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Mier friends, that the puhiie money should never again be di
verted from public to private purposes —that when collected
from the people, to meet the appropriations to which alone the
Constitution permits it to lie anpli. il, it sh til not be appropri
ated Ih banks to ben - ;h their stockholders by levying a new
, tax o:t the people in to - ship:* of usury on borrowers. Ina
word, he n.sites with his Democratic brethren in the reso
lution to make an impenetrable wall between the money and
business of banks .m l th.• money and business of Government,
lie, howev< r, Imhis that a :d: ici/y guarded. special deposile
the banks, is the sal st mode ol eliectitig this separation, til
the sain 1 time sec it riiic - die G-n cm incut I in Is, .and seen ring the
country from Government patronauc. The great body- of his
Democratic triends believe that the best plan to effect the oh-; n
ject is a eonstitntional Treasury, under safeguards prescribed
bv the immediate representatives of the people and the States, I p
Confided to tie* custody <4 responsible, sworn public <>U’ners, ■ t
continued in their fidelity by the force ol public opinion, re- ]
warding them with honors if faithful, with infamy if otherwise, \
and by the law surrounding litem with checks and securities in v
every department, and heavy penalties for a delinquency - , •'
which cannot escape detection. s
The whole difference, then, between the few of our party who
concur with the Enquirer, and the many who agree with us, is 1
as to the choice of tiro honest moles of accomplishing the s one |
hon st end. Onr object is, in fact, attained. The Coustitu-! .
tional Treasury exists at this moment, independently of banks, I (
and would continue if every hank in the Union should cease to | ,
exist. But the law of 1789 does not provide those safeguards ’ t
and penalties which we hold io he necessary to subject the
Treasurer, and those connected with him in his trust, to those ! (
checks in the Executive Department, to that legislative super- <
vision, and that personal accountability through the judicial :
tribunals, which are proper. Whether the Constitutional I
Treasury, as it now exists, shall he modified by the associa- 1
tion of banks, under the special deposile system, or new guar- 1
nntces he provided for the cnstody ol the public money, ami ; |
its alistraction from private uses, through Government itself, j ,
thronah its exe - utivc, legislative, and j idicial faculties, with- I
out the ai I of banks, is certainly not a ground of dissention I
among sound Republicans, who concur in the principle of so- J
vering blinking from Government. We shall never make it <
an objection to any friend of the common principle, that he J
would give the Government a separate vault mid special depo- I
site in the bank holding its own Treasury officers responsible |
for paying in and paying out its money. Nor, we trust, will |
those who favor this scheme, he offende 1 with us il we endeavor '
to have new muniments thrown round the public treasure in its !
present position, especially if the plan they propose should not ■
he carried. Our object is a common one—to save il from the ;
grasp of a National Bank—from the use of all hanks. If the |
special deposile scheme he successful and effectual, we are con- |
tent —but w.? prefer additional legislative guards—stricter so- |
pervision—heavier accountability— to make sure of it, and j
prevent abuses on the pari of those to whom the law and Con- ■
slitulion commit the trust. If the friends of the Special De- !
poslte plan cannot carry their point, they will agree with its, nt j
least, in increasing the responsibilities by penalties, and d’min- !
tshintr, by a contribution of the trust, the power and control of
the Treasurer and all Executive agents over the p’/nlic money.
They will agree with us, too, in the main p”i:’that of main
taining the ground we li.tve, ami keeping tl’.e nation’s revenues
and credit out of the vortex of the bank-’ whirlpool, and save
it hereafter from being swallowed up in speculations and sus
pend ns.
UNITED STATES BANK.
In 1811, Henry Clay in his speech against the bank charter,
said:
“ What i< n corpora,(!fin such as the bill contemplates? It
is a splendid association of favored individuals, taken from the i
mass ol society, ami vested with exemption, ami surrounded
with immunities and privileges. Where is the limitation ne
on this power to set up corporations ? Yon establish one in the I
heart of a .State, the basis of whose capital is money. You
may erect others whose capital shall consist of land, slaves
personal estates, and thus THE WHOLE PROPELRTY
WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OE A STATE
MIGHT BE ABSORBED BY THESE. POLITICAL I
BODIES. The existing hank contends that it is above the I
powers of the Stale to tax it. and if this pretension be well
founded, it is in the power of Congress, by chartering compa
nies, to dry up all the sources of the Suite revenue.”
Mr. Cheeveis. tie ablest and mo-l honest President the late
Bank of the United States ever had, and whose administra
tion <’! its >.fiair< saved it from suspension and insolvency, ex
pressed m 1837 his opinion of a new bank as follows:
‘•I am ol opinion, that a National Bink will not aid but
embarrass the restoration of the currency of the country ;
and that afterward, it would lie an institution infinitely danger
ous under many cirmumstances and in nrinv views. " I admit,
that, under a very wise and circumspect management, it might
be uycful ; but it is as certain as any thing depending on hu
man action and human ".ill, that it will not be so managed.
Resides, I have no doubt Congress have no constitutional
power to establish such an institution ; and this, I think, has
been the clearly expressed judgment of that school of public i
men who claim Mr. Jefferson a.< their head, and who have ad
. ministered the Government for almost forty years. The insti
tution of th? late bank, was a departure from the principles of
that school badly justified, or rather lamely excused at the I
time, since generally regretted by them, and finally, bv them
selves, attuned for, in the best manner in their power, by put- ;
ting it down.”—ffattogtoi Chronicle.
From Jbe itichmfnul Enquirer.
THE PRESIDEN TIAL ELECTION.
The following private letter shows us what are the views and in- '
tentions of a very able scholar and staunch Republican, in respect to
the W hig candidate for the Presidency. We beg him to go on, and i
furnish us as soon as conveniet't with the result of his labors. We •
shall transmit to him such materials as he has requested. We will
never believe, that the people of Virginia, or of the Union, will
deliberately determine to cast their suffrages upon such a politician :
as Mr. Clay, for the Presidency of the United States. We are fullv
aware, that the Whigs are in high spirits—that many of them are !
sanguine in their hopes of his success; and that they are confidently
counting on the defeat of .Mr. Vtin Buren. We have heard the •
exultations which were expressed the other day at the great Web- i
ster dinner. \\ e bear Mr. Cushing, of the House of Representatives, ;
exchiining with a species of Pythian m tdn.-ss—
“ 1 Ins Administration must go down: it will, it shall. Shall it not?
