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red for “the payment of the revenue,
they cannot be returned on the bank to
demand the specie. * f;> * f. . 4 , ,•* * r i
S* .% it the a Vantages given to the
bank by the deposits of your revenue,
<md the receipt of its notes, together
\v|th the stock you hold, are weighed
in the scale of equal justice, against the
pretensions of the other stockholders, it
will appear doubtful whether you have
moie lhan yous due share of the direc
tion, hut whether you have as much as
your due share.. Sir, the claim of the
government of the U- S. to a share in
the’direction <>f this bank is founded
not merely upon the -amount of its
stock, but upon its stock, its deposits,
the receip t of its notes in payment of
the revenhe, and the necessity of some
agency in regulating what trill become
the national currency. If at any time
the government should withdraw its
deposits, refuse to receive the bank and
sell its stock, its share in the
pught to cease ; not because the govern
ment would not be entitled even then
to retain it on reasons of sound policy*;
but because no policy, however sound,
ought to be pursued the justice of which
is not out of all dispute, and because
the inducements which
may have to part with this Mocfi ought
to be lessened as far as it is possi
ble* vV-.'';’
The honorable gentleman from North
Carolina, Gaston) has told you, sir,
that institutions of this kind are always
best managed by the individuals interes
ted in their prosperity. There is not
the slightest inclination on my part to
contest this fact, but I am at a loss ,to
perceive its application to the present
question. In whose bauds will the
management of this bank be ; in the
hands of the twenty directors appointed
by the stockholders, or of the five ap
pointed by the government ? Certainly
the former—and even the government
directors, are they not to be personally
interested in the prosperity of the insti
tution ? Ase they not'to be stockhol
ders ? To me that object seems to be
- sufficiently secured by the provisions of
the bill -as it.at present stands—but if
any gentlemen doubts it, there cannot
be* the slightest objection to declare it
more expressly. Sir, the honorable
gentleman inquires if it is as likely
that persons will be appointed by the
government as by individuals—//* for
what, sir ? If the honorable
means persons fit in point of capacity
to direct the affairs of a bank ; it. Appears
to me that the same authority which
can select a man of sufficient,capacity
to be a chief justice or a foreign min*
ister, can select men of sufficient capat
city to be a bank director. If by Jit we
are to in point of integrity,
I cannot suppose the same power
competent to select a fit person to
preside over the National i reasury, and
incompetent to select a fit person to
manage the affairs of a monied corpo ra
tion. ■ ‘v.y ■L ‘
But if by this phrase we are to under,
stand, what I cannot believe honora
ble gentleman would wish to be under
stood as meaning :-if by |fit persons we
are to understand persons fij. to be made
instruments in the hands ot a iactian--
persons fit to sacrifice their country to
their interest, and even their interest
itself, to their ambition or their hatred
—persons fit and willing to ruin what
ever they are not permitted to rule
then, sir, i say uit is not more likely
that fit persons should be appointed by
the government, than by a monied ar
istocracy.
But, gentlemen: suppose the confi
dence of the people in this institution
Will be impaired, unless the manage
ment of it is exclusively in the heads
of the directors appointed by the stock
holders. What, sir, will the confidence
of the public be diminished by the de
posits of the government being made
in the bank, and the revenue Os the gov
ernment be collected in its notes? If it
will not, can that confidence be dimin
ished by the appointment of directors,
whose existence must be a constant in
ducement to the government to contin
ue those deposits, and tp receive these
notes ? ‘ _
Sir* honorable gentleman from
North Carolina fears the increase of pat
ronage, and of patronage, he has said,
and he'has said it ably- and eloquently,
in the spirit and almost in the very
words of an elegant and admired writer,
that it is twice cursed / it corses those
who give, and those who receive it.
For mv own part, sir, I do not fear
the overthrow ol our government^ from
offic ini, let me ?«y, sir, I am no fricr.* 1 ..
Sir, 1 h?»ve as little* reason as any one to
be friendly to it. Xt hasbe'-n my lot to
have cseen it sometimes administered as
a political medicine, and scarcely ever
without injury* In small doses to be
sure it may only nauseate those who
give, and those who take it : but in
large quantities it is the*certain poison
of all true merit, in any shape or in
any quantity quacks and
impose uponfoois, but men o? sense dp
not often meddle with it. Sir, in nine
cases out of ten, it is a crying sin a
gainst wenh and justice* But what is
this patronage ? I haye no skill in phil
olgy, sir ; but according to my crude
notions, it is not the naere power of giv
ing or rewarding ; but the disposition
to give or reward, not according to the
degree of merit, not according to the
scale of justice, but from selfishness,
vanity or any other sjnister motive.—
Sir, the power to bestow does not neces
sarily carry with it the inclination to
bestow from none other tnan bad mo
tives, or with none other than a bad de
sign. Increasing the number of offices
to be sure, increases the means, and
may increase the temptation to make
bad appointments, but if we have arrived
or are likely to arrive, at such a pitch
of corruption, that tke president and
senate of the Uuited States cannot re
sist the temtations of patronage, in the
appointment of a bank director, it is
high time for; the people to take those
of admirals, anti generals* and judges/
and ambassadors, out of their hands.
