The Georgia mirror. (Florence, Ga.) 1838-1839, September 08, 1838, Image 2

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the celestial word*, mercy and forgiveness! As the sounds died away. she rose and bent her weary steps alone towards the village, trusting to that I’rovidence which bad hitherto sustained her, to guide her steps : her heart was almost broken, she thought of the happy home she had left, for one who had abandoned her. Where were the parents that used to smile upon her, in -her early days ? Gone. Where are the gay companions of her joyous hours? Gone, all gone! friends aud foes, all on earth had gone, and lclt her fate. She wandered on till towards night, when the gathering clouds and her tottering steps, reminded her that she was without food or shel ter. Fortunately a cottage was iu sight she reached it, fainting, and sunk upon its threshold. Its charitable inmate, on beholding her, conveyed her into the house, gave her some warm cordial and put tier to bed. lu the morning Annette wa much recovered. “Here,” said she, drawing from her finger a wedding ring, “take this, a poor recompense to you for your kindness. Thou golden circlet, re membrancer oi plighted vows; 1 thought thee once the tvpe of joy, that, like the rainbow, pro mised brighter days to come; thou hast tornied a link of a bright chain that has onthralled me to misery ! Farewell! 1 would thou couldst have ' lain with me in mv grave, for there only canst thou redeem thy pledge;” then kissing it she placed it in the old woman’s hand. “And so it shall,” said Dorcas, the old woman’s name, “I will see thy wishes fulfilled, and may it prove a passport to’thy happiness hereafter; if you are content to partake ol nty hutnble dwel ling, vou are welcome. You can assist me to spin ; if you do not know how, you can soon )pjtm; for my heart feels for you, and 1 aui w il ling to instruct you.” Annette thankfully accepted the good woman’s offer; her thoughts still wandered m the hope that by remaining Dear the village, she might still watch aud guard from evil the destroyer ol her peace in this world. A few weeks passed over, when Dorcas, who had gone to the market town, resumed much fatigued. “Here, dear,” said she, “take my cloak ; I have staid longer than usual, but i was attracted by the look of one of the housebreakers whom they hid just arrested; he was caught breakiug into Mr. Howard’s house last night; I really neversaw a handsomer looking tnan than the one they cal led Wallington; I cannot believe him guilty, however, our judge »s a good man. and every n>er cy will be shown to him;” she went on talking, when not receiving any answer, she turned aud beheld Annette lying senseless. The assizes came on; the court was unusually crowded ; some of the persons taken up for bur glary were requitted, while others were condem ned. .* - Last came Henry Wallington; when he was a>ked whether he plead guilty, or not guilty, lie replied in a firm tone—“ The offence for which 1 stand charged, I plead gulty, and would that that were all! I should rejoice, and on my bended kness return my everlasting thanks. Lured by ambition, I forgot the laws of heaven and man; one vice begat another, till villainy reigned tri umphant over my heart, sundered the ties that bind the human family together, and I became an outcast and a robber! The being I had sworn to piotect and cherish, I spurned and abandoned, devoted her to destruction, betrayed her confi dence, and violating every bond of faith, truth, and virtue, drove her to despair and destroyed her. her heart broken form has haunted me to madness, and made me feel that 1 am indeed a most guilty murderer /” Overcome with emotion, he sunk down, and the judge pronounced his sentence— death ! He was borne to his prison, a terrible example of perfidy and falsehood ! The village church was again opened. The reverend minister stood at his altar, while the bride and bridegroom knelt at his fee'; there was no need to ask for witnesses this time, for Mr. and Mrs. Howard stood there to give their daughter away. As Francis and Emma Montague were departing from the church, they sauntered through its cemetery, a rose bloomed at the head of a grave, which was covered with a plain slab ; they advanced towards it, and read : REPOSE IS PEACE, ASSETTE WAI LINUTON.. \ gsa tins Jonathan who had long been pay ing attention to farmer C—■ —’ daughter Sally, in vited his dearly beloved to ride to the store with him. They arrived, and after looking at all the pretty things, said Jack, “ Mr. draw me a glass of gin and sweeten it well with molasses.” It was done, and Jonathan swallowed it at a draught, then smacking his lips, lie turned around and thus ad dressed dearly beloved, 1 say, Sal, that was darn good, why don't you buy a glass for yourself. Climax. —The following eloquent speech was made not long since, by a young limb of Black stone, to a court and jury in one of the eastern counties of New York. “ May the court