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Till!: n A CON CEOR6IA TELEGRAPH.
cv . i L«»u foil, oi i tc United /-lutes Bank, formerly hel l by
MePB-s. Bw. i:» ». a.11 of laie years jujcc the stop.tge of Mr.
JauiloH, luo cashier of that in*tuubu. who had an office io
Lopdpjtfor.thc transaction, of ito:bu>me*s. The European
bolder# of etafk In this bank exceed, ira fact, the American,
being tfcnitaatei at Sl.OW,000* out of the 37,000 000 which
r institute# iu capital —The n©*v bus, therefore, a a*cst
difficult and retyooliTjlc patl to play.
\\ e uadsrtlkndtitiU <!;:s a'|iurt4« c»^rpcV>* far a® it
hot the writer ought ».o fia^’<ti4c;l7:W^»e*]y,yPP 0,n *
u*J age'Hs.witt baM^hef /aupfo.t ‘of an-e»a>i»eiiuL* ndon
e.;tabli«bincr< i!> a.lQlwa tb'uiat of f ll/at race Liverpool
hMiaw.tW-.Ad^Klii tbdMfetrer^l CKfriiirff. ,
Tbe-othcr-Len f*ni House all*achi.l t«> 4 in f?.« atwvt< » r tha^-
•f Dt;ini«T>a A C*m tke-4rokers of UwrBctfwWV «*t»dY*he \J(x-
< rpooMp»u-c i* B»o\Vru», Shipley A Or* *r,ve Vf*e his
tory rf DcdniiWi. so’rnc lime ag*. They T/en; rkh, bar
from dabbling extenjiyely m Au»tr«*n they cor not
hear a heavy lone either of rirrfiu.r capital. It is well
known that the b;Ks drawn by t>'j T State* Bank to
**'i*»tain in it its .effort ma ^ > '^u4i .specie pavmenis were
»fr.iw n oi» Morrison, ItenmsK, ai: * the Brown*/ If the bills
shall !ia\«r hecn ae cep:©** bef the news of the explosion
i*l the Ifoiik srts to F/i.gDvf, tbe Brown* must break. If
?he hill4 are iu»! pr^ .err^cl till affor tlie above -frets to their
••ars in Lnmlo;*, tiie '^ills will come back proldtcJ for non
aoceptaneci^ -
*- '»«ioa ha i jdvnnceil fully one penny a pound front the
lowc.-*. depression when the Hiitanui* sailed; but
r ,ail roir advanced more than a*hr.If penny. When the
■ / *"..itc.'!iie »»1?rtg-er > fori renclt England, and the crash iu the
r iirkr* rs felt, the whole tribe ofcotton thieves who
nave been buvi'i" cotton on letters of. credit and margin
cre.i»ts*in New Orleans,'will be swept int j ruin. American
st'K k* :o London are the foundation of all these operators,
»n t they ’tare htoeu 'buying, amiripstinjj a rise. These
storks ure ^hypnthdcaie ! with-joint hankers in England,
margin credits issued on them, atid strikers scut to New |
Orle'ttistn pnrehase cotton. The moonshine securities are j
now gone, ana t!v» whole machinery huilt on them must go |
to wreck. These joint stock hanks are in up better a con- •
dition than the swindling paper mil!.-* of New Orleans, and !
wlieu.lphn Hull jefs his eyes opened, he will have as eon ,
fe»nptib!e ^n opinion of banks and hankers, as we ha\e iu |
Mississippi. , *
Na. XIX.
But in invoicing 4 ac go by the “ list system,” and the cot
ton a: prices to meet the various orders, charging-who have
given high limits, or no limns at nil, us much »* 1).
\ Co- think, they will Kund. This ieaves Messrs. D A
Co. 100 bate.* good IV.r at 'j ce^ts, and 100 bale* middling
at 4$ etui*. beiug « cept on 100 g«e*tl fair, and 3 1-4 cent per
pound under the market on the 100 hales middling; thus ( process of the veto 7 Not surely when they
nuking a dc^.tl cat out of their' friends of 3 17 0 U f! by the ! ral Jackson and Mr. Van Buren, its avowed enemies. " L T n
hopes anil decisively expressed will of of the nation.” No
w hi j believes thit*tfiis ia warranted by inertly, the facta;
it is an expression which is born of the wishes and lodgings
of party. When snd where has the nation decisively ex
broy.i
process of the veto ? Not surely when they elected Here.
in Buren, its avowed euemios. " Urt-
hat 3yst<y r i, hexides their usual couvRiisb^m for purchasing. | compfomijiug hostility to the United estates Bunk ’ was em-
* But Vhia-ia I»«>t all, with tlic IgQO bales of cotton thiey char- | Watmied on Mr. Van fiuren's standard, andlfe was elected.
Not when they elected Harrison who openly -declared hia
incipli s were a«li erse to a Bank, or .Mr. Tyl*^ who wns
' - - th wh.it
. —»U»ey i
< r >' ij <iti which they get S.per'cmt. in New Orlc.u, A
- I K in Liverpool, oil the amount oi" liei-ht
Mr Hares responded with greet fervor end power. He
encountered Mr. Ckiy’s positions at every step, whether of
factor argument, and, in our opinion, most successfully refu
ted them. We would touch more fully upon the dettfils of
pressed its approval of that compromise mongrel! that' em- the discussion if time permitted. To morrow we hope to
troy.) monster, which is now wriggling under the strangling lsy iho whole before the public.
" — ..... ~ The vote was taken again oh the bill. It stood 25 for, and
24 against it.
At the end of the debate, Mr. Archer called on Mr. Clay
to disclaim shine coarse and derogatory allusions which he
made fo a part of the Virginia delegation in the House. He
called them a cabal, that opposed every measure of the Pre
sident whom they professed to support—said that rumor in
dicated that they were trying to make a third party? «id
with many scurvy phrases, gave them the cognomen of Kitch
en. Cabinet.
Mr Clay refused to disclaim.—Globt.'
principl
brought up in the democratic school. With
e Courier satisfy its readers for so downright an
' ’ll
. up
then ihi _
assertion. Ia It simply that the Editor thinks sit—-Well why
not so qualify the assertion. Its readers do-not/egad that
assertion should be substituted for fact. Thirdly. Hj» de
cent to say that Mr. Tyler in signifying his objeeirtons opon
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.
^Yesterday the anticipated debate, {or rather the Clay Ex
plosion.) took plare on the veto message. Mr. Rives replied
The negotiation of die bills is managed either by some
oTthe-Joint Suck Hanks ot Kew York drawing Posts, by
which the spinners are fleeced out of one or two per cent
more in the Exchange.
Note.—- Hlue Edge" ia slsngolngy is npplied to a cross a
between foe German Jew and Cockney Christian, a breed j cent tosny that Mr. Tyler in sign
which is highly approved of by the large London houses for full conviction tn the power ot placing s money corporation
agents Whe'ii any ofthe-e Hybrids allow themselves to m an Independent State against its will does an " unblush-
be openly acted upon by the buinp of acquisitiveness, and ( mg” act. Surely if John Tyler should blush for acting out t — 0 . _ f
are transported early in. life, they are much prized by the I the solemn convictions of his judgement, what wifi ever make j a t length to Mt. Clay—and Mr. Clay in his rejoinder was
colonists of shepherds—the term is derived fruSi die pecu- ! d* e Courier blush for its amaxing self complacency, in thus I more eloquent than I have ever heard him. Indeed it was
liar color and temper of steel that will spring and bend, and : dealing with tact*. Hut again. The Courier takes it for | t be only occasion on which I have ever heard him, justifying
takes razor edge. I granted that Mr. Tyler ia more squeamish than virtuous in j reputation for eloquence. Hut the whole speech was
Extract of a letter from a distinguished gentleman in Wash- acting under the convictions of his judgment, in-lead of fob i most impolitic; and has opened the breach irreparable, be-
ifigton City to the Editor, dated February, 1841. lowiug tbe lead of Waalimgten and Madison, " illustrious, ■ him and the President. Yet it is plain, there is but
“ i’ray where did yov -eilec't all the particulate in the his- lime honored and death hallowed Patriots.” Now this is • one way the President can sustain himself. So long as he
lory of die London Hankers ? Are you gifted with the fa- very twa idle. \Y ashingtoo, like die old lady in the story, I |„ surrounded by a Cabinet which is inortaliy opposed to
- ' was not without his fears; he pondered over the bill till the | him, ami the ardent friends of Mr. Clay, lie cannot get on.
