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JPrum tv,c L . J'tlei'h.ph. Jun. iiU.
UO.\GKI>iSIO;NAL.
Tho >*piiaU“ did not nil on Saturday. 1
In the House of Ucpresentatives, Wr.
| CjLAtroN of Georgia, elected in the place
of Governor I,unqik.ii, appeared and _
“ took hia seat.
In the Senate, on Friday, Mr Hentos,
•Jn pursuance of notice, asked lenye to in-
,troduee u joint resolution, declaring tout
the currenev ol'tlir Hunk ol tl»e United (
I States in the! lonn of orders issued by the i
cashiers of iis Hrunehes on the parent
/Bunk, and other Brunches to be unau
/tliorized by its charter, and contrary to
/ law. Alter considerable discussion, the i
I question was taken on granting leave to
introduce the resolution, and was decided
in tile negative—Yeas I(s—Nays 25.
In the House of Representatives, the
Spkakkr presented a memorial from the
Bank of Pennsylvania in favor of a re
oewal of the charter of the U. S. Hank;
and Mr. VVicki.iffk introduced an inter
esting series of instructions to the Com
mittec of Ways and Means to inquire in
to the expediency ofincorporating a \a
tional Bank on a new plan, on the expi
ratioa of the present existing charter. —
One feature of the plan i-y tlie division of
tho stock of the Bank into three portions
—one-third to be held oy die Li. H., one
tli.rd by the slockh. iders oftlie present
Bank, and one-third by such citizens id
the li. W. as may choose to i ul>se.ribe. —
Another prohibits the Bank from holding
real property, except tho buildings tin
transacting their business in—and a third
forbids the establishment of a Branch
Hank, without the consent of the fjegis
Irilureof the Nate in which it isti» be l«
calvd. Botii the memorial of the Penn
sylvania Hank and the instructions of
inquiry were committed to the > 'oinniil
lee of Ways and Means, and ordered to
be printed.
riiOM THF. NKW-fORU J(>l U.-4.U. OF COMMtIU *i.
Wasiiimitos. .lan 1:5, tbd’i.
There are those wlio think Mr Admin
has impaired his dignity by accepting u
seat in tlie House of Representatives.
Admit tin supposition. Hus lie iiotgam
ed quite ns imieh in |ioint of indepen
deuce? Hut I deny it. Personal dignity,
duiruclcristic dignity, does not depend on
Station. Did the imperial throne confer
any dignity on \ero, UivJitLller, who pul
* tojdealh other ti.idlers, because they tid
dled hr Iter than himself? Or on that n-1
ther IJmperor, who iiniused liiinsell'wiili
catching (lies ? On tho <.tlier hand. 0..<
(Mneimiatiis lose any dignity by putting
his hand to the plough ? Dignity is war
Jhi mss —elevated merit; and this is a mat
ter, not ol place, or oilier, lint is inherited
in n man’s character, and is the offspring
of great attainments. To say r that an
fix-President ought nut to return and
mingle in the councils ol’itis country, is'
nn attempt to disfranchise him ; to deny
to the « ' untry the henelil of wise counsel
And ripe ex icriencc ; to sacriiiec great
merit and noble acquisitions to a false
theory ..(’dignity. Wo,del the dignity of
the great man, who now presides urn
the affairs of the nation, be lessened l>;
his appearance as a Major General at
(he head of all army to light again the
buttles of liis country in the field, niter
ho had discharged tlie civil functions in
She cabinet ? It is pleasant, therefore, to
the went urtibrvki mind contributing >o
try. Mr. Ailmns In of his conii
. • . 1 . .vniniis li.i-. ii\ vwc.onnil) spo
iien in Jus place since the opening oi
'.ingie-s. IV int lie lays, seems oirecl
fp 11 *" '■ ’‘'f''' object s ot'iitiiiiy. You >• •’
r*' d)(y llWare Hint ihegrnees -“Mil
m ' and neiion foi m im\ i 1 A-, ni m
tin- catalogue t ,f h ls , x , len.-ies as a
I I’utdie sjk'.dter. Hi-- •'-•■ft' is formed » n
I ran,'l- a lugli kr-.t, and does not possess
■ tlie niaseuii"'* energy of n.to.oitioo u hi- 1,
■ disfi igui nes (hat of We! it to.-, nor v t
■fines i< approach the shrill treble of Run
■ ilo.’ph, or the sharp notes off 1 . Harbour.
Kl ! s gestures nre not sneu as you would
■expt c( from u gentleiimn wl.olmd deliv
•‘■v.! exc.lt,-nt lectures on Rhetoric.
V hey are quite aid,ten at time--, so us to
■v,-Semitic' a jirk rather than the grneeful
■ictnn of a practise.l orator. 'I he ..i ,n by
■i quick motion is thrown buck so us to
■m m t least a right angle. Hut the-I.T
-■iiigqualities of (lie inudicet-tlie re ,d.
■P» of know ledge— the powers ol reu 1
■oning—the large and patriotic views of
■hj.igs— the nuimpiMi h.ilde love ofemiu
■ i I* Ini* belong to Mr. A. pi nee him hin h i
tne eslimuti n i.fihe elevated men I>v ,
H>’'imn lie is siirronaded, and whom In
■l.structa
■ ~, IMPRISONMENT FOR DEIIT.
