Boon's Lick times. [volume], November 28, 1840, Image 2

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V'oN -s doubilfM vlcrical error, r-r an error in
he poVveMl.m. It "hnuld hi.ve been "general, m
1 ! forlifiod iall-io opininn bv tl,e power (live., n
th succerdinif ssction 10 th r.xeculivs of tlirectttiii
how mnv dsvs ihs shfri'.-l.all sive not.ro ol m
lec-iionto'fill.vti.tncy." As.'ie roll from h.il.
tliisUw ws copied, was consumed ill the confl'igrn
ion of tlie Stntc liouf e, no evidence 01 error cun b.
ad lucid. ,11. .
The Irjrislnluro I lmtiBine could not h live conicm
ntaied such n delay in tlio case of a epecinl vacancy,
fur il would in many instances operate very grievous
lv. Kor instance in the caso ol a vrcsnry whicl
liiiglit occur in your owa body during the session, the
lime consumed in the transmission oillie writ toeih
il,o-,;,n. remiired bv law for public notice and
eoiisumcdin ihe reciipl of the returns, would deprivr
I ho county of their reprcseniulion in all likelihood
ilurirffthe entire session.
Another amendment which I would recommend
will bo called to your early attention by a case arising
within the lower branch ol tne uencrai Aweniu.v.
t'niM ihA ppnm-1 nf ihe members elect, whieh will hi
modo to vou by the Secretary of State, you will find
that no election lias tBKen piaee in ine county ui u,-
ren in consequence ol an equal numDcr oi voire nav
inkooii oiven for two persons. No provision exist!
in'our law (or referring this election back to the peo
ple, the proper loiintain ol representative power) am,
,l,o il.eon ol the micstion in left, by a vagueness n'
expression in the law, lo tlio joint vole of the two
. ' e .1 f 1 I.!.. TUl. nl. rtf .Iu.
hOUSi'SOl llirutliurBi noovi'iui,' Mid iiivug v.
rilling a ouestion of such moment ns the represent!!
lion of a county, is not only onti-rcpubltcan, nitninst
tho spirit ol cur inctitntioiisand a gross usurpation ol
the rights of the constituent, hul also in direct viol
inn nl ihe letter of our constitution, which has de
,.Urorl ihnt '7''ie Home nf Jlnircsentatii ti shall tan nil
nf mc.nheri h be tltoien cieryaeeond year by Hit qualified
ileclnrsnf tlie tereral eounliti v Ihe present luw ol e
li.,inn wsswiih a very few alterations copied from
ihel w of 1825 and the' cop;, it has here omitted the
few words that the former law contained providing fur
a coniingency of ihisnamrc. liy ftiser.ingin lhe43d
section afier the words ''other than" the words "those
duly circled lojill Hie officcof" the difficulty is adjusted,
and the duty iiiiniediuu ly becomes incumbent on cer
tain county officers of ordering a new election. The
omission of theso words whieh arose probably from
clericnl inattention hns deprived the county of War
ren of its representation until such time as the legis
lature may provide.
I cite these cases as instances of the great evil
that may arise irom the want of proper care in the final
preparation of the laws and as a forcible reason wh
the appropriate couimittci s should exercise the strict
est scrutiny, that no error exists in your enactments
in the form in which they become laws.
I regret to inform ou that no distribution of the
three per cent, fund has been made by tho general
coverninent to this Stale since tho vear IP37 until veri
recently, that portion accruing to this Suite amount
ing to upwards ot sixty-seven iiiousanu uonars hup
been placed to tho credit of tho Treasurer in the Uank
of. Missouri, and will be distributed to tho several
counties under the present law. unless (lie legislature
should otherwise direct; perhaps it would bo bs well
to postpone the distribution until alter the organizi
lion ol Biich new counties as the legislature may In"
their wisdom think proper to create.
