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FFPFRAIs 'UHflOBT.
POET3
"IT
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l _vi NOf A HANDSOME MAN.
When I iwve pondered, now and then,
The miseries :j.». mt»e
EJfom 'iio^e tiinee-tuvored mortals, “Men
Vv iJi lovely hair, and eyes,”
The £n'h> th u daily lose 11-c-ir wits,
From “ looks where unites flash;”
The tears, and s:giis, and minting R.s,
. Produced dy a Moustache ;
The oat Lies, murders, wounds, and scars
Since first the world began—
L vary oiten -.hank my S'a> - s
I’m not a handsome man!
Though I am tender to them all,
For vie they never fret;
Anever caused a roar to tail
Krom any femaie, yet!
We part—lbr twenty .year®—or two—
No “ strong conwHsions n il—
Yv e meet—I t'auij^V “ How d’ye d<> ?”
'1 ticv laugh agav “ finite wed.”
/never hear “ Y .u’ve grown su thin,”
Ff>iu Isaoehfir Anne;
I cant perceive they care a pin—
. I’m not a handsome man.
My boot’s from Uoby, you can see,
My V‘ .at is cut by Stultz—
And yet they don’t consider me
Like other male adultarj
My figure the) can scaredfcjuse,
And each proportion suits,
tm five tee: ten, m dancing shoes,
And six feet one, iirboots ;
Yfe, a r a ball, no girl e’er had
Sly name upon her fan i
F^r v, "itz, quadrille, or gallopatle—
I’m not a i.aiiusume man. *
The “soft regrets,” the “pigmy,**
The “soothing,” that ref ay
A broken heart, or head, on me
Are never thrown away ;
Thev see me take, wiihu'O remorse,
No sust’uancefora we< \ ;
Qnliouni the most neck-breaking horse,
Without a single shriek ;
Ijso “Don’t for mercy’s sake be rash,”
No tender “ How you can,”
UnJie<-<te«| all my bones mav crash—
I’m not a handsome man 1
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
This day beiug, by the rules of the House, the
4 ’day of the week on which petitions are to be receiv
ed, a number were presented; amongst which was
presented,
Bv Mr. McDUFFIE. the memorial of the Presi
dent and Directors, on behalf of the Stockholders,
of the Bank of the United States, asking for a re
newal of their charter.
BANE OF THE UNITED STATES.
After *the a Imre mentioned fnemorial was read,
Mr. McDUFFIE moved to refer it to the com
mittee of Wa vs and Means.
Mr. DAVIS, of South Carolina, moved to refer
it. to a Committee of the. Whole House on the state
of the Union.
A motion was also made to reler it to a Select
Committee.
Mr. WA YNE, of Georgia, said, that he had on
a former occasion expressed Uis objection to the re
ference of this subject to the Committee of Ways
and Means; and he should not trouble the Houhe by
repeating now, what he had advanced at the com
mencement of the session in favor of the appoint
ment of a select committee; but he calied upon gen
tlemen to consider what was the attitude oi the
Committee of Ways and Means iff reference to t he
Bank question, and to compare it with the attitude
in which that question had been presented to the
House by the President of the United States; and
he would ask whether it was not. manifestly prop
er to submit the memorial to a committee entirely
uncommitted upon the subject. But this was not
the object for which lie had risen—the present-
question had n» t come upon lun n xprcteihy—he
had been aware before he entered the House that a
memorial of this kind would tins morning he pre
sented, and when he looked back upon the occur
rences of the last four weeks, and remembered what
had taken place at a late convention in Baltimore,
and the motives which had been avowed lor bring
ing forward the subject at this time—he must say
that the subject mightjbe approached without any
of thing uke po.n cal excitement: hut that gentleman
& himself must hve'far beyond the ordinary length
man’s life, if they ever lived to see that questionsep-
arated from party considerations. Il his recollec
tion did not very much deceive him, that gentle
man, in the beginning ofthe session, had expressly
said that the Bank question would slsepin his Com
mittee throughout the residue ofthe session.
Here Mr. McDUFFIE interposed, and said
that the gentleman had entirely misunderstood him
—tiiat he had never made any such assertion.
Mr. CAMBRELENG said he stood corrected.
He concurred with the gentleman that the subject
ought t<i be met, but he hoped that in considering
it, the House would deliberate long, and reflect ma
turely. They would thoroughly examine the great
question, whether any Bank in the country could
have the power to issue a currency from ail its
branches in every pari of the country—payable
nowhere.
