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Ari assum'd i _*n at Bath reminds me of P in
d >r.*s box unopened— it hofus lixe “tils Which
flush hetr to,’’ yet it holds hip ?.
About twelve miles beyond Carnesville, in
Franklin county, you first, upon a .sudden turn •
of the road, see the Curraiieu. It lakes toe
vision by surprise, rising abruptly up, high in ■
mountain majesty. It stands alone, regal in j
its swiy o’er the lowlands —lt has no partner:
in the empire, whic . nature has all >ited it, h i: j
is lonely and lordly in Hs rule. You are a
mo mtaineer by birth, yet I assure you, the first ;
view of the Corrahee would fix, even your eye ;
in long and lingering contempt ition. !i isaj
n’t ‘untain sh tfr, springing, as it by m igi-, fi cn ■
the very 'rise .j of the pl lit), and li|e
heavens. Its singleness, b-*‘.2pil, and conic ’
regularity of shape, united, render it an object i
of surpassing beauty. I hns not amplitude;
nor elevation tough to m ike H sublime. Lit
were cast among the giant race of the Andes
or Catskill, it would scarcely attract the eye
for a moment; notwithstanding, fro-.r, fig actual
relations with the surrounding country, it must •
ever delight the b bolder ; albeit, his infant I
eye-, have, opened np-’m the cloud-clad peaks
Al»*»r ?r~tmmu i- n’c<’-si-
ble. yet pot Aitfiout toil When alta.. d, the
proapse* opens to the north, upon a sweeping,-
amphnheatric range of hills, winch, skirting |
the Sta **s of North Carolina and Georgia, i
seem to have been marshalled there, the ad- >
vince guard of the Alleghany. Some are dig- i
tiified in their position, and peerless in altitude >
—the captains <>f the host. Others, content ;
with medium elevations, are subordinate in j
command ; whilst the many, although moon j
tains still, make no the rank and file of nature’s,
ban dm. Southward you gaze upon an alter •
cd scene—smooth, illimitable, and gently tin
d ilating, is spread out before you the Georgia ;
lowlands. Above you is an expansive heaven,
whose arches appear Io rest upon the deep i
below, in quiet beauty, sleeps a vast area of
forest surface, Yon s and pinnacled, as it j
would seem, between earth in arms and ocean ;
at rest.
1 think it is seven miles northeast from the,
Currahee, to the tails of Tuccoa. About six
of these seven are passed over an unfrequented
ridge road, exhibiting scarcely a vestige of liu
man culture. Within one mde of the falls you I
meet with Toccoa creek, bounding onward in
i’s joyous to arse, apparently happy in its es
cape from the hills. In ns meandering it forms
a picturesque and most enchanting valley; not
so famed, vet quite as lovely as the fabled j
Tempo. It its c riainly destined to become
classic. 1 see n ■ reason w y ihe Graces, the'
Muses, a id the L ives too, should not make i
tin- their favored retreat Surely, the very!
genius of poesy lives in the v illey of I urcoa,
mi lif there is aigit of |»v ns p >ets sing, in
first, fondest, tendercst love, it is to bo found
nrnid-t its verdmt shades. It was autumn j
when 1 saw Ta m.i.i. and never before had 1
iciibz 'J the v irietv md richness of autumnal!
forest coloring;—gr ten, living green, the
ground voi k, and around and with it was woven
and mingled the rainbow’s brilliant variety.
But the srtc iin itself looked Cool as the foiin- !
tains of Cashmere, and limpid like affections!
eye. You may read upon its face its billy.,
health!’il genealogy, and know by its air ethe-I
lial, that it belongs not to the ordinary race of
waters, hot el ii ns for Hself a high descent.
Wuenco ca ne thesis pr uty wa’ers. sporting
I ke iafan* innocence in the sunbeam? —they
C < >•' fr un turn a'b he deep foundations of
t in'll’s eternal graiipe. Their parent fouti
I nib r 'St; sealed, ceutr .1, tn the caverns of the
fnnuotaiij. It was rnel luclioly to reflect, that
verv soon lliu-u sparkling waters would lose
she f beauty tn -rged in the m i Idv waves of the
‘mvann ih. S .Hi, such. II .o iglit, is th > des
tiny of all that’s lovely of earth. Ym I also
f>h, that theii de-liuauon was the O-ean; ihcTf
a 'II I Io meet ’hi* sun in his power, and puri
fied and perfect, io n-.- f<• med, into mi 1
h>’■ ven, the of the If a iment. IL.wlike
t fl’eting beauty of hum i m’y, wine i lades
t . tomb, but to rise ami assume the untold
s ! nd >rs of mi no. mluv.
