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<♦ Whtt an insult!” thought Sir Oliver.
“ W >at an escape!” exclaimed Matilda,
when tha offi -er aad fi fished his relation.
I need n»' -ay fiat Sir Oliver tm nediatelv
repurchased t te pi cure, and that ire nad n *
further though'* of n» ‘trying his d mghter to a
gamester.
“ Talking of mmatures,” resumed the offi -
cer, “a very extraordinary occurrence ha
j, lt .| ,| t •». \mm Ware h n actual
!y saved the life es a gallant young officer of
the same regiment as Horace's as fine a fel
low as ever bestrode a charger.”
“Hie name?’exclaimed Matilda and btr
Oliver together.
“Is Albert, and is he the second in com
mand; a high fellow that same Albert.”
“pray, sir, do me the favor to relate the
particulars,” said Sir Oliver; and Matilda
looked gratefuHv at her father for the request.
“0, I do not know them minutely, said he,
“but I believe it was simply that the picture
served his bosom as a sort of breast.plate. and
broke the force of a musket ball but did not
however, prevent him Irom receiving a very
smart wound. The thing was much talked
of for a day or two, and some joking took on
the subject; bat when it was seen that these
railleries gave him more pain than the wound
the subject was dropped, and sooa seemed to
have been forgotten.”
Shortly a ter the officer took his leave.
The reflections of Matilda were bitter. —
Her mtnatureliad been infamously lost, whilst
the mistress of Albert, of that Albert whom
•he felt might, for family pride, have been her
lover: was, e>en in effigy, the guardian an
gel of a life she loved too w 11.
Months elapsed, and II »race did not ap
pear. Sir Oliver wrote to him an indignant
letter, and hade him consider all intercourse
broken nfffor the future. He returned a mel
ancholy answer. in which he pleaded guilty to
the charge; spike of the cnadnesaof intoxietjon,
confessed that he was hope!***, and 'hat he
deserved to he so; in a word, his le'ter was so
humble, so desponding, and so dispirited, that
•ven the ins died Matilda was softened, and
shed tears over hi* blighted hopes. And nere
we must do Horace the justice to sav t*»n
the minnture wa* m uelv left in the hands ol
the winner, he hemg a stranger, as a deposit
lin'd the nex’ morning, lull which the n?x'
morning did out allow Irm '<» redeem, th ’ 'g
it rent from htm a limb, and left hm> as on*
dead upon i-i- oi'tle field. Had he not gam
ed, his minatnre would no' have bee • lost to a
•harper. th anminons to tnar'b would have
found bun a'hn j i irters. his harrassed Weed
would n >' have tailed h m in th • charge, and
in all probability, hi- limb would have been sa
ved, and fits love have been pre«erved.
A year had now elapsed, md it le >gth - Al
bert wi-announced. Ileli id heard 'ha' all
intnn i<’V had been broken olfbetwren Horace
and Matilda, bit whine more. The storv
of the lost minatnre was confined to the lew
whom '! concerned, and those few wished
all memory of it to be buried tn oblivion
Something like hope hid returned 'o Al.iert’
bosom He v*s «»raci >us|v received by the
father, and AI • itlv by Al ihnda. She re
membered t ie broken minn'ore,” and suppos
ed 'urn to have been long, and ardently at
tach d to anoth'-r.
Il was on a summer’s evening, there wn<
no other company, the sun was salting io a glo
rious splendor. After dinner, Matilda had
retired onlv to the window to enjoy, she said
that prospect that he drawing room could tot
afford. She spoke truly, for Allicri was not
there. II r eye* were upon the declining
sun. hut her soul was suit in th* fra wing-room
At length Sir Oliver and Albert -wse from
the table, and came and seated themselves
near Matilda.
“(’nine. Albert the story of the miniature,”
said '"’tr Oliver.
“What? fully, truly, anti unrrs TV'dly,”
said Albert, looking anxiously a> Matilda.
“Os course.”
“Offence, <>r no offence,” said Albert, with j
a look of arch meaning.
“Wnom could the tale possibly offend ?”
said Sir Oliver.