The memorial to the Congrci3 of the United States
passed at the last General Assembly in relation to
the trade between this country and Mexico, has pro
duced the desired eti'ect; a bill to establish a custom
house and port of entry at Independence was intn
duced and passed one brunch of the national legisla
ture and would have doubtless become a law had not
the rreat amount of business which had accumulated
in the other branch have prevented it. From tho ve
ry favorable reception which the subject has met with
o far in Congress, we may reasonably entertain the
hope that it wil be accomplished during the ensuing
csstun.
I would suggest the propriety of causing the Gov
ernor's house lo be supplied with suitable ftirnituic.
there is very little btlontfiiitj: to it, and what there is,
is not of that kind suitable tor the accommodation ol
B family. The old furniture might be disposed nl at
auction and the proceeds applied in aid ot t uriiislnii;
a new supply.
The financial concerns of the Suite, will at the prop
er time be submitted to you by the Audit, irof Public
Accounts and State Treasurer to which I bj
leave to refer vou. anil Irom which you discover lh.it
the amount received into tho treasury during the two
last fiscal years including the b.iluncc in the trcasun
on the JUUi September Iti-lii, was ;.'iu,4ili J.l, on ac
count of revenue. The amount disbursed out ol ilia'
sum for ihe same time, was 'JU4,I30 5-2, being a
excess of receipts over the ordinary expenses ot th
government ol $0,361 81 remaining in the treasury
on the 1st day of October IK-JO, belonging to revenue.
to which add the sum of filty-ciolit thousand, eight
hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-one cents,
received from other suuices, as appears by Ihe Audi-
tot's report will make tho balance in the trea.cur
Irom all sources on the 1st day ol October 1340, the
sum of Jfi3,'224 17. Tho Staio debt on the 1st of Oc
tober IB10, amounted to lour hundred and (our thou
sand six hundred and thirty one dollars and twent
seven cents, olid consists of the old debt due lo the
Scminuty and Saline funds, tho Capitol loan, internal
improvement loan, and tho loan lor tho pavuieut ol
volunteers and tnilitiu. This amount is exclusive ol
the bonds issued for tho payment of tho State sub-
VCrimion to tho stock of tho ll.mk of the State of .Mis
souri, which bonds aie balanced by an equal amount
ot slock held lor tue use oi tuc ciaie anu tor tlie tile
rarv funds.
ft may be expected that some reference should b
made bv me to the subject of tho bill, which was be
fore the last General Assembly, usually known as the
"currency bill." My opinion npun the subject
this that restricting the natural rights of iheciiize
anv farther than is necessary lor the safety of ih
community, and making that an ulfenoe in the eyo ol
the law, which is not morally so, is exceeding in my
opinion, the legitimate powers intenueu to bo confer
red upon the legislature. Our citizens in myjudgo
went will never sanction any law, winch prevents
them from taking in exchange for their property what
ever they please restrict the hanks ami drporitions
generally, but the people stiouiu im ie.il to maiia;
their own affairs pretty much in their own way.
think such a law as mat proposed at the last session
would be impolitic und impracticable. We alread)
have a law on onr statute book, imposing heavy pen
allies lor the circulation oi nana notes under the de
nomination ol five dooars. Notes of lower di-nomin
lions have oeen circuiateu ireeiy ever since its pas-
age, and has any one been prosecuted under t It tit
daw! Not in a single mstace that I have heard . The
jaw l aaeao leiier on your siniuie uook, and your
courts either cauuui or uo noi eniurceit. It is true
that in my last message to the legislature, I propose
in substance, as an alternative, eilher to Biitiuresa Mi
circulation of notes under the denomination of those
which our own bank was authorised to issue, or i
this should be considered impolitic or impracticable
then to permit our own bank lo issue notes of a less
denomination. Time and relli ctiun however, have
convinced me of my error; and whilst ihu law makes
nothing but gold or silver a legal tender in the pay
ment of debts or purchase of pioperty, il should leave
it optional Willi Ihe vender or creditor, to receive his
pay in any oilier medium, which may sun his purpose
It is greauy iu uo uestreu tutu mo litmus genca
ly would limit the denuiiir.aiiuii of their inn, to an
inouni greauy niiove iinifo now in cireiihiiuin, us
would Imve a iciiulhcv to increase .tin ainnunt ol
specie , so as to forma sounder circulntiiur medium
lor ordinary transactions; yet while the bnuku in ot!
