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MENTAL PBINCIPLBB or OC. IT.
KNTIK K PIACTtCB, rio* 1789 DOWN TO this bay.
" It it at palpable at the tint, that the 'f^of '*?
?hetnt would be to bring Ike public treaturt Ml UI
NE\RER '*C ac/uu/ ' tmMoift and control of the
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??Globe, Nov. 20, 1834 T
"Had such a si-uuestion comb r"?1' ja, k'
?ON tt would hate been rung through the Old Dominion
with the reiterated UI.eho.Kl. .bout
and the protest, as conclusive proof of all the aspira
tions which have l*en charged to the Hero of Orleana .
?? Sss. (they would say.) here he wish*, to put the
PUBLIC MONK* UIRBCTLY INTO THE PALMS OK Hta
FRIENDS AND PARTIIANB, INBTBAD Of KEEPING IT ON
PKPOSITE IN BANKS. WHENCE IT CANNOT BE DRAWN POB
OTHKB THAN PUBLIC PURPOSES. WITiMNT CBBTAIN DB
TBCTION " III such a case, we should feel that thi peo
Dle had lust cause for alarm, and ought to give their
muj( ic.itchful attention to tuch an effort to enlarge
EXECUTIVE POWBB. AND PUT IN IT? HAND* THB MEANS
or corruption. And are Iheae tile principles upon
which Mr Uigh expects to return to tho Senate from
tht land of Jefferton !"
" Mr Leigh knows tiiat the Pbbbidbnt himsblp la
opi-oskd TO thb project whieh he ascribes to hit tup
portcrt, and that htt frundt in Wathington, whether of
the Cabinet or <w. heartily concur with htm m the
courte of polity it tt expedient to purtiu "? Globe
'? The country will auatain the Executive arm of the
government in the experiment now making to substitute
ihe State Inthtuiwnt for the Bank of the United
Slates."?Mr. Wright, Jan. 1834. ,
" The State Banks are found fully adequate to the
performance of all services which were required by the
Bank of the United States, auite aa promptly and with
the tame cheapnett "- Oen. Jackson's Message, of 1834
" By the use of the State Bankt, which do not de
rive their charters from ihe general government and are
not controlled by its authority, it tt ateertnmed thaljhe
mnneut of the United Slatet can be collected and dts
burted without lott or inconvenience, and that all the
wants of the community, in relation to exchange and
currency, are supplied as well as they ever have been
before."? Message of Dec. 1836.
" It should be constantly recollected that the owners
and managers of banks, when properly regulated by
legislative provisions in their charters, are, like other in
dividuals, interested to transact business securely ; are
desirous of making and not losing money ; and that
these circumstances, with the preference in case of
failure belonging to depositors and holders of their bill*
over the stockholders, united with the security, if not
priority, given to the government, render them, in point
of safety, generally much sufebiob to individual
agents op the United States."?Mr. Woodbury's
Report, 1834.
"it is gratifying to reflect, that the credit given by
the government, whether to bank paper or bank agents,
has been accompanied by smaller losses in the experi
ence under the system of state hanks in this country at
their worst period: anil under their teteretl calamiliet,
than any other kind of credit the government has ever
given in relation to its pecuniary transactions ."?ib.
In the ssme report, it ia stated, that the loss by one
merchant had been greater in amount thin all that had
been lost by the banks.
It is proven in Mr. Crawford's Report, that the losses
to the government by the employment of corporations
as fiscal agents, have been but 45-100ths of one per
ceul. in collecting three hundred and fifty millions of
general revenue.
'Banks cannot be dispensed with, except at
THE SACBIPICB OP ALL JUSTICE IN REGARD TO THK CON
TRACTS MADE UNDER A MIXED CUBBENCY.NOR WITHOUT
A VIOLATION OP THE PAtTH PLEDGED IN THE LEGISLA
TION (WHERE HONESTLY OBTAINED) BY WHICH THEY
WERE ESTABLISHED. THE SUBJECT MUST BE LKPT TO
URtDUAL REPORM, TO WHICH THE PEOPLE OP THE RE
SPECTIVE STATES ARE PULLY adequate."?Cilobe.
As all the first numbers of our paper have
not probably met the eye of members of Con
gress, we take the liberty to re-publish, and
submit to their consideration and reflection,
with an honest conviction of their soundness,
the following
EIGHTEEN REASONS
Against the proposition to "divorce the General
Government from the Banking Institutions,
and substitute Sub-Treasuries."
1. It will be trying an unnecessary experi
v ment.
'2. It gives one currency to the Govern
ment, and another to the people, and reflects
discredit on the latter.
3. It levies a tax of ten to twenty per cent,
upon the public debtors, and therefore the
consumers, who are the people.
4. It yields up the proposed reform of the
Bunking System, which was the favorite
policy of the whole of General Jackson's
administration, and one of the leading princi
ples involved in Mr. Van Burcn's election.
5. It is hostile to the State Institutions.
G. Those Institutions are so thoroughly
incorporated with every interest in the coun
try, that it would be difficult to get rid of
them for many years.
7. The public money will be unsafe.
8. It virtually surrenders the "purse" to
the Executive.
9. It will enlarge the patronage of the Fe
deral Government.
