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thdfffh Mari ret wed to see him vv hen he called,
artd'scnrrelv nodded to him in the street, I
i expla.n.-J all in my letters, and he was perfect
ly sitislie I. The rest yon know, and here I ant ;
«»d now Frank,’ t iking the cigar ent, and tin- '
’ iahing his gl iss of punch at one draught, ‘ don’t
you think I nuke an excellent lady I Rather too 1
i tall fi»rM:t ri’s dress to be sore, hat short frock
are all the fashion. ]
I did tint wait for the ardent lover to icturn,
but hastened homewards. ‘lf you conclude to
' c 'intuit suicide,’ said George, as 1 turned away,
me your watch.’
loss ()?’ the steam packet
DOLPHIN, AND LOSS OF LIVES.
Bribe Pilot Bunt Chiirfcston. arrived
yesterday, from Savannah, we have receiv
ed tlie Zi...7 ol Wednesday last, roit
l.doing tli>‘ lollowmg melancholy particii
’urs.i'l the loss of the Steam Packet 7M-•
oli’ St. J.rim’s bar, on Saturday, the
17lh iu:t.
Front th* Sat inn th Georgian Dec. 21.
We deeply regret to learn by ( apt. l
Rreoks, el'tlie Steamer Santee,arrived tes-*
terday morning from Volusia, tlmt on Satin- !
day last, 17. d» inst., about 4 o’clock in the ,
aftenit* m, the Steam Pai kct Dolphin, Capt.
Rmlolplr, nd St. John’s B tr, slept to take
a Pilot on b >.<rd, and in the act ofstarti/ig
the .engine, the boiler burst, and ituf.trtir-i
nately killed fifteen persons. The Santee
wa* Iving at anchor inside of the Bar, and ’
(iw the explosion take place, whereupon |
the raised steam and proceeded for the!
wreck. Vi hen within about half a mile of!
lite wreck, tnet a pilot boat off St. John’s:
Bar itiving on heard Col. Brown, lad v, 3 !
children am! servants, Mrs. Gibbs and son,!
and Cant, Rudolph; at the same time pick-;
ed up one of th? Dolphin’s boats with three;
men nel.c.ig’mgto her, and one of the St. i
John’sPilolS. Oa the arrival of the Santee t
• t the wreck, she took off Dr. Martin, U. S.
Armyy and Mrs. Wai Iruin ;.n I Donaldson.
The small beat of the Stntee was then sent !
to a man who had drifted a mile on a piece :
•f timber from the wreck, and while getting i
himonbotrd thebiat, another person was;
discovered about loJyards from them with 1
his head just above water, w ho proved to he
Col. Dell of Jai ksonrille,.-lightly wounded
an I mnen ex masted, and snccee h<l in ar-1
ing him. In getting dark, the Stntee rc-j
turtle I in ride the bar with the following per-1
S?.ns saved from the wreck :
Col. Brown, lady and two children, Mrs.
Giiris and sun, Dr. Martin, United States
Ari's, Mr. Waldron and Col. Dell, slight- I
ly w.ntn led, and one person whose nanv 1
w co il l i>,»t ascertain. Captain Rudolph, 1
the stewtr.less, (a colored woman) and four
hands, on- of whom is badly scalded.
The follow ing are the nannsofthc kill
r ! —•Cid. Brooks ; Lieut. Alexander Mac
ky, t. S. Army ; Mi-s Brown, daughter
r>i Col. Brown ; Barnabas Luce, mate;
B'tr.e and Lldrce, engineers ; Ketnorv, pi
b>l ; two deck hands ; three stewards, and
thrve.TjJfick’.
We learn that Barnabas Luce, the mate,
vns a native of Rochester, Mass.
About 33 per.-ons vvt re supposed to have
h en da board the Dolphin at the ti ne
ttie disaster. The survivors were conveyed*
tn St. by the ’steam boat John
Stoney, with the exception of Col. Dell,
who was taken to Jacksonville.
V. r e ftnderstrn I that the Dolphin sunk in
four fathom water.
It is worthy of remark, that Dr. Martin
ofthe Army, alter the explosion took place, J
gave up his place in the S.'bw, to a lady, I
ami dung to a log, until the steam boat:
Santee came up.
No News from the army, since they
departed from Volusia tor the Wahoo
S tramp.
The Dtphin was owned by Capt. Pen
noycr, an industrious ami w orthy citizen of
Cbnrlrslo.t, and we understand his loss by
this dreadful catastrophy is estimated at
i?30,000—only 85,000 insured—[CAi/r/cs-
M Mercury.
From the Globe.
UNMASKING OF MOTIVES.
Mr. ( fohoiiii, in the elaborate paper of Att
p':»r, IS'JI, fr >;n which we qiiotv:! yestcrd.iv,
was i;nda tvoring to eifect a retreat from the
precipicii of nnl'ification, to tenable ground.
