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The ferment of a free, is preferable to the torpor of a despotic, Government.’’
VOL. III.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, JULY 19, 1834.
NO. IS.
The Southern ISaimer,
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AICttSSiflODATSON LIi\E.
fFOUR HORSE STAGES.)
ETX order to afford the greatest facilities for travel-
E ling m tlm up-country of Georgia, and for I lie .ic-
crmimodation of that public which has heretofore so
liberally patronized the subscriber, lie would respect
fully ..viounce that bo has just established a New
Sia...: Uocte from Gainesville in Hall county, to
CLrbesvillo in Habersham county, in connexion with
the route from Athens to Duhlohuega. The latter
Stage leaves Athens every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, and passing by Gainesville, arrives at Dah-
lohncga tlie same evening. On its arrival at Gaines,
ville, the JV< w Stage will ho in readiness to take pas.
senders to Clarkcsvillc, where it will also arrive early
liie same evening, making one day's travelling only,
from Athens to Clurkesville. No delay will he ox.
jieriencod, as the abtrvo routes connect with that lrom
Augusta to Athens, and passengers by that Stage
•••. ill always have the preference in going above, over
thus© whoso names are entered at Athens.
Travellers will find this route preferable to any
other from the low-country to the mountains, the
raids being good, and the wholo distance accom
plished without night travelling.
The undersigned would beg his friends to renicm
b'r, that this Neu> Route, has been established sole,
ly with a view to public accommodation. Ho lias
not the advantage of carrying the mail to defray any
part of its expentos, and must rely only upon his
passengers for its support. Ho hopes for a lilicr.il
share of patronage, and stands pledged to use his
best endeavors t- deserve it.
G. LONGSTREET.
Athens, Juno 21—14—tf.
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the social revolution of 1600.
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Philadelphia, May 17,1834.'
COMMUNICATIONS.
New Stage Arrangement.
flFtHE undersigned is now running his STAGES
JS- from Athens to Clarkcsvillc, via Madison
Springs and Carncsville, all tho way through in a
day. The Stage now leaves Athens every Tuesday
and Saturday, at 3 A. M. and nrrivos at Clarkcsvillc
I ’.nie day. Leaves Clurkesville every Monday and
Friday, at 3 A. M. ; arrives at Athens same day. It
gees to Nacoochco on Sunday, and back to Clarkes,
ville sumo day. He has also greatly improved his
Stages and Horses, and flatters himself that lie will
bo able to give general satisfaction to all who may lie
disposed to favor him with their patronage. The
Stage will also visit the Helicon Springs when no-
ccssary. TllOS. KING.
Carncsville, Juno Iff 1634.—14—It.
bis Talents and his worth be fully apprecia
ted.
University of Georgia, )
■134'. ]
Athens, June 18, IS
COMM E NC E M E NT.
T IIE Freshman Class in this Institution will be
examined on Wednesday, tho 30th July; the
Sophomore on Thursday, tho 31st; the Junior on
Friday, the 1st of August; and candidates for ad-
mission into College, oil Saturday, the 2d. Sunday,
the 3d, tho Commencement Sermon; on Monday,
the 4th, the Hoard of Trustees will meet. On Tues
day, the 5lh, the exhibition of -the Junior Clara in
Oratory will take placo; and on Wednesday, tho 6th,
tho Annual Commencement.
For admission into Die Freshman Class, a candi
data must have a correct knowledge of at least
inno of Cicero’s Orations, tho whole of Virgil, John
and the Acts in the Greok Testament, the whole of
Grrcca Minora, English Grammar and Geography,
and lie well acquainted with Arithmetic.
The studies of tho Freshman year arc Livy, 1st
vol.Grxca Majora,French,and Day’s Algebra tlirou
atio and proportion.
Tho studies of the Sophomore year nro Horace,
2d vol. Gncca Majora, Algebra concluded, Geom
etry, Rhetoric, Modern Languages, Plane Trigonom
etry, Mensuration and Botany.
ID* During tho Commencement Keel', there will
bo offered at Public Sale,
A NmnSicr of Town Lots,
Immediately adjoining tho present iinprovomen.o of
this village, containing four Acres each, embracing
the most eligible situations for private residences—a
plan of which may be scon at my office.
ASBURY HULL, Secretary.
June 21—14—tf.
Witt. C. WAY—Agent,
(Next door to Messrs. Turpin 4’ D’Antignac,)
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
jjT]7 AS just received from New York, the follow.