10. It will increase the difficulty, charge
and expense of transporting the public funds.
11. It will subject the public debtors to
great inconvenience.
12. It opens temptation to peculation and
embezzlement, and is therefore of a demoral
izing tendency.
13. It will put off indefinitely, and perhaps
render impossible the resumption of specic
payment by the State Institutions.
14. It will result in the issuing of paper
money by the Government, and render it to
all intents and purposes, a Bank.
15. It will derange exchanges, confuse bn
siness, and cause a universal blight and para
lysis.
16. It will contravene the approved doc
trine of Gen. Jackson: "that in the regula
tions which Congress may prescribe, respect
ing the custody of the public money, it is de
sirable that an little discretion, as may be
deemed consistent with their safe keeping,
should be given to Executive Agents."
17. The amount of specie, equal to the
public revenue, will be ?i?n#st wholly lost to
the uvea and profit* of the country.
18. It will result in m increased demand fur
a National Bank, and sseure \ts establishment.
An interchange of opinions for the but few
days, with many persons with whom we have
associated, has produced developments that
astonish us. Some express their inisgiviugs
as tothe policy of the Sub-Treasury System,?
some think that it will fail to effect the lead
ing object of the convention of Congress,?
some think it unsound and unsafe, and there
are others who believe that it is fraught with
evils alarming to the best iuterrst of the coun
try. Yet, notwithstanding these convictions
and confessions, these persons pauae at the
threshold of duty, and fear to opi>ose it be
cause it has been recommended ; and doubt the
expediency of defeating it, lest it distract the
party and break up the unity of its action!!!
" They know ihe right, and they approve it too, ^
They know the wrong, and yel the wrong pur?ue.
We love our party ; we'applaud its princi
ples ; and we wish for its continued and en
during triumphs. Yet we wish for them only
upon the maintenance of correct principles
leading to the honor and glory of our beloved
country. VV hen they fail to reach these great
ends, it becomes a dereliction of duly to de
fend error and persevere in wrong. As a
matter of policy, it is the most safe and cer
tain mode of maintaining and preserving the
ascendency of party, by placing it on the
sure foundations of truth and by pursuing the
mandates of an honest patriotism.
When a prostrate and bleeding country in
the extremity of her distress calls upon her
constitutional functionaries for kelp, it is their
first duty to come, and come promptly to her
rescue. Who can justify the delinquency of
any one upon whom the call is made, to give
up the obligations or duty, to yield the con
victions of right, and go away to the biddings
of a doubtful party policy ? We say to such,
that what is morally wrong cannot be politi
cally right; and if the honest convictions of
their understanding lead them to doubt or con
demn the policy of this Sub-Treasury Sys
tem, they are bound by paramount obligations
of moral integrity and the interests of the
whole country, to withdraw from it their sup
port, and to give their best energies to the suc
cess of the best measure. He who has not
moral firmness to meet this crisis, is deficient
in the prerequisites of a representative, and
compromises the high commands of duty by
a timid and inglorious desertion.
The President himself was not unaware of
the shock that would be given to popular feel
ing throughout the country on the first official
annunciation of this measure ; but as the de
liberate convictions of his mind led him to its
adoption, with firmness he marched up to his
duty, ready to abide the consequences. This
act of firmness has spread far and wide im
perishable honor for his name. We would
call upon those who arc following him doubt
ingly in this " untried expedient," to imitate
his 'example of duty and firmness as the
surest means of making themselves worthy of
their party and worthy of their stations.
MR. PATTON'S SPEECH.
DOCTRINES OF '34 AND '37.
We republish to-day the speech of this
gentleman on the Bill regulating the Depo
sites, delivered during the session commenc
ing December, 1834. It contains a correct
view of the doctrines of the administration in
1834 ; and adds another link to the chain ol
testimony we have heretofore introduced, to
show that the advocates of Sub-Treasuries
on the side of tlie present administration, have
forsaken the policy of two years ugo, and
" chopped round" into the embrace of the dar
ling projects of the opposition of that time.
The policy of the present hour, "it is as
palpable as the sun," is the antipodes of
the policy of 1834. The project of separa
ting the government from banks, was repu
diated in '34 by an " organ distinguished by
the confidence and favor of the administra
tion," as " RKVOLUTIONARV AND disoroaniz
ino," as calculated to put the public money
directly into the " palms of the friends and
partisans of the Executive, and expose it to
bo " PLUNDERED BV AN HUNDRED HANDS,
where one cannot now reach it." Now we
are told that, the " democracy of the country
will rally in favor of this measure of reform,"
and wo, forsooth, are imputed deserters from
the party, because we will not rally in .sup
port of the proposition of Messrs. Gordon,
Leigh &? Gouge. Methinks the "boot is on
the other leg," and that they arc the deserters
who have forsaken the paths the Republicans
have always trodden, and embraced doctrines
which we have always been taught, were
" dangerous, disorganising and revolutionary,"
by the very oracles that art now denouncing
us, because we will not, like them, thus pre
cipitately " turn our backs upon ourselves."
