Carolina patriot [June 1, 1838]

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NEW SERIES. GREENSBOROUGH, \. C, FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 1, 1838. VOL. II—NO 13.
Prom th LauinilU JunnA
SKVKNIF.K.Y
I htm a ISur mid gentle friend.
Whose heart is pure, I ween,
As ever ■-. ws makhini heart
A: ji»y us seventeen.
DUfl dwells among us like i star.
That lViiui it., bower of bliss
Looks down, yet gathers not a stain
From aught .1 Hoei in tin-.
I do not moan that flattery
lln.- oovor reached her car;
1 only -ay itssyrcn song
Has no < lV.-,.-r i>n her;
FOI th.- is ail simplicity,
A creature soil and amid—
Though mi the eve uf womanhood,
In bean a very child.
And yet, within the misty depths
or hor dark dreauiy eyes,
A t-li ulowy MKnoUnng, like deep tuouglit,
In tender ssdnoss lies:
lor though her glance still ahmei as bright
AT. in her chiluub years,
Its ivildncss and lU lustre now
Arc ao:teucddown by tears—
Team lint steel not from hidden springs
Of sorrow mm regret,
Pbi none but lovely feelings
In her gentle br.-ist have met ;
Fore*, cry tear thai gems licr eye
From her young bo.onu flows,
lake dew-dre|N lloni 11 golden star,
^**r sweetness from a ro»c.
Fur c'c-i .:i life's dclicioua spring,
Wc oil have memories
TJiat tiiro.v iiroiin I our sunny heart.*
A transient cloud of Mgiis;
For a Aon.ir.iu- change within the heart
At loot-sweet tune is wrought.-
\\ hen on tin- In-art is soltly laid
A ipoll of deeper taought.
And the In- reached tint lovely time,
The sweet pCvtic age.
When tj tin- eye eacB nWcrcl'a leaf
Seems like a glow ing page ;
i'or a beauty iiuJ a mystery
About tin- lii-art is thrown,
When childhood's incrry laughter yields
To giriUood'a solU-r tone.
I do not know if round her heart
I.-.1-- yet bath thrown hi* wing]
I rjt.-ier think s.ie's like inyt'eif,
An April-beartod thin;::
I only know that sue i- ta:r,
And lov-.-s i.i- passing -.veil;
IS'it who tins ;:> n'..0 i .-. .en is,
1 led not free to te.l.
SPK8CII OF MR. s itAVus;.) • s\ C.
I.N rilK.-U.MI-B oF TUB CsfAILS
(OotWu./,,/.)
And this brings ■■ : to tbu consideration
ol another evil of tho paper system and
itial i.', its tendency to c ill men off from
the most productive employments to those
which ire leal so, or not so at all ; draw.
ngtbuui oil Iron the cultivation of th.
'mi to becotno spi culators, bank oilie. rs,
mopkei pen, ami livsta upon tin ir wits.
All values are created by the spontaneous
p'fodircljon of the earth, by human labor,
by .IIIIIII J procreation, or by some or all of
i.le---unit, ,|. Thn«pontaiieou«production
ol the earth is, of eouno, the most prolit-able
to him who ran avail himself of it ol
any otb-r ; ami the production of the earth,
combined with human labor, furu
lisi Ibcbasil of .all wealth
mshes at
■innl it IT io govern «iicuis< Ives, or to par-t
-ipa c 1.1 the g.m riuneiit of others. Hu.
t.iev a"reed to accept it upon the whole,
believing that, by construction, many dc-ticicucii.-
s might be suppiicil, ami that vig-or
in which it was eminently wanting might
he imparted, ^ ' learn, from high author-ity,
th.it the Constitution was scarcely put
in operation, before the principle of con.
•traction was applied, and that those who
were most active in its application avow-edly
beitl the doctrine that a monarchy was
lln lust Government on earth, and, with
-Sir K.ih, rt M nlpoICi that a man's patriot-ism
u is to be sought for HI Ins pocket.
*• lint Hamilton,was not only a monarch.
1st, but lor a monarchy founded on corrup
tion. In proof of this, I will relate an an.
- cdote, for the truth of which I attest tin
loo late, and the grasping Administration
was bulled from its place. This .r^
lion ul the Administration and .;>c i^(
eyed power seiv.d for a tune to saie |Hipi!.
lar rights, ami preserve the Constitution.