I'lie creek. al iis ordinary fuh'ncas, whose,
s’reim forms th” rascal”, nnv l>” ov.«r) aped :
h inactive hin s n an. \\ n>-n the fdis are,
p ■ d om, ihe e V(! searches the sinn ending
h ie in v tin fur its object. II ! g ‘**r< and
Irjher, and vet higher, l<nsn the view, a id s >. e
.. , . I’l. burs’ing out, is it were tr • n inn >
Ila igle o’ the hr iveijs, t t »v iters it I <t< ■
c nect he eve Y >nr fif'i i upr ssion is
I * a »f a sin ill bod v ot w iter rd tra i ,
ant rij>nin.'4«, m mr ™• .w i- ■-
Dim .si ai I :t ?»est verge. of the ‘mi./ >->; which ‘
Wid'oing, Ji’tering aid sii e uic i » d > a twirls,
is lost in sprav al your feet. I sue I of,
water fills perpend’.e d irlv, over an ininT.’i
b<> l> of stone, wiin ii appeirs m -a m « i.-.g v
Cion »’•> nos nature, to n ive beeii t>r i !
tana du Iv asunder. What has become of the
lower h ill - does not ®P» ,e ,r ? ~ne ! ' un -» though, ;
is manifesi; it mwa 7 ‘»J- T< ’ m,nd
is, ih mgli not th ' avis- intc.'’*3< ,n ««j’ et die most ,
cm ions of the fuels connt-.’ed *’‘h these falls.
The high t'r rit of rock which r». n ‘tn*. un
surprised at its ovu loneliness, is broad an
Hombre in o- aape< i; yet its ftce is « ! 'td in
robes of virgin w nuene'S, forth” I dLrW
stresni, like he.a ven’’you iji seraph, lurjins ■
to ih<* apostate son of the morning,” throws
over it its s rowy covering. The water, re
d teed to spray, full* into a wum, it is
said, unfniiroiiaiiiv deep, bv the attrition ot
sges. As me son *ns course, passi-s |ro>n ,
east, west wod v, m- r♦' s pa:nt upon me *ceue
tiie culms of heaven’s covenant arrh ; diverse
in shape, forever s’b' inj its Io a ion. yet al
way s in its henit’n mt beautv, u '< ri >g " >e ni di
scs and « onti'm ng th' promises a t,od.
I’arvv. or sup rsti:ion. or ii »t , i v,: |H‘«Hded
lb’s r onanttc glen, with fairies a id meo <»t o d
a-m>es4. vpornve. prrt’v sprites. And tra
d”mn relates that tho geno of the r »ek. hold
h« re their a>rv carousals, and dance, by in »>>a
!•(» il» t” l’«e ni'isic at ta« fl »wi ig stream- Be
all thi* is it tmy, vet indviy tn me I icon
ro.k u a circular aperture, ’.‘.rec feet ir
diameter, by whom made an i wlfitfier L I • uh
I cannot tell. • iXatore, p . t p , de.
signed to puzzle fouls and mislead ...nilosophv
Seen from above, the fails them elves are bv
no means striking—the chasm wi.ieii opens be
low you, so deep aim wide and precipitous, in
spires terror. i could not fail to shudder a'
the idea of that convulsion, whi *h split tn twai';
the solid mountain, and dug so vast a »■-
in the very heart of adamantine re (C Fnim
below, I’n-eoa ls simply be”, WOtl | d
to a fanciful . p .»
( , j( . w, to be one of tm
-Micnins o t ie, fimag out unwittingly bom the
oO‘Vpr*j x ■ i
*■ ot t'arau’se, and hastening back again
• a vapor, to ps native iit-av- n.
1 have yet to write of I’allulah, but for the
present, farewell. Yours,
BEX fON’S
IN SENA L’E.
