if suet an in'stu
tution is deemed essential to the liscal operations
of the (iovctnmerif, I submit to the wisdom ol the
Legislature, whether a national one, founded
ujapn tho credit of the Government aqdifs reve
nues, might not bo devised, which would avoid
all cunslilutional difficulties, and, at the same
time, secure all the advantages to tho Goverri
merit and the country that'Acre expected \o re
sult from the present bank."
This was the first open declarationmf that im
placable war against the late Bank of the United
Stales, which was after wards waged with so
much ferocity. ,It was til? sound ol the distant
bugle, to collect together tile dispersed and scat
tered forces, and prepared for battle. The coun
try saw with surprise the statement that “tho
constitutionality and expediency of th e law crea
ting this hank are well questioned by a large por
tion of our fellow citizens,” when, in truth and
in fact, it was well known that hut few then
doubted the constitutionality, and It one the felt
pediency ol it - And the assertion excited much
greater surprise, that “it must ho admitted by all
that it has failed in the great end of establishing
a uniform and somul currency.” In this mes
sage, too, whilst a doubt is intimated as to the
utility of such an institution, President Jackson
clearly first discloses his olijcct to establish a na
tional one, founded upon the credit of the Go
vernment and its revenues. His language is
pcifectly plain and unequivocal. Such a bunk,
founded upon the credit of tho Government and
its revenues, would secure all the advantages to
the Government and Hie country, he tell us, that
were expected to result front the present hank.
In Itis annual message of the ensuing year, the
late President says:
“The importance of the principles involved in
the inquiry, whether it will lie proper to recitals
ter the Bank of tho Utitled Stales, requires that I
should again call the attention of Congress to
the subject. Nothing has occurred to lessen In
ntiy degree the dangers which many of our citi
zens apprehend from that institution, as at /me.
sent organized. In the spirit of improvement
and compromise) which distinguishes our country
lin'd iis institutions, it becomes ns to inquire
■whether it he not possible to secure the advan
tages afforded by the prevent bunk, through the
agency of a Hank of the United SI ales, so mo
dified in Us principles as to obviate constitution
al arid other objections. , ,
‘".lt is thought practicable to organize such a
Uamc, with the necessary otlicers, us u branch of
the Treasury Department, based on tho public
and individual depoailes, without power to make
loans or purchase properly, which shall remit the
funds of the Government; and tho expense of
which may he paid, if thought advisable, by al
lowing its officers to sell hills of exchange, to
private individuals, at a modern premium. Not
being a corporate body, having no stockholders,
debtors, am) properly, and hut few oflicers, it
would not he obnoxious to the constitutional oh
jeclion, which arc urged against the present hank;
and having no means to operate on the hopes,
fears, or interests of large masses of the commu
nity, it would l>c shorn of the in/lucnce which
makes that hank formidable.
In this message, President Jackson, after again
adverting to the imaginary dangers of a Bank of
tho United Slates, recurs to his favorite project,
and inquiries “ whether it he not possible to se.
cure the advantages ali'orded by the present hank,
through the agency of a Bank of the United
Stales, so modilied in its principles and structure
as to obviate constitutional and other objections.”
And to dispel all doubts of the timid, and to con
firm the wavering; ho declares that it is thought
practicable lo organize such a hank, with the ne
cessity oflicers, as a branch of the Treasury De
partment. .is a branch of the 'Treasury JJe
parfment ' The very sclleriib liilw under consi
deration. And, id defray the expenses of such
an anomalous institution, he suggests that the of
ficers of the Treasury Department may turn ban
kers dhd brokers, and sell bills of exchange to
private Individuals at a moderate premium /
In his annual iriesSdgb of theycilt 1831, upon
this subject, ho was brief and somewhat covered
in his expressions. But the fixed purpose which
he entertained is sufficient!* disclosed to tho at
tentive reader. He announces (hat,
“ Entertaining the opinions heiilofore expres
sed ill relation to the Ifenk of the United Implies,
as at present organized, I felt it my duly, in tiiy
former messages, frankly to disclose them, in or
dpr that the attention of the Legislature and the
People should be seasonably directed to that im
portant subject, ami that it might Im considered,
and finally disposed of, in a manner pest calcula
ted to pro ole the ends of llie Constitution, oad
snliscrve the public interests. ”s
What were the opinions “heretofore” expres
sed we have clearly scon. They weio advqrsb to
the Bank of tho United Blalcs, as at present or.
ganized, I list is to say, art organization with .uj
independent cdfporate Government; and ih fevor
of a national hank which should ho so constituted
as to be subject to exclusive Executive control.