President Jackson told us that the accom
plishment of the reform commenced by him,
would " form an era in the history of our
country, which will be dwelt upon with de
light by every true friend of its liberty and in
dependence." Is such a glorious prospect to
be surrendered to the " revolutionary and dis
organizing" doctrine of leaving the banks and
the people, now, when they most require, the
interposition of government, to take care of
themselves ? President Jackson told us, that,
" as little discretion as possible should be
given to executive agents and the Cilobe
echoed, " that had such a suggestion (the
" Divorce") come from General Jackson,
it uiouhl have ben sung through the Old Do
minion, as conclusive proof of all the aspira
tions which have boen charged to the Hero
of Orleans ! In such a case, we should feel
that the people had just cause for alarm, and
ought to give their most watchful attention to
such an effort to enlarge executive power,
and put in its hands the means of cor
? option." What a beautiful commeotary up
on that " organ's" consultary, now to hear the
same proposition applauded by it, ua " se
cond declaration of independence." lint the
" suggestion" has been " sung through the Old
Dominion;" they do see "just cause for alarm;"
and however much others may now vacillate
and change, the ancicnt dominion, the mother
of men, will staud firm ia her doctrines and
her faith, true to her own conscience, and her
best aud dearest interests. Her lirm and pa
triotic representatives in Congress, her high
minded and sound Republican Governor, and
her leading journals throughout her territory,
have indicated in decided and unequivocal
terms, that they will adhere to the ground
heretofore occupied by the Republican party,
and sacrifice no principle, yield no tribute, at
the all consuming altar of radicalism, whose
worshippers arc seeking to entrap us by " un
tried expedients." The sons of Virginia were
true in 1834, they will not be found wanting
in 1837.
INCREASE OF BANK CAPITAL.
To gain advocates in a bad cause, which
owes not a little of its support to sophistry
and misrepresentation, it is urged by the ene
mies of the State Banks, that they are Whig
monopolies, created by Whigs, owned by
Whigs, and controlled by Whigs; and that
their capital has been increased by Whig
Legislatures. And appeals are made to the
base prejudices of political partizans, to put
down and destroy these institutions, (which
existed before the Federal Government, and
without whose aid that Government would
never have been called into existence,) be
cause they are said to be owned and controlled
by political adversaries!
If there are any institutions iu the world
which are republican, one would think they
would be those, where any man can borrow,
who has any credit or any security; where
any man can lend, who has money; or any
man be a stockholder who chooses, and any
one a director who is chosen.
Much has been said about the worthless
ness of paper currency. If it be, in truth,
worthless rags, it cannot be a very dangerous
monopoly? and those who own bank stock,
are rather to be pitied for their misfortune,
than feared for-their wealth or influence.
To those who have joined in the hue-and
cry against the Banks, under the false belief
that they owed their origin and increase en
tirely to our palical adversaries, we commend
the careful perusal, and inward digestion of
the following simple statistics, which we be
lieve will be fouud strictly in conformity with
the truth.
The increase of banking capital, mentioned
below, dated from the the expiration of the
United States Bank Charter. The total in
crease in the nine States is, fifty-four millions
forty-nine thousand nine hundred and forty
eight dollars !
1. Maine, which elected Messri Shepley and Rug
bies to the United Statea Senate, has increased ila
banking capital from
82.050,000 to 3,459,880
2. New Hainpalure has augmented lis bank capital
from
? 1,701,670 to $2,655,008.
3. Connecticut, which sent Mr. Niles to the Senate,
has increased its banking capital from
#4,485,177 to $7,450,766.
4. New York, which gives an enormous increase,
from
925,381,460 to 837.381,468.
5 Louisiana, which elected Mr. Nicholas, and grant
ed a small increase of banking capital, from
$27,172,145 to 847,000,000.
6 Mississippi, which substituted Mr. Walker for
Poindexter, has increased its banking capital from
8950,600 to 81,890,362.
7. Ohio, which, though a Whig State now, has had,
and now has a Van Buret) Legislature, has increased its
capital
$5,000,000.
8. Tennesse, until recently an Adminiatration State,
increased from
#737,817 to 82,890,381.
9. Missouri, where Col. Benton resides, has increased
ila banking capital from
Nothing to $5,000,000.
Major L. Taliaferro arrived in town yes
terday, with a delegation of twenty-six Sioux
Chiefs. We understand their design is, to
treat with the Government for the sale of that
tract of country lying on the east bank of the
Mississippi, extending north of Black river to
the Washtop, a distance of two hundred miles.
Deaths by yellow fever in New Orleans,
Sept. 8th, are reported to have been 50.
The Currency.?We call the attention of our read
ers to two temperate articles on this subject, from an
able and learned correspondent; one entitled, " to
PROVIDE A GOOD CURRENCY, A PRIMARY DUTY the
other " the value or specie pounded on ostenta
tion."
Though we are happy at all times to open our co
lumns to such correspondents as favor our views in
general, yet we shall not consider ourselves as endors
ing, and approving, all they may desire us to publish.
The present emergencies have brought forth much
talent on the subject of finance ; and we trust, that the
lessons of sad experience which they have taught the
public, will make thein wiser and better.
Thr New York Knickerbocker Magazine?We
have received the August and September numbers of
this deservedly popular and able periodical. They con
tain many articles of great merit, and the work general
ly exhibits excellent taste and high order. The article
on Scandinavian Literature is particularly interesting.