er .Slates are sutu red to pursue the poliev which tin
have hitherto done. I do not Bee why we should ai
tempt to remedy the evil by p'aciiij the restriction:
or penalties on our ow n ciiinciis; pnuhi, g which ix
perieuce has proven they will not enforce.
Accoinmnwnif turn communication, are a mini her
nf nuhlic documents from oihi r hiulcs wiiicii huv
been by request ol their public authuriiics placed be
fore you .
The continued increnso of poptilut'on lo tha new
Iv stilled portions of our Stale call for intcrn-rencc
in Ihe behalf of those who have became settlers on
he public lands since the date of the last ptc-cmp
tionlaw. The best int.; reals of a l.ir0r nuiii'KTol
that portion of nur people , who are the bone and sin
iw of ibu Stale, its main dependence boili in pcaci
lid in war. the cultivators ot tlie soil, demunil tit
at your hands. I would therefore rncunimciid to j our
jnost speedy and earneal consideration , 111 propriety
ol memorializing Congress oil tlie sunjeci, urging ui
n dipm. the exuediencv of continuing die nrc-eum
lion system, and rendering it prospective and perina.
Dent.
It will be s source of much consolation up m rcii
rinir from Ihe administration ot the government
this State, that my recommendation of a number of
very important measures which are now in success
ful oiieratinn have net wilh llie support an I co-opera.
tion of the legislature. The establishment of a fetate
University, the chartering a State Bank upon a specie
basis and ihe erection of a Slate Capilol, are among
tha most prominent, Sliouiu tlicse measures logeiu
er with our system ot common schools continue
receive thin enlightened and liberal support from th
I A i.i ! 1 tiro In ulin,h ltiv lira nlilAil. w mn v Innlt
l.u-it-dul to the day aano't fai dii:,in', whci ourPtttel
in pjiui wl'w!:!ijcnc', wcal'.hand j;iultion f ii J
j already in territory, will rank among the foremost
in the confederacy.
Permit me now gentlemen tnrougn you wnii
my thanks to Hie people who huto honored me with
ih'oir confidence. I now bid you farewell may the
Mni'iL'btv disposer ol events, pr.-sulo over ana guiu-
your councils and may yon always remember that "the
will of the people is the supreme law .
City ot J i fferton , JN "ui f mbt r 1 77i, 1 840.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS,
or
UttVEKNOK 1XEYXOLDS.
Felloio. Citizens of the Senate,
and House of Representatives:
Called nv tlie sulTiHges of my follow citizens,
lo d's'.liaage the high and responsible duties in
cumbent on the chief Executive officer of the
Slate, it becomes me, not only in accordance with
rt time honored custom, but as a solemn duty
which I owe. to the people, whose confidence and
nurtiality have elevated mo to this exulted station,
to make on this occasion a public declaration of
the leading political principles by which I shall
be governed in the administration of the govern.
inentof tho Sinie, so far as they may relale to the
Executive Department; and to recommend such
measures as are deemed ol greatest public inter
est.
In a government like our own, instituted for the
common wcllare ol lite people, Irom whom all
polilicut power emanates, il becomes a paramount
obligation on the part of the candidate for pop
ular fuvors to consult, by an open exposition of his
political principles, the wishes ol the people, in
order that tho representatives may reflect the will
of his constituents. Actuated by this opinion.
my own views in relation to tho various important
and interesting questions of national and t?tate
policy, which so deeply agitato the public mind,
and in the determination of which are so largely
nvolved ihe happiness and prosperity of our be
loved country, were unreservedly communicated
to the people of Missouri during the present year.