To conclude, sir, il banks had always
been what they ought always to be, mere
machines for promoting industry and
enterprize, by securing, lending, and
transferring money, the necessity of
government having this check on them
might be doubtful., But since they
have been converted, and will be con
verted, into eugines of political power ;
since they will sometimes abuse that
power, for it seems now to be admi ted
that the late bankef the United States
did sometimes abuse it, and others may
have done, St perhaps did do the like
let as at least have a check. I say, a
check sir,not a control over their ope
rations. If we are to have a bank which
it seems we are, and though the mode
in which it has been fashioned, is not
much to my taste, my vote if possible
shall aid its passage—if we are to have
a bank* at least let it be one which if it
does not aid you in the hour of distress
and danger, like many of those institu
tions* now the fashion of the day to vili
fy ,* at least cannot bg, wielded now or
at any future time/ under this or any
other administration for the destruc
tion of country, by the enemies of its
safety, its union, or its independence*—
Sir, my anxiety to retain this clause a
rises from the influence it will have up
on the final vote \vhich I may be called*
upon to give ; Ido not say that vote
will be changed, but it certainly fvill be
materially affected, by the fate of this
motion.
Wash in oton City, . Match lfl. : v
, KiiPUBLCAN MEETING.
Chamber of the House of Representatives
of the Uhuted States, M«.rch 16,18 i6. >
At a meeting of the Republican Mem-
beTs of Congress assembled this evening
pursuant to public notice, for the pur
pose of taking into consideration the
propriety of recomending to the people
of the United States suitable persons to
supported at the approaching election
for the officers of President and Vice-
President of the United States, one hun
dred and eighteen members of the Senate
& house of Representatives , and one DelU
gate, attended.
Gen. Samuel Smith, of Maryland,
<was called to the Chair, and Col. R.
M. Johnson, of Kentucky, appointed
Secretary. f
And being so organized, #
J Mr. Clay submitted the following
resolution. V J
Resolved , That it is inexpedient to
make, in Caucus, any recommendation
to the good people of the United States,
pf persons in the judgment of this mee
ting, fit and suitable to fill the office : V
President and Vice President of the
United States. s
And the question being taken thereon,
It was determined in the negative.
Mr. Taylor, of New York, themsub
rnitttd the following resolution, to
wit : ,\ *’ ‘ <
. Resolved, That the practice of nom
inating candidates for the offices of Pre
sident and Vice-President of theJUnited
States ; by a Convention of the Senators
and Representatives in Congress, is in
expedient, and ought not to he continu
ed. f|2 i ( ?/
And the question being taken thereon,
live.
The meting t hen proceeded to the re
commendation s
Upon which it appeared that the Hon.
James Monhoe had sixty-five votes* and
the Hon. William H Chawford fif
ty-four votes, for the office ,of Presi
de nU £ J’ * f $ * 2l>'‘ -'^£'l
That hia Excellency Daniel D.
Tompkins of had eighty-five
vcjtes* and his excellency Simon Sxyo-t
er thirty votes, for the office gs vice-
Presidjent
And thereupon. /
Mr Clay submitted the following
resolutions, which were coloured jin
without opposition.
Resolved , Tha* this meeting do re
commend to the people the United
States, JAMES MONROE of Virgin
a. as a suitable person for the office .of;,
president of the United States, and.
DANIEL D TOMPKINS ot%New-York
as a suitable person for the office of Vice-
President of the United Staley, Ihr the
term of four years, commencing on the
4th day of March next.
Resolved , That the Chairman and Se-:
cretary be appointed to ascertain from
the persons above meniionefl, wire the r
they are disposed to serve in the offices
respectively designated.
Ordered* That t proceedings of the
meeting be signed tsy the Chairman and
Secretary* and.publisher: in the Nation
al Intcligencer-
S. SMITH* Chairmen.
R. M. Johnson, Secretary,
‘I „ ‘
ATHENS.
Tiiiir?nTgl
THURSDAY, APRIL 4. v
111 a Nashville paper of 27th February
it is said that the prevailing fever JiM
then Subsided—that in the town of
Nashville* 65 persons of all discriptions
had died of this fever, and in thffe adjoin
ing country about 150 more—that from
the best estimates the state of Tennes
see had lost* 2000 souls by .this fatal
MaladaV. ‘lt is-said to have teaspd a
bout the stime time also in S. Carolina,,
ere it has been equally destructive* I
The Hon W. Bagot was vaster ly
presented, by the secretary of state, to
the President, as Minisister Plenipoten
tiary, ahd Envoy Extraordinary from
the government of Great Britain to
that of the United State.