Here Mr. McDUFFIE was about to interpose,
when Mr. CAM!.* ELENG said he was not go-
ingto enter into the merits of the general question;
but had risen for the purpose of suggesting to the
gentleman from Georgia, (Mr. Wayne,) not to
move to lav this memorial on the table. He was
lor himself willing and ready to meet the subject.
He wished also to make an appeal to the gentle
man from South Carolina, (Mr. McDuffie,) whe
ther he would persist in his n otion to refe r the me
morial to the Committee of Ways and Means, see
ing (hat if it should go to a Select Committee that
gentleman would occupy in such Committee., the
same station he held in the Standing Committee
to which fie belonged, and whether he would not
j consent-that the subject of rechartering the Bank
'should go to a select Committee, as it bad hereto
fore done. He had joined with that gentleman in
referring so much of die Message as plated to this
subject to the Committee of’ Ways nnd Means.—
But, the cowsiih ration of -a memorial which would
rally a party ; but whatever were the gentleman
intentions, such alone could be the eflect of lus i«
marks; nor could he have devised a fitter mode ti
effect such an object. He had no doubt the gen
tleman really felt ail the boding tears he had ex
pressed, but he could pot hut consider them as en
lively premature. As to the committee to wiuc.
the memorial might be sent, it was to him a mat
ter of no very great, consequence. The only dit
terence between sending it to a Select Committer
and sending it to the Committee ol Ways am
Means, is this; that in the committee of Ways anti
Means, he had the utmost confidence, hut he migl »
not feel quite as much in a Select Committee. He
saw no reason why the subject should not take •!■*
same course which it had hitherto done. Tin
Committee of Ways and Means was raised express
ly to consider questions connected with the reven
ue; and he asked whether this subject did not nat
urally connect itself witti the dudes of such a com
mittee ? None could doubt it. From the days of
Alexander Hamilton until that day, they had been
closely connected—so closely that, to use the elo
quent expression of the gentleman from South Car
olina, the One might he calied the LoJv, & the oili
er the soul. Why should not the memorial go to
the Committee of Ways and Means? It belonged
to that committee Ly the r les of the House, and
it fiat! alwa\s been referred to them ns a preparato
ry slep. W hy should it not be now ? Ffe could see
no vaiid reason. It had, to be sure, been objected
that that committee find already Expressed an opin
ion outlie general subject. Very true; and that
was the verv reason why he wished to send it there.
It was parliamentary to refer .subjects to commit
tees whose views were favorable; and should not a
great question, on which the wisest statesmen ol
the country hqd bestowed their thoughts, and ex
pressed their opinions, go to a committee whose
"a vo i
I pretacea the allusion to the. tussol#ici; of the
ubinet, by the declaration, certaimy r.« i « u pii-
.. cut ary to the President, tiiat my retm n < i,; in m
ue public service, was the result of a course die: at-
d by my own sense of duty. In reference to this
•vent, I used this language—“a just sense ol i-elf-
'vspect—of what is due to the cause of public mur
als—to your most sacred rights—to the sa» etily (if
domestic life—and to those house-bold afi< ctrors
.vhich constitute at once, Ihe charm and safeguard
f society, will ibrbid me to retrace a step w hich I
have taken—to alter a sentiment which 1 have a-
vowed.*’ 1 stood before that con pany Ly this dtc*
a ration in the very-act of reasserting-every state
ment contained in n y two addresses to the public
—re-establishing their positions—re-rffin u-g t! or
sentiments—and renewing'the declaration of n y
determination to yield nothing in relation 10 either
Nojv,'let any man ask l imseif, uhat are the stclc-
ruevts made, the sentiments expressed, the vu vs in
hibited hy these add:esses concerning the I iismt nt
of the United States. Let him remember that I
had just re-asserted (him in their whole citer.t; aid
then let him make one further reflection. It' it had
been my object, to conciliate tbe President, w hat
could have templed me thus deliberately to throw
in his face-those offensive addresses which so tar
from propitiating, must necessarily have exas; elat
ed him.
Having thus announced to my assembled fellrm-
cilizens, that the relations which the ever ts of the
summer had created between ti e Presides and
myself, were to remain unchanged; having estab
lished, as I supposed, an insuperable lariin be
tween us, I thought I had placed myself in a ; om-
tion to disclaim for myself, any private con planus,
or personal resentments, and to announce n,\ de
termination to give continued support to tl us-*
measures of bis administration, in which 1 hud
that gentlemen ought not to permit a petition ol I require the whole subject, to he sifted to ihe very
are an " ir,
‘ HIT.’’
. hut too stiff;
IF si) I .