3.JB ing Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, all of
which he will sell very cheap :
Rich flagged and painted French and English Mus
lins, all prices and colors, and very cheap
Grecian Chintz Calicoes, quite new patterns, and in
great variety
7-8 and 4-4 French and English striped plaid and
plain colored Ginghams and Gingham Muslins
Black and white and Lavender Ginghams
Real French 4-4 sprigged Calicoes for children’:
wear, and Seersucker Ginghams, small stripes,
for same uso
Very rich white, and green blond Gauze Veils and
Shawls, new patterns
3-1 ; nd 4-4 black and fancy colored Iwistod silk
Shawls
Crape and Gauze do.
Bonnet and Cap Gauze Ribbons, some very splen-
did patterns »
A fine assortment of Lustring Ribbons, from No. 1 1-4
to 30, all colors
Black Italian and Gro dc Sair Silks
Pea green and bottle green tlo. for Bonnets
Striped, mixed, and plain colored Cotton Floren
tine, for summer wear
Blown, Slate, and Grass Cloth do.
While and colored Marseilles and Jeans
Linens, Shirtings, and Long Lawns, all warranted
free from cotton mixture
Linen Cambrics, white and colored bordered Linen
Cambric Handkerchiefs
Long Lawn and Clear Lawn Imitation Ilandker-
chiefs, with borders
Brown and slate colored Linens, for summer wear
French Linen Napkins, with red and purple borders,
all linen
5.4 nid 6-4 Scotch Linen Sheetings and Diaper
Furniture Calicoes and Dimities
Long and Short Nankeens
White and fancy colored Cotton Hose and half Hose,
Hack and wliito English and French silk do.
plain and embroidered
Ladies’ white, and assorted colors H. S. Gloves, of
the very best quality
Men’s do. do. do.
Bobbinet, Quilling, and Thread Laces and Trim,
mings
4.4 r.nd 3-4 best Flaxen Osnabnrgs
4- 4 Heavy Lowell Cotton do.
5- 4 and 6-4 Brown Cotton Sheetings
3-4 and 4-4 Heavy and fine Brown Shirtings, sc-
looted qualities of brands
3 4, 7-8, and 4-4 Bleached Shirtings, at all prices,
some equal to the English Long Cloth Shirt-
ings
Thread, Needles, Pins, Tapes, Bobbin and Cords,
&c. &e.
Juno 14—13—3m.
Doctors Union and Palmer,
H AVING associated themselves
in the practice of
Medicine and Surgery,
in all its various branches, respect
fully offer their professional servi
ces to tho public. They may be
found during the day at Messrs
Linton and Bacon’s Drug and Medicine Store. At
mght Dr. Linton will be at his residence,—Dr.
Palmer’s Lodgings an* at Capt. Brown’s.
April 12-—4—-tf.
deeds,
brier iff s Deeds, and Mortgages, neatly printed
onfine, strong paper, for sale here.
NOTICE.
■'SW E forewarn any person from trading for a note
w If of hand executed by us, payable to G. W
Wood of Jasper, Tennessee, for Two Hundred Dol
lars; given in July, 1833, and payable in October
as we did not receive any consideration for said note,
and nre determined not to pay it.
A. J. PATTON,
C. L. WILLIAMS.
May 31.—11—3m.
TAKE NOTICE.
G EORGIA, CLARK COUNTY—.Tlie erw!
itors of the subscriber are hereby notified that he
intends at the term of the Superior Court to be held
on the second Monday in August next, to avail him
self of the benefit of the act entitled an act for the re
lief of honest debtors, pcssad in the year 1823.
JOHN A. BYRD.
Feb. 1—46—m4m & w2m.
FOR T1IB SOUTHERN BANNER.
FRANKLIN COUNTY CELEBRATION.
The Fifty .eighth Anniversary of American
Independence was celebrated at Carnesville,
by the inhabitants of the village and a number
of the most respectable citizens of the county,
who assembled at 11 o’clock at the Methodist
Church, where an appropriate address was
made to the throne of Grace by the Rev.
John B. Wade; The Declaration of lode-
pendencc was read by Doct. Henry Freeman
in his usual distinct and impressive manner,
and Washington’s Farewell Address by Thom
as Morris, Esq. An oration prepared for the
occasion was then delivered in an eloquent
manner by Templeton F. Cooper, Esq. after
which the Company repaired to a shaded re
treat near a spring of the purest water, and
sat down to a sumptuous Dinner prepared for
the occasion by Robert Pulliam, Esq. Major
John II. Stanford presided as President of the
Day,assisted by Gabriel Martin, Esq. as Vice
President. After the cloth was removed the
following Toasts were drank in the pure wa
ter from the adjoining fountain—no wines or
spirits were used at the Table, and *he utmost
good humor aud hilarity prevailed throughout
the day.
