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PHr,..B. D. D’s Adilresw,
Delivered, before the Patrons of the dlillsbo
rwgh Academy.
[published by request.]
These exercises close half of our academi
cal year. But before I dismiss you, 1 feel if
my duty as well as my desire to make a few
remarks upon the subject of general education.
Yon all know that we arc living in an age
the most enlightened ; and in a country above
all others the most distinguished in civil and
religious liberty. We know that the power of
governing is invested in the People; and we,
though-few in number, constitute a part of that
power. ' We arc not yet s> blinded by the
love of money as not to distinguish merit, or
so morally depraved as to confound the virtu
ous with the vicious. It is considered in some
countries a virtue to be wealthy, but we have
reason to be thankful that we have mot yet arri
ved at that height of human depravity, as not
to distinguish-ths enlightened from the igno.
rant and the wise from the fool. Genera! edu
cation, particularly in thts Government, is its
greatest safety; it is the great lever which
equalizes the whole ; yea, it is that main-spring
which gives power and animation to the whole
fabrick'; for we know- hint the stability of
every government, particularly cf repub
lican, depends upon the morality and good
sense of the people. And how can wo ac
complish this moral reformation, but by first
commencing wi’h families, then to the com
munities, and so ascending in a regular grada
tion of steps, till we have accomplished our
object.among the great mass of the people.
It is true, you any hive the wealth of the
Indies, you may possess the golden sands of
Africa, and be sprinkled.with the golden dews
of Mammon; but without moral virtue, with
out education, and without that promelbian
spark which came down from Heaven, you are ■
but a sounding brass and tinkling symbal. It ;
is true that wealth is power; it has its votaries; :
it dazzles our imaginations and tills us with
momemarv pleasures : but /he pleasures which i
are to be derived from a good and well culti- >
vated mind are more substantial and lasting.
Beauty is like the flower of the vernal Spring,
which to-day is, and to-morrow fades away;
wealth is subject to the nightly vigils of the
robber, to the ravages of fire, and in a word,
every misfortune to which our race is liable.
But a mind stored with the wisdom and expe
lience of the past; strengthentd .villi rea
son and philosophy, and enlightened by divine ‘
revelation, is proof against all human uncer-]
tainties; yea, it is an ornament in youth, a'
means of promotion in manhood, and a conso
lation in old age.
It would be too long to enumerate to you the
good effects which education produces in a na
tional point of view. We find the greatest
man in every age and country, were either lite
rary men or friends to literature. Alexander
was the disciple of Aristotle. Ctesar could
wield his pen with as much dexterity as he
Old his sword on the battle-field ; and Wash
ington, that paragon of patriotism, was not on
ly mighty in the field, but a sage in councils.
These examples, however, are but minor con
siderations compared with the great mass of:
the people. An enlightened an 1 educated na- I
tion will always exert its influence over other!
nations as a great orator does upon the feelings |
of his audience. Britain joined the sur-name I
of Great, not so much by her wealth ana pow- j
er as by her arts and sciences. Greece was I
vanquished by the arms of Rome, but Greece I
overcame Rome by her arts and literature.
She remained as the great model to all succee
ding generations, and as the great luminary
and polar star of the ancient world. Her
arts and sciences were transmitted to posteri
ty bv her historians and philosophers ; and her I
heroic deeds were sung by the divine miistrcl;
of rocky Chios. Were it not for her men of I
genius and learning, she would have sunk into |
eternal oblivion like the barbarous nations of j
the North. It is not then to the extent of ter
rttory or the density of population, that consti- I
lutes a nation. It is the general knowledge of
the people and civil policy of the land.
But let us turn from nations to an i iterest
ing portion of our race. In every age, coun
try and clime, we find woman was either ex- -
sited to the highest ptnacle cf glory, or su k i
to the lowest depth of degradation. She was
either a slave or a divinity. In Turkey she
is a slave, in France an idol, and in America
an equal and Compartnet with man. But even
in this country, females are not treated with
that degree of justice they deserve. The care
and attention which is bestowed on the eduea- j
tion of male children, are withheld from the j
female by public opinion. We are either sus. '
picious of their weakness, or consider them j
as unworthy of the higher accomplishments ;
of life. We rear up Public Literary and Me- I
dical institutions, Theological and Law schools I
for the purpose of making literary men, physi- I
cians. statesmen and divines; but for the ad- i
vancemenl of woman We have none. We are !
solicitous for the fruit, but the tree which I
bears it we despise and neglect. It may be (
said, however, that it is sanctioned by public j
opinion ; but public opinion in this instance |
is a violatorof one of the fundamental princi- |
pies of divine economy. What is woman?'
« Woman,” says a learned divine, “ was m ide j
of a rib, out of the side of Adam ; not made i
out of his head to top him ; not out of his feel I
to be trampled upon by him ; but out of his I
side to be equal with him ; under his arm to j
be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”
If God intended womhn to be equal with man.
let her enjoy the same privileges in point of
education. The ancient Spartans inured tin ir
women to labor, that they might bring forth ;
warriors to the state ; and how can we have
free-minded men unless their men be enligh
tened. It is in early childhood, and in the
cradle, that we receive the lasting impressions
of manhood; it is the plastic hand of the mo
ther, which gives the first impulse to the mind
of the child, which in after years becomes the
pride of his family and the champion of his
country; —Yes, it is that weak woman who
rears up the man of might, the philosopher, (
end the sublime poet.
It may be said however, that females may
be more learned, but less lovely. Such s iiti
ments as these are worthy of a musselmau and
a barbarian—but not of an enlightened and an
educated American. Were our females more
educated than they now are, we would not
hearthat trite and foolish conversation, which
we are now in the habit of hearing at parties
and public entertainments. We would hear
in the place of it something that is solid, im
proving and divine.
Some parents think, that because they turn
ed out to do well in the world with little or no
education, their children ought and must of
necessity do the same. But recollect that
when you were young, general knowledge was
but little diffused in this country. The march
of intellect is now onward—onward— onward!
And were you to direct the course of your
conduct and of your children by past usages,
you wohld carry every thing again into the
wilderness. You w’ould be like a rill compar
ed with the majestic grandeur of the Missis
sippi ; o’- like the skimming of a swallow to
the towering Hight of the eagle.