last moment, and Hamilton, his able and persuasive friend ] }j e ,„ust be crushed—the Cabinet will i ' —
as well as adviser at last turned the scale by a feather. It
is true then that Washington most seriously'doubted the
coustitutioual power. Washington was not a {lawvef f his
powerful good sense and unspotted honesty enabled him in
most cases tojudge correctly, but that be serioukly hesita
ted, shows the question :s by no means all one way. Madi
son was a learned and astute constitutional lawyer. He did
more than almost any one man to frame die Constitution
■le,
of the Comitlittee on Finance. “Well.” say die peo
Mr- Dawson, you're monstrous slick, a mighty good dodg
er ; but we’ve got yon now; you cant get out of it. If
you are any thing at all, we will fiud out what it i».” But,
nehoid 1 when you put your finger on him, he aint there.—
The first dung you know, its rtmg through all the papers,
that Mr. Habersham is ajmointed Chairman of the Commit
tee on Finance. Well, alter Mr. Dawson has dodged first
to one side, then to die other, jumped up and fell down on
his belly, bis friend, Mr Habersham, comes out in a long let
ter, published in the Georgia Argus of the 28th July. 1841,
defending him against the charge of dodging. So, Mr. Daw
son, after dodging every other question, to consummate and
cap the dodging elimhx, he tries to dodge the charge dfdodg
ing. Mr. Habersham, however, though an able advocate,
cully of clairvoyance, or by what art do you acquire tjie
mastership of secrou which are mvsterious to all the world
besides !
* * * It is worthy of remark, that the New York Herald
received to day. contains similar predictions as.to the fate
of the London Brokers.”—Fl.xisiiKD.
necessaries of life
, , , ,, . People of Georgia read for yourselves, and trust not the
Ike 1.1*- *vys/ent.—-Very few ofttur planters are aware | misrepresentations of inter, sted Demagogues to know
<4 thti modi'ot Ci ^. ; v*nc. oj thiir property* whirii lias been i whether the Georgia Whig Candid ate for Governor— Mr.
ititr'Kiuce l by the commission merchants of New Orleans; j Wm. C. Dawson, is or is not a friend of v«i
From the Savannah Cit'orgian.
Till; TEA AND COFFEE TAX
Tbe Washington Globe, which paper some of the ^lote»l and his deliberate well considered jmlg»nem >▼»» <leculedly #
gentry ot the Feileral Wuig party never read, because it I aguiost the batik. True in a moment of weakness he falt^r-
tells truths •'offensive to eats poiite/’ exjxtses in the follow- | Csi*—■h is undeniable he changed his opinion. He is thus aft
in? truthful manner a rase of some II 'h partisan to throw ; authority for each party, Uiitrnmmeled he was against n
the blame on the Democratic Representatives in Congress ; bank. He wouhl have voted against a bank. The exercise
ot the tax imposed by a 11 hig reform Congress on tlieae ! of the VKfo iie thought more discretionary and he yielded.
He was a wise and good man hut of feeble purpose. He
anted moral, some say physical courage, as his permitting
~ eu prt ’ *
_ ‘-lit is our purpose to present it to them in tbe present ar
tb'Jc J»a fsiliv^tliat it will appear plain to the simplest capa
city. Ilb jriiniiiiijiftl the “List System,•” and we believe
i> peculiar to New Orleaiw. Il is unknown iu LiverjK*oI,
Chailt-otO'.i, Savpnaab, #»r any. other ri!y tW we know of;
and up are sorpri y 1 rjiat a system which <»pens »o wide a
dohr far Irat*.! jiid-VdiKnler/ siio«W ever ha\^* been iutrodu i tax
rod by a well regukife*! niercaiHile community. It seems I ins
t * us ^.hat cvpry hiine.-^and cmiscicmious lector ought to use
g’1 l<ie inffuence to break up the systen»-^-be<*ause it enables
the Mrsrrnpuloiis anj .swindling factor to sti]*crse«le him, as
we will (b'jpbnstraie betore we cnncluile this article.
According to the List System, cotton is dispo^pd of in tbe
following manner:—John Shaver A Co.. Commission Mer
chants in New Orleans, receive
»ur pocl eu ?
Enough for the present.
Frun the Globe of Monday evening.
THE TEA AND COFFEE TAX
Some tricky Federal pariisan, who wants to excuse bis
party, and possibly himself, from tbe odium of inquiring a
x on tea and coffee, sends the Richmond Whig the follow-
g account of the matter:
“There was one featpre in which the hill was particularly
objectionable to most of t!ie Whigs, viz tthe tax on tea and
cortt e. The Whig members held a caucus on this subject,
at which a large majority determined that tea a;id coffee
should L-e exempt from - taxation
hill was UH«fcr cousideratk
imp
* blown Washington and the British to——’ beforehc would
Imre run away—every man, woman ami child—every gun,
pitchfoi’k, ami poker within fifty miles would have been bu
sy, ami not n British soldier would ever have escaped. But
let us sum up authorities—Washington, hesitating, linger
ing, doubting, ami at last.rather persuaded, nq| to vote for it
but not to exercise his veto against it. Ma<jisou in his Health
and strength of intellect directly opposed, always voting a-
I gainst it. and only under the pressure of circumstances ifith*
i Holding hi* vela. Ter contra—Jefferson, Lmngstorr, Che-
I ves, Jackson, Va$ Bukf.i-, and the democracy, concurring
: with the convention which formed the constitution al] against
The
.fp!m Shaver A Co or.lcr u to be hauled direct to a cotron | ding to ne.i and coffer, *su^ar, * molasses and Salt,
press or tltoir own yinl, wjiere it is* i-xp^ed nn»st generally j -whole Loco Foco party then united vs itli Mr. C. 1:1 votin**
ti>r the aincndrricnt to the amciblnTent. and, in conjunction
the rain and tnud, lor which they charge the planter sto
rage, «1 ray tge and labor, that they Jo not pay. When the With such of the ultra anti tariff whig*as wished tea
cotton is offered for sale, a list of the mark-* is given to the j fee to lw taxed, carried the amendment. The Whigs were
lookers, who semi lads to take a few sarrtjiics Jihko each j thus placed in ah awkward predicament, fYom’which they, in
mark, which are place l on the broker’s table, and fold at | vain, attempted to extricate themselves. Wiiitbrop of Bos
an average price. Sometimes the Fpcfors *k»1| by their owu , ton, < ailed for a dirisicrti of the question on the amendment,
samples, hut iilwau at an average price for the “list.” i s«> as to present the question sepeiatelv, but thp chair very
The cotton belong* to six dillerent individual*. a» nd is of promptly decided that.the vote of tbe cominittee liaviiirr join-
tfirterent qualities; hot, instead of celling il differtnt pri- e.l them together, the chair couhl notput them as u»dcr.° The
ces, corresponding to its quality, the commission tnerchant Whig party weie thus compelled either to vote for the en-
offers t!:e wnole -{••O bales at y 1-2 «’ents round, and the bar- tire projM>s;tior>, or to vote the whole down. L'nder these
gain is closed. To carry through the, transaction, we will circumstances they could not hesitate to reject it cmirely.
suppose that each bale weighs 400 pound*,consequently the | And thus it comes to pass that by a dexterous uiauoiuvre of
who]-'* “list ( will amount to 1/20,000 pounds, and- at 0 1-2 i the Locos,' tea and cofl'ce arc to be taxed !
