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7 i o f Mr. King o f Georgia, 0:1 Air.
Clay'* Resolution.
Cut, said Air. k. tiiis is theory. What hnc
iicen the practice of the political parties of
wh: 111 1 speak, and who arc uow chargin .it; i
di-Ciaiiniu^against power; do my friends of i
confusion into all history, and contradict the un-! periods. On the whole it was a most excellent |
| demanding of every reading man iu the commu-1 performance, but had well-nigh made mm
nity. -- " convert to the truth of a saying of the celebra-
| lie did not object, however, to this modern! ted Abbe de Prodt, “That ktnguage was gi'- j
union of opposite parties, whatever the motive j en to conceal his thoughts with.” . Ho said the t
lor thu object. He anticipated much good > only mistake of the minority consisted in pin-1
from it. 1 le hoped the parties would become j cing on one page of this report, that clause (
much better acquainted; and learn that the! in the charter which authorizes the espniina- j
- outer sort ' .y p' 1 nst P° w cr ’ 1 •' ,rR> . ? 01 l; - e J North could do without the South, as well as j tion, and to which the reader may sometimes., The reopto'sji'-'Um—
1 • Ls : ’ ?,T' X ' .■ ? T m V U P Tc “ ,S li; ” 5 ii:h ^ do without the Nofti;’ and! refer. j r^TT^'Tt O A
*\ ; >ud ; ‘-'c spoil u -> 1 u 11 ..t lit. n p-at neither will do well without a union with the He said, lie thought the resolution to e.v3.m- I J Lj El IX ■ V A.
“ ^nkdas ai, y ;:c!s ° f H‘epo*y«lcourse of the lain r?, otJ , e( . j ne tbe Dank a useless one; and the- result?- : —
i iu tv is of “0 V^sumed no such proof won d ever be re- , H( . said fat glad t}iat the /^position had tion reported by the majority of "the committee, t XWL-A.C'CXii , Crtl*
lid lim hr- qmred. Il SO, he would refer tln m to tlieir i _ XrriJ! .* - mu. I —
lams
pposrtion tiad tion reported by the majority
. 10 1 11 lr . assumed tlie name of whies. lie was sorry to summoning the directors to answer for con-
u t ‘imgs, am votes, or t lose of | set , ,j ie mnifrials of the party so closely exam- tempt, he thought equally useless ; and he ho
ped it Would not pass. But the power of ci
ther House to examine the Bank, and proceed
mere nutntiuiiitoodfon. horse, than three pecks | , ™ Sp f ” a P eri ? d at least, ever . incd aildlhe Ija ^ applicd J t0 _ thcm
oi common oats. Tho product is most istouisi.- , Slne « **»"» '«« e c0 P ,0U l S0 - Urc ?’ " » much laughed at, and so universally ridicul
ing, tne average being twenty-six barrels, of could Prove the People ot the Norm ?!“?« ed-for, said be, I also anticipate much good
lourtoeti stone to the Irish acre, the exact “Y **«»S h ‘‘ c Jemocrats and gentlemen. Aud tht! cbuntrv from |heir a(3oi)tion of iWs
<ju mtity grown by Mr. Drctizy on one acre, j ,s . an -' P r aof required, said Mr. K., ngamst my , iani . ; for, snidi.ejf k belrue; as some one
ft w.snot sown till the 4th of -M .y, 1830, and; inends of the South, that they will has said, that “men are likely to become (he
y.a< teapod early in lugOft ij-. the same year, i ''Li° r « t,s use of power when they have it? It SC0Ulldri .t s WC call them,” especially when they
It is remarkably hardy, and well adapted to .«■«* I,e . look P'^ent condition of the j submh t0 the Ddme ; t w5in id to i,j m that d a
Kriodicd. ) ^?wn pa. ty of South Carolina; and to | mucb irb pri „ ciplei or ralhcl . bv a slr &g
; this proof, said.Jlr.K. I cannot refer with; • - - 1 ... ■>
From the Genesee Farmer. (son much- levity. What is the condition
)f tho . minority in this rcspertacie
i.utiy
over
this climate.—London Pa
armrr.
CULTURE OF ONIONS,
f ie ucedam given in a late number of the
armor, of,the beneficial effects of charcoal
i“ the culture of onions romimis mu ot
; or oneratigti of the same principle, men migli
W hat is the condition ^ be exppctcdto leacb some'of those virtue
which are associated with a name they
State, when wo propcily estimate ilie rights of
0junion iu this country? Why, sir, said filr.