But to show you the influence which an ed
ucated and accomplished female can exert in
domestic and public affairs, turn your minds
for a moment to ancient history. Aspasia,
tin ugh a foreigner in Athens, ruled the whole
state —not by her beauty, but by the charms of
her eloquence. She taught the greatest rhea |
of her age how to harraugue and rule the peo
ple. 11 is suit! of Cicero, that he uas ia the ’
habit of spending an hour or two a-day i.i the i
I company- oi Horlensia, the most accomplished j
[ woman of Borne, for the improvement of Lis
I mind. And when Cuius Martins,"suniamed
Coriolanus, was banished the state by the tac-
I tious tribunes, lie threw himself into the arms
j of his bitterest enemy, but in a short time he
I returned at the head of a powerful army and
pitched his camps at the very gates of Rome.
. 'fhe Senate, then the people and tribunes, sent
a solemn embassy to appease fits anger; but
he was inexorable. The priests came next
with all the insignia and sacred symbals of re
ligion, to dissuade him from his destruefi e
purpose; but he was deaf to them also,
rhi'rdly came the matrons of Rome, with his
| wife, and begged him with tears in their eyes
I to spare them and their country from utter
| ruin ; but he made them depart his camp.—
But when i'smcther approached him and ad
dressed him thus— •’ My son. reim mber that 1
am thy mother, who nursed and suckled thee
in thv infancy. lam the woman who brought
you upto inunhoood.”—'['lie man ot iron, the
hero and the general of the Volsci, melted in-
-1 to tears at the feeble w.ordsof an aged moth ci ;
; “ Go,” said he, “ Rome is saved, but thy sou is '
lost.” Such is the inHueace which an eduea- ‘
ted and accomplished female can exert over
the mindsand feelings of others.
I f knowledge then gives such power to one
individual over another, you who arc within '
the hearing of my voice, treasure it up while ;
yet in the spring of your life for the w inter o! I
! your age. The path of ignorance and sloth
■ j is broad and easy, but the Temple ot' Science
| is built upon a fifty hili, whose ascent is steep
i ai-.d narrow. Remember that great tht’.gs are i
j to b j acquired only by porseverence, patience,
j and toil. And you who have the guardian
| care of these children, the hope and pride of:
I the rising generation ; and who now feel the j
I weight of years pressing upon you—-cncour- I
i age them to succeed in vour honors and em- |
I ploymer.ts. Stiffer th.in to drink of she waters '
lof knowledge freely. L t them woo the ;
nymphs of Parnassus, and baths in the sacred I
fountains cf Castalia. Bid them open the i
book of science, and show tin m the rewards ■
mid honors which wait on th-ir labors. It ts i
the best pait thatou can do for them, and the ,
best legacy you can bestow upon them. And ;
in doing this, you shall not o;dv have dischar
ged your duty to them and to yourselves, but to )
j your country and to your God.
- '
Frrin the Clixi-’eston Courier-
•Captain Sisson, ofthe schr. Exirt, has favor
ed us with the following account of a singular
phenomenon, discovered by him, on the Florida
c oast:
“On Thursday, 23d ult. while sailing towards
Mosquito, eight miles south of St. Augustine
light bearing N. W. by N. a sheet of white wa
ter was discovered, which was taken for a shoal,
as the waler was discolored. The lead was
hove, and nine fathoms of water found. The '
Exit was hove to. the lead again hove when
nearer to it, and the bottom found muddy.
the schr. neared the place, it was found not so
be a shoal, but a boiling up ofthe water. The
j Exit sailed through it, and sounded, no bottom
j was found with a lead line 20 fathoms in length.
| The vessel was forced out ofthe boiling water,
i which was about 200 feet across—the circum
, ferenee about 600 feet. It was concluded that
|it was a subterranean spring. When the schr.
j was in it, or to leeward, could smell something
i like gundowder or marsh mud. It was about
two and a half miles from the beach.”
Since the above was furnished, we have
found the following description of this unusual
appearance in the Savannah Gttorgicm:
A CURIOSITY.
| From a friend, who has furnished the follow. J
■ ing, we are gratified to learn that the fact ofthe '
| existence of a large Mineral Fountain at sea.
i to the souihward of St. Augustine, is confirmed
i by Lieutenants Pettigrue and Ingraham, as well
! as by Capt. Sisson of the schr. Exit.
j This fountain has been frequently scon and
described by others, but from the singularity of
such a phenomena, its existence has often been a
subject of discredit.
As described’ by the gentlemen mentioned,
I the fountain is situated about 2 1-2 miles from j
the land, and Sor 9 miles from St. Augustine
Lighthouse, the latter bearing by compass N. :
IV. by N. ‘ |
It is desfinguisliable at some distance by a ;
yellowish apearanec on the. surface of the sea, i
and the breaking or rippling of its escaping wa
ters on the weather side, and a sulphurous at- I
mosphere may be smelt half a mile to leeward of
the fountain, ’fhe Soundings adjacent to the
Fountain arc 9 fathoms on the seaward side, ,
and 14 fathoms on the land side. In the Fountain i
J itself Capt. Sisson reports that the lead at 25
' fathoms failed to touch. In sailing over this
Fountain they found it difficult to keep a deter-
■ mintate course ora position central or coven
! ient for observation owing to the activity with
j which the current disengages itself from bc
| neath, the vessel gets drifted lo one side or the
I other, although thereis no difficulty in circum
navigating the spot. The waters ofthisfoun-
j tain, as far as their observation went, were cool,
brackish and sulphurous, and the volume dis
charged they conjecture to be as large as a col- !
i umn of 100 feet diameter.
i Other Mariners have staled the waters of I
! this Fountain to be decidedly fresh, and the vol- i
■ of greater extent, but when the necempanying '
j resistances are taken into view, the turmoil of)
; waters meeting under different impulses; it may I
be expected that descriptions of this singular )
; lountain may vary in seme particulars, until it [
is made a subject of methodical examination.
In the meantime there seems iu p;ood reason
for supposing the origin of this fountain to be j
homogeneous with that of many others in the
interior of Florida, impregnated with sulphurous ’
hydrogen.
But to the mariner the locality of this Fotin-I
tain is worthy of particular attention, because,
instead of its being a shoa', as the breakers
might indicate, it may be a good mark at a time
when other land marks cannot be. Instead of a
Scylla and Charibdis to be avoided he may
find an opportune haven for the supply of fresh
water.
We. commend it to the notice of chart makers.
