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The ferment of a free, is preferable to the torpor of a despotic, €rovernment.»
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ATIIEU^ GEO. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1835.
NO. 24.
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ADDRESS
To the Democratic Republicans of the
UNITED STATES.
[CONCH’DKD.]
Under such circumstances, how wicked
ns well as unfounded, are these attempts to ex-
cite nnd inilanie the South, and create sec
tional parties on such a basis. Who can
look to such a state of things without dismay
nnd horror? Was it not, fellow citizens, against
the dagger of indulging such feelings, and on
the importance of discouraging them, and
preserving harmony and union, that our revo
lutionary fathers endeavored so deeply to
impress their country ? Will you pardon us
while we ask vnu to read and listen to their
‘loijuent and pathetic exhortation ? « But
V , coi.mIo itors and creditors of an estate, must hr j this detestable effort to alienate one portion of
dialed forty days. | our country from the rest, and enfeeble the sa-
N >t ic" lint Application will bemado to the Court j cr/ > d f j es w ./,/ c / t now together its various
o-.ii nrv for ljoove to soil Land or Negroes, must , „ , r t -
l parts, can never succeed. 1 he People of Amcr-
m Miftkrd four months. ! • , , , , . . . ..
jT !icf th , lt Application will lie mndc for Lcttcrsol I tea hove too much good sense, to enter into the
hn„iitMli" n ! must t,c published thirty days, ami
„. ;or s of Dismis-ion, six months.
1)3. G. W. •IIJ80IY?
SURGEON DEN Tits T,
ATHENS.
|June 23—la—tf.
WARE-HOUSE
perilous and gloomy scenes, into which these ad-
vacates of disunion would lead them. They
will not hcarlm to the unnatural voice which
tc/is them, that knit together as they are, by so
tunny con's of affection, they can no longer
lire together, as members of the same great
family ; can no longer be mutueil guardiams of
their mutual happiness ; can no longer be fel
low-citizens of one great and fourishing empire.
They will shut their cars against this unlia/low-
ed language. They will shut their hearts
against the poison it contains. The kindred
'omutJssion B user ess.
t\l!K UM'iornilTHod will continue to transact the y - .... , ,
WMilUKWSE AND COMMISSION BU. i bIood niuch Junes in tlicir veins ; the mingled
culiar institutions of the Southern people.
We are sure that such imputations, so ground
less. and so wicked, can make n«> impression
on the Southern Republicans. They will not
he induced by such means to refuse support to
a Republican from the North, a man not select
ed as the Democratic Candidate, because he
was a Northern man, but because he was an
honest, enlightened, and trust-worthy Ameri
can citizen ; a Republican in principle and
practice ; and because these were the qual-
We teel that this subject is one of deep and
wide spread interest-—that it should be ap.
prouched with solicitude and caution, and-
touched with a tender hand—that this is not
the time or occasion to press it further, nor
to arraign the actors in these scenes, nor tlieir
motives. We do not intend }t; nor shall we
attempt to discriminate between the tnischicv.
ous arid the piisguidcd—between those high
priests in this crusade of destruction, whose
heads ure seen like the mountain top ahove
ities which e lected Jefferson, Madison, Mon- ! the storm, or their more obscure and deluded
roe, and Jackson. . They happened, it is true, ! followers. Nor is it our purpose to fasten
to be Souihcrn men, but it was not because j ignominy or reproach upon any individual ;
they were so, that the destinies of this coun. I public or private. Whatever their motives
try were confided to their hands. Virginia, may be, we leave them
that has been honored with the Presidency for
more than thirty years, will not be sri unrea
sonable as to deny to the Northern Democ
racy, who secured to her the possession of that
high honor, a boon of equal value. -Such a
spirit of scllishucss and ingratitude, docs riot
enter into her proud bosom, nor can it be found
any where among the chivalry of the South
It dwells only in the hearts of the narrow
minded and factious, who have in view the
grutilieatiou of their own ambition, or harbor
designs of more serious portent, to our belnv.
ed country. Under a just administration of
tiie General Government, in all its depart
ments, there is no conflict of interest between
the different sections of our country, which
can, or ought, to render their present union
incompatible with their local freedom and
prosperity. On the contrary, the interests
embraced under the mantle of our Constitu
tion, are common and pervading. All parts
i.’N'S in tins- city.
