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flACOA GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
Mh WEBSTER TO THE EDITOR.-'.
Washixotox, Scj-t. 13,. 1841.
1" Mrw/. Vale* q Sratun :
Isr.sTi.y Hkx : lot any misapprehension should ex
ist. a. to tliu icasons which have led nte toddler from
the rours ■ pursued l>y my |j|c colleague*. I wid« to
• iV that I remain in my place, fir.-t, because I have
Been no siillicicnt reasons tor lire iJisM.liition of the laic
_C.’»biil£t; by the voluntary act of its own members. .
" l a:n'.peatectly; persiiaifcl at lbs absolute uccrsaity
df an institution, under the-authoiity of Congress, to
aid revenue and financial o|icratioiis, and to give the
country the blessings of a good currency and cheap
exchanges.
Notwithstanding what has passed, f have confidence
that the President will co-operate with the Legislature
ii overcoming all difficulties in I he attainment of these
objects: and it is to the union of the Whig party—
t>v which I mean the whole party, the Whig Presi
dent, the Whig Congress, and the Whig People—that
I look for a realization of our wishes. I can look no
where cl»c.
In die second place, if! had seen reasons to resign
my olTiee, I should not have done an without giving
t!ie Ficsidcut ioa:ori.il»!c notice, ami uftmJing him
time to select the hands to which he ttboukl confide the
delicate and import mt affair* now [lending in this Dc-
pirtiurut.
I am, gcntUmcn, rc.«:>cclfuHy t your obedient servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
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From the Extra Globe.
CABINET MANIFESTOES.
o lay before our readers the letter* addri ^ed to the
dent by Messrs. Crittenden au<! K wing, as presented
From the Georgia Jeffersonian and GriJJin Gazette.
THE HOOK.
We have been amusijw ourselves lately by a perusal of
**the book” published by Messrs. Dawson. Aiford, Haber*
sham, Khit. Nisbet and Warren, in May of last year. It
purports to conn* from the above gentlemen jointly, but it is
said to have been concocted and is from the pen of William
C. Dawson *bme. We s*sy we have been amused in peru
sing the work. ; and as amusement* generally increase in
proportion as they are imparted to others, we have made
some extracts, that our readers may laugh with us. It con
tains 28 pages, and of course we shall only have opportunity
to dip into it here and there, in rather a rambling manner,
and for the* sake «#fconvenience shall take up the subjects as
they occur. !t*wil! be recollected that it was put forth in
defence of the principles and pretensions of (Jen. l/arrison
to the Presidency, and as an apology for these gentlemen in
supporting him.
In page 4 of the work they say :
“In a message to the Senate, dated July 4, 1803, among
others, Mr. Jefferson makes the following nominations s
“I nominate William Henry Harrison to be Governor of
Indiana Territory, fioin the 13th day of May next, when his
present commission as Governor will expire.”
“William Henry Harrison, of Indiana, to be commission
er to enter into any treaty or treaties, which may be neces
sary, with the Indian tribes, north west of the Ohio, and
within the territory of the United States, on the subject of
their boundaries or lands. THOS. JEFFERSON.”
“General Harrison, therefore, received both of these im
portant appointments at the nainc time. On the 15th De
cember. 1806, General Harrison was reappointed Governor
of Indiana by Mr. Jefferson.—See 2d voi. Executive Jur-
nal. page 4 I.
“On the 13th of December, 1809, General Harrison was
•ppninten Governor of Indiana Territory by Mr. Madison.
See vol. 2, Executive Journal, page 130.
“.On the 9th November, 1812, General Harrison was ap
pointed brigadier general, and, on the 27th Fel
major gene
t ie excitement which has already been produced by im
provements of this kind, and the jea ousies which it will no
doubt continue to produce if persisted in. give additional
claim* to the mode of appropriating all the surplus revenue
of the United States in the manner above suggested—dis
tributing it among the States.—“Each State will then have
the means of accomplishing its own scheme* of internal im-
povement.’
“Again he (G?u. Harrison) says in the satijfc letter:
“I have before me a newspaper, in which 1 ain designa
ted by Us distinguished editor, “the /tank and federal can
didate.'* .1 think it would puzzle the writer to adduce any
act of my life which warrants him in identifying me with
the interests of ftie first, or the politics of the latter/’
“We have thus placed before you General Harrison’s
opinions, as expressed by himself and eon fir inf d by his acts,
as a citizen and a soldier, in relation to most of the great
questions which have agitated our country from the founda
tion of the Federal Government to the present day. That
they have been perverted and misrepresented by his ene
mies, for party purposes, need create no surprise among in
telligent persons who are aware of the debasing influences of
party drill, and the despicable means to which those who
have abused the powers of Government resort for die pur
pose of retaining office.”
And in the thee of this published document, they vote to
destroy the compromise act, and lay an average duty of 20
per ceuL on the common necessaries of life, and thus make
the poor man pay a tax, when he has no income but what
he derives from his daily labor, equal to his rich neighbor,
who owns his thousands of acres, negroes, bank stock and
real estate, whilst all these articles of the rich man are not
touched. We repeat, Dawson anil your other Represen
tatives have cheated you once, but if you are cheated again
a second time it will be your own fault, not theirs. Who,
we ask, have “perverted and misrepresented for party pur
poses,” ami who have resorted to “despicable means” “for
the purpose of retaining office ?” Here are the documents,
gentlemen—flieir own published documents—read for y
igadier genera!, and, on the 2ah February, 1*13, i s ,*i V es, and theu compare their professions here with their
i*ral, by Mr. Madison. Sec vol. 2, Executive conduct since they have been rfe-elected.
iii the columns of the National Iutelligeuccr of mis morn-
eg. Tlmy aT»* perfectly in character with their authors.
Mr. ('ritteuden’s letter s|>euks the language ami the spirit of
geutiemaa of elevation of character.. Air. Ewing’s is the
outpo .ring of a vulgar, malignant, disappointed partisan,
reckless of the respect due to the relations which associa
te! him with rife I'rrsiden: and the Government—reckless
ot honor, truth, a id tleccucy. Mr. Ewing violates the sea!
oi confidence which, throoiu ell trine, 1ms kept inviolate the
privs:*? t linnet * *mtr iU. which the Chief Magistrate holds
w ith nis Secretaries. The -.cry name of Nee/clary is dc-
r. v.i iruru the t o;, that the head of the Government makes
lucrn the reqjot.sstorres of his secret council*. This sacred
!*: ini ip.e. which can alone make the consultations held in
t u? i’res.d nt s C'abi. e free auduraest r*. • , .Mr Ewing has
' 1: 'lated, not only as it regards the Chief Magistrate himself,
h r the »*t!.er Secretaries who participated in the coufiden-
i* 11 del.borutior.-; and this hns been none from the most un-
i» »r«!on;*bl** motive—that of gratify ing the malice of a heart,
♦ asperated by defeated amlmion and avarice, and iuseiisi-
Ine to tiie obligations of gratitude towards.one who had con
ic. re 1on him the highest favor. The Fresident could not
'** ‘ n c * ,ls upiu.on- ::iio conformity w ith Mr. Ewing’s in rc-
;ard to a national Rank, “to mare which the issue l*fiicicn
H.c porta * (to use tin* language of Mr. Ewing’s letter pub-
JisheJt dorlrig ll»e late cauva^x,) was u itajnnience and ab-
* >;, diiy: u I auk teas not, and never had in t o, cuusidcr-
< / any tin i_■ more th in a mere matter of
a useful article off n
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pnn
Journvl, pages 296, 300, and 329.
•‘The committee, it will therefore be perceived, made no
and that General Harrison was twice opjininted
Governor of Indiana Territory, ami commissioner to make
all necessary treaties with the Indian tribes north west of
the Ohio—a more important appointment than that of Gov
ernor, by Mr. Jefferson: and once appointed Governor, and
also, brigadier general, and major general, by Mr. Madison; i
making in all, six appointments bv Jefferson and Madison, I
ami but two by the elder Adams.”