“ That lam vet to learn. Listen ”
A* fm ns regarded Matilda, the last word
was wh llv -upr'fl mils. She seemed to h ive
lost every faculty bin I siting: Albert in a
low, y«i hurried lone comm need thus:
‘‘l loved but wis not loved I had a rival
tha' wis seductive. I s.m th i' ho was pre
ferred by the father, nnd not indiff uent to the
daughter. Mv love I could not I would
not attempt m conquer: but mv actions, hon
or bade me con rol, and I •iliev* d. ihe
friend was ndinuied where lhe lover would
have hern banished. Mv successful rival ob
tained the miniature of his mistress. (), then,
then I envied, and impelled bv n (conquerable
passim;. I obtained da ides’tneh from th- ar
tist a facsimile of that w i<h I so much en
vied him. It wa« mv heart’s silent c unun
ion, nod, when v l ist, duty cubed ne uwav
from ’he or.giaal, nut of cn d I I v-nt ire o
gaze upon the resen d.inco. I . preterit mv
secret being discover d >y accident, I had tm
precious token en I *d n a dmi'iis l-cket of
gold, which opened t>v a secret spring, known
Otilv !•» myself and ' io maker.
I gazed on the lowly features on the dawn
of the battle day. I returned it to ns res m_
place, and my heart throbbed proud) v uti ler
its pressure. I was esneions that ther- I ai
• talisman, and, if ever I felt as heroes feel,
it was then —it was then.
‘•On, on I dash d through the roaring
•’ream of slaughter. Sabres ff<» .cd over aid
■round me—what cared I! 1 had ibis on
ni» heart, and a brave man’s sword in mv \
hand"— and come tbe worst, belter I could
on’ have died than on that no dr.fi-ld. The
■how rs of fated balls h’ssed around me.—
Wm»f e ar ed I ? I l-’ukcd round—to mv fe|-
low t id' r* I trusted for victo-y. and mv sen!
4z ir <1 to G«>d, srd—«h id I own i' ? for a
4»Wtr«rayt o my nwmnrv I trusted to tha on
mj bosem cumpuaion ”
“She must nave had a iieiift of ice, had she * *
refused them,” said Matilda, in a voice al >i
most inaudible from emotion.
Albert bowed low and gratefully, and thus
continued,—“W list 1 was thus borne forward
into the very centre of the s'rngg’e, a hill
struck at my heart—hut the gum di in angel
was there, and it was protected: the miniature,
the double ease, even mv flesh were penetrat
ed, and oiV blond soiled the image of that j
beauty, for whose protection it would have,
joyed to flow. The shattered case, the bro
ken, the bh od-stained miniature, are now |
dearer to me than ever, and »o will remain (
until life itself shall desert me.”
“May I look upon tm.se happy features !
that have inspired and pi eserved a heart so
noble? said Matilda, in a low distinct voice.
hat seemed unnatural to her Irom the excess
of emotion.
Albert dropped upon one kn»e before her,
touched the soring, and olac< d the miniature
in the trembling hand of Ma 'lda. In a i in
stant sh • recogmzed her o'o resemblance.
She was above the. affectation of a false mo
desty—her eyes filled with grateful tears--
she kissed the enerimsoned painting, and sob
bed aloud—-“ Albert, this shall never leave mv
bosom- O, mv well—-mv long beloved?”
> In a mornent sue was in the arms of the
happy soldier, whilst one hung over them with
unspeakable rapture, bestowing that best boon
noon a daughter’s love—-“A father’s tieart-felt
1 bles-ing!”
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UNION IT SI TING.
The citiz ms of Lmcola county, attach 'd to
the union of the Slates under the pririciol *s of
the federal <ons'i"Hmn. believed that the ex
pression of public opini *n air* idv made
hroughout the S ate* on the subject of nnllifi
cation, was suffi •tent to have satisfied the most
obdurate mind within our coun v—nut the m
(•*nt orgmiza'iwn of a arty under the impos
ing name of state-rights association of Lincoln
county, shows that we have some malecon
tents; ih*V. instead of advocating 'he rese-ved
rights of the Stat 8 under the federal .umstuu
'ion, we inculcating the principles of the n il-
I fi r* of a neighboring S ale, to the fullest ex
tent, and are actively a i l sing larlv eugiged
in pr -n ilgatmg their doctrines, which if not
P'p do v i bv tire voice ol the people, will orov '
distsf i is to their peace, if not end in the d*-
so'trion of ih* Union.