K., the noble and persecuted spirits of Ireland,
havi
assumed. In fiict, said he, I have history to
encourage nte in this hope ; for, during tho
ings of the Bank was unquestionable, and
heretofore unquestioned. Sir, what a specta
cle of party infatuation have we now exhibit
ed. This resolution parsed the House by a
majority of perhaps three-fourths. It had : ” y : - i
J J - 1 - 1 - c |, ble tyrant, because it debas.*^ tno n,1 “"
prostrates the will. The iiidi, v idual who sulio
■'rjJURSD. IT, A l G VS T 7, 183 I
merica’s purest patriots to everlasting infamy j
by palming off on him the origin of their treason*
able heresy. For it mast be borne in mind; thn»
the charge of Nullification against Mr. Jefferson
at.this time—a time wjien ho was publicly pro-
j fcssiiig dueti iu.es. oC at) entirely different charac-
i ter, and while be was acting with friends who
j ), Id different sentiments—ive say a rliaifte of
j Nullification aga'iist him at this time, nutst nl so
; embrac’d the charge of political hypocrisy, and
dissimulation,—moral offences of the deepest dye.
Before ot r readers admit the truth of these char
ges against the character of oue ivho>e memory
has ‘.ceil >6 long and deeply cherished, wc re
quest them to look a little farther into die erc-
NUl.tlFIOATlON* { donee upon which it rests. Iu the first place it
which the I may he observed, that it is~ all tlie mere soy so
f.illo- 'of Mr. Ritchie; Mr. Kkehie says he is convinced
P II
MR.JEFFERSON
The absolute nnd exacting t}
spirit of party is v^oul to exeiei. ... . .
wet s lias often keen .*6° subject of remark: more that the South Caelum pobticums were right m
degradiiig than the despotism of a more taugi- j saying Mr. Jefferson .was a nuilifier. Now may
* covered the surface with straw to (he depth of
a foot or more, and burned it over. By- re
peating this operation tho ground u ns com-
plct. Iv cleared of the weeds, and without stir-
l itu the surface more than was neccss.irv to
deposit the seeds, ho sowed tliupi; they grew
lin !y, no weeds came up, and he hud a fine
crop of onions. . This year he caused his on
ion ground to be prepared early, that the weeds
mi lit have time to start before tho time of
sowiug, when l;c as last year burned straw o-
vei his beds, and sowed his onions. By this
i roceodin ; ho Secures too important ends—ho
eradicates all weeds Ironi the surface, and the
of an iron hearted and unfeeling despotism, j main up to this dav. May wo n„t hope lor
than i-, at this moment, the Union parly of j some s7ci , r ^ lU here ? May we not hope that
South Carolina. Sir, said Mr. k., what is .tv- our • wbi m ‘ be con,c retd wings : apd
ranny ... this country, or what can tyranny be i j, Jiabitlinl ll0Sti]it J t0 lhc osercisi: J ;)0Wcr
here, until the character of iur People: changes,. | by llioj! vllri , lo!d !t t j )at tl) * bo
but a tyranny over the mmd?-« denial of e- ; lt ; d bv j iabit and a rcc]in of cons t« enc J; t0
been debated for several months, every in
ground disputed, and it never occurred to any
member, or any body in or out of Congress,
that tho power did not exist iu the- House to
pass such a resolution. And moreover, it' is
a power frequently heretofore submitted to.
.Yet, so soon as the pleasure of the Bank is
known, a flood of light bursts upon the land,
and members are now expected to censure
their cion presumption, for voting for a resolu
tion, now for the first time ascertained to be
unauthorized.
Ho hadse. nit frequently stated that admin
istration men were “collared.” This might
be so, with some, in one sense. But it seemed
to him, if administration men wore a collar,
that many bank men me not only collared,
but yoked, harnessed, hitched, and blindfold- -
ed.
Sir, said he, I would not do the Bank in-
jus lico ; but I think it has been “unfortunately
advised iu this case. Tlie power given to ex
amine, was.ouly to make, clear a right to
saying Mr. Jetlerson was a liullifier. Now
hi!,., it ! not Mr. Ritchie ho mistaken in this, as well as lie
j acknowledges himself to have previously been ?
ty. must 1 What lias convinced him of tlie fact of Air.- Jef-
lruls 't i fersou’s Nullification ? He says that aftcrhunU
tion of' *‘ig up the thousand facts within liis reach and
1 weighing them, he had co.nc to the eoucfwioW
hat b‘s ! that Mr. Jefferson is .is not.a NullijUr. Sineo*
( »• • | • I • I • f t • *-* IVV#IIIL HI • iu njii/Ul J Wild U.il > IU JlllWVt- bitui U 1 Ifclll
Pl ® ‘V nn 0 ‘ d 1 ' -1 t make less use of it u hen it fails into their own : which the Government would seem to have
political duties. No odious restraints upon the
personal liberty of tbc citizeu wouldbeattempt-
ed or tolerated. What, then, are the alterna
tives presented to as patriotic a body of men
as our country bolds? Sir, it is perjury—deg
radation, and exclusion from office, exile, or
bloody rebellion; to the latter of which they
slies •>mJ charcoal of t!
tho straw
lurniab the ' seem iacHned to resort, rather than submit to
best possible dressing for the onions.