Aon remember—who can forget?—the impious declaration twelve:
years ago, ascribed to one now high in place in this Administration, I
that ifthe Administration cf that day were its the angels at the right
hand of God, it should go down, if such a declaration could be
made against an Administration whose purity is now proved by ex
perience—if it could be made, an I could by the energy of human
will, acting through the power of the people, be made good—how
wucli more confidently may we set about the overthrow of an Ad
ministration, so many of whose acts have seemed as if dictated bv
the very incarnation of evil! It must, and it will go down.”
And if it docs go down, who will go up? Who is to take the
place of Martin Van Buren? Henry Clay, the compeer of Daniel i
Webster, the decided Federalist, the champion of the National i
Bank, the father of the American System, the latitudinarian in theory I
and practice! Is it possible that Virginia, or tint the people of this 1
Union, can put down .Martin Van Buren, to put up Henry Clay?
Mr. Cushing is too confident of success, and, like other deciaimers, >
he is counting without his host. .This Administration will not go'
down ifits friends will /irmly unite and rally around it, waive their ■
differences, forget their controversies upon only one subject, march ■
together as one man, and go forth conquering and to conquer. After j
a few weeks the tide of peblJc sentiment will be turning Tup, dat :
of panics is rapidly passing i; way. The banks are resuming specie ;
payments. Ihe distresses of the people are disappearing—their j
discontents will cease. The Whigs a’teinptid to avail themselves'
of tue panic ot 1834. They w<*r. • then in fine spirits. They f/ien i
expected to put down the Admimstrmion of Andrew Jackson, and '
t iey l iile-I. I liny then expected 1 o defeat the election of Mai tin I
\in Luri-n, but they were egregiotislf' deceived. Tlvir Dopes va- !
>i:s.tr*<i with tin? panic they had createsk an i the Little Magician
beat all their forces. The same disappointment awaits them if we ;
orny exercise the wisdom and moderation iv hi'di the crisis demands, !
it we only pursue the same maxim of Thoma * B. Benton, on which I
our friend< /Acn rallied: “ Union, karinony. gf.lf-dc.nial, concession,
hurry thing for the cause—nothing for 111™,'* /'outage, my friends, •
then courage ! and all is safe.
r I't'oni Ute AUicnn Hanner,
Ihe llov. W. C. Dawson.—A pcrsori;j! friend of Ct Dawson,
hearing his opinions on the interesting topics <>. the div, represen
ted to Im <ut<h by this one, and directly the opposite by another,
would be pleased to have this contrariety settled, by an cxplictj pub
lic avowal of h's sentiments, in regard particularly to the ciirrrt'uc.V
<j t<‘.stio >. He has distinctly voted against the expediency of «e|. ! ‘-
riting the government from the banks, in managing its fiscal concerns •
and i , of course, opposed to the administration (imposition ofa con
stitutional treasury. Does he then advocate ;i National Bank, as his !
own party allege—or what other scheme does he prefer to those he !
assisted to reject at the late session <if Congress? With a view of
getting a bank of the United States, does he not advocate the pie
tensions of Mr. Clay to the presidential chair.
The public would he greatly disabused by explicit and candid
avowals or denials from this gentleman on these subjects, becoming I
j.'very day mote,i;itcrcjling and important to them. CLARK. j
SSOO REWARD FOR A MISSING LETTER.
Five hundred dollars reward will be paid for the delivery of a let
ter wiitten by the Governor of Georgia to .Slade the Abolitionist.
It is to be distinctly understood, that said letter is not to be rend bv
the finder, their being certain passages in it, that ought not to meet
the public eve. Upon delivei vor transmission of said letter to the
Executive Department, the above sum will be pai l out of any mo
nies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.— Sav. Georgian.
We did not receive bv yesterday’s mail, as we anticipated, the
proceedings of a Rail Rond meeting in Waynesboroiigb, the object
of which is to inquire into the expediency of constructing a branch
from the Central Rail Rond to Wavnesboiough, and thence to the
city of Augusta. We shall lay them befoieottr readers in our next
number.
We understand the meeting was large, that the utmost unanimity
prevailed, and lh.it there was not a whisper of dissent to the opinion
thiit a connexion with our road is expedient.
The distance, it is understood, will not exceed twenty miles to
\\ aynesliorough ; mid the whole distance from our road to Augusta
will be short of fifty. The country is highly favorable, and there is
every re.ison to believe,the wealthy pl.uiteis of Burke will put the
shoulder to the wheel, and carry the project speedily into effect.
It gives us pleasure also to learn, that the citizens of Augusta arc
favorably disposed to the measure. There is not a doubt that the
henefitsof thp connexion would be equally felt by the two cities.
Our commercial relations require a means of constant intercourse.
1 lie suspension of the business of transportation, which occurs at
every dry season, mid which is extremely inconvenient to the mer
chant and planter, would be obviated by the proposed improve
ment.
A supposed conflict of interests his for a few years past, been |
operating in a manner to disturb, in some degree, the harmony that i
ought Io exist between the two cities. 'Phis, we are sure, is without I
any real cause, mi l if we are not much mistaken, their connexion by |
Rail Road would, in a little tinv, have the efi’ect to smooth down the
ruffled crest of our high spirited sister, mid both Would ir.ivel on in I
the high rotul of prosperity—out of the reach of any injurious infltt- I
once from the lithographic cities of the Boutli, which rrill soon
have strutted their hour, and be numbered among the bubbles that I
were.—ZAirf. "
MESSRS. NISBET A ALFORD—AND T HE AVOWAL.
This emphatically is the age of novelties; Simultaneously have i
appeared Mr. Nisbet’s lengthy expose of his views on the currency !
&.C., Mr. Alford’s laconic epistle to Major Cooper, and last tliongl’, I
not least, the avowal of his Excellency, through his whig organ, »n e
I Recorder, of his having had a correspondence with Air. Evere' t ’
| which he excuses himself, or the Recorder makes the excuse f ■ ’’• ' n
‘by informing the people of Georgia that the lion, gentlema', w'is'o?
i influential Abolitionist on the Com uittee of Indian alla', rs .