CORRECTIONS.
Mr. Ewing's amendment to Mr. Cambreleng's reso
lution, having been erroneously printed in this paper,
we insert a correct copy from the Clerk's table :
ktsolrcd, That so much of the Kejiort of the Secre
tary of the Treasury as relates to the finance of the
country be referred to a sclect committee, with power
to inquire into existing laws in connection with orders
and regulations adopted by the Treasury, War and Post
office Departments, whicii now tend to prolong the em
barrassments of the people and extend injurious influ
ences throughout the |>oIitical, as well as the agricultu
ral, commercial and manufacturing interests of tho
Union ; and to provide such judicious restraints upon
the abuses of the executive power conferred by legisla
tion, in relation to the currency, revenue and patronage
hereafter, as msy be deemed proper to afford permanent
and general relief?said committee to consist of one
member from each State appointed by ? vote of the
House."
In the list of the members of the Committee on Elec
tions?for " Brown" read Bhonson.
In tho Committee on Revolutionary Claims?for
" Porter" read Fosrsn.
TWBNTV-FIFTH CONOEKHS,
EXTRA SESSION.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Thumpat, September 14.
Mr BUCHANAN preaenud w?i? remonatrmncea
against the annexation of T?sm U? lb* U. S. Irotn the
ciiy and county ? of Philadelphia ; laid on ihe ublu.
Mr. WEBSTER Mid lie would take thia occasion to
elate that he aleo had received remonstrances from
M*m*chuftette tirmUr in their character, which he should
not prcaetit until aome specific preparation on the sub
ject should be before the Senate.
Mr. WRIGHT, from the Committee on Finance, ra
ported?
A bill to authorize the depoeite of certain goods,
wares and merchandize in the public atorea.
A bill imposing additional duties, aa depoeitoriea of
the public money, on certain officer*. [Thia la tins new
Sub-Treasury plan ]
A bill to re viae the chartera of all Banka in the Uia
tnct of Columbia which ahall not reauma specie pay
menta, and to suppress the circulation of email notea in
the Dialrict of Columbia ; all of which were ordered to
a aecond reading. ,
Mr HUBBARD laid on the table a resolution that
the Senate will hereafter meet at ten o'clock, A M
Mr. RIVES roae and aaid it appeared to be the wiah
of mauy Senators not to act on any one of the meaaurea
until the whole ahould be before the Senate. It ?p
peared to hitn that one of the moat important aubjecta
which had been recommended by the Executive?a
bill to designate the funds on which the revenue ahould
be collected, had not been brought forward aayei by
I ? the Committee. He therefore would move an adjourn
ment until Monday, to give tune to the Chairman to
make bia final report.
Mr WRIGHT re|?hed that he had reported all the
bill* which they propoeed to report during the preaent
aeaaion. Aa to the ineaaure in qneation, he waa of
opinion, and the Committee concurred with him, that it
might be left until the next aeaaion.
Mr. RIVES aaid, with a view to obtain the tune he
wiahed to prepare hta own mind and to look into theae
meaaurea, now that he underatood the principal one waa
abandoned, he would move that when the Senate ad
journa, it adjourn to meet on Monday, intending to fol
* low that with a motion to adjourn
Mr NILES made a few remarkaon the activity and
induatry of the Committee on Finance, and againat the
motion to adjourn over, which he intimated waa for the
purpoae of private conaulutioiia. He aaid the country
expected tlie buaineaa of the aeaaion to be promptly exe
cuted, and to be done with accuracy.
Mr. WRIGHT declaimed any deaire to preaa theae
billa prematurely or haatily on the Senate. But he waa
inatructcd to aay that the Committee had now reported
all the billa they propoaed to report uuleaa they received
contrary inatructiona from the Senate. I heae mea
aurea had bean well diacuaaed in Committee, and it waa
neceaaary for the Treasury that two or three of them
ahould be acted on aa apeedily aa poaaible. Several
Senators had waited on him thia morning to express
that opinion. He hoped, therefore, that he ahould be
excuaed from the imputation of doing any thing uncour
teoua, when be atated the neceaaity for immediately
acting on these billa. He would now leave them to be
disposed of at the pleaaure of the Senate.
Mr RIVES aaid the Committee had an advantage
not poaaesied by any other member of the Senate ; and
he now merely aaked the uaual parliamentary courtesy
of being allowed a little time to make up bia mind. The
object of hia conatituenla waa not ao much to have re
lief for the government aa Ui obtain relief for the coun
try. He aaw nothing in any one of the meaaurea which
had been reported calculated to give relief to the coun
try It was for that purpoae he came here, and not to
regiater the edicta of the Executive. He wiahed to aee
the only remedy applied, which could be effectual, by
which the country could be placed in an erect poaition,
and that waa the reatoration of confidence lie waa
put to great inconvenience to come here, but he would
aacrifice hia personal intereat and remain here through
the long aesaion to obtain relief for the country ?e
had it in our power to do what the government had done
in iiarallel paaaagea in the history of our country, and
which we had it in our power to do again, If he had
not the facility of understanding the meaaurea which had
been propoaed, hia mind waa weighed down with a feel
ing of the importance to their best intereata.