J In noticing this marine eruption, the con
jecture is irresistable, that such eruptions are
more common than is supposed, and that the
phenomena attending them being similar to
those ofshoals and sunken rocks, this may be
the cause of many errors in the charts cf the
day in designation the one for the ot! er.—
The eruption in question would have been a
voided as a shoal, had its yellowish* loom and
its lonely situation not have attracted the atten
tion of those on board the Exit. Another mar
ine eruption on a large scale is reported to be
situated in the Gulf of Mex ; co abreast of Char
lotte Harbour, and another in the Bay of Bengal
abreast of the Ganges, which strengthen! the
probability that they occur more generally. An
other deceptive appearance in the eruption at
St. Anastatia caused it to be mistaken by some
on board, for the exuvia of VV hales. Captains
of vessels should be on the alert for the discov
ery of these eruptions. The best key to them
we lake to be the rippling and breaking of the
strong currents which they occasion at the spot, j
How acceptable is the possibility that even some |
spots looked upon as dangerous to approach,
are in reality grateful reservoirs of fresh water
-that the ocean’, alt,hough strewed with dangers,
is at. the same time pregnant with the blessings
of life. 1 °
* The limestone fountains of Florida arc encrusted
with a white deposit which, refrated through the trans
parent water makes an illumination which, to the eye
at some distance, seems yellowish loom. Refractions
of this sort arc familiar to those who have sailed among
m-c calcareous shoals ofthe West Indies.
ISoUUiVd.
From the Charleston Men ur
To Nicholas Biddle, Esq.
President ofthe Bank ofthe United States.
Sir—The citizens of Churiet>;o:i, a' a public
meeting held on the ITh-May, f>r th ■ pur
pose of considering the expedit nCv ofthe Banks
ol ibis city suspending Specie p nuiriit, con
sequent on flic suspension ia the Notllieru
cities, passed tho lollowi -g Resolution :
Beselvcd, That, the Fr- side ts of the B u ks
in this city' be requested to estabbsb forthwith
correspondeucu -wit.i the Banks ofthe other
Commercial cities of the Union, for ilm pur
pose of taking early mws-tina for the resump
tion of Specie payments; that when this men.
sure does take place, it may be simultaneous
throughout the United States, and wiih the
least possible-disturbance to the exchanges of
the country.”
Th,is resolution was referred to tlie Presi
dents of the difiereut Banks, and an allotment
made for the correspcmde: cc of each, with the
several Institutions in th.; r.oimni i ctal citi a oi
the Union, and to mys 1 It was assigned the h-m,
' or of cornmmicntiug with you on the import a.:, t
subj-ct which it compr. Lends. 'l'lie-private
I letter which i have already written you, omsi
' have prepared you for this commuiucation.
. 1 thall make no apoiogv for addressing vou
! direcllv through the public press. Th ■ great
i power and extensive influence of the Ba.-.l;
over which you preside (to say m thing ofthe
[ prominent position ymi yourself personaliv oc
, copy) would scetn to m- ko it eminently pro
| per, it the Batiks are to co-operate in < if. cling
i ar. early and salutary return ofthe country to
a sound currency, tlmt i i thisi tt'or l your excr
; tions, enlightened by the expt-rim ce yon have
had ia the finances of the United States, shotfd
be directed to the highlv important obj ii-i ot
combi itug and conceoti li: g tne action ol the
other Banks in the U i-m, to the accomplish
ment ofthis most d:..-.-iruble riruit.
i fe‘-l, I trust, ua the ddli amcc ■ v Inch :i
comparatively sh >rt i xp; riemc in the practi
cal operations ol bm.ki: g ought to impress tipm.
my mind, and I should c rt -.i .lv have prefi r:< d
that the suggestion I :m about to make for
AN EARLY AND EH-MUTUAL RESUMP
TION OFSPECiE PAYMENTS on the pan
of the Banks, had been offered by one who
could have given h:s cpi..i„Ls that sort <4’au
thority w hich results from a repute founded as
well upon the public confide:,ce. as on ripli ex-
I perieuce and acknowledged abih v.
But tne dark crisis m which the country is
placed, in which even the evils we are now
suficring under, great as they are, seem com
paratively of trivial mom-.-i.t to those yet m
| reserve, if some gmieral and signal effort is not
made f ir its relief, would justify th:; most hum
ble in in in the Uuioi!, however liumble his
: own co. tinge;.t, to present it fr .ely as an off r-
Lig tor the commo.! and joint service of us all.
1 mil.-t therefore begin by premising that if
the conflict w inch has b; en going on at least
for tlie List six years, between the G.over.,ment
and the supporters of a Bank ofthe U.n'ed
.States, or in other words, between the credit
system and the advocates of a m. tallie circu
lutioii, is not compromised or composed, it will
end in the Rl IN Os THE COUNTRY, i
have been brought to this conviction bv the
most painful yet u u qu.vocal omens. I have
not the slightest hostility to your bank. On
the contrary, in the very extensive intercourse
which I had with it,comm mcu.g withtlie pur
chase of your Charleston Branch in 1835, bv
th:; Ba .k ever which 1 preside, down to the
present moment of our frequent correspondence,
1 have at. ail times reco; uized the great hbe
ral-iy a, d public spirit of accommodation bv
which your Institution seems invariably to be
governed.
VV hate ver, theres >re, m;.y be my opi ions on
the abstract question ol'the power of Cor.grcss
to renew vour chart, r (which incfii e to the
rigid school of consir'ictio.:,) for one, I should
h ive been willing under the decision of th.-
.Supreme Court am! :he anterior approval of
the Back Bill by Mr. Madison, to consider the
w hole matter as res adjudicata, as a point de
finitely si tiled for the public tr.mqniLiiv, it not
for the interest we all feel in u s-jimd and sta
ble currency.
But whatever may be y our opinion, Sir, or
on whatever ground I may be wilii >g to com
promi.'e a public quesiio.i, is a m.itter of very
little moment, provided it should be found in a
representative democracy like ours, that the
people are arrayed o:: the adverse side, or an
Executive should happen to be in p .wer ready
with his Veto to ob y the sanctions of his ow n
conscience, his own convictions of expediency
and justice, (or if you please his vindictive pre
judices) by put,ing an extinguisher on your
hypothesis financial and constitutional, or my
own.
How then, it may b :- asked, is this difficulty
to be nii.-t and surmmi iled ! How is this per
petual warfare between the Government ortho
supporters of a metallic currency, mid the
Bunk ot the United .Slates, (a conflict vi liich
promises to engulph the w hole country in co.i
vu sioti and ruin) to be stayed and put at rest
forever ? 1 answer explicitly. By the spirit
of conciliation and compromise, by which,
nine times out of ten, public danger is to be
averted, w hen force ami violence prove uttcrlv
powerless.