1. The day we celebrate—May its annual
return ever be greeted by Americans with
undisscmhlcd gladness.
2. Our Country—Free, sovereign, and In
dependent.—May no suicidal hand, no Crom
well or Robespierre, mar iis prosperity.
3. The President of the United Stales—
Firm as the Marble Pillars of the Capitol.
4. The Constitution of the United States—
Formed by the collected wisdom of our Fa
thers—Let not the malevolence of disappoin
ted ambition weaken our love for the Instru
ment, nor our reverence for its makers.
The Governor of Georgia—Honest and
Patriotic ; he is u Republican of the good old
school.
6. The Heroes and sages of the Revolution.
7. The memory of Washington.
8. The Army and Navy ofthe United States.
9. The Senate of the United States—An
Aristocratic Body as now constituted, for it
will not obey instructions; The President is
the immediate representative of the People,
and the senate, of the sovereignty of the states.
10. The Union of the Stales, and the sovc-
reignty of the General and State Governments—
Each acting in its proper and legitimate sphere,
constitute the palladium of our political saFety.
11. The memory of La Fayeite—The great
Apostle of Liberty in the old World is no more;
His name will be honored and his death la
mented in every clime where Liberty has
dwelling.
12. The Star Spangled Banner—The flag
of our Country, our pride at home, and our
protection abroad; Long may it wave o’er
the Land of the Free and the Home of the
Brave.
13. Col. William Cumming—The Patriot
who seeks not offices nor honors; May offi
ces and honors seek him.
14. The Union Democratic Republican Par-
ty of Georgia—They deserve well of their
country, for they have successfully put down
Nullification in their own state,but they should
be vigilant as their opponents have artfully
assumed the exclusive style of the “ State
Rights” party.
15. The odious Test Oath of South Caro
lina has been Nullified by an Independent
Judiciary ; While Liberty and the Rights of
Man have a votary, the names of O’Neal and
Johnson will be revered.
16. The Union—“ E Pluribus Unum” its
motto; May it never require alteration.
17. Agriculture and Commerce—Twin sis
ters in interest, they can only thrive upon
the same aliment.
18. Education—Indispensable to Freemen
Where light and^ knowledge is found, there
also will be found the spirit of Liberty.
19. The venerable James Madison—He
should in charity be permitted to be his own
expositor of his own writings.
20. The Hon. Wm. Drayton—The Patri
ot, and profound Statesman.
21. The memory of William Lowndes.
22. The Bank of the United States, against
the Liberties of the People ; Gon. Jackson
has thrown himself in the Breach and has
rescued Liberty.
23. The State Rights Party—Let us have
no decoy, but hang out your true Colors, the
single star and Palmetto Button—if you must
contend with us, let it be fairly and honorably
in the open field.
24. The American Fair—Our arsis their
protection, their arus our rich reward.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
Bv the orator of the Day. The American
Senate; The great constitutional barrier be
tween the rights of the states and the Execu
tive of the United States—may it not like the
Roman senate be disgracefully forced to sur
render its interpositional efficacy to an Amer
ican Cesar.
By the Reader of the Declaration of Indc.
pcndence. Political Associations are dange-
rous to Liberty. Witness the Jacobinical clubs
of France in Robespierre and Marat’s time,and
[After tlic loud applause by which this sentiment
was followed had subsided, Mr. Stanford rose and
addressed the Company in an appropriate response,
which was interrupted only by loud and repeated
plaudits. The following copy has been furnished
for publication, at the request of tho Committee of
Arrangements.]
Fellow Citizens,—It is not in my power to
convey to you, by words, the gratification 1
feel at this testimonial of your personal friend,
ship, and the honest pride in which I shall
cherish the recollection of this public appro
bation of my conduct as your representative.
Believe me, I shall always, wherever my home
may be, recollect your kindness towards one,
who, though comparatively a stranger, you
have cherished by your friendship, and hon-
cessity of your national Union ?” Has not a
party in a neighboring State raised itself into
power under the artful and insidious allega.
tion that they were pursuing a peaceful and
a constitutional remedy for oppressions,
whether real or imagined ? And have you not
observed that the mask was thrown oft’ by that
party, the moment it had answered their pur
pose and placed them in power ? Have you
not seen that Statu arrayed against the Gen
eral Government, and her citizens organized,
and armed, and mastered in all the pomp, and
circumstance of war ? And to what end 1
For the amicable purpose of “ enforcing” her
alleged peaceful and constitutional remedy.
