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zC^^and passed ." ioT obedience to ipstrue
^sL^f? -Washington.'' I have yet to-set
th&leuerfrom a merrthe/ qf Co 11
? ? '?W*
met, wthoaf |
tescftutioos similar *o,
?^hotfldNwve bright;
about to -be
found ^hat.the ccwtestwou
tfc and
Sfe
ou" meotioneajy
?d? Under these
J I to lhe,interestsof tije.coiiatry wou?
foofs^if they'd'idnot exert their pow
? ? -? *..- ***?-. ? & " ? ?
"We har^ receive! ? tWspeech of Mr. Da
vie, of Chester, on the resolutions offered
by him at the late extra session. -; It arrived
too late for this paper, but shall be given in
our next
See the communications signed "Naked
Truth." V'V'V'?^- :: :
[From the Charleston Mercury.]
. Geahamville, June 22, 1333.
To the Editor of the Columbia Telescope.
Dear Sir ? It isstatedlna letter I received
this day from a mutual friend in Washington,
that you had told a distinguished gentleman
of this State, I had said to you in conversa
tion, that certain members of Congress had
tbritten word Oie Sub-Treasury Bill hung upon i
, one or two votes, and that Legate and Camp- j
~ beU should be scared or whipped into its sup- \
?import." I am entirely unconscious of having ,
^usedsuch language as this to you, or any one.
^/Ifyou so understood me, it is my misfortune j
^o haye misled you, as nothing can be farther
' from the actual fact than that I ever rec.eived
? <er heard of any such communication from j
jpX5?as!ribgton. Thef^ui^os* ^.^ul^jwjth;jri
?eSt respect to truthv have/ ^^"mfeanttoi
Legare? who hayi7>g declared theinselyes-j
a^Tti^to^iEnoMr-^e Yiews'^l
^^^?coasti^ent^;^t wa^ tho^bt by us;(of '?[
?IfcBe ' ? egrsfature) that arenewea declaration j
'.of opinion might induce the in. to yield their I
j^Stfbts to the fixed wilFofthe people/ I take j
^ ?QCasion to assure you most- positivelyv that '
^To?i and the writers is ywr paper, are utter- |
^- Jieved here toat ou; the^same^c^:
?vd a letter was receivedby Col. ElmoJ^1
jrhe^Hoase, fr?n* lhe~HonI K- Hv 451 mo re*
th*a th? x>ne,^;^ti^: and"
sNMmuy r.^r___ te holiing.<bCthe.caucus.
? > For your testimony I of course Save all
^possible respect.- I am therefore gratified to
?? '-perceive that it does not in substance contra
indict my recollection, u. aid not attribute tp
:the gross laagaage thmt Legare and
Campbell lfc7t?IdJ^sca?e?_e]^ wlg?E?jL"
' 'V<tUi|Wois ~ 1
~ cited by our friend at W ashing to?.' -I in
ferred from what you told me? froraJtsbeing
on the floor of the House ^andioot
fthen (or since) denied, ^-and from the;gene
.^al belief of "the fact? and I Jbave since So
argued, that <ke ^eatscus- and the 'subsequent
i^>rOPf^ie"diags were occasioned by the above
- imeotioned Jetterf from two of. our delegation
?t Washington. " ' v':"
V ' With great respect,
? ~ ^ JOHNSTON. ^
? ? The papers tbat> have published > Mr?
~ Khet^s letter will obHge me by copying this.
instructions;;-. ? ?
-f Ma. Joh5Sto I send you for publica
' tionrthe subjoined extract from the speech
the fate lamented and highly respected"
^Governor Joxy Taylor, of our State, deli
vered in the Senate ort]ie Hnited States, in
fever of a United Srtat6s'Bank,320th Feb.,
. The part extracted relates to instruc
vind the sen^irn^qts'co ntain ed Ireco m -
^respectfully to the noOce of Messrs.