Yet in the face of all these appointments, and of ntigier- i
ousother lucrative post-? which Gen. Harrison enjoyed un- ,
der the Government, from youth to extreme oM age, by •
which he must have become exceedingly rich: in the face j
also of the large deficiency in the treasury, as these gentle
men contend : in the face of the 12,000,090 loan act—in the j
face of a 20 percent, additional taritf oil the necessaries of
life, by which the poor man is taxed equal to the most weal
thy—in the face of all the^e, Mrs. Harrison ia complimented
with a gratuity of 25,000 dollars, and several thousand is vo
ted by Congress for funeral expenses,
W e cannot omit the following high wrought compliment
to Mr. Tvler: *
” File re w invks of Mr. Webster, which have been quoted
to s.*ow that General Harrison is now (1810) a federalist, so
far as they prove any thing, may be justly regarded as prov
ing the very reverse. Mr Webster said : “General Har
rison has now been selected by the general voice of those
wli-tse political opinions agree with its own, to go to the
head of the column, and beat up the flag under which it is
in onr nolU edifice a table I hoped those principles may be maintained and defended.”
r hail*." And vet, became the | Fellow-cilinens, wlm are the persons that selected General
ii I, | f^.t allow him* to avail himself | }^ arr *Hon ? They are John Tyler, Watkins Lee, and Jus.
oi i.ue enliven.t*n,*e—"the tabic or ret tee'*—Mr. Ewing not
only lce;s it necessary to quit the Cabinet, but to turn a sort
o’ .-u.ifes's evident*^ to favor the Hank party with whatever
fabrications he deems best suited iff bring in what be calls
'*n f»im £ of funiiture,” but what' Jn truth would prove like
tio: wooden horse for which the wails of Troy wore broken
• own, a»iu introume armed men to subvert a Government
and a nation.
More to an a month ago, when the President restored the
D**mocrats whom Mr. Ewing torned out of the Land office
dlout authority.
* predicted, in an article of the Globe,
that Mr. Ewing could only remain in office himself after this
just rebuke, that he might betray the Chief Magistrate who
had asserted Ilia rights and maintained his pledges in pre
venting this proscription. How truly we had judged of this
un:it s character, the eve t shi,*g. Rut we had known him
of old. apvlnur prediction w as but speaking from c.\[»erienee.
That one, who did not hesitate to sacrifice to party in-
tcrestthe &acroi con lit’once to which his honor ami charac
ter w«;re plighted, ou. entering the President’s Cabinet,
would, in his ex parte rcvelat.ons f bear false testimony,
v.brn fal. eliood was e f cntird to make good the object l:e
bad in view, id me could doubt. And accordingly, upon the
face of this letter ot Mr. -Ewings, there are abundant traits
of what lawyers will call a iUHng trifiics*, when they
mean to describe tm interested and betra ning one.
Harbour, of Virginia, Governor Owens, of North Carol
and many other tried republican* of the Jeffersonian school., j
These are the tnen who selected General Harrison to bear i
up the flag uuder which it is hoped their political principles I
may be maintained and defended. As you all well recol- i
lect, John 1'yler was the only me mutt of the Senate of the j
United States 7tho voted against the force bill!! lie is |
the man for whom Georgia voted for Vice President in !
1536. lie is now the candidate of the friends of reform for i
the Vice Presidency. Think you lie would permit his
name to be used in connexion with tiiat of a federalist or an
abolitionist, for one of the highest offices in the gift of the
people. The idea is equally ridiculous, unjust and prepos
terous.”
On pape 16 we read as follows r
“Those opposed to General Harrison attempt to show that
he is in favor of a National Hank, by asserting that his sup
porters are in favor of such an institution. On this question
Jet General Harrison speak for himself. Tn 1822. being a
candidate for Congress, he published the following letter,
giving his political opinions :
“Cincinnati, Sept. 16, 1622.
“ To the Editor rf the In/jnisitor .-
“Silt—In your last paper you recommend to the candid
ates at the ensiling election, to publish their political creeds,
that the electors may have a fair opportunity of choosing
those whose seutitueut9 best accord with their own. 1 have
l they 1
The author or authors of the bcx>k then goon to show
their reasons for declining to support Mr. Van Huren, and
in their reasoning utter the following truisms :
“The truth is, fellow-citizens, looking abroad upon the vast
interests involved in this great question, we believe there is
no adequate protection to slave rights, but in a stern, uncom
promising maintenance of the limitations of the constitution.
We submit to you, whether we, by our vow®, should sanc
tion the prostration of them. The opinions of the Chief
Magistrate of the Union settle down upon all ranks of socie
ty, with almost resist!^* effect, sustained as they are by the
interests of party, the patronage of olhce, and the imposing
forms of magistracy. We cannot disguise from you the
fact that, acceding to his principles, Air. Van Huren occu
pies the citadel ofour strength. If he is upon this subject
resurutaed by no constitutional scruples, theu is he only to
, io be controlled by expediency, and the expediency of the
question may, in turn, be subject to the party influences ot
the day. It might, for example, become expedient to con
ciliate Northern votes by Conceding to the abolitionists the
right of petition.”
Now apply all this very fine reasoning to the course of
the gentlemen before us, and tlieir .friends and allies the
Northern Whigs. Who wished the President to break
down the barriers ami limitations of the constitution in the
case of the bank, md takes if# constitutionality as a settled
| qucMioti ? The Whigs. Who sanctioned it bv their votes?
| Mr. Dawson and our other Representatives. * Who cotire-
i de<l to the abolitionists the right of petition M the commence-
j moot qf the session ? The Northern Whigs. Who are
• acting with them on most other questions, and giving them
: strength? The Southern Whigs. And if you suffer the
Constitution to be run over in one point,-eau you expert t<>
’ preserve it in another ? If you suffer it to be trampled on
: when it suits your whim, cau you save it when your dearest
1 interests arc at stake? We answer no. “The veto power
j can never be available for the protection of the South. Her
1 safety is found only in such restraining principles as lie in
advance of the veto power. It will route too late, either for
prevention or relief. The safety of Southern institutions
liepends upon guarding vigilantly the outposts,” say these
States. And in hit. late message the President talks of the
nutnbei and power of the persona connected with the banks/
and die fearf ul weight of their ability to perpetuate their
authority.’ aud of their controlling the Government in peace
and in war/ -
“ Well, air, if such influence really belongs to banks, and
if that influence may be brought to bear in hostility to govern-
ment —a point about which the people have no occasion for j
THE BANKRUPT LAW. ^
The Law of the Extra Session of Congroa*. *«•».
lish a uniform system of Bankruptcy” which h*
tanch puffed by tire drhig papers, contains a
manifestly unjust and oppressive, tiiat we deem j U
to bring it to the dontideratinn of the public. ] t I
the 4th section of the act and reads as follow®;
“Provided, That no discharge of any llaokth
IUCIU — a JMMWJ. "Ml*-** llic peupic ua*v UV — I ’ — —- — O -J llu Kll]M
alarm—what hinders that this same influence should not be this act, shall release or .discharge any person ***|
secured in favor of government 1” liable for the same MW • partner, jni* t coi^: |
dorter, surety, or otherwise, for or with die btakj k
There is something in this, so repugnant tu
,'that it is matter $^1
Now we ask any candid reader, if on looking over these
confirmation# of the general truth we hare staled, that the
question of a national Hank was not the issue before the peo-
ciple of moral justice and equity/
pie in 1S40, he can maintain the charge of perfidy against 1 ishment, how fnen profeasing U> legislate for the
Mr. Tyler for adhering to his principles. On the contrary interera of a free people, could give it their sanctio^**
if the charge o ‘perfidy ia applicable to any bodv, it is not That an innocent man, wfio had become sectira*
malpractice attributed to Mr. Van Buren and his friends, has
been practised by the present administration and its friends,
in many of the places the delineation is most striking nnd
applicable in all its particulars. If then, Mr. Dawson con
demns such a political course in theory, let him be condem
ned for the practice of it.
We a.*k the attention of our readers to the following arti
cle from die Madisonian. It is one of the most striking his
tories of the political contest of last fall, that has yet been
furnished. Coming from a whig source, it is perhaps, ou
that accwuut, entitled to a greater weight:—.V. j\ Post
WHO 18 PERFIDIOUS?