The U non party look with fearful conse
q icn es to pnliii< al excitement and party s<rtfe.
hut dmy all igeney in their creation. The
righ'- and privileges enjoyed under onr pres m
form of gover im"'H are too precious, and have
been transmitted at the cost of too m inv and
great sacrifices to be quietly surrendered We
h ive seen th" le iding politici ins of an adjauen
S'ate. commence operations 1.1 -mail parties
like those aoiongs' us; s' ne right associations
were fo r n d, in I si ife ri hl re«oii|<iori* pa*
*ed, ho| li ig f>n Ih ipeaceibl* irid'-ons i'ij'ioii
ial r medv fir th? evds co nd i n*d <H. They
iireumd -d to follow h* cmv-e noi l" d on’ bv
Air AJ kl' >n m t Mr. J ff-rson, in their V r
•ima and Kentucky vesolu'iona <>f‘93 and ’9 >;
and next, after gradually increasing tn nu nb-'r
under this fals* prelen of a peaceable and
cons'ituliou il rem'd-. sufficient to authoriz •
them to aCion. they called a con venlion, which
convention n illified a law of the general gov
ernment passed for revenue purposes, under
the pretence, that the revenue law protected
th* m inufaetmi.ig interest, and was therefore
»‘vi dative of the rue intent and meaning of
th? c institution, and is therefore uill and void
and not bn fin.’ on any of the Citizens o’’th*
S'ito or <>ffi ers, and 'hat the citizens thereof
wall maintain 'he said ordinance at every ha
zard ” Adfi i div, Ilie *aid ordin nice closes
the d »or tiy severe penalties against any appli
cation to rev ew the decision of the Stat
co iris before the supreme court, the judge and
ib<> jurv being compelled to decide in the favor
lofS a “ au'hontv. Mr. Madison has denied
j the deciriue ascribed to >u<n. as contend' d ‘or
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l>v the nulhfiers m the \ irgmia resolutions,
’ “that each Suite has th- s-parate and exclu
sive tight ofj idgmg di fi iil-fv lor itself the m
fractions of the constitution.” Bit he, vh »
I drafted the resolutions to which t ie state ngli
i party a< kuowledge authori'y, is now d uiounc
i ed “a dotard in ms s-cond chihfho >d, inc ip i
bie of understanding the meanng ot his own
I words.” Whit were th’ cmis ructions and
- prior. able r ourse of those States, wnen those
j resolutions of‘9S and’99 were passed and
I ormnulga'ed ? I) • they er rr-spond with the
- ordinance of the eonve ition of Soutu C irolma?
> Du not those res >1 items proclaim their ti r m
I attachment o -lie I non o the Stales, md de
<■)are at the sam • tim- lien determination to
, defend u against all enem.es, for-ign or d >
* 1 n-st Let th-* I mg i igs of the res >1 itious
b* appeal -dt «. Do v » find in any of th se,
■ my au hmry for lhe claim m>w set up, bv
th 'se s ate n-h’s patties, of.i ngui in each in
dividual S ate by its own separate a- ti >n to
>! decide definitely .nd authoritatively on lhe va-
I lidity of a lev of the United "’tales, and con
s. quentlv to arrest, r t r-nouse- to do s », th
execution of.such i v within its limits? On
me contrary, me rights asserted in those re
solutions, as well as ;>■/ Mr. .Feff-rsnn’.' Ken ■
tuckv resolutions, so often ap.» *al-d to. is th
- and com non right of ihe ’’ii'es con- !
federate parties > ne comp:t.-i to ju !g.- • > ihe;
last resort if alleged ir.’r > ->i >i- <>» t co is i- j
uitimi, nnd '•» ' necessary md proper m i !