IVy are gniet'al l or the patronage received during
i past session.
All bu*:vers cmijidrd to their charge utill meet
Li# prompt attention. Tlicir Ware-House and close
v-, lor sennity against Jire, arc not surpassed by
similar establishment in the place.
. MUSGROVE «j- BUST1N.
Iy.lv 10—17—Cm.
blood which they have shed in the defence of\ of the Union are interested in an equal and
WAUIXIOL'SE
AN D
UouiHii««ion Business.
pllE unJersijined informs his friends and the
public generally, that he has taken that- largo
lomiuo'liR'i" KIKE.PROOF WARK.IlOUb'E, in
I c:iv of August.*, situated in the upper part and
line west side of I5r
libilconiiie. Johnson
|M .Min & Ru mile's, and tenders his services as
thetr sacred rights, consecrate their Un on and
excite horror at the idea of tlicir becoming aliens,
rivals, enemies.” This was the admonition of
a man of the soundest and most experienced
head, and the purest and most patriotic heart.
Need we sa\, it was that of James Madison,
one of the most distinguished founders of our
Constitution. Hence too the solemn warn
ing ol Washington, the great Virginian and
saviour of his country, against the dangers
of geographical discriminations, and these in
sidious and during attempts at disunion and
disaffection. In ids valedictory and ttffec-
tionate admonition, at the moment he was re
am! street, known heretofore , liiii-g forever from public life, be, too, warn-
&, Cainfield's, and recently et | [,j s countrymen—“ Union which constitutes
you one People is also now
beneficial operation of the Federal Govern
ment. It is the interest of all to have peace,
internal and .external. It is the interest of
all to preserve the freedom of intercourse
and commerce with foreign nations, and
among the several States. All have an inter
est in the management of the public revenue ;
in a common currency ; in the inviolability of
contracts; audiiitheest.iblishmcntofnrails. No
power is delegated to the General Govenr-
ment, in the just exercise of which, the various
States of the confederacy have not a common,
if i ot an equal interest ; nor is there one
which can he materially abused without injury
to all. Even obstructions to trade, and the
erection of monopolies are as injurious to the
dear to you—it i people of the North, us of the Soutff, and
to their own con-
sciences, and Him who alouc can judge
them. But it should be recollected that 'mis
chievous consequences often result from unin
tentional errors of conduct and opinion ; and
“ that the most contemptible and unimportant
causes often produce the most calamitous
consequences.” The time probably may
come, when the actoTs of these scenes will
be called upon to answer to an ii^ured and
offended country. Then the proper.discrim
inations will be made, and the innocent sepa
rated from the guilty. We have, however,
one word to offer hy way of admonition and
caution, to all who are concerned in this at
tempt to divide our nation against itself, ami
sow the seeds of jcahiusv and distrust; and
it is, to pause in their work of desolation and
ruin. We call upon all t upon the ambitious
as well as the deluded, in their zoal of fanati
cism and party, to look, if they dare, to the
calamities which might rush in and deluge
this fair land, if their efforts could succeed,
nnd to pause, before it be too late—Jo re-
member that the progress of disaffection is
often insensible and invisible ; and that the
mighty spirit which they are attempting to
excite, if once roused; can neither be allayed
by the camion or the sw.ord, by law or by
blood. It is, fellow citizens, against this
dangerous spirit of discontent aud division,
against these unhallowed attempts to weaken
like results ? Has it not secured to all parts
of our country internal ^prosperity, peace,
and security ? Hus not the public debt been
extinguished? Have not the great interests
of "the soil been exempted from unjust sys
tems of taxation, in the bhupe of Tariffs, and.
the industry of the whole nation protected and
cherished ? Indulging no fuvor or fear, man
ifesting no preference towards any particular
sectiou of our country over another, cherish
ing ho interest separate from the welfare of
the whole, has not the Government been ad
ministered with a single eye to the benefit aud
prosperity of all ? Has not one of the great,
est objects of his civil Magistracy Been the
protection of the rights of the States, arid the
integrity of the Union ? Has he not made the
Constitution his guide, and brought back the
Government to its true fundamental princi-
pies ? Has he exercised any power not gran
ted ? claimed any of a doubtful character ?
