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SHERIFFS,CLERKS, and other public officers, wulhavc 85 per cent, deducted in their favor. Et'ract of ai Address io the People, of Virginia-, by the Minority of the Leg islature, on the Deposits Question, and Present Condition of the Country. Fellow-citizens, how do you account for the extraordinary and heedless course, into which (he high minded and spirited people of S 'Uth Carolina, were driven by their political advisers? Review the history which we have given you of the tariff, and do you not find them concern ing with the President in all his plans?— Did they not look at him as the champi on of their cause? Did thev not express a 'hope, that the dawn of a neio and brighter era had begun? Did they not de chare that honor and gratitude belong to th t name <f Andrew Jackson? Did they not proclaim with exultation, that the man who had filled the measure of his coun try's glory, has once more thrown him self into the breach—has once more bared his noble bosom in defence of the consti tution and of our liberties? Did they not say, that he has repulsed the invaders of the constitution. And if the states be true to themselves, a triumphant victory awaits us! D d they not prophecy that the tariff could not long survive the death of infernal improvements? Ye», fellow citizens, this is the language n«ed by the leading men of Sotrh Caro lina in the spring and summer of 1830- — How then do you account for the change tu their language and conduct shortly af ter that period? If they seriously be lieve what is here declared, —and we have no right to doubt their sinceri'y— end could s'il! find it in their hearts to pursue an uncompromising opposition to ihe government, even to an open defiance of its lawsand ordinances, can von look tVpon their conduct with the least degree of allowance? Would men risk the chan ces of civil commotion, by opposition to a system of taxation which they declared themselve-, would bo satisfactorily ad justed in the ordinary course of legisla tion?' Would they hazard the possibili ty of involving their country in war and a- archv,merely for the sake* f hastening a few years that victory, which they had prophesied would soon bo accomplished if the states be true to themselves I It is vu'erly impossible to believe that the tar’ iff was the sole cause of the precipitate and revolutionary proceedings in South Car Im «; wch ive too much respect for the wisdom of those men who were leaders in these transactions, to believe so improba. bio a tale—a tale which reflects so sever ely on their experience and sagacity.— We must look out for some more adequate -enwe. In February, 1831, their appeared as Washington, “A correspondence between General Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun, President and Vice President of the United States, on the subject of the course*bf the latter in the deliberation of the Cabinet of Mr. Monroe, on the occur rences in the Seminole war." In that correspondence and the circumstances attending it, you will find a salution of the- whole system. To ihe transactions of that occasi >n you may readily trace the subsequent course of J-ohij C. Cal houn and his partisans. The even's of that unfortunate period, unfortunate for the peace of our country, ate not, like tales of ancient times,- dim and shadowy, but they are fresh in your icmembrance; you were witnesses of them as they successively transpired, and on the guilt or innocence of the parties concerned, you have long since pronounc. ed sentence. We shall, therefore, only recall a few instances, with a view of showing that the result was a deadly hos tility conceived on the part of the vice president against the president of the U. States; and to that hostility, may be trac ed many of the subsequent events of oni history. It was the favorite plan of the friends of our vice president, that General Jack S'»n should serve only four years, and that the vice president (Mir. Calh >un) should succeed him in the presidency. So fond" |y was this scheme cherished by them, that they discountenanced every effort to place the president in nomination the io cond time. They declared that the people would not be pleased with such a course.’ The president, they said, had declared his de'erminaiion to serve only one term himself, and that lie would en deavor to have the constitution so amend' ed, that none of his successors should ex ceed that judicious limi’. And it is very probable that the president would have retired, had it not been for the circum s'ances which resulted from this corres pondence, and which compelled him, for the sake of his country, to continue in of fice, coutra r y to his private wishes. All true friends of their country, must have persuaded the president to this course. Il was early foreseen, that if he retired the republican party would be divided; dis cord would bo thrown among them; such jealousies and rivalries would bo created, as to endanger the success of the admin istration, and secure the final triumph of the opposition, and of the federal princi ples which they advocited. These views prcsrnlad to the mind of the presi- dent; he readily saw the necessity of his continuance in office, in order to se cure the success of those reformations which he had begun, and the com plete re-establishment of those republi can principles which had been banished from the government during the preced ing administration —ho, therefore, con sent *d to be placed in nomination for the second term. This determination however, was ox cecdingly unple isant to the vice presi dent; and he determined to seek the fust occasion to break off Irom the adminstra. tion. He conceived, that a correspon dence then going on between himself and the president, in reference to some by gone transaclionj was originated and de signed for his ruin. The subject of this corespondence was whdlly bf a private nature, and neither concerned the public interest, nor effected the measures of the administration. But finding himself pla ced in an embarrassing situation, disgrac ed in the estimation of that man whom he had deceived—without influence irt a cabinet, where his friends had degraded themselves by a low intrigue for party purposes, he resolved to make it (ha oc. casion for an explosion with the adminis tration, and an appeal to the sympathies of the peop’e. After the correspondence to which we have alluded had continued some time, nothing transpired which might not have been explained and sa'isfacioriiy adjusted with a mind predisposed to reconciliation. At least, hero was a fair opportunity for the vice president to bring into exercise that generous devotion to the public ser vice he had so loudly professed. Here was an occasion to sacrifice with immor tal honor to himself,all personal consider ations, on the altar of the public good— to bury in oblivion all private animosities, and adhere to an adtnirfis ration which he had assisted in bringing into p'ower; wh’o/e principles and actions ho professed to’ap prove; and on whose success,’ ho and all his partizins declared, (he prosperity, and even the existence of our federal union mainly depended; now was the time to display that Roman virtue, that disinter ested devotion to principle which so many profess and so few practice. But disin terested patriotism had ceased to baa ru ling passion with the vice president; ambi tion ha : d banished that virtue from his bosom. Possessing an active mi.id and a restless spirit, political strife and stir ing scenes of mental excitement are the very element in which he delights to move. And here was too fair an opportunity to stir the elomen's of discoi d, to let it pass unimproved. He cast off all restraint— declared himself and his friends were doomed to proscription—that foul plots Ind been conceived, and' d’ark assassina** lions of character planned and directed by that artful rival who wns seeking his destruction; he appealed for protection to a noble and generons people, who have ever shown a disposition to- support the oppressed— to sustain the persecuted and to protect even with violence, if ne cessary, the abject of vindicative dp’lytan nical proscription. The vice president knew well the character of the people to whose sympathies he appealed; and he was not disappointed in his expectations. A large and respectable parly in (he south deserted the anministration to follow the fortunes of (heir own leader, whose gui dance they had been accustomed to obey. Many who had never been political friends of the vice president, looking npon him us a persecuted man, and the object of executive vengeance,felt their sympathio awakened in his favor, and wore determ ined to advocate his cause not as a states man but as a man. In every country there is a large class of men so self-conceited as to approve i f nothing in which they have not the chief management; ever disposed to cavil and to fault finding, they seek the first oppor tunity to become opponents of a govern ment, which is not administered precisely according to their exilted notions of pro priety and excellence. There are always many ejected office hoi lets, and many disappointed office hunters, who of course prate loudly on the corruption of the times the unprinci| led character of the govern ment and whose pious souls feel it a solemn duty they owe to their country to oppose those villainous men who disgrace the ad ministration. There are manv whose scope of vision can only cx'end to the understrappers and the menials of office/ should these poor, degraded, pelf seeking souls like themselves, be unable to discharge the duties of their respective offices with eiK tire disinterestedness—'with an eye single to the public good, forthwith these learn ed Salomons, the pretended patriots, ex claim that the whole administration is de graded and unprincipled —if the chiof Ex ecutive officer of the government