Mr. CALHOUN expressed his belief that no one
could lie more deeply impressed with the importance of
theae measures than he waa. Of all the acenea through
which thia country had paaaed for the last tweuty-fivc
yeara, thia waa the moat trying. He came here with a
determination of doing hia duty at every aacrifice of
a personal charac!cr.
At the suggestion of Mr. WEBSTER,
Mr RIVES withdrew hia motion.
The bill to postpone the transfer of the 4th instal
ment of the surplua revenue, waa then taken up in
Committee.
Mr WEBSTER then aiioke at aome length againat
the bill, and was followed by Mr. WRIGHT, Mr.
BUCHANAN, and Mr. CALHOUN
Mr BUCHANAN then roae to offer an amendment,
if in order, the object of which was to take off from the
Secretary the responsibility of calling upon the statea.
and to impose this responsibility where he (Mr. B.)
thought it should be?nainelv, in Congresa ; for this
purpose he proposed to insert, " provided the three first
instalments already paid do remain on deposite until
further directed by Congress."
Mr. NILES said he thought that as the matter now
stood, the money was a fund subject to appropriation by
Congress. It aecmed to him that by this amendment,
the nature of the fund would be altered, and, instead of
being a deposite, the money would be a grant, and Con
gress would only have a claim upon it; whereas now, |
the money was in deposite only, and could be disposed
of at once by appropriations made by Congress. He, |
(Mr. N.,) for those reasons, fell himself bound to op- j
pose the amendment. It appeared to him, at all events,
unnecessary. . , .
Mr. BUCHANAN said he had not imagined he
amendment would meet with opposition. He wished to |
know if it was nght and proper that the Secretary
should be made responsible for not calling upon the
states for this money, as the law required him to do !
The condition of the slates was such that the Secreta
ry cannot make such a call upon them. He (Mr. o )
was therefore desirous to relieve him from this embar
rassment. The substituting Congress instead of the
Secretary, would not Mr. B. thought, make any changc
in the nature of the fund.
Mr. CALHOUN said he fully concurred in the pro
posed amendment. It was due to the states in their
sovereign capacity not to subjcct themselves to be call
ed upon for the money by any other authority than Con
gfThe question waa then taken on the amendment of
fered by Mr. Buchanan : and the yeas and naya being
called for, were aa follows :
YE VS?Messrs Allen, Bayard, Black, Brown, Bu
chanan, Calhoun, Clayton, Crittenden, Fulton, Grundy,
Kent, King, of Ala., King, of Ga., Knight, Linn, Lyon,
Morris Nicholas. Norvell, Preston, Robbins, Robinson,
Sevier, Smith, of Indiana, Southard, Strange, Swift,
Tallmadge, Wall, Webster, White, Williams, Young?
33
N\YS?Messrs. Benton, Clay, of Ala., Hubbard,
Nilea, Pierce, Rives, Roane, llugglea, Smilh.of Conn.,
Tipton, Walker, Wright?12.
Mr TALLMADGE then moved as an amendment
to stnko out all after the enacting clause, and insert, in
substance, as follows : " The money deposited with the
states shall remain on deposite until otherwise directed
l,'V Mr TA L LM AlXiE made a few brief remarks in
support of this amendment, which he said embraced the
substance of the amendment offered by the Senator
from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Buchana^,) and did not with
hold the deposites from the states.
The veas and nays being ordered, the question was
taken on Mr. Tau.mador's amendment, and decided in
the negative, as follows :
YEAS?Mossrs. Bayard, Clayton. Crittenden, r ul
ton. Kent, Knight, Lyon, Nicholas, Norvell, Preston,
Robbins, Smith, of Indiana, Southard, Swift, 1 all
madac, Tipton, Webster, White?18.
N \YS?Messrs. Allen, Benton, Black, Brown, Bu
chanan, Calhoun, Clay, of All., King, of Ga., Linn,
Morris. Nile-, Pierce, Rives, Roane, Robinson, Rug
gles, Sevier, Smith, of Conn., Strange, Walker, W all,
Williams, Wright. Young?27.
The question on engrossing the bill, as amended, ami
ordering it to a third reading, was then taken, and de
cided in the affirmative, as follows :
YEAS?Messrs. Allen, Benton, Black, Brown, Bu
chanan. Calhoun, Clav, of Ala.. Fullon. Grundy, Hub
bard, King, of Ala . King, of Ga., Linn, Morris, Nilea,
Pierce, Rives, Iloane, Robinson, Ruggles. Sevier,
Smith, of Conn., Strange, Walker, Wall, ^ illiaina,
Wright?27. v
NAYS?Messrs Bayard. Clayton, Crittenden. Kent,
Knight, Lyon, Nicholas, Norvell, Preston, Robbins,
Smith, of Indiana. Southard, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton,
Webster, White, Young?18. vfrMOI AS
The Senate then, on motion of Mr. INlOHUU.'iSi
adjourned.
Fbioay, September IS.
Some petitions were presented by Mr. M KEAN. of
Pennsylvania, againat the annexation of Texas, and by
Mr. YOUNG in favor of a National Bank.
Tb. raaoUuon ufhtmA by Mr HUBBARD to *ee<
at ten o cluck, w.. taken up arid ao modified aa to read.