.-hy
the highest otfic
ver, it should he considered necessary to enter upon
the subject at the present time, Mr. Watite said
he was prepared to meet it. But when gentlemen
sa w distinctly before their eyes, the motive of such
a proceeding, he hoped, that notwithstanding there
might be a majority in the House in fivor ol the
Bank, gentlemen would not lend themselves to that
kind of action. Could it be necessary to take up
the question of re-chartering the Bank at the pre
sent session? Gentlemen all knew, tiiat tom*years
m :st pass, lx tore its charter would expire, and that
Cong ess had power to extend the period, if far
ther time was necessary to wind up its allah-s. It
was known that other subjects of an exciting char
acter must come up during the present session,
i could there he anv necessity, or propriety, in
rowing additional matter mto the House calcula
ted to raise tiiat excitement yet higher? He trust-
some individual woi.id follow bi;n who might be
ihle to present the subject to the House in a stiong-
r light tiian !)• could. He should he willing in ti.e
very outset* to meet it by a na tion to lay Ibis me-
iiorial upoiiihe table; but lie would not make that
motion at pres, nt, inasmuch as it would preclude a
discussion winch lie wished to see proceed. He
would, therefore, reserve himself lor such ultimate
ac ion m reference to it as he might consider prop-
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. er V T . „ nr ™ T7? , ., 4 . r , * ..
Mr. McJL/Ur r Sil# sr.ul tint if lie ev^n could
ISir. DAiX.iS presented t!»e tollowinflf nu’mori- suppewo tJ«fn ti*e Haitimore Convention hadlwnl an*
dem, D. 'vctors, and company, of i thing to do with rise presentation of the present
i nr-morial, he trusted lnat he, at least, would ia* free
>use as the
,v-Aa-SA. • —
I tie 'Memorial '<>n ne President, Directors, and cl>ilu w..rree lrom such a suspicion. So far, how -
Gotnoany, of the Bank ofthe United States, in the I e '’ er » as regaided the President, Directors, and
iiime and in behalf ol’the Stockholders of the Bank, i Uoinpany ofthe Mother Bunk, he must sav 3 that,
cespectfdly represents— j so Lir ns i>is situation had given him an opportunity
l.iuf tlie Charter ofthe Bank being about to ex- ; ofliaving any'lcnovvleilge of them, (and he had had
oil the 4til of March l.r'36, your memorialists i mu pli to do with those gentlemen) lie did no. lic
it their duty to un ite the attention of Con-j hevethat there exisied within the limits of this Un-
g. ess to it* renewal. * j *° ! b an-organized body more perfectly exempt fiom
Tiie general considerations which caused thees-J
tahlishmem of the Bank, the manner in which il i
lias e (edited the duties ass; pin’d to it, and the rea-
this kind to receive the attention of the House.
ho could doubt that the presentatftnmf that me-
tor.al was in fact a party measure, intended to
hi»ye an important operation on persons occupying^ revenue & finances of the country, & could not give
glees of ilie Government? If, howe- it that attention which it required. He therefore
A';! my perfections!
My via‘ins ail a
“His /jail is gracefu _
Fils n; )um weii s ;ia
“lie writer the m '< ue ir'- 'as
But has no: oite blue otin /”
“Like Byron, raves >i > clin.cs,
Bj:, iie tveiisj he us > oi t n
Even my modes y some defect
Supplies, tor them to scan,
“H:s songs are a-.uiy too c-urect”—
I in not a handsome man.
And vet f bear with ni! 'Jirii- jwts,
A ." eil a-- an iheir airs,
Taeir monkeys, squirrels, pu-oquets,
Tame g .Munciies, and lia.es:
I vi ;:t Laura, and I bring
Her svv.ni, a “eomfivire;”
I call on Fanny, and i fling
■ Her monkey—a “dottrevr
Yet this, for ad I have wiihstood,
Tlie only i*. mse :hey can—
“If he’s no: beaudfrl, he’s good”—
I’m no' a haivfeiiw n.’.n!
hottom. urns, of liseif, suflicicnt to occupy a Com-
mittee<lurir;(r the whole session of Congress. The
Committee oTWays & Means was charged with the
McDUFFIE
not he to comply wit
the House, inasmuch ns the subject appropriately j community. It was most .intimately connected v. ith ; tied, and shall continue to do so, under a reuse ef
f elougs to ihe Comnui iee on Finance. the coinmeicial in grtst, but rot exclusively so. ’ niy duty to mvseif, & with a proper regard to tv .Fat
Mr. C A MBiiELF-NG, thereupon moved that i hveiv class and every section ol the country were ' I owe to the Stale. I had, therefore, no n.oiiv ^ mr
the ni' mortal be referred to a select committee. j interested in the quest ion whether the charier ofthe : this meanness.