Yet after showing herself oft’ in this imposing
attitude, and finding her neighbors unwilling
to add to her strength by following her evil
example, does she acknowledge her error,
ored hy your confidence. Circumstances not and bold out the olive branch of peace ? Oh,
within my power to regulate otherwise, ob-1 no ■ This course does not suit the views of
lige me to remove from your immediate neigh- those whose end and aim was to deceive the
horhood, at least for a time, and in retiring people ; they compromised with the Govern,
from the station which was conferred upon ment » all their opposition to the “ odious Ta
me by your suffrages, aud severing the rcla-1 an< l they called the compromise a mod.
tion of constituent and representative, I can I ification, and which, though still more burth-
assure you that in vour service, I have hon-1 ousome upon those least able to bear it, was
estly and industriously labored, as far as my c,£,imed by them as a triumphant victory ob-
humble abilities enabled me, for what I belie- tained over the government hy their peaceful
ed to he your best interest; and the burst of nullification system, and this pretended tri-
cnthusiastic feeling, responded to the apnro- j um pb was blazoned forth in capitals to de
li at ory sentiment just delivered, conyinces me ce * vc th e ignorant of all parties.
that you have fully appreciated my zeal and
exertions in your behalf, however unsuccess*
lul those exertions may have proved.
Although one of the ties that bound us to
gether is thus broken, a stronger still remains,
that of affection and esteem, and on this day
of national festivity, and on this parting oc
casion, permit me to trespass upon your pa-
DR. G.W. JUSOi\,
SURGEON DENTIST,
ATHENS.
Juno 28—15—tf!
If that party was not raised by designing
and ambitious men, and under false colors,
then they, having compromised and settled all
difference with the government, should lay
down their arms, disband their troops, and dis-
solve their party. But do they so ? No ! on
the contrary., they now begin to exhibit the
true purpose for which they were organized.
tience a few moments longer, for the purpose j ^ bey no l° n g er complain of a reckless and
of warning vou against slumbering upon your j interested majority trampling upon the rights
posts, in this hour of danger to the liberty, of thc minority, in the General Government,
the independence, and the prosperity of your I but they themselves a reckless majority at
country I h° me » commence a war of oppression and
You have all a personal, ora hislorical proacriplioa upon Ihe minority in llicir oi™
recollection of Ihe termination of that greal I S “ ,e -" lus bKomm S “ ble eonunonlalors up.
struggle, that unequal contest, which we
maintained for years to establish our liberty
and independence as a nation, and there are
many good citizens in your county who were
eve witnesses to the cost of labor, of priva
tion, and of blood, with which that indepen
dence was purchased ; it therefore becomes
a duty we owe to the memory of the depart
ed heroes and sages of that dear bought, but
glorious revolution, a duty we owe to our
selves, and a still higher duty we owe to pos.
teritv, to preserve that liberty and indepen
dence at any and every cost, except that of
honor.
ou their own political tenets. Regardless of
constitutions, though claiming to be strict
constructionists of such instruments, they vi
olate openly, wantonly, and palpably, both the
constitution of their own State and ofthe United
States, by requiring all their military officers
to take an oath of exclusive allegiance to
the State; and they oppress their own citi
zens by requiring all civil officers to take t
TEST OATH, odious from its name alone, in
all countries where liberty is known
But we need not look to a neighboring
State to find ambitious and designing agita
tors : Have we not a party in the midst of us
t , . who hold the same principles, and who so
la the farewell address read to you to-day, lenm , deny that thc Unite d States govern-
you will find that the great, the good, the un- mcnt ig sovcrei and consequently contend
exauipled Washington, has with prophetic that sovcreignty rcsides aIone in the scpa .
wisdom pointed out some of the dangers to | rate States? Who assert that Nullification is
which your republican government is subject.