; ting to .Ur. Polk all the censute, and attaching to liis F xc ( .]|encv ni
■ blame whatever, though, atthe very time he was holding
ion with this worthy philanthropist and friend of tl , (1 .; ()^,|| h( , ' v .
I peifoctly sensible into wlr.,se hands be was intrns' 'j...
1.1. I. i. ,ta,
■ mil ee should have oeen such that Georgi i c„ul<l not have been as-
. lorded a more i.ok, advocate Im her nghts., was sought to be se-
Kv m ,b - ? . PT: 01 '. 1 0f !,1 ‘ :, I V ‘ ,W, .' <l e,le,l ’y Southern Institutions.
•A e will withhold all natural inference, f luni the premises, umil we
| are tavored with a sight ol the docu .nen.is—and sincerely hope that
j they may \yo,preserved, and are u l)t t 0 b( , rri>d with the “ lost."
We m ay, perchance, have yet to learn, that as great a chan-rn has
been wrought by the “ abihf ” his Excellency, in the sentiments
ofhisrnZtgA/encZ correspo- iins b ,, en Wl|bin t|)(> ] |st
few years, m thepoMic ;l / views and feelings of his Excellency bim-
I self. I rusting that sci, bas beell . be g ( ()l ] fortune of his Excellen
cy in this matter, wc leave him to the enjoy nient of conscious rec i
tiiile, in tile know edge that he has not only done l:is duty to Ins
State, but has totiferred a benefit on a fellow man, bv turning him
from the errr,r ,>f b j s ways, and for which he is entitled to the admi
ration and gratitude of the whole Southern people.
From G<tv. Gilmer we now turn to the gentlemen whose names
head r remarks. But slightly remove lin the scale of political
iitiJ’artance from his Excellency, who has thus far claimed our atten
, Von, it has become incumbent on us to pay some tribute of respect
•to their “ ability” inasmuch we. repeat as the letters and avowal
i have simultaneously awakened ip us a just estimation of their repub
j lican and Southern principles.
The first named gentleman has been pleased to inform the neo
! pie of Geotgin, that he is opposed to the Sub-Treasury scheme—op
i posed to a National Bank—opposed to the State Bank deposite svs
! teni - in fine, opposed to every thing, in favor of nothing, and leaves
■ us as much in the dark as to what his political views are, as before lie
I put pen to paper. To say what the gentleman is, would be a pr<>-
I phecy, most unlikely to be verified. U'e have seen it suggested that
j he may be found (fn the fence, awaiting the time when he will dis
; tinctly know on which side to alight. We are confident, however,
that this gentleman has the utmost abhorrence ol the Abolition ques
tion.
Mr. Alford is a gentleman of different temper from the hist, and of
a disposition remarkable for its complacency. He wishes no great
j question agitated, his political friends do not desire it, he is a State
j Rights man, and is opposed to the Sub-Treasury system. With this
! avowal the people must rest satisfied. Conjecture is at a loss to dis
i cover what are tho political views of this gentleman, who seeks to
have intrusted to him the interests of his State. So much for the
' light that has recently been afforded to the people of Geor >i i. We
' have not been able to discern any thing from its flame, which is at
present smothered, as that of a candle placed under a bushel. As
we have been so unfortunate as to make no discova rv, we will con
clude with the remark with which jve commenced— this is emphati
cally the age of novelty ?—ibid.
Old times.— ln the infant day sos this republic, Hamilton and
Jefferson were the Hercules and Sampson, who put forth their iron
I arms in defence of the Constitution, as each supposed. Hamilton
.was an aristocrat and the author of a National Bank : his whole
i system of finance gradually, if not directly, favored a mona’chv.
Jefferson was a primitive, firm republican, a d in favor ofan indepen
\ dent treasury. He ever evinced a deadly Hostility to a connexion
I between the government and the moneyed powi r—lie declared the
j United States Bank to be at war with the principles and form of
• our Constitution. And yet both parties in G •orgi , at. the present
; time, claim to be the disciples of Jefferson ! How is ibis? Does it
' not argue that the Sub- Treasury system is in the ascendent in Geor
gia? Most unquestionably.— Columbus Sentinel and Herald.
Me are indebted to the Hon. William C. Dawson for numerous
favors, amongst the rest for a caricature of • the Globe man after <
hearing of the vote on the Sub-Treasury question.’ M r e certainly I
did laugh at the old Grimes countenance of Francis P.; hut Dtwson '
we can’t help thinking, from the natural gravity and elongation of I
your p/iiz, how much mote horrible you will look after the first Mon- •
day in October—Oh !oh !— lb.
In onr advertising columns wdl be found a card from C. McArdell. :
Tn relation to the difficulties which have existed in our sister citv, we !
know nothing save from rumor, and she is such a lying jade, that’we ■
j cannot endorse her statements. We have had forwarded to us a*
punted call lor a public meeting, on the 221 of this month, signed !
by some fifty persons, among whom we find the names of T. Spald- !
ing and A. B. Powell—the object of which meeting is, to “ devise |
means for effectually preserving the peace of the county.” We
earnestly hope that such object may be accomplished.*— Georgian. I
MR. VAN BUREN.
A writer in an abolition paper published in New-London, denoun- i
ces this gentleman as the “Modern Pitaroah.” A pnriv in this I
State d( nounce him as unfriendly to the Smith. Who speaks truth ?
An a’nswer to this question will be found in the following facts :
Ist. Mr. Van Buren in his inaugural address declare d he could nev
er affix his official signature io a Bill having for its object the aboli
tion of slavery in the district of Columbia.
2. The mass of his friends in and out of Congress have rallied in :
defence of the Constitutional rights of the Sooth.
3d. In the recent address of the Republican members of Con
gress to the peoph—the friends of the administration, thev taka
ground in defence of the same rights.
