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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A UG-USTA.
IVcilacNtUiy Marahig, Scptciala* l ' ’ *■)■
STATE BIGHTS TICKET
Foil COS(tIt ESS.
WM. C. DAWSON,
U. W. HABERSHAM,
J. C, ALFORD,
W. T. COLQUITT,
E. A. NISBET,
mark a. cooper,
THOMAS BUTLER KING,
EDWARD J. BLACK,
LOTT WARREN.
FOII SENATE,
ANDREW J. MILLER,
FOR lIEPUKSKNTATIVES,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
WILLIAM J. RHODES.
Manufacture of Public Opinion,
It not unfrcquently happens that political agi
tators and aspirants for offices which I Ley could
never reach through merit, contrive to manufac
ture public opinion, and give tone and direction
to public meetings to subserve their own purpo
ses. A remarkable instance of the kind occurred
recently.
Our readers will remember the celebrated
meeting in Franklin county, at which the inqui
sitorial resolutions were passed, calling upon ail
the candidates for Congress to give their senti
ments in relation to the Sub-Treasury and the
candidates for the Presidency. These resolutions
were ushered forth to the woiid as the production
of a committee of the citizens of that county,
arid adopted by the tneeling, when in fact, as we
are informed on good authority, they wore the
production ot ono of the Union candidates for
Congress, who attended that meeting! It is
certainly a novoily in the political canvasses of
Georgia, for a candidate for Congress, lo smuggle
in through a packed committee, a report and
rcsolulions, by which such a lone is given to the
proceedings of a public meeting, as will subserve
his own interests in the contest. Linlo did the
people of Franklin suppose that these resolutions
had been “cut and dried” for them before they
assembled, by one of the candidates for Congress,
in whose favor they were to operate if passed, and
only required to lie juggled through, lo lie
heralded forth to the world as “public opinion.’’
Ltttv. fiij they suppose that they were suffering
themselves to i, O made unconscious instrument 8
.in the hands of one candidate lo catechise and
tto.-s-cxaminc his (elluw candidates ! That can
} d'nUte'oo, must have felt a little odd in replying
to hisow. enquiries about bis own political sen
timents’. '■simswcr should ha>c commenced
thus.— C.eniK •m—in reply to the questions
which I promi put to me, relative to
my own political sc . ~
Thus it often hnppeiNL '
i 11 ls trumpeted
forth to the world as “pul V * ,
.. n ■ ■Ljon, the ‘voice
of Democracy, &c. is nothin. V
,w \!ian the self
XV □raw* irrstrs^rK-
| interested prompting of some aspirant for office, ]
who puts the people up to do what they had nev. i
er dreamed of before. But the most singular I
thing of ail in relation to this procedure, is, !
that the resolutions denounce a National Bank
i'i unmeasured terms, while the very candidate
who prepared those resolutions had always been !
a Bank man during tbc whole of his past life,
down to the period of his nomination for Con- I
gross, when it became convenient to get on the {
other side of the fence !
L
We published yesterday the answer of Messrs, I
Campbell and Burney, two of the Union candi- j
dales for Congress,to the Franklin and Taliaferro j
enquiries; and we give ti/ day ihoijo of Messrs. I
McW hotter ami Pooler-.. ’ •
*
Maine Election.
In 271 Towns, the vote stands for Governor, j
Fairfield, (V. B.jU 35,800
Kent, Whig v 33,185
v *•.
Fairfield’s majority 2,015
For Congress, six Administration and two
Whigs are elected and a*decisive majority of the
Legislature arc Van Burgees.
We. find in the Southern Kccorder of yeslcr. j
day morning, a reply fiom’tho Hon. W. 0. Daw- 1
son, to the publication against him, made some
lime since, in the National Intelligencer, by the
Hon. John C. Calhoun.
I
1 TlwwConstitutionalist of yesterday morning,
announces the following as the Union Ticket
for the Legislature, from Richmond County,
run senate.
VALENTINE WALKE R.
fOU HOUSE OF lIIIPUF.SK NT ATI VES.
ABSALOM RHODES,
GEORGE SCHLBV,
RICHARD F. BUSH.
• For the Chronicle Sentinel-
Public Meeting.
At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of St.