Without a presumptuous confidence in my
own o] i.'ions, (for God knows the crisis is well
calcmat- d to beget, amidst appahng difficul
ties, any thing but a too sanguine r< fiance on
ourselves,) I cannot but think if the conjunc
ture which will b • presumed to .Congress on
the Ist Septi-moer next, be met by the'Execu
tive and theNatiouui Legislature, by the lead
i g Siatesm in in both its Branches, and bv the
influential Banks ofthe United States, (mure
ispecially by your owe.) in the proper spirit
and with the means and measures that will be
i i the possession of all these fimctionaries,
pubi c a d private. Specie payments may be
resumed in a very shoif period after the mect
i g <>t Co igress, and iii four m mths after the
commencement of its session,— the Constitu
tion ofthe United States be so amended that
our currency will be placed on a basis of pros
penty and security which I trust will be im
peiisnable. Before I venture to indicate with
ail due deference what appear to me to be the
proper means to accompli-1; these desirable re
suits, it will not be amiss tu say ,i word or two
on those causes which have contributed most
effectually to produce our present sulk-rii.gs
and embarrassments.
'I he primary and < .fliciimt cause ofthe pre
sent embarrassments ol tho United States, is
to be found in a want ol uniformity in our cur
ie <-y , w Inch results troin there being no legal
or cmistitutioiiul restraint on its issues. This
is a consequence of our complex form of Go
vernment. Li twenty-six Slates each ot'ih< tn
assuming ami exercising the sovereign attri
butes of authorizing the m uLicti.ire of money,
to ;m unlimited extent, wiihout the smallest
check or couttol, except w hat they think pro
per Io impose on themsehes, i,o other < fleets
could possibly have been predicted, Ilian these
which have actually occurred.
Any remedy which falls short of gradually
arresting this < vil, is absolutely worthless and
unavailing. Upon tins point, I desire at the
close of this communication to make a few
suggestions, which comprehend n possible < ure
for this evil, which may, I think, be u.iefullv
employed.
G-N ‘y* ’p-Q C’* A.
■ nest; Lib >ri:torii:.s of paper m-mcv, in the
"id u'ent Stales, mure espucialiv in the new
►State:.; oi t:.e West, were pampered into exist
| e:ic -, or met by a gig-mtie spirit of public eu
j terpiise, which spuuug out of the general peace
i,. Europ.: from the natural development ofthe
j v. si res .ureas of our cou.it.rv, as well as from
: the extraordinary discoveries in mechanica'i
; philosophy, by which a new and almost mira-
I cu'otis impulse has Loen given to public im
i pi'ovemeats throughout, the world. The means
i which man possesses of increasing ii.defi •-
itely hi;-; physical power by the ageuev ofdteam,
; h :s b i n niosl einj.!;,;iie:.l.lv ilhistrati d i.. the List
live y ears, both m E..gland and America. Th
- rail roads and Canals, public and private edili-
■ ces and I may say towns, built or in the course
| of construction, in both countries, produced a
demand for the immediate creation of a circu*
luting medium, w hich should be the represen
tative of the amount of exchangeable value
thus created, which the precious metals could
not possibly afford. Hence the d.-nuind for
paper money, and v. here existi >g Banks could
' not supply this demand, Joint Slock Compa-
■ nivs w ere created in E. gl rid, w ithout i.um-
I her, under the Act of Gunge IV, and the Sove
. reign- power oi the States on this side oi the
: w ater, was invoked to inco p .rale new Baul-'s,
| almost to an imlefi its extent. The s imulus
| thus given to the c'urrem y of both qmi:.tri< s,
'. was met by a short crop of Cott: :i i i 1835,
. which with a super-abundant i.-su" in the cir
i crjk.ti.m. carried prices up tit once to a max
j initial, wiiich precipitated both ceu hi ies-into a
. c ireer of sp<.c:.datio.i little short of madness,
t Manufactures, goods, wares, and-merchandize,
I cutto;), lai.ds, slaves, and every chattel, if' we
■ may so speak, rea 1 , personal, and mixed, rose
:to a point ol elevation v. hich, many postjacto
■ prophets have since predicted were dizzy and
i ins ci.r,? Hall tin; di mand tor mor Banks w.-.s
| iiisatiabli', and not to be appeased. Accoid
j ing to the most authentic returns w T e have seen
: that within the last seven years, three hundred
: and fi.4 , -seven new Banks have been created
i in tin; U. iied ritates, beanies 'one Inmdred anil
■ fmty-six Branch .s, v.Lk added to .hose pre
| vioiisly in existence, made a total of six 1 un
;di ed and sixty-seven B inks. This produced
j a corresponding augmentiition of'lie Banking
I capital of tin; equally, of one hundred and ee
| v<-t.ty.nine mdliu..s, and an increase ia the cir.
; culation ofpapci m mey luimuutiog to one hu:i-
I dr; d and twe.,ty-fi»e millions.
Njw Sir, I Consider these effects to have
| been altogether beyond she control of the Ge.i
--i era! GoVvr. m.mt, Tb.it they sprung from the
i contagious u fluence of the spiiit of specula
| tion, or if you please the genius ofthe age io
which we hve, that they would have occurred
w ith or w ithout the existence of the Baidc of
the United States proper, or the removal ofthe
D.-posites. or General Jackson’s Treasury
Circular. In one word, they resulted from ib -
great d< mand fora circulating medivm, and
the unlimited power cf the States to meet this
I demand, by an unlimited issue of paper money,
' to which, in an era like the one through which
we have just passed, as salutary as may be the
check of a Bank ofthe United States, on inor
dinate issues in ordinary times, it would ra
: ..er li .v;; had to obey the general impulse ; of
which I think the course of events ia your
i own Bank, in Philadelphia, affords the strong
est exponent.
I am sure your own magnanimity and frank
ness will induce you ta tok-rate this remark.
Indeed nothing can illustrate more powerfully 1
the extravagant spirit of speculation which in
fected tho whole country, than the fact, that I
the Legislature of your State should have giv
en your bank a charter for the enormous sum of i
thirty-five milho s, w ith the immense banking i
capital it hud previously authorised by law, '
without the faculty of legalizing the circulation -
’of one cent beyond its own limits. Let us be
i just, before we are severe in our judgments.—
I I he w hole country is to blame by a direct agen
; cy in bringing about astute of things to which .
i the mens ires ot our Government may have ef
ficiently contributed, but which these measures
could not have entirely produced.