has not (he hundred, sleepless, eyes of an Argos so as to discover, and to Coffee, the sligtest disorder in iheobscurist post-office a thousand' miles off—immediately our immaculate sons of purity, declare with a significant nod,that the whole govern nem is in confusion, and will soon come to an end. It was to be expected that all these description of men would organize them selves into a par-y, and array their forces against the government, under the first popular leader that might offer himself. This is no new thing under the sun; the pages of history abound with similar ex amples. Wen David fleid o the cave of Adnllam; “ jvery one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and eve ry one that was discontented gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them.” Cataline also became the ruling spirit, around whom a similar band assembled themselves. These disinterested patriots discoursed nightly nn the corruption of the times—amidst their own debaucheries over the degeneracy ofßome—and whilst overwhelmed with perfidi'y, felt the ne cessity of cleansing the government from that pollution which time and villainy had collected. The first object of those an- cient Jacobins was to drive from tho helm nay, to assassinate "that watchful tyrant, who thwarted all their patriotic designs. Now, fellow citizens, who, think you was that tyrant, that cruel oppressor at the head of the Roman republic? Cicero, the orator, the patriot, the statesman — Cicero,in whose name is concentrated e-v --ery thing that enobles the human charac ter for virtue and wisdom. Yes! it was Cicero, who hunted out and brought to speedypunishment those pretended sons of liberty; and hence the name of Cicero, was branded as a tyrant; Cicero, who himself fell the last noble victim, on the crumbling and perishing altar of Roman liberty. The vice president was well acquaint ed with the character of human nature; and he well knew that all thb disaffected, the contented, and the disappointed, would array themselves under his banner. Few adhered to him at first on account of any important republican doctrines, which it was hoped he would revive and enforce. There was no principle involv ed io the whole matter. It was nothing more than a persoal quarrel between two high Executive officers. The vice pres ident himself declared that the goverri mentwas administered on principles which he approved; that he was friendly to a nomination of the president for a second termpnd tha’ he would support such nnm. inatjon. Notwithstanding tho declarations, his own personal freinds and partizins in various parts of the Uninn were bringing him forward as a candidate in ©position Spwere resorting to every sort of calumny to degrade the president and those whom he had around him in the administration. And when #ho cabinat was broken up through the disgraceful machinations of tho vice president and his friends, do you remember the magnanimous declaration of the secretary of state when he handed in bis resignation and the rejection of that gentleman as minister to England, by tho senate; that senate over which this same vice president presided and gave his casting vote again t tho nomination; that senate, in which the most uncompromising enemy of the administration, Henry Clay was the ruling spirit? Surely these mem orable transactions cannot have been forgotten. Pays them in review be fore vour minds again, and tho convic. (ion tfilf come upon you with irresis tible force, that all these transactions were nothing more, than the successful ac’s of the same grand drama —whi h had for its catas’-ophe, tho destruction of Andrew Jackson, and the elevation of John C. Calhoun. These patriotic designs were aided (hen, as they are now, by the followers. •of Mr. Clay. The same overtures to ward a union of forces were made then as aro made now; the same condition was actually effected with the same object— the destraction of Andrew Jackson, and the overthrow of his administration.. Mark (heir own words. "Beltoeen Jackson and Calhoun in Virginia, the friends of Mr. Clay hold the balance completely-, and if Mr Calhoun is a candidate, we are firm and confident in the opinion, which'gathers strength every day, that General Jackson will not get the vote of Virginia." What does this mean? Does it not mean that if Calhoun is a candidate, he will get s . largo a vote in Virginia, that Mr. Clay’s friends, by comb’nng with those of Mr. Calhoun, can defeat the election of Gen Jackson in the state? Do yon not see in this, the germ of that coalition now exis ting between the partlzans of those two great leaders But here fol’ows the whole plan, fully developed. “TFr'M 'he f iends of Clay, the first, the primary object, is to expel Jackson from the government.