M’\ CtH LTb.tt, ot Pennsylvania, sa-d that lie , Bank of the United States should he renewed. He] I will add that, since my return to Georgia, v.tul
bad not been so ti-f"n;:te as tlie gentleman from j thought that the impoitance of the interests iuvolv- | especially at Milledgevilie, my views in leiatum to
Ga. fMr. AvavnS*,] inasmuch as lie bad not heard j nd made it proper that t;>e petition should be re- the President have been freely expressed, and ti <a
liO.-Ii-JS.rit:.
al from the Pc
the Bank ofthe United Suues:
To the
suggested to the gentleman from Smtfh Carolina,
wlsethertieowgliT not. in justice to others as as
to himself, to move the reieremee o. r tlie memorial
views were in its favor, when matters of the most i heretofore concurred. I thought l cot.id no ti is
trivial moment were subject ro that ride ? The oh- without the possibility ol being In ble to the in i n
ject in that very proper parliamentary rule was that tationol having been influenced by any unworthy
a measure proposed might be presented hi the most motive.—In this I was deceived.—I wasright, kou-
favorable manner—tha: it n ight, so to speak, have ever, & I fearlessly appeal to.-lhe public to leviou its
a lair chance; and, in tlie language ol the hooks on decision. I am free to confess tiiat the Conviction
parliamentary law, that it might not be committed is deeply hmStfiating—.that any portion' of tie
to a nurse who would be sale to strangle it. He ; AmericaVr people, even though original}} ft is'ed hy
did not wish to see this memorial strangled. He garbled publication ofim address, shot id Eve
wished it to go to a committee where it would re-! fitHen into such an error, i do not speak to iho
c«*ive the consfd''ratiofi which it merited*, in order • tnere partisan; but to those who have honed'y Sai-
that 11 might afterwards ieceiv r e the judgment of, l en into this error, I would say, lnat i went n■ .ditf*
Mr.
to p Sel.'Ci Committee. j the House, unprejudiced and fairly expressed. j edgeville, not seeking but declining o dice; that 1 it-
replied, that to do so would j Mr. APPLETON said that the subject-matter listed the repeated urgencies ol much respicted
i the order of proceedings in j of the pei-Hion was one of the deepest inteiest to the friends on this subject while there, mat have contin-
n^t.ie sublet'
consnn.-
otlier citizens of ihe! this institution—Ian, m in’s opinion, its bearing on - power to deceive 1' ascribes* to me
i 1 < Ibie the House? i too general prosperity was a mailer of greater and mate folly ol aeekmg to conciliate, by nurg'.ug u. i*!i
raie<“, rCiteriitcd ana serious criminaticr'.
: oni
a monitor of I paramount interest. Its relation to a sound cur- bunt prafe
office, hut
:ed it with j there was no doubt that, whether referred to the private individual, <k cliningtheprofferedeonfdei.ee
abject ? A j Committee of Ways and Means, or to a Select of tnyfeUow cit z ns. • it imputes this to in at a
of the Le- j Committee, according to the principles usually time when I was in the free and unrestranu d ex-
Setiale a:td House of Representatives of ihe from the suspicion ofactingin this Ho
fritud y.inf in y,->iiirc-- ia/. | -Jiv.'pj L.t'tlj-ii !v,vl,. U‘....... .. ....
[Vleiu“riaM>niie I'resi.leiit, Drecto-s, and Cl,:I *d he tree lrom such a suspicion. S
pu»e, Oil
d r ‘eui it
pons whicfrrecommend its continuance, your me
morialists ibrbear to discuss, since, of these sub-
j-cts, vour honorable bodies are more competent
and appropriate judges. Tuny will therefore mere
ly state the views which induce their application at
luis time.