Monday, Jane IG, 1831.
Mr. Clay’s resolution calling for the state of
the revenue, aid com .irative statements
sh<» ving Iher 11 ive am lunts .f r-v mle ae
ermng in i h fi ,- si quarter of 1833 me fi
q iir '-r •• 1834.
The Vice Pr-sui/nt eommunicated the re
port of the Secretary of trie Treasury contai i
ing the info.-.n oi >n called for.
The Secretary of the Senate commenced the
readmg of it.
Mr. Webster moved to dispense with the
readmg, and referred it to the Committee on
Finance.
Mr. Benton demanded the reading.
Tlte Secretary of tue Senate resumed the
reading, and <■ unpleted it.
Mr. Webster moved o ref'T. and print it.
Mr. Benton ios *, m l said tbit this report
was of a nature ’o deserve some attention, be
fore it left tile chamber oi die Senate, and went
to a committee, from which u mi£bfenot re
turn tn tune for consideration at this session
It ti id o call "d tor mid r ci c .instances
wiiieu attracted attention, and disclosed i ifor
mation which deserved io be known. It was
ealh d for eany in May, in the crisis o f the
alarmoperati ins, and with confident assertions
th it the answer to the < all would prove 'he dis
tress and the suffiring ot the country. It was
confiden'ly asserted that 'tie Secretary of 'tie
Treasury nad over-estimated the revenues of
the year; tlia there would be a great falling
off, —a dt < line, —a bankruptcy; that coufi
deuce was destroyed, —enlerpri'e checked,—
industry paralyzed,—comm rco suspended !
that the direful irt <> >is nm, to one dire <»r—
der, hid changed me face ol t ue country, from
a scene of u.io i. albded prosperity to a scene
of unparalleled des.da too ! Th it the canal
wis a solitude, the lake a des rt ,v isf<- o' v i
ters, me ocean w thout ships, the com meriai
towns deser.ed, silent and sad; orders for goods
countermanded, tormg;i p irehases stopped!
and mat the answer of ttio Secretary would
prove all m.s, in snowing the fal-u y of his own
estim i es, and the gieat decline in the reve
nue ind importations ot the country. Such
were the issermins and prediction', under
which the call was tn ide, ind to which die pun
lie intention was aaracted by every device of
theatrical d<-< lam it ton from this door. 'Veil,
'he answer comes Fue Secretary sends i
his repo*" , with every st item .ml called lor. It
is a report to make the piinoi’s heart rejoice !
full of high and gratifying tacts; lepletn w. Ii j
rich inlormition; and pregnant with »*vde » • • t
■of national prosperity. down it received
: how received by 'h ise wm> called fir i I »Vi ti
downc isi look', and wordless tongues ’ \
: mo'imi is even made t<» slop the reading! to
! slop the reading ot such a rep >ri !<■ died for
under such circumstances! woiie whole divs
ir ■ given up to re idmg the m mot mous, tau
to o_o I', and endless repetitious, of distress
' m *m > i us, <he echo ol our own speeches, md
1 the thousand u edi ion of the sain w >rk. with
out amendment *r correction ! kit these can
be read, a id printed too, and ! i ided with stu
’ J ed tuiogium, md mmr Cornell's sent out to
die people t’rcimied upon every wind ; but this
i official report of mo S<*ere ary ot’ tne Fr**.»surv
upon tne s’ im of tneir own revenues, and of
th’-ii own commerce, called for by an order o'
i io Senate, is to be seated like an nnwol'ome
and worthless imr ider ; received without a
v>>rd, —not oven read,—supp’d out upon a
m > m>, —dispo-ed of, as me Vibe Sieves v »
,> d |'.r ilu* il ill ol L mis the S x mb, morf
s, is p/i ■»«<• / de im, wiva »ut l ilk ! Bit i>- Mr.