At tho session of 1831-’3t!, the question of
the recharter of the Bank of the United Htales
carno up; and although the attention of Congress
and the country had been repeatedly and delibe
rately before invited to the consideration of it by
President Jackson himsilf, the agitation of it was
now declared by him and his partisans to be pre
cipitate and premature. Nevertheless, the coun
try and Congress, conscious of the value of a
safe and sound uniform currency, conscious that
such a currency had been eminently supplied by
the Batik of the United H'ales, and unmoved by
all tho outcry raised against that admirable insti
tution, the ruchurler commanded large majorities
in both Houses of Congress. Fatally for tho in
terests of this country, the stern self-will of Ge
neral Jackson prompted him to risk every thing
upon its overthrow On tho l()lh of July, IB3Z,
the hill was returned with his veto; from which
tHe following extract is submitted to the attentive
consideration of the tSonato :
‘A Bank of tho United Stales is, in many res
ects, convcn erit for the Government and useful
to tlio People. Entertaining this opinion, and
deeply impressed with the belief that some of the
' powers and privileges possessed by the existing
1 bank are unauthorized by the Coriititolion, sub
' versive of the rights of the Stales, and dangerous
’ j to the liberties of the People, I fell !l my duty, at
11 an early period ot my administration, to call the
| attention of Congress, to the practicability of or
ganizing an institution, combining all its ad
vantages, and obviating these objections. I sin
~ eersly regret that, in the act before me, I can per
>' cclV c none of those modifications »f the bank char
i t er which are necessary, mmy opinion, to raak
10 S it compatible with justice, with sound policy, o
15 1 with the Constitution of our country."
** 1 hnl u Hank of the United iStutes, competent
to all ilia duties which may be required by Guv
eniineiil, might he no organized as not to infringe
U|>»n our own delegated power*, or the reserved
rights of the Slate*, I do not entcilain a doubt.
Had the Executive been called upon to furnish
tne'pt eject of such n/i institution, l/ui itutii .nun It I
have been cheerjulfy perfgrmeii. In the ab-
Kenee of such a rail, it i* obviously proper lhat
he should con^no himself to pointing out those,
prominent features in the art presented, which
in hi* opinion, make it incompatible with the
Constitution and sound policy.”
President Jackson admit,?'. V> the citation which
has 'list been made, tout a Hank of the United
States is, in many respects, convenient for the
Government; and remind* Congress that he hod,
at an early period of his admniislration, called its
attention^ 0 the practicability-of. iso organizing
such an institution ns to secure all it* advanta
ges, without the defects of the existing bank, it
is perfectly manifest lhat ho alludes to his previ
ous recommendations of a Government—a Trea -
sury bunk. In the sumo Message he tell* Con
gress, that if ho bud been culled upon to furnish
the project of such an institution, the duty would
have been cheerfully performed. Thun iit ap
pears that he bad not only setded in bi* mind the
general principle, but had adjusted the details of
a Government bunk, to be subjected to Executive
control; and Congress is even chided for not«al
ing upon him.to present them. The bill now
under consideration, beyond all controversy, is
the very project which he hud in view, and is to
consummate the work which he began. 1 think,
Mr, President, that you must now concur with
■no in considering ,lho first proposition as fully
maintained. 1 pass to the second and think i
which, on account of their intimate connexion, I
will consider togethi r.
”. Thai, with u view of establishing a Govern
ment hank, it was the settled, aim uml intention es
the late Administration to ovenlirow the whole
banking system of this United Stales, ns existin';;
in the United States when that Administration
came into power, beginning with, the. Bank, of the
United Slates, and ending with the Slate banks.
•I. That the attack was first confined, from
considerations of policy, tq llio Bank of the Uni*
ed Slates; but that, after its overthrow was ac
complished, it was then directed, and bits since
been continued, against the State batiks.