Unless the question is decided by the present
anv just liability t<r ihe charge of acting from po
litical c incide'-atious; and so fir lVoin having had
the remotest connection with any political move
ments eitiiei at Baltimore or elsewhere, he should
rathe’- come to the conclusion that the present me
morial had been presented almr a consultation with
the party to which the gentleman fiom Georgia,
as weil as iiimseitj belonged, than with those of op
posite party-opinions. He regretted exceedingly
that tuis should have been regarded as a political
Congress, no definitive action u no'll it can lie ex- question; but it was the misfortune of our -country,
pecied until within two years ofthe expiration of ■ { ^at no sub ect ol any kind could be started which
tite Charter—a period before winch, in the opin- | Ua*l referenced to the general interests oftlse jjeople,
ion of your memorialists, it is highiy- expedient, not but it must instantly be converted into a political
merely in reference to the institution iteelf, hut to q iie . si ‘° !1 ’ ai |d connected^ wilh that all absorbing
the more important interests ol’the nation, that the ,0 1 ?1C > j* topic winch lie feared would one day pros-
deteruriiiation of Congress should lie known. In- j ^ a ^ e . e liberty of the country tue election yl a
dependeutly ofthe mdnence which the Bank was' Bres'dent. Could not the consideration of any
designed to possess, and wiucii it necesssarilv ex- q !:e siion, relernng to tiie interests of t;ie country,
ercises over tlie slate ofthe currency, bv which all be entered upon, hut it must !»e to put t iris man uuo
ifi.» n-cuniary transactions of the community are afliceand tout manout.' Could no question of anv
kind
tie pe
regulated, its own immediate operations are con- i kiml 2 b fe a!S i JOS H i , ni "; ,th 3 ca ! r P impartial jiuig
liectcd intimately with the local business of almost Inentr He snooid deeply regret if any gentleman, in
every section ofthe United States, with the com- act:,1 g 0,1 ibc present subj< ci, should be influenced
mercial interchange l»etween ti.e several Stans, (| ie question, how its decision wo- id touch the
and the intercourse of them ail with foreign na faction ot this man or that. He could not posi
tions.
in tee g(*neral subject-with
coumrv. W hat was tJie subjt
A petition had been presented . .
highlv respectal le citizens on a subject vitally in- j rency .Evolved, perhaps, the most important ques- It imputes to me tins folly without any mouv<, lor
terestmg to t e nation. Kad they not a riglit to j turn in ot:r whole interna! policy. He supposed I ivas not an advenUrrer in quest
addresslhis House? Had thev ajx'iroached it with '
tin address upon a light and frivounis su
8iihjt*c,i improper to occttpy ilnkattention oi me lip-| i/omnntice, accoruuig to tiie prmcip
gis'atiw hodv ? No. !f was a snlycct winch claim- j adopted ii. die aj)]X»infnicnt of committees, a report pr.ssion ofrny
attention nct^nlv of :hjf Jlouse. but oi the would he made in iavor of renewing the charter, 'dent,, in relation to Whom I repeatedly declare-.! I nail
Bui it was ofthe Utmost importance that a careful nothing to conceal, and nothing to yield. 1 hew
and thorough examination should be had, whether is moreover something in the force of truth iteeif
%oii'e modifications of the existing charter should-which will sustain tiie declaratiqh, i am ; Uu-vt to
not he made on its renewal; and what should be ' make,fhalof there be a faumifiationpFom which n»om
the terms anJ conditions. IT* b< lieved it to be tliauauy other, niyjadgenitHit Ci niv fee.ings nou.d
isr.r-ptibie of tmnrovement, and hoped a committee 1 revolt, it would he the attempt, hy anv act of mi:
views and feefic stewards ti e
whole Union. A subject wL'ch ruust undergo the
action of the Legislature, at some period not fir
distant. And Low was it proposed to treat these
citizens? If he had not misunderstood tlie gentle
man from Georgia, ihat gentleman had proposed
our ivith tl <v
l Tip.
States.
farther continued,
What wi re tlie reasons advanced In support of 1 speeches, from the following gentlemen i
this position? Yv hy that the subject ofthe petition Mi. ARCHER, ot Virguiia,
partook of a party character, or that the present a- M?. MERCER, fd'Virginia*
t:onol the petition was connected with certain oth
er political movements in the country ? Tins might
he a good n-ason with the gentleman fioin Geor
gia; as he very possibly was in the secrets of the
-party that had met at Baltimore, but as for himself
he v as not. tie stood on that floor as a represen
tative of the People—prepared to act on the si4>-
jeets winch in tint enpacb; might be broi glu be
fore him. He was governed bv no such considem-
t’i'on*'— he knew i>( no connexion ofitie memorial
w-th anv pari;, or other proceedings at Baltimore.