^^werF'^h'etrfT. W: Davie, "and their co
^adjutors in our Legislature, and to F. H
! ilmore, R. Barnwell Rhett, and their sub
Treasury associates in Congress. .? ... ^
~J?j c*nnoi, as other gtnUemeabiav? boarted th?y
. ^ - >. ' Z " :Z*: '
,-^Sfr -< .
can, put my hand into my drawer, and pull out the
instructions by which I am to be directed on this im
portant subject.
u The State of Souih Carolina is a very large stock
holder in some of her State Banks ; and if a selfish
policy, contracted to the narrow sphere of the uniquo
advantage in dollars and cents of the Government of
that Slate, in contradistinction and disregard of the
interests of the great body of her own citizens, and
the citizens of the test of the States in the Union,
could have weighed a moment with her Legislature,
I too might have beeh instructed. Let me not be
I understood, Mr. President, as drawing any compari
son between the conduct of the State of South Ca
rolina and the conduct of great and leading Stales
who. have acted otherwise ; but I must and will tell
of the things that I do know 1 rejoice , sir, that the
State that I come from has, in this instance, been
actuated by that magnanimity and patriotism which
on all former occasions has distinguished her con
duct; that m^her selfishness , nor party rage, nor a
spirit of intolerance, has induced hor to counteract
or embarrass the national Legislature, in its pursuit
of the great object of its institution, the good of the
whole.
" 1 hope it will not be considered as savoring of
egotism when I say, that my appointment to the ve
ry honorable, station I now hold was unsolicited by
-me. That my sentiments on the subject now under
?consideration had been , by me., unequivocally expressed
the Jast .session of Congress, and were well known
'to those toko appovited me;* nay, further, after my
-venerable and respected predecessor (Gen. Sumter)
^Kkd resigned his seat here, and had also declined his
appointment for the ensuing six years, pending the
^election of a successor to him, and when my name was
held in nomination, a resolution teas offered, similar to
tho*e which we have heard so much talk about , propo
sing to instruct the Senators thai State to oppose
the. renewal of the charter of the Bank of tho Uni
ted States-: This resolution, as I am informed, lay on
\ t^^geakery table when the election was gene intq* 7
and JheJ proposers t of theres&iiorfhad
i^uefwe encugh toraise iifromthe table
km ^khUia^uandM~died still born at the end of the scs
$-??? When (Bis - venerable and noble-spirited
gentleman was> thus vindicatjng^jhe title
nuignanitOAty ancfj Wfriolism"
"and from u^seljisKne$s? parly rage* and a spirit
I , ^borw;.- 1 it tie could Jfce I
? ? ? ?>f ?ka?a ?
e 'uiost K.
by the closest ties. i
^ J|iS I-Baje- employed the
aipt to de?igna^?iy
\ur the ^bpve' sentence; and I" haveSaoVdo nfc j
H in t n e . afvdetraction. * It-. jsjmt- j as
Sice ^br^etmnfioce wbrc^Mr.-J^a^e^
tas^cqfnredvjto make the egorts'^xf any of
S&an ? for zeal and fonodrdness^ ItUr fjt \tt: t
* ^^oceeding^ as the Instruction
^tio?ST "that ,such a man'^'olitfd Jiaye
~ ^^K^occasion;
^octfcas made foXiirtH:^ jnd it
ion, -thatthe proceedings _o?
nch^ a. "
Ktci
Jpstoo was MrC
jPa^ie bom .2 ; ? Not r|ta^^tacHmucb impor
t* forties ? l^r^e^dliiod is; that
therii->ras a
^ ^hniS^tlfe ^sentitnent was vociferously
--V ? - -v1- ? " * -J ? * -? '
iauded : and the tradition also is, that the
vl v"- X"-" ' " ? ?>'- -
J:ted^o^p for^introducing the measures:'
^^Hjs meeting tp the notice of the Legisla-^
tlife is himself noty native of South Caroli
? lia. 5^1- have spoken',ot' his precedence among
his peersY but in <2oi ng so I will not be mis
^^nderitood^ia detract from the u rBanity a nd
P^finement of vthe ^owtor, whpSwH^;avdrs-J.
^Ipg trished S tate S enatar-cam^ into ilhe- hafl J
p^^Oy-Jb^ordilDary priyifeges of the lobby
j i^.Sea?n^th^<jebater turned from the Chair
^oa to rpf t f pofn t e d ^ by / h is ..
pmann'er tp ^ive a, personal application- to the
ri^vecYive in which he^ was indulgingT^Pi?;;
f was^not o a Iy^parii a mentary, hut epjurtlj^an^
^^~n^*w ^tbiTrak e^ u s feeI"noti>nfy that
ipw in right hands and/unde^
,rjb]ttt-4hat if this most^delicate
; .tpuchv;-so much- in keeping^
?^-3 ^-|?VocMding, ciuld J>a?||epa'
. ^ Ln^sH^^^^^e.>y en erable person frorch
Whoseispeecif- we"- have: made the:ajbd$&?*-3
^ he^wouid, fo use his own mPst Torcib^e
r haye -lVrejoiced that { this^epresen- .
of); his.Btate iadJn this instance been
wfe<^bhvan "former -occasions- fias^istin
gu ished>(his) co nd u ct;" and that - * * n e i ther
.pczr^ rage* nor a -spirit of .inio
ieranc^ :%as^at: that f timev actuating ' the
speaker oh the floor ! ; ... . .