H» had reach l ! the point whence the next step
forward was a leap from the Tarpeian rock;
and with terror at the look below, Im- became
•addenly “Amusf,’’and was content to take an
honest stand, ii > absolved himself from all the
run hr hid plotted, by sue enduring his project
for overthrowing the tariff or the Government '
before the public debt was paid, for the follow- i
ing simple, easy, “Acmes/,” and rational rem- '
edy:
The honest and obvious course is, to prevent
the atcutnulition ofthe surplus in the. Treasu- I
ry, by a timely and judicious reduction of the]
inposts: and thereby to leave the mony in the
pockets of th osr who made it, and from whom it
c-anno/ be honestly nor constitutionally taken,
unless required, by the fair and legitimate wants
of the Government. If, peglecting a disposition
si obvious a id just, the G ivernment/shauld at- '
tempt to keep up th- present high duties, when
the money was n i longer wanted, or to dispose
of this immense surplus by enlargin'' the old, or,
devising new, schemes of appropri itions; or
finding that to be impossible, it should adopt the
most dan serous, unconstitutional, and absurd
project ever devised by any (jrorw.rnment: of di
■eidin r the surplus among the. States, (a project
which, if carried into ci.ecu!ion, could not fad
t> create an antagonist interest between the
States and General Government, on all tpics
tinns of appropriations, which would certainly
end in reducing the latter to a mere office oj
rslieetion and distribution,) eitherofthese modes
W'uld be. cnisi lered by the s c.tion sutfrtring\
under the present h igh duties, as a fir'd d< ter
mination to perpetuate, for ever what it consid
ers the present unetpial, unconstitutional, anti
oppressive burden
lii tiiis slr. Calhoun put himself on *‘h< nest
aid < institutional" ground. He insisted most
justly that a surplus could neiilicr be honestly
nor c insta ll,inn'll! y taken Irom the people, mid
that a d'stribirion among th.. States was “/Ar
most hiii 'erous, unconstitutional, and absurd
project tvsr de dud by any Gonernmint, and
coolnot j ill to create an antagonist interest
between t! t e dc< and General Government."
If it the uiusi rcinaikable passage in this honest
paper, is tnat woicu di-r|., M . s |[ ie (110 |j vc whi< h
npw makes him a zealot i n the (
tu/twi instead of reduction. Speaking of tlx:
vons.-qacii e, of an accumulaiion of a surplus
for a disirii union, lie displayshis lore-knowledge
ed tne uffi'cts v.diieli he is now straining evert
nerve to draw out of that very surplus, and uliir h
ha also, butU few days ago, said he foresaw
would be the lesult of liis compromise, bill.
Vr’hal Im seek-., ti.rough his compromise, sur
piua, a id d.slAbution, is explained by the fol
iov/i.ig avows! of 1831:
“ THE »l : 111* LI'S, (says, hl',) 111 AZ MID
\OTHI.\G l\ S \YIXG, JI’DGING FROM
I’HE X.VITRE OF MEN AXI) GOVERN
MEXI, IF ONCE I’ERMITTED TO YO
CUM I L \TE, WOULD CREATE AN IN
TERES !’ STRONG ENOI CHI TO PER
PETUATE ITSELF, SUPPORTED \S
IT WOULD BE BY OTHERS,SO NUME
ROUS AND POWERFUL."
Ho begins the work of distribution, then, be
cause, from his mode of pidgin- of men and
Govermum»t,“ it would co mu-mh imco-st strong
enough to p< rpel it ate itself! |” And what are
those other interests, so numerous audpowerfe.l,
which arc to ally themselves with the interest
strong enough to perpetuate itself t Does not
every public man see tli.it Mr. Calhoun alludes
to the manufacturing interest ! This is to come
in aid of the cupidity which is to Im generated
by anmi.il disli ibiitimi, in the Slate Legislatures,
and, tog.'itier with vast rail road comp.intes,
slrelt hing in a belt from west to south, coupled
with an i normous b inking power, is to triumph
over the Immblei and divided and inert itilluun
ces ot tne masses ol the commnniiv, who are
borne to the earth with a load of taxation, with
out perceiving the mode in which it is brought
to beat upon them.
That Mr. Callimm, when ho made his com
promise with Clay fora share of the spoils, had
resolvetl to enlist these “ other interests” in the
grand manul'acttiring monopolies, to aid the di
rect power ot dislribution to perpetuate the ta
riff, is manifest from the fact, that at the mo
ment when reduction was proclaimed as the ob
ject, the tax ol fifty per cent, repealed the year
betorc on coarse woollens, was restored by the
compromise, before the repealing law had time
to take effect.
Next to a poll tax, wo consider this tax o
coarse woollen the most ciuel, iniquitous and
fraudulent imposition ev r levied on a people.
It is literally a tax to make the poor poorer, and
ther'.c'i richer. It was but a few days since we
saw some notice of a rich woolen manufactur
ing monopolist making primely donations to
benevolent institutions. This worthy man
shows, that he has a sense of the cruel extortion
ol’the laws by which he is burdened with a stir
plus. as well as the Treasury. But is it not
monstrous, that every poor laborer in our
country, when fencing against the incleiiicncy ol
the season, should bo comnellctl to pav at lent
FIVE DOLLARS ADDITIONAL‘PRICE
FOR IHS WOOLLEN COAT, BREECH
ES, AND BLANKET, MERELY .TO
SWELL THE SURPLUS IN THE
TREASURY, AND TO PAY THE MAN
UFACTI RING JOINT STOCK COMPA
NIES an EQUAL BOUNTY, TO ENLIST
THEIR CO-OPERATION LN THE PER
PETUATION OF THE SURPLUS-RAI
SING POLICY?
The curse of the tariff is, that in creating its
accumulations, those who pay the tax which is
first paid by the merchant into the custom
house, and then charged at a higher rate for the
advance in th.; price of the article, are not a
ware <>f the tax they pay, in the cnliaiicfcinont of
the price by the law. It it were levied directly
on the garment, when on the person cf the
wearer, a standing army could not enforce it.