t, ti'itl i w. .. i ■ w-a I 1 A t If \ ftl.A. f ... - . -1 \ f _
, The legal opinion is known not to touch the political qties-
i«*u. Accordingly, when the J tioti—but apart from authorities, the present generation are
the Committee nt the Whole, j wiser by all the experience of the p,ist. The constitution
91, anti especially on all cfonsli-
?, the honest, lofty rule is in-
Principiis non Exemplis.^
“unblushing" act of John Tyler. He
but when lie is right we will
constitution, the true ironsides,
democracy, do not intend to stop their career
—their orders are “ keep full aud a steady helm"—we have
room enough and good accomtiuxlations, and when our
Whig friends find it necessary to rat ic, they w ill be taken
abroad itnd “ no iprcstions asked,"
STEADY.
cents it will produce 311,4U0. Now the Cnmmissum Mer
ch.ir.t gne«'io wot k to average the value of each ninn’s c# t-
lon, nrcording to his own abitrary notions of justice. He
says t«» himself—'* J«*hn fyweiledhead’s cotton is worth 12j
cents, ;hc highest price in market; Henry H.trdy’s is put
down at-^y 1. Ii»'be$t Borrowall’s at r 3 12; Thi inas Trus-
f;dl*s at 7 ; W in. Wa:chem’i at 10, and James Lamb's at 7
5-<" Here.the stronge.-.t teiuptatton is offcre«l to the Com
mission Merchant to increase his-business by extending his
conscience. Even il .:e is disposed.to be honeft, it i» Janje-
rous to imve the ternptition constantly before him, by which
be can p'rpmote his own interest without the possibility of
his injustice being detected. How rrrts l>e promote his own : coffee.
interest J .. John ^ .velleHhead is an extensive planter, anti | 2 The Committee of Way-s and Means reported a bill to
maker. 100<i Vales of cotton ; besides bis own large crop, he ' tax tlfose articles twemy per cent,
influence** »in extrusive circle of connexions. The Commis- | 3. Tlie Chairman of the Conmiiftee of Ways ami Means,
sion Merchant i*a» sti' o0 c hnlueeuieiris to believe that bis cot- | [Mr. Fillmore.J in opening his budget m the House, advo-
ton is the very best i** uut r kef. an«l lie avenges it according- ! cated tliis tax/on the grouml that they were luxuries, aud
ly or even iialf a ceut ab^ye tn ** market, Henry H^rdy, the j not necessaries.
spisll planter in Copiah. w!io ftay* ^t.home, ami m*tbeing so • 4. Wben-thc hill 1/rinrght under the rule of silence,
well .acquainted with the markets, ami ‘••Aving.rather inferi j and amendments wevetobe voted upon without debate, Mr.
or cotton, gets 7 3 1. The other consignee* bare their cot- j Lawrence of Pennsylvania/ a Whig, and formerly Speakei
ton averaged according to the sole judgement ot factor, j ot the House of Representative* of h*s rotate, moved to strike
imperceptibly influenced by their respective independence out tea and coffee, and thus leave them free of duty,
nml intelligence. The Commission merchant then orders ‘ M»*. Clifford moved to amend Mr. Lawrence’s motion,
liis clerk to make out the six account sales, and tranrmit 1 by adding to it, * molasses, sugar, and salt." Tellers were
Kmg James, when persuaded to sit iu judgement in the
Court ol the Kings bench, at Westminster w as correct in the
opinion “that, were it not for the chiefs story on the other
side, there would be no difficulty in hanging the. nation.”
And the writer in the-Whig would have immortalized him
self and saved his party from censure, at the expense of Mr.
Cliflord, had not the facts in the case been such as to con
vict him of gross error.
As this, however, U a matter to be decided by the record,
Ictus appeal to-that, and how stands the case?
1. The Secretary ot’ the Treasury, iu his report to the ex
tra session of Congress, recommended a tax upon tea anj
them to his customers. Wc *
action in figures:
rill now re apitulctc the trau*
So the
Ma rki.
j IL
II. IL
II. B.
T. T.
\V W.
j. l;
B«h%
60 by
30 by
fiO by
6 ) bv
60 by
39 by
! demanded, and there were 112 yeas and nay
I a.?w»dmen 10 amendment was adopted.
6. L'Ow M takin** the question on the amendment as nmer.d-
I ed.bv teller*, the wli'de was rejected, by yeas 112, nays 79,
Mr. William* of AT*rylaud now moved to amend the
8J— 2,010 j hill bv striking out tali a ” ,J th ? a S h 3 , l ,ieMi,,n w-
^ — 1,920 : dcr was raise«l, as tlie eoinn,.’ rtee J f|s * , to s t”*hc
311,204
Here another struggle arises between the conscience and
the cmiifotlqf the Commission Merchant. While he has
sold the cotton of the six planters for 11,400 dollars, the ag
gregate hC'*i*uui ulca according to liis averare. amounts jn-
ly t<* ! d<;TIar»--leaving a balance of 197 in the hands of
lbs price
400—24,600 a 121—33,000
400—12,000 a 7]— 930
400—24,000 a
400—24,000 a _ p u . , , ,
400—24,000 a 10 4- 2>0 | out itilt, of Massi>n.^eiti*f* Whig) the chair-
404f 12,000 a *f— 910 man of the committee, overruled the j t u tJ sti* , u ol order, and
tire ffuestirm was taken upofi salt alone.^and l ost *
Notwithstanding this decision of the Cl4Hl r * su'd not
withstanding the parliamentary kn 'wledge af Mr. La.'.' rp,, d**
the original mover, and of many otl:ers of his party, no \V 1
EXCHANGES.
The N. Y. r&st, in answer to a correspondent who was
puzzled to know what was meant by kiting, after giving a
lively description of the necessities and reawirres* ©f the
imm of Wall street, ycleped the Financiers, thus proceeds
to handle the jMiint which is the subject ofremarx by onr
correspondent “H." There is no way of regulating ex
change* so effectually ns flying kites—for as they cost noth
ing, they can be had cheap—the only objection being, that
they either indicate, or Will certainly product nfi expan
sion.
Such is a picture of Wall street as if extst3 in die minds
of that imaginative race whose pleasent heritage it is. From
this our correspondent will gather that kiting or kiteflying is
a metaphorical expression; a similitude, a correspondence,
as the followers nt Emanuel Swedctiburg would c?dl if.—A
ki:e is a domeadc bill of exchange, and kiteflying is a meth
od of obtaining accommodations from the batiks under the
form of negotiating bills of exchange. For example, a mer
chant wants money, but he does not care to make an appli
cation for an accommodation; he ptefers tr» deal ht wliat is
called business paper. He therefore sits down and draws
an inland bill of exchange upon his associate in New Or
leans, payable in a certain number of days, present* it tothe
bank, anti obtains the money, deducting the discount and the
price of exchange. In other words he sends up a kite,
when this bill falls due his correspondent s* t Xet4 Orleans
sends tip another kite: he draws a second bill of exchange
ii|K)ii the New York merchant, sell* it again to a bank at
New Orleans, and pa vs the first? The merchant at New
York in the fullness ot time sends up a third kite—or draws
a third bill of exchange and pa\s the second. Thus the
game goes on; kite is sent up after kite; the original debt to
the bank is kept like a shuttlecock constanily in the air; and
the trade lias the appearenee of doing a great business, when
in fact he is only borrowing money.
It ia manifest that the nearer our exchanges can lx* kept
to a uniform state, greater are the facilities for kiteflying,
inasmuch as the sport costs less. A national bank dealing
in exchange, with branches in the several states, would be
an adimr.ilde contrivance to raise the wind tor the kite-
flyers. One who desired an accommodation would then on
ly have to make his note payable iu a neighbouring city, in
other words, draw a domestic bill of exchange, and pay
the small rate of exchange in addition to the discount, and
his business is done. Just before tbe late suspension of
speuie payments in 1837, the game of kite flying was carried
on to a prodigious extent; ihe banks themselves entered
i * ,% ei>lv into it. and liu^e kites to the ainonut of a humlfed
not resign. They
are determined, if possible, to entangle and destroy the
President in their toils * Will he have the tenacity to per
ceive hi* condition, and the energy .to throw them off, and
make a Cabinet (which supports Inin and his measures?