In 1811, the (barter of the bank expired,
and upon the question of its renewal, the
whole force ol the Democracy was arrayed
against it, and with triumphant success.
file was not only a brave man, but a wiac
one. His was that true heroism which
combine M the most undaunted bravery with
the most consummate prudence. He knew
well that it would not be safe Io make an
"pen and direct attack upon Ihcac formi-dable
and combined interests, but by the
most ingenious and refined strokis of pol-icy,
he dealt first one, and then another
may, afti r the production by the earth i
c mplcted, | t0 lnorp a,!,..,,,.,,, ,„„
forms, iiul in wore mlv.intig. ous pi ices,
what h.s I. ,„ produced ; but to tn earth
«T mil-- co back for the origin of all
w iltb. Wealth io a nation ii happin is j
inn is losay, (he more aggregate w-alt i .
ritioii pc.-. ss.s, proiid.-d it I.,- sulli
y distributed, thu more people <l
placi in posse-,ion ef ih
■ring I!I
Hum in labor G°d who made inc. Before lln President
-• t out on h.s Southern tour, in April, 1701,
h • addressed a lettot c.f the fourth ol that
month, from Mount Vurnon to the Mccrc-tarn
sol' State, Treasury, and War, desir-ing,
that it any s. nous ami Important cas.
s should arise during Ins absence, they
Mould consul! and act upon Ihein. Anil
he r quested that the Vice President should
also bo consulted. This was the only oc.
ssion on which that ollicer was ev
Hut
What
with
Th
ir re-nt
s II
means of pro..
(in ig th- (■«■- nliala of happinon. Tic IqUfalod Io like part in a cabinet question
larger portion of a nation'l population en-1 Snue occasion for consultation arising. I
e ig.'d in the production of values, and the | invited those gentlemen to dine with me,
nore sdvantDgcouslv engaged, the bolter 1 in order to confer on the subject. Aii.r
furtn.it nation. Labor applied to bring-1'no cloth was removed, and our question
lug into action the productive powers of lagtccd and dismissed, conversation began
i he (.irih, is, as a general rule, tin- most I on other matters, and by some circumstance
idv.int..geous mod.-of producing values was led to the British Constitution, on
Everything, then fore, which has a ten- | winch Mr. Adams observed "purge that
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A Ki:.\ ri't.'lvlA.VS ACCOUNT
1'AM'IH.i: FIGHT.
11V J\T4i:« [I. UACKET.
I never was down heurttd but once
r.y lite, and that was on -. ciug the di i
ol a faithful Iriend, uliu lost Ins life in Irv-ing
Io save mine. The (act is, I was one
«a\ making tracks boiiicw-ird aft. r a loitg
Iraiup through one oi our lor, sis—mv ri-ll,
carelessly resting Oil my should r—
"ii. II my favorite dog Sport, who was trol-ling
quickij nhi ad of me suddenly stop.
|'• listen I, still, gazed mlo a big oik tree.
ed up his back, and fetched a loud
I. I looked up and saw, upon a q nv-limb,
a balf-grown pantbur, crouch.
ing down close, and in thu very act ol
springing upon bun. With a motionqiiick-rr
lhan chain lightning, I lex led in, nil ,
biased away, and .shot him ch -m through
the heart. The varmint with teeth set and
Claws spread, pitched sprawling mad for. .
most to the ground, as dead as Julius C;e-sar!
Thai was nil fur enough ; but mark!
aforo I had dropped my rifle, I found inj-
I If thrown down ll il on my prolil. , by Ih.
old ahe panther, vvho that minute sprung
from an opposite tr. c and lit upon my
shoaldcrs, heavier than -ill creation ! I
feel the print of her dcvlish fjetb there
nowl My d,i_r ere,-,- mighty loving—'ic
j imped atop and soizad bel by tiiu neck ;
o wc all rolled and clawed, and a pretty
considerable tight scratch we bid of il.—
I bigan to think my right arm wa.i about
eli.i-.ved up; when tin- varmint finding the
ilo^ s lei ih rath, r hurt her feelings, h t go
altogcthi r, and douched bim, Seeing .ii
once ih.it the dog was undermost,and thorn
was no two ways about a chance of a cltoak
off or let up about her. I just out j .ck-rtnilc,
arid with one slash, perhaps I duloi
cut tin panther's throat deep enough for
in < io breath.• the r. .-t of III : life Without
nostrils. I did feel mighty snvagcrotis,
Slid lug as she was I laid hold of In r hide
bv the hack with an alligator-grip, nml
slung her against the nearest tree, hard • -
Il 10 III ike I Very bolle 111 her l!.l-il
fire, " Tb,.re,'* says I, " you infernal v.ir.