J no V<--v'enior m .Vtassneliu*. Us. in his ,
■' .nesstige to tile legislature, m-eoiii
■nines his recommendation to relieve tlie 1
■ ut-si debtor from inipriuonmeiit, with 1
following forcible and happy re 1—
”It must surely bo cause for tloep re i
that, wlnle the claims of a class ol ;
■ fortunate and distressed fellow-eiti- }
our strongest sympathies, have
■’.-o's' and justly been recogniz -d, no 11
Hbisure of adequate relief has been up u
■l ito their condition. Tlie laws ol an
and liarsher age, in unmitigated ii
still press upon them, and ere- f
H>-»>, yet harder than the laws, hold „
fear of pei-pctUßl bondage. The
of men are soon (niu s as fur
the ken of hininin foresight, and "
their control, as are the eoiivui, h
|k‘ •ol nature. The elements, disea -c* *f>
Bv-msl in friends, public ealnmitie-, Ii
!>' fm with sudden rum, and Jen\« a i
the wreck of substance no pros,. <ct ,
inability and the law’s poor J "
Hfi'y lor iinperfui-iiied engagements. '
|»» u - 11 thus are lost to their families "
the coniiiuinity througii Hie peril 1)1
inf!ctii-a of puuislimeut for pox er- C
c-.nld they have been disehaig-- u
■>', llu ‘ «»•.' fi'sc times w hi. h befel tliem, e ,
jW III - "*fh «*'" enterprize in these ~
Vcl bUeeesa and general prosperity,
have been restored to the enjoy- "
m’ccmpetene, and tlie usefulness
ddo members of society. It is to
to imprisonment for debt th
dv.-gs the sinking mu.i to H u , |,„t
-■■lU> 1 holds him. wot - u,:l!st-„,.’s
hH 1 - 1 ( i’o'o rising. Kelinemeut ofeen
iiainainly mid pal t u- p .u, y alike lu
,; mt Ibis stern feature of! u an
? o<‘e should be relaxed It re -P
s t ,e jurisprudence of modem
|HH c ‘#' ug the dark shadows ofn har-
SHf "ken tue living ff.-.j,
■vvere sold toserv ude (b ■ (b f
AUttUSTAS :
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WHWKSDAV, PHBRIJARY 1, 1832. 1
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"Be .;«*(, and J ear not.’ <
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REMOVAI.. I
The olTico of the Augusta Chronicle w remov- 1
ed, for the present, to the building on the 1
corner of Jackson and Kills streets, immediately
in the roar of the Globe Hotel.
TO COUttr&PONDbNTfI.
“ Subscribkr” is received, and shall bo at
tended to as early as convenient. “ Kurus,” :
“Finis," and “ Cim.NriK,” also, are received, ,
and shall ho published,
RACKS.
The Sweepstake Race, which took place yes
terday, according to appointment, between 4
horees, SIOO entrance each, was handsomely
won hy Mr. I’i.vor’s horse, Timulcuu, lately
owned by Wm. Shxmno>, Es.;.
A match Race botwcon Tirnoleon and Mr.
Kki.lv's horse, Risllr.ss, will he run over the ;
Augusta Turf, on Friday, tho lOdi inst., for
fbUU a side.
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ATTACK U.\ Tilt- STAGE.
Dr. Antonv, who arrived in tho city altio'clk.
this morning,informed us that he met the driver |
of the Savannah Stage, between six and seven I
miles fcm tnis city, on the Savannah road, who j
stated that two men had seized the lead horses us j
lie passed the small Uiidgo, just on this side of
tho 4 mile stone, and then attacked him !on the
seal—that he fell in the scutHu, to the ground,
when the st ,ge nsse.J over his shoulder, the
reins were dragged from his hands, tho horses
passed on, with one passenger in tho stage, tho
men ran away, and he followed after the stage
and horses. Dr. A. had (anno two nr three
miles farther up the road, without seeing ought
of the stage oi horses, and it is therefore proba
ble they had passed down the Louisville road, or
into tlie woods. Mr. Shannon, the proprietor,
sent »ivoral pc.sons after iho stage, immediate
ly on hearing ofthu occurence.
MivShan.non (iffiiis slooßeward, for the do-
RjM.ms.
II it I EH.
I Wo recommend to Iho attention of the reader,
tho following iiticln from nn Eni'lisli paper,
containing an excellent example in relation to
Juries, worthy of imitation throughout tho civil
ized world. Wo have heretofore recommend
ed a similar iiiipiovenicnt, and are leally aston
ished that, in a country like ours, whore freedom
of conscience and opinion is recognized as tho
dearest and most invaluable of our liberties, so
vile and barbarous a system should ho permitted
to exist, as that of starving n body of intelligent
men into a unanimous vordiet, and one contrary
to the opinions and consciences of the niinoiily,
while acting under uuth! —and giving one dis
honest inui), too, the powei of controlling elev
cm honest ones. The editor of the Macon Ad
vertiser ohsorvos, in speaking on the same sub
ject, “the laws of all free governments, are
[should he ] the offsprings of their constitutions
—and ° * * •
..j V rules; Hindi lons a-e tliuy to bo
regulated by «««aiw a «#/«*»,
The fact im, out ju.’v is mon
sirms, Hi. i »i u1 people should look to it, at once,
;i ,v i nave it corrootmi.