Whig papers and Whig politicians, continue, (seethe
speeches of Messrs. Botts and Arnold,) we regret to suv, to ** l * ie charge o?perfidy ia applicable to any ,
(>our out viuls of wrath upon the head of Mr. Tyler. The I to applied to those who maintain one set ofl principles be
vocabulary of the language seems to have been ransacked } f^ re people, and an op|»osife after having achieved the
for words to expiesj their angry denunciations. This is all victory ? We make no recriminations. But those Vdio
exceedingly strange—and strangely uncharitable. There ' live in glass houses should never throw stones.
may have been inuny more able and influential, but there • _ . ’
were none more zealous or more industrious than we were, From the money article of the Herald.
in the contest which terminated the administration of Mr. • The Bank of the United States having now ceased busi-
Yan Buren. But we do protest most solemnly, that we I ness, and its aflairs gone into liquidation the great pretext
were not aware that we were laboring for a cause, the lea- 1 f°r refusing to pay specie is taken from the banks ot Phila-
ding object of which was, as some now declare, a National delphia. In January last those institutions professed their
Bank. We assert also, in all sincerity, that wedo not be- willingness to return to honesty; but alleged that they could
lie ve that the mass of the people had any idea that they.were *• not do so while the United ptates Bank remained suspend-
sustaining such a Cause. If they did, where did they g.*t it ? j yd in their midst There assertions were so far confided
Certainly not from the column* of this paper, certainly not ! * n by the eastern capitalists that they consented to loan the
from theprmaipal Whig papers ol the country—surely banks large gams of money to supply the place of that which
not from the stump, nor from the halls of Congres. If a they alleged was due tn them from the L mted . tat es Bank. _ . .. , -*•*»*>»*
Bank w as the leading object, why was not a bank candidate I The resumption lasted but a few weeks, and on the final one cent. He is barred by the certificate of ‘
selected ? Why were two gentlemen placed upon the tick- ! failure of that concern they all again suspended and have and the^man who had ruined him laughs ot him, 2a ri_
et, who were open atnl undeviating opponents of a bank? j continued soup to this time. The public have been taxed
Were they put foiward ns decoys, that the votes of the peo- | three to five per cent, depreciation on the currency furnish-
ple might be fir>t secured, and then these decoys made the °d by those institutions.--W hat pretext will those banks
instruments of a Jesiirn of which the people did not hear, A find for continuing in this moat disgraceful position?
to which they were not parties? Was any such fraud and
perfidity completed ? If it was W'e were not in the secret.
If we had been, and had lent a hand to forward such a stu-
dorser for another, r/ithotft any donsuleration hm*!** 1 !
friendship, should be held flit to the payment oftb,. > * I
the very law, which discharges the principal from e; I
ty, is a doctripe which will never be recognized U t, ** I
pie of this country. " , c * fc l
Let us suppose a ease, and many such will
the operation of the law, if it remains in force.—,\ ‘ .
note, and calls upon B, who becomes his security 1 1
ser. B, as a friend, complies with the request,^ [
his name on the note. A becomes a bankrupt I
debt is paid, takes the benefit of the act, and Isrele-!.'* I
discharged from all his debts. A, is sued aud
the sale of the last dollars worth of his property, * I
ed out a begpar. A in the mean time, embarks iu ^ " • I
siness in which he is successful, and accumulates p** * I
and yet, under this most oppressive act, B canu u t r ^ > |
Do
pendous consjiiracy, we slionld look upon ourselves ns for
evermore a worthy object of the scoin and contempt of hon
est men.
Let us recur a moment, to portion* of the history of that
memorable contest of 1840, and see if there be anv excuse
fur the treatment with which Mr. Tyler is visited.
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C’ontiada liens app<*api n the frceof Mr. Ew.ng’s episto- I . , . « , , * . ..
: v di < V. nioi, -m esi7ntial p-iuts, wl.lch lliorougliiy 4i s . ere . r be, *e‘ eJ *•» e ? er > elector ha* a right to make llin
hok* scope ol'its statrinenti
proxe the whoK* scope of its SUfcn cnuq and, instead of
lal lisfiri g ti;eri»rg« oftreachet^ on Mr; Tyler, fixes iton
t ;» from of his ungratef ul accuser.
Mr adiniLs that the first Hank was vetoed “on pure
an/l honorable mot ires," and “a conscientious''* convic
tion that it conflicted irifh the Con dilution. 9 * The
grounds of that veto were, that Congress had no riglit to es
tablish a National Bank j<» operate per re throughout the
Union; that the proposed charter derived tiiis right from
(Vmgress, in derogation of the con-eiit and rights of the State.
The further ground was take—ihat a discounting Bank
was un:n r »ssary as a fisctiil ujei.t. T)ie»*e grounds wouhl, i i
Mr. Ewing's opinion, justify die belief that the President
was actuated by ccm ieuiious regard to duty iu rejecting
the fi-st Bank.
Whc?i the second Bank became the subject of dis Mission
in the Cabinet, Mr. Badger is represented ai opening the
subject as to what Cnogress would do.
Mr. Badger said:
“He beta red they fee re perfectly rend y to lake up the
Jjiti reported by the Secretary if the Tie*isury,and pass
it ad once. 1 ou replied, 4 Talk\hol to me of yir. Ewing's
bill; it contains that odious feat a re. of local discounts
which I hare repudiated in my message. 9 J then said
to you, I have no doubt, sir, that the^ffi.nsc, having an
rr/ tamed yonr vten s, will jmiss a but in conformity to
ibrut, provided they can be satisfied that t wontd m ansteer
the purposes of the Treasury, and relieve the ffbvnfry. 9 '
IH*re the President is represent#**! as utterly repudiating
Mr. Ewing’s bill, because “tt contains hot odious feature
of local discounts.' Mr. Ewir.g was ru exultation when
this strong denunciation of the bill he had prepared was
made, and did nut remind tlie Pieshleii that the bill was his
own—prepared,'as Mr. Ewing pretends in another part of
fiis !’etter,*i*y the direction • of the President, and afterwards
approved by him. •
But the President *gnin adverts, in his Cabinet consult;!- f t'irrac
ti.*n, to the ABsuruioontab'e objection which he had to a Hank
of discount. I.» Cjbipet meeting, when giving instructions
t » Mr. Ewing to make an effort to proeuie tin* p'n<sag<* of
im !i a bill as he could sign,'Mr. Ewing represents the Pre
call upon those who offer their services to the people, ami
that the candidates are bound to answer it. 1 might, it is
true, avail myself of the kind of exceptiou which you make
in favor of those who have had an opportunity of showing
their political opinions by their conduct. But 1 have no rea
son to dread the most minute investigation of opinions, and
that my fellow-citizens may be enabled to compare my ac
tions with my professions, 1 offer you the following outline of
my political creed, which you may publish if you think it
worthy ot* a place in your paper. The measure is more
necessary at this time, as some of my friend® have very
kindly, in various handbills and other anonymous publica
tions, undertaken to make cue for me, which (if I have a
correct knowledge of wlmt I myself believ.-) is not a very
exact likeness ol that which I profess. I deem myself a re-
gentleinieii. A nd yet, in the teeth ofall the®
part of tin? Constitution may he setasidi
1IWJ
mrtant facts,
ith impunity,
publican ol* what is commonly called the old Jeffersonian , entire ad
and the question taken a» settled, whilst another must be
solemnly insisted upon. In one point of view*, according to
these gentlemen, the Constitution is a bar of adamant, in
another a rope of sand. Gentlemen, the Constitution is ev
ery thing or nothing; the supreme law in all cases, or no
law at all: and unless it b so respected, it is uot worth the
parchment ou which it is written.
On page 20 we read, “lie (General Harrison) has upon
several occasions avowed huiiselfin favor of the compromise
art, being no farther in favor of discriminating duties than
is provided m the minimum rates filially to be settled by
that bill. In this compromise, of so vitally interesting a
question to the 8outli a® the tariff, the politicians of the South
have acquiesced.—Upon the expiration of that compromise
we shall be found resisting any re-adjustment of the taritf,
ns a protective measure,’’ No, gentlemen, noj as a protec
tive measure, perhaps, or at least the captioti of xour bill
will wot say so, but already, in advance of the expiration ot
the compromise act, have you countenanced utwl abetted a
tan if, in one of its most odious feature®, to wit, in a tax upon
the poor mail's comforts of life What an insult, then, to
the people, to tell them that it will not be countenanced iu
another form! If you countenance it in this form, Mr. Daw
son, we will not trust vou to countenance it iu any form in
which your whig brethren of the North may be pleated to
pro. cut it to you.