sures in c.an n>n >ii|i ex ho- i»-r arrest ti- |
evil Let I > • orweed ugs bemselvcs o> I i i
pro >d era of re f . i>h intern be appe ied t • a-
I the best com nentary a id > | iridalt >n of th- •
i nrm -iples. Dei lhev aftem >t bv any an h-»n I
•alive act of separate «’aie-|.*gi-.lation to arr ■
th- laws ’hev h id de m im-rd n icons'ifutio i ••
No, thev m id»* a solemn and impressive d
eiaraiiun to the world, th the a 's c’unpl «m
I ed of were infracti-ns of ihe <• institution, a id
I called unon the other Stu’-s to concur win,
them in lhe declaration thni their j<Mni and i
separate repreaeaiationo might effect a repeal 1
of the laws totaptained of. Beyond these re
monstrances and protests mentioned tn those
resolutions, the complaining States never went.
The language of Mr. M mroe; governor of
Virginia, at the adoption of those resolutions,
is another comment <ry and elucidation of the
I principles of the Virginia resolutions, and
which is calculated to throw as much light as
to the true construction which the Virginia le
gislature held those resolutions at their ad"p
lion as any other document; and the resolutions
referred tom Mr M time’s message has been
| studiously hid from the light, by the state right
(party, and they have selected only such as
; an-wred their purpose. Mr. M mroeremarks,
lin his annual message io the Vug ma legisla-
t ire in Decern ter, ISOO “as soon as the re- i
qmsile number of the report of the select com
; mittee of the last session o»i the answer- oi the
j sever d States to the resolutions of the gene
ral assembly wnnth passed al the preceding
(session rela:ive t,o tiie Alien and Sedition laws
jof the United States, and ttie instructions of
j the Se .ator- of 'lns State to the Congre-s oi
(the United S'a *’s, were print d, • i>e executive
jhisiened o distribute 'Hern a nong ife several
counties ol t <e comm mw *al h in c«mp‘i nice
j with the resolutimi of the 20'*i J i.m ny last
; It is believed ti l no pool,.- docume it illuilra
. . live of public transactions, however interesting,
) i were ever more gener fily read or m >re 'ho
) roughly approved of than those were. Nor
t can it be doub cd, that th li-ht which they
communicated on the very import ml «'ibj c
■ to wilt h they referred, leaded ' » increase in a
hi jh degree, the confidence of the good people
-of (his comm hi wealm in liie wisdom a <d pop
joy which governed the gvn ral ass* m >ly. In
I connexion with dial su >je I, H is proper lo
J add, tn it since your last session, the sedition
law, one of the acts complained of, his been
carried into effect hi this common wealth oy
ine decision of a federal court. I notice this
ev*nt not with i view of censuring or criticis
ing H. The transaction nas gone to the world,
and the impartial will judge of it as i> deserve*.
I untie* it for the purpose of rema king, ha'
(tie decision wa* executed witu the sun? order
and tranquil submission on ‘he part of the neo
pie. as could have been snown by them on a
similar occasion, io any tne most neces* irv,
eonsii ijii md i id popular acts of the govern
ment. Tiie coiisiiuited authorities .tod 'ho
Jgood people of tn* com uonwealtn ire ati i di
ed to th • Uui hi, and cherish it with their fond
o-t wish**. •he coloihz Ilion of their ances
tors t i inis western w >rld wis generiliy from
he sam* co m'rv, at the sa n i u n*, a id iHo
d iced ay t>e sain? cause. i'ney alike groan
ed u ‘der in oppression which re.»r*ssed iheir
growm, and cnecked ill nr prosperity; they
fought and bled t.i ifie sam Hatties, tn defence
of the same rights, and smee experienced wuh
unex i opted hirmouy and unanimi y, a varie
ty of interestmg oc« urr mens, w hcli a Irno u*h
tuein, they still are and o igh< to remain for
•ver united.”