4lh. Mr. Van Bunm is denounced in iirimeasured termsand his
every act vilified and misrepresented by the abolition press.
oi l. I he abolitionists, as a party, are in direct opposition to him. |
Oth. Although the cry of “ Abolition” was raised against him bv i
. a party in this Slate during the Presidential contest for party pnrpo’-
! ses—that cry his subsided, and those who raised it have been struck
i dumb by tin: mute eloquence of facts.
' 7th. 'Pile representatives in Congress from the South, opposed in
i all me bltternessof their hearts to tliisgenllemanjiave not dared tore-
I new the cry. The ever intriguing Mr. Dawson in the quantity of
| station try be I; is destroyed in corresponding with individuals of bis j
J constituency, h i* not attempted to renew the st de calumny, or if he I
1 has, It has not been permitted to meet the public eve; and had he i
I detected any thing to authorize suspicion on this subject, so vitally
j important to the South, as a sentinel on the watch-tower, it was his
| duty to cry aloud and spare not, which we verily believe he would
| have done from m ire motives than one, if he coni I hate done so.
! Lastly. Mr. Van Buren has not been detected in a correspondence
with a notorious abolitionist, a man who would not dare to put bis
foot upon Georgia soil, committing the interest of this State to his
proteclii n, and when the press of the country demands that the peo
ple should know the contents of the letter, suppresses it! “ Veritas
magna cst cl prccualebit.— lb.
I , MU. GILMER—MR. VAN BUREN.
I < We should like to know what would have been said, if a letter had
I bm. u written by Mr. Van Buren to “.Slade,” the abortionist, asking
I his ytcvi'sa.s the course that ought lobe pursued towards Georgia
1 and th. • Indians pvithin her limits. This thank Heaven he Jias not
i done. .But what have wo witnessed in our day ? The Executive of
' Georg';! emhoding in his official person the sovereignty of the State,
: suing- for tl. o good offices of an abolitionist in behalf of tbpi State ?
i “ Ob how are thy glories fallen '."-—lb.
Front the Globe.
KENTUCKY AND MASSACHUSETTS. |
Fite young friend of Mr. Gravi s in his late duel, Mr. Menefee, |
exults, at the W ebsterdinner, that Kentucky and Massachusetts and •
then- distinguished s(>l)< , h . tV( , si( ,„ d sidf b , t ln ///( ,
our history. Mr. Menefee says : ‘
In these dark hours, Kentucky and Massachusetts stood togeth- I
7 •i ' /?<•'*'' 1,01 r " 11 ‘ loud. Yet all that man could do, |
i iey did. Ol the part which Kentucky’s most illustrious son took
in t.i.it gloomy period, it docs not become mo to speak. His acts of !
t i.it <ay ate indeii ily described on the hearts of his countrymen, i
tey ate sale. But of Massachusetts, and of her illustrious chum- i
pion in that conflict—your Guest—l am free to speak. Os him I ’
imvea right to speak. 1 :| him, and in the like of him, 1 hold a com- !
num piopeitv with yourselves, lie. is my fellow-citizen as well as !
youis. He belongs to the whole country. If you glory in him and
'“not I tin, so do I. It yon have seen him in the worst days of the Re- !
pun i<, planted upon the Constitution, and gloriously and triumphant
ly pending ami vindicating it, so have L If .von have seen him
I' ' l , |'’ 1,1 s J l(> . w<!rs ’ thunderbolts upon the foes of the Union, so
ii'e I. His fame ami his services, and the fame and services of the !
ilbislrions associate to whom I have referred, like lhe high sea ;, do I
not admit ot appropriation. Theyare yours,they are mine, ami
111 V ~le t' ll! ttatioii s. In 'some sense they belong to mankind. I
' 'e ' 1 ’ 110 l ess than yourselves, in offering to your guest this tribute !
o a< nin.ition and gititit.ude, who for years has 'stood a massive per- I
■■'on'fied pdlar of tlm Constitution.” '
i' t,i' t lls s " ", '' '.he protege of Mr. C lay attempting to lead blind- j
‘ 1 " ‘ llll -ding ixcnlm kian into anothe’, political coalition, to bene- j
II n 't i' S instead nf Messrs. Clay and Adams?
•/ / W,' llu !' v ’ l ‘ l, ‘ democratic, e.rdent, devoted Kentucky, stand i
ir I ' " llb b < ‘^ eri, l Massm |> osetts in the dark days es 1798?
’’'’''tfk.V support the tiliegi ami sedition laws, which, in the
f‘ .gn ot terror, Massachusetts planned ai d advocated and enfor
ced ? 1
Dal Republican, I’lee-.ling, mid brave Kentucky, stand side by side. ■
web Massachusetts in the dark days of the late wai ? Did Kentucky
( leluse then, like Mr. Webster, to vote supplies for both the arinv and
navy . Did Ke'itt’cky, like Massachusetts, then resolve itwasim-
I moral and irre l igiy us f 0 rr j o i C e at our naval victories ?
I .. Did Kentr.cky then tami} the Administration, as Mr. Webster I
did, with i-,or defeats—with the butcheries at the river Raisin? Did
Kentucky, like M lss .
eimsetts, then discoiiragecnlistmentsaml loans, !
and tl’.reatcn to make a separate peace with the enemy? In those
dark, days, did gallant Kentucky stand sale by side with the Massa- j
• ' •’.userts Federalists in getting up the Hartford Convention, and in
I denouncing Mr. Madison as worthy a halter? Or, rather, did not I
1 one of Iter sons, then in Congress, tel one of those Federalists (with i
whom he is now co-operating) that he soiled the carpet on which he j
trod ? In the dark days when the effort was made bv Massachusetts’ j
politicians to renew the first charter of the National Bank, did Ken- >
tncky, in resisting the measure with sterling and honest patriotism, !
did she stand side by side with Federal bank-ridden Massachusetts? I
On the contrary, lhe only dark days in which they have stood side I
by side, have unfbittmately’ been those when some of her recreant
sons voted for the notorious Abolitionist, John Q. Adams, to be Pre
' sident, and when a second attempt has been concocting, by means
of a second coalition, to fasten on this Democratic country a Fede
ral administration, which will be pledged to oppose every Republi
can measure, which in 1798, 1812, and every other dark hour cf our
history, -as been sustained by the Republican yeomanry, and opposed
by the Federal hosts of Massachusetts—Massachusetts then Federal,
now Federal, and perhaps always hereafter Federal.