The book goes onto charge Mr. Van Buren ns follow#:
“The circumstances under which he voted fin the tarill
act of 1828, being then a member of tin* Seriate of the l nited
Mites, illustrate that wail? of elevation and mnnliuess of
political character which unfortunately marks the head ol
the K>ecu ive Government of the I nion, as also that ab
sence of settled political principle which characterizes his
him with a fortune in his hand#.
Will not the country revolt at a doctrine so , m
Will the people submft to n law which oppress#*, '■*
( ceut while the guilty go not only unpunished but arr*
they imagine that the public will remain quiet under the j tected? ami this is one of the great measures of refomi
present state of things? They may indeed plead the au which'was promised us in 1840.
thority of the revenue law, hut we apprehend that public, j Who evei heard before, in a civilized country, n f
opinion will have as much influence on the bank movements j to release a principal from ti»e payment of his <fehr« £
as those institutions had in causing the passage^ of that law. j to throw* it upou hi® innocent fifeurities? If there
Not only in Philadelphia, but throughout the South, the i or morality in it, then have we to unlearn all that w^
community is movingcn masse to put down Bank rule. At been taught upon the subject; and strange as it ^
Petersburg the report of the committee of the courrency re j Mr. Dawson voted for it, aud no Georgia member o;
form associations, appeals strongly to the interest of the peo- I House, voted against it.
(Jen. Harrison, ii hi* roeerh »t Da\ ton. in O. tuber and U ,Ie to discontinue the present b»ukirj; system. Thefollow-, Mr. Paw sob votwl Ibrit, aud he cannot deny i, j.
Mr. Tvler, in ltis IIet.ri.-o letter of tbt-same month, ettpte.- mg i» an e*tr«.t: fru-nd* cannot deny tt. Hi. vote is lecurde,!, „KU i!t .
»ed tlieir oppositinn to a bank. We have heretofore quoted i -The distress from 1S19 uutd !«:(, produced btr shaving rr*e up in ags.n.t him.
tlieir views, ami it is unneressarv to repeat then.. Carolina money, cannot jet be forgotten here. I.tke causes j He is seekingthe office of (wvrmonbm willil*,,,.
Me heard many fprrchci, irr read many add rctsc.*, &■ : prmluee like effects, and the same state o( things wusuoc- support hnul Do they desire a fuel iB*gutr*te,
tie were daily conversant with come MU of the whignetrs■ -nr, unless this gambling in exchanges be checked by the , given Ins sanction and bis vote, to compel one em zen ,
“ Legislature’s refusing the suspension of sjiecie i>a\inents nf- j the debts ol another, while the hone tide defenr t b< ^
ter next January, the time selected by the banks and Leg- | who owes the money, is placed beyond the pcw> r of ^
islature as being the most apj^opriate for resumption.
The banks are now taking tour mouths’ bill# on N. York
and Boston, at half per cent, discount from die face of the
bill®, and are selling their fund# in those place# at three and
a hall* to font* per cent, thereby making two to two and a
half per cent exchange.”
This states the evil in strong terms, and the remedy is
briefly pointed out as follows!
“Already w e are told that the Georgian plan of paying
debts by notes, making the specie value of the note the ba
sis, lias had an admirable effect ou exchanges.”
This is the true course—if the depreciated notes continue
to circulate, take them for their actual value, and no more.
This is .applying mercantile law, which it is in every man's
power to execute, and is far better than going to legislatures
w ith the matter.
1 school, and bcl’eve in the correctness of that interuretation
of the constitution, which has been given by the writings of
tiiat enlightened statesman, who was at the head of the par
ty nnd others belonging to it, particularly the celebrated re-
ro'utions of the Virginia Legislature, during die Presidency
of Mr. Adams. •
“1 deny, tberefwe, to die General Government die exer
cise of any power but what is expressly given to it by the
constitution, or what is essentially necessary to carry the
powers expressly given iirtn effect.
“I believe that the charter given to the Bank of the Uni
ted Stales was jiicunstituiionaL; it being not one of those
measures necessory to carry* any of the expressly granted
powers into effect; and whilst my votes in Congress will
show that I will take any unconstitutional means to revoke
ik.O charter, my vote in the Legislature will equally show
tiiat 1 am opposed to those which arc* unconstitutional or vi
olent, and which will bring us in collision with the General
Government.
“I believe in the tendency of a large public debt to sap the
foundation of the constitution, by creating a moneyed arts*
hose views an«l interests must be io direct hostili
ty to those of the ina>s of the people.
•‘I deem it the duty, therefore, of the representative of
the people to endeavor to extinguish it as aoon as possibl
by making every retrenchment in the expenditure# of the
conversant with some 300 of the whig news-
papers of the. United States during the whole contest,
and ire solemnly aver, that ve cannot recollect nunc than
one pull'C address, one speech, and two or three whig
new spa vers, in which a National Bank was urged as a
desirable measure or as a question belonging to the con
troversy In fore the people.
The address ire alluded to was the Bunker Hill declar
ation, and the speech was that of a gentleman in Balti
more, which frightened the commit lee of arrangements
at the lime, and theu called another gentleman to the
stand to deny that the issue had been truly presented.
In addition to the negative testimony inferential from the
general silence of the whig party on the subject, we may now
quote some positive evidence that a National Bank was not
an issue before the people.
The address of the Whig Central Committee to the Whig®
and conservatives of the United States, dated Washington,
Aug. 25, 1840, and signed R. Garland and J. Clark, in be
half of the Committee, does not allude to the question of a
National Bank.
The address to the people of Maryland, by the Whig Cen
tral Committee of the Mate, dated Baltimore, Aug. lb’40, is
■silent upon the subject of n Bank.
At the great National Convention of y< ung men nt Balti
more, in May, 1840, we heard not a word said about a Na
tional Bank.
At the great meeting of Whig merchants, addressed by
Mr. Webster, at New York, September, 1840, a National
Hank was not called for in any of the resolutions. They
did however ask Congress to assert its pow er to improve &
regulate the finances and currency of the country, and so
did we.
In the reports of the proceedings of the great meeting® at
Columbus, at Fort Meigs, at Saratoga, at Auburn, N. Y. at
Hicliinoiid, and at Yoiktown, Va. we find no allusion made
to a National Batik.
Rut on the contrary, in the nddres* of the Whir Conven
tion for the nomination of electors, to the people V’irginia,
we find the following against a Bank :
“ But if opinions upon the Tariff, Internal Improvements,
and the Hank or a Hank, be the true test of Republican®
thru how stands General Harrison iu comparison with Mr.
Van Huren ? We answer, that upon the Tariff and Inter
nal Improvements he cannot be worse than Van Huren, as
we have show n you; and as to the Hank, his unqualified de
claration that it was unconstitutional is before you ; anti there
is no reason to believe that he is in favor of a Bank iu any
form for he is assuredly opposed to a Government Bank.
As far a# we know or believe, fellow citizens, Gen. Harrison
has hut one opinion about the Bank, and that is against it, A
we feel that we hazard nothing in saying that lie would n**f
consider any Hank constitutional which, in his opinion, would
if * stablished, be both “inexpedient ami pernicious.”
We find also, in the “ Address of J. C. Alford, 117/-
hom C. Dawson, Diehard IU. Habersham, Thomas
Uniter King, E. 1. N is bet, and Lott Warren, rc pres* il
lative* from the State of Georgia, in the 2t»//< Congress j
of the United State*, to their constituents," May, 1840.
the following:
“ Those, opposed tv Gem rat lla• ri*on. atfr nipt to show
that he is in favor of a National Bank, try asserting tJuJ
his supporters are in far,of such an institution. OJ
this question General Harrison sjwaksf r himself. Jn
1832, being a candidate for Congress, he publishes the
following letter, giring fits political opinions ;
[The letter to the Cincinnati Inquisitor is quoted entire.
It contains tlu* following in relation to the Bank :
“7 believe the charter given tn the Hank o f the United
States was unconstitutional—it being not one of those
measures n cressary to carry any of the expressly gran-
Another I«reat Victory!
We had hardly recovered from onr artonislnneut at the
result of the election in Vermont, when Maine comes boo
ming on—to give her verdict on “ Fiscal Banks” “Fiscal
Agencies,” “ Fiscal Corporations” and “ Fif cal Institutions.’