limit, runt and branch ' vou are whit I c ill
B*d .;,."
lla! I tarn, d around to look for my do.
icy to divert any considcrabl
of a nation from agricultural pursuits, ...
turning them to speculation, professions,
merchandise, or even to manufactures,
ivhurc that nation possesses a suitable Ii ■'
:or ignciiliiir.il pursuits, hi«, as a genera
r ilc, th- , if ct of diminishing the wealth
ol thai uitioii. lint I can pursue lins to-pic
i.o further. 1 conclude tint Congress
has not the right, and if it |, ,d, H would
not be expedient fur it to undertake-th.'
creation and regulation of a common pi-p-
r medium thro igb banks. Hut if/it pos.
s-ss.-il sucli right, and suchobligal^n r.-st.
d mioti ||, the sybstltuto pr.ipo.-I by ii.
portion (Constitution of its corruption, and give to
tune cannot hare abated their vigor,
how differ) in are their efforts from
lliev then were ' They still alrikr
power, but they beat only the air.
ground Winch they occupy docs not all'ord
>c..pc foi the exertion uf their might
Upon ilns subject Samson is shorn of bis
g:onom locks, and snakes himself in vain,
as at other limes.
I now conn to a norlion of my country's
history,from which 1 would turn aside with
shame; but Hie story must be told. A-war
of glory had been fought; the Feder-al
party n.id opposed its beginning, and
during Us continuance fasted for the victo-ries
ol their cpuntry, and rejoiced over
those of the enemy.' But the war ended
as ll had begun, in the honor of the na-tion.
Hut war is expensive, and the Ad-ministration
found itself involved in debt
and taxation, and the local banks hid stop,
ped payment, and tho Opposition began to
wag their heads, and point
S ualorCiiim Virginia provides no socl
HI. ib-irri. ili.- currency it would foster would
I... stirT all, but birftll in Us character,
.ii.l wilhall tli:> disadvantages, would pos-s
ss f. v. of ihe advantagi a of a comuion
pap.r medium.
Ilavne; finished what 1 had to say.upon
oilier branches of tins subje.-t, | new^tra-1'uu'
i'o- to ti, il it, in th,. lust place, as a iii^rv J met
pJWtcal question. This, aftft all, is by
i ir the most interesting and important
light In which it presents Itself. Twogrcal
political panics have been striving for mas.
I- ry in HITS II iiiou ever since its existence
gau, ami probably will continue to strive
long as us prose it institutions remain.
Indeed, the strife in ay be said to have be
gun before the nation had an existence,
and to h in been waged in giving form and
character in that existence. The party in
which I belong holds, and ever has held,
ill ■ capacity ol man for self-government :
i i it Froi idunco I
. r .. the finger in
| Us popular branch equality ol represents- derision, and cry, " There ! there ' So
lion, and it would be the most perfect con. • would we have it." The pride of Hie Ad-
-litutio.i ever devised by the wit of in in." ! ministration was slung, and another io-
•million paused, and said, "tt-rgp U of IsUuCQ was fumulwd ol the frailly of man
TUption, and girfe to it, popular I in his best estate; and in a desperate ef
.... . equality of representation, and il fort 10 r. tricTu its pecuniary alt'urs, a I'-
would become an impracticable Govern. uited.Statos Bank was proposed and rhai-in
ni: as it stands at present, with all its I tared, against the opposition of the Feder.
supiused defecls, it is the most perfect I sinus, consistent only in opposition. Such
t.overoui.-,ii which ever existed." I believe lo be the True secret oi thechsr-
... Jrfrrion I Xemoin, page iSO. | t,-r of the second Hank of the United
I no ad. r of this party was :, splendid ; Stales. Others more familiar with the po-ol
i i, whose talents I admire, and the in.Mjjjcaljjecreisof the day may account tor
t grit) ol who.- purposes I do not incurfu upon 'some other principle, but such |
10 qil< sno.i i but Ins notions on -gorfrii.; believe, ami always have believed, was the
limiii w.re, I believe, as erroneous as those 1 truu nature of the transaction.