: Mat, Ini,-
General Wilson, the new Governor *:
general of the Canadas arrived at New
York some days ago, and passed over
land to,Montreal. He is stated to be a
young man between,3o and 35, but has
seen much service in India under the
present Lord Wellington. lie is repor
ted by those who saw him to be a well
bred man, modest for his rank and
station. ; < * Ibid,
mmm
M. Lavaiette. it has bOen said,
arrived at New York. 1
( BY THE GEN, JACKSON J,
Fxtract to a respectable merchant m UaU
/ l timore y dated
Bordeaux, Feb. 5.
Our market for the American produce
is at present calm.—Cotton, however,
keeps very steady. The stock of tobac
co in the port is small ; it consists chief
ly of third quality Virginia, and is held
at jl 15f. •
“ Coffee and Sugar are rkther improv
ing ; other coloniei produce is dull /
but the interior of the country is by no
means abundantly supplied with loreigh
products, and we therefore calculate /
upon a general improvement as the sea
son advances.
u Anew tariff is on the fhpis + by
which the duties upon Colonial and also
upon many articles oi American pro
duce will be increased. Cotton* howev,-
er; will very probobly be excepted.
There had been commotions at Ly
ons and other towns in the interior ;
many arrests had taken place, and de
pots of arms discovered. .
The Abbe Seyes, according to the
la. ofamnesty, had left France.
EavaleUe to be in^Eng-
himself since his return ■ *
v The royal family of Portugal was ex
pected to return to Europe, »nfl thou
troops they left in America to ?oin the
Spaniards in suppressing the revolution
ists*
The* emperor Alexander banished,
by ukase dated 2d of January, all the-*
Jesuits from his two capitals they hav
ing proved * ungrateful and’ unfaithful,
subjects, and attempted to make con
verts from the Greek religion, « the.
foundation stone of the Russian era
pire/*: k / *v''” f . ."V
“Considerable irritation is experienced
by those.powers exposed trijfedf incur
sions of the Algerines at the itonthalanm
of the English on that subject. Admi
ral Exmouth himself, commanding the
British forces in the Mediterranean,
lately fell m with an Algerine cruiser/
who demanded of him pro\ isions for
500 Christian slaves taken from the
coast of Naples and Ancona* threatened
to throw them into the sea vf>nt suppli
ed. The provisions were supplied.
Kotzebue died lately at Ivorngsb^rg.
The chamber of deputies is occupied
hearing petitions from manufacturers*
from individuals who had been insulted
S. before trim return of the king m conse
quence of their adherence to his cause,
praying redress, and from others who
think the burthens of the times should
be levied on those whose attachment to
the usurper had caused the late trou
bles.
Mr Hyde de Neuville is about depar
ting for the United States in quality of
ambassador. He has resided a long
time in that country as an exile, at the
same time witjf general Morcan* No
body is better acquainted there than
himself, and die reputation I e ltft he
hind him, his known loyalty and devo
tion to the king, of which he has given
so many proofs, justify in advance the
choice of his majesty, and cause the ex
pectation tha/ite will be well received
in a country . wliere so many faithful
Frenchmen hafe met a generous hos
pitality.
Letters from Rome express some as
tonishment at late orders received from
the prince regent of England, address
ed to the great sculptor Canova, direct
ing him t 6 erect a monument to the
cardinal of York, the last descendant of
the houso of Stuart, who died at Rome
some years since.
From the Ist of February u The Of
ficial Gazette’* .will cease, and the Man
iteur will contain all the acts of the
government; a part of that paper at tho
same time will be un official.
Yesterday the celebrated Dr Valu
at the college of physicians and sur
geons, in a lecture of much learning
& interest, accompanied by experiment* „
illustrating the doctrines of animal elec
tricity, afforded entertainment and in
struction to a numerous and respecta-*
ble audience.
This distinguished physician and phi
lanthropist, well known m Europe, ax
the friend and fellow laborer ofGalvamst /
and for his works on animal electricity
and oq the plague of Constantinople, ia
now on a visit to this country, that if
posible, the nature of the yellow fever
may be ascertained and its antidote ap
plied.
Unprejudiced in favor of any doc trine*
hitherto promulgated in this country,
as to the nature and causes of this most
fatal plague, it is hoped that Dr. Vaxli
will succeed in securing another claim
to the gratitude of the, world 8c add one
more discovery to those which will
make him immortal as a votary of sci
ence and lover of mankind.
A”. T* Columbian
J. W. Ten Cate, Esq. Charge des
Affairs from the king of ihe Netherlands
and his secretary, have arrived at Balti
more in the Clausa from Amsterdam.
Constant Freeman, late a Colonel in,
the army of the United States, is ap
pointed, by the President and Senate
to be Accountant of the Navy Depart
ment, vice Thomas Turner, dec.
William Wirt is appointed, by the
same authority, to be Attorney of the-
United Stales for the districtof Virginia*
vice George Hay, resigned.
Miles King is appointed, by the same
authority, to be Navy Agent at the port
of Norfolk. V -/J / aU[ * nt *
COTTON—very little in market—
sales brisk from 26 t-2 to 27 1-2 cents
and what is still more flattering to
industry and enterprise, no apprehen
sions of an immediate depression. To*
bacco, first (quality 14 dollars.
Augusta ChronitlU’