Olitco, May BO, 3834,
W. Q.
ON ASHES AS A MANURE,
l imy a letter just received from a corres
pondent iu Pennsylvania, wc make the follow
ing extracts. Wc are aware that many of our
(I- tiesce Farmers consider’the use of ashes as
a n, uro at lest doubfful,—ascribing its sup-
pos J incflicacy to same peculiarity’ either iu
our soil or climate; but wo have not been dis-
1 H.d to adopt this opinion, In fields which
yit ' i largo crops the difference ofa few busli-
< S to the acre, is scarcely perceptible; mid it
t :i.»ws that the value of a manure which pro-
dr. es such difference, maybe much underrated
"t cl it is evident that five buslicdsof Indian corn,
Led to ti. • forty or fifty bushels which the
land would produce without manure, are worth
a.-i much to (lie fanner, as when that addition is
made to tho product of more sterile lands; or.
when it inert uses the crop from twenty to twen
ty-live bushels an acre.
We want experiments in tho western parts
of this State, on the subject of ashes ns a ma
lt no. We believe that farmers, instead of sel
ling ashes at tlieir doors for six cents a bushel,
would find it mere profitable to keep them for
iheir own -use, and to apply them to tlieir own
corn’fields us a manure.
“I put ;rsmall handful of unleachcd ashes
«/(fo<iacti hill of corn at tlie time of planting;
and I think this way i» better titan to put it on
tho hill after tho corn has come up. Lastsca-
n, I dressed a few rows of corn with it, and
am satisfied it is fully worth seventy-live cents
:t bi.shi 1 for this purpose. These rows alterna
te,] with others, so that the experiment was
fi.irly tried; and the difference was nppa-
re:,; tltfo'nqli tlie whole season. There was a
. in of at least five bushels to the acre. The
a lies cost fifteen cents a bushel, tho quantity
not exceeding three bushels to the acre.
“This year 1 bought potasli for soap making;
so i! it 1 might saye my ashes for manure, mi
ll tched. 1 am satisfied that leached ashes
are not worth near so much ; yet with tlie lat- ‘
t r, the corn was much better than in that part
of the field which had no ashes.”—Genesee
the hard conditions imposed on them by iheir
couirrymen. Sir, let me not be misunder
stood. It is with the kindest feelings that I ro-
iiauds? Ha thought to
He said, however, that he must say to his
friends, the new wliigs, that they would only
be taken on trial, ; nd Up hoped they would
begin in good earnest to establish their new
claims, and prove the sincerity of tlieir profes
sions. Iie'jtaid, as the good Catholic must be
lieve in the real presence, use the cross in
baptism, the ring iu marriage, &c., and make
good use of the breviary and the missal, so the
hnienrs of
, ., power in ail the departments of eovernmont—
he said, to cast no reflections on the character swdy economy in the administration of die
oi patriotism u tie ^ cry respectable party j Government, and pay some little attention to
vim were in the majority in the State Im had l lho provisions of the constitution. He said, if
referred to. He believed the gn at body ot l|ie * „. pro abascs in t!ic Exec ,j tiuc DepHr t-
t .at party as pure and as patriotic as any party m L, eu , ( and k vvas ] ik( . }v t!lt . rc . ni ;, rJlt be dim )
this country. He only reared to tins tact, j , tt ^ be corrcct ed. IIo would co-operate
among others, to prove the truth ofa P^i- forYhat,purpose. But let us not direct the
pal which was un.versn in its operation. That U ., I0 , ( . ofonr attcati6n (0 tbo Executive, when
that political partus never objected to the we k|ion t | iat the ori^iA of the most of tlie u-
^^^wlientpew^wasittAeirownhand^ , boses we lmV e to encounter is traced to our
1 he majority m Carolina h id, no doubt, acted j own d( . pat:iIcnf . i wlsil mir nett - fricuds then,
s oo . \si i )Q 'incts u laI r< * j tiuu whig should oppose the encroachments of The Committee should not have been re-
for to these matters of history. He intended, j pov , cr iu uH ihc dcf)Ur(mcnts 0 f government- quired to state what has been done, for to as-
daim, upon common law principles. Tlie
Governnient, is both a principal and partner;
and, in cither character, should have the right
of free inspection. It was a partner, he said,
to the extent of $7,000,000 ; and generally a
principal or depositor to tlie amount of ten
millions, (though at present of only 3 or 4 mil-
liens;) and should h::ve free access to the books
and proceedings not only as a corrective, but
as a preventive privilege.