NLjeter’s Parish, convened at, Matthews Blulf, the
17th September, 1833, for the purposifof appoint
ing a delegate to attend the Mercantile Conven
tion to ho holdon at Augusta the third Monday
in October.
On motion,of A. K. Williams Esq., William
B. Deloach, Esq., was called to the Chair, and
James W. Rohcrds, Esq., appointed Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Francis Carney for the
Chair to appoint a committee of three to nomi
nate a suitable gentleman to represent this section
of country in said Convention, the Chair ap
pointed the following gcnllcmcr, viz: R. W.
Roherds, E. 11. Cohen and A. R. Williams,K-q.,
who afier retiring a short time, returned and re
commended the appointment of Captain Michael
Brown, who being proposed by the Chair, was
unanimously agreed to.
On motion of Michael McNamarrak, Bsq.,
that those proceedings be published in the Au
gusta Chronicle & Sentinel.
W.M. B. DELOACH, Chairman.
J. M. ROBERDS, Secretary.
I.M poutations at New Yoiik— The Jour
nal of Commerce publishes a table of the impor
tations of Dry Goods at New York, from January
1833 to August 1838, which shows the following :
In 1833, the importations were 50,618 packages;
in 1834,63,431 do.; in 1835, 90,077; in 1830,
118,000; in 1537, 50,417, and in 1838 to the
end of August 37,820 packages.
At Cincinnati, on the sth inst., flour was firm
at f 5 50. Whiskey 40 els. Bacon, canvassed
hams, 11 a 11J; uncanvassod 10, sides 9, shoul
ders 7. Lard 8A a9.
A letter received at Mobile, from Houston,
Texas, of the 6th inst., slates that Gen. Lamar
has been elected President of that Republic.
From the Constitutionalist of yesterday,
Agricultiiitil Society.
The Agricubural Society of Richmond county,
celebrated its Anniversary at Spring Dill, on
Saturday last. Alter dinner was over, ttic Soci
ety proceeded to business. Several communica
tions on agricultural subjects were read by
members, among them one by Judge Longstrecl,
on the cultivation of Indian Corn on light soils,
a copy of which we have been promised and will
lay before our readers as soon as we get posses
sion of it. The Society also came to the reso
lution of giving to each of its members an agri
cultural subject to experiment on, and each
member is expected to report at or before its
next annual meeting. This is a good movo on
tho part of the society, ami one which if well
followed up will prove of much benefit to its
members and the public at large. Tho following
gentlemen were elected olliccrs for the ensuing
year:
Con. V. WALKER. President.
Judge JOHN SIILY, Ist Vice President.
Judge J. P. EVE, 2d Vico President.
WM. LONOSTREET, Sec’ry. * Trcas’r.
Members of die Board of Agriculture.
W. J. Eve, I D. F. Dickeiison,
Dr. .1. C. M’Wiloirrr.n, | James W. Davies.
Orator In deliver next annual address,
Dr. J. G. M’WHOKTER.
From tin: New York Express, \Uh inst.
TnunsriAv, P. M.
1 The exhibition of the affiirs of the Brandon
■ Bank, in Mississippi, is one that will match any
exposure that has been made in the history ol
j banking. The capital ol the bank is in round
numbers two millions; the liabilf ies eight mil
| lions seven hundred thousand dollars. The
Directors, ten in number, are indebted to the j
r Bank as diawers and endorsers over three mil.
5 lions two hundred thou-and dollars—and the
, only security the Bank has for this extraordinary
1 sum is so"cn thousand shares of stock, evidently
’ very doubtfol.
! About 330.000 acres of land, $385,000
do. 419 slaves at $5OO, 285,000
j do. 1120 hales ol cotton at $5O, 50,000
s $591,000
Six of the Directors enumerated as above owe
over half a million of dollars each. 'The Bank
owes in batik bills, post notes, bills of exchange
■1 and certificates of deposits, all payable on do
e month six millions of dollars. 'To pay this they
have only $38,000 in specie —about six millions
lof hills rcrrivcnhlc, Directors included; lint
j whether good or hail is not slated, and a large
1 sum in rail road mid other nnavailahlo funds,
| The statement us it stands is altogether unsatis
factory, and one that will give no confidence. 11'
j the great item hills receivable tiad been put in
three classes, viz. so much good—so much pipd
for nothing—and so much doubtful, then some
estimate could he formed. As it is, the fair inis
Prussian is, that the explanation could not he
j made with advantage to the Hank.