VVu arc hot bound to inquire into the motives
us President Jackson for tjesihng to subvert the
established monetary and financial system which
he found in operation; and yet some examination
into those which probably influenced bis mind
is not without utility. TH'eaio are to be found in
his peculiar constitution aqd character. His eg
otism and vanity prompted him to subject every
thing to his will; to change, to remould, and re
touch every thing. Hence the proscription which
charaoleritcd his Administration- the universal
expulsion from ofliccj at Homo and abroad, of all
i who were not devoted to Him, and llte attempt to
render the Executive Department of Government,
to use a favorite expression of bis own, a com
plete “unit.” Hence his seizure of the public
depovites in the Hank of the United .States, and
his desire to unite the puiso with the sword.
Henco bis attack upon all the systems of policy
1 which be found in practical operation—on that
> of internal improvements, and on that of the
1 protection of national industry, lie was anima
ted by the same sort of ambition which induced
’ the master mind of the age, Napoleon Bonaparte
1 to impress Ilia name upon every thing in France.
- When I was in Paris! the sculptors were bils’jy
engaged chiselling out the famous N., so odious
to the Bourbon line, which had been conspicu
ously carved on the palace of the Tuilloriea, and
on other pulic edifices nnd monuments in the
proud capital of France. When, Mr. President,
shall we sec eiLtccd all traces of the ravages
committed by the administration of Andrew
Jackson ! Society has been uprooted, virtue
punished, vice rewarded, and talents and intellec
tual endowments despised; brutality, vulgarism,
and locu-focoisrn upheld, cherished, and counten
anced. Ages will roll around before the moral
and political ravages which have been committed
will, I (ear, cease to bo discernible. General
Jackson’s ambition was to make his administra.
lion an era in the history of the American Gov
ernment, ami he has accomplished that object of
ambition; but! trust that it will bo an era to be
shunned assad and lamenlable, and not followed
and imitatied as supplying sound maxims and
principles us administration.
I have heard his hostility to banks ascribed to
some collision which lie had with ono of them,
during the late war, at the city of New Orleans;
& it is possible that may have bad some influence
upon Ins mind. Thu immediate cause, more
probably, was the refusal of that perverse and
unaccommodating gentleman, Nick Biddle, to
turn out of the office of President of the New
Hampshire branch of tho Hunk us the United
.States, at (lie instance of his Excellency Isaac
Hill, in the summer of 1889, that giant-liko per
son, Jeremiah Mason—giant in body, and giant
in mind. Wat and strife, endless war and strife,
fioisonal or national, foreign or domestic, were
tho aluiieht of the late President's existence. War
against the bunk, war against France, and strife
and contention with a countless number ot indi
viduols. The wars with Black Hawk and the
Seminole* werenca cely a luncheon for his vera
cious appetite. And ho made bis exit from pub
lic lifej denouncing war and vengeance against
Mexico and the Slate banks.
My acquaintance with that nxlrgurdmary »»«
commenced In this c/ly, in the fall of 18 lb or
IBIS: It was short, but highly respecta Me,and
mutually cordial. I beheld in him the gallant
and successful general, who, ky the glorious vic
tory of New Orleans, hud honorably closed the
second war us our independence, and I paid him
the homage due to that eminent service. A few
years after, it became my painful duty to animad
vert, in the House of Representatives, with the |
independence which belongs to the represenla- [
live character, upon some of his proceedings in
the conduct oflbo Seminole war, which I thought i
illegal and contrary to the Constitution and the j
law of nations. A non-intercourse between us I
ensued, whicli continued until the full us 1821,
when, he being a member of tho Senate, an ac
commodation between u» was sought to be
brought about (iy tho principal part of the dele
gation from his own State. For that purpose,
we were invited to dine with them at Claxton’s
boarding-house on Capitol hill, where my vener
able friend from Tennessee, (Mr. While,) and
his colleague on the Spanish commission, were
both present. I retired early from dinner, and
was followed to the door by General Jackson and
the present minister of the United Stales at the
1 Court or Madrid. They pressed me earnestly to
take a seat with them in their carnage. My
1 faithful servant and friend, Charles, was standing
I at the door, waiting for mu, with my own. I
■ yielded to their urgent politeness, dhccted Charles
* to follow with my carriage, and they sal me down
1 at my own door. Wo afterwards frequently met,
e with mutual respect and cordiality ; dined sevet
’■ al limes together, and reciprocated the hospitality
■■ of our respective quarter*. This friendly inlor
'• course continued until the election, in the House
r ' | of Representative*, of a President of the United
r " states came on in February, 1835. I gave the
16 vole which, in the contingency that happened
5r I told my colleague, (Mr. Crittenden,) who sib
before me, prior to my departure from Kentucky
.1 Hi November ISM, and , o ld others, that I should
* intercourse ceased between General
e Jackson and myself. We have never since, ex .