B. d d io! ne mm ■* ‘if ih‘s repo, i.o be des
pacified m mis iinrere m mm s and comp -ti It
style. It hid »ec(i tided f>r io oe given
*Io t it* pc •>*.i i I hm »ple sio HJ hear of if.
|i wis<i • . ■it wi s expected, nut it is what
is true, and vb *.! will rej nee the ne in of ev -*y
1 pHri.H m Am.-rica. A pn wa> dug for Mr
Timer ; the diggers of ihe pit have fallen into
t ? ; the fault is not ms; and tire s inner they
clamber ou', the better for thetns-Ives. Ftie
people have a rigot to kimw mt* contents of
this report, and know them they shall; and il
there is anv man in \m- ric i whoae ne ,ri is s >
constructed is to grieve over me prosperity of
■ his country, let him propate bmsdl fur sor
row; for the pro »f is mribeommg, that n *ver,
I store nur America bvl a place a noug n uions,
was the prosperity ofliie country equal lo what
;s at this day !
t» ~ ... requested the Secretary of tae
.i r. *. ■ ,
_ .1 t ie i ’port. and com ■ ira iv-
Senate ms. *- ’■ ~
m»i iy •* me. «!r. i>. op.*n l m
st dement,w Hi..l U ' -
.. . me . c iils <>l Hto snow
report, ind went ove. *
' r.s* In u'u v ii id n>i
•fiat the becmiarv »d t- '- */ "
..v resmna ed lite revenue m tm* yr *4 l ,:,! 1 '
rm t> iv wasmfiCi. superior m lnee.‘“ n ‘" '
i and that the impor a m.s wo dd . q tai, n °’
exceed, t’oe n.guest i.n u.il tiia. m y hid eve.
attuned.
r*» appecii-e the statements which h<*
should maKe, Mr. B- said it w is ne«*ess try ! ir
■ ! Ihe Sett lie to recollect t.iai me list ( ,f delta -ie
ir’rHes was now *rei!lv" reduced. Many ar
il, les Were now free ot diHv. which twinierly
■ pud Heavy dai e- ma iy o h rs were red »ceu
’ in d'l’v; nd the for < fleet, ot the»e a!i-tii'i"iH
> f m.d reductions would oe a uttumul. ii*- o. *u
f "hmie eVen wiihouf a diminution or imports;'
I et the Sucre'ary’sestimate, m ideal the com
mencement of the session, was more than re
ii z d, and showed the gratifying spectacle of
i lull and overfl .wing Treasury, instead of the
■m:>ty p’oe which predicted; and left
’ Congress the grateful occupation of further
.reducing taxes, instead of the odious task of
j borrowing money, as had been so loudly ari
[licip.ted for six mon.hs past The revenue
! -Tccrwiftg from imports in the first quarter of
.ue prisent year, was 5 341540 dollars; the
f payments ac.uallv male i .to Pie Treasmy
’ from the C i-tom Ho nes for tiiesame q .arter,
; was 4.135.35 G dollars; and 'he paym mts from
! lands for the same time, was 1,395,20 G dollars.
I The two first mun'hs of the second quarter
were producing in a fill ratio to the firs q ir
'er; and the ae:.i il a u> im of available funds
in the Treasury on the 9 a day of this month,
was ELEVEN MILLIONS,' TWO HUN
DRED AND FORTY NINE THOUS AND
FOUR HUNDRED AND TWELVE
DO ,L tRS Tim two las’ quar ers d the
v-*ar were always most productive It *vns the
time of - the largest impoi lauons of foreign
■' > >d< which piv uost d uy—’he woollens
r d (lie season ils > f’>r ihe largest sales -»f put»-
ii-* I ; ils : it is well b jlieved i .i* the es <iu lie
w.ll be more largely exceeded m .hose two
quarters tn an m t le tw » first ; and ih t’X
■‘■ss f.r t le wool i yoir ov.iy the estimate, will
be lull two millions of d .liars. Tais, Mr. B.
said, was one of the evidences of pilt»?« ! pros
perity which the report contained; and which
utterly contradicted the idea of distress' .mid
commercial embarrassment wnich hid ht?eu
propagated, from the Chamber, for the lasi six
months.
Mr. B. proceeded to the next evidence of
commercial prosperityit was in he iner ased
in lortatims of foreign goods. These imports,
(edging from the five firs months, would be !
seven millions more than they were two years
ag », when me Bank of th'* Unt'ed S res had
seventy millions launed out; and they w *re
weary millions more than in the time of Mr.
\d ns’ adm.nistiation. A the ra'e they had
commenced, they would am .out io one hun
dred an f ten millions for the year. This will
exceed wh .tever wis known in our country.