A few months ago Mr. 13ranch was calling
: upon the Whigs to unite in putting down the ad
; ministration. They have united in putting ///in
down.— Uateigh Jtcg. ’ • I
Thisjust retribution reminds us of the hoy’s I
emphasis in reading a verse of the Old 'Testa-1
i incut. —“And he spake to Ins sons, saying sad- I
, die me the ass. "And they saddled him.”—l‘rcn
j lice,
Mr. Biddle has gone to Nahant. Are not the
t Globe and the Louisville Advertiser npprehcnsj ve
that his object is to buy up tiro sea serpent.—
! Prentice.
The administration will need little assistance
from the old Democrats in Georgia as it has the
aid of lire nullillers.— Ga. Constitutionalist.
And perhaps you think that it needs little as
sistance from the mrlliiters as it has the aid of the
old Democrats, •‘.lnn,” said an economical in,
keeper to his hoy, “you needn't give that horse
much hay for yon know ho has corn; and look
ye,Jim, you needn’t give him much corn for you
know ho has hay.” The poor horse starved to
death.— Prentice,
At Mr. Bond’s late dinner in Ohio, Gen. Mur
phy, a distinguished Whig, called Dr. Duncan ‘ a
brute and the remnant of a still house.” Where’s
your big rille, Doctor'! Is not such an insult to
its redoubtable master enough to make it go o(f
at half cock?— Prentice.
Dr. Duncan finds it difficult, as bo says, to
christen the Whig parly. We do not wonder at
it. We once heard of a drunken preacher, who,
when about to baptize a child, was unable to ro»
collect its name. After puzzling his gin soaked
brain for a few moments, ho turned round and
exclaimed with a perplexed and maudlin stare at
his congregation.—“ Why this is tiro most, diffi
cult child to christen that I ever saw in my life.”—
Prentice.
The administration parly in North Carolina
arc confident of success next year.— Globe,
The members of that party ought certainly to
he good judges of the occurrences of “next year.”
They have boon knocked into tiro middle of it.—
Prentice.
The hunters of Kentucky have done well in
their election. —Newark .Advertiser.
Yen, (hey have bagged the Tory party. — Pren
tice.
\ friend writes ns from Cincinnati, that Dr.
Duncan’s friends “keep such close watch over
him that, ho is not able to get any brandy ai all.”
They hud belter he careful. If they drive the
Doctor to desperation, he will swallow himself
ami lie drunk upon the dose a fortnight at least.—
Prentice.
The election in Arkansas is carried on with
great bitterness amt vehemence. Doth parlies
are sanguine of success. Win, Cummins, E-q.
is the Whig candidate for Congress, and the Van
liuren candidate, Judge Cross. The Whigs
carry on lire contest under the broad banner of
tiro “Constitution, Clay, and a National Bunk.”
Wo learn, says the Louisville Journal, that.
General Hayne’s visit to Lexington, has raised
the price of properly in that city SO percent. —
It would ho well for the Statu of Kentucky to
hire the General to pay them a visit every now
and then.— Picayune.
To the Editors of the. Culuml/us Enquirer:
'Gentlemen : —1 have noticed some inter
rogatories put. to the candidates Cor Congress,
by a portion of the citizens of the county of
Taliaferro, which 1 beg leave lo answer
through the medium of your paper, Aly ab
sence from home will he a sullicient apology
for not having noticed calls winch have been
made fioin other quarters. The people of
Georgia, to whom I am known, I feel satisfied
are assured that 1 entertain no political opin
ion that I disguise, nor any sentiment upon
the absorbing lomcsmt the day. that 1 care to
withhold. In very early life 1 espoused the
doctrines of the .Stale Rights party, from an
honest conviction that they were sound—l did
not desert them when the popular tide run
roughly over their advocates ; and by those
doctrines 1 am still willing to stand or fall.—
Among the doctrines ot that party is the one
denying to Congress the right to exorcise
powers not specifically granted by the Consti
tution. Our opponents claimed tiro right lo
assume powers by implication, against which
wc have warred in Congress ami the Slates.