The Whigs say he dares nor. But they were mistaken in
the veto matter, and be so in the Cabinet.
It is expected to day, that an effort will be made to pass
a Bank bill, based on the President’* observations in his ve
to message, concerning a Hank limited to Exchanges. It
will pass the House o4 course, if introduced ; but the debate
yesterday in the Senate must have exasperated the Presi
dent and therefore render* it impn Iwible that any Hank the
IVhigi shall bring forward can pass the Senate. The move
will be made in the House.
2 O’CLOCK.
The new Bank bill is introduced by Mr, Reargeant. It is
caHed, “the Fhrcah Corvofdtion of the t’fitted States/' It
is fiinit&l to dealing in Plxchanges only—and the Bank has
the power to place its branches in the State*. The authori
ty to set up branches given by the bill, will bring it within
flip range of the President’s veto. But I think he will stop
it in the Senate.—lb.
.yteinpied to get a vote to exempt tea and coffee separately ! fti*,
from the operations of the bill.
9. When the tariff bill came into the Hou c, the Whigs
tue Osmiu'xsion Merchant. Hie planter will ask, why Joes | called the previous question, thus cutting oil’all amendments;
the merchant not render a full and exact return of every ami, upon the demand, ‘\' i hall the previous question be
cent he l .isYereived ? But it is utterly impossible, accor- - . . -
di’*g to t’ • Jm *ys?em, to do so. If the merchant was eon-
scieotiou*. and thought that 193do!lars was too much to
pockoi on a !*m*ll list of 300 bales, he would perhaps go to
work and apend a frw hours in making another average. He
won! J perhaps begin by adding one quarter or a cent to
each.—but then he wouM find that the total would overrun
ti;- pnount he b*d received, by which he would lose
dollars ; or. in other words, the planters would ](X) dol
lars more by this average, than that for which their cotton
:ydd> To this the Merchant would have two objections :
I irsi. it would be better, in h:s opinion, that the planters
should lose 19.1-dollar*, which they never ‘possessed, than
. that he should loose H'.O dollars. This view would have
additional force with him, when he would say to himself,
“ wliat people do not knoW. does them no har # n/’
In the next place, be would be satisfied or therinjuslice of
allowing Mr. Lamb one fourth of a cent more than the ori*
ginal.arerage, while Mr. r*welldehead had only the same a
mount added to hi«. Mr. t4. ought, in justice, to have his
average increased in the ratio that' 1“J bears to 7|. But
inis would lea I the merchant into a tedious operation in vul-
now put?" every Democrat in the House voted in the nega
tive.
10. When Mr. Protlli of Indiana complained because the
gag was persisted in, nt the expense of whose vital amend
ments,Mr. Stanley of N. Corolma avowed that tbe respon
sibility belonged tothe Whig party, and spoke of the splen
did epitaphs which a grateful people would inscribe upon
their tombstones for having served in this Congress.
1 dollars and inoie. were sent backwards and Cor-
The’ suspension of specie payments, by deranging
and* arresting the exchanges, spoilt*1 and broke tip the sport,
both among ban.\» aim ‘t-dividuals.
It turns oat that ot* the’ prodigious and rutmous loans
made by the late United ^ e u ater P«rt were
made not on local paper, but on b>* * of exchange. It was
bv means of hills of exchange, also £.**»* * r *. Biddle shank
attempted to break the banks of New Yoid. A national
bank, with general powers to deal in exchange, and/xenange
only, having branches in the principal cities in t».f*
would be a most dangerous engine oi' speculation. wof3ti
ten times than a bank confined to the safer ami more cef
11. After,the bill had passed, and while the title was i tain business of local discounts No man who knows to
under consideration, Mr. Dawson of Georgia complimented j what an enormous extent the kiteflying of 1836 was carried
the Northern and Southern Whigs for voluntarily voting
against theit feeling* and their interests on flic passage of
the bill.
What now becomes of tbe high sounding charges of the
correspondent of the Whig?
The tariff bill was passed by fifteen majority iti the
House. H;»d Georgia voted with the na^s. would it not
have been lost. Who, then, put a tax of 20 percent upon
tea and coffee? Let the would be Governor of Georgia
an iwer.
Mr Clifford, with a proper regard for the commercial in
terest of his own State, (Maine,) which semis out lumber of
gar fractions, and Vs he already had tak«*n a great deal cf ! all sorts to the West Indies, for Sugar, molasses, and salt,
trouhi,; hi the averaging, he wmtbFccfltehide it would be a ' and with a view totlie relief of the laboring classes every
small an i vulgar bit sines i 'to attempt if again. He would where, proposed the exemption of those necessaries of life,
then carry the 3195 to the credit side of “ suspense account together witli the tea and coffee, as proposed by Mr. Law-
and ho-h up hi* c mscience by telling it that ne had made renec. A portion of the Federal majority, on the first im-
au admir ibte sale*of the eo*t«*n, better than any 6 other in pulse, united with the Democrats in settling free from duty
town could have-done, and from* bis knowledge <f his cus what constitutes a great portion of the food of the whole
looters, he‘kpe-.v that they would all be pleased uith his re- pimple of this country, and not considering sugar, salt, mo-
turn*. By the ".list system,” and at this rate, a commission lasses, as less necessaries than tea aiid coffee, voted ta etn
merchant tv bn sold 30,000 bides of rnttofi in a season would brace them iu Mr. Lawrence’s clause of ex emption. All
find his suspense account “ plenum" upwards of 19,000 do!, these articles of which the poor consume more than the rich,
fir*?. All this would be avoided if every mans cotton’ was because the |»oor, who work, require more to support them
soi l aeeordincr to its merits, as it is done in all other markets than the rich, and because the laboring class are as an l:uu-
cxcept New Orleans. This item of the “ suspense account" dred to one of the indolent wealthy—were then together in
e!ies out the commission of 2J per cent., the tiravage, feto- the amendment, and the whole amendment was iejected by
rage, Xr. • raurns-ralHed forces Federalism, who, by that vote, put a
NO. XX. ' twenty per cent, tax on tea, coffee, sugar, salt, and molas-
Most of the buyers an.l the Northern and foreign agents j res. Ami now tbe .pretext to-cover this tax, wlih-li takes
prefer :»urrh«sing by the list) as it affords them an opporrn- . for the Government one fifth of the price of all these neces-
n:*y of taking advantage of th-ir friends in proportion to the saries of tife is, that the attempt to rehove sugar, salt and
couti that r* placed in them. An l by way of illustrd- molasses, prevented the Federal tax layer* from taking
tlou we will suppose Messrs. Drwnrtier A Co. who have an the burden from tea and coffee! And how? Tlie letter to
ge icv in New Orleans and a partner in Liverpool, for bca- , Richmond intimates that no ouc™tion couhl be had on tea
” orders. ! and coffer separately from salt, sugar and molasses, after
bales “ fair" they were united iii filename clause. The following certi-
w’rhout limits. tied statement' from the journal by the Clerk, shows that
ting xp business, have procured the billowing r
Mr. Pe*er Twist, of Wigan, spinner, 400 I
wfhout limit*.
Mr. John Mule, of Stockport, spinner. 500 bales of mid j subsequently to the rejection of the amendment of Mr. Law
dling fair, not to com in Liverpool over 6p. i rence exempting tea and coffee, ou which sugar, salt Ac.