^ NAK?D TRUTHS
Col; Tv/was then a^ member; of the Hou^V of
Representatives -tn Cbngrt^' and vi'as' afterwards
.v5^T'--5
MtrJ.-^Kei^it'S(teins, at the extra" seTs
sion," re ndered bim^el f particularly remarka
ble? for'.hisv^^ u o u sn ess towards Mr.
P;restpir,^n|?jthers. "With an unqualified
Va^pgance^^ia^iBgular abandonment^
s elf-r espe ctf h e'to o k it upon himself to aver
substantially; m his speech, that Mr- Preston
ha3;deserte^his principles, joined a coaJi
tion against his State, and hoiste^l the Clay -
flag. - Or, in- his own words that Mr. Pres
ton 44 has openly joined a party hostile to the
long.setdeti policy of the State" - A. nd again
he avers*, "ice /eel perfectly a^suredji;Qlq/y
party mU r be organized if they ? can ? do it,
(me&ningMessrs. Preston, Thompson, Camp- j
bell, and Legare.) If they cannot , why of:\
course they mean us to understand they never
thought of it ?' - -.
It is not our intention to offer a defepce of
Mr. Preston^ political course, for the plain
reason that it stands in no need of defence.
It is notorious, and no^one will pretend to
deny it, that Mr. Preston has .not changed
a single relation with. the administration, or
with political individuals, since the first day
he took his-ffeat in the Senate, until the: pre
sent. He has stood firm and unchanged, upon
the^ principles upon which, and for which,
he was elected, whilst his denunciators have
changed, and deserted both the principles
that were then held sacred in the State : and
Mr. Preston, in what then ha9 he offended?
The answer is, for standing firmly to the
trust reposed in him ; it is for this treachery
and corruption that he is now denounced !
Does he then stand in need of defence ?
Most assuredly not ; and we would scorn to
attempt it. Common sense teaches, it is by
change of principles that men show their ve
pality and corruption, and not by standing
firm. Men often corrupted, change their
principles for the rewards of office and hon
or; but standing firm and consistent is gen
erally esteemed a mark of integrity. Mr.
Preston's case is a most singular anomaly
in the history of public men. It is, indeed,
a monstrosity in political morality ; and when
the sense of justice in the community shall
awaken and become apprised of the true na
ture of the question, we are much mistaken
if his denunciators will not have cause to
hide their heads in shame and confusion.
But whilst we scorn to offer any defence
of-Mr. Preston's consistent and undeviating
course, we would civilly ask Mr. Rhett if
he has one tittle of evidence in proof of
his sweeping averments. He did not con
descend to offer any in his speech, and there
fore it is fair to infer he had none. He al
Inded, indeed, to a new piess that had been
established in Washington, with the avow
ed purpose of supported Mr. Clay as Pre
sident, and Mr. Preston as Vice-President.
But is this sufficient proof upon which to
found the allegation, that Mr. Preston has
'?joined a party hostile to the State," and
enlisted under the Clay standard ? Now we
ask, is there any shadow of proof or rea
son to believe that Mr. Preston was ever
consulted on the subject of this press, or
its objects ? -We will venture to assert he
never was. The friends of^Clay, doubtless,
wish to^strengthen his interest, and will try
many. cxped i e n ts for that purpose : and this,
pern^s." may be one; or it may be that
those editors are honestly desirous of seeing
^^fe?eston Vice-President. We know no
their' views or their motives, and
weCh^e^e^Iunless the Messrs. Rhetts had
^^e sepife^Jm^lfigea^ frue<or false, from
s t d>K w hi c h ha^uot reached the pub
Th at -wej are as ^yise as he is, 111 re
gai^j^he -matte*.* .