The warmest advocates for tire establishment
of a National or U. S. Bank do not contend
that there is any specific grant lor this purpose,
and consequently claim it by implication.—
You will perceive therefore, that unless I aban
don this principle of the party, in which 1
have been schooled, 1 cannot bo the advocate
of either a national or United States Bank, 1
am unwilling to obtain the suffrages of any
portion of my fellow citizens, by deserting
long cherished opinions, while I must be con
scious I hey arc permitted to loathe me as an
apostate. It J were sure that my defeat would
be the result of an uncompromising adherence
I to mv principles, it wou'd ho no temptation to
abandon them. The people of this country
will grow weary of such changelings as ate
ever ready to jump Jirn Crow tor the bribe of
ollico. An honest and generous community
will sooner or later rebel against entrusting
their rights in the hands of demagogues, who
arc clamorous against principles and measures
to-day if office can he obtained by it; and who
in a short month, are foremost in carrying
those very measures, if office depends upon it.
It is to us a great national misfortune, that
| criminations aim recriminations, by antago
j riist politicians, publish lo the world what
I sickening changes the vile motives of place
I and power, inflict on the characters of'onr men.
j Read the speeches of new light converts, and
j hear their excuses ; ‘times and circumstances
have changed,” “expediency requires it,”
“they must yield to the power of the people,”
&c. &c.; to all which I make one general in
terpretation, to wit: they woo’d not change
unless something could be made by it; they
would retain their birthright, but for the pot
tage, I feel that any appointment is purchased
at, a price tar too ex'ravagnnt, it that price he
i the undying contempt tor consistency, laitn
i and honor, i am, therefore, content to trudge
j on in me beaten track, and stt I oppose a Na
i lional or United States Bank; and while I
I respect tho opinions of those who tilth' with
i me, they will ultimately, I Imve no doubt, re
my character more kindly, for an honest
adhon nee to my own. The great principle
■ cl liberty cannot he permanently maintained
1 by a sacrifice of honesty. Apart from the
constitntiomil objection, 1 do not esteem the
establishment of such institutions ut tins time,
eilber safe or expedient.
1 lie derangement of I bo currency and pres
sure of the times arc well calcnlnled to nwai
ken enquiry, in order to find a remedy. Hot
wu should not be hasty in ridding ourselves of
teiflporary evils, by hazarding upon the cast of
a die, the dearest and most permanent inter
ns of the country. All admit that cither a
National or United Sia es Hunk would have
j control of fearful and dangerous powers; and
j our safely, as a nation, would necessarily de
pend very much upon the integrity and patriot,
j ism of their management. This Ido not un
derstand to bo either a sound or safe principle
jol Government, The concentration of power,
without proper cheeks and' balances, is the
subversion of freedom. Tlio rock upon
which rests the ark of our safely, is (be reten
tion o! power, and I trust it will neither be
moved or shaken by die factitious, agitated
waves of selfishness and ambition. lam op*
posed to collecting and disbursing tbe public
funds, through the agency of pot banks, and
shall tool sorry to learn that the fiscal concerns
oi the government cannot he managed without
the aid of irresponsible agents; corporations
chartered with an eye to no such tins 1 ; whose
stock holders, ollicers, nor dependents, arc
selected by die people or their representatives.
Upon this point the ytalc Rights party, as a
parly, slant! committed; they have, by vole,
pen, and speech, registered their unqualified
disapprobation. lam decidedly in hivur of
disconnecting the government from all hunks.
Surely the agents of the government, selected
by the people or I heir representatives, are like
ly to bo as competent and os honest as corpus
rations which are under the control of neither.
Let the treasury he independent. The re
ceiving specie alone m payment of public
dues, 1 do not think necessary; and without n
good reason for it would act, oppressively up
on the banks. 1 have fully answered the
questions propounded, and am glad lu have it
m my power to show that 1 have been honestly
struggling for principles, not for office or pow
er. That in raising the war cry against the
administration, it was from no selfish cause;
but to aid in making our principles, not self
interest, triumphant. I regret the danger of
division upon this question among us, who
have been for years united. It has not been
our lot, for a season, to enjoy the honors or
emoluments of a victorious party, boldly con
tending for principle, fearlessly struggling
against federal encroachment, and openly op
posing the arm of power; we have been de
preciated and stigmatized by a lame calumny,
ns enemies to the Union, and ns inimical to
freedom. Our reward has been our integrity;
and I trust we slmll ever find consolation,even
in ilcteat, in our consistency and our con
• science. Upon tbe main point, a separation
of government, and banks, there is no ililler
mice of opinion between the candidates on
one ticket; but as to the details of a hill, by
which this scheme can he best effected, there
may ho and is a difference of opinion. There
is no doubt, however, that each will cordially
embrace such plan as be feels will afford the
least patronage, bo the least corrupting in its
operations, and most safe for the country.