What man would endure to be taken by the
button, by a tax collector, and told, " Sir, this
coet ofvours, with the waistcoat and pantaloons,
must have required three yards of doth, wortii
twenty dollars. You mast pay fitly jper cent,
adval.irem, as a tax to the Govnrun out. This
is presisely ten dollars, and you must pay it to
raise a sum for distribu.ion, according to the a. t
of compromi e betweon Messrs. Clav and C«d
--1 hmm, by whom it wasagieed that this tax tak
' enoffon the recommendation of President Jack
i son should I e restorted.” Docs any man siq -
• pose that such an imposition would be tolerated
’ by the people, if its indirect operation were thus
i directly brought to bear in a n.o?« making man
ifest its operation ?
But if the secret and insidious extortion of
; the mansion-house is not understood nor severe
ly felt by the wealthier classes—it' that portion
engaged.in manufactures feel it as a bounty in
stead of o burden—if', other rich men find their
advantage in approprioting it to enhance their
i real estate by internal improvements, and other
I modes of appropriating the surplus in the Treas-
I ary Io private einoluma. t—there is one class in
whose “ looped and woudi rotis raggedncss” the
cruelty and injustice of this lax is visible to the
world, and keenly felt by t.'io poorvictims them
selves, although they can, not trace their suf
ferings to the Gover.inicni. which tliev are
taught to bilieve protects them. There "in not
one unfortunate laborer in this country who
finds his w ages tm> scant to clothe him and bis
family comf< rtably, who docs i-ot feel, in the
bitter and biting frost of this inclement season,
the heartless tyranny of the two cold-1 looded
Senators-, who h ive compromised bis comfort to
make a distribution of a portion ci’ his little
earnings to feel their political schemes.
■
Strm&ntfi rf,9TttiOtt.
••The feirnds of the Union ace ouefriends,and its
enemies, our enemies.”
id. <.A..G,'V,.(j<i.?t v.L!' < j'jL>R
O BJIIRSBAY 31OXNING, Jan. 12.
BALDWIN ELECTION FOR COUNTY
OFFICERS.
Justices of the Inferior Court.
HAMMOsD, 217
MITCHELL, oji’
Torrance, 212’
BE I’TON, ]qy
ROCKWELL, tq-,’
JIHAN, 191 ’
lltcelrer of Tar Returns. ,
JOHN 8. STEPHENS.
Tar Collector.
LUKE ROBINSON.
I. T. CUSHING and N. B. JUHAN, Esqrs.
were re-elected M igistrates lor the .Milledge
ville district.
LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS!
The monster is among us! Nicholas Bill
rile has bought out the Insurance Bank of
Cob,minis, with the exception of a small
portion of the Stock, and is about to as
sume the command of that institution.
'This is the first open rtride, which the
United States’ Bank has taken, to subjugate
the South. Hitherto, its operations have
been mainly confined to the North, the
Las', ami the West ; bit failing in those
qmirters, to secure an absolute control over
public opinion, either by panics or bribes,
it Inis boldly invaded the Southern section,
for the purpose of reducing her stern de
mocracy to miconditi'.nal submission, or to
spread ruin and cmisicrnaiion among all
those who will not bow down to its autlmri
•y.
This we consider the first grand move-'
nient, in a new struggle, to obtain a charter
from Congress. Ballled again, and again,
by the firmness, the integrity, ami popular
ity of General Jackson, (sustained as he
has been by the virtue and patriotism ol
the people,) the Bank abandoned all hope
of success during his term of service, and
has been, in the un an time, concentrating
all its power, fur a renewed contest w ith his
successor; ami the first great battle will
the coining administration of Mr. Van Bu
ren, will be waged by tile Bank.—Charters
w ill be bought up in every Southern Slate
w here they can be obtained—Branches will
be established in the Cities am! Towns
and w ith her immense means the currency
cd* the States w ill be deranged—the Stale
instilu 'mns will be pressed limit - customers
necessarily laid under the whip, and the
whole business of the country disorganized ;
and she w ill not be wanting in instruments
to execute her unhallow ed purpose. Her
money wiH buy them, or her power will
press them into the service.
Our Banks may now look sharp, anil pre
pare for the day of trial, for it will come.
We say emphatically, to our Banks,
•• If there's a hide in a' your coats,
Wc rede yo tent it."
The U. S. Bank has sounded her Bugle
for the charge, her nt\ rmidons ate ready for
the onset, ami when the war comes, let eve
ry patriot’s arm be nerved for the conflict.
Lei the people speak—let their legislators—
their Execmive and Judiciary, speak one
unanimous language of stern mihendintr
hostility to a system not only calculated to
<!o mischief in its most favorahle aspect, but
manifestly intended to operate upon the
minds and the interests of our citizens, and
finally to work a complete revolution in pub
lic sentiment, for the purpose of consutnin:.-
ting its unholy ends.
We should meet it at the threshold. Ev
ery democrat should raise his voice ami lend
liis hand, and we trust Georgia will repel
the intrusion, as becomes I.er character and
her principles.
We maintain, first, that tinder the cons’i
tution, the General Government has no right
to i har'er a Bank.—2ndlv, that the power
to incorporate such institutions, belongs ex
clusively to the States; ami 3.11 y, that over
this subject, each State possesses equal and
nmlotibted sovereignly, within her charter
ed limits ; which leads ns to the irresistnhl?
vonchisioH, that no Bank, deriving its cor
porate powers, from one State, can right
fti'ly extend the exercise of them to another ;
and that the attempt of Mr. Biddle amt his
1 associates, to extend their Banking opera
tions to the State ofGeorgia, under the au
i thorite of a charter from the State of Pcnn
! sylvania, is a PALPABLE INFRAC
TION of STATE SOVEREIGNTY,
and should be held and treated as such, by
the people of Georgia, and their public au
thorities.