Ano^^^ has raised
_ -nr./' ry\ ? ? T> ?>
^ne^sUffic rer nt^ropf that Mr. Takpadge^as
standa^| We. AiD^Jnot~
JmU'genU feme if would be very^unwilling-on
?that^toun'd o n1y t orallow - th e m s e 1 ves - to
^mate^ sol e m n averment, that he. had done
deliberative Legislature. Where
tiiei^"is:t)lere a tittle of pVoof of. the weigh
t^<<ii^rge tVat Mr. Preston has joined a
coajitiocL against his State? And is this
slang about the. Washing ton press, any thing
more or less thab a base pretext for a vile
slander 1 Let it be supposed that some edi
tor^should take Jt into his head to hoist a1
'js* -:s ?? ???J
banner for the avowed purpose of running
do tvn a nd ' cru sh i Ug M r. Preston, and eleva
^ng:Mr.: 3hett to the. Senate of- the Uni
ted5tate|;^n his place, would^any gentle?,
manallow hjm?elf, on ttoisj evidence, solemn^
ly. to^yer-that^ ina
uefarioue ^conspiracy to . crusfi'and ruin Mr>:
Prestip^^^ effect^js^wn,
ambitk>tis7-design Shame iwsjhame V-ubonv
sucbra proceeding.^ >It savors of au atteippt-?
at^moral'assassinatiori ^f- the b'lackest^hue^
? ^But^ally^^t ^bul^Mem .that Ae clique
. irienl of 5heir ulterior political scheme^ $y
whlch they e xpqpjiqi arrive' at the loaves/and"
:fehes their^eiTOs^hatnhey lo$t:sight:xjf alf
pjw-etjon. an^ selfyrespec^ | | ? ^ f |g %
? >"A- fu rther^andl notable e'vid en'ce ~:6f th ei r
?jn t ensec^agexn e ss w as ^e xhib 1 1 sd m the fact
ei l^irig^^ 1 egj s litu rectus trgo i n g'oUt
^^aritic^ate, Jhd. forestkT jiel?
ieglsrature jast^bming%^n^nHe)icac^nW
knowri\ir{ "?outh . Cardfiua and a rwi that,
will not probably av&il them ' ^tich.^ For
W^4ejiY:.ffijt;vthi^ people^of ime.^State "are.
with them on^jth^act of^ d^uivnaiio^. i >ior>do:
we b^^yec^3tj?y : Wit^ihem"?yjn
tfie ?|^?Xreasu'ryt.i^ject^> >S^ralMen^er^
andjiohorable men, although" in favor *of the
s^r.Q^asury- scheme themselves, had^ the
can'dor'tostate in their places that theyknew^
;not; what the sentiments of their constituents
were on the measure^ *s there was. much
division oP opinion arnongst tfiem^and ma
n j mothers if t?ey had^ ^ beeu^ ;pr^pted^jr; we
^^uie spirit pC ^ patidqr,^ ^ ^'Uld ^ha^l
^ue ^ame thibg^ If then the^-people, a^yet,
are io undecided as to ^h^Jubr^rfeasufy;
project itself, how is it to be expefeWd thcy
will approve of the ignoble tyrann^of the
sweeping - denunciation hurled? against 'all
PUBLIC SE RV A JTTS, &1&fSt<lU,% ciwl.
r -t-?. /'^iT ? S13ccLJ?2^.Js&.
poste rous to suppose
in ^ntr o " rM?AC?o~*inf aIc?
That there is a prevailmg 'sentiment- in
the State in favor of a divorce^oC the banks
-and government, is probahlo'vahd-as far^s
the people have expressed any pfedilection
in. favor -of the subrTreasury sclieme, they
have Been induced to do so from a supposi
tion, sedulously inculcated by a designing
few , that, the sub-Treasury plan would indu
bitably accomplish that object?indeed, that
the two -measures are identical. But when
upon full, examination and reflection, they
find that the sub-Treasury scheme is utter
ly unfitted and incapable of effecting even
an appipach towards the consummation of
that object;, they will then see the futility of
the scheme and its objectionable features j
jn:tfreir fall forced " They wijl tbep see
the folly, nay ! tbc madness of waking
the monstrous sacrifice of reducing the pri
ces of everv spocies of property to a hard
money standard; and of pcrpetuatiug a con
fusion of the currency of the country preg
nant with interminable evils, for no othec
conceivable purpose but to gratify Van Bu
ren's lust of power. The Chronicle and the
Globe, and all the Van Buren and Calhoun
presses are toiling by night and by day to
make us believe that the sub- Treasury scheme
is actually a divorcement of banks and go
vernment. But readers, only pause and re
flect, and see if by any powers of the un
derstanding you can discover the slightest
affinity between them: or how by any ima
ginable operation the sub-Treasury plan c an
lead to the divorce. As the sub-treasury
bill has gone from the Senate the hard mo
ney feature is wholly stricken out by an i
overwhelming majority*, and even with Mr.