A 1 h- knew was mat ti e p-1 licners resided in the
Slate of Pennsylvania ; t!. *t thev had a right to
pre.-vni Ihe'Tm-nioi»al, and had acted projierly in!
doing so, arid a‘mere allegation that tin paper was:
connected with political movements at Baltimore,!
formed no reason why ht. should not exercise the j
responsilii it w! c had been committed io l; ; nv
ir had hcen said 'hat the B:
e connected with thi
that was true, it v.
d b
If
won
try. il that was true, it was an objection that
wouhi apply .equally ; t all times. Bui such was
not his view of- the subject. Ho hoped that the
great .°x|>e)kcuiit ot a representative government,
u.ad not so completely faded, that a Legislative As-
semhiv coulu not pror ounce upon a great subject
coniucted witb tJie interests oi the country, vvith-
Mi. INohltSt)LL, of(JonmTticutj
Mr. CARSON, of N. Carolina,
Mr. ILDE, of Georgia,
M*. Mi l CHELL, <'f S. Carr«itra,
Mr. PHOT, o! Nh w York,
M•. OhAllIiOSN. of Massachusetts-,
Mr. CAMBRF.T ENTJ, ol Nt w Yoik,
Mr. (■. C. JOHNSON, ofV trginia,
Mi. LOW A I.D, oi Mat viand,
Mr. I OS 1 Fk, of Georgia,
M- . .JLM1 EH, of Maryland,
Mr. ’ ‘
M
M
IV
M i . ELLs W CIM H. of Connecticut,
Mr. HOFFMAN, ot’Ncw York.
Before tne debate arrived at this stage, the usu-
mi: quest ion always a! hour of adfournment had arrived, and a motion
I x »i 111 c.-> oi i!u conn- was made, and negatived,- to adjourn.
3hort whatever-it may be, had been preserved Ly try
concealment of-mv views, or suppic-ssion of iny
feelings in relation to that r*ersonnge.
JOHN MSPllERSON BERRIEN.
Savannah, Deceit.hcr i)4, 1831.
•I • .JLNT1 EH, of Maryland,
V»r. HI N I ING’l ON, ot Connecticut,
vi i . W A YNE, of Georgia,
vir. SI I HER LAND, of Pennsylvania,
W. CARSON, ot N. Carolina,
POLIWyI.
FOR TIIE FEDERAL UNION. .
TO THE CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA.
I perceive in ti.e Southern (|jlii!cdgqvi;lc) llcccr-
der of the 24th gist.au extract from the liith
\Mond Knquiver, caving of ?d. ,; . Ciln-er, !nte Gov
ernor of Georgia—“ J\bw that he is ihe setting
sun. ii'mry rot hefattery to say that he u the purest
Politician of the South.” Tliis rmneais ro \vt
grasped at by Tie Editors of the -Recorder with,
great avidity, in order to sustain a-sinking cause,
and in tlie comments which they have been pleased
to make on the extract—they iur .e with their cse
al hitter and malignant feelings, assailed with the
most rancorous calumny,"our piement worthy'and
pa t riotic Governor.
Wh
i bie see how it could have anything to do with the
Of the value to the community, ofthe svstem 1 ,ilJ,tler - Wt ?v must this be 'made a political q-es- jo«t hnug^overned h> predilections lor men and by
ich, after long and anxious eflorts, and arVreat ,,on » t Unstime nU»re than at. any other? Did the {fe*dings of n-ere pat ty politics. The moment iie
After Mr. HOFFMAN had' concluded his oh- ] v ’ 'f f vc T. m:, >' h *Y e l v,e * rt of rhp ^
ser vat ions, other trenil. m,n rose-1 nit ! tor ot tn « inquirer in making these remarks, v.e
Mr. LEWIS CONDICT, of New Jersey, got the ?! p i;I . iabi ' v J° W ? blIt ° ,ie we do know, that
floor. He remarked that this debate had already ' } he intended to convey the idea that Governor
swelled to a- considerable volume upon a question Hjjtepkm \,as inlerit.r in pifint ol pure Tepubiiciiii
of mere reference, which, strictly sneaking, was not P' 1 *?.sound integrity, ano depth of mte.a-ci,.