If w e mistake not, there is "a law in our
Statute Book against private Bankiinr, and
if Mr. Biddle should attempt to invade our
rights in the premises, we trust that law will
lie enforced again-t him.
We are highly gratified at the course taken
by the Federal Union and Southern Recor
<lcr.—We publish them both to day. and re- >
i-iiiiiim nd them t<? the serious consideration
of every citizen. We hope every press in
Georgia and throughout the whole country
w ill speak the same la.igtiage, and that there
may be one general cry, down with the mon
itcr ! and huzza for STATE RIGHTS.
In concltisioii, we deem it our duty to re
mark, that this article is not intended to ap
ply to the late stockholders of the Insurance
Bank, who have so d out.—They had a
perfect right to do so. Our business is
with the purchasers.
From the Federal Union.
THE UNITED STATES’ BANK, AN INSID
IDIOL’S INTRUDER.
M e have derived infortuatioii from a source en
titleii to lull credit, that the United States’ Bank
has pmehased a very large majority of the stock
ol tne Insurance Bank ol'Uohimbus ; and with the
ownership, has. now the absolure control of that
state institution, ft is known that the people of
Georgia are opposed to this gigantic monied mo
iK'poly. In 1.-41, their representatives, in general
as. einbly, expressed their disapprobation of it, in
the language of strong and imqualified condemna
tion. Ami now this powei Inland ambitious insti
tution, without asking the consent of the legisla- |
tu.e, ami in defiance of public sentiment, endea- '
vers to establish itself in the state, by the purchase I
ot a charter granted to a number of our citizens,
if it had sought from the legislature, permission to
cst.ibli»h alnamh. or to operate in any mam.ar in
the slate, it would have received an indignant re- I
fus.'il; i.ital it now attempts to accomplish, iusidi- !
otisiy, riiat which it could not openly have < dec- '
te<l. By circumvention it aims to overthrow the’
settled policy of the state. Does Nicholas Biddle I
believe that the people of Georgia will he tram- ’
meled by the lorms ol his purchase of privileges, ;
which they had determined that [he should not!
po-sess wnhin our slate ? He trusts to the power I
ol mon -y ; to those bribes, midcr the disguise of i
loans, by which he has silenced opposition, and ;
bought advocates in other places.
Il wc leilect 011 the extreme caution with which !
bank charters are granted by the legislature, we!
cannot tail to arrive at the conclusion, that this!
purchase ot a bank charter is a fraud on the Ic- '
legislation <>f the state. \\ hen an application is
made to establish a company w ilh banking privi
leges, it is always necessary toconvinee the legis- i
latiire. that the banking capital p oposed to l-.e '
embraced in the charter, is needed at the place at
which it is intended to be located, and that the
bulking powers granted will he used beneficially.
And ilic capital is alwaysrestricted loan amount
whit h it is believed will not give a dangerous pow
er m the corporation. If this purchase by the
I mted States’ Bank be permitted, all of these
salutary precautions of the legislature will he de
feated. If the Ihii'ed States’ Bank be allowed to
■me the charier w hich it has pm ehased, it is in
vain that the legislature has specified in that char
ter die amount ol bank capital to be employed
under its provisions. Instead of this limited sum,
the mammoth bank may employ at Columbus
such part of its enormous capital, iis its ambition
oriiiU'iest shall prescribe. Its unbound. <1 emi ts
the wide range of its circulation, together with it,
great capital, would enable itolose the operations
of every other hank in Colutid .« . One of its ad-
TII EST A N 11A III) OF UNI 0 N
vantages would be a monopoly of the exchange !
business. Merchants wishing to make remittau- '
ces to New Y oik and ether distant places, would
obtain drafts from this bank ; because in those
distant places its emht would itt general be l etter
than that ol any <>tl cr bank in Columbus. For
' these drafts it would be paid in the notes of the
; tlilleieiil banks ol the state ciiculatiug in that ci
ty ; ami in this maimer wonkl it continually draw
j in attd accumulate the notes <d those bunks.—To
this operation there would be lu> coinitcipoise.
I 1 l>r< ugh the bank which it has purchased, it
would i .sue notes payable in i'hiladi Ipliia : and
these world be sought alter by travellers, and in
stead ol being collected in our banks to meet the
demands <d the foreigner, they w ould bedispcl'sep
; over th® country. \\ ho does not see the disas-
I trolls (fleet ol this unequal intercourse ? In the
!qm rierly, or monthly, or weekly settlements
which won,d be required, how would the state
institutions he able to ledecm their notes —but by
the payment ot their specie ! —Their gold and sil
ver vould be constantly drained from them ; and
in six mt.ntlis, prudence would compel them to
contract their issues within such narrow limits, as
to render their capital unprofitable. Every bank,
which should be so rash as to attempt a profitable
bus inert w here the United States’ Bank has gain
ed a I' o;li< Id, would in a few months be wound
"I 1 AA hat it be able te accomplish in Columbus,
by the in-trumcntality <d' the Insurance Bank,
w hose charter it has purchased, it would be able to
iKCompli-h with equal facility and certainty, in
Macon, .Milledgeville, and Augusta, ami Bavan
nah, an I every otl or commercial town itt the
state, by means ot branches of the insurance
i Bank, which it could establish in those places.