FROM niK LIVCHPnot. COUniKR
The following i iiooilml recommendation ap
pears m the Third Report *)!’ the F.nglisli Law
Gominissionors, which It-s been just rioted
It refers to civil eases.— -Jo-y not to bo kept In
deliberation hmgo: titan twelve him s. unless at
the end ol that ) n iod they itnaninioiisly imply
for further lime—at the end of that time the
of nine Iji ho a vo diet ; mi.l nine
not concuriing, the case to boa rnuuuet,
UNITED St ATEN II VIVK.
Wo beg leave to ask the , espectnblo orlito- of
tbo Geo.gia Join mil,bow tlie vole whic.li he pub
lishes, in relation to tho United Slates Rank, is
e-ilenj.iicd “ to remove any false iniorcßsion
which the remarks that appeared in that paper
[tbo Ghromelo,] Dee. “8, 18.11, may have e o
at.nl!” It shows, sioij iy. that tbo T.nup mom
be.s wore doeidedly more opposed to tbo Rank
than the Clark men. Well; did wo urge that
ilio - evolution o<ipo«cd to iho re chartming of '
the Rink was defeated by the lb mei ( Cer
tiiinly mill We neither know, nor cared, which
pa.ly was most opposed to, nr in fwor of it. !
We spoke of it as a matt rof priori 1.-, and not ,
"I parly ; and not knowing, in U lo least, how
either party voted, wo undo not tho least refer
ence to either. And wo beg leave to remind |
the editor, that wo aro not so much in tho habit
of looking th o' i inly s, eclaeles, as to approve {
or disapprove of any measu e,because it is of tins I,
onbat party; or to ask of which party it s, ore j 4
wo evtross on - opinions of it. We s-nko of'
Mcsss. Crawford’s, Forsyth’s, and Re,,ion’s ,
"ill'ionco having perhaps boon excited in f,vor
of the Rank, not hecimso they were Troup men, i
hut because they were distinguished men, hav
ing mthiiinco, mid known, or believed to ho, in
fivoi of the Rank. The vote in question does \
not prove that that ipffuoneo was not exerted. ,
Tbo Troup men bad a majority, and a sufficient
nuiither ot them voted against the resolution, to H(
have car. ted it, hy a largo majo, it ,'i a d they voted q
for it. And icc knoic that Mr. Rerrien exerted .
liis inlluenco with one of tho loading Clark men,
it least, who was imitf strongly inclined to on
uosc tho Rank, who wo see ultimately j "
voted against the resolution; and as ho is not
without indueucc, Mr. R’s. inlluenco may have
k,on felt llrro’hhn (if not olhe s also) with the
Clark men, at least. And, Judging from tins, '
wo cannot but believe, that Mr. Uorricu ox- ,
jtred bis inlluence with ;|,e Troup party, also—
hat it had some effect with them— and that it P '
vas “felt m the decision." Aud tbo’ we have
tot the same evidence against Messrs. Craw-
brdan.l Forsyth, wo aro inclined to tbo belief li'
hat their influence was fell also, for tlie reasons
ve gave. at
The following is the article of tlie Journal, al
uded to hove. Will the editor have tire good- "
ICS to publish, also, the votes »Ti the snnila !
luestions, in the Legislatures ofl-A) and ’3O ! ( °p
rn .u rue uxoboia Jui nKat. Sl ,
Forlbe into, mat ion of the editor of the Au- Vi
nsta (.bioni.'le, and in cider to remove any ta i
use imp essmn which the ctrnrks that appear- ..
d in that ,aj er, December 28, 1811, may have lu
icated, wo publish beluw the yeas and nays, sli
ggmflnatft
in the House of Representatives of this State,
on the motion to lay on the table for the remain
der of tho session, the report and resolution in
structing our Senators, and requesting our Re
presentatives in Congress, to oppose the re
ehurtering of tho U. States Rank. This vole
shows whether the Troup party in the legisla
ture were opposed or not to the Rank of the
Dnited States, and whether “the influence of
Messrs. Forsyth and Berrien were felt in this
decision.” The names tainted in italics are be
lieved to belong to the Clark parly.
Teas—Messrs. Ailair, of Carroll, Anderson,
Ash, Bacon, Baker, Bates of Hall, Blackburn,
Brown, Burks, Burney, Byrd, Chappell, Chas
tian, Cleveland, Coffee, Cote, Curry of Lincoln,
Day, Drew, Etum, Ezzard, (Hudson, Gibson,
i Gilbert,Glascock, Habersham. Hampton, Hatch
, ci, Hilliard of Dooly, Hilliard of Ware, Holt,
; Hopkins of Heard, Johnson of Henry, Jones of
| J ickson, Jones of Wa.ien, Kittles Lucas, Mat
thews, Mays, M’Michael, Murray, Neal, Olir-er
lof tSc.iven, Overstreet, Bate, Pettit, Powei,
Bawls of Bulloch, Bawls of Fulaski, Redding,
Hi.cnes, it .hurts, Robinson, Scott, Sellers,
Sbeats, Solomon, Terrel. Thurmond, Towles,
i Ward, IV ■rner, Wiggins, Willis, Voting of Er
win—Go—ldCbnk men, and ITTioup men.