a riehateable question. To’bring back tfie practice | > ( ^Jr‘ x_ Goveinor Gnnier, he
Wi
pecuniary sacrifices, your memorialists have at
length succ-'eded in establishing, it is not for them
to sneak; their more immediate purpose is to repre
sent. as they do, most respec.fully, that tiie coirnt-
uancc or destruction of tiiat system, thus widely
diffuse-! through all the avenues of the productive
industry of the country
of public revenue and
baling to give stability
has widely deviated
of the House to Parliamentary uslfee, and to put an Ihe truth flint tlie Southern Recorder
end to a debate already too far extended, he moved should u f° the ra«gh0gewf chagrin, thsuppoiuu-
should con- f or t} ie previous question. " ! ment n! 'd vexation, is hy no means surprising ;
. .. . . intent liad , In this motioi he was sustained bv a ruaWitv of^^ bl, t that such sentiments as..above alluded to, slim Id
ailed ; font was the same to hiln whether a despot j the House (96 to 84) and the previous question’he- ; ever a PP ear in respectable, and so vvide-
T, . ■ i c i i Ti i ■ - t »»Ite’ throne domineered over the cmintrV’Or sdhe i i n g n„t, i„ this form: “Shall the main mtesfion be lv circulated a Journal as the Richmond Enquirer,
Hi esulrntiai Chair, the Bank question must of ne- i demago L n.e who issued his proclamations, from a J „ow put ?” il was decided in the «iffirmv*ve ‘ i is mi - ch to be regretted, calculated as thev so evk-
cessity have a |io:it!cal aspect, w’as it to be suppos- comm Pee room, or elsewhere, controlled jyblicj The main question was then* put (Mr ‘ Davis ’ denll . v are to prodv.ee Such erroneous in.presucm
““ ’ motion to refer the memorial j U P° D 1hc minds of th(^c,’who must from their dis-
> Whole on the state of the I t *‘!‘‘ ce ’ ,,ut . a limited knowledge ofthe mler^f
reference of the memorial n» tbe S nlKnrs of Borgia, especially as regards the course
Committee of Ways and Means, and decided by P«^cdhy our late Governor, and the general m*-
’ * - v consistency of the leaibng men ot the party, which
gentleman from Georga suppose tnat the piogress j should be comJieli^d to believe that, be si
of purification would be such that at any future-chide that the great republican experi
time personal considerations would cease to ope/- Tailed “ ** * *'
Itjwnile tiie present incumbent occupied the ! on
; ‘ ~ ' " de
tlie practical operations ofthe institution, your bon- that.presents the difficulty; &, until tiiat ebab cease, cause he believed that that House-was capable of
o.-ihlc l x»d v shall deem it worthy of continuance,! * be gentleman lrom Georgia will never get out ofii. deciding such a question as tins of the Bat k on
it svrns obedient to relieve the country, as soon l’he President and Diiectors ot the mother Bank purely national principles, that he believed that the
as ma? consist with mature deliberation,"from the . ^ ,a '* r» ef>n g over >'ed,not by pditical or party mo- ; present r emoriul ought to receive tlie action of
Mioertaiitey in wiiich ail private transactions, and ; V ves ; ^.presenting this memorial, but by the (d»- licit House He sliould .not enter upon any con-
all public improvements, dependent on the future p'?* 11 * 011 under which they lav, not only to tiie slock- ; sidoraiions which touched the merits of the ques-
coiulition of ux' currency, and amount of capital I holders, hut to the Government ofthe United Status, jlion: he would only say, in general, that the paper
disposable for thxs objects, must necessarily be | ^ Hat would he the effect of refusing to renew the j before .the House was a respectful petition on a
be involved until yov decision is known. I charte , or to act upon die subject, till two v<*ars, j subject every way fit tor the action of the House,
If on the other hand, 1 lie wisdom of Cnnoress ' or a 8 i n ?i e year, before its expiration. Could : and ought to receive its action. Were gentlemen
shall determine that the Ivoik must cease to exist, | I* ,c ffentleman Iroiu Geonria have reflected upon 1 to be deterred f om the consideration of the memo
it is still more important that the country should ] ’* u ' enneequenees? That Bank had given a credil of rial by such reasons as had been otfered by the
begin early to prepare for tie expected change,' $50,0.00 to the ^leople oft lie U ited States. What j gentleman from Georgia? He hoped that every
and that the institution should have as much time I l ,e suppose must !>e the eflect of suddenly with- ! man who fejt in his own bosom higher and nobler
as jxissUe to execute the duty, aUva’^s a very deli-1 drawing that credit? Its eflect not only to the in- j principles of action than that gentleman had allud-
eate and difficult
seek new channels
and gentle movements, t . . .
venfence on the great inteivst connected with jt. were to l»e granted or refused, the House was bound
" “ “ in every view of the subject to act upon it now,
Kiid to act definitively. A period of four yea
cute the duty, a 1 wavs a very deli-1 “ ra ) VIM - tiiaI cieditr its etiect not only to the in- ! principles ot action than that gentleman had allud-
one, of aiding the com.munitv to (bviduals to whom tne credit had been given, but to ! ed to, would not lie deterred from the discharge of
Is of business, and, by '*i-ndual all others connected with them? It would lie nothing his duty; that the man who stood there as a Rep-
nents, to press with the leasthjeon- j 8 * ,ort «l utter desolation. Whether ihe charter resentative of the people* and felt (hat he was wor
yeas and nays.