Mr. Thomas Throstle of Bolton, spiuner. 200 bales of good * were added by Mr. Clifford, a vote was taken ou one of the
ordWary. without limits. ^ j articles, salt, separately, and this shows it might have been
Mr. RicharJ Sitteie/ rotten dealer of Maudic ,ter, 500 j q,, tea an( j coffee also: *
hales, not to cost over 6u. for fiiir, with the privilege of ta | «*At a subsequent stage of the proceeding* .in the com-
king other qualities in proportion. ^ mittee upon said bill, on the same day,
When these criers are re*~ei veil in New Orleans the “Mr James W. William* moved to amend section thcrc-
peb-e of fair cotton is 9 cents, freight I-‘2d, and exchange 10 ! v j z;
percent., which by the usual morle of efclimai ing the cost j ••And be it further enacted, That the article of salt shall
would stand in 6d. laid down in Liverpool
Messrs. Drummer A Co. enter the mtffk<*t and purriia^e
a list of 1800 bales at 8 1-2 cents which classed out as follows
100 half* good fair, worth 10c ,
S0<) •• . " " 9
middling fair
middling. " ^
good ordinary
800
200
290
40.000 lbs
2T50.000 “
320,000 4 *
80,000 *•
30,0*40 "
31000 00
I8000 oa
37.20 00
6,400 00
6600 00
361,60 00
Average price 8j and a small fraiT^on over. And which
they dispute of as follow* :
ba’es. Ibs.
400 fair, 264) 000 9jc. 3JS.260 00
StWmid’g/air 200,00071
200 g.»sMl ord’y 8^4,000 9-
, 100 fair,
300 raid’* fair, 126;000 8|*u
*« * 100 middling, tOAOO 8
Consigned tn tieir partners. Messrs. )
T. Drummer A Co. Liverpool, Ibr >
sale on their account : - )
: TOO good fair. * 40,000 0
190 good middKng,40,O03 i}
be admitted free of duty/".
“Which amendment was rejected.
Attest:
M. ST. CLAIR CLARKE,
Clerk Ho. Rep. U. W.”
ffoon
Ppter Twist.
John Mule,
Thus. Thfostle,
11 ich'd Screw,
From the. Charleston Mercury.
Reproach not a man in his affliction, lest in the bitterness
of hi* heart he curse thee.—Solomon.
, It is not my purpose to add to the mortification of tbe Cou
rier by any annoying “ triumph" which on such occasions
i* wont to De sounded by its deep toned organ ; but simple.
4^hile if bn* its sackcloth on to remind it of some indiscretions
which itr ipiust anvreet. The habit of stretching facta till they
•re so out of shape Its to loose all veri smilituder is not fair,
even in polities. To reiterate as admitted -axioms, that a
United States Bank- is necessary to a “sound currency,"
? 7,50‘) on
K.sOO 00
3.600 00
f0.2t»<T O') f*^hen itmeaos only that tne whigs imagine such an Institu
3 200.00 ) may drix-e out • <»f circulation the jmper of suspended
' Banks, in not candid. The democrats believe that there is
' but one currency—to wit, gold and silver and that is sound
■ eni.ugh. They bold the notes of discredited Banka like
those of discredited merchwits, no currency at all. but doubt
! ful. paper Worth just what people choose to give for it, and
I that Merchants and ethers will themselves soon driv them
'3.600 00
1,900 00
icoo ' ♦'51,600 00 j aui nf ciri-ulation by buying snd fellin'; at the irtnar-
to the above calculation vr» t«ke tb#)»a!es si sn average t ketpticc in-fhoney, and that a United J*tafes Bank is not ne-
of 400 Its. and t! e pr- es at »he market* aloe of the day, or ] ce»*ary orf that score. Secondly. The Cottier bas not war
ihrt -o,t ofdJrtrpurchase’ . rant for s%\nne that thu 3r4 “ t f he wel ftuivie
ill deny this position.
WASHINGTON, Aag. 10.
SENATE. m .i "*
The Bankrupt bill was returned to the Senate with the
rresident’s signature.
The Land llistribatiott bill was then taken an, tiod-a va
riety of atnenilineiiU were offered, none of whicn, however,
were adopted.
The hour of twelve having arrived, the Chair announced
the special order of the day—the bill to incorporate the sub
scribers to tlie Fiscal Bank of the United States, with the
message of the President refusing his assent thereto.
The debate on the Hank bill, accompanied with the Pre
sident’s veto, was protracted to so late an hour that we have
not time, before our paper goes to proas, to touch upon the
topic* discussed. It was conducted with unusual ability
by Mr. (day on one side, and Mr. Rives on the other.
Mr. Clay, in hi* opening speech, was, for him, singularly
temperate in tone, and profuse iu friendly protestations to
wards the President; but before he concluded the day, he
gave the reins to Ins vehement passions, and stripped off the
disguise with which he had labored to cover his feelings.
Although, in the first effort, be preserved some moderation,
of manner and expression, his whole aim was manifestly to
cover the President with odium, and destroy him with the
Federal partv.
He began hy reading his inaugural address, and declared
that, although at first he and others entertained distrust as
t o the President’s course, that paper had dispelled all ap
prehensions about tho fate of a bank charter at his hands.
lie said that liis address had satisfied the whole Whig par- | ticulars, see the letter itself. And again, on
From the Jeffersonian and Griffin Gazette. .
MR. DAWSON’S TITLE TO CONFIDENCE.
Ws. Id
From the Address of C. Alford, William C. Dawson,
Richard W. Habersham, Thos. Butler King, E. A. Nisbet,
anti Lott Warren, Representatives from the tkate of Geor
gia, in the twenty-sixth Congress of the United States to
their constituents/ May 27th, 1840, and page 21 of that ad
dress, we take the following extract} "It is impossible fo re
pose confidence in either men <fr governments, when prin
ciples, which are the elements of character and the rules of
conduct, are either wanting, or existing, are not known."—
We propose to try Mr. Dawson by his own standard, weigh
him by his own scale, and measure him bv his own bushel.
With this proposition, we presume, neither Mr. Dawson
nor his friends will find fattlt.
Therefore, we lay down ns admitted, that "It is impossi
ble to repose confidence in men who have no principles, or
where they exist and are not known." So, if we establish
that, Mr. Dawson either has no principles, or has principles
and conceals them, in relation to certain important questions
of public concern, we show him not deserving of confidence,
ami that by his own standard.
The first question that wc will advert to. for the purpose
of testing Mr. Dawson’s claims to confidence, is that of a
United States Hank. This is a question not only of transcen
dental public importance, but one that bos been excited and
debated at tbe fire side, in the street, by tlie press, in Con
gress, and in the Cabinet, by men of every profession, trade
and calling, possessing every degree and order of intellect,
from the earliest history of our Government till the present
time: and especially has the subject been agitated with un
remitting zeal, for the last twelve years. So constantly lias
the subject been before, and pressed upon, the country, that
every man is at fault who lias not long siuce formed hi*
judgment in regard to it. And, indeed, we minpose that all
have their principles fixed in relation to this subject, except
speculating, office-seeking politicians, political weather
cocks, who turn with the jmpular breeze. Has Mr. Pair-
son principles on this subject, or does he conceal them ? Or
doe* he change these so often, that we cannot tell which ?
pf this we wiff not emjuire. The first not ce that we
take of his course, in relation to this subject, is in the Senate
of Georgia, ifMlig year 1834, when and where he moved
and voted for the folfmritfrrg resolution, to wit: "Resolved.
That, in the opinion of this General Assembly, the charter
ot* die B(Ink ot the United States is unconstitutional, and
should not be chartered/’—Journal of the Ornate for the
year 183*1, and pq«»e 248.
Now, was Mr. Dawson in favor of the resolution lie then
moved and voMd for, or was he opposed to it? Let him or
his friends answer. If be was opposed to if, tvhy did he
move ami vote for it ? Was it notd&Woright hypocrisy fi»r
him to assume, under oath, .a false position before the coun
try, for the purpose of deceiving either friends or foes, or
effecting any other object ? Ami was it not concealing his
principles, if he secretly'thought differently from tlie reso
lution ? And if he concealed his principle*, is he, according
to his own standard, entitled to confidence ?