Yet Mr. Menefee, at Boston—the bead quarters of Federalism,
ami surrounded by the partisans of the Hartford Convention—would
attempt to persuade Republican Kentucky that Federal Massachu
: setts and she have-stood side bv side in the dark dtiys of our history.
' What impudence and fool-hardiness !
FAMILIAR DIVLOGUES ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS,
BETWEEN A MERCHANT AND A FARMER./
| Merchant. Glorious news, fiiend; the Sub-Treasury bill is de-
. i seated in Congress.
I d'armer. lam sorry for it.
; Hl. Sorry for it! Ylitt are not a Loco Foco, I hope.
i , I am an hones! man, 1 hope.
. j JZ. Well, as an honest man, do you not believe that the Sub
t , Treasury scheme would violate the Constitution, break all the banks,
I | destroy private property, give the Executive the contiol of the ettr
. . reney, ami ruin the country?
j l'\ \t hat part ol the Constitution do you think this scheme would
. i 1 violate 1
. ■ Jf. Why, that part which requires the General Government to
. : regulate the currency, and furnish paper money for the convenience
. I ot tlx* people. i
. /*’. I beg your pard.m; but there is no such clause in the Consti-
| tutimi. Did you ever read that instrument?
: JZ. Why, no—l believe not. Perhaps I did, when a boy. But
> Mr. \\ ebs'er and Mr. Clay tell us it is the constitutional duty of the
I General Government to regulate tho currency, by creating a Bank of
i the United States.
‘ V,’ lc ‘’ VOll dtero is a word about regulating the currency
I - 1 ot ( s'abhsuing a Bank in the Constitution?
NiH exactly ; but I supposed there was something about it in
. the Constitution, or they would not say so much about it.
; /.lit this way you are deceived. Here is the Constitution: I
. carry it in my p icket these times. Here is what it says about the
, currency : “ Congress shall hare, power to coin money', and. regulate
the value oj foreign coins." You know wliat coining money means,
. and you know what are foreign coins. The clause refers solely to
gold and silver, and such other metals as Congress chooses to coin
into motley. i here is not a word about paper money, or regulating
, a paper currency.
M. Why, you make the Constitution in favor of the “specie
humbug.” 1
Exactly so—the Constitution savs Congress shall have power
to coin specie humbugs, and regulate the value of foreign svecie
humbugs. J b 1
3L Weil, well; I didn’t suppose that Washington and the rest of
■ them who made the Constitution, were such Loco Focos and Agra-
■ rians. But how do you get over that part of the Constitution which
saxs the public money shall bo deposited in banks?
i {’• 1 d< - re is no sm h thing in the Constitution. On the contrary,
' it virtually says the public money shall not be deposited in banks.
J • JZ. Yon are joking!
.
tl “‘ 11l LAS URY, but in pursuance of appropriations made,
bylaw. ’ D >es no! this virtually say, that the public money shall j
i first Ih* put into du’ Treasury ?
I J/. Ortainlv—l suppose it does. ,
i Well, that is as much as to say that it shall not be put into the :
of piivate citizens, or under the care of corporations or banks, ;
’ is it not?
m. It seems so indeed. But if it goes into the Treasury, and can-
• not get out until Congress shall appropriate it, it will lie there of no
use to any body, ami we cannot borrow it to do business upon. This
• would he as bad as the Sub-Treasury scheme.
i /■’. Then the reason yon are opposed to the Sub-Treasmy is, that
| yon want to borrow the public money to do business upon? ~
M. Not altogether. You know fam a stockholder in the bank,
I ami when we get the public money to lend out, it increases our divi
dends, an I then I speculate a little sometimes, and it is quite conve- !
I ntent to borrow a f.-w thousand dollars of it when a body wants to I
I make a good speculation.
t . So you ate in favor of using the public money for private pur- :
| poses when the Constitution declaies that not a cent of it shall be |
mi 'l I' | " '| )1J IC P lll l ,os< s > al ‘d in pursuance of appropriations }
i | ox s.iottld not I and my bank use it for our own profit, rather '
’ than have it shut up in your odious and infamous Treasuty and Sub'- I
' I reasuries, of no use to any body?
. /. So you care not a fig lor the Constitution when it contravenes
your pecuniary interest.
J’ 11 7 ,,| , A1r -.Webster to read the Constitution anotherway. I
f. Ao doubt ol it. | have no time to argue furthar now; bull
will see yon next time I conu to town. Good bye.
A7. (■•'■olus.) i'his fellow has more sense than I thought he had. I I
tmi s >( is right abuut the Constitution; but— we must have the mo
nep.— lb.
u DKE STO—CII ANGE?
X'l’l*'' 1 r l -*/’-’ ( 'r’'7'v.’J, 11 ,’ s P' r ' t of Abolition prevailed to it
11 EXlENl'among the people of Pennsylvania,
without refence to party." = c i j j >
q,. Richmond I» hig of the 7th inst.
' Ti’t'T.nrr?? 0 SamP P'l’-'C informed us that “Abolition
; was a HUMBUG, too ridiculous for comment"—" True," siM the
Gvm hbmg endorser, “ Abolition in the North is on the wane.—
li ashington Chronicle.
-AIR. BIDDLE EOR TH E SUB-TREASURY.
_. LOOK ATTIIIS!
r. >u die. s hulngy oj the Independent Treasury system! !