The irn torts, for ihe nine mat P esident J .ck
son h 's served, have regularly adv nice 1 from
about 71 millions to 108 millions. Tue fol
lowing .s 'he st ite.nent »f th 'se imports, from
which M. B. read:
1829 - - $74,192 5?7
IS3O - - 70 S7S J2O
1831 - - 103 1)1 121
18 <2 - - 101,029 136
1833 - - 108 118 311*
M B said’hat the imports of ie I isi year
were gre net mpr >p.ir.m i, .nmiu any pre
vious year; a temper try decline night reason
ably have been expected ; such declines always
take place after excessive irnportaiions. If it
hid occurred now, tlmugh naturally to have
been expected, the fact would have been trum
peted for'h is the< mfdh’il ■ sign he proof
DOSltlV'* —if coi'in* 111 d'S '-s >.*ctsi met
by ine fa.al r-■n‘V'i»> : h• d a >sues. Bi , a
there was no decline, but, on the con rarypin
actual increase, he mast claim 'he evidence
for the oiher’Side of the account; aril set it
down as p*oof p isitive, th it commerce is n»i
destroyed; ml cmlseq ien ly, til il tie re nova)
•f the deposites did not destroy commerce.
The next evidence of commercial prosperity
which \I . B w rid x.itoti mme Senile, was
in the increased and number of ar
I' iv ils from foreign par’s. The on nir of ir
■ rivals for the month o 4.v, in V■ w Y rk, wi3
1223, exceeding bv 3d muse ot the month of
Ypr 1, md sh *wtng n >t only a grea , b it an in
creasmx am.vt ytn the Commerce of ihai great
emporiu n—he would not say of the United
S. ites, oi even of N »rih America—but he
wml I call H that great f’inp >r mil <»f the two
\ n oicas.and >l’tie N w vV .rid; for the goods
imp >r ed 'o th u place were thence distributed
to every part of the two Americas, from the
Cma !i in I kes to Cape Horn.
A nurd evidence of ua ural prosperity was
in t'ue sales of the pu’ili'* lands. Mr- B had,
on a for nei occasion, advened to these sales,
so tar as the first q u tei.WiS concerned; and
! had shown that ins.ead of falling off, as had
be>*n ir -diet 'd on this tlo >r, the revenue from
tim sales »f Hies-' lands ii.id actually doubled,
an t n »r>* th m d » i >led, wh it hey w<*re in the
firs, qi u ter of 1M33. rie receipts for lands,
for nit quiri.-r. were. $668,526; lor the fi st I
. q i i'iei of Ihe present year ney w rw, $1 398,-'
296; being tw > to one, and 860 OdO over ! )
J L ite receipts for me two first mon'hs of th“
second quarter, were also known, and would
carry me revenue tr im lands ior the firs, five
inmitiS ot ti s y ar, io tw » millions of dollars;
mcludmg five millions lor me whole yeai; an ;
euirmous amount, from which the People of I
• tie new States ought to be, in some dejn e,
relieved, by a red iction in the puce ot i nds.
Hr. B. begged, in the most emphatic terms,
to remind ihe Semi e, mat at the commcrice
m> n of t ,e session, the sales of the public
I mds were selected as <mc of ihe criterimis by
winch tie rum and desolation of the country
w«s to be judged. I wis then predicted, and
the pred" ii'in put forth with all tne boldness
it nit di ble propneev, mat the removal ol de
posites would slop ine sales of ihe public lands;
ih it money would disappea> ; and the P ople
it <ve nothing to bay wi n ; ma’ tne produce of
me eerth would tot upon ih** hands ot the far
mer. These w>T'* me pr-*dn ions; and il he
s.ih-s hid ieallv declined, what a proof would
mi'ir dritelv to f. mid m liie tact l»» prove 'he
truth of tie prophecy, and she d re effects ol
’ <h ngmg tiie public moneys from one set of
i b..«ukm_* houses (©another! But there is no
t s' but a doubling <»( me t< r nei product;
am. a f* :r conclusion ilieuce deduced that the
it w »t i es, m the interior, are as prosperous as
| the old ones, on tne sea coast.