Calhoun's hard money feature in it, there
is a provision that the government shall re
ceive and deal in bank paper as herefore, to
the amount of about live-sixths of the whole
revenue. Does this, think ye, look like a j
dnorce of banks and government ? Or rath
er is it not clearly a re-marriage cherished
by a new and due proccss of law ? Away
with the sub-Treasury plan. It is intended
no where but as a means for the increase of
the patronage and power of V an Buren ; and
in South Carolina it is only used by the ini
tiated for the purpose of covertly attaching
the State to the car of that ambitious indi
vidual in the next election.
HIGHLANDER.
?One of the most respectable conventions that has
been held in Ohio lately, proposed Mr. Preston as
Vice-President on the Harrison ticket ; now is this
nny proof that Mr. Preston lias hoisted the Harrison
stand? And is a gentleman hound to watch the
newspapers and contradict every suggestion of the
kind that any press may choose to propagate . Mr.
Calhoun 1ms recently been named as a candidate for
the Presidency, by the Mercury? is this a proof, al
though from a paper evidently in his interest, that
Mr. Calhoun haB made up his mind to oppose Van
Buren ?
Passages from the Life of a Great Statesman.
"1 belong to the State Rights party, which, at all
times, from the beginning of the Government to this
day, has been opposed to such an institution, [the
U. S. Bank,] as unconstitutional, inexpedient, and
dangerous " ? Mr. Calhoun's Speech in the V. S. Sen
ate , Sept ., 1837.
At the 2d session of the 13th Congress, on j
the 4th of February, 1814, Mr. Calhoun pro
posed the following resolution : ?
14 Resolved , That the Committee of Ways
and Means be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of establishing a National Bank,
to be located in the District of Columbia."
On the 19th the Committee, through their
Chairman, (Mr. Taylor, of New York,) re
ported a bill in conformity to this resolution,
proposing the establishment of a bank, with
a capital of 30 millions, in the city of Wash
ington; upon which it does not appear that
any action was had. On the 2d April, 1814,
JVlr. Grundy submitted a resolution, 44 That
a committee be appointed to inquire into the
"expediency 6f estab' shing a National Bank;
and that they hav. .cave to report, by bill or
otherwise.".*- -On the 4th of April, on the mo
tion to postpone indefinitely this resolution
of Mr. Grundy, Mr. Calhoun voted in die ne
gative, and the House, by 80 to 71, decided
Against postponement. Upon the committee
^Scarry it into, effect, Mr. Calhoun's name is
third. On motion of their .Chairman, the
committee were discharged from the Jurther
consideratio n of the subjection the 8th - of
tH e safiae mo n t h , ,ancl no furthe r ;xctio n was
oftWsame Congress.. ,v On the 17 th October,.
1814, in: reply to -a letter from the/chairman
w the ;Comm ittee of W ays arid -Means, ^ Mr,.
Secretary-Dallas jrecommend^
S^b^eistablish m e n t ofaN atioria 1 lib s titutio
operating upon credjt co mbined- withcapi talv
' <5ttf^"as ' the only efficient remedy" for the^dis^
^Ordered condition of the circulating medium."
^ke^capital of the ^^sed^.bljnk.-w^^be.
two ,'fjftK? Jof. was to Be
owned By the United States, and three fifths
? 6V individuals, <5cc. Mrv Dallas, ^after^stib
mittinglhis outline , of a plan, proceeds, to.
sayj..44 In making a pro position for the jstab
rlishment of a National -B.ank, I cannot be in
sensible to the high authority, of names which
:^ave appeared in. opposition to that measure,
upon constitutional ground* \ but {after sum
tnibg tip the sanctions of legislative, execu
tive, a nd judicial authority which themeas
.jire had received) concludes: " Canit<be.