We received an extra from the Boston Post yesterday con
taining the vote for Governor in 96 towns, giving a Veiuo
crstic majority of 1,844. Last fall the Whig majority in
these towns was 3.833—making the Democratic gain since
last November 5,677 !! We subjoin an extract from the
correspondence of the Tout.—Charleston Mercm y.
PORTLAND, Sent. 14. 1841. >
Tuetday E re n i ng. \
DearSik.*—The shout of the Green Mountain Bov®,
that reached us last week, has been nobly responded toVty
the lads of Maine. In addition to the returns sent you this
morning, we have received enough to show great gains for
Fairfield in Kennebec, Lincoln, Penobscot, Oxford, and
Waldo. The lower counties not yet received, but they are
Democratic.
Fairfield is elected by from 8 to 10 thousand majority, at
least. Mark that down. Thus far we have made a net gain
of 4 thousand! Fourteeu hundred in Cunibeiland—eleven
hundred in York—five hundred in five or six town® in Lin
coln, and the balance in Waldo and Penobscot. We have
carried tlie Senate and House by large majorities! There
is a gain of three representatives at least in this county, six
toeiifht in York, ami one in Lincoln.
Buell a rout hns not happened for many a day. Give ns
joy! I shall give vou more particular* tomorrow. The
feds are mute a# fishes—the democrat* bear their great vic
tory a® men should do. Shout victory forercr Democrats,
for Maine, and the Green Mountains.
ministration, lie Mured &>uthern politician# at
Washington to believe that he was opposed to the measure,
whilst lie was understood at Albany to be in favor of it.
To maintain his position at belli place#, and more particular
ly to retain that Southern favor which he seems always to
have cultivated with such eager assiduity, Mr. Van Buren
procured himself to be instructed by his own Legislature to ■ ltd jnneers info effect, *V r »l
vote for the act, usually known as the bill of abominations. . Ihtst gentlemen state that General Harrison 9 9 opin -
With the instruction* hi hi# hand, and with declarations of ! ion* in regard to a Bank arc similar to those of Air,
regret for the necessity which con*trained him, he voted lor j Jefferson and Mr. Madison, and that they hare been /«/*-
the bill ; whilst, nt tbe same time, he represented himself : verted and misrepresented by his enemies. Jf tin y wen
to his friends at Albany as approving the instructions them- his enemies who j/crvcrted and mis re pres* ntni General
* Ha * ...
reives. This fact has frequently since that day born charg
ed t.pon him at.d never denied. Recently, in the Senate of
the United States, it has been repeated by tho tienator from
New York, (Mr. Tallmadge,) with a pledge to adduce
proofs if denied, and no denial ha® been given. It was the
conduct of Mr. Van Buren. upon die occ,tsi«.ff above refer
red to. that extorted die withering rebuke front the Senator
of Virginia, (Mr. Tazewell.) “You, sir, l>avc deceived me
once—that was your fault ; if you deceive me agaiu, the
fault will be mine.” ”
T ere is a remarkably strong coincidence here iti what is
attributed to Mr. Van Buren and the conduct of our worthy
Representative# themselves, and if one did not know other-
. i w ise, he would infer the picture of a later date, and that one
' ' of die honorable Representatives themselves had set for the
nidnit ii asking him, “ ll hat do you understand to In my j Government that a proper performance ol the public bu*i- * portrait.
opinions! !Stale llu m, sp0u> ! 1 may see that there is no j ne#a will allow. j The work progresses thus : “No rule of political morality
mi<appnhrnsio , ubojU lJum." J “I believe in tbe .right of the people to instruct their rep- ' can le more dangerous to a Republic thaw ihat avowed by
Mr. Ewing give* Ids own answ er to this ami the Presi- j resentntive when elected : anti if he has sufficient evidence j a leader of the Van Buren party, viz, that to the victor# be-
de.il’s reply, thus: “That they 'might ontu(f ize such Bank that the instructions which may be given him come from a long the spoils.” And yet these gentlemen are aiding, abet-
f,t establish offer* of discount rr„tl dcpv-ifr in the several t m. i ion tv of hi# constituents, that he is IktoihI to obey them, i ting aud supporting a party who have turned more of thair
rtex with the a*re*l of the States. 'J' 4 Hits yan re- ! nuic** that by doing it he would violate die constitution* in 1 pc lit *cal opponents out of office, and more of their political
the Source I which case I think it would be bis duty to resign and give j friends into office, in the short space of six nioudu*,-tuan
plied, u Don’t name discounti; they hare In
f the most abominable coi mid ions, and are wholly itrnC* ■ tl
n-ary to enable the Bank to da charge it* duties to [the
onntry attd the Government.'*’
After this explanation, with another inhibit#
rcountsby the emphatic expression, “Don’t na
of all dis-
discounts
have been the *o»fTee of the most abmninaMc corrirp
linns,*’ what are we to think of a .Secretary who would prn-
pn#e n bid giving the mn*t ab.-><dute power to the corpora
tion to discount bills, and tocretfte branch establishments in
•ill I ho Sta'c-i. to do this most odious kind ofdis< omting and
without their consent? In one of its fundamental provisions,
the bill tvft* repugnant to the main feature# of the first veto
—and in tbe other, was in the teeth of die instructions by
which it wa* proposed, tn exclude a Hank of di*ca»uiu alto
gether. No man knows better than Mr. Ewing, that a great
port ion of*the suspended field which s?mk the late Bank of
the United State-., 1 ke a millstone, grew out id’ discounted
bills uf excLiaige. Has Mr*-Ewing forgot’en one of those
t j’U m* Lills of exchange drawn by George I’oiude.vter while
at Philadelphia, a Senator, and serving the Bank, ou gener
al Townn for $10,000. which became tl** subject of news
j q.er comment, because the Geuera? denVd the sc.thurify
to draw? This famous bill wa# but n sample of that alwun-
in. l ie corruption to which the President refers in hi# re-
murk*. And yet Mr. E wing drew up his bill to re establish
the Whole system of “odious discount# ’ and '“abominable
corruption#”—pretends that the President approved, (when
bidden in the phraseology of a charter.) witailie had denoun
ced in Cabinet council, and charges jiitn with treachery for
putting his ve o ou the.power in the Inst bill, wl.ich he had
condemned by hi# vot# ou the first, and what hi# instruc
tions hid dew»um ed before the new bill was framed to “head
him."
W'e do not believe that §nv President wa# ever surround-
e l by more artful perfidy, more heartless treachery, than
Mr. Tyler has been; and the game of h'.s (persecutor* imjw u
to turn their own crimes jnto accusations egainst him. The
indignation v/e feel at the rapacity, cruelty, and treachery,
which hunted “old Tipperimoe” down into his grave.—now
that we find it all raised to hunt down “Tyler ha®
#!rawn from u# this hasty repulse. The Democratic party
«-we Mr. Tyler a deep debt of gratitude fur arresting the
• i'.uquin strides” of the Hank power, and we sla-ul l he
th ifhle^® tai th* irriai'Fe,if we did i.nr do what we can to de
fend Vim when assailed on thw j*»int. It rnnst not be inter
red, however, that it is.our purjmse to erd at under the ban
ner of the AtltukaUaticii. The new cast of Cabinet almost
f trbids the bop* thftt M*. "Tyler its® come to the determina
tion to devote himself to restore Jeffersonian Democracy.—
He was b*ed in the school.and we wi nM be happy to wel-
ciuue hun beck to vt, • -Nctitinff ifen of the ad<q>tion of the
simple, pure.strict, orthodox Aartijpcsjit Thomas J«fkr®<ju
can evur command tlie lupfMXt of the Democratic party, or
toe press which it sustain* Jiv'fts patrounue. No S4*lrenie,
vesting GoveHmient riglit# in corpoinfiotis—no hanking
monopoly—no lex anon* on the part of-the Federal Govern-
mem. to stippocttin'' ejitravaesnee of c»/rrupl titote-poHucans
—no distributioii of*national favors, to prostrate State inde
perefence. vod.consolidate the Union, can ever be tolerated
bv tU honest party wltiieli innjptained, in the Tndejierment
Treasury, the principle that tbe powers of ?lie General Gov
ernment itg mcM«< were specified and ttppnipriaied by
the Goituiui?*.^'-i, «tui whiff* $hti were uiaheuabk* to a
Hank or any other corp<o atu»u* tbe latter were.al.kejMialien-
alde to 8lat®s ar any other recipient#*- uijd- w^ere strictly
.ituMed to the in-a. ftern n't w*e* of tfu* wkidlbuloiiMfi
uju.e Gor^nyiant cf tl^ Union. ?