.It could [josirate every bank in the state. And
, who is so credulous as to believe, that it would
! magnanimously refrain from the exercise <;fa pow
er which it would possess? W e have seen it w hen
s'niggliug to extort a rechaiter from ceugress,
studiously spread panic and distress o\er the cotrn
' try, and with cool calculation designedly icdtice
I thotisai dr of unoffending men to beggary. Who
would subject himself and his country to the dom
ination of this ambitious and cruel corporation ?
it is a tremendous political engine. Its MONEY
ims lx cu emplnjcd to give direction to public opiu-
• ion, to bias the elections < f the people, and to con
trol tint operations of the government. W hose
MONEY ? The MON EY of foreigners I Os
F.tiglisl mien ami Frenchmen Fur ti ey e.ensti
tute a large propmtieii <4'its stockholders. Lctit
not have time to shed its baleful inlltietice ovei the
state. Let it not be allowed an opportunity of
i ettq toying the seductive, t'rc dangerous powers of
I corrnpiion tvhieh it holds, to Lias the political
I course ni Georgia. Lit the dangerous intiudcr
’ he expelled from our state.
We believe that the ordinary judicial powersof
, tile government, me stti’ieient to effect this object.
The United States’Bank is a being not know n to
the laws of Georgia. It is the creatine of a statute
of Pennsylvania, ami has a legal existence in that
state. U hen it attempts to extend itself into
Georgia.it has wamleied from its proper sphere,
in w l.irh alone it is possessed of a corporate char
acter- It Jias lu re become an unauthorized asso
ciation; ami its various officers have ceased to be
the legal representatives of its nnmeiotisstocklnd
ders, whether in any of the United States, or in
France, or in England. By the courts ofGeor
gia, the president mid directors of the United
States' Bank, chartered by Pem s'. Ivanin, cannot
be c onsit'ered ns having any legal rights ui this
state. The individuals who me employed in the
; aclnal administration of the [;isa<'aitce Batik of
; Ct.intn'ms. ar - nothing mete than the agents of a
i corporal on which has tt.i legal existent c in Geo -
gia. am! w inch is therefore incapable of delegating
any i gal powei sto those agents. According to
he t u ■ mem ing of the charter, mid the indispnt; -
t !e intenrien of the legislature, there are ni tiller
legal stockholders.* nor legal officers to this bank
that has been pttrehasec ; and the individuals who
have been mlminislering its affairs since the sale,
have no val:d authority for the exert ise of banking
powers, it appears to us that a judicial proceed
ing should lie in.titutcil by th• | roper au.horiiy.
having tor its ultima: ■ oltjc ct the anuuliing of th s
charter ; ami tor hv. i 11, by injunction, prohibiting
| the e.xcrt ise ol backing powt is in the mime of this
i bank, and under the j;rovi ions of this charter.
b.'toubl I he.se judicial proceedings he thong I t in
competent, or sluuld they fail to expel the in-itli
oiisintrnth r, let other and more eUectivc measti es
: be adopted wilhout delay, to save the banks oftl.e
! state from ruin, mid to preserve the peep e of
i Georgia from the corrupting influence, mid t.ie de-
I basing domination of the United States’ Batik.
! W c hope that ou l 'remarks will not be consider
|ed as casting rep ttacLcs on those who lune sold
I thisch >f e to the United States’ Bank. Thcv arc
! our pet'mm.l and political friends, men for whom
i we entertain high esteem aud strong attachment.
,i W e arc grieved that their judgment h..s differed
i from ours, <nt this very important subject; but wc
! doubt not that their motives h ive been pure, and
i that their conduct has been horn r.b e. But our
I affection lor them eamiot disarm our hostility to
, a coirnpt, corrupt tig. and most dangerous, bc
! cause a most powerful corporation.
* Ext ept one individual who refused to sell.
1 ro/n the Southern Recorder.
By the Coliintbus papers we are infonii-|
ed that the Insurance Bank of Columbus
has sold out to the old United States Bank
charteretl by the State of Pennsylvania
that the capital is increased to §600,000,
and thal blanches are •<» be established at
Macon, Augusta and Savannah. \Ve un
derstand from other sources that the pre
mium paid by Mr. Biddle to the stockhold
ers, from this State institution, is one hun-!
ttt'i-<1 lltonsantl dollars.
T.tis may truly be called speculating on ;
the State with a venganc<. VVe bad sup
posed that there were abundant objects of
speculation ofl’ering on every hand ; indeed
that one could hardly go amiss in finding
them, and we had a right to think that un
der such circumstances the State herself
should have found exemption from the op-i
eration of the speculator. But we are inis
taken it seems. The rights of the people, !
the legislation of the country, in a word, i
Georgia, in her sovt rign, independent ’
character as a State, is amt tig other things,
in this day of bargain and sale, put under
the hammer to the liighest bidtier, ami Mr.
Nicholas Biddle, with the funds of the
United States Bank, has become the pur
chaser.
The bargain has been made : but the op- \
cration is not ytl consinn:;.ated and if we!
are not more grossly misteken in the char- j
acter of Georgia than we have ever imagined
om. e.ves, that operation ncuer will be cou-
I'Uinated. The people will not tolerate!
*i.ch an inva-ion of State Rights by tiny .
corpoiate hotly, banking or otherwise, no
matter In Avevcr nipectable the individuals
may be composing such coporations.
We will have the grounds ot protest to i
the accomplishment of this transaction, dis
tinctly understood. Be it remembered that
we are not now discussing the policy or im
policy o( a United States Bank, nor the
constitutionality or iniconstitutionality «■!
Congress in granting such charter to any
corporation.—There is no Government
Bank now ; and this is sufficient upon thal
bead.