of Tyclto Urabe in philosophy. The first I bank was chattered, and sorm
trim, of these pnoctplcs iverc th, funding must be made for this barefaced in
system and I nili-d i-ntes Bank, with re.Itency of tho Republican party, and an a-speel
to which Mr. Pitt, looking lo ihcit' pology, tic strangi si thai ever could have
—rjuoncca wita the eagle eye of a pro-1 ( a • red into the cone plum of one who set
nan, declared, ihul if tho A- any value upon awtiltoii Constitution,was
d in lie in, lie would give ol!'. red. It had been one- d>. id. d, il w •
ill th. departments of the Got
that a bank was constitutions
Hut th.
apology
moles and the bats, and cleansed the tem-ple
of liberty of their polluting presence.
For this, they have pursued him with most
unrelenting vengeance long before his pres-idential
term had closed, and even now,
when he has retired, like another Cincin-n.
itus, to Ins own peac ful hermitage, the
hoarse baying of their ban-dogs brinks in
upon the silliness of that magic circle. I
will not anticipate the lime, now so near
at hand, when he will share the repose of
her who shared with him in life the calum-nies
of the worid. When bis shall be tin
only apotlu-lisis known lo the Christian.
W hen his name shall bo nothing bin a
watchword to wake up the recollection of
noble deeds. When his lomb shall ho a
sacred spot, whither each western travel-let
will turn aside from his path ; a shrim
where valor and patriotism will rekindle
their fires, and beauty and purity offer the
pearl of gratitude to llieir gallant'defender.
Hut efforts arc making to re-cetablish in
their ancient niches those tutelary deities
of the Federal party which he hath cast
down, and ■ Ii..rt- will continue to be made
until success shall attend them or even
nop.- becomes desperate. We have heard
some d, scriptlou upon this floor of the
machinery employed iwe have learned Ihal
Hi- United States Bank, in ihe late appli.
eilioi for a rech.irler, had dealings with
in. mbers of Congress very similar lo those
described by .Mr. leffotson, in by-gone
times—that Ihe press ceaselessly poured
foilh Us venom and threatenmgs upon the
beads of those who dared to oppose its rc-e,.
lu_r„tc,r', ami H«u,t, e. ven ..Ih.e *g■"alle"ri,e'sjtohf Io'.s\"o"''wLh"o n"o"w" YhIll'I"t:h.e""se Th"Mas™a re"'ga"tihered,
hll::^w,lA.,.h,:.n,v.rn,:,,!,'.,!,l'«'' i****. There M.«tii£ «he„
Ihe Am. rican people despised appeals
self evidently a friend of the paper system,
says as follows :
" If the Bank of England must now I*
considered as a national establishment, not
ine.eiy influencing, by the superior mag-uiliiile
of Ms capital, the state of commer-cial
circulation, but gliding its movements)
a.-cording to views of public policy, an im-portant
revolution his taken place sincrt
ihe first creation uf that corporation at. A
banking establishment. That power oi'
issuing the medium of exchange, with Iho
opportunities it implies of varying its quan-tity
and value, which, while precious coin
was in use, was exercised under the im-mediate
prerogative of Ihe Crown, is not*
rtually vested in Ihe governor mid direc-tors
of the Hank of Fugland: In the rtl'i-ial
character of that board, some of th >
functions of sovereignty are united lo tboso
f a trader ami the opportunities of bonking
profits are hh ruled with a trust and chargo
Hi.- public interest. It will be pleasing
if these shall prove more happily compati-ble
in in tin y have been found in other i.'i-simces.
The organisation of thiaestab*
Itshmont, possessed of such means to cOA>
trol lire op. rations ofcommerce, as well as
to f-1 ilitali the advance of liinucial sup-plies,
may, into our political couslitu'.niu,
nl-e.idy so-couipiicalcd, introduce a new a
principle of action, the effect of which can.
rjol be easily discerned.
11 It rhapsan unbounded field will be op-ened
for the ( Xtensioil of ministerial influ-ence.