" I’he general a*«emblv and the good people
of this co n n i.tw e din • ive a q mted them
selves to th ir consciences ai d ;«» their brem
r<-n in Am*nca, in support of a cause which
lhev deem a national one, by the stand which
tbrv made and ttie sentiinenis they expressed
of those acts d' ilie general government; but
they tiav* looked for a change tn that respect,
to a change in the p ibhc opinion, which ought
to be free. Not to measurers of violence, dis
cord, and disunion which they abhor ”
Il nullification by a single Stale was a con
■.iitutional and peaceable rem -dy for infrac
tions of the constitution, as coniended or un
der tfie authority of (nose resolutions, where
was the necessity of a protest f Where was
the necessity of an appeal io the other Slates
tor a concurr uiee of opinion in declaring the
uiiconsiitutioiiality of the acts complained of?
Wnv did not Vi'gmia keep Cailenuer one ol
her own citiza.is, io n s iff r ig otifinemenl,
in the walls ol a prison in her own capital, un
der the sanction of the sedition law if she did
really u ilhfy? Why did no: Virginia arrest
Hie progress of the evil within her limi s? I
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is well known that Callender, the i idivid rat
in whoa- i .vor those rembitious was intended
to benefit, was suffered io remain in .>r;son
' un >i vli J fferson -amo into Uli -e, when ex
ercismg u power emru- ed omm v the con
sniuinm, wun vhich null fi<*at<on hid nothing
to do, granted a pard >n, and Callmid*r wis
accordingly released frmn his prison, and th
alien and sedition laws, the constitutionality
jot which had been so often corn >1 lined of m
those r.’soiuh his. were suffered to expire, bv
their own limiiaimiis. We vow see m our
i own county me formation of a poLn. al asso
ciation i »r the very same »bje t, declaring for
the sep ira - aufh »rny and acii-m of each S a>e,
igauisi any and -very measure of me general
government. W<? have seen n the in mifesto
io' his a-sor-tati'Hi, aub irge of u- rpaii.m upon ;
toe ngh a ot tne States, aPh me is ir-s tend.rm
to the. overthrow of the republican insti.uiioas, |
and the es'ao'ts ,n mt ol a consolidated des
potism upon us rmns; ihe barrn rs of the Cort- ■
>ti >tiun|bruken down and trampled <md-r f mi’
and me doctrine of consolidation as-,, ned and
' promulgated; the President created a military j
dictator and < .vested wi i m.- public swoid.
i lhe Pieside >t is like vise co irgml wim y.o
■ lently and law|es--ly seizmg upon me piioli*-
p irse, and his com e .tra e.j wphin himself
t ie mrea separaie d-pir.incuts of the go.eru-
I melt).
But where are the over' acts of those
■ •barges ' v\ h«*re shad we look for 'hr .tct ! ■
ot usurpatio i u mti tueng'i sot he States ?
Where snail >ve fi id (tie ict le >di ig <o me .