Nor are we discussing the policy or im
policy ol the Slate pi rtt iu'mg Mr. Biddle to
establish a branch of his Peimsx Ivania Bank i
in Georgia. When Mr. Biddle applies to {
lite proper authority, the representatives of
the people ol Georgia (< r >u< it a privalege,
it wll be time ttiough to discuss its policy!
or itnpolit'x.
But wx* solicit the attention and the con
sit e ation ol the reader for a few moments,
while we shall endeavor briefly to make a
clear exposition ofthe whole matter. i
Ibe lusur;m ( -e Bank of Colrirnhus ob-!
tamed a charter some years ago, front the
Legislature of Georgia, lor the transaction
ol the usual banking and insurance business
in the town of Columbus; by rite charter
the Bunk has also the privilege ofestablish
ing branches in any part of the State.
This is fact No. 1.
Alter the expiration of the charter of the
Bank of the United States, a renewal of
w hich was refused by Conirtess, the STATE
of Fex'X’syi.vaxia, in which the principle
, U. S. Bank had been located, for a preini
j tint paid to her by the stock-holders of this
I defunct institution, of FOUR MILLIONS of
! dollars, agreed to charter the same body of
; men, with the same capital, and granting
i them all their obi privileges, s> far as one
: State cotil.l confer those privileges upon
: them. This, Pennsylvania,'as a soveritrn
I State, had a perfect right to do, and with
the propriety or impropriety ofthe act, wc
! have of course nothing to do.
Tint, as our intelligent reader will at
once perceive, if this mammoth institution
i were to be confined in her operations to the
i limits of one State, the premium of four
j millions wos pax ing wonderfully dear for
the ptivilege. This was but the first step
in the enterprize. She mast have branches
itt the States, and do the business of the
people ofthe United States, or she would
;be reduced to a simple State institution.
: her premium given away, and her great
i monied capacities rendered jcomparatively
, profitless. Her L'rand object,' therefore, has
, been, to get a font hold in the different
States ofthe Union. This she has tried in
various ways, and had mostly failed in her
efforts- She had been resisted in Georgia,
had she made the attempt. Fearful a'
least of tl : e latter result, she has not applied
to the authorities of this State.
Now here is the point. If Mr. Biddle
ilesites that the State of Pennsylvania shall
j do the banking business of Georgia, why
! not apply to the proper authority, and 'lie
; only one that can authorize him to cfl’ect
his object—we mean the representatives of
the people, No. he w ill not no this. Why ?
Because he believes that the people of
Georgia will grant no such request. He
knows that if the people believe that their
own citizens cannot do their own business,
and are compelled to call on other States
to do it for them, they would prefer some
other State nearer home, and more identi-j
fied with interests, to take us in charge.
Mr. Biddle’s only remaining plan then is j
to purchase the charter of some bank, al
ready chartered by the State. That is, in
so many weirds, to obtain from individuals,
powers, rights ami immunities, which are
refused him by the Statei This we sup
i pose bethinks he Ims obtained by his late
purchase. Perhaps he has. Perhaps the
100.000 paid to individuals may have
conferred on him the patent right of Ge or
gia. But we do not believe it. We have
; not the slightest objection to any efforts
■ of;Mr. Bi die’s to obtain from the constitu
ted authorities ol Georgia, a charter for a
bi'tinch ofthe Pennsylvania Bank ; but we
do resist—the people will most assuredly
resist all efforts to sell rights and public
immunities, exclusively belonging to the
State, unless the people themselves make
their own bargain ; and they will most un
doubtedly never become tributary to Penn
sylvania, simply because they "have once
upon a time granted banking privileges to
a few of her own capitalists, to be exercised
at western extreme of her territory, and
which they think proper to transsfer to Mr.
Biddle and the Bank of Pennsylvania.
i This then is the sum of our opposition ;
that a hram'h of this attempted national in
stitution, under a charter from the State of
Pennsylvania, should attempt a location in
Georgia, by the purchase of a State char
ter, from individuals, w itliont the consent
of the State or even an application to its
constituted authorities, for such a privilege,
and who are alone competent to grant it.
We repeat again, we have no objection that
such an application shotil.l be made, it will
be for the wisdom ofthe country, as ascer
tained through the representatives ofthe
people, whether upon such application they
will grant it or not. When the application
is made, it will be time enough to discuss
ts merits.
We have introduced into this article, fre
quently, the name ol'Mr. Biddle. This we
)do from no disrespect to that gentleman,
; but because he was brought forward in the
I article to which we at first referred, as the
individual making the purchase, and be
cause we know him to be the very soul of
the institution ofwhich we speak. Howev
er much we may have always opposed the
institution over which he presides, vve have
been ever ready to acknowledge his merits
as a nighly respectable gentleman, of most
distinguished ability. Much less is this a
(controversy with the individuals in this
! Slate whose names we see connected with
' the proposed institution. Towards all of
! them we entertain only the most respectful
feelings—towards many of them, we are
bound by the ties of private friendship.
But this journal has always been the advo
cate ot State Rights, and God being our
helper, it always shall. Believing as we
do, that the sovereignty ami independence
:of the States is the only palladium offree
! (loin, w<* cannot permit what we deem a
! palpable invasion of State Rights to pass
unnoticed and unopposed. Let Mr. Bid
i die apply to the Stale and obtain her pcr
• mission to place a branch of his national
j bank within her limit:, and c.,r opposition
is ended ; until then, we shall oppose with
all our might, this, as well as all other infrac
tions of the rights of the people of Geor
g'»-
T OF
Passe I at /lie late session ofUic Legislature
which have received the sanction ofthe
Governor of the State of Georgia.