Extract iron, the report of Mr. Biddle-ssp- eeh to the stockholders of
tlw Imu d .'•tales B iln k. on the “Oth E< binary, IHM, as given in the
IXatumal of (■'<■ ruarv 27, ISIiG.
lln uen < h.ii.cr had the advantage over the old one—in its cxemp
. ".' ,ll | l " ' ,IM S “k the business of the government, in loan
o .xts.im pi isimi agencies, and in transferring the public funds with-
< in g . hi els total separation from, all the offices of the (uneral (io-
Gov' l rn’ii7ri r t , '’ UnnU^ Cu '"“" c,, '>n—l>enijicitd, to neither the Bank nor the
It uis an original misfortune, in the structure of the Bank, that it was
'' "•'•I ’''.l 'f'j 11 < t«<. with, persons in, office. The instincts of political
to bot'i '" U "" l,saocil,l ' n " dangerous ; useful to neither party ; injurious
yl Cautions IVidmrer.—ln a village of Picardy, after a long
sickness, a farmer's wife fell into a lethargy. IL r husband
was willing, good man, t(( believe her out of' pain, and so, ac
< <>t< nig to the custom of that country, she was winpped in a
sheet, and carried out to be hurried/ But, as ill luck would
tavt it, t te bi tin ts carried Iter so near a hedge, that the thorns
t>H ti ed t ie sheet, and waked the woman from her trance. Some
\<ais aftei, she died in reality ; and as the funeral passed along,
tte husband would every now and then call out, Not too near
tie ledge, neighbors' not too near the hedge.”
From the Wanhiiiifton Globe.
THE SANCTIFCATION OF A SOLDIER.
I he subjoined thrilling extract, from the American Presby
teri nt, tn.ist put till the personol enemies of ex-President
Jackson to the blush. The hero of the bolder wars, and the
conqueror of those who fought at Talavera and Trocadero,
has earned his last crown of glory, by laving down his earthly
honors, and worshipping the great Captain of his salvation.
“ Agreeably to notice previously given, the senior editor of
this paper, together with the Rev. Mr. Smith, administered the
. Sacrament of the I.ord’s Supper last Sabbath, in the church
; near the Hermitage.
“ 1 he church is known on onr Presbyterian records by the
name of Ephesus, and was erected many years since on the
domain appertaining to tho Hermitage, principally by its ven
' erable proprietor, the ex-President of the United States. It
is Jieautiluliy located, ami though not spacious, nor even
: finished, yet it is a delightful summer temple for the calm and 1
I pure worship of the Triune God.”
****»♦•
- “ A form of no common appearance for inspiring veneration
. was standing before the assembly. It was the form of one who
had long Lein known as amongst die most distinguished of
i his country’s Generals—« ho bad often periled his life in Iter
i titdeme, and who, tinder God, had achieved one of the most
i inernot able \ ictories recorded in the annals of modern warfare.
' Nor is this all. The same venerable form had filled, as a states
man, the highest seat in the Government of the country, and
I hat. been < lothcd witii the highest civic honors which that
country, in all its unequalled freedom and independence, could
bestow.
lie had passed through a life of most eventful scenes
be had returned to bis own hermitage—to the tomb of his be
| loved concei t —to the few remaining friends of his former days
. to some ot the surviving child* en of these friends, ami in
their view was about to pledge himsi If to become a soldier in a
new army, and to engage in the performance of duties of Itigh-
I er importance than ever commanded the attention of earthly
j thrones or confederated States. And to add, if possible, to
the impressiveness of the scene, the partner of his adopted
son, dear to him, indeed, as a daughter, together with a belod
ed niece, were also about to seal with him their covenant, for
I the first time, to be the followers of the Prince of peace. The
whole of the preparatory service was deeply interesting, but
when the time arrived for him and his relatives and friends to
arise and take their seats al the table of their ascended Redeem
er, a scene of weeping gratitude and joy seemed to pervade
the whole congregation.”
It was the Sabbath ; and around,
A sacred stillness like a shroud.
Had settled o’er that holy ground
\\ here oft, in prayer the mighty bowed :
M hile near at hand, 'mid waving bovvers,
’I he Hermitage in beauty smiled
Where the ol ■ warrior, ’neath the flowers,
Oft sported with the prattling child.
There, when the din of battle died,
And tnanhod’s pi ide was lost in age :
weary of earth’s pomp and pride—
-1 ho hig!t on fame’s immortal page,
W ith hands unstained, and bosom pure-
I he gallant soldier sought a rest
Where baubles bright could not allure;
Mhete h< ly peace might fill his breast.
It was the Sabbath ; and a host
Had gathered neath that lowly spire,
M hose prototype on Asia’s coast
Had seen the Gospel’s kindling fire.
In Ephesus he humbly stood,
\V hose walls arose at his command ;
And joined ti e phalanx of the good.
And raised to heaven his fe.ble hand.
Oh! twas a sight so truly grand,
That they who witnessed wept aloud:
Yes, he, the m ghtiest of the land.
Before his God in meekness hewed.
I he hero, who so often burled
Destruction on his country’s foe,
Now owned the Sovereigh of the world,
, And latd bis eartl.ly honors low.
I looked, aiii! Io! before me rolled
7 he hnrg re d hue of warrior men :
1 lie fl ish of brightened steel and gold
Mmt thro’ the trees and up the glen,
Ami waved the stars o’er Orleans’ spires,
Am. there, in huff and blue arrayed,
rood imscaried youth amt veteran sires
| Io live or die as glory hade.
Atf‘l then commenced the hour of blood.
And wars it ifd thunder shook the shore,
YVhile Mississippi's giant flood
Received a thousand rills of gore.
I hen heard 1 ’mid the conquering free,
One voice above all others ring,
“Advance, my brave boys, gallantly,
And fearless o’er the breast work spring.'*
Onward the wave or carnage rolled,
The British Lion trailed in blood, ’
And Trocadero’s host so bold
feank neath the rushing gory flood.
J hen sweet the bugle signal swelled,.
vv , ceaset * ’ke fight w here'er it spread,
Mlnle loud the dying soldier yelled,
Ami routed foemen scuttling fled.
And who was he who led them forth
iogfory ’mid that gloomy Imm ?
M ho reaped the rich tewatd of worth
And mounted high the steep of power?
Behold the bending veteran there,
, Beside the altar of I,is God ;
1 was be who made his sabre bare,
And o er that field a conqueror trod.
Ills sun is set. No more the sound
Os trump ordrum shall mark his course;
tn vain his war horse paws the ground,
In yam war’s clarion echoes hoarse
r reed from a mass of cankering cares,
Amid his loved ones he reposes ;
And uhile the Christian’s cross he bears,
C x ! * te ?LoL ! ' sc seems st rewu with roses.