>v-rt row ot ( (| - re übhcari instil itiou ? t
W oat barriers of the constp iiiou nave p-en
•r >aen down iud trampled under t»»ot ? P un! i
to he particular wrt mg, or of a iy paper r
•t ue federal efecuitve mat assrr's and e i
••urages the d ..on ie ofc ■ isohdit on ? By ,
W .!<•! Ol t.„. n,. , r ,( goveru ne.it til- fi- j
Pi *mant ueea crea ed a rmhia.-v di f I
Kiid how has he mvesu*d mmseb v.rh the
pi die sword? Wien and where dd he | a
President violently and lawlessly seize upun U
the public purse, find exorcise the functions ot
the three departments of the government ? I'
is due to candor, it is due to your constituents
as y<»u have taken upon yourselves to instruct
It em in political matter, that you should deal
plainly with them >md afford them every facili
ty of correct and mstruc'ive information, th a*
the people whom you address tnav judge for
themselves, if all, or any part of what yon
have said, be true. If these alleged charges
are not preven wi'h suffi ient authoritative
evidence, it will be most clear that this asso
ciation depends more for success in prosely
ing to their •ause upon high sounding malig
nant word *, than the proof of acts. C targes
of tyrannical oppression, usurper of the sword
land 'he purse, and many others of the same
character, are easily made, and ire used to
gratify the malignant passions of the day, and
are taken by many as the only evidence of the
fact, and those who are anxious to acquire
power, very often charge those in possession
of authority, with usiirpa'i on, tyranny, op
pression, and misr de of every kind. It is
alleged by this association that the Pmsidnu'
I j '.as be hi mv.«st,.d with military dictator! d
! p >werg No .| ig is m »r<« tinirti". The al
tusinn is mtde io the act of Congress lo eu
force t e <• Election of the revenue of the
, goverum ’it —it is better known by the nulli
fieis as |he bloody lull—b it a more nalp ib! ■
• misnomer it is impossible for the human mind
r to conceive, unless a bdl to repeal or repel
force, and guard igainsl the shedding of blood
‘ in scenes of civil strife, be ealh-d a bloody
- full. How many of those who hav ■ permit-
- ted themselves to be alarmed at this new cog
i no nen ot the nullifiers have taken the trouble
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examine for themselves and see what i* u>
the bill that has created the President a inti
( try diet nor and invested him Mth the pub
he sword ? Manv of them will find upon r-x
--iini'iation, it pr >j idice is not ton d*ep rooted,
t i it force on ilie par' of the general govern
ment is the least feature of this force bill, a*
it is called by many. The mam body of the
bill consists of fiscal and j idi ial provisi ms
intended to counteract the unconstitiit ionnj
devices of nullification, to prevent the cdlec
non of the revenue There are one or two
section* of • hi* bill that authorizes th? g >v?rn
•n*nl, if an attempt should lie mad" b force
hi rescue goods from the custom,house ’ffi -er,
or Io obstruct bv force, the due execution if
the reven te laws, in such cases to repel force
by force, if it sh mid be necessary, but strict
lv limning the emnloyment of force, bv the
President to defensive purposes. If n dlifica
lion is nnconstitiitional. the act for the •• ille*-
tion of the revenue .'annot he condemned; th*
issue is mule up between nalhfication on th?
one hand , and the constiiii'ional powers
of the government on the other. South Car
dtna, one of the confederate State* had d ~
•lin’d that the revenue law* oft'ie United
States -hoold m»i be execu'ed wi'iiin her hm
ns, and placed the whole military force of th"
State at ’th* disposal of th* Governor to s is
lain her ordinance. I* eann it lit* m * ind *r
stood that the act of Congress to enforce th*
collection of th? revenue was aimed a' the
South Carolina ordinance, for no other Si He
had the daring effrontery to obstru -f 'he exe
cution of the laws of the general govern
ment: a State always found in the ranks of
federal principles, and a true disciple of the
Hartford Convention; for in that memorable
struggle between federalism & republicanism
which brought the reoiibltcan doctrines into
power, South Carolina was found struggling
with the federalists She has been the pri
mary ad 'orate of the nrotective system—can
she then be considered as correct authority
for any principle ? South Carolina not only
abrogated the laws of the United States, but
the vital power of the government was ex
pi directly denied If under these
Circumstances th? United States had folded
their arms and made no efficient provision for
the execution of the law, would it tint have
been a surrender of the powers of the govern
ment, arid a complete triumph for the doctrine
of nullification ? But it was said, th i’ the
la vs nullified were un< onshuitional, and fur
hat reason ought not to b- carried info effe-t.
Without entering into that disputed point a'
this tune, it will he suffi -ieni to remark that
the objec ion is founded in mistake in point of
'act. The laws nullified v< r- the whole re
venue lavs of the Um ed Stales. “Oougress
shall have p >wer,” says the coristimtion, “io
lav and collect taxes, duties, imposts,” &■•.
I f under this clause of the •ims'itu’ion Con
gress is an tw.rised ’o lay duties on importa
tr >n-, she iias sing u - ime ejanse
i collect them, he ah >ve r| inse b ung one
of -he etmmerat -d powers of Congress. it is
further dei lared bv that instr •ne it, that
‘ Congress shall have power >o tn ke ill ’ a »s
j which shall be necessary and proper for ar
rvitig into execution the foregoing powers."