— This is their first object; and they will take Henry Clay to effect it;, or, in des pair of gening him, John C. Calhout; or in despair of getting him, any other man of f'e'pectable talents 11” The primary object is Jackson’s expul sion! Clay is to effect it—ifhe cannot Cal houn is to be taken up—ifhe cannnot succeed, then any other respectable man who can!! Now, fellow ci'izens, what credit can you give to men, who declare that they are contending for principle— for the constitution —for violated laws, when they thus stand self-condemned ? Remember that all this was long before the deposites were removed—before the famous proclamation was issued—and be fore the administiation had performed one single act, involving important politi cal principles, that was obnoxious to the republican party —yet this combination was formed for its destruction! What was the object then? oh patriotism! pat riotism! VIOLATED CONSTITUTION ! laws trampled under foot—liberty owe! an old military tyrant!—The instruments of the demagogue’are ever the same; - he must always cover his real designs under an ostentatious parade of patriotism. The devil can quote scripture divinely; and of ten arrays hlmselfin the radiance of an angel of light. But th's unholy work did-not stop here; our brethren of the south were made dupes to this selfish combination—this thirst for personal revenge, Mark the difference of feeling and sentiment expressed in South Carolina before and after the famous cor respondence. Look at the toast, the din ner speeches, and proceedings of the peo ple in the spring and summer of 1830, and compare them wilh similar proceed ngs in 1831. What a contrast! On ■the former occasion, what shouts of joy and glad tidings do we hear rung through out the borders of that gallant statel The new administration is with us—it is going forth conquering and to conquer, and if the states be true to themselves, we 'shall gain a complete triumph. Time .rolls on and numbers another year with the ages which have passed the same cause of rejoicing—a brighter prospect than ever that a short time will put an end to all our sorrows —yet what a change! hark !! what doleful sounds we hear! murmur of discontent—the low mutter of defiance, and the din of war! Why this tudden transition from gladness to mourn- ing?—from prabe to censure; from accla. mation to denunciation? Can you give to this mystery but one solution? Did not this change originate in the altered relations existing between the Executive and the great Apollo? Had the vice president continued his ad herance to the administration, would the afier history ofSouth Carolina have been recorded as reality? No man, who is at all acquainted wtih the circumstances of that history, can dogbt for a moment that the revolutionary proceedings in South Carolina, were entirely under the con trol of the vice president and his person al friends? It was in their power to give any direction to them they pleased. He is ignora it of human nature, and a novice in political science, who does not know thatjhe demagogue can lead the multitude whithersoever he listeth, by means of their ruling passion. When he has gainbd enrrimmand of that spring of ac tion, the ntulti ude are then lashed into a furious rage,or calmed into a gentle mood at his bidding. The ruling passion in the south, was a hatred of the American system. The hostility to that iniquitous scheme of tax ation; was unconquerable; vet recent e vents had awakened strong hopes that it would be abandoned. The new admin istration had manifest id such a deteimina t'on to reduce the tariff to a just principle, and a moderate ratio, that all parties were willing to wait the regular course of legislative action. The impression was general throughout the southern states, that the tariff system would be materially modified, when the national debt was ex tinguished. The new administration had commenced so vigorously the payment of tho debt, that it was evident a few years only would be req .ired to liquidate the whole. Great modifications had already been made, in anticipation of that ever t,’ .and every action of the south was rejoic ' ing in the hope of a - speedy re l e" from all their burdens. Public sentiment was setting down into a state of quiescence. The popular fee'ing was fist approaching that state of balancing suspense or va’cil ; lancy,which makes it easily turned either way,’to suit the purposes of (be .dema’ gogue. Recent events had’ produced a balance of arguments, either for delay or for immediate action on the part of the ipeople. By artfully suppressing the one, and setting forth the other i’a b >!d relief, the multitude might be urged onto a rash and heedless career, or they might be quieted to a patient reliance oh the regu lar movements of government. But this latter course did not su t the views of the vice president—he could' riot bear tire idea that an administration which he hat ed, should'have the double glory of pay "ing-the national debt and 1 adjusting the tariff system. He determined to obstruct (he path of government and' to arrest its cou se, by impediment. He knew, from’past experience, if