Um after Uw week the Senate wilt meet at 11 ?'clock,
?nil *(i i lien agreed to.
The bill to postpone the tranafer of the 4th fostal
ment of.he aurplusievanue to the .late, hiving been
read u third tune, and the question twins on it.
Mr. PJi|4'lON wade aome reuiarla to show thai
ueuher wa* thia the time wlieu a necessity mmmJ (or
aliens tiug ttua fund from Ua lawful object, arid da waa
thia wa. not the proper mode. He thought nine uul
UOM might be caved by reacindiug uaelea. expenditure,
on lortilic ktiona, curtailing and suspending others. The
tmtar way would have been to recall the lat m.uknent
inaiead of po^ooi?g .be 4lb. This im in fact a recali
o OM of lbe instalments without the guarda and chec k?
imp need by the law. 'JTic distribution bill, aa it oriin
na ly passed the Senate, would have prevented the ne
ceeaity for convening CWe?. |f dlo.Uioua pet
UrOU*St hl* to sanction
Uwt bill, the 1 reu surer would have received aUte certi
hcate. of (kpos.te which be could have put into (he
niariiel, and thua raiaod tU funda ueceaaaiy to relieve
the treasury. 7
Mr CALHOUN agreed with hia colle.ime that it
would be better to repeal UM-leaa appropriations, and
for that purpose he waa willing to lay the hill on the U
b|e He had done, all be could to arreat the ^iproprta
Uous It ibe matalnieiii were not withlield, a new debt
would be contracted, by wbtch hla constituents and the
South would be more heavily taxed than they would be
by withholding thia instalment.
Mr. CHI IxliNDEN aaaigned his reaaona for op
|M)niiig thia bill, at aouie length. Hit viewa were simi
lar to those which bad been given by the Senator from
uth Carolina, (Mr. Pie. ton.) The firat mode of re
lief to the people la to uke from them nine milliona,
which they are expecting ; the next, to plunge them in
iii!? a">?unt of te,, million. more ; and iben to
esublish a new machine aa an experiment, would but
thus increase the public distress instead of relieving it.
1i he people would see that our only care waa to relieve
the Government to cut loose the wreck we had made.
.w w'ii . V . m,J* ?on,? observations m favor of
the bill, although he considered the Diatribution \ct as
constitutional when it wa. pss.ed, becauae there was
then a surplus in the Treaauiy, he would consider it as
uncunstitutional to creates debt for the purpose of loan
ing monev to the Sutea.
Mr WALKER took a similar ground, and added
that if aa aouie gentlemen bad aakl, this was in tlie ua
depositee of the public money m I
the banks waa also a contract?the one aa urrepealable
as the other. r I
Mr PRESTON made an explanation, atating that he
had not intended to propose that Government would
create a debt for the purpose of loaning money to the
Sutea ; but that they abould carry out, in good faith,
the arrangements made by the Sutea, and if they
wanted money for the operations of the Government, to
create a debt He intimated the propriety of calling in
one of the insUlmenU paid to the Sutea, in preference
to keening back thia instalment, because the Slates
could ihen avail themselves of the checks allowed them
by the law. I
The yeas and nays, on the passage of the bill, were
then called by Mr. WEBSTER, when the question wa.
taken and decided in the affirmative. Yeas, 26?Nava
^ So the bill was passed.
The bill to authorize issues of Treasury Notes was
then taken up 111 a Committee of the Whole.
Mr WRIGHT moved to amend the bill in the first
section, by filling the blank as to the amount of notes to
be issued, with the sum of ten millions, and, after some
conversation between Mr. Clay and Mr Wright, the
motion was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. WRIGHT, the second blank, in
reference to the expenses of the measure, was filled
with the words "not exceeding 20,000 dollars," which
was agreed to.
Mr CLAY, of Ala , moved to amend the 7th section,
so as to deny to the Secretary of the Treasury the power
of purchasing these notes below par, which was agreed
to ; and 6
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, Sept. Uth.
After the presentation of petitions,
Mr. CAMBRELENG, from the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported a bill authorizing a further post
ponement of duty bonds, and for other purposes ; which
was read twice and referred to a Committee of the
" hole on the state of the Union.
Mr CAMBRELENG presented to the House an
abstract which had been prepared at the Treasury De
partment, giving certain information in relation to the
collection of the revenues in Great Britain and France ;
which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. GARLAND, of Virginia, submitted, on leave,
trie following resolution, which was considered and
adopted:
Resulted, That the Secretary of the Treasury com
municate to this House, all the orders issued, and cor
respondence wiih the several deposits banks, in refer
ence to the transfer and puvineuts of the several in
stalments due to the Sute Governments under the de
posite act of the day of July, 1836
Resolved, That he communicate to thia House the
monthly statements of the condition of the deposite
banks, from the first day of January last to the present
time.
Resolved, That he communicate a statement of each
draft, and in whose favor drawn, upon which specie was
demanded and protested for non-payment by any depo
site bank; also each State Government which has
inade a demand of spccie and not tiaid, and the time
when.
BUI.es AND ORDKKS Or THE HOUSE.
The House then took up the report of the Select
Committee on the Itules, and the report being read, a
number of amendments were considered and adopted.