Nays —Messrs. Adair of Madison, Allen, Ar
cher, Ashley. Barnett, Barr, Bates of Newton,
, Blacksboer, Blackwell, Calhoun, Curries, Col
lier, Cone, Ciawford, Curry of Decatur, Daniel,
Dye, Easley , Graham, Grayhill, Haralson,
Ho,.kins nf M'lntosh, Howard, Hubbard, Hud
son of Jelfe son. Hudson of Fntnnm. Hull,
Hutchins, Jackson. Johnson of Morgan, Jones
of Jonoa, King, Leonard, Long of Madison,
i M a'-'nn.Mei i wether, Moore, Myers, Oliver of El
; hurt, Oliver of Hall. Fua mu n,Pearson,Phillips,
1 Fricc, Rcid.lluthoi so-d, Ryan,Shannon, Slaike,
i Tarver, Taylor, Thompson, Vinson, Warren,
! Williams, Wilson of W »ren, Young of Oglo
■ I tho e.—. r i7— G Claik men and 51 Troup men.
The next day, on motion to reconsider, the
vole stood.jveas 4:1, iiiysTl.
Yeas — Adair of Madmen Ashley, Barnett,
Bair, Bates of Newton, Ulackslreur, Blackwell
Carnes, Cone, C.awfurtl, Dye Easley, Gra
ham, Grayhill, Haralson, Holt, Hopkins of M'-
Intosli, Hiihbaid, Hudson of Jcfl'eison, Hud
son of Fulnam, Hutchins, Jackson, Johnson
of Morgan. Jones of Jones, Leonard, Long
of Bakor, Long of Madison, Mason, M’Lon
non, Meriwether, Moo.e, Mye s, Oliver of El
bert, Oliver of Hall Fearniaii, F ice, Reid, Ry
■ an, Siaiko, Wad, Warren, Williams, Young
of Oglethorpe—lOTioup men and fl Claik men.
Nays —Messrs. Adair of Car oil, Allen, An
derson, A.cher Ash, Bacon, Baker, Bates of
Hall, Blackburn. Brown, Barks. ’Bunicy, Byrd,
Chap ell, Chastain, Clanton. tJerc.land, Coffee,
Cm y of D.-caiu , Curry of Lincoln, Ihew, Ex
am, Ezzard, Ghulsun, Gibson, Gilbert, Glas
cock, Habersham. Hamilton, Hatcher, Hilliard
of Dooly, Hilliard of Ware, Hopkins, of Heard,
Hull, Irrin, Johnson of Henry, Jones of War
ren, Kittles, Lucas. Mays, M Michael, Murray,
Neal, (Hire ot'Hc-iven, Overstreet, Pule, Pear
son. Pettit, Phillips, Powell. Rawls of Bulloch,
Rawls of Fulaski, Redding, Reeces, Roberts, Ro
hinsoH'Scutt, Sillers,Siuinnon.Phtats, Solomon,
Taylor 'Terrell, Thompson, Towles, Warner,
Wiggins, JTillis, II ilson of Early, Wilson of
Warren, Young of Irwin.—7l—so Clark men,
and 21 Troup men.
UNHIT 1.. I) STATI’N BANK.
Wo received, since our lust publication, tho
following letter, which we voiy cheerfully lay
before the public, ns requested:
Pensacola, January S 3, 1833.
Dear Sir:— ln your paper of ihe 2riih Nov.
last, you appropriate a column, heading it “ U.
Suites Bank:” and after speakiug'liy name of
two distinguished individuals of Georgia, as en
listed, as yen believe, in the cause of the Bank,
you proceed in these wouls: “ We doubt not
mar n the U ink) has Us secret age....
14,1 “vpjr iJlp cunot, v^.„A.j-eni]/'/«;tfly’Si'ft.jy't-ftf;
and took a deep into, ost in favor rs tbo Bank.
He broached the subject to us several limes.”
And so you proceed through tho icsidun of this
piece, making this nameless gentleman figtr-o ..s
a person of considerable standing in tho eye of
the Bank ofthu United States. Now, it strikes
mu that 1 am the poison alluded to, and that you
intended your retnatks to ho plain enough to
have it so understood. Assuming the g.ound
that I am light in this conjoctu.ej I beg leave to
he heard a little hy you, tlieien; on.
1 oe 1 1:nnly am not dissatisfied that vou are
pleased to couple mo with men of such deserv
ed celebrity as you have, nor indued am 1 dis
satisfied that you aro ready and willing to con
sider me as high in the cunfi lenco of the Bank !
ot tlie United States; both or either of these i
things tire (veil calculated to call out my vanity j
and my pride. But lam justly, I think dissat- !
istied, that yon have made me utter expressions,
and relate as facts, two particular things that
strike at once, either at my understanding or my
veracity, or perhaps at both. First; Y’mr make
me say, 1 sometimes express the o, inions of tlie
President of the Bank of tho United .States.
\mrr words are: “whose opinions he some
times expressed.” Now, ifthii was so, I did
suiq.ose you held in higher estimation my un
derstanding, than to admit that I could bo shal
low enough, o. vain enough, to suffer myself to
proclaim it in conversation with any person.
Th.. fact is, however, that I had not the shadow
ot authority for conveying to you such an idea,
and as I have unlimited c.mli,lenco In tho upright
ness of your intentions, in all things, I am hound
to behove, and i do believe, that you mistook my
words, or my meaning, or both, in this particu
lar.
Second; Von m ike mo say thrill was lately
appointed a Cashioi of one of the Branch Banks
Your wo t ds are “ and that lie has lately been a, -
pointed a Casino of one of the Branch Banks.”