Has lie not carried .out the great principles
which he laid down in his first Messages, and
fulfilled his promises to the letter? Has lie.
not, in fact, been true to his high trust, and
faithful to his country.? But, fellow-citizens,
notwithstanding these wise measures of the
Administration, General Jackson, like his
great prototype, Mr. Jefferson, was doomed
to encounter all the evils and embarrassments
of a powerful and talented coalition. From
the'moment he camoiuto power, there sprung
up one of the most determined, persevering,
and concentrated oppositions that any coun
try Imd over ffituvsscd, and which, in its final
progress, became as formidable as it was alar
ming. For the three first years of the Ad
ministration, this opposition failed in its ob-
jects and efforts, aud sunk into a hopeless
condition. They have tried all the means
which opportunity and their own ingenuity
could furnish, to regain their lost power and
places ; but iu vain. Their assaults had fall,
en harmless upon the shield of the venerable
Patriot. The nice measures of his adminis
tration, and the virtue and ability with which
he hud discharged his duty, the benefits se
the bands of our glorious Confederacy, that it j cured to his country, and the increasing pros
becomes the duty of every wise man, of every j perity and happiness of the people, defeated
honest man, and of every American, to watch j their schemes and blasted all their hopes.—
with sleepless vigilance. That watch can 1 We was too deeply seated in the affections of
only be set in deep and abiding affection to J I he People to be shaken. So far, however,
our holy Union, upon the preservation of I the opposition had fought the battle upon po.
which depends not only our liberty and hap. j laical and party grounds, mid by political
pincss, but that of the world. So much we \ men; but without success. -But when par
lu'iot’ and Uot:u;iis»iou Mer
chant.
fhe W^r?. House nnd Close Stores are now ready,
I in good order for the reception of Produce and
d* in store. His charges will lie customary ; and
t ie strict nnd personal attention which he tic-
> tivine to the ic.terest of his friends, flatters him.
with n liberal share ol public patronage.
John Rets, who li.is been engaged in the
t.House Business for many years—his services
[aid will he exclusively devoted to said business.
EGBERT R. BEAU.,
Formirh/ nf Monroe, Walton County, Ga.
liijpista, June 1G—14—13t.
is justly so—it is the main pillar in the. edifice j may ever be overthrown by the diffusion of j have deemed it our duty to say, in defence of ties in pursuit ot their own ambitious views
Ware-House
of real independence; the support oj your Iran-1 correct information amoug the people, in- j the Convention generally, and in answer to
qui/hty at home; of your peace abroad ; of , stead of building up sectional parties, est ran- ! some of the prominent objections which have
your saf ety ; of your prosperity ; and of that ging the people of one section from tiie peo- j been made against it and its proceedings.
very liberty which you so dearly prize. That j pie of another, and constantly talking of re- j We shall now proceed to discuss that part of
it is the point of our pohticul f ortress against j sort to revolution, and violence, to remedy re- j the subject more immediately connected with
which the butteries of internal and external j ul or imaginary evils ; instead of this war! the general principles and measures of the
enemies will be. most constantly and ~actively ] against our homes and our hearths, the good ! present Administration and our national policy.
(though often covertly und insidiously) directed.' man ami the patriot will rather strive to diffuse I We have said, fellow-ritizeus, in a previous
lrown, thcrejorc, indignantly frown” htrcon-J through all sections, just views of our insti-1 part of this Address, that the election of a
j tinues, upon the first dawning ol any attempt tutions, and national policy, and relief will cer- j successor to Geii. Jackson .ought to be regar-
] to alienate oiit portion of our country from the j taiuly follow from the operations of the pub- i ded as one of the must important*! hat had ev-
j rest; or to enfeeble, the sacred ties which now lie mind, as certainly, as an effect is produced j er occurred iu our country ; that it involved
link together its various parts.” W ho can by un adequate cause. Hence it was that { not only the fete of the Republican party and
turn a deaf ear to such counsel, and at a time
Mr. Jefietso i, (in his letter to the Ohio ' its principles, but the continuation ot that wise
AND _ so appropriate as this ? W 7 ho does riot feel ! Legislature,) justlv and forcihlv remarks:—, course of national policy pursued by Gen.