himself to become the mere .tool . -) f P “
sacrifice all motives of right K'*>d ’
obliterate from his memory all ,/ ecc
facts : must only think what his emplc'_ vel ‘ ‘
see what liis master sees, and* speak w
driver commands. -In tills drivelling ami
ding service, it is absolutely astounding to Hsu"
tp the reckless-and shameless assertions, which .
the minions may put forth to advance the inter- I error h ’ r( ° :lnl to °" c facr ’ ,hnu * hat hc
csts of their employers. It was but the other I shou ld [l,,Ve l!II "-‘ (l * u estimating the weight of a
day, that a pnrtjzan of the abpiitipiiists in Nev. ; th(iasav' d ^ ,tcts • ^ no ^ ,,1<!re likely that he
York, iu order to advance the views af th. t sect. I should ha,' e been mistaken in-
which, ho had come across one fact, which b:tc!i
convinced him ihixl he w.is a XuJUifiex J Now is
I it .out more likely that Mr. Ritchie shouid have
with good intentions, but had acted hastily, and
with an over-zeal, to enforce their favorite
doctrines. They (in connection with tlie
Southern People) believed themselves oppres-
: ■ il by led era! 11 • i > 1 a t i i > 11; and iliin ki i <_r ' 1; ......
had discovured a remedy, they ver lermiu-
cd to enforce, it, without sullicient regard to
the opinions of tlieir fellow citizens opposed
to them. He hoped he would be understood
on this point, and that his motives, in referring
to neither party, would be mistaken; for, in
fact, he thought muchJbctter of each of these
parties than they had been generally i i the
habit of thinking of each other. He did not
said Air. K., to show the purity of their faith
l*y jmtupj tlieir shoulders to tlie wheel in good
earnest, to assist us in bringing hack tlie con
stitution to its original purity, and in restoring
was intended by our ancestors.
Sir, said Mr. K., I beg pardon for what may
seem a digression. A fleeting thought which
passed me, and which I intended only to use
briefly for the purposes of illustration, lias led
me on to tlie consumption of triple the time I
intended to emyloy upon the whole subject. I
only rose to reconcile my vote upon tbo se-
think the Carolina Nidlifiers traitom.or toric, ?? nd « wuh “* , V ?? U P on ,Iie f ', rst r f oh «‘' 0 »-
as they have been so often called in other sec- J 1 * tt,, J ec ! ias . bee « , t0 P rOY f \ ha ‘ thcre ,,as
tions of the Union. Nor did lie think the in- bm ; n no violation of the constitution, so as to
habitants'of New England “highway robbers,”
“swindling pcdlers,” “avaricious aristocrats,”
“cowardly New England weavers,” as they
had been so frequently called by tlieir South-
call on us to vote upon this other than as a
question of pure expediency. Tho object of
my digressive illustrations and references has
been to prove, that those who are foremost in
denying the existence, and denouncing the cx-
certain this was the object of the examination,
and to limit the search fo breaches of the char
ier, was to deny all the benefits of the privi
lege ; there might be a thousand facts ascer
tained by an examination, not amounting to a
breach of charter, that would justify the gov
ernment in taking care of its interests, by with
drawing its funds. For instance, said he, it
might be making largo loans to insolvent per
sons, or otherwise rendering itself bankrupt
by bad management, which would make it ad
visable for the governnient to take care of its
interests. There was no reasonable pretext
for the refusal then, and the people w;ou!d look
upon it as an additional evidence of the arro-
viiv zxaiixv*
He did not believe any thing of importance i
to the government would have been found, had
the examinatien takcu place. It was very
probably, tree that the account for printing and
distributing political tracts aud speeches, was
large,. and the account for loans to mem
bers of Congress and public printers was,
perhaps,- as had been stated, a frightful one,
not only in a nqunt, hut in the terms of the
loans—not being such as was 'usual with any
other class of customers. But it w^is doubtless
abundantly solvent, and he would do it the jus
tice to Say, that it had faithfully performed its
duties, as financial agent to governnient, and
from 1819 to 1832, lie did not bolieve there
was a banking institution in the world that
declared from the pulpit, in the face of an enlight
ened audience, that Jesus Christ was a colored
man! It was here, that auulliiicr more recent
ly declared, with a boldness equallyremarkable,
and with a disregard of historical facts equally
shameful, that Thomas Jefferson was a Nullitier!