please, gentlemen of the jury, the defendant in the case, with all the fury of a fiend, emerged from the dense wilderness like a roaring lion, and in his gigantic strength, he seized my cli ent, by the collar, aud and tore his shirt!” Courting among the Faculty. —A yoking physi cian while on a friendly visit to a famiigpn this city, with whom he was intimate, said to a young lady, a member of it. “You seem unwell, Miss. What is the matter!” “Are you a doctor, and cannot tell. Feel my puise,” replied the lady. ' “T do!” * “What do you prescribe!” •“A husbaud.” '‘Where shail I find him?” - “Here, if you will accept me!” exclaimed the £.on of Galen with an enthusiasm worthy a poet. Thetwo;»re now one. The lady is called Mrs. Doctor—What would you give to know?” Jaw Breakers. —You must be phlebotomized, a pompous physician to a poor invalid. I can’t—indeed, I can’t, replied the sick map, I toll you, you must be bled rejoined sir Pompous. To which, the other answered—well, you may do that, but I’B be hanged if I will submit to t’other thipg, .. . "Girls lookhere. —The member-* of the Dubuque (Wisconsin) Lyceum, composed exclusively of bachelors, have passed the following resolution: “Resolved, that early marriages are conducive to happiness ” At the last advices there was hardly an unmarried lady oLaPX reasonable age to be found iu that vicinity—and the swains were impa tiently waiUDgrfortlie next batebofemigrants from the Fact, From the Cob embus Sentinel Herald. SKETCHES, AD LIBITUM. fit HORATIO WALDO, ESQ. The Revival. —lt was a bright moonlight eve ning, and cool breezes which returning autumn had'introduced, plainfully invited me to walk forth and enjoy their luxuriant sweep.. In the course of my rambles, my ear caught up the sweet strain of a heavenly song, which seemed to issue forth from some retired spot, consecrated to a service separate and distinct from the usual round of earthly pleasures, unsanctified enjoyments. I paused and listened; the music rose and swelled, higher and louder, as though the spirit which gave it forth was acting uuder the influence o( a more than ordinary excitement. I love music— and in whatever path it meets me, it holds me as by enchantment; yielding therefore to its per suasive tones on this occasion, I followed its direc tion, until I found myself at the dooroi the sanc tuary, sacred to the worship of the Lord ot Hosts. The Methodist were singing. There is a peculiar sweetness in those spiritual songs w hieh are inter woven with the service of the Methodist Episco pal church. Like the blessed gospel itself, they are adapted to the taste and understanding ot all ; the poetry is simple, unadorned, and lull of that pietv which reaches and moves the heart; (he Inusic is like virtue herself, unobtrusive, but pensivelv sweet and enamoring; it reminds one of the songs of the shcpbetvls, as in oldou time they coursed their shining wav over the plains ol Judea ; there is iu it all. a moving energy, vitality, and life. The song died away, and a blast from the gospel trumpet announced that a herald of the cross wa« upfcn the walls of Zion. Behold then, in his person.thc venerable form of the Bit hop him self— n nun upon whose head bleak winds of many a whiter has blown—who has long travelled that ‘straight and narrow way which leads to life nnd bliss,’ w hose heart is right, and whose head is fil led with knowledge. He looks over his flock, and regards them with feelings of unutterable love, for they belong to his divine master; the holy bcok is open before him, and he proceeds to des cant upon its revealed and sacred truths. I know not which can most completely sway and absorb me music or oratory. There is a ch;*m, a power and influence, in both, which is irresistible. The graces of elocution-—the fine modulation of voice; the speaking eye— the eloquent mouth—the noble person and earnest enthusiastic manner of a pub lie ipcskftl*, wbon uuitoilt oro porounoivc t foif iMp and captivatiug. The venerable man to whom al lusion has been made, possesses many of these prerequisites, and perhaps enough for the sacred desk; but in an eminent degree did he seem to be master of that kind of eloquence, which con sists in thought, and which glows out from the soul, rich and mellow as the western heaven, when the sun sinks dowu into his golden bed. That speaker is eloquent, whose thoughts come gush ing up from the fountains of his soul, as the spring boils from the base of the mountain, and whose elocution stamps the seal of sincerity and earnest ness upon the sentiment and doctrines which he promulgates. Such is the style of eloquence peculiar to Bishop Andrew. Ilis discourse was argumentative, earnest, solemn, and affecting; ami as he expounded his text—‘if the Lord be God follow him’—in strains of holy eloquence, there was palpable ‘moving of the waters,’ and an awful ‘shaking among the dry bones.’ The old travel led the long road of retrospection, and sighed over the many errors and faults by which it was marked; the yontig awoke as from a dream of pleasure, to know the great first cause of their ex istence and to ‘remember their Creator in the days of their youththose who bore the Saviour’s name mourned over their cold indifference to his cause, and the hitherto reckless and unthinking sinner, found himself translated from a lawn of green and verdant beauty, bestrewed with flowers, to a mountain of barrenness, which burned like Vesuvius, and was crumbling beneath his feet.— The invitation went out from the man of God, bearing the message of his Divine Master, ‘Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest,’ and the scene which eti sued might challenge the pencil of an angel. The rush to the altar of prayer was strong and noisX as the battle of the Philistines, and every banner that waved, bore the impressive insigna, ‘victory cr death.’ The parent and child, the hus band and wife, went up together, and knelt side by side as petitioners for pardon; the Christain shouted for joy, and the sinner laughing at the jest, or frowned at the mockery, as lie was pleased to term it; but overall this thrilling, enrapturing nnd aw ful scene, the wing of Divine Mercy was evidently outspread. The half stifled groan of the mourn er fell upon the ear with the heavy, startling sound of the midnight gun as it booms i’roin the enemy’s camp; but high in the ascendant rose the joyful shout of the liberated capitive, who stood erect, with loosened chains and fetters knocked off, to proclaim the peace and liberty of the new birth— as a bird just freed from its cage, his spirit soared and sung as it went, giving to its unfledged wing a broader and a bolder sweep, as it coursed away from the bitter realities of the past, to the unseen glories of the future; while the old warrior from the camp of Israel, beholding the fire and zeal of these fresh recruits, raised a shout for the God of battle, and looked well to his own shield, breast plate and helmet. Thete is a beauty and bright ness In that scene which develops the nobler and diviner attributes of man’s moral and intellectual nature. Philosophy, science and poetry all es tablish the immortality of man, and exhibit him fitted and destined for a higher and more glorious state of existence. Intellect is immortal; genius may live, and shine, and blaze forever, beauteous and resplendant as the light of eternity; but fet tered and clogged as it is by mortality, how op portune and timely that refreshment which comes through the instrumentality of a revival of all those influences which will guide its energies into direct and pure channels of activity, labor and hope, suited to the dignity and aspiration of the God-like soul. Franklin, the great philosopher, prayed ere he flew the kite by which he control led the lightnings of heaven, and Kirk White, the poet, struck the last note of his sweet and touch ing lyre to the glory of God. Reason may light her lamp .at the altar of religion, or it may not burn; and the fires of genius may fail to illumine the darkness of death; but the light of immortal ity can never be extinguished. A revival of ‘pure and undefiled religion* in a community, should be esteemed as a jewel of rare and invaluable worth, for it will forever remain like the tower of Pharos, whose perpetual light streams over the darkness of an Egyptiau sea. .• REV. JOHN WESLEY, Whose deep penetration and insight into cause and effect has made his sayings appear prophetical, has the following remarks in his sermon "on the Use of Money “None can gain by swallowing up his neighbor’s THE aEOfttiU MIRKOft. substance, without gaining the damnation of hell. Neither may we gain by hurting our neighbor iu his body. Therefore, we may not sell any tiling which’tfiids to impair health. Such is eminently all that liquid fire, commonly called drams or spi rituous liquors.- Jt is true, these may have a place in medicine; they may be of use iu some bodily disorders {although there would rarely be occa sion for them, were it uot for the uuskillulness of the practitioner.)—Then-fore, such as prepare and sell them only for this eiid, may keep their cou i science clear. But who are they ? Who prepare > then* only for this end ? Do you know ten such distillers in England ! Then excuse these. ‘But all who sell them in the common way, to any that will buy, are poisoners general. They murder ' his Majesty’s subjects by wholesale, neither do their eyes pity or spaie, They drive them to hell, like sheep: and what is their gain ? Is it not the blood of these men’ ? Who would then envy their large estates and sumptuous palaces?—A curse is in the midst of them : the curse of God cleaves to the stones, the timber, the furniture of them. The curse us God is iu their gardens, their walks, their groves ; a fire that burns to the ncthennost hell. Wood, blood is there ; the foundation, the the floor, the walls, the roof are stained with blood. And canst thou hope, O thou man of blood, tho’ thou art “clothed ill scarlet and tine linen, and far estsumptuously every day,” canst ihou hope to de liver down the fields of blood to the third genera tion ? Not so for there is i God in heaven.