I*. hip. an unexpected control may
be gained lo Ihe people over the views and
measures of the ofeccultvc."
If such is to be effected in England,
where a strong Executive exists like ■
balance.wheel, lo keep steady Ihe action
of ibc Government, such as it is, what
must bo ihe effect with us, where the po-litical
action isi'roin below, Iroin the great
mass of the people, upon whom tins pesti-lential
influence may he brought to act in
the most subtle and imperceptible m.iuiii r ?
I wish I could say of this Kupublic a.*
IJOUIS of France did of bis monarchy :
II The monarchy is very old, but it will last
my time." This Republic is but fifty
years of age, but if something is not (lone
to arrest Ihe rorriipiiug influences abroad
among Hi. people, it will sink into ruin
b.l'orc, in the common course of nature.
ol statesman, declared, thai if ill
lus. inbarl..
.ul little for Hi. ir liberties. The ..
and nnuratio. of these Inensun s" will be
found cxplainedjjn Mr. Jurtursoii's Work-,
vol. I, pp. ll 1—419.
1111 million'., financial system had then
pissed,, h had two objects; first, as a
puzzle io exclude popular undcrstandini
nd inquiry: ami second, as u machine for I lulls, mid inllexiblo
sa.d, ».
ermneii
and therefore it was settled. Strange thai
the very warmest opponents ot construe.
tion should thus have established it in the
very heart ol the Constitution, and made
what was intruded to he stable is Hi.
Hie corruption of the legislature: for hi
avowed the opinion that in in could be gov-erned
by one of two motives only, force or
interest ,- force, he observed in ilns conn.
tr. was mil of the rjui slum, and tho inter.
as iron, as fugitive
stubble, and as supple as a liJZle wind
Thai what w.s intended to encompass the
powi rs of ihe Govcrnm .it, a id hedge, Hi-.,
in with walls ol brass, so that ihej nhuu i:
not encroach upon the rights of tin Stale
i.nt I roiidunco Ifta bestowed on each in- esl ther. foro ol thu members must' be laid should bo rend, red submissive to the ev,
dividual certain natural gifts and .,d. ma- uojd of, io kc.p the I. gislature in unison oncroachmg spirit of thai v.rv Governineu
g s, winch he h is a right lo u>e wiiho n . with th. fc,x cutive. Ami with grief ami sucuritig lo n the undisputed right to eve
molest ition or r ..runt, ... long a» l„. i„r. s.i.un- i. must be acknowledged that bis I ry foot of ground it gams III Its advance,
bears to usa then m iiilYiugmg upon sum- ' »' 'Chine was not without utt'uet; that it. .. ll Ihe bank w.t-s ever unconstitutional i
I ir rights in othi rs. Hut thai owing to
corrupt propensity in our race to nifriiig
th" rights ol others, Goven ut is iiocu
-try, audio support Oo-.-r,i.u-ul taxitio
essary; but Hiu no more guy-riim-ni
in this Ihe birth of our Govi ruiueut, soinu
in.nbers were found sordidndongh to
o. nd tjieir duly to their intere.i., .Tid look
.11. r p rs.i i il i iid, r than public good."
I was so then, and must continue so until
thai Co isjiluttutl is altered by the only
1 m wlilrli his ben provided. Hut thi
-,,...- „,--.-.. , „, ,„„„„ a,,.,„, I bauniukm ww.sasefeanaratriiirerde,ii,amaiimsosoononbengcagnan toto '•'"■»•} wimaioningmem, unite in tno cnar-is
necessary i but that uo more gwioruu.cn. 'XJirmi .V'Stmrs, p^c 446, to[. 4th, show lonli its natural fruits. A high lar. «"■ pf a United Stales link as th« desp.-
should be exercised Him is required for "I know very w II, and so inusi i. • uii- iff for tho protection of .oanufact.ircrs, . •■«« but only romuiniug romudy. Seewhai
the purpose lor which aloe il w.s lustl- 'lorsl I, thai lung like a majority in I process by which Ihe tion rnineut is en- I'"'1'' "»t nistituiiou possesses even now.
mied,.,ud nomore taxation resorted tothan, Congress had yielil.d to this corruption.— riched, and the nation impovcrisbcd, .nidiTll<-' oll"r banks standby, like trembling
I. necessary lor its s,ip;„,rt, .„„| that it ,, lar from it. Hut i division not very line, winch ,„ Hie particular i istancu was Wi ll' »' '*"'• obedient to in nod, and slop or r."
of Ihe bank, striving to overawe its di lib
erations. And shall we, with this oxperi.