Without going throngli the Report, *
The House adjourned.
Fbi day, Sept. 15th.
After the presentation of petitions,
Mr. CAMBRELENG, from the Committee of Ways
and Means reported " a bill imposing additional duties,
upon certain officers of the Government, as depositories
in certain cases, and for other purposesread twice
and committed.
Mr CAMBRELENG, from the same Committee
also rented " a bill for adjusting the remaining claims
upon tlie deposite banks read twice and committed.
Mr. C. staled he should report two more bills on
Monday next, which would close the action of the Com
mittee on these subjects ; and the Committee would
then ask the House to take up tlie bill* in iheir order
for consideration.
Mr. GARLAND, of Virginia, gave notice that, at an
early day, or on whatever day might be aastgncd for the
consideration of these hills, he should introduce a coun
ter project.
BULKS AND ORDERS.
The House resumed the consideration of the report
of the Select Committee on the Revision of the rules
and orders of the House, and, after disposing of the
amendments proposed,
The House adjourned.
MAINE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
By an express slip we have received the following
aggregate return from 158 towns.
1837. 1836.
For Parka Kent. Donlsp. Sprane
20911. 22900 25416. 23767.
Those are about 190 towns to be heard from.
As some friends of the administration are nourishing
sentiments of hostility against us, we beg to commend
again to their attention the following reflections upon a
vice, which, if not the parent, is tho offspring of igno
rance.
PREJUDICE
" There is something exceedingly curious in the con
stitution and operation of Prejudice. It has the singu
lar ability of accommodating itself to all the possible va
rieties of tho human mind. Some passions and vices
are bul thinly scattered among mankind, and find only
here and there a fitnesa of reception. But prejudice,
like the apider makes every where its home It has
neither taste nor choice of place, and all that it requires
is room. There is scarcely a situation, except fire and
water, in which a apider will not live. So let the mind
1m? as naked as the walls of an empty and fortaken tene
ment, gloomy as a dungeon, or ornamented with the
richest abilities of thinking; let it be hot, cold, dark, or
light, lonely or inhabited, still prkjuoice, if undisturbed,
will fill it with cobwebs, and live like the spider, where
there seems nothing to live oil
" If the one prquircs her food by poiaoning it to her
palate and her use, the other docs the same ; and a*
several of our passion* are strongly characterized by the
animal world, prejudice .nay be denominated the spider
of the nund
Fro;n the Frederick {Md.) Times.
GLORIOUS NEWS!
Tlie doctrines of " The Times" are sustained by the
representatives of the people. Mr, Allen, the able ed
Mac at" Tit* Madjaonuu" ?u, no Tboaaday Im* skat
ed fini.iri to lite Huum. Our readers b**a iaai witht
mucii tittered, the aAlclat from the Madiauuian which
have been wearied in oat pep?r. Its principles are in
faesr of a well regulated credit eyateut end decidedly
opposed to the Loco-4bco scheme* o1 the few. It ja a
triumph, of which we cannot but be proud, aod we par
ticipate with the people in thia desired reault. Mr Al
len haa not long established himself at Washington, but
enough of its principles have been exhibited to gam hint
the good wishes of the people. We congratulate hint
and the people upon hia election. He had powerful op
position to contend against, (the Globe and Intelligeiv
cer.) and hie success evinces a disposition on the part of
the representativee, to do something lor the general
good.
Prom the flftwark (iV. J.) Eagle
How are the mighty fallen ! ! Ninety ?one " high
mmdtd" Whig members of Congress brought
over to the " corrupt" admtnutratton in the
short space of three days.
Mr. Thomas Allen, editor of the Madwo
man, an administration paper recently estib
lished at Washington, who started for the
office of Printer to the House of Represen
tatives with only TWENTY-TWO votes,
1laving drawn over and secured the votes of
N1NKTY-ONE Whig members, has been
elected printer. *
To prove that neither Mr. Allen, nor his
twenty-two original supporters had any com
munity of feeling or interest with these con
verts, we give the following extract from the
Prospectus of his paper, which stood at the
bead of its columns while thq, canvass was
going on. Speaking of the Whigs ho there
says:
" Exulting in the anticipation of dismay
and confusion amongst the supporters of the
administration, in consequence of our difficul
ties and embarrassments, the opposition are
consoling themselves with the idea that Mr.
Van Huren's friends, as a national party, are
verging to diKsolutmn ; and they allow no op
portunity to pass uniinpceved to give eclat to
their own doctrines. They are, indeed, ma
turing plans for their own futuie government
of the country, wit-It seeming confidence of
certain success." "To meet these indica
tions this undertaking bos been instituted, and
it is hojied it will produce the effect of inspir
ing the timid with courage, the desponding
with hope, and the whole country with confi
dence in the administration of its govern
ment."
In the very face of these declarations and
others of equal explk-itness which, have ap
peared in every nuinher of the Medisonian
since its commencement. Mr. Allen received
NINETY-ONE whig votes, and is elected
printer to the House, leaving Gales <fc Seaton,
the old whig editors of the Intelligencer with
only NINE votes. What a prostration of
whiggery was there! and how completely
were the whigs ont generalled by the twenty
two supporters of Mr. POLK for the Speak
er's Chair.