Hashmgton, Aug. 1838. JED
HOWTO CHOOSE A GOOD HUSBAND.
| When you see a young man of modest, respectful, retiring manners
not s.ven to pride, to vamty, or flattt ry, he will make a’good hus
, band, or he will be the same kind man towards his wife after mar
nage th st he was before.
! When you see a young man of frugal and industrious habits, no
fortune hunt, r, but who would take a wife for the value of herself,
and not lor the sake of her wealth, that man will make a good hus
, band, for ms ..(h elion will not decrease, neither will he bring himself
I or hts partner to want or poverty.
When yon see a v otmg man, whose manners are of the boisterious
| and disgusting kind, with “brass” enough to carry them any where,
, and vamty enough to make Inn. think every one inferior to himself J
I do not marry him girls, for he never will make a good husband.
I ?' h r n J ol ' , see a man, who is using his best ind. avers to I
raise himself from obscurity to credit, charm ter and affluence by
his own merits, marry him; he will make a good husband, and one
! worth having.
When you see a young man depending solely for his reputation,
and standing m society, upon the wealth of bis father or other rela- i
Hoi's—don t many him, tor goodness’ sake, he will make a poor hus-
When you see a young man one half of his time employed
in adorning Ins person, or riding through the streets in gi>s who
leaves his debts unpaid, although frequently dem in led—never
badTusb’nd 01 ' n,a,ry ’ ,im; ,UI ’ llewill ’ in e ' make a I
Vi hen you see a young man who never engages in any affrays or
quarrels by day, nor follies by eight, and whose general conduct
is not of so mean a charactar as to make him wish to conceal his
name; and does not keep low company, nor break the Sabbath nor
use profane language, but whose face is seen regularly at the cluircli
where he ought to be—he will <ertainlv make a good husdand.
When a young man, who is below you in wealth, offers you mar-
it a disgrace, but look into his chaiacter; and if
you find it correspond with these directions, take him, and you will
get a good husband. '
Never make money an object of marriage; for if you do depend
upon it, as a balance for the good, you will get a bad husband.
H lien you see a young man who is attentive and kind to his sisters
or aged mother, who is not ashamed to be seen in the streets with
the woman who gave him birth, and mused him, suppotting her weak
and tottering frame upon his arm, and who will attend to all her lit
tle wants with (dial love affection and tenderness—take him girls,
who can get him; no matter what his circumstances in life are, he is
truly worth the winning, and will to a certainty make a good bus
band. *
Lastly, always examine into character, conduct and motives, and
you tmd these good qualities in a voting man, then may you
be sure he will make a good Imsbamk—G’rrcnmV/c Mountaineer.
I he New York I lines says that another large banking establish
ment is to be almost immediately organized in that city under the
general banking law of the State, at the head of which’is to be pla
ced John Delafield, Esq. The foundation of this institution, it is
further stated, is based upon the wealth of that great capitalist. John
Jacob Astor, Esq. •
* Prom lhe Athens Runner of August 4.
THE COMMENCEMENT.
Again has our annual liieray’ festival been celebrated, and again
have come up to witness its exercises, a goodly assemblage of the
wealth, the talent ami the beauty of our State. Here have met fond
fathers and mothers, filled with interest and anxiety for the success of
their offspring, who were for the first time to appear as candidates
for public, applause ; with the confiding sister, the aflectionate bro
ther, and (he kind friend, to cheer the young debutants by their pre
sence ; and here, too, have been the statesman, the ambitious politi
cian, (perhaps the demagogue,) and the devotee of fashion. Each
with different aims have congregated at the seat of literature and
we hope each has found all the success and enjoyment compatible
with their own and the public good.
The preliminary exercises commenced on Sunday, with a sermon
in the Chapel by the Rev. W. Smith. His subject was the evil con
sequences of ambition unchastened by the benign influences of reli
gion, and amply did Im do it justice. It was a specimen of fervid
eloquence, characteristic of its pious and talented author, and to
which his congregation listened with attention and delight.
On Monday, the Board of Trustees usually meet, but on ibis oc
casion a quorum were not in attendance. Only the following named
I gentlemen, viz: His Excellency George R. Gilmer, Hon. William
Schley, and Doct. Wuitehead, in addition to the saven members of
the Board residing in this county, making ten in all, were present*
five less than a quorum. The want of a quorum is more than usual
ly unfortunate, because there were some measures informally adopted
. by the Scnatits Academicus last winter in consequeme of lhe want
ol a quorum then, which required definite action. \\ hy does such
apathy exist on the subject of our College, on the part of those who
are appointed to be its guardians? It cannot be because the people
at latge view it with indifference, for never has it received more of
their patronage and confidence than now. Can there be any ex
cuse for the noi'-attendance of a majority of the Board ? It is pro
bable that some may b;jve been kept away' by sufficient causes
which they could not coutrol, but we can hardly believe that all the
absentees can furnish good reasons for their neglect. In accepting
the offices they hold, tliey virtually pledge themselves to guard the
interests of the lustitption ; and it is their duty, even at (he sacrifice
of mere personal convenience, to attend every meeting of their bo
dy. Unless they can dete.i mine to do this, except when prevented
i by providential cause, they had much better resign, than continue
the inattentive and unfaithful legislators for the welfare of eiu State
University. We express our individual ..pinions p amlv, but we fe«l
compelled hy a sense of public duty, thus to notice vvhat we con
, ccivean inexcusable negligence to fulfil a high public trust.
The Exhibition of the graduating class took place on Tuesday
morning and Wednesday. It is but justice to the young gentlemen
who spoke on that occasion, to say that they acquitted themselves,
admiiably. Some of th< ir addresses would Lave conferred honor
' upon men whose reputation for talent and eloquence is already est’-
! I biished. The address of President Church was dignified and im
i pressive—abounding in just sentiments ably expressed. The cause
. of virtue would be strengthened and aided, could it be disseminated
, and read by the community generally.
The following was the order of Exercises for the Senior exhibi
tion :
TUESDAY", ORDER OF THE DAY.
MUSIC.
PRAYER BY THE PRESIDENT.
ORATIONS.
J. Le Conte, P. K. S.* Libetty County, 2d Honor.—English Sa
lutatory—Blind admiration of men of genius.
A. B. Fall, P. K. S., Decatur.—Taste, as connected with nation
al character.