How could 1 have had temerity enough to say (
so, when tho country knows from one en I of <
the Union to the oilier, that no Brunch Bank has 1
lately been create.l, any where, hy iho Bank of •
the United States, and consequently no appoint- «
mom of a Cashier could bo conferred lately, up- '
mi any person ! 1 t
With these two exceptions, against the aceu ‘
racy of which I protest, I have no objection to I
,n ,h " votn- statement th on-bout •'
<o tar as I suppose and believe mvsolftbo mime- 1
ess person von bad in view, when you wrote tho °
noduclion under consideration, p
lam doing no mure than justice to your char- 11
icte.. as it stands in my estimation, by admit- 11
mg that I fully believe, if it had stiuek you that p
he o was any chance of my dissenting front the 1
icon acy of any tart of what yon were about to 1
v He and publish, in allusion to mo, that vou ll
vonld have first submitted it to my inspection.
litad no idea that you would have deemed o;
ttr several conversations, whilst I was in your I’ 1
lace, about the Bank of the United States, of ll
efficient moment to notice them in your paper. "
our kind aud attentive treatment of me, cor- ci
duly was well calculated to bring mo out into a l ”
all and tree disclosure of my sentiments, upon , 1 '
H topics about which we conversed, and there hi
was none I felt a greater solicitude about, tban
the fate of the subject of renewing the Charier
of the Bank of the United States.
Suffer mo to enquire, in behalf of what I con
sider cruel treatment of Mr. Forsyth, why it is
that you have not thought proper to cast back to
the time of Chartering the present Bank of the
United Slates, in 1816, and discover whether
Mr. Forsyth (who was then in Congress) did not
give his vote in favor of this measure. For, if it
turns oat that he gave it his support, then, I say
it is cruelly unjust to attribute unworthy motives
to him, now, because he has happened latterly
to have borrowed money of this Bank.
Again: Why, as an impartial and independent
’ Editor, which you certainly are, do you not pub
lish Mr. Hudson’s abortive attempt to have a re
consideration of thu vote upon lay ing his vulnera
ble report against the Bank of the United States
upon tiie table fur the balance of the session,
by which It will he seen, that the most numerous
branch of the Legislature refused to reconsider,
by a vote of 80 odd, to 30 odd. 1 have looked in
vain, for the exhibition of this fact, in any Geor
gia Gazette which 1 have seen since the adjourn
ment. Unless, therefore, tliis move, and the pre
cise vote theieupon, is speedily published, I shall
conclude you aro afraid of the consequences of
making it known to the people.
I related this fact, from Milledgeville, myself,
to Mr. Biddle, and I dont care to keep it fom
you. Upon it I reasoned, that the more the tiue
merits of the subject of the Bank of the United
States, in connection with the renewal of its
i Charter, were «canncd and considered of, in
Georgia, the more did public sentiment hear out
| the belief, that the Slate was not hostile to its
renewal, and that I thought Mr. Crawford’s let
■ lor to Mr. lugersoll Was producing a beneficial
result at this moment, Thanks be to that great
1 , . ... C
j man s inconuptible integrity of character, who
shall charge him with unworthy views,in writing
this letter ?
| As a subscriber to your paper, what I have
’ a right to expect of you, I think, is, to let Mr.
Biddle know thro’ the Augusta Chronicle, that I
• have nut made an unti uu statement to him res
-1 peeling Mr. Hudson's move to reconsider the
vole upon his Bank; and whatever you publish
• hereupon, I must ask you to send to Mr. Biddle
the paper containing it, securely enveloped.
’ In publishing this letter, which I hope you will,
, you can omit or insert my name, according to
• your own judgment. 1 remain, with sentiments
t>f great regard,
Your obedient Fervent,
> 1
r A. 11. Pf, MHKRTON, Esq,
The following is tho article alluded to in the
above letter, which, in justice to ourselves, and
> fur the better understanding of tho reader, we
r publish entire:
“W e understand,that the Report of tho Com
mittee on Banks, against the renewal of the
charter of the United Slates Bank, was rejected
hv a majority of !). Tho principal grounds of
objection were, that the report did not u go tho
r main objection to the Bank, itsunconstitulional
ity—and that it was deemed mmecessa-y to in
struct our Senators, and request our Kepreson
’ tatives, to oapose the renewal of ihe charter, in
-1 nsmuch as they wore presumed to he fully ac
j Jub'iote' 1 w > t h the state of public opinion on tho
• , .... vvevor well they m Igrre-gfl; truly—as though,
an expression of opinion were at all calculated
I to lessen that acquaintance I The fact is we
, believe tho influence of Messrs. Fonsvrn’and
IlKitniKd were felt in this decision. Bolli of
those gentlemen are now, we believe, in favor
.of the United States Bank—the former, since
j ho loan to him of $90,000 by that instin,lion,
i but whether or not he was in favor of it before.