deemed a violation of the right of private opin
ion r to consider the constitutionality of # Na
tional Bank as a question for ever settled and
~?iresiV\^ Qn the 28th of theVisame month
the Housevoted^93 Xo- 5 4, 'A4 that it-is Expe
dient, to establish a National . Bank, ; with
brarishei'tri the several States," Mr. Cal
houn voting in the affirmative , and Mr.- Clop
tori of Virginia calling^44 upon gentlerrien^in
favor of the proposition" to show in what part
'of the Constitution was contained the.power.io
establish a National Bank.'V On the 7th
November, 181 4./a bill was reported by/the
Committee of Ways and Means, through
Mr. Fisk of New York, in coriformity^to the
^recommendation of the Secretary ; and on
the 16th of- the same month Mr. Calhoun
submitted 44 a motion, rthe effect of which
'was to deprive the United States oft any
share in the stock of the bank, and to change
the proportion of specie and paper in which,
it shall be payable, to one- tenth in specie , and
nine tenths in Treasury notes thus amend
ing the details, and of course- silently assent
ing to the principles assumed by the Secre
tary. On- the 17th bis amendment was
adopted by a majority of 60 votes. On the
19th Mr. Lowndes offered a resolution 44 to
reduce the capital of the bank from fifty to
thirty-five millions of dollars u Mr. Cai
houn opposed the motion with much zeal
motion lost. " On the 25th he said, 44 As he
w&s extremely anxious that the bapk should
be established, he should be averse to thrpw
ing toy obstacle jri the way of the practica
bility of the measure, and would therefore
heartily assent to the motion for r^cototnit
rnent." Ou the 23ih be again defended the
bill against the objections of Mr. Hansen,
voted in the affirmative on the question of its
being engrossed for a third reading, and, on j
the motion for its engrossment being re- |
jected, 104 to 49, moved to print the letter of !
Mr. Secretary D.UIas, of the 27th, to the j
Committee of Ways a?id Means, the strong ,
objections iu which to Treasury notes caused ,
the rejection of the bill. On the third of Ja- I
nuary, 1815, a motion to reconsider the bill j
was carried, 107 to 54, and the bill finally j
passed the lower House on the 7th o! the j
same month, with Mr. Calhoun'tf vote in the
affirmative. On the 98th of January it pass
ed the Senate, and on the 30th was vetoed
by Mr. Madison. It is worthy of remark,
that, pursuing the course ol Mr. Dallas, in
his veto, the President treats the constitu
tional question as settled ; and the coinci
dence between his language at that date (30th
Jan., 1 815) and that of Mr. Calhoun (26th
Feb., 1816) is so srriking, that a short ex
tract from the veto of the one and the speech
of the other will hardly be deemed imperti
nent. " Waiving (says Mr. Madison) the
question of the constitutional authority of
the Legislature to establish an incorporated
bank, as being precluded, in my judgment,
by repeated recognitions, under varied cir
cumstances, of the validity of such an insti
tution, in acts of the legislative, executive,
and judicial branches of the government, ac
companied by indications, in different modes, j
of a concurrence of the general will of the
nation," &c. While Mr. Calhoun, echoing
this sentiment, savs, eleven months after, in
his speech, that 44 he did not propose lo com
prehend in Oils discussion the power of Con
gress to propose bank charters , nor the ques
tion, &c. &c. To discuss these questions
he conceives would be an useless con
sumption of time." This was upon his
motion to proceed to the consideration of
the National Bank bill, introduced by him,
as chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means, on the 8th of the same month, and
which in the course of his speech he vindi
cated with all the zeal of paternity, in a most
elaborate argument, which exhausted the
subject. He continued throughout to com
bat all objections made in the progress of its
discussion, and to defend it by speeches and
votes, to the day of its passage through the
House, on the 14th March, 1816, the only
vote against it from South Carolina being
that of Mr. May rant. After having been
passed by the Senate and returned to the
House, ou the 5th of April Mr. Randolph
moved its indefinite postponement, upon the
ground distinctly that it was 44 unconstitu
tional, inexpedient, and dangerous Mr.
Calhoun defended it, and the same day we
find his vote recorded against its indefinite
postponement." The bill was approved by
President Madison on the 10th April, 1816,
and constituted the late charter of the Bank
of the United States. The more recent acts
and opinions of this gentleman need not be
traced through such a labyrinth of detail ^
and in any other part of this country, or in
reference to the course of any other states
man, such protracted and minute analysis
would have been unnecessary. From Feb
ruary, 1814, when be was the first to 14 set
the -ball in motion," till April, 1816, when he
was the last .to7 abandon jt, through a pro
tracted struggle of, upwards of two years,
whether the bank was attacked upon princi
ple or upon detail, ile - was in the ring^and
upon his feet. . Twenty Riphmqnds could
not have been more constantly or niQre
promptly and ?Mciently in\he fieldr.wfth/ljjs*
f* attacks, assaults, and repulses^1 44 occupy1
lbg ^ne^posiripn, Ta|JmJg? back upon another^
where and fighting *jiir the time!" ''After
these exposures, how many pf the gallantdfr^
sc^ndants'rif , Ad miral Khett-are preparejdtG^
d.efend --hisvchanges V' I have, traced
went in advance of him* jn favor,
States Bank; i n., *38 he isfo und iiy Marti n?