For a reference to that Committeee 100
Against it pp m
So the memorial was referred to the Committee
ol \V ays and Means.
Under these impressions, they respectfully request
that the charter of the Bank may bp renewed.
By order ofthe Board of Directors:
. N. BIDDLE, President.
Mr. CLAY laid on the table the following -reso
lution :
Resolved, That tlie existing duties upon articles
imported from foreign countries, and not coming
into competition with similar articles made and pro
duced within the United States, ought lobe forth
with abolished, except the duties upon wines and
ailks; and that they ought to be reduced; and that
th 1 Committee oa Finance be' rnytiruuted to report
a biiiaccai'dingly.. *
te was
not* more than was indisjiensahly requisite to wind
up the concerns of such an institution. Ifthe con
sideration ofthe suhjeci at this time was necessarih
attended with-any embarrassment, be should regret
it; hut still he must hold the great leading interest of
the country to lv? paramount to all political &. par
ty considerations. If it was in the power of gentle
men to discard all such feelings in considering the
great question to which this memorial referred, lie
earnestly hoped that it might he done. - '
Mr. CAMBRELENG, of N. York, said that he
heartily joined in the wish just expressed by the
thv so to stand, would act in such a manner as to
show that he was above the reach of such motives.
Let him suppose that this House was to be wrest
ed from the •course ol duty and patriotism and per
verted and debased into a mere party machine,
what, he asked, would lie the most direct mode of"
■tecomplisljiivg such an end? He knew of none more
directly calculated to eflect it than that which hod
Ven now pursued bv the gentleman from Georgia.
If any gentleman on that floor chose to become the
trumpeter to blow the rally of party, he might per
haps succeed in carrying a portion of the House
•vith him ; vet lie must still believe that House ca
pable, in spite of all such efforts, of deciding na-
tiona! questions on national principles. He bad no
gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. [McdcffijcJ idea that the gentleman from Georgia intended to
From the United States Teletnravh.
TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
From the beginning of tin* present month, Ihnve
been confined to mv room, and for tbe greater part
of that time to my bed. by a bilious & inflammato
ry fever. I am still so, though mv fever has inter-
jnitted. My physicians had deemed it necessary
to deny to me intercourse with mv friends, and to
keep from me whatever might produce excitement.
Tins svstem is at length relaxed, and letters from
Washington, which were received to-dav and yes
terday, have announced to me the fact, that I have
been, during my confinement, the object of a foul
and biting calumny.
A certain degree of evidence has been obtained
for this calumny, by resorting to the despicable ar
tifice of giving extensive and early circulation to a
mere extract from the speech delivered bv me at
Milledgevilie—and bv the suppression of that part
of it, which would entirely have changed tbe char
acter of tbe published extract. I have not the nhvs-
ical abililvfor a labored vindication, even if the oc
casion called for it: which I think il does not. T
shall be brief; for mv case is simplv stated. I mar
have erred in my estimate of what is just, libera!
and rnagnanimous in relation to a political adversa
ry—but I am inca^abk qf truckling t& any man,
istency of the leading
claims and supports him.
_ In making this communication, I have no selfish
views to gratify. To give a con ect idea as to
who are the old and consistent supporters ol Gen.
Jackson, and - who are the firm and jiatriotic friends,
of the union of thi* glorious confederacy, in Geor
gia, is my sole object. These important consider
ations, together with the many misrepresentations
of the views of Gov. Lumpkin, and the party that
elected him to office, which have been so industri
ously disseminated throughout this Republic—
highlv calculated to injure the well eafrod reputa
tion pf thlattvoriby and enlightened citizen-^—and to
castoff odium.-from tbe beads of those who su
well merit it, and to heap it on tliose wtio are in
nocent, has constrained me as one, to raise my
feeble exertions in the defence of justice and the
honest and patriotic, cause of the parly to which
lam proud to be attached.
Born and raised as.I have been, in Virginia, I
ihink I know the character of her citizens too well
to doubt fora moment;but that they will pass an
impartial judgment in a fairly slated case, and
award tomerit her deserved rights—and in penning
this communication, as one who I trust is ever ac*
uiated by the honest pride of a citizen of that an
cient dorninion.J would scorn to be governed by
other than candid and impartial motives.
On my emigration hererin Jbe Spring of 1824,
T knew nothing of the local pofiiit* or Georgia, but
saving always from mv easiest recollection, been
n almost enthusiastic admirer of the’‘character of
General Jackson, and finding on ttfy arrival ijj
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