But perhaps it may be said, that Mr. Dawson honestly be
lieved nis resolution, that “the Hank of the United States
wa* unconstitutional. and should not be chartered/* Have
wc not now the same Constitution which we had then f—
Has it since been altered or changed ? Di es Mr. Dawson
noir believe like he did then ? If not, who lias change*!, or
been altered, Dawson or the Constitution? In other words,
which is the case that " circumstances niter." Mr. Dawson
or tlie Constitution ? We say that the Constitution is not a
" case" to be altered by circumstances ; and we say that
Mr. Dawson is a 1 * case’’ to be altered by circumstances.
Next, we notice Mr. Dawson’s coursr in relation to this
si bject, in the yeat 1838, while a candidate before the |h*o-
plc of Georgia, to represent them in Congress. The people
nml an acknowledged right to demand, in respectful terms,
of the candidates for their suffrage, a declaration of the po
litical opinions and principle* held by them, in regard tothe
exciting topics of the day. It was the duty of those candi
dates to comply with such demand. And the froe ^citizens
and voters ol Georgia, knowing Mr. Daw-son to be a “case"
that might be altered by circumstances, did demand of him
and the dther candidates, to declare their principles in rela
tion to the constitutionality of a United States Hank, and oth-
C*r subjects : See the interrogatories pnt to tbe candidates
for Congress, by the citizens of Fraitklin and Talliaferro
count:***- which were published in all the political public
journals of that day. The other candidates did, as well as
we recollect, in «: bo»V*- manly, and independent manner, re
spond to the iiiterrogn:or.“s thus nut. Hut how different
was the couisc of Mr. Daw Son. He shrunk and skulked
from the responsibility, by refusing t n answer the interro
gatories. Whic h conduct unalterably i.' v CS upon him the
charge of either having no or concealing
them. Either horn of which dil
confidence.
We will-mention another equivocal piece of conduct of
Mr. Dawson in relation to this subject, the evidence of
which is to be found in the before mentioned address, pngc
16. The address manifestly seeks to prove that Gen. Har
rison was opposed ton Hank : Thereby autherizing the in
ference. that the authors of the address were also opposed
to it. Yet room seems to be left for both Gen. Harrison
and the authors of the address to dodge. For the better
understanding of Mr. Dawson’* equivocal position, wc take
from page sixteen of the address, the following extrret,
where the authors of the address use this language: ''Those
opposed to Gen. Harrison, attempt to show tnot ne is in fa
vor of a National Bank, by asserting that his supporters are
in favor of such an institution. On this question let Gen.
Harrison speak for himself. Iu 1832, being a candidate
for Congress, he published the following letter, giving his
political opinion. There the address sets out the letter at
length, from which we will only make some short extracts :
"I (Gen. Harrison) believe that the charter given to the
Rank of the United States, was unconstitutional." Again,
the address lias Gen. Harrison to say, in the same letter:
" My votes in Congress will show that I will take any con
stitutional means to revoke the charter." As to further par-
age 17, the
mg. _ . B
has a bad case, ami can lay up one gup only be laying flown
another. For Mr. Habersham, in his letter, spewing of the
propriety of his being apj^oioted Chairman, rather than Mr.
Dawson, says, " If a gCutleman from Georgia was to be se
lected for that ComtxVttuje, Ice'rfomW was tne ope who,from
my known opinions-\n fkvor of a Bank of the Cnhfefl States,
ought fd have been selected." Mr. Habersham says he is'
the gentleman who ought to have been appointed—because
what ? Because his opinions were known ! Well, Mr Daw
son, why are not your opinions known, too ? The people of
Georgia send you to Congress, and you are not to be placed j
in an efficient position, tyecaiJsc, for sooth, his opinions were j
not known ! And tW, too, after you have told that very I
people, that 41 It is impossible to bestow confidence in a ;
man whose principles are not known/’ So. Mr. Dawson,
out ol’your own mouth you stand condemned.
The fact is, you don't " nigh hold out measure by yonr ;
own bushel f ’ you are too light by your own scales : yoii
are too short by your own standard ; and you are wholly
deficient in length, breadth and thickness. How, then, can
you expect the people of Georgia to contradict vou, and be
stow on you that confidence you declare yourself nbt entit
led to. We will now rehearse your own whfrds, verbatim,
for your reflection, till you hear from us again : “ It is im
possible to repose confidence in either men or governments,
where principle*, which are tlie elements of character and
rules of conduct, are either wanting, or, existing, are not
known."
MACOJ:
TuomIu) Alaruiag, .4<s 8 hm ;{», 1S)1
From the Federal Union of thr 10th. ins/.
THE 300,000 DOLLAR DE»T OF THE CEN
TRAL BANK.
This famous three hundred thousand dollar protested
debt of the State, to the Phenix Bauk of N. YnrV has been
paid off. Dr Fort, the president of the Central Batik re
turned a few days ago. amt deposited the State's Lon.Is fully
receipted with ample snd satisfactory acquaintance, there
on in the vault of the Central Bank. The “coupons.’ of the
FOR GOVERNOR^
CHAR Llfr» J. McPO.YlU
Bilib Demorratic Ticket for the Lf*iil a i„,
FOR SENATE.
WILLI A 41 II. Rtt YAOlOv
FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES
Timothy 31. Furlow.
Abner P. Powers,
John Bailey.
(XT’ Our thanks arc due to tlie Hon. F. \V.
South Caiolina, for a copy of his speech in th* House tfi,
resentatives, on the Distribution and Pre-emptiou II,;
(KJ* conclude to day the long and intcresti^ K
giving tr ‘Glistorv of the Finances.
tCF* CORN MEAL is selling from the wagons«*
bonds for the State's 'oreign debt have been paid in London, bushel, and scarce-KLOrK at #2,50 to *1
aiid they were also brought with him, aud placed m the lf % m 0
same safe and honorable location. The S*tate and the Bank
are thus relieved from the odium of a protested debt, over
which great regret has been fek.
The innumerable statement* which have been made re
specting the State’s liabilities, and especially in relation to
the debt to the Phenix Bank of N. York, together with the
newspaper publications which have been made to mislead
the public mind, renders it propei|thRt a short statement of
the facts of the case should be submitted to the people.
The first fact to which we call the attention ol our readers
is. that the interest payable in London on the State's bonds
has been punctually paid. The State’s credit has n£ver
suffered dishonor in relation to these bonds.
The second is—that (he debt to the Phenix Bank ttas
contracted under an a :t of the Legislature of 1837, assented
to by Governor Gilmer on the 25tli December, 1837. The
loan was obtained the next year by F V. Delaunay, Thos.
B. Stubbs and Thomas Ford, a board of Directors for the
Ccitral Bank, who were appointed by the same Chief Mag-
istiate; and that Mr T. B. Stubbs wa* the agent of the Bank
in negotiating for this loan. It was dishonored and pro
tested for non-payment in 1639, during the administration
of the same board, and to die same Governor, at time when
Mr. Delaunay the then President of the Hank was in N. Y.
or had been there and thereabouts nearly or quite three
months endeavoring to negotiate for the arrangement or set
tlement of the debt without a protest dishonoring the credit
of the (*tnte, but whose effort* were ineffectual.
Iu the third place we state this fact that the payment of
this debt has been made by the Certral Hank, under the
direction of the present board of Directors appointed by
Governor McDonald. Tlie date and amount of each pay
ment is as follows, to wit:
18 10.
1941.
June 13,
$13,000
.Tau. 5.
$ 10.000
*• 22,
10,000
- 15,
3.000
July 3,
0.000
Feb. 23,
14,000
" 18,
5,000
Mar. 10,
10,000
Nov. 16,
10,000
• 4 22*
5,000
44 30,
10,000
44 31,
lq.000
Dec. 4.
r o.ooo
April !),
8.000
44 5.
lo.ooo
4 27.
2.1400
41 9.
10,000
July 22,
9.000
44 19,
5.000
July 22,
21.000
—
"* 24,
43.000
$102,000
44 27.
43,000
198.000
In 1.940,
102,000
1’ay't coinp’d
£300,000
The interest in tliia
debt lias h
en punctually j
aid.