other administration has during us whole term, Bo much
for this profession. We do not think Mr. Dawson is much
of n politician, but lie must be a prophet, or lie never could
have delineated himself and party so well beforehand, a# the
!*o!! 'vdrij;
-No rule of political morality rati be more dangerous to a
republic than jhut avowed by ft leader of the Van Huren
party, viz : that to the victors uJvnf the spoils. The mere
avowal of such a principle of conduct tro^ld orainf* r U.yhe
considered as the indiscreet and unauthoritalive tiec i.-ration
of a heated partisan, by which the responsible heads of a
party could not be fairly judged, it is, therefore, not alone
to the promulgation of the rule, but to the practice tinder it.
of the party in power, to which vve object. No administra
tion merits the confidence of the people, which, repudiating
all the'lofty incentive# of talent#, patriotism nnd virtue, nd-
dresse# itself to tbe worst passion* of the worst men. Gov
ernment is a trust, to be executed for the pood of the people;
aud not an instrument by which office and suppmt is affor
ded to the most unscrupulous partisans, to the exclusion of
all other citizens. The result of rewarding the victor with
the spoils of conquest, is to make office depend upon the
zeal, and heat, ami recklessness of the aspirant. Place be-
ccines the reward of industry and subserviency. Good
men, and‘able me j are excluded troin competition with ig
norance aud venality ; and two results inevitably follow, viz:
the office# of Government are filled* by incapable and per
haps unprincipled men, and the Executive branch of the
Government is strengthened in their willing subserviency
to the power that create# nnd uncreates them nt pleasure.
“Tt is apparent to all, that Mr. Van Btiren’s administration,
and that which preceded it, have been distinguished by their
fidelity to their faithful retainer*, ami their utter repudiation
of all who have hail independence enough to dissent, howev
er slightly, from the course indicated by the few. who, sit-
fth such extravagance after it?—The'pcopb* have been j ting in their high places, give sign and signal tf> the many,
deceived once, amfthat was the fault of die Repacsentativcs; They have always sustained the successful, and pensioned
but if they are cheated again, it will le their own. j those who have been damaged in the war. A forfeiture fif
On page 17 tin* gentlemen continue: populnr confidence seems to be a passport to Executive fa-
“GeneAl Ilarriaon’a opinion* in regard to the tariff and j vi r. We raise the complaint which Cicero ttiade when
internal improvements, are not less decided, os the follow Cataline corrupted the ritate, and announce that, “all things
ing letter to a number of tbe citizen# of Zanesville will show! i are venal at Rome.”
••Zan> ®vii.i.r, Nov. 2 1836. j Another of the peculiarities of both Mr, Van Buren anti hi#
Gentlemen—l had the lnnior. this moment, to receive ; party, is a want of conformity of praetfee tvitli professions,
tour communication of yesterday. 1 regret that my remark# It was true of the last, nnd is eminently true of the present
ofye.'trrday were misunderstood, io relation to the Tariff’ j administration, that with pure principles on tlieir longues,
system. What I meant to observe was, that I had been a they committed more outrages upon constitutional liberty
warm advocate for that system, upr n ii* first adoption, that I than nny*other that has preceded them. A bnjft htik. when
1 still believed fh the benefits it had conferred upon the jicrinnnent ami known, is more desirable than wWblesnme
country. But 1 certainly never hafi, nor never could j laws which are continually changing. So incorrectprinci-
havc any idea of reviving H. W£at 1 said wa#. that I pie® of administration, known and observed by their fixed
.would not agreeTo the repeal as it now stands. In other ness and publicity, are preferable to that rule of action
j* word®, f am for supporting the compromise act, and i which avow# every thing and practise# any thing. Weob-
nercr will agree to its being altered or repealed ject to Mr. Van Buren because he is a man of expedients,
“Ju relation to the internal improvement system. I refer to his administration been use it practice# a systeinof crude
you fur my scutiumut#, to my letter u* the honorable Sher- experiments upon popular liberty, under a system of govern-
rod Williams. ~ W, H. HARRISON. j ment where tins principles ol its action might lie as perma-
Mcssr®. Itoster. Taylor, and others,” ! nent and as obvious a* are tne laws of the solar system. It
“In tbe letter to Mr". Sherrod Williams, above referred ■ is impossible to rgpose confidence in either men or gorern-
to, dated North Bend, May l. 1836, on tiie aubje rt ol inter- : ii|eii)#, when principles, which are the elements of character
rial improve^cents, General Harrison says t j and the rules of conduct, are either wanting, or, existing, are
“A# I believe tiiat no mouey should be taken iroin the not known.”
Treasury .of the United States to he cx|a*ndcd on internal We have thus hastily gone over this precious document,
improvements tint for those which are strictly national; the and cxiubited a fe w of i<«* beauties and professions in con-
answef torhi#<j«e*iKni wonkl be vn yr/bni fi r the difficulty triist with tii^ practice# of Mr Dawson am! his colleague# in
f determining which of those.thut. »t* from ii|»e to time . ofjge. There is abundauce written in the book tb seal his
m an rqiportunitv of electing another representative whose
opinions wt*“W acconi ’ri«h their own. * # J
1 * . “WM. IIEMHV IiARRTSON ”
Here i* a letter poldished little more Until yoar^go. for
the purpose of showing that General Harrison was fio
man, and to induce the people to draw the inltrea e tliot
these gentlemen who were .supporting him were none,—-to
show* that Gen. Harrison believed “the charter given to the
Rank of the United States was unconstitutional,”—and yet
after these gentlemen are elected, they vote for n Bank to a
man, announce the question a# settled, nnd that the people
sent them to Congress to create a bank. Is this acting hon
estly w ith the people ? Mr. Tyler is abused aud vilified for
vetoing the bank, but who deserve censure most, Mr. Tyler,
who ha* adhered to hi# principles, or the members of Con
gress, who have professed one set* of principles to the peo
ple, ami acted out another in Congress ? Can a pure State
Hi-flit* man vote lor Win. C. Dawson, after thus professing
and thus acting 1 What, we ask, is profession worth, w hen
it ran thus be bent by every breeze ? And w’hat is an offi
cer worth, when hi# whole principles are bounded by a sel
fish, popularity-seeking spit it ?
“1 believe iu the tendency of a large public debt to sap the
foundations of the constitution,’’ says Gen..Harrison, and
we believe so too say the members before the election. Yet
as soon as they are seenre in their seats, their firs* act i# to
give away a revfnue of three and a half millions of dollars
to the people, twenty-five thousand dollar* to n rich old wo
rn an, burrow twelve million*, keep iu extra session ibrtfe
mouths and spend half a million that way, with fifty other
extravagant measures, for the purpose if incurring a debL
Is this actirte in good fnidi towards the jieople ? And should
Mr. Dawson be supported, who is a leader in snch meas
ures? IIow can Air. Dawson nud tire other# meet their
profession# of retrenchment and reform before the election.
s opinion by pronouncing him a Bank
who are Huy now who “ pervert ana mi* rep result*' his
opinions l
Inn n address to the people of North Cardna, by the
Hon. Geo. K. Badger, Uavas declared to be untrue tut hVn
Harrison was in favor of a Nationui Bank.
In the Savannah llcpublxcun of Sc/di min r 15/7, 1840,
and >hc organ of the Whigs in that sect ton of the coun
try, we find the following:
Wk INAPVKHTAKTLV Sl'PFF.IlED TIIF. COMKF1CTCATION
of “ A Van IU'Kf.x Mix, of 1«36,” to pass yesterday
WITHOUT COMMENT. TllE FACT 1$ WE SCARCE 1 .Y NOTICED
the point and the pitch or the east paimohaph*
WHEREIN out FRIEND CON$IV)RltS THE TWO CANDIDITBS
THF. CHAMPIONS-OF BANK AND AnTI BaNK—MR. VAN BU-
ItEN AGAINST AND GKN. IIaKKISuN IN FAYMlt. He IS EN
TIRELY .mistaken. Gen, Harrison is a consistent op
ponent of the United States B ank, and so voted on
AM. OCCASIONS, HI FAR AS WE KNOW, TlIE 1IaIIUIH>.\
I*arty HF.ItE HAS as LARGE a Nl'.MKER opposed to a Up-
YERNMKKT BANK AS THEIR OPPONENTS,’
In tbe New York Whig, a paper published early in the
contest, we find the following paragraph :
*• Hut we warn the Whigs against encumbering them
selves with false issues. Let them not take up the gauntlet
which there opponents offer. Above all, let them not take
coitfisgl of tlieir adversaries, AVe have nothing to do with
a National Hank. The whig®, if in power, would not char
ter one. We want no di#< u##ion qbout a Hunk, That ques
tion is settled.’’