— Therefore, thy name shall be rooted out. Like as those whom thou hast destroyed, body and soul, “thy memorial shall perish with thee.” From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. ECROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. London, July 19. Revival of Business—-Spxinish Cruelty to a Captive IVo man—Waterloo Road Murder — Victoria , something of herpersnnul appearance. The news from America has had the effect to aid in the general revival of business. Every thing here w ears a much happier aspect. The Coronation Being over, and the splendid enter tainment given by the Corporation to the distin guished.foreigners, who represented their Sove reigns iii that event, the public mind is becoming more business-like. In the manufacturing dis tricts, too,.it is truly giatifySng to witness the de gree of activity that is advancing, with no mea sured steps. Money is very abundant, and public confidence is assuming a most cheering tone of permanency in regard to prosperous and whole some trade. Perhaps you may observe in some of the papers a most brutal occurrence in Spain—an event of the wicked war which has raged in that depressed country so long. The substance of this heart rending account is, that aCarlist officer's wife had fallen into the hands of the forces of the Queen. She was commissioned to carry intelligence of Zabrano's movements against the Cariists When she fell into the hands of the Queen’s forces, they had her tried by a Court Martial and she was or dered to bo shot. They then paraded her thro’ the streets, when the brutal populace fell upon her, hurling at her all sorts of missiles, sucli as sticks and stones, and literally mangled her body to pie ces, and she was dead before she reached the spot appointed for her execution. The brutes, even after tliis, fired twice at her body, and then lashed it to the tail of ahorse, and dragged it until it was dashed into atoms. Such are the creatures that form part of the Queen’s subjects. You may have observed ere this, in some of the English Journals you receive, an account of a most mysterious murder which recently took place on the Waterloo road Like the Helen Jewett murder in your sister city of New York, it has created much talk and a good deal of speculation. I am told tlvnt the murdered girl was very hand some—a very accomplished and fascinating cour tesan; —one who set up for a genteel lady of Lon don, which character she well sustained, it would appear, by the number and character ofherac quaintances, many of them standing high even in the line of descent from blood royal. She was a sort of Millwood in the power she exercised over those she drew around her, She was of late, I am told, known to be the mistress of au individual, well known in high circles (whose name l forbear to mention, out of shame’s sake.) The belief is, (and that belief is not badly sustained by facts) that other*;’, high m public consideration, h;id received favor in the eyes of the Syren of Waterloo-road, which caused jealousy in the mind of tho original favorite', and stunt: w ith jealousy and revenge, he murdered the faithless one. Her body was found upon the'Waterloo road, stabbed in a most horri ble manner. Who was the murderer, and what was his motive, is not positively known. An indi vidual was arrested, but no positive evidence ap pearing against him, he has been discharged, and the whole matter remains veiled in mystery, as was the mysterious murder of Helen Jewett in your neighboring city of New York. Since 1 have been in Loudon, I have seen the youthful Queen several.times. The day preced ing the Coronation, she stole, unattended, into Westminster Abbey, to witness the preparations that were m iking for the coining event. I was in the midst of a dense crowd—hundreds of thou sands of persons of every kind and tongue, had, like me, poured forth to witness' the preparations. Aery was raised—“ The Queen —The Queen”— when all ru'she l to a single point, where a carriage stopped in front of Westminster Abbey. It prov ed to be the “observed of all observers,” who had come out in a private way, attended only by two ladies. She was plainly dressed, and smiled with much graperpf recognition to the plaudits of the surrounding, multitude. She is not what you would call handsome; but her personal appear ance is rather fascinating. Her smile is not forc ed or condescending; but playing upon lips appar ently set in motion by warm and honest feeling. It is of the.winning kind, well calculated to make her popular. Iler nose is slightly acqualine, while her mouth is slightly opeti, exhibiting most of her upper teeth, presenting more the appear ance of a being about to discourse with those about her, than that of any other. Her face is rather round, but