Now to a common understanding it would
have appeared probable, that had Thomas Jef
ferson been a nullifier, it would have been dis
covered before this, time of day. Considering
all that Me. Jefferson had said, aud written, upon
politics during a loug life devoted to the subject;
the exciting times iii wbicEbe lived; the jealousy
with'which he \>as watched, b^- rivals and ene
mies ; the rigor with which his words and actions
were scrutinized; it would at least seem proba
ble, that his Nullification would have been dis
covered or suspected, while he himself was on
the theatre of ac»iou, to admit or cfeuy lhe charge.
But no, the pure spirits who labored with'Jef
ferson to establish the. republican principles of
tho Constitution upon a secure basis, never sus
pected him of ~Nuliifica:i5n. The reckless and
untiring enemies who dogged bis steps for the
purpose of hunting up matter of accusation a- ;
gainst him, who showered ou him all manner of
abuse, and charged him with all manuei of her
esies, never suspected him of Xullifi.-alien, liis
political antagonists who were jealous of.his po
pularity, and fearful of liis taleuts, never suspec
ted him cf Nullification. But ucw, when llii*
great patriot 4ms gone down to the tomb, when
his pen lies useless, ai-4 *-oice _ is^rmsnea~n7i„
ver, when he can no louger hear the plaudits 'of
his friends, uor answer to the charges of his en
emies,—then comes fonvard the charge of his
Nullification. Then for the first time is it aisor* :
ted that Mr. Jefferson was a Nitliifier ! There
is something exceedingly-suspicious in ail this:
and were thcre nothing iu his published official
or private writings in contradiction of the charge,
it would scarcely ho believed. Even did not a
particle of negative testimony exist, it -w ould re
quire the strongest evidence in the affirmative to
support it.
If Jefferson was a Nullifier in '09, how hap
pens it that the doctrine slept for .30 yeais, till
the blasted prospects of Ualhouu rendered liitr
„ , .1 .. . ■ . .1 , a.. anriiiE tne existence, anu uenouncing uiq ex- : ** ...--n......... ... ..... ...... ...y u ... u.m.u..u wuucrcu uio- . HcsoIutionsMor t
•ni itt-i ueti, ‘P 0 | . 1 : crcise of an Executivo power, plain, and set- j hanked upon sounder principles, and if it had | dissatisfied With the Geueral Govenimcut,aud docti)iies,:isanv
political coniniunion with the cliivalnc spirits . . l. '* * io . Iin i; t ; rs ,j„ n K. -,i| «.„„!d havn boon well. .*,» , , ... ti,.
id facts 7 Is
ird to Mr. Jef
ferson’s Nullii < * cat * ou > "hich -rests upon a single
fact, than that h ° (,llou!cl ^avcjudged premature
ly, when he decide/ 1 that hf ' entertained tho
trary doctrines ; and >/’h‘eii judgment was made-
up on the evideiice which! 3 famiRat' intercourse
of a leng life afforded? x' 3 ’ l not more likely"
that tie should have been mista.ken in regard to
the importance of otie fact. thantl l|nl die whole,
world should have made a false csiin-’ :tt e of the
value of a thousand facts ? Buf let us o.xaiiiiue
tho fact itself, which Mr. Ritchie considered sa-
hnporiant.
Admitting that the Kentucky resolutions were
found iu Mr. JefTcrson’s hand writing, does this
prove that lie was the author of them, that they
contain his opinions, his principles l Very far
from it. How long is it sitico some of the fami
ly of Alexander Hamilton found a manuscript
copy of Geu. Washington’s Farewell Address iu
ila'miitou’s own haud writing, marked u itli many
erasures, corrections, interlineations, and emend
ations? and w ho .does not remember tho attempt
to claim the authorship of that admirable paper*-
for Col. Hamilton, upon this evidence? - But
how easily was this proof annihilated by the
statement of..i living witness? This paper had
merely been submitted to Gol. Hamilton for his
inspection-; he had copied it, with many propos-- **
ed alterations: aml here was an end of his au
thorship. Is there any greater evidence that Air. -
Jefferson was the author of the Kentucky Reso
lutions ? Who can estimate even one among-
th- thousand coju!“kviicics tint might nave in
duced Mr. Jefferson to copy these Resolutions ?
\V ho is not aware that air. Jefferson was iu the
habit cf preserving every remarkable paper that
fell under his observation ? Many no doubt
were deemed of sufficient importance to render
a transcript desirable. Alight not this have been
one of ifiem ? it is sometimes deemed necessary
to transcribe particular papers, for- the purpose .
of preserving then) in connexion, in jilxtc.-posilion,
wjth other papers or matters, is hi. h it may be de
sirable to compare, contrast,'or connect (hem. Air.