il vmg proved me general prosperity of the
couu’ry t ' m hese infallible dais : fl mrishing
r.-venu - —flunnshmgcommercf —rnrreased ar
' rivals of sh’?B—at;d increased sales oi public (
lands, Mr R. said that he was far from denv
iug that actual distress had existed. He had
admitted the fact of that distress heretofore,
not to the extent to which it was charged, but
to a sufficient extent io excite sympathy for the
sufferers; and he had distinctly charged the
whole distress that did exist to th Bank of the
Uni ed States, and the Senate of the United
States—to the screw and pressure operations
of the B ink, and the ala rn speeches in the
Senate. He had made his .huge; and made
il under a full sense ofthe moral responsibility
which he owed io the People, in affirming any
thing frmn this elevated theatre. He had,there
fore, <rjven his proofs to accump my the ch uge;
and he had now to say to the Senate, and
through the Senate to the People, that he found
new proofs for that charge in the detailed staie
ineiits of tiie accruing revenue, which had been
called for by the Senate, and furnished by the
Secretary of the Treasury.—Mr. B. said he
must be pardoned for repeating his request to
me Senate, to recollect how often they had
b'*en told 'hat trade was paralyzed; (hat orders
so. foreign goods were countermanded; that (he
importing cities were the pictures < I desolation;
.lieu s ip- idle; theii whaives deserted; ihei.r
mariners w-mueriug up and down. Now, s.id
i M.- 8., Hi . > »kuig over the detail d state.mill
J of the accruing revenue, it was found that there
was nu> decline of commerce, except . M ■ -
where iie policy an power ofil.e United States
, Bank was predmnmaut! Where that powei
or policy was predominant, revenue declined :
where it w <s not predominant, or ihe policy of
tie Bmk, not c-xerted, he revenue increased,
and increased sirs( enough to make up ihe de
ficiency at the other fibres. Vlr. B. proceed
eu to verify this s a emc-fi! by a reference to
speeffied places. Tuns, al P Jadelpllia, wheie
the Bat?k holds Us seat ofempirP? bhe reve
nue fell off ibout out-tiiud; it was 797 316
dollars for the first qu uter of 1833, >ud only
542,498 for i*be fii->t quarter ot 1834. At
New York, where the bmk has not been able
to get the upjei band, there was an increase
of more than $l2O 000; the revenue there for
the first quarter of 1833, was $3,122,166; for
the first 0i’1534, it was 249,786. A< Bos
ton, where ihe Bank is aga-m predominant, Hie
revenue fell off about one-third ; at Salem
(Miss) it tell off four-fillhS. Al Baltimore,
wuere ihe Bank nas been defeated, there was
ia UKToase in itie revenue ol uore than $70,-
000 ; i Riemnond, Hie .evetiue was doubled,
bom $12,034 to $23,810; at Ch irleslon, it
wis increased tram to 102,810; at
Piiersmirg, u was siigutly iticreased; and
Hironguout all the region S. of me Potomac,
here was eutier an mcie .se, or the slight tail
ing ts vuic.u mgm resul. f <>m diminish'd du-
ies wnm'ut dim.nistied imperial ions.— di. D
said ie an *w mat B ink power was pied mu i
in io some ot Hie vines io me booth; bo n
anew, also, mai Hui Bank policy of dis > ■ s
and oppression had not been practised me. e
That was not the region to be governed by the
scourge. I'tie liign mettle of 'hat region re
quired a different policy; gentleness, concilia
tion, coaxing ! If tiie South was to be gained
over oy the B i ik. it w.B io be done by favor,
io. by fear. Fue scouige, tnougli so muca
me more coiigem d to the haughty spirit of the
noneyed power, was oiuy io be applied where
it would be submitted o; and. therefor*, the
whde region S>u • ofme t* i omic, was x
empied fiuni the lash. Mi. B. paused to fix
in: itteiiiou of (he Sen tie upon these facts.
tVhere the power of ihe Bank enabled her to
depress commerce and si «k the levemie, and
tier policy per anted her io do it, commerce
was depressed, find the rovenue was sunk, and
the prophecies of ihe distress or dots were ful
filled, but where her policy required adds rent
course, commerce mere sed, and me revenue
increised, and the result oi f«n wi,'»ie is dm
New York and some other aiiU-bmk cities,
have gained wind Pniladelphia and oilier bank
cities have lost, and hefeder d lr a-ury is just
as well off, as it it had got its accusioim d sup
ply from every place.