The great question lor divorce being settled,
at which we agrfie, in exercising onr best judg
ments in its details, there can he no cause of
quarrel. There have always been a few of
our associates, who have believed in the con .
stitulionnlity, if not the expediency of the
United States Bank. To those friends I
would submit in kindness a few remarks.
Would you or either of yon bo willing to or
ganize a bank for political purposes? From
my knowledge of some of you,! flatter myself
you will unequivocally answer NO ! Do you
not perceive that should a National or United
States Bunk be organized at this time, they
must be inevitably blended with politics? That
the election of members of Congress, the suc
cess or defeat of the next President, will ho
made to depend upon this question; so that
the very foundation of such an institution, if
created, will he made to rest on politics? The
effort made in Georg a, to make this a lest
question, contributes to the certainty of the
political character of the Bank, and certainly
should excite the alarms of its former friends,
who Icel much regard for the country’s weal.
To blend such an institution with politics,
would doubtless ho the changing our form of
government; anil although many members of
the party with which I have acted, have been
the friends and advocates of a United Stales
Bank; and while their numbers could not
reckon one to twenty of the great body of the
party, their sentiments were never made the
ground of proscription. One of the ablest
representatives from Georgia, Mr. Wilde,
openly advocated in Congress, the United
Mates Bank, while but few of his party agreed
with him, yet lie was a favorite; tailing only
whenever ho fell in common with his friends
With the fondest wish that our free institu
tions may he permanent, and our country
happy—
I am your obedient servant,
WALTER T. COLQUITT.
[ Fellow citizens of Franklin
and Tulwferro counties ;
, Absence from home this summer has delay
ed my replying to your call on the candidates
for Congress, for the expression of their opin,
ions in regard to a Bunk of the U. States, an
Independent Treasury, the State Banks as (is.
cal agents of the General Government and the
Presidential election. I acknowledge your
1 perfect right to the required infoimillion, and
’ hasten to furnish it as far as regards myself.
’ As I (ind the call in the public papers, I hope
I it will meet your approbation, it I address
• you directly through the same medium, witli
-1 out the intervention of the respectable coin
' mitiecs, who have been the organs of your cn
f-1 q kies.
1 drafted the, resolution unanimously adopt
. [ . d bv the Convention in May last, on the sub
i Icct ’of tbe United States Bank, wording it as
i j it was, with the special design of uniting all
’ | my political friends in opposition to such an
' institution. This was done not to avoid any
. j necessary issue, but that the parly might as
. 1 same i.s’true attitude, that of hostility to its
,| n -establishment. I knew many, who, though
opposed to a United S ates Bank, were not
, prepared to declare it unconstitutional. I hat
_ ; i solution was intended to allow every one to
1 place his opposition on the grounds which best
1 j accorded with his own judgment. While an
(: ! immense majority of the party regarded it as
' I fncKsty unconstitutional, some doubted wheih
• i crit would not be a m ms “necessary and
it i yroper” to execute undoubted functions.
Somt'pluccil their opposition outlie ground
<!t lU inexpediency, an,l Hie dangerous infln
enee it had shown itself capable of wielding ,
whde otlicm regarded it as unneceaaary to the !
fiscal operations of the government in the safe 1
keeping of the public funds, and the facility
and economy of their distant disbursement,
ami believed that a rest ora'i«n of the State
Hanks to a sound specie paying condition
\\ ould, as well or better regulate die exchan
ges by reducing them to (he hare hosts of
transportation an I insurance of specie remit
tances. The resolution referred to, as adopt
ed. showed the convention unanimous on the
main point, while an attempt to assign any par
ticular reason or reasons for its course might
have involved it in the weakness of divided
counsels. .As for myself, a delegate in that
convention, I found other reasons amply snlli.
rient, Million! resorting to the constitutional
diljiculfy. Tho’, on one hand I cannot regard
a foiled States Hank as clearly constitutional,
so on the other, 1 am not willing to incur the
charge of immodest pretension by pronoun
cing it grimly unconstitutional, in opposition
to the opinions of many of our purest and wi
sest statesmen, and the thrice repeated sane-,
lion of the highest legislative decision. J.ike
thousands of others, I have regarded die Dank
of the United Stales with all charitable allow
ance, »<> long as it confined itself to ils legi'i
male duties and was ungoverned hv political
ambition.