These details are
published
in reidV to flie
numerous
charges of neglect or inattention to tin* debt. They show
conclusively, a continual effort on the part of the present di
rectors of the Central Hank.
These statements, furnished us from the records of the
bank, are not a matter of question, but we are moivover au
thorised from the statements made by the President of the
Merchants Hank who acted ns the agent tor tlie Central
Hank, and by the Preridont of the Phenix Hank, to say that
these payments have been made in tlie most satisfaetorv
manner, evincing the highest regard for tlie honor and cred
it of Georgia, by these who have succeeded in its accom
plishment.
From the Pen nsyleanian.
—BAcent at 3 a 9 cts.
The Flutcr*’ ilaxk.
F8om an advertisement in this morning's paper, it,^
seen that the Planters Bank of Savannah, has
iu old issues, wkh the exception of the notes *b*r*v
fVorh its vaults in April last, amounting to $n?,ooo v.
hope the Bank will now be able to get some due to tb-
bery, and would suggest to the public to be on their -
and not receive these notes without waking some a*. .
rotation to tberrt.
The Krcrnt Klerlism.
Tothe friends of Liberty, to the American patriot, r^,
be source of heartfelt gratification, even smi<i»t all thr
ter portents by which he is surrounded, that the docp
gcrons, and maddening delusions of ClayiMn ttid
are rapidly dissipating.
In every State where elections sre progressing the in*-*,
of the Constitution and Democratic Republicin*t
been nobly reinforced—Even in Tennessee, one
strong holds of Federal Corruption, Clay ism and Bidd***
the scales have fallen from the eyes of nine or ten d .
honest republicans, who were cheated into a belief rb« 3
were supporting a worthy old soldier who had terr^
country and hated Banks, were actually gulled bt *
speech-making Congress men, into voting for die Keaar
bally and the Bank Swindler, Biddle. The election**
from Uliuois, Indiana, and our gloriously Democrat*
Alabama, should cheer the inmost soul of every pat.-ict*
like die thunder-voiced trumpet of Liberty, nerve sik:
him for the approaching contest, in which the Gvrmmi
by the People and the Constitution, upon the prcstruai
which, that ineatimable blessing is to be rescued, or W*j
haps for ever.
From every section of our owu State, the arrocca
exlulerating. Onr Democratic Union brethren «m
State Right* friends, who had been so grossly cbea:ec
the bold* artful and tno*t wilfully deceptious, mUrvprrv
ti<»n of fact* (practised on them by men, who in dear
their fellow-citizens virtually and before theit God. r>..
the most solemn obligations—obligations sacred ti er
man of common honesty,) arc fast awakening from tbe
sions into which they have been betrayed, andnleiir
themselves heart and hand to stand by each other for;
rescue of die institutions cT their Fathers, and to purmi
catHT* who have imposed upon them, who have as for
their votes and interest went, sold thf south to T*rfi
nopolists, fastened the millstone of a new Tariff aroowi t
neck of ^outheru industry—a Tariff'that robs every ta
Georgia out of twenty cent* in every dollar he eipriri*
Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Salt, Molasses, and *e belirrr Irx-
Tliat is, when the law operates, the poor man must pack
dollars for as much of any of the>e articles as he no* ft
1 for four dollars. Let the wife of die hard working trjs
The Hon. \V. \V. Irwin, a Whig member of Congress • die struggling farmer, remember, when lier dollar’s
ciples, or df concealing
ilenima destroys *idc t°
ty and press throughout the country—that he wa* prepared j address make* Gen. Harrison say :
M
I have before me a
assent to the establishment of a National Bank. Here- I-newspaper, in which I am designated by the distinguished
ferred next to the implied pledge in acoeptiog die nomin.x-- editor "The Bank and Federal Candidate.’’ I think it
tion from the Harrisburg Convention as Vice President, w-ould puzzle the writer to adduce any act in my life, which
which He said every body knew he could not have obtained j warrants him in ident fying me with the interests of the
—no, not even the vote of a single member of that Conven- j first, or the politics of the latter.” Wliat couhl all this be
tion, nor a single Whig electoral vote, if it had been sus- j incorporatect in the address of Mr. Dawson and the other
pectcd that he would not have yielded to the party wish in five members of Congress for, but to acquit Gen. Harrison
favor of a Bank. J of the charge of being in favor of a Bank ? And why a sin
lie then ran over the history of the B.ank question, aud in Gen. Harrison to be in favor of a Bank, and a virtue in
insisted that all the fathers of the Government, to who.?e ex
ample Mr. Tyler had pledged himself to subscribe, had. all
in succession (including Mr. Jefferson!!) given in their.ad-
hesion to a Bank.
The whole scope of this part of the argument was to make
the impression that Mr. Tyler had played false witli the
Whig party—duping them into his selection, as one devoted
to their cause, which he had now determined to betray.
He referred to that part of President Tyler’s message in
which he says, if, with his convictions of the Constitution
and the duties imposed by his oath, he had given his assent
to the bill, it must have subjected him to the scorn of the
public, and stained his conscience with * crime, and employ
ed it in a way, to make the impression that it was an attack
on the probity and purity of Mr. Madison, whom Mr. Clay
represented a* having acted in the way denounced by the
President.
He next took the position that, if Mr. T. had been dispos
ed to comply with his duty to the party to whom be owed
his elevation—to the country that demanded a bank at his
hands, as essential to its prosperity—that he might have
permitted tbe work to be accomplished without doing vio
lence to liis conscience. He said he might have allowed the;
bill to become a law without his signature, by rikfe lapse?of
the ten days given in the Constitution for a veto, or he might
have followed the example he gave himsolf, when jie re*
signed his place in the Senate, under tho instruction pf the
State Legislature. He considered the State Legislative in
structions a* not more decisive evidence of the will of the
people of Virginia, than the late vote of Congress, a demon
stration of the will of the people of the Union.
He gave the history of the progress of the vetoed bill—
the effort to accommodate it to the Executive scruples; and
fin illy reviewed the veto message itself with strong 'end
pointed animadversion.
from Alleghany county in this State, lias published a card in
the National Intelligencer, giving reasons for voting against
the Hank Bill. The card is too long for an insertion in on**
columns. Mr. lrwin’9 objection to the bill was to what has
been called tbe compromise section. This section he says,
he considers, lM. To be a palpable violation >f the Constitu
tion of the United States. 2d, As n violation of the Consti
tutions of the several States, by treating the non-concurrence
of the Executive or either branch of the Legislature of a
State as equivalent to an act of State Legislation, in deroga
tion of the solemn forms ami injunctions prescribed by every
State Constitution. 3d, As instil ing to the sovereignty of
tbe States and the pcop’e of the States, b eCkuse it gives to
the directors of the Bauk, the right ol sitting in judgment on
the act of tlie legislature of a sovereign State. 4tli. As un
necessary to accomplish the objects ot"tlie institution. 5th,
As without precedent, and an anomoly in legislation. 6th,
As impolitic. And lastly,because the clause did not meet
the .approbation of a majority of either House!! Mr. Irwin
enters into an argument to prove the correctness of his Inst
assertion, and we think he establishes the fact conclusively.
He says the clause “was insetted in the bill, in the Senate,
by a majority of one vote, ami this by the voluntary absence
of a Senator from Mississippi, (Mr. Henderson,) who avow
ed on the floor of the Senfctc, that, if present, he w*nuld have
vdfofl against the amendment, and that he absented himself
pu
elv, to avoid the necessity. When Mr. Adams mo-
Coffee and Sugar gives out on Friday which used tola
till Monday morning, that she and her little ones aw
deprivation tothe very men her linsbnnd’s vote placrii
situation to inflict this suffering on her. Let the prsfk
Georgia hold it in everlasting and hitter remetnbnn.'f of
their present Congressional Delegation, the Hon Ai"*
Cutlibert excepted, (yes most honorably and gratHVh
cepted by his fellow-citizens.) have sold tbenwdrfi ?