He says, «the unity of government which
constitutes you one people. is also dear to
you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in
the edifice of your real independence ; the
the “ righful remedy V* They are in the mi
nority, it is true, but they are active and in
dustrious, and are at this moment busily,
“ covertly, and insidiously” engaged in ma
king converts to the cause of nullification un-
fupport of your tranquillity at home, your der ° the assumcd> specious , and popular name
peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your pros
perity ; of that very liberty you so highly
prize. But as it is easy to foresee that from
different causes, and from different quarters,
much pains will be taken, many artifices em.
ployed, to weaken in your minds the convic-
of “State Rights.” They hang out false
colors, and you must be doubly guarded
against them. More than half thc party de
ny nullification by name, because they think
it a bad policy to show the cloven foot at first;
they claim only to belong to the State Rights
of thi9, found the shadow of an excuse for th
charge, but to seriously make such a charge
upon him or upon the Union party, is tho
height of absurdity. Washington advises us
" to frown indignantly upon the first dawning
of every attempt to alienate any portion of*
our country from the rest.” Are not then
the agitators of these State Rights Doctrines
attempting to alienate the affections of one
portion of our country from the rest ? If each
State has the right to decide a law of Con
gress unconstitutional, to declare it void, and
to refuse obedience to it, is it not plain thnt it
matters nothing to the right of decision,
whether the particular law be constitutional
or not ? There can be no conditions annex*
ed to a sovereign or absolute right.
If the Stdte be, as they contend,exclusive
ly sovereign, or if they even admit tho Right
of Revolution—in cither case their light to
resist oppression, is precisely the same wheth
er the oppression he real «>r only imaginary.
There fore,each State would have the same right
to declare an undoubted constitutional law to
be unconstitutional and void, and to refuse
obedience thereto, should it chopsc so to do,
as it would have, were tho law absolutely
and undoubtedly unconstitutional. If then wo
admit the principle of separate State action
and separate State remedy, how soon will the
weakness and imbecility of the government
put it in the power of “ cunning, ambitious
and unprincipled men, to subvert thc power of
the people, and to usurp for themselves the
reins of government.” v
But we are told that there is no danger
of cunning and ambitious men, that the con
stitution has thrown sufficient guards around
the officers and representatives of thc people,
to protect their liberties. Ay,indeed! “ No
Danger,” say they. No Danger? Havel
not shown you that they would make thc con
stitution a whito sheet of parchment, upon
which they claim the privilege to write any
thing that may suit their caprice, or answer
the ends they aim at ? If not, then in what
article or section of the Constitution will you
find written their boasted constitutional rem-
edv by separate State action; the right of pea
ceable resistance, and the privilege of com
mitting treason with impunity, by authority of
a lean and often corrupt majority, who may
happen to rule a State by usurpation or oth
erwise.
Are men more honest and more consist ^
now than our experience teaches us they have
been heretofore ; that there is “ No danger?”
You, fellow citizens, have habituated your
selves to believe, that men who possess talents
and abilities for public life, arc necessarily
honest; that those you have once clothed with
offices and honors, arc truly patriotic and con-
sistent, the same yesterday, to-day and to
morrow ; to all outward appearance they may
be so, but it is possible you may be deceived;
you should not always judge by appearances;
words may deceive you, but actions never
can. To illustrate the truth of this by exam,
pie, permit me to cite a part of the political
life of two individuals who have been highly
honored, either by you directly, or by your
representatives ; individuals whose character
I bring before you, not because they have
been more inconsistent than many others, but
because you all have a personal knowledge of
them as having immedia’ely presided over
tion of this truth, as this is the point in your rty as or g anized in i 8 25, but they admit
political fortress, against which the batteries and adopt the princ i p i es of nullification, and
of internal and external enemies will be most j need not inform you that they war mly sup-
constantly and actively (though often covert- rt its a „j tators abroad, and its leaders at
ly and insidiously) directed ; it is of infinite home> Should there be one here who doubts
momeut that you should properly estimate the this> Ict him examine the public Journals,
the immense value of your national Union, Dr> no j a jj the presses in their ranks andem-
to your collective and individual happiness ; p i oymcnt> contend for the doctrine of sepa-
that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, rate State remed j cs ? Do they not approve
and immovable attachment to it, accustoming thc tcst oath of g outh Carolina, and assert
yourselves to think and speak of it, as ot | diat , t d ;ff ers nothing from our own oaths of
the palladium of your political safety and office ? Do thcy not assort that the Judges
prosperity, watching for its preservation with of thc highest 'court, known to the laws of
jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatev- that g tate> arc unprincipled and corrupt, be
er may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in | cauge the y have, under their oath of office,
any event, be abandoned ; and indiguantly
frowning upon the first dawning of every at
tempt to alienate any portion of our country
from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties
which now link together its various parts,
Again he says, « All obstructions to thc
the political associations of a sister state.
They tend to mislead and madden the people
By the Reader of the Farewell Address.