mmissiosi Business? ami acknowledge the importance of this hal- i « Nothing can so effectually contribute to pro- ! Jackson, and upon which his udministratiou
A U G U S T A . j lowed spirit speaking, as it were from the , duce the greatest guard to the country, as har-! has been based. To prove this, will require j
(ION \I.I, & si mmoNS having taken into part- tomb, tiie prophetic und inspired language of many and mutual confidence between the Gener-! a brief notice of some of its prominent and 1
| ncr«ht|> M. P. STOVALL, the above business; trut ^ n , )( j patriotism. ‘Why then these at- ^ al and State authorities', and a. conviction that leading measures; and those especially which
tempts to alarm the Southern portion of our • local and general interest, well conducted, can relate to our Foreign Intercourse, he Tariff,,
country and to n&ail the proceedings of the I never be in oppositionMr. Madison, too, in ! Internal Improvement, and the Bank of the
the patrons of the old fir..., they tender tl.cir Convention or, tho score of geographical and j a communication to the Connecticut Legtsla. United States,
era acknowledgements for their liher.il support, sect mini feeling? Why dll this ilnuerahty ? i ture, remarks: “ lhe prosjierily even of\ It will be borne in mind that Gon. Jackson
[from them and the public they respectfully soli. W'hy tins continued effort to excite unfriend- those States (the Eastern) is founded on so '. came into the Presidential Chair atw moment
of deep political excitement, and under, very
uiiirc will ho conducted at
I'.ia urm of
their old stand, un.
lOVALI^SIimOlSS, & C O.
peculiar circumstances. The previous Ad."
ministration had come into power against the
decided wishes of a majority of the American
s’t VASVA uuu i vviwmur^ «mvo votng i/vry»ntu Mi (4 J y li f t! HU. icpiuutuvw vuuuviliuxiu V.O J
i section, ] long resist the general impulse.” That collisions i of the Republican party. Under its policy,
prosper, j ami difficulties tinder so complicateda s\ stem of] the doctrines of our political fathers had been
Ivcniently arranged and favorably situated for tho the people which inhabit them as our bretli- ( these subjects willquicflyyield to refection, and people, and its measures had been strongly
D ' : an ',' 8 | '° °* Colton, and receiving aud ler- re|1 ? Whv shall any narrow mid sordid and . voluntary ones being confined to a few, will not reprobated and condemned hv the.greal body
f lllf Ol L'OUtlh. * I |T l * ’« I J al ■ r* ^ * * - - 5 - — * •• * ’ * ••
utuMA,Juno 84—16—3m. I 8e|j .* b S ‘ ,m ,e ° d U,e ».’ e ? le ° f °f e
i to view with envy, or jealousy,- the
W Alt 12-It OH SB J ity and happiness of uuother. Why shall j government, would sometimes arise, was fore- > forgotten or abandoned. Most of the land
Ami la.inni.MS.>.. ltuMitii>sa 1 not the South rejoice in the prosperity of their seen, aud expected ; but they can always be
put! t 0111(111**1011 ascisi-*. m*. ,u„ o„„.. conq „ ered by forbearance, moderation,' and
wisdom. i
There is perfection, Fellow-Citizens, in
nothing which surrounds or protects us. The
i HE Mibscrilier having taken the extensive FIRE
I PROOF \VARE.HOU. s E, un McIntosh street,
F: heretofore as M«j. F. C. Heard's, takes this
pMunity to return his thanks for the liberal pat-
marks to the exercise of unlimited power by
the General Government had been disregar
ded or broken down. The doctrine of expe
diency and tfie general welfare, had been open
ly proclaimed and revived, and under its broad
Eastern brethren, in the greatness of Penu
sylvai.ia, und New-York, and iu the incrca.
sing power und population of those young
and flourishing States, upon the waters, of
p extended to hi :n, tin solicits a continuance the mighty West; and why sli all not these,' luw : s of nature are «Vbt adequate to our protec- i wing, power was asserted by its friends to
MuMtiofs of hi. former customers, and those of j n return, reciprocate the satiie kind feelings ! lion from multiplied inconvenieucies und as-' * ' ‘ * * ‘ L ‘ :
[-tooffer liberal CASH ADVANCES on produce towards the patriotic South ? . W hen did the ; gr .voted c lami es. Bus should we therefore
(lore; and his best exertions for the intorest of North, or-the West, ever desert the South ? j se.-k to escape from their authority 1 Would
* "bo may f aV or him with tlieir business. > How long and nobly have they not stood by > it be jirudent, if we "had the power, to seek,
ROBERT MALONE. I the South, and her distinguished men 1 Was in the total disorganization of the present
natural system, relief from the' pains, incon
|a;xsti, July 29, 1635.