Iu the Albany Evening Journal, tbe leading organ of tbe
Whig# in the Empire .Slate, the following may be found :
“ Whenever the Federal Administration finds it conve
nient to ‘ “tuinit new atrocity to meet it# extravagant expen
ditures, or cover up its profligacy, the Argus invariably
strives to divert public intention from it by •muc *ta!e tirade
about “a National Bank.” . Thus we find it this morrmy
announced in two lines the passage of the Treasury Note
Bill, and following up its brief disclosure of the irredeema
ble condition of tbe Government with nearly a whole col
umn of objurgatory comment upon a “ Mammoth Incorpora
tion,” that the W flips have no design or desire to create.”
The Whig Governor of North Carolina, in his message to
the Legislature of the State in November, 1840, took
ground directly and explicitly against a National Batik.
The Senate of the State of Georgia, in November, 1840.
which, if we are not greatly mistaken, had a whig majority,
adopted the following among other Resolutions :
“2d. Resolved, Tiiat the power to charter a hank or
any other corporation is not granted to Congress by die Con
stitution, nnd is not necessary to carry into effect any pow
er granted by that instrument.”
In the speech of tlie Hon. Mr. Bernard of New* York, de
livered in the House of Representatives, June. 1840, that
distinguished Whig said:
“ Banking is an unfit employment for the Government—
it i# a dangerous employment, in whatever hand# it may be.
while in dishonest nnd correct hand* it cannot fail to prove
an engine of oppression, calatnitv ami ruin.”
#'**« #*#»##
“ Sir, the influence which banks may be made to wield in
1’olitical aff air# of this country, if once they can be enlisted
on the side of the Government, will he found to he irresisti
ble and overwhelming. I believe if this influence is not
sought it will be obtained by the £ub-Trea*ury bill, and used
with certain, steady, ami tremendous effect.* I think that
banks, innocent os they are in general of all interference in
politic#, and harmless a# they usually are, and must be,
when undisturbed in their action, except by wise and saluta
ry regulations, opd 7>y the.ordinary laws money and trade
and left to ;\ jn*t competition among themselves.Vet I think
that banks are capable of feting controled by the Govern
ment, nnd erected into instruments und engines, before
which a vast amount of public money and popular opiniou
on political matter# may be made to bow down iu ebjecUxesi
and subservience to Executive dictation.
•* Sir, nobody knows better than the President of the IT.
Plate*, the influence which bank# may be made to wield iu
politics.—Nothing is better understood than the use that
wa# made o’ this bank influence, for a series of years, in the
f8tate from which he and I come, for the benefit of a party
there.
“ The President, indeed, and hi# friend#, are prone to ^res
pect this influence aA always opposed to Government. The
last year, I think he complained, in an annual message, that
this iff fluenrfi had b<*cn broriglit to bear agaiost him in the
election*—nnjuatly complained I-think, and without founda
tion. The same evil influence, as we all know, has been
jfoposed would be of thin -description. This cii< uuritanctv j oVv* cowfe lunation. Almost every official delinquency or attributed, in unsparing terms to the late Bank of the United
ANOTHER BANIAN SALUTE FROM THE
«;iti:*:* woiatai\m.
“ O Whiggery’s grown small,
In Vermont—in Vermont;
O Whigsery’s growing small.
And there’ll soon be none at nil.
For we’ll beat the feds next fall.
In Vermont.”
The Democrat# of the Green Mountain State have a full
bn tadside info tilt ranks of the federalists and tlie missing
and wounded are almost too numerous to mention.
The additional returns which we present today, from the
Vermont papers, confirm the glad tidings wliieli we presen
ted Testrt*d*y. nnd render it .nearly certain that tlie federal
candidate for governor hns been defeated. But we will
step aside and let tbe “ (»n*en Mountain Boys” speak for
themselves:—Baltimore Republican.
From the North Star.
OLD CALEDONIA REDEEMED!
Let our friend® rejoice, for the “sober second thought”has
proven effectual.
Last Tuesday was a proud day for the friend# of the good
cause in this county. “Old Caledonia” was redeemed !—
thank# to her noble hearted democracy ? They have come
up gallantly and nob’y to the’rriscue ! They have achieved
a victory which doe# them honor—a moral, political, and.
as wc humbly trust, a lasting triumph ! We have redee
tned the county bv overTHRKE THOUSAND MAJOR
ITY. Our friends have railed every where manfully—they
have fought shoulder to shoulder, with a zeal worthy of die
cause—with a determination which ensured success. Our
opponents have not been inactive. They, too, have done all
in tlieir power, but unfortunately, they have an inglorious
caqse to defend. Tberr influence and magic power ha# de
parted. A reaction is going on in public sentiment, not only
liere but throughout the length and breadth of onr land.
The syren song which last year charmed so many is hushed.
It has giver pla» e to principh s —deep, abiding, heartfelt prin
ciples; and iti# on this account, more than any other that
we rejoice. The triumph which the Democracy of this
country, results from the “ sn!x»r second thought.” The
freemen have time for reflection ; and in almost every town
in the county. w*e have gained from four to fifty vote#. This
result is unparalleled in the history of election#; but it is
an evidence that the people cannot long be deceived by
false promises, under whatever specious garb they may be
presented.
Annexed wc give the result from the comities;
Democratic majority, "325
Federal ma jority in 1840, 95
Democratic gain, 423
In the adjoining counties, as far as heard from, tlie result
is equally as cheering. We prefer to w*ait, however, until
fuflet re nrn# are received. Tiiat the democratic gain is
great throughout the titate, there can be no question.
[From the Montpellier Patriot.]
THE WORK GOES BRAVELY ON!
In 58 town# the democrat# have gained 12 Representa
tives. In 15 town* in Washington county our net gain is
is 711, and we doubt notour gain will be us great, througb-
outthc J8iate. The opinion prevails that Pain is not elected.
A# far ns heard from, the Democrat* have gained over
THREE THOUSAND VOTES since last fall. A pret
ty good vent ’# work, but it will tell better when the return®
are all in. We have also gained largely in the General
Assembly.—Bos. Democrat.
*“ Troth crushed to earth, will rise again.
The eternal years of God are bet’s,
Rut Error, f wounded writhe# in pain;
And dies amidst her worshippers.”
* Democracy* t Whiggery,
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 11.
Flint*! The Merchants' Exchange shuck by Light
ning.—Yesterday morning, between one and two o’clock,
during a severe thunder storm, tlie stire of the dome of the
Merchants’ Exchange, fronting on Royal and Exchange
streets, ir. this citv was Struck by lightning. The peal was
most terrific, awaYing almost eveiy person in the imtnedia'e
vicinity, Tlie fluid ran dow*n the dome, which i# covered
with copper, glancing ofl*to the East corner of the wing on
Exchange street, near the Post Office. The slaliug of this
wing was violently torn up. nnd the lightning communica
ting with the rafters, sat the roof and upper story on fire.
The whole of the third story of the East wing was destroyed
together with the Billiard £lub Room.
The main building was not injured except by the shock,
which totally demolished the beautiful stained glass light*
in the center of the dome, particles of which were driven,
witli great force, into the floor of the second story, which
has just been laid over Taylor’s bar room. The barkeeper
and two or three servants wers sleeping on the lower floor
all of whom cseaped without the slightest injury.
cion? Let the people look to it, and reflect, that it r , . lV i
their own lot. sooner than they are aware, and let Mr. li, v
son be taught, that if these are hi# notion# of justice, jjv •
obligation® which rest upon all men in a country of ^
laws, they have no forther use for his public sernre*
Standard ofCtion.
William II. Crawford’s Opinions.—Some tawt*
we had occasion to allude to the opinions of Mr. W, ; ,.