I ce l >tOHC,) accidentally exchanged salutation®, nor
* met, except onoccasiohs when wo were perform
*% * »e ant ofticou toward* deceased members of
tl Longress or other officers of Government. Iro
- mediately after my vole, a rancorous war was
I commenced agAmst me. and all the harking dogs
’■ Uhwo U P‘’“ ">e. 1 shall not truce it during L
1 I* n 1 y wfi r ‘v k,u,er continuance. Uul I thank my
8 ,, , , * Hll,n J here, firm and erect, unbent,
unbroken, unsubdued, unawed, ready to do
i nounce the inischievo a measured of his Adminis
tration, and ready to denounce this, its legitimate
! chsprnig, the most i»eriiicious of them all.
j administiatian consisted of a succession of
astounding measures, which fell on the public
■ ear like repeated bursts of loud and appalling
thunder, lletorc the reverberations of one peel
had reused, another and another came, louder
and louder, and more terrifying. Or rather it
was like a volcanic mountain, emitting frightful
eruptions of humming lava. Uefore one was
I cold and crusted, before the voices ofthoinhah
ilanls of buried villages snd cities were huahe 1
m eternal silence, another, more desolating, wes
r v * ) mit«d forth, extending wider and wider the
circle of death and destruction.
(to be continued.J
VD.riIMSTUATOir.S SA lie
IN' pursuance of ait order of thn Court ofOrdi-
X nary of Richmond county, yytll he sold t>t the
Court House in Dooly|coimtv, dh the first Tuesday
in June next, within the legal hours of sale, two
imels of land in said county of Dooly, he lone mg u>
the folate of Jarvis Mallard, decerised, viz
fart iVo in the ltd District.
Lot No. JIU, m the Igth District
mar 80 A.J. MILLER,,A t)m'r
In Kieltmoud Superior Court—PebT^T tS&f.
C'alhariiif Charles,
vs i Libel fir Divorce.
Nathaniel Clmrlus )
The Sheril), having letnrned that the defendant
IS not to he limed. Jl is llterclorc, ordered, that ho
he required lo appear at the next term of this Court
and answer, or the Court will proceed as in ease o(’
judgement by delimit, and it is further ordered that
this rule ho published m one of the Gazettes of tho
city of Augusta oneo * a month for three mom Its
proceeding to IDo next term ol this Coin. Ft h
ruary 17, I83H:
A true extract front the imimtes.
marl) bnin.'tt JAM K*' Ale LAWS Clerk,
I A\V NOTIC El 3fKe undersigned having
M J removed Irom Clark eoimly to l.ineolnlon,
w ill attend,lnllpi practice ol Law in the >S upon or
and Inferior Courts of Lhieoin eoimly, and the ms-
Jaconl counties, liusiness intrusted lo his cure will
bo promptly attended to.
MANNING H. MOORE,
References.—Hon, Hilaries Dbughcriy, Hon. A
S-Ljayton, lion. Thomas \V. Harris, Cun, Ktlward
Harden, Athens; C. J. Jenkins, C. \V. Cravvlhnl,
A.J Miller,CHl. John Milludge, V\ illia.n E, Junes,
Augusta. ' 1
1 Lincoliitcn, March 24, 1838. wtf
Asthma, tinri' years Rtaudlnffi
Mr ROIH’.RT MONROE, Schuylkill, tgflliclfil
Willi the above distressing malady. Symptoms
I Great languor, Ihitiileiley, disturbed rest, m-rvous
head uehe, difficulty ol breathing, tightness and
, stricture ueross the bieast, dizziness, ner\nas irrita
oility and restlessness, eoohl not lie in a hon/ontal
posilioh without the sensation ol impending suffo
cation, palpitation of the heart, distressing cough,
custiveness, pom in the stomach, drowsiness, gietu
| debility uud deficiency of the nervous energy. Mr.