[CONCI.VBED.]
Authorising the Roman Catholic Society es
Augusta to sell certain lots.
Incorporating the Sotilltern Baptist College.
l it relation to the rights of distributees in cer
tain cases.
To authorize the Sheriffof Madison county
to publish his sales in a certain paper.
To prevent Sheriffs and other officers from
levying in certain cases.
For the relief of the Tax Collector of Harris
county.
To compensate certain Commissioners there
in named.
To authorise the Inferior Courtof Bibb coun
ty to levy an extra tax; . '
For the formation of two fire companies in
the city of Macon:
To authorise a special Tenn of the Superior
Court in Bryan County.
To incorporate the town of Brunswick.
In relation to the Caveat laws of this State.
To amend the several acts of this State in
relation to attachments.
To amend the Charter of the Commercial
Bank of Macen.
To authorise the Inferior Court of Columbia
county to establish au Asylum for the Invalid
Poor.
To amend tho act incorporating Christ Church
in the city of Augusta. 4
. To vest the estate of Wyatt Alford. &c.
To incorporate the Bank of St. >! tryx.
1 o repeal the Bth and 9th Section of ait act
in relation to Mourn Pleasant academy.
To amend the Escheat laws.
In telation to vessels coming into oltr ports
with Epidemic diseases.
To change the time of holding Courts in
Coweta county.
To authorise the Sheriffs in the Cherokee
Circuit to sell fraudulent lots by consent of in
formers.
lit relation to the Chattahuochee Rail Road
' Company.
To authorise William Fain to establish a Fer
’ ry ‘
To amend an act in regard to Louisville.
To authorise Shelton Oliver to establish a
Ferry.
Requiring fines collected for neglect of
Road duty to be paid into the county funds.
To incorporate the town of Perry, <fcc.
In relation to the city of Milledgeville.
I o amend the several acts in relation to the
city of Augusta.
To change the name of Short of Chero
keo.
To compensate Justices of the Peace forrar
ryittg returns to the Court-house in Marion coun
ty.
To compensate Justices ofthe Peace who
may serve as superintendents at Precinct Elec
tions;
i’o change the name of the county site of
Walker eounty.
Requiring the county Treasurer of Jackson
county to make a report to the Inferior Court
of said county.
To incorporate the Savannah and Augusta
; Steam Boat Company.
| In relation to Vendue masters in tlte town'of
St. Marys.
To incorporate E'am Baptist Church in War
ren county.
To authorise the-Justices ofthe Inferior
Court ol Burke county to levy an extra Tax.
To incorporate the Savannah and Charleston
Steam Packet company.
i I’o authorise the Governor to issue a grant to
; Geo. F. Morris.
Tt> incorporate the Ocmulgee Bank at Ma
i <> amend the charter of the Banking compa
ny in the city of Augusta.
To compensate one Justice ofthe Peace for
carrying up returns in Lee and Dooly,
To incorporate Log Camp Church in Troup
county.
To incorporate the Western Bank of Geor
gia, at Rome, Floyd county.
1 o amend the acts in relation to the poor
school fund ot Laurens county.
To regulate the advertising of Clerks and
Sheriffs tn this State.
To incorp.,trie the St. Marys and Qolumbus
! Rail Road company.
I’o incorporate the Female Academy in Lin
colnton.
To incorporate the Flint and Chattahoochee
Rail Road Company.
j To give to Master Carpenters and Masons e
i lien on buildings erected by them in the city of
Milledgeville.
j To change lite name of Amanda White.
To amend the act incorporating the Georgia
Rail Road company.
I To alter and amend the Road Laws of this
! State.
To incorpotate the Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank in the city of Columbus.
To incorpotate a Rail Road company, to be
Called the middle Branch.
To remove obstructions to the navigation of
Big Satilla River.
To remove the site of the public buildings in
Libert’, county. .
To authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court
of Lincoln county to pay over half the Taxes
of said county to tho Trustees ofthe poor school
fund.
1 o incorporate a A olunteer Rifle company
in Clarksville, Habersham county.
To authorise A. Duke to establish a Fer
ry, &c.
An act to extend the jurisdiction of Jus
tices of the Peace, in certain cases.
An act to authorise certain persons there
in named toplead and practice law.
An act to reduce lite Sheriffs Bond in
Forsyth county.
An act to compensate witnesses in the Su
perior courts in ce tain cases.
An act to incorporate Greenville and
Newnan Female academies.
An act to consolidate the Poor School
and Academic fund of Baker countv.
An act to repeal all laws in relation to
Caveats.
An act to appropriate money for the
support ofgoverninenl for the political year,
1837.
An act providing for the payment of Vol
unteers, See.
An act regulating the mode of auditing
accounts against the State.
An act in relation to the Surplus revenue.
An actio authorise Appleton Haygood, '
to establish a Ferry, &,c.
An act to change the time of holding the
Superior and Inferior courts in Baldwin
county.
An act to repeal tlte Ist. 2d. 3d. 4tii, and
9th sections of the act regulating the licen
sing of Physicians in this State, and the 17th
and 18th sections of the 9th Division ofthe
Penal Code.
An act to amend the acts in relation to
the foreclosure of Mortgages.
An act in relation to Boat owners and
crews.
An act amendatory of the acts, in rela
tion to Notaries Public.
Au act to change the name of Jno, Her
ndon, Sic.
Au act appropriating SSQp l 0 build a
Bridge across the Allapajpt,
An act in relation to closing the business i
of the iate .Mayor’s ,conr|t in jlie city of Ma
(OU.