It ap[>ears that on Sunday night, previous
to the meeting of Congress, the whig mem
bers threatened the twenty-two "conserva
tives" to let Mr. Blair come in as printer, and
crack his whip over them for the next two
years if they voted for Polk ; anil yet they
did vote for Polk?and yet the whigs?the
high-minded, lofty bank whigs, came cau
tiously and pli&nlly over, joined themselves to
the twenty-two, and voted for a friend of the
administration, art anti-National bank man as
printer.
Here is a true exhibition of whig princi
ple?of whig highmiml'edness?of whig con
sistency. All they want is power and place?
thev are prepared to sacrifice their party?
their country?every thing for a little brief
authority. If the honest, well meanings whigs
arc not ashamed of tho conduct of their re
presentatives in this matter, they deserve to
be ranked among Johnny Randolph's Dough
faces.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
The Rev. IIENRV SLICER, [Chaplain to the Senate,]
by divine permission, will preach at the Capital, to
morrow, at II o'clock, A. M.
NOTICE.
THE SI'QSCRIBKR wishes to procure a Lot of
ground of about 'JO or 25 acres, intended for Wheat
or Rye, this aeason, as near the Capitol ns possible; for
the purpose of exhibiting during the present session of
Congieas, his Patent Revolving linsrow, Ate. As a proof
of the superiority of this implement over the common drag
harrow tor pulveri&uig the soil, and. the destruction ef
weeds, he is willing to lukc one half of the field w ith three
good horses* tw lie worked abreast by one man, against s.x
common drag harrows, each two horses and one man ; in
doing which, he pledges himself, that the earth shall be
put in as good, it not better order in the same space of
time, which inay be required with the six common harrows.
Alter the work is done, disinterested judges will he se
lected on the spot to examine the same w ith a four pronged
fork or rakei to enable them to decide correctly which of
the implements is liest calculated for preparing the soil
for the reception of the grain. And as a further proof of
the value and superiority of his Rotary Harrow, the grain
will lie turned in by it on one-half of tike field, and the
other half in the usual way by the drag harrow. When tho
grain is reaped, threshed anil measured, he docs not hesi
tate to insure an increase in the crop of 10 per cent? over
that Iwlt wWli may be cultivated by the common harrow.
Where fanners are in the habit of ploughing in theirgrain,
he will take 5 pecks to the acre, and produce 10 per cent,
mote by Rotary Harrow, tlian (i pecks turned in with the
plough.
JAMES D. WOODSIDE,
Near the West Market.
SeptlC Washington, DI O.
PENSION ET ECOLB FRANCA1SE ET AN
GLAISE.?Madame DORMAN will re-open her
Hoarding and l)ay School on the first Monday in Septem
ber, on 10th street, four doors from tlue Avenue.
Conpericnciis and-Conversations in Frkncii.
Madame Dokman will devote three hours in the even
ing to Conferences and Conversation* in French, for tl*i
improvement of Indies of mature years, and of young
ladies who study or have studied this language, as it is the
best way to remove and prevent the objections that those
who have learned this language by stuify are seldom able
to converse it. At the North, Conferences and Cbnversv
tion rooms, such as Maritime Dorman proposes, are always
crowded; this manner of instruction being both pleasing
and fashionable.
Ladies wishing to attend them will please apply to
Madame Dorman.
Sept. 12. 2aw3wll
EOWEN * CO., MERCHANT TAILORS,
? 7 Buildings, ami near Fuller's Hotel, respectfully
beg leave to inform their friends ami the public in genera),
that they have lately fitted up, and just opened, the large
store forfnerly occupied by James Ac Co., druggists, for
the accommodation of their patrons in that part of the city,
where they have laid in a most extensive stock of FALL
and WINTER goods, consisting of the following choice
'assortment of articles for gentlemen's west:
For coats, superfine pieces of broadcloths, wool-dyed
black, Idun, dahlia, Adelaide, invisible gTecn, Polish do.,
claret, and all the favorite colors of the day.
For pantaloons, superfine hlack cassnnere. Tendon
striped do., black ribbed do., gray mixed do., buff, Victoria
struied buckskin, fancy do., ?c
Por vests, black silk velvet, fancy figured do., Genoa
do., woollen do., striped ehalln gold tissue, black satin,
figured do., plain ano figured silks.
E. O. At Co. have also received a large collection of
stocks, plain, trimmed, and emlmssed, handkerchief*,
opera ties, silk shirts and drawers, buckskin do., patent
merino do., shoulder braces, union do , (two excellent ar
ticles for the support of the back and expansion of the
chest,)gum elastic suspenders, buckskin du., silk, kid, and
buckskin gloves, &e.
Sept. 14. " 1ml 1
HOUSE Ft RNISHING GOODS,?We hare for
sale?
Ml pieces interim carpeting, which wc will sell tow.
SO do Brussels.
62 do 3-4, fl-4, 10-4, and 12-4 Linen Sheetings.
100 do ?7-4, 8-4 BarnsJy Duuiers.
S-4, 10-4 and 20-4 fine Table Clolhs.
Napkins to match.
1 bale Russia Diaper.
1 bale wide ('rash.
Also, 50 Marseilles Quilt*.
BRADLEY & CATLETT.
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