her forehead is not what would be phrenologically called “elevated,” though it is re spectable and in keeping with the general contour of her foce. But, as you have doubtless seen much of her personal: appearance on the day of the Coronation, I. will say no more about the “Yoilthfuf Queen" for the present. . - n - ’ lam Truly yours, ~ T. Resp eel for Women. —Lee, the individual sen tenced at New Gfleans to two years imprisonment for brutal" conduct towards his wife, wason landing with his escort at. Batou'Rouge, subjected by the the mob which overpowered the guard, to the op eration of the Lynch taw. VT REQUEST. From the Georgia Journal. Mr. Editor —A writer over tho signature of “Lowndes” has thought proper to notice the few remarks Turnbull submitted some weeks since, re lative to a National Bank, and seems no little so licitous to convince the public of the incorrect ness of the assertion, “of opposition to any Na tional Bank being one of the cardinal doctrines of the State Rights party.” It was deemed so in coutestibly true, that no recitation of facts or ar guments was needed, to bring it home to the re collection and conviction of all. The instances adduced by Lowndes, are singularly unfortunate for him, in’ proving the reverse of the proposition. They unfortunately prove too much. It is true, Mr Craw ford was at one time a Bank man, so w as Mr Forsyth, Wilde and Cutlibert, but they have all doubtless signally atoned for that abberratiou from correct principles. Mr. Crawford a few months before his death,deeply regretted liiscourse on that subject, and with his accustomed hones ty and inflexible integrity, acknowledged his er ror, A’ avowed that his opinion had undergone a thorough change, from a persual of the secret de bates of the Convention, that framed the Consti tution ; which debates had been hermetically seal ed from the statesmen of 181 G. That Mr. For syth has changed his views, and also Mr. Wilde, is sufficiently apparent, from their voting against the recharter of the last Bank; and although Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Cuthhert are not considered State Rights men in the sense used by Turnbull: yet it is sufficiently obvious to all, that their course now is the very antipodes of a National Bank. “Lowndes” can find Mr. Crawford’s letter to Dennis L - Ryan, Esq. published iti the South ern Recorder and Georgia Journal a few months prior to his decease. “Lowndes” says that the State Rights party refused to instruct their rep resentatives iu 1831, when they were in a majority. Is it possible. Lowndes can be so ignorant of the fact, that in 1831, the State Rights party was in a woful minority, instead of majority, as he asserts. By reference to the journals, lie will perceive, that the reverse is true. The State Rights party true to their principles, proposed resolutions to the effect, that the Bank of the U. States, was not only unconstitutional out wholly [inexpedient. 11l 1830, similar resolutions were introduced by Dr. Henry Branham, in which he was sustained by the State Rights party ? And it is a source of pride, to know, that so talented a statesman remains firm and consistent. But the action of the party did not cease, at that era. Lowndes is referred to the journals of the Legislature of 1834, when (admirabile dictu ) both parties introdu ced resolutions, declaratory of the unconstitution ality of that measure, nnd gave it as their opinion “that a Bank ought not to chartered on any terms,” and declared it as “inconsistent with our liberties.” So much for the action of the Geor gia Legislature. That “Turnbull” may not be thought by Lowndes, to be too sectional and lo cal, i will present a succinct view of the State Rights party, in other States and in Congress. Witness the resolutions in the Virginia Legisla ture, declaring “that while they disapproved of the removal of tho Deposites, they regarded the U. S. Bank ns they had frequently declared, it, as wholly unconstitutional; and in this, she was sustained by every distinguished State Rights man in tint State—Tazewell, Leigh, Tyler, Randolph, Floyd, Ac. Ac. The same may be said of every South ern State. Lowndes is especially referred to the different reports of committiees in the late Con vention of South Carolina and particularly to that of the committee of 21. If he will examine the de bates and records of Congress, there also he will see waged, an interminable warfare against its cor rupting influences —See the practical and lumin ous speech of his Excellency Governor Gilmer where he declares; “the Bank would necessarily hare the power of render "ng die Government in some degree subsidiary to it in time of war, and chang ing at its will, the price of all property, by its com mand of the currency, and of speculating through its directors, upon all the staple products of the conn* try, by enlarging and curtailing its discounts, Was each citizen, says he, instead of knowing that he was master of liis own