An act to enable defendants in suits at i
Common L;i>y, to give in evidence a partial .
failure ol the consideration, ,
An act to amend the Charters of the
Georgia at?,d Central Hail Road compa- t
tries.
An act to compel the Clerks of the Stipe- ]
rior anti Inferior courts of Montgomery I
county, to keep their ollices at the Court- <
ltou>e. Bic.
An act to authorise Eli Collins and Geo. c
W. Houston, to establish a Ferry on the
Chattahoochee. !»
i An act to remove the seat of justice from
Hartford to Hawkinsv file, in Pulaski coun
’ O'-
An act to add a section to the 6th division
of the Penal Code.
! An act to reduce the fees on Grant* for
Gold Lots and Fractions.
I An act appointing Commissioners to exa
mine Kitchafoona Creek, &c.
Att act to incorporate the Bank ofßruns
-1 wick.
, An act for the relief of Jas. 11. Miller,
Jas. VV. Morgan, and Barwell Billings.
Att ;u t to appropriate money for the im
provement of ihe Oconee river.
[ An act m relation to Precinc t Elections,
in Hancock, Putnam aud Paulding.
An act to appropriate money for the im-
* provement of the navigation of the Ocmul
gee river.
An act appointing Commissioners toexa
; mine the Ogechee river.
An act to incorporate Summer Retreat
academy.
1 An act to incorporate a Volunteer Rifle
company, in Cherokee county.
An act to add David Clark and Jacob
Pacrell, now of Habersham, to Franklin
county.
1 An act authorising W. Williams and Wil
j- son Young, to build a bridge across the
Great Ogechce river.
kee.
An act to compensate Justice of the
Peace, for carrying returns lophe Court
Houses in Marion county.
1 o compensate Justices of the Pease who
may serve as superintendent at Precint
’ Election.
An act to change the name ofthe coun
, ly’site of Walker Co
An act in relation to the election of Pub
lic Printer.
An act to tflter the laws in relation to
Lapsed Legacies.
An act to change the time of molding
the ( Superior Courts in the Cherokee Cir
cuit.
An act to incorporate Rehobotlt, in Mor
gan county.
An act to incorporate tho Pioneer Steam
Boat company.
An act authorising a ry-snrvey of Perry,
in Houston county.
i Ap act to incorporate Centreville Rifle
company, in Camden county.
, An act to re-organise tlie office of Adju
tant General.
An act to incorporate the Chattahoochee
Steam Boat company.
An act to incorporate the Female College
'.o be located in Macon.
An act to amend the Road Laws of this
, Slate.
An act to amend the Road Laws, so far
. as respects the county of Wilkes.
An act granting to Wm. John Campbell,
■! See. certain privileges.
An act to authorise Stephen Mays, to es-
* tablisli a Ferry, &c.
An act in relation to Precinct Elections,
’! in the several counties in this State.
An act to incorporate the Savaunah and
Macon Trust companies, &.c.
: An act to authorise W. S. Jones, io esta-
blish a Ferry, &-c.
•’ An act to extend the Charter of the Plan-
I ters Bank of the State ofGeorgia.
An act to authorise the Justices of th
Inferior Court ot’ Jones county, to levy an
extra tax for county purposes.
An act in relation to the Surplus Fund.
An act repealing certain portions of the
Laws in relation to the government of Slaves,
and Free persons of color.
An act to appropriate money to improve
. Roads in Habersham eounty, &cc.
An act to incorporate Lafayette Acade
my, &c.
An act to increase the capital stock in the-
Brunswick Rail Road company.
An act in relation to the Brunswick and,
I 1 lorida Rail Road company.
An act to change the names of certaitk
illegitimate children.
An act to remove the site ofthe publie
buildings in Appling county.
An act to alter the time’ of holding the
Superior Courts in Emanuel county.
An act to authorise George Aikens, to
establish a Ferry, fcc.
An act to open a Road from Dalonagbu,
in Lumpkin county, to Rossville, in Murray
county.
An act to authorise the Inferior Court
of Murray county to lay out Militia Dis
tricts.
An ai t amendatory of the Penal Code.
An act authorising Jacob Carroll, to e
rect a Toll Bridge, &.c.
An act authorising the Inferior Court of
Cass countv to remit a forfeiture incurred
by Mr. Husks.
An act to repeal an act, in relation to the
Commissioners of Mclntosh county acade-.
my.
An act in relation to Pilots in the several
Ports of this State.
An act to compensate Grand Jurors i«
the county of DeKalb.
An act to incorporate the Methodist Camp
Ground in Meri>ye>her < ouuty.
An act in relation to the Road Law* tit
Union county.
An act to establish Precinct Elections in
Appling eounty.
An act repealing the law in relation to
Poor School and Academic fund of Wilkin
son con nly.
An act in relation to the Georgia Medical
Society,
An act regulating the trial of persons
convicted ol certain oliences.
An act for the relief ol* John Love, of
Pmnnuel countv.
An act in relation to the manufacturing
companies of Harris and .Muscogee coun
ties.
An act to repeal ihe act, in relation to
the county site of Paulding.
. An act relative to Fayette county acade
my.
An act to alter and change the names of
Jno. C. Mills and Martha Mills, to that of
JohnC, and Martha Greiner, kc. *
4n act to incorporate certain acqdp
mips.
4n act to compensate Justices of the
Peace, and for earn ing the returns of the
Elections to the Court Ilm.se it. DeKalb
count v.
An act to increase the salaries of thg pffi
cers in the Central Bank.
An act to amend the acts, incorporating
the town ofColumbtts. V 6