] it not in support of Southern men that the
r T*.o undersigned having retired from the Ware- ' Democracy of the North, so often evinced a
and (oiumissini. Business, in this City, takes high degree of liberality ? Was Gen. Wash-
ir'!*- ‘b recommending to his former customers ington, or Mr. Jefferson, or Mr. Madison, or
Iriciids, Robert M.lono, Esq. (well known *s a jjf r . Monroe, ever objected to by them, be-
t r -»" *• s-*» ** *■
pass laws, as unconstitutional in their princi
ples as they were dangerous in tlieir conse
quences. It was under such aritate of things
that the friends to limited Government became
alarmed, nnd Geo. Jackson was called by the
people to stay trie spirit of innovation, and re-
veniencies, and dangers which we suffer in its store the puritv and vigour of our free inslitu
operation? There is equal fully in seeking j tions. He accordingly came forward to'de-
the destruction of social institutions, which > vote himself to the service of his countrv, pro-
practically secure to us a degree of liberty,
peace, happiness, and'prosperity, unequalled
arf, and solicits for Mr. Malone, a continuance ol Gen. Jackson’s present term, the South will: in any other country, because they are some.
very liberal patronage which ha* been extend.
F. C. HEARD.
• him.
justa, July Q,*>._20 9t.
BEi\J. BAIRD,
AKES this method of informing his friends and
too jmblir generally, tl.ut he continues the
WARE-HOUSE
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
have enjoyed the honors of the Presidency times abused. If our people are wise, they great objects of his election! What were thB
mote her happiness and defend her rights.—•
How fnithfutly did lie,fulfil the expectations
and wishes of hts friends, and accomplish the
for forty years out of forty eight f since the j will shut their ears to such mischievous coun.
and has taken the Fire Proof Wary.
on the -
adoption of the Constitution. As to the re-
mnir.ing eight yearn of our political existence
under the Constitution, that high office has
.been in the hands of our political opponents,
so that the Northern Democracy have never
yet seen a man elevated from tlieir own ranks
to that high station. Under these nrcurii-
stances have they ever murmured, or com
plained 1 Never. And why ? Because, in
believ-
would
i i,,vo
- - — -- > —,.•■ »_- *7, „ ^ —!-ed that the.jnterests of their country
M ..red, ci„ Cotton in 8torc. add orders lor , be better promoted, and their rhon.Ke
»tto a “ f5,,Uon in rtlorc > “rid orders for i be better promoted, and their cherished prln,
^ clmnl 1 o Witl ‘ f 1 lriicular rare and “Mention, j ciples best inaiiittiined, by their support'of
! ^ut^clT ’o cttFtomary-^except Soulheni ‘ * - - HP
rAorffe C ° ttom wdl be ,mrt ^ against Fire,
And
* u ' Jul y 24.—20—9t.
Hid deeds,
9 P ( eds, and Mortgages, neatly printed
ttrong paper, for salt here. '
now, after so many
years ol disinterested conduct, Would it not
be illiberal und unjust, when they' present one
of thetriselves, for that high station, whose
character and principles are every-way noex-
ceptionahle, that they Should be branded as
enemies of the South, and hostile to the pe-
sels, which are , given By men who, in (heir
mad schemes of ambition and' power, would
reduce their countrymen tothe condition of
serfs, who labor only for their lords, and for
tho support ~of armies, placemen, nnd pen-
sinners. And for what purpose is this wajr
against social happiness, and are those at.
tempts at disaffection and disunion ? Why
these unceasing efforts to excite jealousies,
dislikes, and animosities between the people
of the South and Eastern States ? Why are
these questions, which have slumbered for
half a century, now revived, and iltesp fire
brands thrown upon the public miud ? Why
is it now done ? Why done at. all ? Let the
tened of all parties ; by every man whose
reason is not disordered, and whose heart is
not corrupted, and the mischief will be more
thaii half remedied. But we must forbear.
prominent traits tlirit characterized his Admin
isttatiou, both as to its external and internal
policy ? What its effects aud benefits 1 W iff
you favor us with a brief review ? Towards
foreign rations, has jt not been distinguished
alike with ability, firmness, and moderation ?