not from anflcfit* al understanding, that when matters came to extremity he would have it in liis pow ?er to biing about a compromise with the leader of the tariff party, aod thus rob the administration of its jlist honors. He resolved'on the experiment. His regular corps ©f orators and wiiters were set to work to inflame the populace. His own sentiments, which'werri even doubtful be fore, were blazoned forth, witli’a solemn declaration that no other alternative was left them, than to take their cause ih 'their own hands, and'to hazard the conse. qnences of open violtepce. What follow ed, lives in the painful rememberance of every patriot—a rapid, unadvised, blind and heedless career was pursued, until it finally ended, in the fall of 1832’, in an ordinance of sta e, defying the govern ment and its laws. Win t wis to be done? Jackson well knew the meaning of all this—he knew that it was intended to bring him into a difficulty—into an em barrassing situation, from which he could not extricate himself. He knew well that Andrew Jackson was the object of destruction, and not the tariff. He knew that the high-minded, generous, suffering people of his native state, had been de ceived, and urged on to this rash course, by leaders in whose patriotism and hon ’esty, they had been accustomed to place the highest confidence. What was he to do? On either side there was danger and difficulty. Theie was but one course which his duty pointed out;'and that he detei mined to pursue,regardless of all con sequences to himself. lie issued his proclamation, warning the people of South Carolina, of- the dan gerous course they had taken—declared the necessity which the constitution'.im posed on him, to see that ‘the laws are faithfully executed’-told the people plain ly that a foul deception had been practis ed upon them, and that it was utterly im possible to gain thfeir end in that way without bleed and civil war. This was ptec s'dy what that party wanted. An issue is made up between the federal government, and the slate of S. Carolina. What is now to be done?— Oh, no! Ob, no! we tho injured a..d op pressed party, will make a compromise with the friends of the tariff—fix it on some bas s of gradual redaction, and thus gain the glory of settling the commotions of the country —and of warding off a civil war, into which the government was a bout to plunge us. Such, fellow-citiz'ens, we believe was the plan from the begining—such was the compromise—but do you intend that they shall gain the hbnor and the reward, they hoped to obtain by this nefarious and re vengeful combination? a Full Measure.— A Quaker alighting from the Bristol coach, on entering the ■lnn, called for some beer, and observing the pint deficient in quantity, thus ad dressed the landlord: “Pray, friend, how many butts of beer dost thou draw in a month?— 'Ten, sir,' replied Boni fice. ‘And thou wouldst like to draw ele ven,’ i ejoined Ebenezer! 'Certainly,' exclaimed the smiling landlord. ‘Then I will tell thee how, friend,’ added the Quaker ‘Fill thy measure.’ AGRICULTURE IN GEORGIA— REMARKS ON GRASS CROPS. FROM THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. Mr. Editor—l have read the numbers of“ The Planter” with much satisfaction, and I think not without profit. Whether it receives a patronage answerable to the merits of the paper, I have not heard; but from the known disinclination of Georgians to read on agricultural sub jects, I suppose it to be at least doubtful. This aversion to, or distrust of ( “book knowledge” in relation to our great, al most only source of wealth,cannot but be regarded as a real misfortune to the coun try, and seems hardly consistent with the penetration and practical sense which the inhabitants of this state exhibit on other matters of interest. Original contribu tions, by practical farmers . too, appear less frequently than could be .desired; for I am quite sure that a large majority of those who have supervised the operations of a plantation for, fifteen or twenty years, have it abundantly in their power to fur nish facts of great value to the less ex perienced. I have had ho such exper ience, and indeed feel myself but poorly qualified t<> give instruction; byway how ever of making some return for what, oth ers have furnished, and m>nifest'ng the interest I take io the success of your en terprize, I would offer some remarks on the Culture of Grass for winter and sum mer foraging—a subject which is proba bly the least of all others attractive to the bulk of your readers. The great st'fin with our planters h to kill r not to cultivate gras£. „ t t So far as I am informed,there is scarce ly afcivilized people on earth, those of the Carolinas, Georgia, and the states South and west of us excepted, where the Grass Crop is inconsidered unworthy of the husbandman’s care.’ With most of them it is” deemed indispensable to the subsistence of tho human race, and prized accordingly. We indeed subsist without such crop; but how far (he health, vigor and long'eviety of our people would be, promoted by the annual super-addition of fromfive to fifty tons of good sweet bay to o ir usua' scinty stock of winter forage, a future and wiser generation will probably show.’ Tho healh, forrf, beauty and pow er, physical aod intellectual of men’, de pend greatly on ihe quality of food by which thev are nourished. m A fair in quiry will f thirlk reveal the fact, that those countries wh-ise rich meadows and pastures produceirr highest perfection and greatest quantity those two prime articles of human diet, Bu'cher's But ter, climate beinjf equal,'altfb produce the most perfect specimens- of the human form with a corresponding superiority of athletic and mental power. Such, at least, is the experience of all Europe- in all ages. Perhaps there is nothing better, in sea son, than our bacon hams; nothing, at any rate, more praised- in,-this country. But a large proportion of our bacon is not ham, nor in any sense, when unskilfully managed, or stale, either a savory or a wholesome diet. Children and infirm persons avoid it as intolerable to the pal. ate arid noxious to the stomachfwhilst fat beef, veal, and mutton well prepared, are acceptable,and safe to every one. A mea dow of a few acres would, during jhe summer and fait months, furnish every farmer' with a falling when wanted,secure vivacity and thrift to his children,'and io all probability, much diminish his need’of medicine arid nurses. I know it has been said a thousand times that Georgia is a b id grass country —that we cannot have meadows,hay,<fcc.; but I d<> not know that a single experi ment has been fairly made for that pur pose. Bad as the country is for grass,its superabundance is found to be a great pest to crops of ccrn'aricl cotton;’ and if not much mistaken, 1 have often seen on fields which the cattle were not allowed to maraud, delicate crab grass growing in sufficient quantities to furnish fifty tons of the best hay. It is also saidtlrat wchave plenty of long forage in the bla les and shucks of our corn crops. This is a mis take—they scarcely supply on one plan tation in ten, a fifth part of what the I ve stock could profitably consume; nn l as a natural consequence, the animals cootin ue to degenerate, five, ten or fifteen per cent, going every spring to the buzzards. In the northern S atesand Europe,great pains and expense have been laid out in procuring the best varieties of foreign grass. We might avail ourselves of like means, though it would seem must advis able to try first our native production'*- The Gama Grasss of which so much has been written in Alabama, South Caroli na, and elsewhere, is certainly a native of this State, and his disappeared from our rich woodlands so early because, proba-’ Wy of its being so eagerly sought for by ranging herds of cattle arid’ hogs. 1 found it two or three years ago abundantly in an unsettled-part of Carroll county, and have lately discovered some very luxuriant bun ches on my plantation io this county. Another native brought here from the low grounds of Savannah river, and call ed Rye grass from its resemblance w hen in head to the common Rye, seems to promise great usefulness. It comes well from the seed, grows on dry, (bin soil, and is qhite green daring winter. When once possessed of the surface its duration seems to be perpetual, unless eradicated’ by the plough or hoe. A little of it in a neighboring lot is now fMarch 6,) ten inches high, aod a treat to horse or cow. But the Crab grass of our fields, with proper management, could hardly fail to supply, of summer pasturage and winter hay, all our wants.--Should any of your readers be disposed to try a foieign grass, none I think can so confidently be re. commended as the Orchard Grass of the north. It delights in high dry land; like most other pl ints does best on rich soil, but grows pretty well on poor. It is a beautiful and delicate article for pastu ! iage, and need not be sown ofiener than ] oriv.o in seven or len years. I have tried ’ half a dozen varieties or more of foreign grasses, but none so successfully as this. Now sir,if you deem these imperfect suggestions worth a place in your Journal, insert them, otherwise give the sheet on which they are penned to the flames. HIGHLANDER. Hancock co. March 6, 1834 The following direction for choosing a wife is truly original. “See her at work on a mutton chop.” “Look a little, also, at the labors of (be teeth, for these correspond with those of the other members of the body, and with 4 the operations of the mind. “Quick at meals, quick at work,' is a saving as old as the hills, and never was there a say ing more true. Where will you find a more active set of people on the globe than in New England? And where a people who eat quickei? Fashion, however, seems to decide that in many cases we must sit long at table; and perhaps the decision is well, for it was never pfoper to