' l,ow loan has ali’ec:cd his emulous on
| the subject he has not been pleased to say, tho’
u gently called upon to do so; and he 'is not
without power ot inlluence on the great Sanhe
drim at Milledgeville—and ihe latter, as we have
reasons to know, was not backward In exortm
his influence in its favor; and ho was at Mil
ledgevillc during nearly the whole, if not the
whole-, of Ilia session. Has he received a loan
tool Wo should like to know.—How other
wise, than by the inlluence of these "ontlemun
anil perhaps that of Mr. Crawford, also, who has
: lately wiitten to Philadelphia in its favor, ns will
|he seen by his letter published lo day—is this
strange proceeding of the Legislature to he ac
! counted tor? The people of Georgia have loii"
: been behoved to he decidedly opposed to the
| Bank; and resolu iona, similar lo the one iin-a
lived, vyerc passed, we believe by very lan’-o
majorities, at the former and several preceding
sessions of the Legislature; and no doubt woe
improved hv the people, inasmuch as wo never
bean them once objected to. What, then, we
ask, lias produced this change? Where is tho
ov id-nce of change on tho part of tho people ?
And what, hut such a change, could properly
have brought it about? Tho fact is, the in,,
mense influence of this unholy Mammon is a
broad m the land, and il becomes the people to
look well to it, ere all their like ties ire c.t„-
pleielv within its grasp—sold to it, “for so
fiiuch trash ns may he grassed thus 1 *! “Tim
price of lihcity is eternal vigilance.”—Wo doubt
not that it basils secret agents all over the coun
try A gentleman, whom we believe to he one
ol them, was lately in this oily, ami took a deep
imprest in lavor of the Bank. He broached the
subject lo us several limes—tried very hard lo
convince us of the propriety of rechnrtoring tho
. ,77"" ’ il,lur vvc h:ul successfully combat
ted all his arguments, asked us very particular
ly, i/' vc had committed ourselns publielu in
our pai’Kr, against the Rank, as he believed if
we had not, that ho could still convince us of our
on or, and of the propriety of not doing so, at
least, till wo had mm e carefully examined the
subject; and on being informed that wo had 1
done so, most decidedly, but wore always open
to conviction, and fell no hesit. tion -u cm i ectiim
any erro. of opinion when houdly convinced of’ '
it, he del not ever urge the snbjo.-t again tho' '
several times al’lerwaid in our company.’ Ho (
took much interest in obtaining iulormut.on on
Ihe subject, and particularly in learning who of
the momliora of llio Legislature wore in favo 1
of, and who opposed to, tho B oik, and the stand- ■
mg, influence, and residence of each. And we I
learned from him, in tho course of conversation
that he was well acquainted with the P.esidcnt r
ot tii? B ink, in Plul.Hul} Ilia, whoso opinions ho c
sometimes i XMossmJ; with tho two affenls of 1
lh- Bank, who had lately been in this city, To- 1
luinbia, and Columbus; with the petition from
this place for a Branch ; and indeed with the
nfl’ai.s of the Bank generally; and that ho had v
atoly boon appointed a Cashier of one of the v
Branch Banks. He said that Mr. Biddle the
President, was well informed of the situations of .
f , i * acc Loin m bus, and ilie commanding
inlluence of both places upon-the State; their P
advantageous locations, as situated at the two a
apposite ext.-utilities, and most important and
,iowot ful commercial positions in tho Slate, and
ihoir necessary future prosperity; ami ihat he a
was well inclined to the establishment ofßranch- d
is 111 those places, provided it would be in ac ai
:ordance with tho wishes of the inhabitants 1,
nit not otherwise, as the Bank was not disposed
; o act in opjosilioii lo public opinion hi anv Cl
xay. Tins gentleman spoke, in connexion with w
us enquiries m relation to the opinions, * O . of sc
the members of the Legislature, of his intention 0
to tarry in Milledgeville, dining the remainder
of the session, as lie passed through there on
way to the west; and, knowing that wo heard
from Milledgeville regularly every day, he call- V
cd on us each morning, till his departure, to know 0
if we had received aiw information of the pro- c
ceodings on, or fate of tho report and resolutions
against the Bank. Perhaps his influence, also,
as well as that of Messrs. Forsyth and Berrien, l
had some connexion with the strange rejection ,
of them.—By the by, if the Bank really is not g
disposed to establish a Branch here, 01 in Coluin
bus, in opposition to tbe wishes of the citizens, t
would it not be proper for thoso o( each place j
opposed lo such Branches, lo get up a counter £
petition, lost their silence should be erroneously
construed by tho Bank into acquiescence ?
We shall now notice, briefly, the strictures of J
our correspondent, in tbs order in which they
stand. First, lie is right in the supposition that
he is the person alluded to; but he is not right in
supposing that wo “ intended our remarks to he
plain enough to have it so understood.” We did *
not design to bring him personally before tbe pub 1
lie, St, if it be so,the fault is his own, and not ouis, !