\nd it is further declared by that instrument,
. •‘that the President shall lake- are that Hi
Jaws be faithfully executed.” Here then
rests the matter, if the Union is to he preserv
ed, i’s laws whtLt unreyealed, must be exe
cuted, eqnallv and niformlv ex<* uHnd, if th-v
ate not executed in every Siam they should f >e
executed Hl n Hie. But why cavd about ihw
force mH, when its bloody features vanish up
on me rise <>) ihe present Congress !
Ihe President has been charged by the
s. lie Itighis P -rfy o’ having V.oliuillv and
l.iwl-s-ly s. ized tpori the pubj.c purse; bm h „
specific charge is brought to view, but insinu
ating that ihe whole revenue of ihe govern 1
mcni his '.-•en seized m m, sword m hand, oy
th** Pres d' ii and used for hi-'otvn bericfi .
i .'ns tmld assertion is whoil untrue, and r
is a- ■■ I to fi ive eff- t upon those who are n>: 1
'•o iv-rs ,nt anh the 'rorer dnit's of the gei)e
il t’ >veirini-:if. I f,n bold l iiiguag •is 'ike
vis- u*.-u m ire to -ast an odium u.mn the '
i’ ••■ J *ni, eximetmg hereby to giui pr.>-,..
.v es tc their cause, than to inform tie judg-■
■ nent. it is n<>t difii - ulf to perceive that an
-idusmn is m<Je to th- removal of the public j
depositee from the Uutied Slates’ Bank, and ■
for the information of those who have not seen
the authority for 'he removal of the deoosites,
we will in-ert that section of the Bank charter,
whie.fi aulb irtzes the deposits, with the au
' lonty of remiv il. The 16th section of the
United States’ Banti charter, reads, that
•• I’he dep'sites of the money of the Unit’d
States io places in which the said bank end
iiram hes thereof may be established, shall
•m made i’ said hank or branches thereof, un
less the Secretary of lhe fr-n-ury shall nt
any time otherwise order and direct, in which
case the Secretary of the Trea-ury shall im
mediately lav before congress, if m session,
nd if not, immedia.elv after the commence
nent of lhe next se<s.on, the reason for such
order and direction.” By this section the
Bank of the Untied States is made the depo
sitory of ilte |>*ihlic m<mev, until the Secreta
ry of the rreasurv ana I daeet other visa; so
long as that section remains unrepealed, lhe
deposites are beyond the control of Congress,
except bv appropriations, and cannot be drawn
but by some a onority fr >m the rroasurv De
nariment. The President being the head of
h • Executive Dap.»riment, and lhe Secretary
•f iuh I'r* a-uiy iiei ig one of the subordinate
t’mictiansries ol hut Doan merit, it 18 ronced
> (i that he had a right to eoivrol 'll# action of
the Sccretarv of the Treasury in the removal
oftho-m d iposues. The rignt exarcised by
I he Pr-sid'Ot m the removal of the late
I creiarv of the Treasury, is sosecotibJe of very
I strong proof; for if Mr. Duane's removal had
; been unlawful, and with authority to do so,
Mr. I) iane and his friends would have heed
found c filing up m the judicial tribunals of’hq
• government io restore him to his lost office,
1i•• I I •
ind hi* i qurcd reputation so much complain
ed of The restoration of Mr. Duane would
nave placed th? President in the wrong, and
the friends of the ex-secretary would have
-eized upon the occasion with great avidity,
as one step inward* putting down theadtnira
ti ci. Suffice it 'o say that the President in
accordance with the power entr isied to him,
in Hie removal of Mr. D lane; and the Secre
' irv of the fieasury ha* acted in accordance
vvith the authority ol law in th? removal of
•he d' po*it*s. Wii Heyer tnav be the pecu
niary emb ira-sments of the country, it cannot
be sol ly attributable to the removal of the
dep'ist'es, for the capital of the country is not
diminished, but distnb ited to the different lo
cd bank* selected for the ’•overrun ml depots*
i es. and equally safe. O zertr idmg. duty on
bonds falling due al the nine and cash duty
for fresh importations greail* increased the
demand for money; ih? curtailment of the
i-sues of the B ink of the United States, the
■ailing in of its loan*, and a varietv of other
occurrences of which there is no adequate
neans of j idgmg. all have had a tendency to
• tirod'i e emii.irrassmmit in th? commer ial
concerns ol me country. V>d hi u th* Umt-
• d States Bank seizing upon the removal of
■ the deposit ns for a pretext, has had the great-
e*t agency to produce Hus embarrassment hy
i nfusmg to extend its aid and forbearance in
• common with the local banks to a suffering
people, and thereby expecting dial the cry of
d -tress would lor. ea recbarter of the bank.