.-•nee, with all our experience, again crcal
a tyrant to scourgu us into sub nissi •, :
Sh ill We -cl •'•-. •. go don c di to draw oil
He- devotions of tue pen] ;.• from prilic.i.
plus coiiscaratcd by iho blood of their eirco !
Snail wc charter another United States
Bank I But I shall he told the substitute
does mil propose the charier of a United
States Bank. I know il do. s not in terms,
mil Us eli'ect will be lo produce thai or n
similar result. The existence of an insti-tution
with powers much more rast than
any heretofore enjoyed by a United States
Bank, will follow Us adoption, as certainly
i- the springing of Hie herbage upon the
showors of April. Either tho L'niled States
Bunk, so called, at Philadelphia, will seize
op "i thu public treasure, ami thus accom-plish
111.-consolidation of the money power,
with a capacity for wielding it heretofore
unknown, or the honest Federalists a
'*!.- nun l I) mocrats, alarmed al its power,
will, upon the principle of setting back
tir in a prairie lo check the wide spread
rum with which that raging clement is
already threatening tltcin, unite in the ch ir
t' r ol Ih.
i gross abuse of Government to lake from iquil in,I already taken place in th ■ lion-one
man any of Ins . itural or providential i > •" pan of Hut body, b iwoen the pirn's
lylcd K publican at d Federal. The lit.
Wis (fut
rights and advantages, and bestow them on
iiothcr. Thai Goveriuncnl is nt besl bul
i necessary evil, or, in the beautiful I.i i-guago
of Thouiis Puinc, " Govcrninent,
like dress, is the badge oi lost inno-ence;
and the palaces of kings were founded up.
on lilt- rums of the bo.v-rs of I*.r i.li.s-."
That this necessary evil was designed for
the benefit of the many, and not of th
four, and lint III- jr- it-sl good of th
greatest number should be tno object as
-- II of Hie philanthropist as oi the hon.
-i and enlightened politician. That ev-ry
new society of men has a right to
choose its own form of Government, a 11
to ch i-igc it afterwards, with Iho concur.
r.-ii--" of a majority of He- partic i to the o-riginal
compact. Tint the b:st lorn of
G.ivcr jincnl, upon the whale, is that u ..
d"r which we al prejeni live, reduced as it
was by its ivis.- founders lo a solemn writ.
ten compact, winch u » .in ■ has a right to
Higc or modify peaceably and insidious-
I. by conxlructinn, or openly and violently,
without incurring great political guilt and I IKsnod for which it had
I i.i condemnation, W • h lievo in the ex. [ wh. th-r for weal or woo lo the cou.il
nigh rending asunder tins noble confed-eracy,
and polluting its sacred soil With
Hie iniuglid blood of kinsmen meeting ui
lot b, ,,lg mo .arc lists III principle, adh r- ^ hostile array. Splendid schemes of int. r.
i d to llniiilioii, ol course, as ilie.r leader Hal improvement by tbo General Qovrru-iii
that principle, and this mercenary ph.i-1meill, by winch loc.il bargains and legisla-lux
added lo Ih ui, iiijiir.d him always ijtivc Ing-rolli.t.-, acting l,k. gold upon Ihe
ni .jority in bum Houses ; so Hi a the whoh ( Koina i legions, .1 cided WHO should be el-ol
ihe legislature was now under, evd.-d lo pow r, and who degraded i while
tion ol ih- Treasury. Still the ,i.o p.-nple are reasoned with through their
onp! le. The effect of sill'rings, as lo the mode in which.thev
d of tho 4ssuiuption, shall uxercisu their
■eiio
Hie (Jin
iiiichin.
ui" I
Would b. tuiiipor.r. ; it would In: losi with lot election
to loss of Ihe individual m illbcrs whom | . For Ilia greater portion of- the existence
sovereign prerogative
it had enriched, and some oiigiiip of luflu-once
mure permanent must be contrived,
w iilc ihosu myrmidons were yet in place
io carry it through all opposition. This
engine was tho Bank of thu Lulled Status."