. y aii-Bnren, (tike 'Brack" Qeorge and
I combating together for - sub-treasuries <$rrid?
a. _ -vi- Cr.
with the support, yof -a Bankt-(anc^bttk;ng;
most indignantly the doctrine of ikslriittioTu
- ... ? . -
as wanting in 44 magqanirmty and unbeco yet*
inc the character of;his State.',1) Lcall'th^
public attention to the declaration cOf Mj".lJ<
Smith RHettt *4 that na NatioUatrB.ank'part^
shall hV organized, here, ".and that himself
and his associates cannot conoect. themselves
with such a party, 44 without (in theJanguage
of the resolution) pursuing a course injuri
rious to the welfare and prosperity of the
?tate~!" * " C- . '
v But to Mr. Calhoun. " These - matters
~ib - ' * ? ft
have been charged upon htm ci^Vnstiwtial- -
. -jp y. ? ? r-.
f&l * 1 JiH VP. '
turn to the journal and'repp/t&of;the'uSy^l
his^^ence.. :
late dtecUssionwith' Mr. Clay^you^always
entertained doubtsonthe constitutionality of
a United State? Bank^" tutn^ to . 'io lirnaL
v?>\ i \ ?" V * V -*? >i^rl ' ? V ir^ ' ? ?> ^ y
and . debates ^.and shew, itir Why, when 'the
constitutional objection was urgedH(as shown
above) by Mr. CJopton and-Mr, Randolph of;
Virginia, against the projects in which you j
were the accessary in ^1814 and the/principal
jn 1816, did you persist in their defence, ^andl
l:v V--'7' * " I
finally sustain the last by your vote ? Mr?
Clay eitie'r had not the book by him, or did
not choofte to charge your defections upon
yo.U from the record. It is here; and, sir,
you are invited to a defence of your consist
ency. '*1 would not have urged this matter
upon you> but from ^our manifest disposition
to monopolize this attribute ;'acd I now call
upon you or your advocates to showyou*'.
?- 1
sell its sole proprietor, (as- you .-pretend, ) of
even as entitled \o share it-iinfc coin
N A7C EB^TR IrTB- 9
Mh. Johnston, ? In yonr^jgpc-x~ Cl t * "?
it,ih instant I perceivq a jfejHJCrt <>?;]tiic sub
stance of my speech, niadeYat tl$nPfe'-?xte*
session of our Legislature, ngatn9t the reso
lutions of Mr. Davie. 'If1'; reporter baa
omitted to state that in opposing a snb-Trea -
suit, I vindicated "the deposito of public
funds ip Slate Banks, the 'States to be pledged
t'ot the safe keeping of the money: J (J rem it
m-itetial to notice this, a* the sub-Treasury
party are disposed to denounce all opponent#
ot their measure as in favor of a United
States Tank. Your obdt,. serv't., - v
JOHN J. iMVKRS. -
POSTSCRIPT.
A letter*, dated Tuesday last, by express
mail from a gentleman in Washington
brings the intelligence that the Sub-Treasu
ry bill was defeated on Monday evening last,
6 o'ciock, by a vote of 111 to K'o. A iiiov -
tion to reconsider was made next day, aiid ? -
decided in the negative I) a great majority**.; .
It is understood in Washington that there^ "?
is an Address to I lie people ot the United '/
States to be published about t he time of tho 1 *?
adjournment, preparing under the supenT-., r"
sion of Messrs. Calhoun and GrUrrdy. If- is
to embrace" sever;*! subjects, but the main
objcct is thought to be io identify Call ?uii if
and Van Buren. '
The Senate has; fixed on the 9th" of July *
for adjournment.''
? +?*
Auction.
? 'K^Sk^
N Monday nc*t, July 2d, will he fold'atTOuy
store, sundry articles ofhouseliold Furniture ?
lOhbls. fresh ground Baltimore Flour, ^ ??