H. Crawford respecting the con*titutiouik>iia! : tY of®
al bank. We then slated, that Mr. Cra wford.m ]jcjo
retract tin? opinions he previously entertained of the rot*,
rationality and expediency of a national hank. \Y e
that we had heard that distinguished citizen express Lm*:
to that effi ct,at that time, ami •’ ortiy before hisdeatk tt,
stated that we had letter# from Mr. Crawford, which
prove our assertion. We have not had time to search i, r
those documents, but on looking over a file of our papn.^
other day. for the year 1833. we found a correapeade*
between Mr. Craw fold and Mr. Maiilon Dickermiu. <# S*
Jersey, originally published in our paper. Tlti# ciirres;^,
dence relates particularly to a protective tariff.but Ur
Crawford, in a reply to Mr. Dickerson, touches iacidnxi
!y upon a national bank. In this letter, dated Woodii*
February 4, 1833, Mr Crawford say® :
The publication of tlie journal of the federal contenti*
ami other documents connected with it, has thrown nnr
tight upon tbe powers of the federal govern nett*. I r -•
believe if they bad been published l»efore tlu* cruaniMu*
of the federal government, neither the bank of tlicl'ani
States, the assumption of tbe State Debts, nor a Pmtm
Tariff, would have ever been in the federal statute fei.
When I made up my opinion u|k»i» the Bank question
that (’pinion wa® founded exclusively upon the Consriiob*
The publication of the journals which now perused t»r tk
first time, lias changed that opinion. You formed
i<»n ujkhi the protective sys em in tbe same way, hcf»
publication of the journal, and probably haring seen Life*
Martin*® report.”—Augusta Constitutionalist.
Clay Poliry.—With t! e lesson® the people hsvt
there can be no resurrection for a b mk party. Tho
hope of it# leader® wa# to yoke the people bv surpibr.
extra Session. The Veto hns prevented tlii®. TrwW2
now benr its fruits, and the system fellow its worthy rue
sentative, tlie U. S. Hunk, to the tomb of the CapnV’s
The cenernl policy of Mr. Cl ay i® ti »w m»n»a>k(v
prod gal approbation to create debt—ami lucres«e of
ensure increased taxation wholesale bribery ofiWMftfS.
classes interested in the protection-of high duties—atni h n
ed in the distribution of the re venue® collected—tbr «
fire of the interest® of the South and of tbe agricultural i
Inquiring classcenerallv to buy the |M>litical siip|mn <*i na
ufacturer®, rapudifts, an<l all mmifpolett rn arristob
founded on weuJtk to 1 e derived fromgriinlitig d efer*
the po<*r. and p’^-nlerio" the substance «*ft!\e |w*oj»>—«•«
spiracy Lctwn n atnbiiinti ntnl avari. e—fraud titid t»!
Democracy ami the Constitution will prove too str- cr f«r
Charles'oH AJrrcwr*
The article® in villi(icati«»ii i»f Mr. Cal1i(»im, *
“Lowndes ’’ so eagerly copied by the Courier, from a X
paper, are said to be by a Mr. riEOLK or Seuak ofVirctt
ia.
Some of the Whig® were anxious to give them wciti.t;
attributing them to Judge UrsHl'R ot wl.itn they *r
altogether tinwor'hy iu ability and style,and fruRivta
iIh*v never could have pr»a cc«lcd. for Judge l psiiuri* -
admirer ol Mr. ('tl.HOlY, and declared in die l.eariaf d
friend-of onr®, “ that a# a statesman. John C’tt.pni w
fifty year® in advance ot’any tnan in the Union.’—Charm
ton Mercury. * .
.tlcdical Aoticc.
IMS. I K. BOON & l L
H A\ E associated themselves in the Practice et Mei"
cine, aud respectfully tender their services tn titf dc
zens of Macon and it® vicinity. They can be’ foutsid’Je
at their office, (oil State Bank. Waluut street.} or siut
residences.
Macon, Anpitst Iff. 1841- 47
A Mu.all Farm,
T YIXG on tlie Perry Road, two ndle® from Mncoa. r '*
.I.J taininc about 70 acres, one half of it in cultivate* *
under good fence—with fencing timber aim! firewood ft
to last many years.—also, with comfortable buiMing*
gooi^weff of water thereon, 1® offered for ®alc, Tfe
high and healthy, and the land productive. It might k*
vided into a number of dime# Building Lot® fi*r
Residence®, overlooking the city, and free from its f‘$j»*
mo®4|uitoe# ; or wouhl be ndiniraldv adapted tonne vid*
to raise vegetables, milk.butter fee. for the supply nf Mr*
The above will be sold low for r»b,or exebaugn! a**
groes or approved Town property.
Apply at this office. Kept l4 *V> _
Monroe ltail-Kond.
J {NTIL further notice, the Train of Passenger Car* •*
M. Leave Macon at 5 o’clock P. M.
Arrive at Barnesville at 8 clock P. M.
Leave Barnesville »• •« “ “
Arrive at Macoa »• 111 •* “ “
Passengers up. ®up at Forsyth; down, at Harne^riiH'
Offer Monroe Rail-Road.
Sept 21 _ M
A IIAHt-iAIA.
r OFFER for ®ale 440 acre® of gwxl Cotton Land
mile# from Thouiastovi: 150 acre# cleared, 125 « v ^
is fresh. On ®aid premise* are comfortable buildijp-
liouse. irin, and ruiming gecr My price i# $2,800*.
first of January next, 9200 the January following al T
balance in two eipial annual instalment# thereafter,
more land ad joining, which l will sell, if desired*
WILLIAMS F. JACKfO
Upson county. Sept. 14, 1641. M & —,
Caution.
A LL perMMs are cautioned apniint
pvomtaory* Note®, amounting to two hundred R
all. given by tbe umfers^gnad about the 14th of
1840, and made payable to Klixabeth Goodwin, of Cr>
county, two of which became due the 25th Dec.
three of them the 25th Dec. 1841, and the oihertkr**
25th Dec. 1842. A® the consideration for which »
were riven has failed, I do not intend to pay U»ein. -
THOMAS
Tw ggg eountx’, Sept. 21,1841. 3t* M* .. r*
TLUMB STREET SEMINAR]-
Classical, Matlicniatival an
English School. ^
W ITH feelings of graciuae for past favors, w" ^
I ful acknowledgement, for the many net-* "* '
heretofore received, the subscriber respectfully^
to his friends and the citizens of Macon and T * cll ’ l ? , _ ,h;rt‘
duties of his School will be resumed on Monday-' 1 '
October next; in the perfnrmsnre of which hr w ' . f,
sisted by a Gentleman, with whom lie has nnite*'.' 1
erary, attainments, a graduate of Trinity CoU'C’
who in addition to bis great aequirements, unite* <
ence of many years in tlie art of tesrhing. both
country ami this. He brings testimonials of _ jt
der as regards hie talents and abilities in 'hr ‘!. Ke ui**‘
partments of Edncatipn. I therefore respectful^
.hare of public patronage, beli
try and indefatigable exertions
believing that our » (
„ - -ions in advancing and
The general sentiment ss to the President’s withholding the progress of onr pupils, will merit tlie approo* ^
his confidence from Ewin» is that it shewed the former’s | friends nnd patrons, and secure their friendship grfd
good sense. Ewing has shown he was unworthy of ronfi- j nge. The foilowiug brnm-hes will he taught,
denee, and while like a dog deprived of his hone he howls j nnd Latin Classes. Geometry, Trigometry, M
over the wrong, peopls say ‘sarved him right.’ Let him re- j Surveying, Algebra, Ac. With all the minor wane
turn to salt boiling, and borrowing from hie friends and eon- glisli. Terms of tuition as follows: ** *
federates of the Biddle clique, whom he lias^ snffered to Spelling, Heading, and Writing.
make war with £90,00Q of 0. 8. fund during his adminis-
tiation of the Treasury. Haring realized that much from
liis Secretaryship, tlicv will probably remember him while
plucking the stockholders and public, So- feather their own
nets, out of the remains of the great model of Whig finance,
Chat lesion Mcrcnr y. '
.. po r quarter . gt
Arithmetic, English Grammar ana Geogrsr jg #
Greek, and Latin. n rT
Geometrv, Trigonometry. Mensuratjon, .< - ifl *
i««. Algebra^. ' JOHIff O’KEEFfB
Sept. SI 61 *