money and prop erty. to be made to feel, that its value depended upon the will and promises of a Bank ; was the independence, the spirit, and power of the people to defend tlieir rights from violation to he broken down by the constant sense of dependontc opuo the Bank ; itself the creature and agent of the gov ernment !!! After urging with fervid eloquence, the friends of the Rights of the State, to resist all usurped power ; he offers a series of resolutions, one of which, I extract for the accommodation of Lowndes. “ Resolved, That the creation of a National Bank, or the rechartering of the present Bank of the United States, is not only an exercise of pow er not authorised by the Constitution ; but dan gerous to the individual independence ofthe peq ple ; to the power of the States, to resist usur pations of their rights and to the continuance of our present free institutions.” Such was the language of that consistant states man, and such men ns he, and Gov. Troup, are too firm rooted in their love ofliberty, and the rights ofthe States ever to waver or change. Such was the feeling and sentiment of all the State Rights men then in Congress. As somewhat indicative of public sentiment, Lowndes is reminded, that there never has been an Editor of the State Rights parly in Georgia, favorable to a National Bank until now, audit is be lieved there is now but one. So mnch for the history of the past on this momentous subject, It the imposing array of influential names of the distinguished individuals of Georgia could effect any thing, Turnbull could enumerate nearly all the flower and talent, of the party, who have ever been and still are opposed to any Natioual Bank, and if the party has at any time supported for office any one entertaining a favorable opinion, it was in no instance recognising the correctness or justness of their views ; ( but from motives and cau ses totally separate and distinct. Turnbull is no proscriber ; he has endeavored to convince Bank men of the utter folly and inconsistency of their proscription ; men who hut yesterday believed as Turnbull does, that no Bank can be made consti tutional, are now the first to vote against those who, shoulder to shoulder, were a month past, con tending. together against all doubtful or usurped power. It has ever been the wise and prudent maxim of the State Rights party, ” Quern dubitas non facias.” In no event to vote for any measure not clearly coustitutioual. Before entering upon other topics alluded to, Lowndes is referred to the opinion of Mr. Cheves on this point, one of the Presidents of the late Bank, and confessedly one of Che best. “I ara of opin ion, says he that a National Bank, will not aid but embarrass the restoration of ihe currency of the eoautry, and that afterwards it would be anii n : fution infinitely dangerous under many tirci Jtr ' stances and many view s, I admit that under wise and circumspect management, it might be useful, but U is as certain as any thing dep enc . iug on human actiou or human will, that it Wl |j not be so managed. “Besides, I have” says 1„. “no doubt, Congress has no constitutional p oyit ' r to establish such institution, and this I think h as been the clearly expressed judgement of that school of public men who claim Mr. Jetfer-*onns their head; who have administered the government for almost forty years. The institution of the | ale Bank, was a departure from the principles of th u ; school, badly justified; or rather lamely excuse! at the time, since generally regretted by them, and finally h>i thevrsrlves atoned for, in the best man nt rin their power, by putting it down. In the first short essay on this subject the qne,. tion was asked Shall it be required to show the alarming danger of such an institution, asso ciated politically with the government ? Turn bull certainly could not he understood to affirm that the Bank party would seek directly by lecis lative enactments, to cot»n'*c? like unto Siam se Twins, that party with their great central nation al government as they would have it; but that there could not in the nature of tilings exist any institution, whose influence and control would not exert a baneful influence, practically; not only against, but in favor as it mny suit their interest, the heads, but every branch of the government corrupting by its money, and awing by its power, the virtuous and iudependant action of the rep, resentatives of the people ; in prostituting to its base, and sinister purposes—States too are liable. Since Lowndes thinks “money is the predomin ant characteristic of the age, to be (qierated upon A made to surrender their principles by the tempt ntions held out by loan, whenever their charter is sought to be renewed.' Reasoning from the past, who can tell what dire inllnetico uiav not be exer ted by some ambitious man through its influence, making it subservient to his views, against the will of the people, by corrupting all the sources of the elective franchises, by