Rbils and half bhls.Xo. 1 Mackerel,
Casks Wine ; soft shell Almonds,
TaUow Candles ; Turpentine Soap,
Lot of Rope, partially damaged;
clcson account and risk ol jbnner purchaser*"- ~ \ \\
>
A, Yalunhle Ne^ro Womnn, about 2t> ye^t^bW*-^''
and her two children, one a girl about 7
the other a boy of three years old ; the \JtrfntttriVr ^
accustomed to houfi ? Work. TfcYnis nt sale. - * " - ^
June 30
POLOCK, SOLOMON & CO. Aucts?;
i'rAi*'
&
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r"
m
ALL pet7on<? having demands against metcwil?<<
please present ihem for settlement, on Monday 3^
next, at 10 o clock, a* 1 am now ready to sarrendef;*^
ali. my effects lor the 'purpose of liquidating thdh^? /
claims. ' - -i ?? ? F. S.^ROXb'OV,. V
June 30. It * -*r S ' ' f 27
J\ew FIoiuv
A FEW barreled ye ry superior Now Hour, frottt
' Rice's Mill* for->ale low, at
POLOCK, SOLOMON & Cot ^
June 30 ? > . 27 "
, h j0 ~I_. >*
Great fiipeililioii. " " :^
TIIE Raleigh <fe Oftston Rail Road Company hayi /
the pleasure to announce to the publie- tint tli? >- '
Bridge over the Roanoke and twelve miles of their r
Road being finished and io daily use, for the iran^^
portation of persons and produce, thoy now fonuj -
since the compleuon of the Rail Road betiveori
Kichmond and Petersburg, a continuous line of rait
way communication from Littleton to the North. Iu'
the course of a few weeks, about 30 miles more of * ?
their Rail Road will he ready, when a Locomotive
will daily leave Chalk I^vcl (Henderson Depot) f?>r
.'the North, ioatftiwl of Ijttl?U>n, ft* at present: . ^
'? Tliis is the Great mail route, and the different RnH - -
Road companies now run their daily mail line fron}
Littleton to New York in 3J hours running time, or, .
including all stoppages in less than 48 hour ., without
the' loss of a single night's sleep.
Traveller^ from (Jreenaboroucfh.Satfsbury and the ;
West are Informed that, by taking this route, they ~
will reach Washington City 24 hoara ahead of any- . -
other line, avoiding at the same time about 200 rail t-jj
of staging and the loss of two nights' sleep.
Thisisthe pleasautestand most expeditious route to /
the Virginia springs A first rate line of Coaches is
kept up from Littleton through to Raleigh, where th?
main Western line inte^ecls jf und where it unites
with the great Southern mail line .to Favetteville,-v/
Columbia, Augusta arid Charleston! ^ ^
Columbia Race Course lor
Sal?..VT% .. . . .
tho first Monday in October nj UEt tho
- VXUMBJ A RACE COURSEL.wi IMHMfcred at ^
5jru?pc "sale, before the Court Ho t" t-&,m ?
* Pl\o tmy*t Anntoinu * Inm^rA/l arroc
,T. _ w&.;;3E
The tract contains a hundred aores of taod,-??ela#e4
by a higVpIouk fenye. The im prove m en tsarc ucW *'?
lye buildings having been lately
uottfso,? its present good con- 7
nd strength of the :
^ & ,*n^invesltnent
iXft h audso me. profit lo
[^K?St2S^K>~Air4 ^
--
IT?
rirtHE yfctitxso X&vo
E^Jt^wfll meet at the^isur
^o'clock, <>n Wednc?da,
"eouippod iotinspectir
VjSyqrdorbf^he^'
*und riamcss; i,? 6W?
"four 'petme. ? w V ,
^ L$Q
hantlsonre well tonei l1
*AI?v ant) Mghtriano,
a bargaj n App fy at -t his oi
? * -? *v , ?
" ' r.
da/, thb-4tb
jre^ersonVfilli
4a* "
/Ml HE., Subwtborswould respectfu
iBUNSt of ;ofl dcscriptior
at the shortest notice.
Guns and Rifleeroade
r JuJt received, an a
able for door, tru
which will be
Country Gum
terial necessary for
wg
jiml
jingle
J$, suite
^ nettock.%
evj5rrma?
Gun?, at
tbW ' 4 GfiORGF,.
Colunrf^ June - > 1 26
Oi*der?*
AN Eiectio^lf ^ hereby ^ or^red for Fix# Lieuten
aht'jpf ^eiit ^a.^, upper Bjttalioo, 23d fiegu
meni; to be.beldjU-tiie XarLrt House, oa Saturday,
the 30th irtstant. "Ensign Heise, Edward Brnntd
w*ite, and B. Cousins are detailed to conduct tba
sajne/and to make their return ss the law directs.
T- WADE, Ceptaw
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