In further reference to the preamble and
• resolutions of lilts S'ate Rights Association,
i it will be so md in he second resolution, the
• wolf clothed in the wool of the sheep] In
that resolution they profess to inculcate (he
doctr.ne of those resolutions of’9B and ’93,
i icforo referred to—they profess likewise to
m tmtam and support the constitution, the
rights and remedies of the States, and the
i constitutional union of the States; hm do they
expl no to the peopl* wuat they consider to be
•he irm con-tr'ietion and meaning of thoao
Virginia and Kentucky resobitiona to which
they rele as the foundation of their political
■ creed, and how Vn um.i and Kentucky acted
I 11 reference !o them af'i-r (heir adoption?
D ’ they tell you wh H constitution they owe
primary support? Do ihey tell you what is
• the rights and remedies of lim States to which
Hiey promise suppoit, and how lhev intend in
i r •» mnv io
I! apply those remedies? And do they tell you
r how 'hey can exercise the now-r of an midi*
. vid-d sever-ignty by decl tring an act of Con
i gress 'inconsiiiufion d, and enforcing that de- '
t < I trafion within the limits of a single State,
I and yei sustain the coystimminal union >fihe
- Slates? If we look to their preamble to find
s OU what l ey |jrrofess, we see nothing thete .
> defim e: nothing but halfsufl -d sentences, as
if they were afraid to let their views u O known.
- , P rh ips if we turn our attention to the public
j address of the St ite High. Association of
| Georgia, form, d -n Mdle.lg. yilk,, j,, X<ivem-
■ b-r lis , we shall find their confession of fai h.
II Th »t address to me p tftlic c!a:m-> me em Jre
i -oven ipi'V a id independence of each State
< and ihe Lincoln Slate Right party profits to
be a branch of th f general associattun,' from
’ i which we arrive at the coneltision fhaf the lat
' " r maintains the doctrine of nullification,
vii'-h claim the unshorn •'over-ign:v of the
i ; Siaies —if this be their doctrine they have but
little attachment to the Union of ihe States.
Let us beware of our political opponents,
I W Hi U id'T the linin'! of State |{ ghts As-oria’
'I hi, firmed within our own bord ra. daim to
■ ’e ihe o lv advocates of republii anism and lhe
rights of their fellow citizens, but ,re fore
mos m im losing restrictions on the liberties
ami consciences of m in. These are the ad
v'.i ales of ronstitutrnnal and peace able reme
dies. the ordinance an I the test oath These
pire th,, advm am.s of liberty, who under the
name of state right, would d'-tia ionise the
freemen a d destroy our hapuy Umon. For
we fell you, !.<• (iot • ereived, >y that keen
.sen-iluhty of f-lm *, W r,ich is feb bv every
warm !i-iri.d republican, at the sound .f the
w.i dhmr .; lo.ik fto-n ' hence ( h o SI „ J | j , }r(| .
eeeds; if the fount mi mj ||( j re t{)M MtlP , lrn
must partake its nature. f., r m :h< name
>! briefly, the most horrd crimes have bm»u
'committed mat ever blackert dhe p. t / e s of
j mst iry. B n m (he ni n- >f hour.y our fa
thers achieved a glorious independence.
Notwiihitanding ibe many coinplatuts of op. -