Ritchie says the little book contained these Res
olutions in Mr. Jefferson’s haud writing, icith c-
tlur articles. U hat w ere mese other articles ?->
It is just as likely that Air. Jefferson copied tiio
Resolutions for the purpose of correcting their
political communion with the cliivalric spirits
of that section. No, sir, said Mr. K. So far
from this, I have ever considered the popula
tion of New England ns one o r thc most noble
race of men that inhabit any portion of the
earth’s surface, with but few equals, and no su
periors. Brave, patriotic, industrious, frugal,
ingenious, and enterprising, they possess in
tlieir national character all the good qualities
tied by long construction, hav
claims to aftention upon that subject,
had uuintuntiunally consumed so much time,
he would cut short to a conclusion. 11c could
do so with the more propriety^ as the Senator
from New York had folly anticipated him, and
to whose arguments he referred.'
He said, thee there bejng no violation of the
,-n no peculiar ! Ipt politics’ alone, all would have beenwel
ibjcct. As he I After a few other remarks, the objec
Feelings*—“You meet in this world with
fa!- minii as often as with false gravity ; the
criming hypocrite is not a nioro uncommon
character than the groaning one. As much
li ft discourse comes from a heavy heart as
fr m a hollow one; and from a full mind as
from an empty head.”
Ryes.—“Mirth sparkled in them, thought
beamed in them, benevolence glistened in them;
that they were casi'y moved to smiles, eusily
to tear*.'*
Confirmed Halits.—“Everyone who knows
tho storv of tho tallow-chandler, who,' having
amassed a fortune, disposed of liis business,
an i taken a house in the country, nor far from
London, that he might enjoy himself, after a
few months trial of a liolvday life, rc picstcd
permission ofliis successor to come into town,
and assist him on melting days. I have heard
of ono who kept a retail spirit-shop, and hav-
■»*K[ * n like manner, retired from trade, used to
.employ himself by having one puncheon filled
.with water, and measuring it ofbv pints into
another. I have heard also, ofa butcher in a
small copmry town, who, some Kale time af
ter be lud left off business, informed his old
customers that lte-mcart to kill a lamb once
week, just for'his amusement.”
bv which the good citizen is usually estimated, ; constitution, tho question was one ot tlie c.\-
\ud, said Mr. K. the People of this country ; pedkmey. Was it then expedient to restore
should never forget that they owe a debt of i th® depdsites unless the bank was to he rc-
gratitude to this portion of their fellow-citizens, chartered ? Hg thought not. If there were
which triflin" offences should never he allowed j ot a recharter, he Would vote for the
to cancel. Sir, said lie, did ihey not rock -the j restoration. But all hope of recharter was at
cradle of liberty on our continent? Did they 1 nn end. No one, he believed, even insisted
not stir tho first embers of the revolution? Do
they not now tread the classic soil of Ameri
can Independence ? Did they not pour out
their blood like water, and tlieir ticasure like
trash, in securing to t s the inestimable privile
ges which wc now enjoy ? And, in short, does
not impartial history, here and elsewhere,
present the New England Slates as one of the
brightest clusters in the American constella
tion? Yes, sir, said he; and southern mag
nanimity should acknowledge, that ivjiilst
Georgia, his own respectable State, in its in
fancy and weakness, was crushed iu a few
weeks, by the weight of British power; whilst
the respectable State of South Carolina, now
so threatening in her power, weakened by in
ternal divisions, .was compelled, in a single
summer, to yield iu the same unequal combat,
and again lake the oath of allegiance to King
on it ns a probability. If so, lie would beg
them' to recollect, that Iho enemies of the Sank
were not to he numbered by the friends of the
administration. He asked the Senate’ to look
to the vole in the House. lie said it was
known (but there was a large and respectable
party in the country—the Slate Riglist men,
“The real marble columns”—Austerlitzguards,
of 18 years training in this war against the
Bank, who had always been the firm’ally of
the President in this contest, however they
differed with him iu other subjects. They
had, to be sure, he said like the Saxon regi
ments at Leipsick (he believed it was,) went
over to tlie enemy, and turned theft artillery
against the President on the'deposite question.
But, that was only because the old man charg
ed bayonets little too soon. On the great and
final battle between President Jackson and
George the Third: when the great and popu- President Biddle, they w :!1 be obliged to re-
lous Middle States were wavering and vaccilla
ting; these devoted “yankees,” these “New
England weavers,” boldly stood up iu solid
column, with unbroken ranks, and unbroken
spirits,*bfeasied the whole power of Britain,
and dike the noble iion, when pierced in dend-
cbgQisc their old alliance and assist tho “old
hero” In getting out ofa scrape which they
i ave contributed so largely to get him into.