John It. Stanford Esq; His zeal and integ.
rity as our representative, merit our appro
bation, and we regret that he is about to leave
us. Go where he may, our respect and' our
affections go with him: In his new home may
solemnly decided the military test oath to be
unconstitutional ? Yet, after all this public dc-
monstration of their principles, they will un-
blushingly assert that they arc only carrying
out the State Rights doctrines of 1825—6—7
If this assertion be true, I will admit that I
execution of the laws, all combinations and as. 1 for one, never understood the principles act-
socialions, under whatever plausible charac- edout in 1825—6 and 7 ; and I must from
ter, with the real design to direct, control, their own showing, believe that they have
counteract, or awe thc regular deliberation been laboring “ covertly, and insidiously,” a
and action of the constituted authorities, much longer time than they have heretofore
are destructive of this fundamental principle, admitted,
and of fatal tendency. They serve to or- They contend as published in their ack-
ganize faction ; to give It an artificial and ex- nowledged creed, at their General Council
traordinary force ; to put in the place of the held in .Milledgcville last December, that
delegated will ofthe nation, the will of a party, [ each State has a right to anuul, and to refuse
often a small, but artful and enterprizing mi- ] obedience to any law of the General Govern-
nority of the community ; and according to ment, that they may believe to be unconstitu-
the alternate triumphs of different parties, to tional, and that each State has the right to
make thc public administration the mirror of judge whether the law be constitutional or
the ill concerted and incongruous projects of not. Do you not pejrccive, then, at a glance,
faction. However combinations or associa-1 that if we admit this right of separate State
tions of the above description, may now and judgment, and separate State action thereon
then answer popular ends, they are likely in J that the United States Government would be
the course of time and things, to become po- a nullity, would be powerless ? and that each
tent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and State would obey such laws only as she might
unprincipled men, will be enabled to subvert choose to conceive constitutional, or rather,,
the power of the people ; and to usurp for convenient ? Fox in thc case of separate ac
themselves the reins of government; des- tion and remedy, the convenience of each
troying afterwards the very engines which State would be in its eye the Constitution
have lifted them to unjust dominion.” Washington spoke of « the unity of Govero-
Felfow citizens, how does this language of I ment which constitutes us one people:” The
inspiration accord with the political history State Rights party claim such divisibility as
of the present times ? Have not “pains been would make us twenty-four people ; had they
taken and artifices been employed to weaken charged upon him the intention of
in your minds covertly and insidiously, the ne- j a consolidated government, they cou , ou
our personal rights, in the highest judicial ca
pacity. From these instances you may be
enabled to form some opinion whether the bi
as of party or the aspirations of ambition, will
permit man in the frailty of his nature, to bo
the same, yesterday, to-day, and to-morrow.
One of the individuals alluded to, is at pres
ent your representative to the general govern
ment ; you may all recollect that some 12 or
15 months since, an inquiry was instituted at
his own instance, into the affairs of the United
States Bank, that he as chairman of a com
mittee, proceeded to the B mk, and there ex
amined minutely and scrutir.izingly, into all
its affairs and transactions ; that he returned
to Washington and made an elaborate report
to Congress, declaring among other things,
that the Bank had forfeited its charter, that it
had used its funds for political purposes—
that it had interfered in elections—that its
President and Directors were dishonest and
corrupt—that it had abused its trust—that it
was insolvent—and that the public deposites
were unsafe in its vaults—that it had used the
funds ofthe government to buy up printers,
and to corrupt the public prcs9. And so de
termined was he to make the people believe
all this, that he violated an obligationjicld sa
cred by all honorable men, by publishing a pri
vate and confidential letter) and this, too, after
he had returned the original to its writer; and to
shew the purity of his motives, he suppressed
au open and official letter which be had re
ceived of the same individual, to the same im
port. But I have shown you what was the
honorable gentleman’s report, and it is possi
ble that it was all true, and still more possible
that he then believed it to be true, for (liko
honest George Krcmor, he “cried aloud and
spared not,” and in the language ot Davy
Crockct he “ went aheap ” the whole mul-
<uts on the “ big figgbr ;” he “ caracolledV
and he “ cavorted,” until ho fully believed he
had “ tetotiatiously demolished the Mammoth”
and annihilated the nest of “varmints,” its
keepers.
Well sirs, it appears that General Jackson
thought with this honorable Chairmain, that
the Bank was insolvent, and that the govern
ment deposites were unsafe, and be removed
them from the Bank. It also becamo expe
dient and necessary for political purposes, that
this honorable chairman of the Bank Cora-