Had it continued (lie useful auxiliary of the
Government, and circumstances had not pro
videntially arisen demanding a new order of
tilings the country would probably have been
content to risk the contingency of its exerting
those fearful powers of mischief, which had
been so confidently ascribed to it. Hut I now
firmly believe it not only unnecessary and in.
expedient, bid, under the circumstances
which must attend its re-establishment, highly
dangerous to ihc liberties of the country. Un
necessary, because the prompt and certain
convertibility of the State Hank bills into spe
cie, and the operation of the Sub-Treasury in
securing this convertibility by restraining'! he
issues, will regulate the exchanges as effectu
ally and in a less exceptionable manner, than
the United Stales Hank did, and the success
ful establishment of the large hanks now or
ganizing in the South, Hast and West, some of
them with a capital of 50 millions, will help to
render the cicdit ofa Mammoth National Hank
no longer the useful commercial agent it has
been, and thus deprive the advocates of such
an institution of tbs plausible argument of its
necessity. I inexpedient, because aU. 8. Dunk
with ils 50 millions of capital, would add loan
already u dnnd int currency, and by its oper
ation in reducing this redundancy in die issues
of its rival State competitors, it would oppress
ihc local hanks, and thus through them in
crease the pecuniary embarrassments of the
people. Dangerous, because, if re-establish
ed, it must now he done by u party —not by
die nation. Os course, it will he hound by
gratitude and Interest to sustain that party, in
1 whatever it chooses to do. Willi such a mil.
lion ally, what might not that parly effect ?
Would the liberties ol die country he beyond
ils grasp ? 1 would oppose it on these grounds
even if the constitutional difficulty were re
moved by the solemn act of the parties to the
Federal compact.
The providential circumstances alluded to,
’ are those which led to the proposition ofa di
vorce of government and banks, and the es
tablishment of an independent treasury, in
which the government shall keep (he public
funds by its own responsible officers under
proper guarantees for its safety and constant
available readiness to meet the public exigen
cies.—This scheme is the more recommended
to us, as its principal features were drawn by
the good old republicans of 17H9, when they
established the U. S. Treasury, and appointed
a treasurer, who, under bond and security,
had custody of the public funds, and ihc pub.
lie dues were paid in the only constitutional
currency and legal tender. And, however
much it may now be thwarted and relarded,
either by ignorance of its merits or interest in ils
opposors, it is as certain to prevail finally, and
that shortly too, as that my pen is hastily record
ing the prediction.—Fori cannot conceive, that
the good sense of my countrymen will long resist
the truth of a proposition so self evidently plain,
that it is prudent and right, and proper, fur every
agent, whether individual or nation, so to keep
his resources, that they shall always lie within
his command and control to mo l his exigencies.
All of you, who manage your allairs prudently,
reduce the principle to practice every day. None
ol'yup trust your money to irresponsible persons
over whom you have litllo or no control, and
without sufficient assurance that you shall get it
again when you want it. With the sumo wis
dom we wish the government of our country to
keep ils own money, under the custody of officers
appointed by law, with ample bond and security,
so that it shall he always ready, in ils own pos
session, as it were, lo pay the public debts, sus
tain the public credit, and meet promptly all the
exigencies of a great nation. An ambition to
give (bis measure my bumble but zealous sup
port, helped to draw me from toy cherished re
ireat in private life. I consider ii 100 important
a question lo be left to die decision of those
whose attachment lo it can he in the h ast sus
pected. I, therefore, rejoice, that my fellow-citi
zens arc generally so alive lo its importance as to
ho determined to make it a test question, without
regard lo the old lines of parly division which
lately distinguished us. Tho propricly of such
determination will he appaicnl on a inoinem’s
reflection. The establishment ofa United Slates
Hank and the election of Mr. Clay to die presi
dency ore, with many convertible terms —syno
nymous expressions. Mr. Clay’s prospects were
never better. No time is to he lost in establish
ing the policy yon approve and he condemns.