/'.'/■ Ha.
'Ill bank was charioted ; and, nccor-luigloihu
decision of Hid limos, which
of t.'ic late United States Hank, its mis
ehievous tend, ney was very much restrain-ed
by the waul of concert bolwci n the ml-ininistntion
of the Oovorumcnt and the
"di str.il.irs of tin: bank, but notwith-standing
Ihe resistance'which it thus met
with, ii imperceptibly dn w aflei a Demo.
crane administration into the path along
It was only (III-younger
Adams
of virtue and pilrioiisin, and hold ; ',s elf els were counti ractcd as fat as pos.
and tears gushed smack into my eyas,as I th m tobc the only proQer bases of poltti- jsible by Mr. J.-ffirsnn, it thu head of a
' Ihe poor uffectjonate crotur—ill of a leal action ; and that ev. ry tiling luiuling Spartan pluliuv, ..Inch continually giith-gon
of blood—half raised oil his foro legs, I to*place political action upon any othci nrod slrcngtli; still, when il bcc.iiii--f.iir-
Tying to drag I. < muiiglud hotly towards I basis, is dangerous to liberty and subver- My united with ,m administration strictly
inc—down he dropped ; I run up to him, I sivo of our institutions. II story inform. I' '■ ral, it undo rapid < ncroachinoiits up.
''histled loud, and gave him a friendly I u< tun much H. ■ opposite of all this was |on thu Constitution. Hut a bold stride of
is yet stilids unreversed, and perhaps ev-' which it naturally lid.
i r will, (ivheiher properly or not, ibis is ring tho ono term of ih
iiotimuor place in discuss.) the charier thai an Executive on whose co-operation
•it must run out the ' il might calculate, was in (Miwer, but, for-n
en granted, I tunatcly for Ins country, «o impracticable
s In- in Ins disposition, that the lln. si
plot ever formed would be marled if ut all
i|cp aidanl lor success upon his eo-upcrj.
tion.
I come now to the two lems of his re-v.
r.-d sin-e-.-i.r. He found upon coming
into power high lar,If, internal improve.
meut, and i,He r F.d.nl abominations, in
[ 'Jki ol •' paws —;for I loved mi do.-—) held bv ih other p irly ; th it tho present pov.-r, conscious of hiving at i Is command j full puss.- ion of th. Capitol, introduced
i;: he was loo far go-io—he jusl had Constitution w.is very far from being such - mi-thing more efficient lhan a sceptre to I liy Ibc United Slates Hank, like another
"ength vnough to wag his tail fnnl,l; - ai ihej would iavi bad it; that it was too 'subdue tho wills of men, was manifested | Trojan hor* concealed within her dark
upon mo wishfull— D.-inocrV.ic nni..vul distributed i tho of thu and capacious bo im.
- ;. n or tv/o and—all was KM r claswsol thcjlaw. This p, ,. MUO civrrnas
op
sum tin- payment oi specie, as n com-mands.
What will be us power, if lln
uibstitule is adopted, and it possesses it.
s If, as ii inusi do, of the public dvpusilus '
,V|" t will sel up, and whom it will do-stray.
Whichever of the alternatives be-fore
stated is adopted, Ihe chains will he
forged which will In id the wills of the
American people in fillers stronger lb in
iron. And when so hound, whither will
tiny be led ! First, lo bow down at the
feet of an aristocracy, and from thence at
Ihe footstool of a king; for the chrvailis
does not more certainly become a butter-fly,
than Govornmoilf proceeds from one
gradation to another, until all power cen-tres
in ono man, if there is no provision
mado for resisting that tendency. Our
< onBtitulion pr- sent, Hnt resistance, while
ii remains in us primary vigor, but if sap-ped
by the corrupting influence of money,
our security is lost. Tin: Senator from ! „,7
K ituekv (Mr. CLAV.) with a candor In,
Which dm s III.ii credit, adiniis the coirupt- j |lc
ing influence of money, ami especially
when lint influence is thrown abroad from
on.- gn ai centre. But we are net limited
to the Senator for proof of tin
sacred scnn'iir.s declare I wh ich
root of all . vi 1. With the I to ca>
cm I'.
made to their pockets, bul now ihcy have
I learned to iMten. Already are wc re-
; 'reached in Europe as a nation of mi r-
'hatits, whoso sordid souls-are always in
iIn* i.i.rki.t; and ih sa.no venerable man
to whom I rafoired in a former part of my
...Mr. ss, n marked to me, with honest in-dign
itiou in his co iiileiiaucc, that he nev-er
doubted the stability of our institutions
until he found so large a portion oi our
iicoplc calculating the value ol exchanges.