It indicates no masterly spirit of philosophy
to be, harping on mere secondary causes at best,
w hen the great sources of existing evils are ’
left unexplored. '1 he strife which is now wag
ing on whom to fix the exclusive responsibili
ty of great public calamities, is unworthy of
the spirit ot those who must approach the dis
i temperature in our public affairs in a widely i
I different toiie. Let me, however, not b ; mis
i understood. I think Gen. Jackson committed
i great and mischievous mistakes in tampering 1
I w ith the currency of the com try. That lie I
i endangered its best mteresis by his attachment ’
I to a futile hypothesis, practicable alone through I
i a vise and gradual induction. 'That us in one I
i of his eai ly messages he waved his constitu-)
! tional scruples in regard to the charter of a
Bank ofthe United States, he ougnt to have I
’ given his assent with salutary modifications to ■
! a recharter of your Bunk, or afforded lo Con- '
. gross the project of a fiscal agent by which the '
i public money would have been secure in de
I posit, and the ciiculation ofthe countrv kept as
I fur as praclieable in a healthy condition, and
J under safe control. I moreover think nothing
| could have been more injudicious, than his re
moval ofthe public deposi'es from the custody
j cf your ins iiutio:;, nor any thing more unwise
i than the Treasury Circular. 'Fhe last was in
fact a premium to the speculations of capital- )
, ists, and augmented with many concomitant ills,
• the very evil it was designed io cure. But all |
these singly, or in combination, were u.iuble to
j produce the great revulsion which has taken I
pine?, in tire trade, agriculture and commerce, j
of both E igland and America. As well might
she sails ot a w ind mill standing on a promou- ■
tory which overlooks tho ocean, fan into-ex- I
isteiice the taruado which upturns its.mighty i
bosom. England, with her Government Bank, I
and without a removal of the deposits of her '
Treasury, or a Treasury Circular, is suffering '
from identical evils resulting from identical ;
causes—overtiading, extravagant speculation, I
and paper money. The crisis does not call
for, but absolutely repudiates, on the part of the |
Guvcrume t and the advocates of a Bank of)
the United States, the mutual indulgence in i
that spirit of ri proach and recrimination, to i
'winch both parties have so painfully resorted. I
Except to avoid the mistakes we have com- .
mitted, it is useless to look back. Let us move i
forward with a determination to lay aside al. I
contests for political power, all party strife, !
and all selfish and personal prejudices or at- ;
I lachmeuts, and in one u iited and immediate
! effort, to rescue the country from impendino- '
i ruin.
This, I would fain hope, can bn accomplish
ed by a spirit of compromise and concession on ;
the part oi the Government of the United States, ;
and those w ho may be called the advocates ofi
the credit system, which h is taken such deep i
root, tied exercises such pervading iuffuence ;
among us.
(To.be Continued.')
I* ram the New 5 ork Courier and Enquirer.
We extract the follow ing histoiw of this no- )
torio'us'individual, from a spweh delivered by >
lhe Hon. Bahe Fey-ton, of Tennessee, at the
last session of Congress. Though Reuben’s >
occupation is, we trust, now gone, we arc not -
nt till confident that it is not contemplated bv )
iv.tr. Van Buren, to mix him up with some of;
the schemes now hutching at Washington in !
' regard tea i'remury Bank, ami it istherelbro
| desirable that the people should be kept alive
; to a full sense of his merits.
i Mr Chairman, 1 have but one other question
I to ask a ;d then I take L ave of Reuben M. Whit
for-ver —ai d that is. Who is h.;? How
i cam ■he in th.; Treasury? Why is he possess
ledof s> much power? '-Vhy sir. gentlemen:
louder the 29. h interrogatory, hive gotten a
' lew favorable rcspons s, “so I r as the wit
i ncssr-s knew, individually, as Io his character
'for integrity and capacity.” They got hold
iof one ma ', a director in tho Moyamnnsitig
i Bank, who would not trust him with his pri
' vate affairs, from his general character. When
I we asked Levi Woi.-dbsiry whither, from his
; general character, he would believe Reuben
; M. Whitney on his oath, the majority of the
' Committee would not let the question be put,
[ cvi'ti to him. Why, sir, Whitney invited an (
■ investigation into his character; he went to
' Canada and Philadelphia, and Washington. ;
land chidengcd tlie world to inquire into his
- conduct and standing. Yet sir. w believer, in
j the Committee, we approached bis character,
- gentlemen shrunk b uck, and proclaimed, that ,
! we had no power to ascertain whether this sc-
I cret Treasury Agent was an honost man and
j a p itriot, or a rogue, bankrupt and traitor.
I, sir, propounded the following i iterroga-
I tories, which were rejected:
i ‘ 32. —Do you k .ow R. M. Whitney’s gen-
I era! character? If yen, what is his character
. .is an honest, trustworthy man? Would vou,
i fiom his general character, believe him on his
loath, or trust him when lie was suhinct, bv
„ - ■
: great pectL.iary temptation, to err ?
: “ Mr. Gillut objected to this question, which i
was decided i.i the negative by the following .
“ '.y—Mr. Peyton.
“ Xius.—Messrs. Martin Pierce, Fairfield.
Gill t, Garland.
i i 33. —I fas he or has he not. bort e the gen-
eral char ictcr at a J about Philadelphia, of
Irivi.ig been a traitor, and one ot the Bri.ish
)< inis-.irii-s who were engaged i i sinuggli’ g
<toll from the Unit'-d States of America to pay
i ihe British troops in Canada, (hiring the late
: war, and of having acknowledged and made a
boast of tiie same tn gentlemen in Phila elphia?
'• Did he not sustain the general character in
| Philadelphia, after the war, of being the keep
-1 er of a ixambliig house, or taro bank, i i th it
: cily? Dies be not now sust ii.i the character
i of a. ba- krupt, who is defrauding his just cred
! itors w hile lie is living in the prison-bounds of
i this citv in a style of princ; ly extravagance? ’
I “ Mr. GilL t objected to this qu -slion; w hicb
was decided in tlie negative by' the following
; vote: —
“Av.—Mr. Peyton.
“ Noes.—Messrs. Garland, Pierce. Fairfield,
Martin, Gillet.”
; Now sir; is Reuben M. WJiitney fit to be
| trusted w ith the managr-rnent ofyour treasure?