Whilst its primary canon was to do justice to
ail, and suflfer'wrong from none, has it not, in
the pursuit of a peaceful and liberal. policy,
studied the interest and regarded the senti
tnents of every portion of our extended coun-
try? Has it not. given us peace with every
foreign pawets secured to .us an unrestrained
and flourishing and enriching commerce with
tiie civilized nations of the world ? Has it nqt
placed our country abroad up'orf tiie most ele-
answer be given by the liberal and entigh. .vated and exalted ground, and caused its name
to be respected in every quarter oftffe globe?
So, too, in relation to our internal concerns.
Has it not pursued a course equally distin
guished by wisdom and moderation, and with
cannot obtain a favorite object by direct means
they will seek it through all the indirect ex
periments which the spirit of the times and
chance may throw iu their way. .When fair
and generous means will not avail such a par.
ty, they will employ every artifice which is
calculated to reward ambition and secure
success.
It was accordingly towards the termination
of General Jackson’s first term, when they
had sunk into a desperate condition, that
new ray of hope burst upon them. Then it
was that the Bank of the United States was
looked to as tiie means by which to accom
pfish their cuds, and sepure their triumph.—
It was their last hope, and they instantly em
braced it. Although the charter of the Bunk
was got to expire for four years, their policy
was to get an application made for its renew
al before the period for the re-election of Gen
eral Jackson should arrive. By this mentis,
the re-election of the President was to be de.
feated and their triumph secured. They regar
ded him as in a delicate and dangerous dilem
raa. His numerous friends were divided up
on the subject of the Bank, both on grounds
of constitutionality andexpediency. Pennsyl
vania ?ind the West had de.clarcd in favor of the
Bank, and the entire South against it. If the
hill for its recharter should pass both Houses
of Congress, (and the majority for it was belie-
ved to be certain.) the President would neces
sarily bo obliged either to approve or to veto
it. If he approved, the Bauk would succeed
iu its object of a rc-charter, aud his friends in
the-South, (without whose support it was be-
lieved, he could not be re-elected,) would, up
on principle, desert him. If he disapproved
and vetoed, all eyes would he turned to Penn-
sylvania and the West; and his friends de
serting him there, also, his re-election would
be hazarded, if not defeated. This was the
master-stroke of policy, and it was consequent
ly adopted. They did not calculate, however,
upon the application of the veto power. Al
though they knew the previous convictions.of
Gen. Jackson as to the inexpediency and un-
constitutionality of the Bank, and its danger
ous tendencies, although he had expressed his
opinions to Congress in the years ’29, ’30,
and ’31, and his determination never to sane-
tion it, yet they did not beljjeve he would re-
fuse to sign any bill that might finally pass
for its re.chartcr; and, by doing so, hazard
hts re-election. Accordingly, the Bank came
forward in 1831, with-an application for re,
charter, A bill for this purpose passed both
Houses, and received the constitutional veto of
the President. That these were the objects
which influenced the Oppositipn at that day,
none, we think, acquainted with-the history
of those times can doubt. Indeed they were
charged at the time, and universally bejieved
But how little did they know of the individual
with whom they were contending! He met the
crisis tn.u nuanner. worthy of-his principles,
aud vetoed the bill, .both as unconstitutional
and expedient; thus cutting off all hope as
to itsFever meeting his approbation
It was then that the Bank took the field
openly, and under the banners of a concen
trated and powerful opposition, made every
effort to defeat the re-electiou of General Jack*
son, but without success. The manly and
fearless manner in which this duty had been
performed, the Roman firmness and honesty'
of the President, so far from prejudicing him
with the great body of- tBe Democracy of
Pennsylvania and the west, served only to eu-
dear him to them. It wa3 regarded by them and
the great majority of his friedds, as one of the
most important and glorious acts of adminis
tration, and he was re-elected by an over
whelming majority. Of the means resorted
to by the Bank to sustain itself, and to infiu-
once the Presidential election, wo shall for
bear here to speak. They have long sinco
been exposed to the nation, and must be famil
iar to till. But tie contest did not stop here.