Constitution (the ouly peaceful safeguard offfouthe n
and Southern interests and institutions) to the prewn:“
ami support of the Hank corruptionists, tlie anti-consuia*
ami Anti-Southern factions of the country. We d?fyu*
contradiction to these statementa- They are made *$'
motions of unfeigned grief and humiliation—but the der
imperative.
One might have supposed that the guilty ami Jifp*^*
course might have been passed over in s lence—by the
petrators, but no—the self degradation and betrsyildv
South, and especially of Georgia, was made a theme of 0
ficatioti that die Georgia delegation could sacrifice kfrvc'
cats to (tlie orator said their own.) their inclinations
—• wv»v i »» r aic uiinuni usuniiir^ iiuui t luc uxij-t; —
) assert if* cnnstuutionaHty. \N lien an ly disgraceful trick, by which an attempt was mails » “
Indiana, ( Mr. Prnflit.) dented that a I * , -, , _/ , . , , i •
f could rise ami defend the clause upon j Senate, (evidently Clay s contrivance.) concealed tn«*^
ved In the House, to strike out this clause, it was retained , , ,
inthebili by less than a majority of the member, „ f thf -added the, r Oath a-tothc success
body then present. When Mr. Adams, Mr. Marshall, and j mance of the \\ hig Party. Oh " Tempera—0b M
others pronounced the clause unconstitu tional, there was no j We arc almost ashamed to notice the deeply artful.3^
one who ventured to assert it* constitutionality. Wh
able member from
Whig upon that floor .
principle, not a man ventured to meet that issue/’ I er measure, to destroy the Compromise, and at
S<» much for whig legislation, and so much for the Honesfx | <|av to reproduce the blasting effects of the former Tan*
and ihe consciences of the whig memlyrs of Congress vo- ^ hotmTr the South. Con.psred with tb* *
ting for unconstitutional lulls, believing them to be oaconsti- ( ' *
tutional, and in favor of measure* which they dare not de j *ance and the means resorted to by Clay s accomf***^
fend on principle. What a glorious reform has been effect- j render it successful, the Snake games and Gnri^
ed by the triumph of Whiggery. j Tricks of the veteran Blackleg, when plucking ho **
From the Albany Argus. j might seem decent. . , , .
HONESTY' \T PAR. I " e are Humbled to observe (in thejournal ol u>e ^**
In 1838, the speculators and irredeemable bankers en- ; tho’we confess, not greatly surprised, that John
deavored to induce the business men of New Y'ork to second B crr fo n performed a conspicuous, as most unenviable
Mr. Biddle’s irredeemable policy, by insisting that the liber
al policy o f Philadelphia, and the stringent measures inci
dent to a resumption in New Y'ork, would give the former
city a decided advantage over the latter, in securing the
western trade. New York, however, resumed, and the re
sult, instead of «liverting trade to her irredeemable neigh
bor, has been greatly to increase the trade of New Y ork,
and what is still more important, it lias maintained her char
inent part in that odious transaction. Mr. Berrien s
in the manoeuvres is aptly identified by our able a** ^
ted cotemporary (the Charleston Mercury) to that d**
or decoy pigeon for Man gum and Co. to shoot over-
We arc mortified to think that Georgia shouM. fa 7 **
Senator humble enough to complete the trio of man i ^
Mr. Dawson ?
But the question may be asked. How do we know that
Mr. Dawson is in favorofa Bank? This question, truly
may be asked with great pi opriety. as Mr. Dawson, if he
has any principles on this subject, conceals them. Yet we
do suspect that he is in favor of a Bank, not from any thing
which he himself has said or done, but from a speech re
cently made in Congress by Col. Alford, in which he, Col.
Alford, says, speaking of a Bank, “ There w*as an overruling
necessity for tne adoption of that measure." Now, we do
not know what could be this *• overruling necessity’’ which
operated so suddenly and powerful npon the “War Horse,"
unless it wns to command from his Commodore. True,
Col. Alford stated that "the people sent him to Congress to
make a Bank"—Alluding no doubt to the success of Harri
son in Georgia. Bat that tale won’t do, when it is recol
lected that Col. Alford and Mr. Dawson tried, in their ad
dress, to prove that Gen. Harrison was opposed to a Rank.
In all this, we witness nothing but hidden darkness and con
cealment in Dawson. Poor Alford must be thrust forward
to stop the bullets, while Dawson crouches behind him,
and is shielded IVom danger ! Now did not Dawson tell the
truth when he said a man who would set this way did not
deserve confidence? A righeoug judgment by himself a-
galnst himself, to which every man ought to «ay, amen. /
Again : Mr. Dmwswi, during tho present extra session of
Congress, was appointed by the Speaker, Chairman of the
Committee on Finance. This appointment would necessa
rily have exposed, either Mr. Daw’son’s principle*, or his
want of principles, on the subject of*a Bank. Did he bold-
1v, like a man, come forward to the honest discharge of the
duties imposed on him by the appointment ? Or did he, a* % of Camel* in the East.—It ia computed that from
usual, dodge, skulk, hide, sod thrust another between for.- j the commencement of the Afghanistan campaign, in 1838,
aelt and responsibility ? We have it announced authorita- to October, 1849. 55.000 camels havo b«; cn or
lively from v\ ssbington that Mr. D. i* appointed Chcirmanl Their value is estimated at over two million of dollars
acter for honor, and honesty in business, which in her inter- j Blackleg Imperator and Patricide of Kentucky^
=JtJiEr if S'i=lr uUt.uS s — <*■*»-r. »»- 8-x **- v
bankers in all parts of the t nion, should bear in mind this low animadversion,
result, atid never again listen to the profligate voices of those
who, to advance their private schemes, attempt to persuade
them that honesty is not the best policy in bauking and
trade.
We arc gratified to see that the policy of redeeming their
promises in specie, is placing Charleston at the south, in the
same advantageous position occupied by New Y’ork and
Boston at tlie north. We copy the following from the New
York American of Saturday.
"Charleston, S. C. wc are pleased, but not surprised to
see, is reaping the benefits of its fidelity to specie payments,
by attracting a large portion of ihe trade of the interior of
Georgia where the bnnks are still suspended. Hitherto, the
exports of cotton from Georgia and South Carolina have
been about equal, say 300 000 hales each. Last year South
Carolina exported about 5,000 bales more than Georgia ;but
this year, un to the 15th imt, South Carolina, on a diminish
ed crop, had exported 207,000, and Georgia only 140,000,
making 67,000 bales more than Georgia. 'This great in
crease of our trade,’ says a Hamburg, 8. C. oaper, is owing
tothe soundness of our currency, and to the instability of
that of Georgia."
Trap says that when a man engages in an argument with
his " brains a wool gatherer," he is almost sure to get wor
sted.
The number of bones in the frame work of human brxly
is 260, 180 of whicn are in the feet and hands, their being
27 in each.
Al i special meeting of tbe Merchant* end
city of Macon, held for the purpose of uking into c< * rI **
tion the Currency,
On motion, The meeting wu organised by <*11“*'
E. Beall to the Chair, and J. U. Rosa acted a»
On motion of A. R. McLaughlin to appoint • K* 1 ' f
to report on the objeet of the meeting, the Chsit»,.
the following Committee, rii:
A. R. McLAUGHLI*.
JOHN L. JONES.
DANIEL GUNN.
EDWIN GRAVES,
CHARLES COTTON,
EDMUND BLAKE. *
The Committee to whom was referred the r0D * K ’ (B(f! ,
of the best means to be adopted, with a view to
of the Resolutions or agreement of the Merrh»not“ ^
ty, under date of tbe 7th July last, respectfully retf**
the adoption of the following Resolutions: ,
1st. That considering the lateness of the rortPJ
this season, as well as the wan; of any general jrr * ^
either by the Merchants or the Banks, for the ^
ey for the purchase of the staple and <*hsr ^ 1
hoping hereby to fix ou a day least objecti /,.<
the Banks, the Merchants and the Plantep. * e ^
the 15th day of September next, as bess suited to ■
pli«hmcnt of the object to be attained.