Is he not a notorious bankrupt, now living
) within the prison bounds of this citv? I h ive
■ filed w ith the minority report a transcript,w hich
■ the committee rejected, but which 1 obtained
i myse’f from the records, showing the amount
-of judgments now in damages against him in
th- Court of this District to be upwards of
' $95,000, Sir, w ' offer to prove, not only that
i M hitney was a bankrupt, but tint he was |
I guilty of the most dishonest practices to de- i
< fraud his just creditors. We also cfF-red to j
provc a declaration of Wh’tn.ey himself, that I
! if his creditors would not compromise with I
! him upon his own terms, he would take the i
; benefit of the Insolvent act. We could have I
; proved, that all that splendid ami princely es- '
! tablishinent of his, belonged, or bad been made I
I over to others, and that he did not own a dol
i lar in his own name. And y< t sir, he gives j
'diplomatic dimicis. His Britauic Majesty’s j
' Minister lives not in a more costly and mag- !
nificenfsty le than does R. M. Whitney. Yes. ’
you who have sat at Iris board, and feasted til 1
his table, ateti.e meat and drank the w ine of j
j his honest creditors. Yes sir, on tho veiy :
night of shat day w hen Whitney took his stand |
in contempt of tho authority of this house, in ■
) defiance cf this power, he gave a splendid din
j ner, and many 1 know, offhe members of 'bis
' house attended. The Presid -nt elect, tho v ice ,
President elect, and all the heads of ihe depart
ments w’ent up to do him re verence. 'Vhy, ’
sir, he greatly surpassed your ten dollar Sc- I
(.rotary. Nine hundred invited guests; SSOO !
i:i Champagne, not Woodbury’s sort, but the i
I beat w hich the public money could command.
: Sit, let me ask you, if the Committee had
then reported him for a contempt, w hat con
dition would this House havo been in tlie next I
> morning to pass on his case? Would gentle-
' men here, with Whitney’s wine thumping in )
! their heads, with his beci eaten the night be- i
I fore still undigested, have been prepared to ‘
' send him to prison, as a court of justice would ;
j have done, thereto remain until he was willing i
'to answer interrogatories? Reuben, perhaps, )
j thinks, as many others do, that the shortest
! way to men’s affection is down their throats.
Now, Mr. Chairman, it is a httle remarable
that even gentlemen who were on the bank
committee of 1832, where his perjuries and
his treason were proven, and who could not,
consequently, have been ignorant of his char- :
acter, have been of that party. Many gentle- '
men doubtless went wiihout knowing his char- i
acter; some went by the force ot example; {
■ others because, perhaps, they liked a good din- |
; ner more than they hated Reuben M. Whitney, |
I though they knew his character.
Mr. Peyton here read from the minority re- )
port efthe brik committee of 1832.
“There was one occurrence, during the !
> transactions ofThornas BiddLi & Co |
bank, w hich merits particular notice.
i An informer and w itness, by tlie name ol i
' Whitney, who had formerly been a director of;
' the bank, was produced) who declared unou j
) oath, that, i.i May 1831, two of the cashiers
i ofthe bank bid informed him that Thomas
Biddle A Co. bad been in lhe habit of drawing
; money out ofthe bank on deposite of stock in
' the teller’s draw, without paying interest; and
I that the Brcsident of the bank had discounted j
J two rmtes, one for Thomas Biddle & Co. and I
j one for Charles Bid ile, w ithout the authority
. ofthe directors. This witness stated that he
) went with these officers of tlie bank and ex-
■ amined the teller’s draw and the discount book,
and found (he facts w hich had been stated to
him verified by the examination, lie also
: stated, to give additional certainty to Ins aver
. nients, that he made a memorandum at the
I time, wiih the dates ofthe tr.msac' ioife; which
; memorandum he produced to the committee,
i Having thus unalterably fixed the date ot the
j transaction, as if by some fatality, be went on
j to say tint he immediately proceeded into the
room of Mr. Biddle, the President, and remoii- |
| strated w i.h him against the irregular pro
' ceedings, and that Mr. Biddie promised him
' that they should not occur agai i.
i “In the interval between the adj 'urnment of
i the committee that day and its meeting the
) next, a member of lhe board of directors sug
, gested to ?»Ir. Biddle that he was, about the j
; time of this alleged transact ion, ii the city otj
1 Washi glon. On examining the joureial ot'
i the board,and lhe letter book, it was found bv
i entries and letter;, that for several days previ-
I ous to the alh ged interview between the Pres
i ident and Whit lev, ami thr several days iif;<-r-
■ wards, ihe President was absent, on a visit to
, this citv, o;i ihe busincssof the bank, and Geti
i Cadwallader was acting as president in his
I place.—Thus was this artfully devised s'orv,
j w hich was intended to blast the reputation of
a high ini.i.lcd and honorable mthr”>”''i one
of those extra®' dinary interpositions by which
Providence sometimes confounds the contri
vances ofthe wicked, made to recoil upon the
head of its inventor, who must forever stand
forth as a blasted monument of the speedy and
I retributive justice of heaven.
i ‘’'i he following resolution was unanimously
i adopted by the committee, a majority of whom
) were the political friends of said Wliiiney, and
! three of that majority, to wit, Messrs. E.
I Thomas, of Maryland, C. C. Cambreleng, of
j New York, aid Col. R. M. Johnson, of Ken
tucky, are now niembera of the House of Rep- ,
reseutati ves.
“Resolved, That lhe charges brought against I
ihe presidetit, of lending money to Messrs.
; Thomas Biddle &; Co. without interest, and of j
I discounti ig notes for that house, and for Cha’s I
; Biddle, without the sanction of the directois, !
I are without Inundation; and that there does
; not exist any ground for charging the presi- |
) dent wiih having shown, or manifested any '
j disposition to show, any partiality to those m- [
j dividuals in their transactions with the bank. ;
I “The following questions-were propounded ;
I to said Whitney, when examined before the
I committee in 1832 :
, “Question by Mr. V* atrnough.
“How long have you been a resident of this i
i country?
“Ai swer. I was bocn i.i this country. j
“Question by same.'
“Were you not a resident of Canada, dur- '
ing the late war? _ j
“Answer. I resided there from 1808 to I
| th:? spring of 1 816. when I removed to this city.
| “Q i ;stio iby Mr. Adams:
, “In wh it place i.i. Canada did you reside :
j dining the late war?