There remained still another and severe strug
gle, which the President and his administra-
tion were doomed to encouuter, in consequence
of the course which he felt it his duty to pur-
sue in relation to this institution. Having
considered the fate of the Bank as settled by
the decision of the People in his re-election,
and that its charter would expire within four
years, aud seeing in its conduct good reason,
as he believed, to justify the measure, the
President deemed it his duty as the head of the
Executive Department of the Government, to
sanction the removal of the public deposites
from the Bank of the United States, and their
being placed elsewhere for safe keeping by
the Secretary of the Treasury, whose duty it
was to make such removal whenever iu bis
opinion the public ini&r>»*u> ro^uirej it to tie -
clone.
Then was revived that bitter and vindictivo
war upon the President und hts friends, and
then commenced those scenes of panic and
distiess, without urty parallel in the history of
our country, and which threatened, at one time
its peace and security. But to whom were
they justly attributable ? To whom, but to
the Opposition and their great ally, the Bank ?
Was not the object of these efforts and exer
tions, on the part of the Bank, to disturb and
paralyze the ordinary avocationsof our citizens,
utid to take from them the means of carrying
them on ?. Did they not endeavor to arrest
the whole course of business in almost every
department of society, and to produce thatin-
dividuul ruin and distress which they had pre-
dieted would be the consequences of the meas
ures of the President and his adtninistration?
Who is there that now doubts it? Did uot
these efforts not only embarrass but expose
the government and country to the most unmi-
nent perils ? Was not the final issue even
considered doubtful, and did not the friends of
liberty and free government tremble for the
result ? From a state of things so pregnant
with great evils, and forebodings still greater,
was it not the firmness and virtue of the Pres
ident, and those associated with hitn, that
-saved us ? And how, fellow-citizens. was
this war against the Chief Magistrate of your
country und his administration conducted?!—
In what way did they uot assail him ? What
charges were not m ade against him ? What
offence was not imputed to him ? He was
charged with a violation of the Constitution of
his country, and a .breach of almost all its
laws ; with having, in violation of these, as
sumed the purse as well as the sword. W-itb
the destruction of public and private credit;
with bringing upon the nation a vitiated cur
rency, and a load of public debt; with Jhe
loss of the agricultural products and individual
industry of the People; with the decline of pur
commerce and manufactures, aud the destruc
tion of our trade; with having, in fact, disabled,
hishonored, and oppressed his country. In
deed, not orjy were measures of the Admiu-
istration declared to be odious and corrupt,
but it was said that u species of tyranny had
sprung- up which was desolating the land,
and threatened even the liberties of tho Peo-
pie. The President was denounced, in terms,
as another Tiberias or Caligula, ready to sac.
ritice his country at the shrine of his unholy
ambition. W’us not this the gloomy picture
which our opponents gave of the venerable
Chief Magistrate and his administration ?—
Was lie not moreover charged with having
done this to gratify a vindictive and ruthless
spirit against a monied institution, and in pur
suit of a wild and frantic ambition, that koew
no limits ? Let the candid and liberal of all
parties answer. And for what was this load
of reproach heaped upon him and his friends?
For what, But the firmness, independence,
and vigor, with which they had resisted eve
ry attempt to re-charter an institution against
which the Republicans had warred from the
moment of its existence, and which Mr. Jef
ferson, in the evening of his life, declared to
be, “ One of the most deadly hostility existing
against the principles and form of our ConstL
tution; and which, penetrating hy its branches,
every part of our Union, and acting by command
and in phalanx, might in a critical moment up.
set the Government.”
Whq doubts hut that it was because of his
uncompromising hostility to this corporation,
at a moment when it was waving its dreadful
sceptre over the land, and his unshaken con
stancy tin support of the People’s cause, that
this venerable and noble Patriot, and those ns*
sociated with him, were arraigned and de.
noiniccd, before their country and the world
in _a manner unparalleled in the histOFy of any
free Government. Yes, Fellow-citizens, it
was for these things that an Administration,
which had secured to itsjeountry liberty, and
union,and prosperity at home, and respect and
peace abroad, was denounced, os the most
abandoned and profligate upon the earth.-—
Posterity will Took back with astonishment
(and if possible with incredulity) upon the
scenes which for the last three years distracted
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