This view ol tacts, Mr. B. said, must fasten
upon ihe minks the odium of having produced
all the real commercial disiress wmeh has
been felt; but at one point, at New Orleans,
there wis further evidence io convic her of
, wanton and wicked oppression. It was
' not in the Secretary’s reports, but it was in
rtie weekly returns of the Bank; and snowed
that in ihe lu-g n mg of xMarcn, ihai msum
| non had earned offirom her brain ii in New
I ■ Means (he smn o' about BUU.OOU dollars m
specie, which H nad been collecting all the
winter by a wanton curtailment, under me
pretext ot supplying tiie amomit ofthe depot
lies taken from Her at that place. i’hese
800,000 doihrs .vore collected from ihe New
Orleans merchants m the Very criMs of ihe ar
rivals of western produce. liie merchants
were pressed to pay debts, when .hey ought
to have b- eii aecomm »d.ned with loans. Fhe '
pru e of prod «ce was inen ny depP-ssed; me
wimle W est suffered from me, depression .md
n<*w ii is proved that the money was not waul
ed io supply liie place of the deposites, but
was sent lo Pmladelp ua, wnere liter" was no
use fur it, the Bank having more there iliau
she can use; nd Inal tne wnole operation was
a wanton and wicked measure lo coerce tiie
West to cry out for a return oi the deposites,
and a renewal ol the charier, by attacking
tneir commerce in the market oi New Orleans.
This tact, said xVlr. B , would have been proved
from the bonks of me Bank, it mey aad been
inspected. Failing m ttiai, Urn proof was in
telligibly found in me weekly returns.
Mr. B. had a fur tier v.ew to give of the
prosperity of the couu'ry, and further evi<l nee
io show that all the Ois rcss really suffeied,
was factitious and unnatural. It was m ihe
great increase of money m the last year and a
half. He spoke o. money; not pap' r promis
es to pay money, but the thmg ilseli, —teal
gold and sliver, —and affirmed th d there wa
a clear gain ot iiom H f E.LN io I VA UN-
IV MILI.IOAS Os &PIXIL, witnio ihe
time ma tie mentioned. Hu then lookup the
custom-house returns lo verify ibis impuriaot
s'atemenf, and to let the People knowthal‘h»
country was never so well offfor riionej es
at the verv time it was proci nmed to i.e in :i <
lowest sta eof poverty and misery. He f i-j
showed the imoorts and eXDOris of specie Ui i 1
bullion for the year ending the 30th of Sj .
tember, 1833. It was as follows:
Tear ending September 30, 1833.
IMPORTS. EXPORI ' -
'.’old bullion, $48,207 $26,7?'
Sdver do. 297,840
Gold coin, 563,585 495,8 1)
Silver do, 6,160,686 1,722,1 i
$7,070,368 $2,244,8 it
- "■ 1 ■'» •
Mr. B. having read over this statement, re
marked upon it, that it p, esented a clear ba
lance of near five millions of specie in favor of
the United States on the first day of October*
last, without counting at least another millioi
which was brought bv passengers, and not put
upon the custom house books. I( might bi
assumed, he said, that there was a clear ac
-ession of six millions of specie to the money
<»f the Untied States on the morning of that
verv day which had been pitched upon by all
H. distress orators in the coumry tu date ihe
ru a a > i des .latum >f me country-
Mr. B. then showed a statement of the im-*
purl- i -xport- ..f ■’ . ■ . iion. from
the first ot Oetoner, 1833, to tue 11th of June,
mat. it was as follows :
Fr<>m October 1 -t to June 11th.
IMPORTS. exports.