subsiding the press of the country; in establishing branches in diftbrent places, to promote his political views and the in terest of the Bauk. Whether such a state of cor ruption will exist, may or may not be so, in these times of speculation and money making; when men bend the crooked hinges of the knee ; where theft may follow fawning; there is nothing too wicked or selfish to be provided against, inonstrum horrendem ingens. Ambition avarice and power, these may bo its tutelar gods, so fatal to liberty in every age. That the practical operations ofa National Rank located in New York or Philadelphia, will have an injurious effect upon the interest of the South, is sufficiently attested by experience, and statisti cal facts. By an attentive enquiry into the causes that have mainly prevented the South from ex porting and importing, it will he found, that noth ing has had so great an efl'ect as the control which the U. S. Bank has had over the commerce and exchange of the country, and the additional fart will be ascertained, that the importations of Charleston aud Savannah, were nearly triple as much before, as since the charter of that institu tion, and that the fluctuation r, f ivorable or adverse, arose mainly from its operations. It has not only controlled the commerce, but the exchanges of the country,wiiich is equally to the injury of the.§outh. I will illustrate this with a familiar instance. A Northern merchant w ishitig to purchase any quan tity ot''baits of cotton, gets liis notes discounted at New York, Philadelphia, or Boston conies to Au gusta, Macon or Savannah, checks on the mother Bank or the Branches af a handsome premium, and by the turn his notes fall duo, lie is at those places, ready to sell his checksor bill of exchange, at a good premium on England. Thus probably iu every hundred thousand purchased, he »ii| make twenty or thirty, simply bv exchanges, and all this comes out of the south. These are facts, known to all practical and intelligent merchants, and are irrefutable. What would be the result if the converse of this state of things should exist. What if suchan institution was placed at Savannah or Charleston, My life upon it. the whole North would be against it. Then why these unequal blessings and pecu liar privileges. Should ever disaster of any kind Come upon the country, the Bank would take great care of that section, of the country* and throw the distress on others, not resting on her support. Such would be th* inevitable stale of things, Sir. they are totally inconsistent with tho spirit ami genius of our government; they are affiliated to the Tariff and all other sectional measures repug nant to the constitution pf the country. The limits of this essay, will not permit a lenghty dis cussion of the point of its unconstitutionality. A brief summary must suffice. Mr. Jefferson, and w ith him all the republican party have ever con tended “for specific 'grants of power,” and a limited constitution,” and that too was another ot “the cardinal doctrines of the party ; hear him on this point- “It is known, that the very power now proposed as a means, was rejected as an end by the convention, which formed the constitution. A proposition was made to them, to authorise Congress to open Canals, and an amendatory one, to empower them to incorporate. But the whole was rejected, and one of the reasons urged in de bate was, that they then would have power to cre ate a Bank, wiiich would render the great cities where there were prejudices, and jealousies on that subject, adverse to the receptions of the con stitutions—Jefferson’s works vol 4. p 528. It was repeatedly, and in different modes in the Convention sought to !oe given. Robert Morris proposed to give Congress the power to establish a National Bank. It was not ouly strenuously op posed, but voted down in every aspect in which it was presented to the Convention. But says, Lowndes, “we may search in vain” for specific grants of power for some of the most salutary la* s passed by Congress.’ A frank admission trulyi that esteems the constitution ofhis country no bar rier—when the law-making powyx may fancy some thing salutary to the country? .Some proclam ation and Force Bill to tame and yoke to obedi ence, the audacious States ? The doctrine ®* Lowndes if recognised, would be subversive of a d constitutions. Sir, the unconstitutionality of er* ery measure, ' ■ “alone should live Within the book and volume of their bram t Unmixed with baser matter.*’ This hasty sketch of the constitutional srgu ment, cannot be better concluded, than by giving a brief summary of Mr; Madison’s views on th at subject. He says, that it was “ condemned by tn® silence of the constitution— •condemned by the rm® of interpretation arising out of tlje constitution— condemned by its tendeppy to destroy the main char acteristic of the constitution— condemned by expositions of the friends of the constitution, who* depending before the public— condemned by tW