swallow food whole. But although aq active female is compelled to sit as long as the rest, she cannot make her teeth abandon their character. She may arid must suffer the slice to linger on the plate, and must make (he supply slow, i 1 order to fill up the time; but when she - does bite, she cannot well disguise what nature has taught her to do; and you may be assured, that if her jaws move in slow time, and if she rather squeeze than bite the food, if she so deal with it as to leave you in doubt as to whether she mean fi nally to admit or reject it; if she deal wills l it thus, set her down as being, in her ve ry nature, incorrigibly lazy. Never mind the pieces of needle-work, the tambour ing, the maps of the world made bv her : needle. Y r et to see her at work upon a mutton chop, or a bit of bred and cheese;’ and, if she deal quickly with these, you' have a pretty go >d security for that acfiv. t ity, that sprang industry without which a wife is a burden instead of a heap. Mr. Webster, on the 18tb, introduced into the Senate the following- *' Bill, to continue for six years, the act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.’ ” Be it tled “An Act to incorporate the subscri-* bets to the Bank of the United Stales,” approved on the tenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hnndred and six teen, shall continue in full force and es-. feet for the (erm of six years, from and after the period therein limited for its ex./ piration, to wit: the third day of March,in the year one theusand eight hundred and> thirty-six/and that all the rights, interests, properties, powers, and privileges secur ed by the same act, with all the rules, • conditions, restrictions, and duties (her©, in prescribed and imposed, be and re-1 main after the said third day of (March, the year one eight hundred and. (hirtysix, during (he said six years, as i 0 (he said limitation in (ho said act, hacb not been made; Provided, nevertheless, that so much of the siid act as deciares'* that no other Bank shall bo established - by any future law of the United States,': during the continuance of the Corpora tion thereby created, shall not be contin-'* ued by this act; but that ir shall be law-, ful for Congress, whenever it shall see fit, to establish any other Bank, to cotne in- • to existence, and operation ot any limo, ' oij or after the fourth day of March, orte thousand eight hundred and thirty .six. 1 Sec. 2. and be it further enacted, That* all public moneys accruing to (he United* States, and becoming payable from and - ■after th’e passage of this act, in places where the said, Bank, or any of its officers is. established, shall be deposited in the*> Bank’ofthe Uni ed Slates and its officers.’ as heretofore; 'Provided, tha|, at any time . after this act shall have been accepted, , Congress may, by law or joint cause such moneys to be withdrawn and/ removed to any other custody or place of Sec. 3'. And be it further enacted. That j in consideratipo ( of thb benefitsand priv- , ileges conferred by this act, (he said Bank shall pay to the U.S. the annui’y o/year-’ fy sum of two dollars, which said sum shall be paid, by the said * Bank, on the 4th day of March, in each ? and every year, during the said term of six years. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That Congress may provide by law, that the* said Bank shall be restrained, at any time' after tne third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.' six, from making, issuing, or keeping in' ci-cola tion,-any notcs'or bills of said Bank' or any of its officers, of a less sum or de nomination than twenty dollars. Sec. 5-. And be it further euaded,That, at any tithe or times within the last three years of the existence of said corporation as continued by this act it shall be lawful for the President and Directors to divide' anTbng the several 1 stockholders thereof, such portions of the capital stock of the said corporation as they haVei withdrawn from active use,and may judge proper sb to divide.- ... 4 Sec. 6. And be it further so much of any act or acts of Congress, heretofore passed and now in force, sup lementary to, or in any wise connected with, the said original act of corporntion, approved on the tenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and six teen, as is riot inconsistent with this act,- shall be continued in the full force and ef fect daring the said six yerrs, after’the third day of J/arch, in the year one thousand eig'ht hundred and thirty-six. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That it shall be tue duty es the Presi dent and Directors of the said Bank, on or before the first day of the next session of Coojress, to signify to the President of the United States their acceptance, on behalf of the Bank of the United States, of the terms and conditions in this act contained, and if they shall fail to do so on or before the day above mentioned, th'.’ ‘*»is ?xt shall cease to be