MUSIC.
W. P. Harrison, P. K. S. Jackson county,3d Honor.—A hundred - 15
years hence.
J. D. Sharpe, P. K. S. Savannah.—Physical Science. (Assign
ed.)
MUSIC.
P. 11. Shields, D. S. Madison.—Classical Literature (Assigned.)
J. A. Brauley, P. K. S. \\ ilmington, N. C.—Moral Science. (As
signed.)
MUSIC.
J. M. Giles, P. K. S. Church Hill, S. C.—Natural History. (As
signed.)
V, . 11. Hull, D. S. Athens, Ist Honor.—lntellectual and moral
. excellence, dependant on physical comfoit.
MUSIC.
WEDNESDAY, ORDER OF THE DAY.
MUSIC.
PRAYER BY THE PRESIDENT.
ORATIONS.
P. Winn, P.K.S. Liberty country, 2d Honor. La.iil Salut.ltO
ry.—Martyrdom to prtncqde.
J. J. Kendrick, D. S. Wilkes county.—(Excused.)
MUSIC.
J. 11. Jones, D. S. Elberton.—Moral responsibilities of literary
men. J
E. P. Clayton, D. S. Athens.—The proper materials fur an eta
tion upon a literary occasion.
MUSIC.
M. E. Bacon, P. K. S. Liberty county—The immot talitv of men
tai influence. • ?
B. M. Palmer, P K. S. Beaufort District, S. C. Ist Honor—Call
tor moral eilort in the present age*
music'i
I.T. fr«*m, D.S. Wilkes county, Ist Honor— Time overthrow,
the illusions ot opinion; but establishes the decision of nature
Valedictory.
S. P. Sanford, D. S. Creensborough, Ist Honor—Valedictory
MUSIC.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
Baccalaureate Address, — by the President..
On Tuesday afternoon, the annual address before the AliimnS
Society was delivered by James M. Smyth, Esq. of Washington.
It was listem d to with evident satisfaction by a large aodiivrv. The
latter part, particularly, was well calculated by its eloquence to arrest
the attention and command the admiration of his hearers.
The Exhibition of the Junior Class, to< k place on Tuesday night
agreeably to the following Order of Exercises. " " *
ORDER OF THE EVENING.
PRAYER.
MUSIC.
ORATIONS.
W. H Dabned, DeKalb county—Natural and artificial society.
•t tmt C ° X ’ Lex,l, S to “’—’nfluence of moral principle upon govern-
MUSIC.
A. Speer, Culloden.—
“ Nations bud and bloom and fade awav,
As morning rose before the king of day?*
Joseph B. Jones, Butke co. ) p..
R. P. Trippe, Culloden. I Dtscussion.
Internal copy-r'ijiht law.
, MUSIC.
I J. Felder, Laurens District, 8. C.--Music.
; A. S. Atkinson, Camden county. —
' “ Who can fell the triumphs of the mind,
By truth illumin’d and by taste refined '
MUSIC.
B. F. Wbitner, Jr. Lake Jackson, Floiida.— The Poet.
1 MUSIC.
, The Degree of A B. was conferred on the members of the rrie
duatmg class, as follows, viz: E. Anderson. L. Aude.son, m! E.
Bacon, J. A. Bradlev, L. I . Clayton, R. Donald A It Full W
R. Gignilliat, J. M. Giles, w. P. Harrison, W H Hull | T ’ ~
- J. 11. Jones, J. J. Kendrick, W. R. Lowrv, LLe Conte A H
, thews, J. P. McMullin, A. Moseley B. M. Palmer F
P. Sanford, J. D. Sharpe, P. []. Shields, P Winn ’ S ”
lb7ris‘Tl'” V> "li M G. Barnard, Jeptha
Harns, I homas 11. Moseley, Jish-M. Vasi n, Jos. ph C. Wil
kms trancis C. Baldwin, Stephen W Harris, Hugh Morrow, Junin.
> A. W mgfield, John R. Dyer, Samuel M. Strong, A unmiof this Col
ic go, and Jain s Gardner, an Alumnus of Union College.
On riiursday, the exercises were < losed with an oration before the
Demosiheman and Phi Kappa Societies, delivered by A. 11. Chaf
pell, Esq., which, as a literary production, sustained the rtpuiatioZ
of the author. 1 M
We learn that between thirty and forty new students have been ad-,
nutted, a number unusually large.
* D. S. and P. K. S. arc the initials of the Pcmosthenian and Phi Kappa Societies.
r , Jacksonville, August 9.
J t/r tJicr particulans of the late. Indian Murders in Georgia.—
1 he to lowing is an extract from a letter, to the Editor giving further
l> ; "lu 'dars td the late Indian murders in Georgia, an ac< oi.ni of
u inch appeared in our puperof Thursday List.
„. . “ Fort Gilliland E. F., July 31st, 1838.
k ir: ine express has just arrived from Kittle Creek, and it an.
pears t at die Indians arc commencing their career in Georgia. I
have received a letter from an officer of our Regiment, who was an
eyewitness to this melancholy fact.”
r i *.
[exi ract.J
„ r . r ~ “ Gamp Wilds, Geo. July 23d, 1838.
mty-five miles north west of Centreville, on Sunday morning,
a man camo full speed into camp, with the erv of Indians. 1 asked
where. He said about 5 miles off, that he had just .emoved a family
who heard the report of guns and the scre.ms of people. We were
m oui suldles in a few moments, and under full speed to the spot
where the a arm originated; an I O, God! of nil the scenes lever
saw, or wish to see, presented itself to view. On reaching tho
mound, n man, wife, ami four of his own, and two of his sister’s chil
ltad ia llen by 'he Indians. Three children td the 6 ver. alive
a aS.m^ SI S I';; T" ""’W ,dd bad b «“« ’»'<*
As” "Ai
with about •>() ij. -e-- . ' S |' , | l Prices and dirked in another,,
perfectly This wn' tl'" ,U Ur ’ S1 ’ V ' Ct a ' ive and llad lier sense*,
co d water which k • ,ry "’S time 1 ,lad ever seen - 1 g av «
cold water, which she wished much, and remained with her as long as