Wo did honestly believe him lo be a secret a- !
gent of the Bank, and his letter, so far fom 1
shaking that belief, tends strongly to confiim it. 1
As sueii, with our sense of the evils of that in
sulation, and the belief abroad that the Bank 1
employs its agents to operate on public ojiimen, 1
wo fell it our duty lo stale the concurrent testi
mony which hud come, unsought fur, to our
knowledge—giving tile facts upon which our o
pinion of the gentleman’s being a secret agent
of the Bank, was. founded, that our readers
might jndgo fur themselves of the accuracy of
that opiuion. We do not know thut the public
is aware of the individual alluded to; and when
ever asked who he is, we have positively icfus
ed lo toll. We slated' facts, and such as wore
of interest lo the pubic; but with individuals
we had nothing to do. And wo should suppose
il must he sullicienlly undei stood,from our gene
ral public course, that we never permit our re
gard for indiviiluals, however great, to inter
fere with our duty to tho public, and regard for
. tiie public good. To a person in our situation,
and indeed to every patriotic man, the public
good ought always to be the first consideration,
and individuals as nothing, when they come in
conflict with it. Tho conversations alluded to
were altogether open, voluntary', and given
without the least restriction, and were therefore
free to he communicated,with our own views of
them. Had they been given under any injunc
tion of secrecy, we should have fell bound lo pre
serve them secret; because every individual r.as
the undoubted right, In his ordinary intercourse
with his fellow-men, to communicate ordina
ry information to them,concerning himself or elh
. ers, on his own terms,or to withhuldjl from them;
| and if they accept those terms, in receiving it,
, they are bound by every principle of honor, to
übido by them. Wo are guiltless, so far us vvc
know, of over betraying a confidence reposed in
. us; but we wish it distinctly understood, that
I when men voluntarily place before us intbrma
lion valuable to the public, wo shall feel nobusi
tation in publishing it, but with as much delicacy
. toward the individuals themselves, as possible.
• That delicacy was not forgotten, in the present
instance; and, after mentioning iho facts,nothing
, could have induced us to mention tho name, hm
. a denial of those facts hv a1- - ".tsmsted,
J And, so larasour readers are concerned, we are
, not afraid of their ever suspecting us of stating a
wilful untruth, for any purpose, and particularly
1 the purpose of deceiving them, whom to unde
| ceive, as far as possible, in all public matters, has
been our first object, according to the best ofou
knowledge and belief, sensible always that we
1 arc not less liable than others, to honest errors.
Wo arc not yet sensible of error, in staling |
that “ho sometimes expressed tho opinions of
1 Mr. Biddle,” or at least assumed to do so, and
even his own explanation would seem to shew
that we were not in error. He says, “with
those two exceptions [this, and another to bo no
ticed presently] against tho accuracy of which
I protest, I have no objection to admit, in the
main, your statement throughout.” Now, hit
the reader turn to that statement, and notice
what he told us of Mr. Biddlu’s opinions of thu
advantageous locations, &c. of ibis place and
Columbus, for Blanches of the U. States Bank,
and his disinclination to establish such Branch
es contrary lo the public will, &c. and say how
ho con d have told u;s all tliis, (which is of course
what we alluded to at the time) without expiess
ing his (Mr. Biddle’s) opinions. He was, of
course, then relating to us Mr. IVs. views and
opinions, and not his own; and this pa t of the
statement he docs not appear to controveit.
How lai he had “authority for conveying to us
such an idea, we ot eon se knew' nothing, and 1
did not pretend to know.
Wo certainly understood him to say, that “he ■
had lately been appointed n Cashier of 0110 of '
the Branch Banks; and we cannot see how we
could possibly have been mistaken. If he did 1
not say so, ho must have said something-which 1
we might reasonably hayo mistaken for such a *
declaration; and wo call upon him to say dis- ‘
tinctly what it was. There is something of o- 1
vasion in his denial, which by no meads leaves 1
it clear, frank, and explicit. Wo did not say (
that “a Branch had lately been created, ’or 1
that he had said so, and cannot sec what his do- 1
nial of such a creation has to do with the matter, 1
or why lie could not “ lately have been appoint- 1
ed a Cashier of one of the Bra cl, Banks,” will.-
out the necessity of dealing a Branch Bank for 0
that purpose. Il seems to us, he intimated thut 3
tho Branch was in Flmida-peihaps in Pensaco- *
la-or possibly it was an Agency, and not a
Branch; but, that ho .mentioned he had lately ll
received some appointment, or been promised
one, of some establishment of the United States "
Bank—a Branch, or wlut we mistook for a "
Branch we fed? as certain of as that we live. *
e certainly did not suppose it possible, that sl
what wo stated, or any part of it, eoald have met r ‘
"ith any dissent frovi him. b
Wo “deemed tho several conversations” allu- «
m’’)' T™ mo, ' ent t 0 notic “ “> our ft
pajc , lor the reasons then and above given : n
amTdid not feel that any restriction was upon *
us against doing so, or that we wore bound, d
ftcr receiving thorn as we did. ,0 ask leave ,0 l >
■> tu.-lt he meant to ‘hit our “kind al
tod attentive treatment” was intended “to bring *’
-I out.” wo positively deny it, or that wf
-our ed a single statement that ho made. Tho
K’holo was altogether voluntary 01, his part. Wo
corn tf.o disposition 0 f pumping from jmy man,' /)
ought that ho is unwilling to communicate; bu
what is once voluntarily communicated, i 3 as
much our property as that of him who stated i'.
We scorn concealments on our own part, and
equally so the dirty wo;k of dragging forth the
concealments of others. And wo think our
telling him plainly and promptly, when asked
that we had boldly given our opinions in our
paper against the Bank, and his subsequent
silence on the subject, which was naturally
to bo expected, is sufficient proof that wo had
not design to deceive him, or draw f.om him
a word more than ho fully chose to commu
nicate. If he “ was shallow enough, or vain
enough,” voluntarily to communicate what bo
had cause to conceal, that was his own business
and not ours. If our own entire openness and
frankness led bim in to more than was hia
wont, it certainly was not intended to “brin»
him out,” and if it did, we are not culpably aa°
swerable for it. Wo again declare, that we
scorn to deceive any n|an into u betrayal of him
self; but are not sure that our uniform, and not
designed, openness and frankness has net been
found contagious by others than himse.