.Monroe gave up every thought ol roeovety, and
dire despair set on the counleiinncc of every person
interested in his existence or happiness, till by ac
cident ho noticed in a public paper some cures el
t teeth'd by Dr Hin Evans Medicine in his comphiint
which indneed him to purchase a package of iho
pills, which resulted in completely removing every
symptom in his disease, //e wishes to say his mo
tives lor tins declaration is, that those afllicti (I w ith
the same or any symptoms similar in those from
which hois happily restored, may likenrseroceivo
the snino iiiestiinalde benefit.
For side try ANTONY'* HAINES’.
An c.Yliaordtnitry mill reiniirktiblc cureT*
Mrs Mary Dillon, ol \\ lllianishnrgli, was restored
to health by the use of I his medicine.—The symp
toms ol this dost rtsMtig ease with us follows: Total
loss of appetite, palpitation ol the heart, l witching
of the tendons, with a general spasmodic a Heel ion of
tho muscles, diflieully of hreatlniif', giddiness,
languor, lassitude, grout depression of spirits, with
Iho tear of some impending evil, a sensation of
II offering at the pilot tho stomach, irregular tran
sient pains in different purls, greni ohruncipulion
with other symptoms of extreme debility.
The above case was pronounced hopeless by
threoof the most omincht physicians, unit a disso
lution of tlin patient daily aw mind lorn y her friends,
which may ho ainlienlicHieti by the physicians
who were in attendance. Alio has given her cheer
ful permission lo publish iho above fads, and will
also gladly give any information respecting tho
bonehlslic lias received to any enquiring mind,
MARY DILLON,
{KrMr. Charles Semple, who had boon
afflicted (or five years with humoral habitual Asth
ma, applied to Dr Evans on the 4llt of Noy. labor
ing under the following symptoms A jxcfse oi
tightness across thq c,be*t,. w:jl)i the grecicijt, diffi
culty in breathing, distressing ctpiglj, generally
ending with copious expectorationgf yEt id,phlegm,
ilisturhud rest, the face turgid am} of ij ~I.vid Imo,
could not lie in a hony’otrlcl position without tho
sensution dfjmiiiediato stiffoctition, languor, drovv
s I ness, and dissinvss ill tho head, and loss of up
pofle.
Mr .V. applied lo tho most eminent physician in
the city, likewise used several other remedies
without obtaining any permanent benefit un
til bis friends persuaded him ~ o place himself
under Dr i'.vhiis’ treatment. He is now relieved
ol his complaint, and called at the office yesterday,
avowing that he bait not words to express Ids groti*
mlofor thebenefit ho had received.
For sals by ANTONY * //AINKS.
v not in i i evt oi the elticacy ol Dr Funs's ones
tiling .Syrup for Infant's Teething, from MrVVm
Johnson, New Y ork.
Dear Sir: The great benefit afforded lo my suf
fering infant hv your Soothing .Syrup, in a ease of
prutraclrd and painful Dentition, must convince ev -
cry feeling pan lit how essentia I to tin early applica
tion of such an invaluable iiiadieinu is to alleviate
infant misery and torture. .My infant w hile teeth
ing experienced such acute sufferings, lh..t it was
Attacked with convulsions,and my wile and lurnily
supposed that death would soon release the bubo
from anguish, when we procured a bottle of your
j Nyrup, which, as soon ns applied to the gums, pro
' (luced a wonderful change, and after a tew Applica
tions, the child displayed obvious relict, and by cun
tinning in its use lam glad to inform you the child
has completely recovered, and no recurrence of that
awlol complaint has since occurred; the teeth are
emanating daily, and the child enjoys perfect health
I give you my cheerful permission to make this ac- 1
knowledgement public, and will gladly give any to
lor mat tun on this c ream stance. VV'M. JOHNSON.
A rcnl blessing to Mothers.
11. J. L. HARRIiSLV celebrated Soothing Sy
| rup,.for Children cutting their teeth. To mothers
, I and nurses. This infallible remedy has preserved
hundreds of children, when thought past recov
* Irom convulsions. As soon pa the Syrup is nt
t bed on the gums, the child will recover. T
{ preparation is so innocent, so efficacious, and so
I pleasant, that no child will refuse o lot its gums hj
„ rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of
four months, though there is no spp< arattce of
teeth, one bottle ol the Syrup should to used on
' ’ tho gums, to open the pores. I’arents should ne
* varbo without th‘e Syrup in tho nursery where
y there are young children; fur it a child wakes in
- the night with pains in the gums, the Syrup im
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