Phut thu,’ would do this, was shown by their
voles in the Jluttse on a resolution against re
charter. He said there was another. circuni-
of[" ilUn °
, • , . ... , pewer
which .were to prove that the charter would not'
he renewed, he/sajd he wasbouudto conclude
that there was no prospect of a recharter, and
he could see nc earthly reason for a restora
tion, unless there was to be a icebartcr of the
institution. He briefly g;y,-e bis reasons for
ibis opinion and stated tliat a paper currency
was shocked by the slightest touch*—that to
return the dcpcsites now and remove them a-
gaiti in two years, .would only keep the cur
rency in a feverish and fluctuating state, and
renew tlie distresses which had in somo meas
ure passed by, ns trade \vas fast adjusting it
self to the new statu of things. He concluded
by summing up the reasons of his vote on the
resolution. ' 1st. lie did not believe that- the
constitution had been violated, or any absolute
right of the Bank taken away, and therefore,
he felf at libei ty to vote on the question as
one of expediency. 2d. He did not believe
it expedient to restore tho deposites unless
tlie Bank was to be rechartcrcd. 3d. He did
not believe there was a hope of recharter, and
therefore,should" vote against tho resolution to
restore. * - a
tiling' els
to take any steps to advance himself into
? If Jefferson • was a Nullifier iu '99,
would the fact have escaped the a rg us eyes, who
watched tho political movements of that day,
aud teen left for a leaden Messenger of modern
days, first to proclaim - to.the world ? No, we
imagine not. Had the charge been made 30
years ago, the papers would have rung with it
awhile, but it would soon'have received its quie
lus iu au ample denial!
But our contemporary the AIe>senger, assert-,
with an airy which perhaps he expects to pas:-
for sincerity, that lie bag the most unquestiona
ble evidence that (Shornss Jefferson was a Nulli-
ficr, that the doctrine owes its origin to him, am.
not Jo Air. Calhoun ! N ow let. us inquire w!iia‘
this cviileuce is; in what does it consist; Win'
is it that tho Alessenger has lugged forward with
so much ostentation, to support its own doubtful
veracity, aud shat our mouths forever J W hy.
by all that is wonderful, a newspaper paragraph,
a slip lron> Ritchie's Richmond Enquirer, I'Thi
is the wonder-working, magical agent, that is to
make something out.of nothing, make black’
Anomaly in Jurisprudence.—Among the
convicts sentenced at the Session on Saturday,
was Richard Lefroy, for an assault and batte-
rv on Charles Haydens, w ith intent to commit
manslaughter. How a mail can commit as
sault and battery with Intention to commit
manslaughter, we cannot well conceive. It
appears to us that lie must have intended to
commit murder, or nothing at all.
C&mbridgc Anecdote.?—"Softie of mV con-
ien»r>cjr.ir»cs may remember tt story once cur-
-rest at Cambridge, of a luckless undergrado-
vifr, who twing examined for his degree, and
"f'ti’ax’ np'Hi « ver subject upon the things
h • !<->i*ar. Up in which the examining
. r n;tjt*-r,*'iy»v«.-d I'-ssjq compassion by the im-
n, trab'u- thiilnjess of tbo man than to anger
*!• //qb'.W-AiV’ ijU.T-.’ 'complaint, t ire off about
' -, w tfti-ot^'.par»*i >•!» p«sl»in< it towards him,
' i »*>«•■! hrrii tp Wrtryrm that all h*- know."
Iv conflict, gained fresh vigor at every wound. ! stance ill the history ol the Bank tlint^ he did
Tlie enemy could make impression every ; not thin.i would tavor its prospects before the
where che, bat they could never make any se- j People. lie said the Bank had lately relused
rious impression there. to submit to an examination under a resolution
Sir, said Mr. K., I am a southern man, but ol the House. - He had not read the report of
no fear of offending the sectional jealousies ol - the majority, hut had only read the report ot
my constituents, will ever deter me from doing j the minority. He had ben so astonished at
justice to every portion of our country. ■ Yes, hearing the pretence on which the Bank based
sir, let us all do full justice to tlie citizens ol cv- ! the refusal, that he thought he would examine
ere part of the confederacy as a People. But j and see wliat c.otilti be said in defence ot it.
when the present combination against the i And lie said he had read the report of tho mi-
democratic republicans, claim, as a party, all noriiy, and was very much pleased with it. . It
the virtue, all the patriotism, all affection for j was a beautiful piece of composition., coatain-
thc constitution and sets themselves up as the. .\¥ many beautiful extracts from English works,
roachi.n ^ power tlicy throvV I many* handsome sentences and round turned!