Nothing marks s.. strongly the d( clinc of
that vigorous virtue which makes a nation.
-is when the barter begins of principle for
gold, as when iiieu and measures commend
tin insclies to the public favor by Ihe lux-urious
splendor with which they aru in-vested.
How fajlm was Athens from its
Democratic purity ami provincial bravery
when Ihe tileiil.il and accomplished but
corrupt Pericles scattered abroad the pub-
I lie treasure in buying up the hearts of Iho
people. He threw around thorn tho m.i.
gic chain of pie .sure, dazzled lll.-ni with
in igninconl public works, instituted e.\.
pensive games, pampered their appetites,
old siepd Ih in in st.usilal enjoy incuts.
Nor were the fine art., neglected; every
tlniiL', in short, was done, and that at thu
public expense, for tilting them lo l.'iroi/
themselves, as.they did in two or ihreo
generations afterwards, at tin- feot of Phil-
In. Look to tiie Roman Republic. When
Fabricttius dospised Hi.- gold of Pyrrbw,
'• Rome," it w.is said, " seemed like one
great temple, mid ihe Senate like an as.
s.-mbly of many kings." What a different
picture did n prc.-ent when even the in-ach.
• rous JugUFtlia, disgusted wiih its cupidi-iy,
declared that tbu whole people but
waited for a purchaser. There was a timu
when three poor American youths, (I al-lude
to th. captors of Major Andre,) turn-
((I a deaf e ir lo ev. ry app al made lo heir
uilere.-l or their ambition, when the wc!-
fa.c or honor of Iheil country was at stake.
But thai Iunu I fear is passing away.
Breamis,-the hard, Gaul, boa been alluded
to in this debate, who, when the Roman
ijurestor was weighing out tin- gold which
was to purchisa immunity from hu rava-ge.-,
thiew his sword into the scale with.:
c.c rirtis—woo I" thu conquered. Bu:
when tin American citizen is balanciii"
the -.-iiisoi' reason .some groat pub'.
measure, tho bank director shows him
bis note with a frown, and a Woo to tho
refractory. Tho heart of the unfortunate
unn quails, In- brain reels, his hand trem.
e bl... and ih.v. vale preponderates into
Ins inp-rion. mast, r Hiink.i prop-r
.. pagans P|ul0 Wa. rank*d among I " ■" "'" ' '■■ ,"'' """ ™no lno;!
influence. Th'
money lo he the
then h
i.— ll.'ino ■ .' in its ii. ire, mil ilistminted ui tlio passage ol the alien and sedition
Kiwcr too equally among all . !,.;i-.ul the. Inc. Tin, rash and premature measure
' -1 ' :!:. ■.. ' bsin ■: ' !. • : SCI I ! ion*:n ": ;f :;;.r: ■-. i! ■
the infernal gods. Hi; w.is not dei incd
worthy lo t.n u his scat in tin- cell trial
throng: bis propensities w.r.- consider! I
low and grovelling! he was of the earth- |
earthy. And of the t ndeiie of consoli-dated
wealth in a bank to ill'.- i materially
tin- political action of a nation, and ospo.
cially when that hank 19 its fiscal
wc hive lestiinont ah haute. A
.: .;
t.'ic
agent,
writi
L. linS-jrgh Rurictr, No. 1. p. 106, him-would
eointi with the Ami.-.
ican legions, and rlnvo these Gauls not
oulv from ibc Capitol, but from the coun.
try, for if llieir Inroads arc continued, wo
shall filially ho r. duel to a bondage ivcu
wors'vibui Gallic.
Sir. I hav littlu hope hit the p.p. ;
ic-n will be soon arresicd. Standing >,,'■,
I hive no right 'o propi«e or advocate any
Dleasuri for tin aecoinplishimntoflhctot;.
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