The present candidates for congress whom yon
shall select in October next, wili, in all probabili
ty, help lo choose the next president of the Uni ■
ted Slates. If, then, you cherish die policy of an
independent treasury and are unwilling to have
its success jeoparded by tho election of the great
champion of die antagonist scheme, bo careful
you fix your approbation on the proper men—
those who will truly represent your sentiments in
both particulars at Washington City. If any of
your candidates are wavering or uncertain—not
clearly devoted lo an independent treasury, as a
vital measure severing an unholy alliance, and
commencing a new and brighter eta in our coun
try’s annals, leave thorn, without regret, lo the
support of those, who still advocate a mammoth
[ national bank, or the exploded depositories.
In regard to the Hi ale Hanks, as deposito,
1 res of ihc public funds, I was always opposed
to the measure, and in other capacity pred cl
od some of tho disasters in wli.cli that policy
has involved tin; country. I candidly conies--,
1 would much rather see 1 lie United .Staton
j Hunk re-established, after the Ics/nn.s it bn.;
, I had, than tho restoration of the s'ah; inetilu
t | lions as depositories ; for over the former the
i ! IS jverntiient would have some control, while
, j o . r the latter U lias no control and should
- have none. That trie s'a’o bank sy.-terrf. tri
l dcr an v modification, should h.s -r a sing!)' ..d-
VQCtpti alter so signal a ladurc, is aston shmg-
| If. is difficult to conceive, how the “special
•leposil” modification is to keep tko public
money bolter from the uue and the iibuso of
tlie 1 1 aokh or render it more subservient to Ibu
call of tlie government, Ilian when mixed in
iliacnminalely, ns n general deposit, with ibo
general lends ot these institutions. And I
cannot conceive, and Isay it with a just retard
| wr tlicir true interests arid character, I cannot
j conceive how banks should be safer deposito
ries, than citizens of integrity and character
selected with such special regard, with moral
accountability and regard for reputation, with
bonds and securities and pains and penalties
lor breach o| duty—how soulless corporations
'V'lli moral responsibility, so divided among
the members ns to ho almost entirely lost
wit limit fear of punishment here or elsewhere,,
arc to be safer keepers of the public treasure,
than men selected for their integrity, ability*
and general responsibility, directly nceounta
|*l° t 0 llt'J country, not only on tlicir bonds, but
in peiml enactment of great severity—regard
ing tlicir fair fame as tlie jewel of li(e,° niuf
looking to the searching hereafter with a sol
emn determination to meet its ordeal with
dean hands, and an approving conscience.
I have only to add. that I support the re
election ot the present iincumlicnt, and hope
| the whole smith will boor, second feci contra-'
ry to the assertion of one of im members, that
it lias an interest, a groat interest, m making
| » president of the United .States, and that
president. Martin Van Jinrcn.
Respectfully, your fellow-citizen.
J. t«. McWhorter.
SriuNfii'isui, Effingham co., Aug. 25,1838.
Gentlemen. —l have received your letter, to..
gelber with a copy of a resolution passed by my
fellow-citizens of Franklin county, at n public
nieeiing hold at Carncsviile on the Oth instant,
appointing you a committee and authorizing you
ns such to correspond with tho cundidalca for tho
next (jmigrcss, and to call upon llioin for the ex
pression of their opinions relative to the consti
tutionality and expediency of n United h’lates
Hank ; and also, tlicir choice for the next Presi
dent, between Messrs Van Huron, (day, Webster
and Harrison. I have long since been convinced,
that it is beyond tbo constitutional power of
Congress to charter a national hunk-. 1 believe
that the government is competent, under an in
dependent treasury system, to manage its fiscal
affairs safely and economically, without the agen
cy of such an institution—and therefore deem it
inexpedient to create such a body.