Texas.—'Tho New York-Enquircr says, “It
is supposed by many, .that there is a negotia
tion pending between the U. States and Mex
ico, fot the purchase of Tex is.” The U. S.
imports from the Mexican Republic, already
amount to $4,000,000, and the exports to
3,000,000. ii
A correspondent of the Baltimoie Patriot
writes a very interesting letter from Montpelier,
Va. the Sea( of Ex-President Madison. Tlie
venerable Patriot is recovering from the alarm-
ing'illness with which ho has lately been at
tacked, and liis mind is as vigorous, and un
clouded as it was at the meridian'ol manhood.
sole enemies to eiicro;;
.Grief poisons our happiest hours.
Dolightful are tbe smiles of the fair.
wliiu», :in<.l whit? Murk. Surely, the Messenger
must have a greater reverence for nqvvspapei
prrugraps than tlie world has been in the habit of
bestowing on ih<-in ; ur he could not expect this
to pass for good evidence to rebut the testimony
of Jefferson’s whole life and writings ! But let
us see what the paragraph itself coutnins.
Mr Ritohic states, that when the unifies ofS
Carolina pronounced Mr. Jefferson a uullificr. Iu-
(who had known him all his life.] denied it; and
denied it too, after hunting up all the evidence
within liis roach, consisting of the papers and
writings of Mr. Jefferson. But says dr. llitc^w
he had since become convinced th;,[ ), a was
wrong and that tho South Carolinians were
right, lhe ovidtmtv upon which Ritchie pro--
fesses to hav e changed his opinion, is worthv of
rentalk--a small AI8. hook had been found a-
tnoug ;.,r, Jefferson s papers, which contained
two copies of tho Kentucky Resolutions, iu Mr.
Jefferson s own hand writing, one of them much
blurred and corrected, and the other a fair copy ;
and which copies, Mr. Ritchie thinks were the
original of the Kentucky Resolutions.
This thett, is tbe testimony upon which tho
-Yullies would consign the memcry of oue of A-
Besides, Mr. Jefferson was a lawyer. When
lie drew up a deefftnuion or au argument for ;l
client, lie laid down his principles and assumed
a course of reasoning, to favor the particular
views and interests of that client. 9'his is tho
practice with all lawyers. Now it would he a
hard case, .if every lawyer were held personally
aud morally reepoiisiba. for the truth of every
fact' stated in a. declaration, the pertineucy of
every argument addressed to a jury, or the
soundness of every -law point mode before a
conn. We reckon as Imw some.oi our friends
would suffer a few, were such a principle esmb-
li-od Admitting then, that .Mr. Jeffcrsou draw _
up the Kentucky Resolutions, would il certainly
follow tha> they contained his own opinion-. Ins
own principles ? Not at all. On tlieir face,
i!:cy purported to he tho language of individuals-
of Kentucky. The fair inference therefore is,
that these individuals applied to Air. Jefferson to
'draw up Resolutions expressly,c of 'heir feelings
and opinious. Of whose feelings and opiliiuus ?
Why of thoseof individuals of Kentucky. They
w ere to he made use of by those individuals, puli—
bailed bv those individuals ; and those individu
als were alone to be responsible for their souud-
.ess and correctness, ilow natural then is it to
i onclu e that, in drawiug up these Resolutions,,
tha opinions ai d feelings of those individuals*
were consulted ; aud that language should be
used to represent such, an to keep up with the
excited.state ofth& public mind in Kentucky, ra
ther than wlmt Me; Jefferson himself might'ftav©-
couoiiicrid the true p incipies of government ?•_
Certain it is that such principles as are there set
down, were : ever promulgated by him under Ilia
"Wti name. And though he lived for more than
n quarter of a century alter this, yet these w re
nev- r claimed by him. If thru we are ( ispbsed,
to admit that these Resolutions were dra
Mr. Jrfiefson, whft more wouh 1 , jj imply, than
that he had drawn theq-, ap ou t ji e application
of Others, whose b e hail- consulted, and
wliosc oi)'" lQ us fie had given !
I*. Will he perceived that m aur argumont thus
its-, >ve have apparently admitted that the Keu-
lucky Resslittif.-Hs do really-sauctiot} tiB’ opinious
and principles which the Nullifiers claim for
them. But this, iu truth, is very far from being
the fact. The Kentucky: Resolutions, although
they carry the doctrine of State Rights to tho
very verge of collision, yet they stop shoit, very
far short, of the modern heresy of Nullification,
The doctrine of Nullification is of ✓very modem
date : it was uever heard of till about the-time
that Calhoun quarrelled with Gen. Jackson, aud
the Resolutions could not have a reference to
what at that time did not exist. It is true ,Vu?-
lificution is named in these Resolutions. But
words have many significations, aud oue writer
will uso them iu one sense, while auotherwriter
will use them just as correctly in another. Over
and above tht* 1 , words often acquire a local ntoa-