Gold bullion, $304,491 $11,177
Silver do. 216,617 1.376
(.old coin, 410.907 87,570
Silver do, 10,156.909 898,638
$11,128,924 $998,761
Mr. B. remarked, upon this statement, that
it presented a dear gain of more than ten mil
lions of dollars. He was of opinion, that two
(nJlions ought to be added for sums not enter
ed at itie Custom-house, which would make
twelve nnllmns; and added to the six millions
of 1833, would give eighteen millions of spe
cie oi clear gam io the country in the last
iwenty momhs. J his, he said, was prosperi
ty. It was wealth its?clt’; and besides, it showed
that the coumry was not in debt ior its larger
unporiations, and that a larger proportion of
foreign impor s now consisted ol specie that
was ever known before. Mr. B, particularised
the imports and exports of gold; how tho form- )
-•r hid increased, and the lauer diminished,
during the lasi few rnomhs; and said (hat a. c
great amount of gold, bom foreign a- I domes
tic, was now waning in ihe country to see it
Congress would r use gold to i'a Imr value
If so raised, this gold would r< main, and enter
mto circulation; if no., r wo ild immediately
go of? o foreign co.minus, lor gold was not n
thing to stay wheie> was undervalued. He
also spoke of silver, and said that it had nrr.v- '■*
ed wiJiout law, but could not remain wnlioiit
lay. Unless Congress passed an act to make !
it current, and that m toll Value as m<m >y,
and not it the mmi value, as bullion, il wo ild
all go off.
Mr. B. recapitulate the evidences of nation
al prosperity—increased imports—levenne
from customs exceeding the estimate—in- -'4
creased revenue from public lands—increased'
amount of specie—above eleven millions of a
available funds now in the Freasury—domes
uc and foreign commerce, active—the price of {
produce and property, fair and good—labor
every where finding employment and reward—
m »ie m uie) m the country lliati ever was in it - f
any one time before—tile numerous advertise
ments for the purchase of slaves in the papers
of this city, for the Smehern market, which in
dt.uUttJ i.ho >»•«’> I'l-o-e ni prodn.Cia—- _. -
and affirmed his conscientious beHef, TbaVTho
countiy was more prosperous at this lime than
it iriv period of its exi-tence; and inveighed iu
terms of strong indignation against the arts ’F
ami artifices, winch, t<»r the last six months,
a l dis'urbed and agitated ihe country, and
done seiious mischief to many individuals.- Z
He regretted the miscarriage ot (tie attempt to
examine the B ink of the United States, which
lie believ. d *vould nave completed the proof g- r
gainst that insiiiu bm for its share in getting
up an unnatural and factitious scene of distress,
in the midst of real prospeity. Bui he did
r: si limn ms inveeiive io the Bank, bill came >
direcily io lite Senate, and charged a full share
upon the the .irh'rtl distress speeches, deliver
ed upon ihe floor of the Senate, in imitation of 1
A t olney's soldiq iy over Hie ruins ot Palmyra.
Ho repeated some pas-ages from ihe most af
fecting of these lumcntdiionß over the desola
tion of ih<* country, such as the Senate bad
been accustomed to hear about the time of
ihe New Yoik and Virginia elections. “T/ie
canal a solitude i'lie I tkn a desert waste oj
waters. 'l'ital populous city, lately resounding
with, Ihe hum «/ busy mullduucs, now silent and
Scot. I whole natun m the midst of unpar <i I
hie i prosp riiy, and \rcaaianJelicily, sudden 9
ly struck into poverty, and plunged into unut‘
teruble wo, by the direful act of one wilf d
ma 11 .,, Such, said Mr. B. were the lament!’
nous over the rums, nut oi the Tadinor in t' •
lesert, but ot ibis /Am, nca, whose true condi
don you have just seen exmbited in the fait »• '
ful report ot ihe Secretary ot the Treasury.
Noteven the "bascL.ssfabi ic of a vision," was
evermore destitute ot lomidaliuns than tho < »
i lamentable accounts of desolation. The la
men.at<on uas ceased; the panic has gone o !,
would to God lie could follow out the nobl»
, line of the poel, and say, leaving not a wreck »
. behind.” Bm be could not say that. Tliecs <
were wrecks ! wrecks of merchants in eve y •
5 city, in which the Bank tried its cruel policy*
i and wrecks ot bank'm tins District, where ti ♦« «
. panic speeches tell thickest and loudest up »».
I Hie ears of an astonished mid terrified comm t«
mty !
But, continued Mr. B. the game is up; F
alarm is over; the People are tired of H; tt r
•gitators have ceased to work the engine <
alarm. A month ego he had »t.id, that it e if