Tho dcmonslintion of power made by the laic
11. Stales liank, admonishes tno that it is the duty
of every citizen who values the pure and inde
pendent administration of tbo government, to
oppose, with uncompromising determination, the
creation of any institution which might, nt wilt,
j successfully oppose the government by tbo cxer-
I else of a corrupt injluence ; and which, if estab
lished in connexion with die government, would
1 wield a power dangerous to Ibe liberties of die
j people. 1 feel no hesitation in declaring in ic
j 1 gnrd to my choice for the next President, that I
prefer the incumbent, Martin Van Enron, to tho
oilier gentlemen specified in tho resolution; I
could support neither of the other candidates
mentioned, believing as 1 do, that ibey respective
ly advocate political doctrines, which, if carried
.’ out, are well calculated to destroy the integrity
of our confederacy and to do immeasurable inju
ry to (ho section of country to which I have the
honor to belong.
I beg leavo also to assure you, that 1 am an
j advocate lor the on Ii re separation of the govern
ment from nil connexion with banks,
j I regret very much that circumstances put It
, nut of my power to visit my fellow-cilimis of
the upper country, rind orally lo interchange
[ opinions with them on the political topics of the
day.
f have frankly and hr cfly, gentlemen, answer,
od I ho enquiries put to me in tho resolution, and
, trusting that I have done satisfactorily m your
selves and those whom you represent,
I have the honor t., bo.
Very rcspccfully,
Vour ebb, serv’t.
KOU r. W. POOLER.
To Messrs. Whitten, Morris. Cooper, Mitchell,
and Dean, committee, Franklin county.
A Norm: a I u imiovkmk.vt.—Tho correspond
ent ol the Uostoii Atlas, writing from iVow york,
says:—"l have seen a model of tho late inven
tion for propelling ships by out Consul at Liver
pool. It is on the principle of (be until. It is
well known that a boat of similar size and build,
wiib one rowed by lour men, can bo sculled with
otic oar as last as the latte; can be propelled. If,
then, you can bring the power of four men lo
bear upon the sculling yar, your boat must go
i four times as fast, baling the additional resistance
that is brought into play by the increased speed
of the body through (ho water. This invention
will break up the present system of wheel pad
dling and its enormous engines in tutu. Tho
sculling wheels are placed under water, on either
side ol ibo vessel near the stern. There will bo
no further use lor a rudder, ihoiigh it may be re
tained. The whole machinery is driven by two
small engines about the size of those used on rail
road locomotives. The invention is lo be applied
to the ship Star on her next trip to Liverpool, she
having been purchased lor that purpose by her
indefatigable commander, Capt. Clover, liy this
invention a degree of resistance is obtained in the
water that no paddle wheel can ever he brought
lu exercise. Mark my prediction. This discovery
will entirely supeisede the present system of pro
pelling vessels by immense paddle wheels and
huge engines. The construction of the semi
wheel is such that it oilers no impediment lo the
speed of the vessel, even if the machinery he not
in motion. I have seen it all, —and all I have in
say to Americans is—wait till tho Star be fitted
up, before you engage in steam navigation across
flic Ailaruic.
Scientific. — We copy flic following quosr
tions and answers in ornithology from the Cin
cinnati (lazctle. Tho answeis arc us learned and
luminous as the questions arc searching anti pro
-1 found;
' Teacher: John, can you fell me what class and
1 order of the insect tribe the Mosquito belongs to?
1 Hoy; Don’t know, sir. Teacher: Jacob, eon you
tell! Boy. Yes, sir, he ain’t an insect, he bo
ilings to the bird tribe, and is n species of owl,
' and slings louder in proportion lo his bulk, end
1 like ibo owl, commits his depredations in the
night. Father said that ’(other night be should
1 I think that about Curly roosted on his nose, anil
I others were scattered on his cheeks and eyebrows';
- The rnu-quilo is not like the owl, omnivorous,
f n ,un iverous, likeihe bedbug, and like ibe hum
, ming bird it sucks not honey from ibe flowers,
; ■ m —, Teacher: That will do, go above him.
i I The hoys may go nut.
■ j It is said there is a man in Ibe county of Him -
; I combe, C„ so ugly that h.is shadow runs
[ I nvvsy from linn. That is still worse than the
. i tcllow in ilns city, whose sjiadow merely refuses
. I lo follow on, as we. mentioned some WCe'jS
■ uiiicc.— I'icilytine.
A- Jj-