“Answer. In Montreal. I went to Cana-
Idaas a clerk. I afterwinds became engaged i
‘in business on my own account. When the
j war broke out, 1 hid a great deal of money
I scattered about in the country, having sold
: much on credit; all of which I should have
I sacrificed by leavi or it wh;:.> war was deelar
: ed. I lemained, therefore, having the permis-
I sion ofthe British Government to do so.
j “Question by .Mr. Adams.
i “Did you ever ask permission of the Gov.
! urnment of the United States to remain there?
“Answer. I nev ;r did.
) “Question by Mr. Adams.
: “(_),i w hat co;.dition did the British Govern
-5 meet permit you to remain in Canada during
1 the war?
“Answer. I took an oath to observe the
laws of the country while I remained there.
“Question. Did you understand that to be
an oath of allegiance?
“Answer. No; I did not, permanently.
Not “Permanently.” No, sir. he only to k
an oath of allegiance during the war. from
I 1812 to 1816.
Sir, this lame apology, which places Whit
' uey’s avarice in bold relief with his patriotism,
is wholly mitreie. He was a traitor, who ob
| lai.led lhe favor ot the King of England by
) perpetrating treason against his own country,
as he did the favor of General Jackson, bv
i perjury against the bank of which he had been
I a director.
How could these gentlemen who were on
( ihe bank committee, (Messrs. Francis Thomas.
( of .Maryland, Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky
i ai d Churchill C. Cambreleng, of New Y’ork)
' and who voted forthat resolution which affixed
I to his name eternal infamy, h-rev could they
| honor him with their presence at that dinner? j
[Here Mr. Thomas rose to explain. Mr. '
i Peyton then called o i Mr. John Q. Adams, to I
) know it what lie had read from the repot', of j
j the minority of the back committee was not i
’ correct. Mr. Adams rose and corroborated I
the facts set forth in the report. Mr. 'f’homas ■
j repli d; and then Mr. Adams rejoined.]
j Mr. I’.-yton resumed. I will not, .Mr. Chair
j man. repeat wh it is better understood, and ‘
j much more ably expressed, by the gentleman
i, from Massachusetts, (Mr. Adams.) I will <
I takeo ie admission of the gentleman from Ma- !
j ryland, (Mr. Thomas) which will seal the fate !
i and (Stamp the character of Reuben M. M’hit
| ney beyond redemption. He bears witness to
tlie honorable bearing and unimpeachable
j character nf the officers of the bank, and snvs,
I they are incapable of falsehood, but attempts
; au escape for Whitney on the ground of mis
take. That is impossible. Whitney swears
i th at Thomas Biddls and Co. ‘had been in the
; habit of drawing money out of the bank wilh
i out paying interest; that the president of the
j bank bad discounted notes for Thomas Biddle
’ & Co. and Charles Biddle, without the author
| tty of th .directors;.- that, on a certain occasion,
; and o:i a given day, he went into the president’s
I room, remonstrated w ith, and extorted a pro-
■ mise from him that he would not bo guilty of
s such favoritism again. Now, sir, every offi
cer of that bank solemnly swore that
was not one word of truth in any one of these
chargi.s. There is no ground' for mistake; '
there must be perjury somewhere: the gentle- )
mm acquits the officers ofthe bank. Could j
the president have forgotten it, if Whitney had i
I broken into his room, and have given him such !
i a rebuke, and have extorted from him such a |
I promise? Impossible. Here I drop Reuben 1
IM. Whitney’s perjury. Let gentlemen recon- !
cile it if they can, and associate with him if;
| they choose. It is a matter of taste, about I
: which I will not quarrel with them.
i A few words more, .Mr. Chairman, and I ;
■ have done. When tho true patriot, quitting j
| his peaceful avocations in the workshop orthe ;
| field, dropping Ins plough handles, or his planes, I
: regardless of home and its endearments, tear- j
- ing himself from the wife of his bosom, and j
i shaking off’the children even that cling ar mud ■
; his knees, rushed to the rescue of his bleeding ;
country; when the star spangled banner, con. )
secrated and hallowed as it was, and is, with (
so many and such glorious recollections, was ;
seen streaming to the breeze, all bathed in j
I blood, its crimson folds appealing to every
| American heart to rally around aud defend it;
) when the cloud of war, lurid wiih the cinders
of the Capitol, hung over this devoted citv;
when on the night of the twenty third, and
morning of the ever glorious eighib, General
Jackson, with the chivalry of the West, was !
winning imperishable renown, and re aring to
►the American name a monument which will
stand a landmark on the steps of Fame whilst
Mississipp'i r% C(K. S waters to the ocean, m here,
then, was IY M hitney? A traitor in
the hosiile ecl < L < ’ khe sworn subject and
officer ol a n power! A briiish commis
sary, smuggling gold, and driving herds to pay
and teed the British troops/ Could he, with
one threb of American feeling in his bosom,
have remained wishin hearing of his country’s
cannon, pealing on the plains of Chippewa
and L'l -gswater, and thundered from the
leagured battlemi i.ts ol Erie, without trampling
in the dust his traitor’s livery, and adding one
arm to these v hich struck for victory and his j
I m live land ! Sir, he could and did; and yet '
i ibis man is high in lhe confidence of an Exe- '
cutive, who is mai. ly indebted for his station |
io the laurels which he won in that contest.)
ami is enabled lo duly with imp’iniiv the pro- !
cess ot a committee of Congress? Gaines and
Scott, and o'her gallant spirits, whose achiev
m-.Hits brighten so many glorious pages of our
hi-tm-y. aie disparaged, censured, and sought
to be disgraced, while this minion of favoritism
is to bo shielded and protected, in contempt
of pis ice, and in defiance of the lawful author
it; of tire- I louse.
From the Milledgeville Recorder.
Our readers will probably be interested by
making them acquainted, so far as accounts
i have been received, of the action ofthe different
‘ States in relation to the monetary difficulties of
I the country.
| The Legislature of Mississipi, our readers
I are aware, was convened by the Governor of
i that State, to devise measures of relief for the
I present times. We can only say that the Le
j gislature lias convened and adjourned, without
i doing any thing for the relief cf the people.
) The Legislature of Alabama met on the 12th.
| The relief Committee, we understand, will make
; the following recommendations, which accord
j with the views, expressed in tlie Executive
. message, and which it is supposed will meet
! the approbation of the Legislature, and be passed
) into laws ;
j Ist They recommend to extend the Bank
' debts ne, two and three years.
I 2d. Create a capital of 5,000,000 upon which
I tlie Banks shall issue the same amount, on one,
two, and three and four years to be distributed
) in the (State in proportion to population and
the wants of the community, upon a pledge of
real estate ot double the value, or improved
town property ot four times the cash value, or
two good personal securities renewable annu-
' Miy.