If he supposes that our ‘-kind and attenthft
treatment” to him, was at all peculiar, we as
sure him he is altogether mistaken. It was not
more so in the least than it would huve been to
any other individual, or stranger, who similarly
sought our acquaintance, and behaved equally
polite and gentlemanly to us. We are no ccs
pectur of persons; and make it a point to treat
all men as we would that they should treat us.
Ami in this we are by no moans disinterested
for wo believe that “the measure we meet unto
others will bo ineeted unto us.” —H e w j|| rfi _
collect, that beside his communications of a
public interest, there were several others, re
lating to his own peculiarly private affairs, vol
untury also, and altogether unsought for. These
wo do consider sacred—as much so as ho could
desire and would consider ourselves degraded
were we ever to divulge them, under any temp
tation ; because, neither concerning ourselves,
nor the public, wo could have no good motive
for doing so.
We have no means - “of casting back to the
time of chartering the L T . S. Hank, in 1810,” to
discover whether Mr. Forsyth voted for or
against lire measu.c; but if either ho or any one
else will furnish them, we will cheerfully do so.
Let his vole, however, on that occasion, have
been what it might, it cannot remove the im
prudence of talcing a loan, which may ho sup
posed to restrain him possibly, in his duties to.
his constituents, nor relieve him from the duty of
explaining his conduct to them, when lespoctful
ly and properly called upon to do so.
The vote, on laying the Report of the commit
tee on Banks, against the U. S. Bank, on the
table, together with that ou the motion to rceon-.
sider, will be found in an extract from tbe (icor
gia Journal, in another article, which was prepa
red lor the press before the letter of our corres
pondent was received. We never saw these
votes till they mot our eye in the extr.act in qncs-.
lion, ond he owes us no thanks for giving them
now. Wo will always eheoi fully give any in
formation in our power, when properly request
ed to do so, even though it be against ourselves;
bui when any man inuiuv,., shall threaten us of
wo,;, .w -ill “ conclude,” if it i, not .. B ,, cedi | y
published, ,w'o -shall have no other reply l 0 m ,ike
than that of contempt. We hold it no merit
even to do -right, on compulsion; and when ho
talks tons of our being “afraid of consoqtten,
ee-s,” nothing can bo more evident than that he
does not know ns, or that such an expression will
ho laughed at contemptuously by those who do.
Tim next paragraph shows Iris iatima y with
Mr. Biddle, and that he makes it a point to cor
respond with kirn upon the subject of the Dank
and public opinion in relation to it. Does not
this tend to confirm the opinions expressed in ou*
rcma.ks of the 2fllh u t?—We believe he “rea
soned” incorrectly to Mr. B. on the vote in the
Legislature, m relation to Mr. Hudson’s motion
to reconsider. The main cause of laying tiro Re,
port on the table, ns slated to ns by one of our
county representatives, arid mentioned at the
opening of our rema.ksof the 28th ult. was not
regard lor the Bank, or a desire that it should bo
rucha. torod, as will be seen by a reference to
those remarks; and lire reasons for refusing
to reconsider must have been similar to those
oftlrc previous vote. Wo have no doubt
that a large majo.ity of the people of (,’eor-ia
are opposed to the United States Bank ; but,lre
ilmtas it may, the opinion of all the world would
not change on s, without evidence,-and much
heller evidence than that contained in Mr.
Crawford’s boasted letter, which can tend on
ly to conli. m it.—ls our correspondent wrote
Mr. Bid,Ho from Millcdgevillo, when there, as
he mentioned, as ho says, Mr. C’s letter, when
writing linn, it would seem, that that letter ha I
boon made public in Millodgeville before it re
turned there in the public prints, and tend to
confirm our suspicion, that it had its influence
in excluding f. out Mr. Hudson's report, the
mam ground of opposition to the Bank—-its
unoonstitutionality thereby “producing a bet*
cfu ial result, at that moment,” as mentioned by
the writer, to the Bank, at least-thut cgclpsip,,
being one of the alleged causes of defeating the
Report against the Bank. The devotion of Mr
Hudson and bis party to Judge Crawford,is well
known ; and how to account fur that exclusion
on any other ground than a disposition to avoid
a direct conflict with tl, u head of the pailv.’oi.
sa important a point, we know not.
The paper containing this article shall ho sent
to Mr. Biddle, as desired.
Since oor correspondent refers to our “judg
ment” the omission or insertion ofhis name, (a
matter about which, as it concerns not us, wo
'■are not to exercise any judgment at all) wo
mull not insert it—nut as a “judgment,” but a
refusal to assume the responsibility of if, which
uolongs to himself alone. As already observed,
WO have not desired to bring hint personally her
lore the public; and as his name is not at j loscnt
lecessaryto (da cause, we shall leave that to bn
one by himself, exclusively— holdiug ourselves in
flioorful readiness to publish his name whenever
to shall direct ns to do so-and admitting, now,
U the merit which justly attaches to his wil
mgiiess that it should ho made known.
FOR THP AUGUSTX CHKONICLE,
Mr , A, e f UST i KACKS
, ' tor: ~ am to learn, that th»
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