3d- That the Banks shall gradually increase
; and steadily maintain their specie basis.
4th. Remit the damages on protested Bills of
I Exchange.
j sth. Authorize the Banks of Montgomery and
' Mobile to sell their stock, so that the discount
■ shall not make the interest exceed six per cent,
j The Governor of Georgia refuses to call an
’ extra session of the Legislature.
South Carolina, we believe, so far as we know,
: has not moved at all, in reference to a call of her
I Legislature.
; The Executive Council of North Carolina
' met on the 15th, and unanimously advised lhe
, Governor against the expediency of convening
i the Legislature at an earlier day than that pre-
I scribed by law.
The Legislature of Virginia convened on the
12th. The Governor recommends to the peo
ple “patience, industry, and economy-a reliance
on themselves, and the exertion of their sturdy
; virtue.” as the best remedy for the times. He
; disapproves any attempt to change the present
j banking system; pronounces the project of an
| exclusive metallic currency impracticable, and
• ) its agi ation at present only calculated further
! to derange the busincss of the countrv. He
urges the importance of maintaining the credit
; ofthe State banks -recenimends laws to Le pas
: sod relieving them from the disabilities and
penalties incurred by their suspension of specie
: paym-nts, and authorizing such suspension
j for a limited period.
; The Governor of Pennsylvania refused to
convene the Legislature of that State.
The New-Jersey Extra-Legislature got into a
political squabble, and adjourned wifitout doing
any thing. In one branch of the Legislature
it seems there was a large majority of Van Bu
, renits, and in the other a small majority ofWhigs,
' making the Van Burens the majority on joint
1 ballot. These apprehensive of never being in
so fair a position again, determined to profit by
the extra occasion, regardless of the object ofthe
call, and urged as the first business to bt trnns
’ acted, the making of various appointments,
■ which should properly devolve on the next re
gular legislature; whilst the 'Vhigs insisted
that they should first dispatch the business for
which they were convened. Here arose lhe
squabble, which ended in an adjournment, sine-
j die.
New-York, our readers are aware,has grant
i ed authority for tin suspension of specie pav
) merits, under certain conditions, for twelve
j months,
The Connecticut Legislature has legal'zed
! tlie suspension of specie payments till the Ist
' July, 1838, and has likewise suspended'for the
; same time the law prohibiting the issue and
i circulation ofbills under $3, providing that the
; banks shall at all times redeem their small bills
; with specie, under the penalty of the forfeiture
lof their charters. ,
< Freni the Columbus Enquirer.
”'hi; Standard, and Federal Union, of Mil.
i l-'dgeville, are out wiih tiger-like ferocity upotn
t hi-. State Rights candidate lot Governor. Ev-
• ery i.-umb:.r ot tin sc pensioned journals groans
under lhe weight of th ir desperate wrath a-
, gainst ihe opp.. ient of their favorite. Column
: after C(Juma, page alter page, rolls from their
press, teeming with the labor d efforts of their
poisoned pens to produce, in the ranks oftheir
partizms, a united, desperate struggle against
lhe candidate of tlie people. Our words tor it,
these same gentlemen E liters ure prodigiously
<ilarin -d. They remi.id us a good deafofthe
bullying duellist, we used to hear of in boyish
days. “Bv the powers!” says our hero, “if
a man challenges im.’. I will bring him to tau.
'Fhrecfeet, sir, shall be the distance, and twen
ty- live buck shot the charge !” “ But, my good
fellow, says a tiiend, \ih.> happened to know
something of (fur li re’s courage, “ vou ain’t
going to fight at such a game as ’that.”
‘■Fight!” exclaimed our hero, “Oh, no, very
far from if ; but I’ll try his pluck, and then—
il'he don’t back out—why—l will.” Now,
wo cannot sav t:.at this is precisely the policy
of our journalisis—no doubt the story,in part,
will suit the gentlemen. They eomc’to the at-
l tack with prodigious appearance ofthe game,
j They cut and come again, as if they were sure
: of st back out. on ihe part of the adversary,
j tit nout a battle ; they manifest a conraere and
zeal, truly astonishing—and talk agreat deal
; larger than we should have the impudence to
' do, in so bad a cause ; but they are not the soi t
to ack :o« ledge a back out—when the worst
comes, they have most wonderful knack, one of
them at least, cfackowledging the mistake, and
j embracing tho adversary. Whether these
; gentlemen will pursue this course, tor which
| they have many glorious precedents, or wheth
'er they will grow snappish at the trial dav,
; and try to dog t-o death the high-minded can
. didate of the opposition, we pretend not to
i foresee.
If Mr. Giltner needed any defence against
the attacks of these faithful officials, we should
not be wanting in our endeavors to lend our
humble testimony to Ins virtues. The time
is not distant, v hen it may be necessary t»
repel the assaults of the enemy—at present we
will not labor to protect the well earned char,
acter of one of Georgia’s noblest sons: It
needs no defence. We believe, that at thia
hour, the name of George R. Gilmer stands
too high in the istitm tion of our people, to bo
soiled by all the filthy ink which the Standard
and Federal Union can pour upon it. He j a
the favorite ofthe Mate, and the ballot box
will prove it—forever barring and excepting
that another I, dian war don’t break out before
that time. Li that case, we arc surely routed,
Mr. Webster in Kentucky.—About 4000 citi
zcjjs of Kentucky were present nt the Barbacuo
given to Mr. Webster on the race course at
Oaklands. Although his speech after dinner
seemctl cold in the delivery to the warm feeling
of southern oratory, his manly impressive eff>
quence, pregnant with deep thought, carried
conviction to the minds of his hearers. The
Journal says : “It was a noble affair.—No less
than 20 sheep, 25 calves, 30 shoates, 60 bacon
hams and several heifers were prepared for the
occasion.”
M hen. the great stateman concluded, the
welkm rang with cheers. U’hen he badc. them
ad adieu, a rough, hardhanded honest fellow
wcnl t up to the carriage :
“Good by, old horse” said lie. “Farewell
my young friend,” replied Mr. Webster shak
mg him by the band—and the carriage drove
otY.-MdledgeciUe Recorder. °
By the proceedings of the laffi General As.
sen; ) vol lire Presbyterian church, held at Phil,
adc-tphia during tho present month, the lan»e
m;>] >r:ty of those Ministers and Churches, who
have lent <’• J." -'ce to tbc c. ' • ”