That these views met with the approbation of a
large minority of my lellow-citizens, strengthens
inv confidence in their correctness, and imposes
upon me the high, but gratifying respon.siblity, of
closely adlicrring to their prospects in the discharge
of my official duties.
The important bearing ol questions ol national
policy on tho democratic alTairs of the States,
seems to be univetsally acknowledged: whether
this influence may not, at some future period, be
leu to a degree not altogether consistent with thai
entire independence of the general government,
which the states should exercise in their appropri
ate spheres,, will depend in a great measure upon
the causes winch impel that inllnence. Ihal the
policy pursued by the general government affect
the interests of each State, is most obvious, and is
well calculated lo arouse tho utmost vigilance of
the public mind, and render every important meas-
tire of the national government, of tho deepest
interest to the people of the respective Stales.
One of tho greatest dangers apprehended from
the formation of our national government, by the
ardent friends of liberty, was its tendency to en
croach, by elmost imperceptible degrees, upon the
reserved righls ol the states, and thus endanger
that freedom which it was designed to strengthen
and protect. Thai such must bo the tendency of
ihe gMieral government, unless confined wilhm
its strict constitutional limits, docs not seem, lo
ate, to admit of a doubt. Happily the government,
with but few exceptions, has been administered by
men who have labored to confine its action to the
powers delegated and whose political maxim was.
that "whenever a question aiises concerning the
constitutionality of a political power, the first
question is, whether tho power be expressed, in
the constitution. 11 it is, the question is decided
If it is not expressed, the next inquiry must be,
whether it is properly an incident to an express
power, and necessary to its execution. Jl u be,
it may be exercised by Congress. If if be not,
Congress cannot exercise it."' With this great po-
itical truth lor our guide, tne general government
will be kept in its legitimate sphere, and the rights
of the Slates remain inviolate-
To define the powers of the general governmen
with that precision and accuracy, so desirable in
a matter of such vast importance, is not without
lis diflicultii's and embarrassments; the lights how.
ever which have been shed upon the constitution
by some ol those enlightened niinds whoconducted
our government through the perils of its birth;
will serve to remove many ol llioso dilliculties
which would otherwise embarrass its progress
That no great public inconvenience might follow
from the want of power in the general government
to adopt measures of manifest public utilily. which
were not anticipated, or from precaution withheld
in ihe formation of tho constitution, the wise and
patriotic framers of that cherished instrument, pro.
vided the remedy fur such inconvenience by an
amendment of the constitution in a prescribed
manner. If the requisite number of States could
not be procured 13 sanction a proposed amend
ment of tho constitution, for this purpose, it would
only prove, that the power asked for was noi
deemed of general utility.
The moment we pass the prescribed limits of
the constitution, and enter the unknown region of
constructive powers, that moment we cross the
boundary designed by our Fathers as the barrier
between liberty and unrestrained power. If ever
the reserved righls of the States are lost in the
overshadowing influence of the general govern
ment, this fatal change, for the liberties of the peo.
pie, will have been brought about by gradual en
croachment in the shape of constructive powers.
Belter is it, then, for us to sulfur even great incon
venience from the want of powei in ihe national
government, in a particular instance, than for a
seeming present advantage to incur the danger
of a subversion of the very foundation of our lib
unit's. By abstaining from the exercise of all doubtful
power, discountenancing all latitudinarian con.
struclions of the constitution, and, in short, con
lining the action of the generul government strict
ly within its constitutional limits, wo leave uniiu
paired tho righls of the Stales, present an insur.
mountublc barrici to all enctoachments on tho lib
erties of the people, and preserve, in its original
purity, our republican form of government. It is
from a knowledge of theso facts, that wo witness
an unceasing efl'ott, on the part of those who are
inimical to those detinjcralical principles which
are founded upon equal righls and equal laws, and
which recognize no separate interests requiring tho
supericr aid and protection of the laws, to enlarge
tlie power of thii general government by a latitu
dinarian construction of tho constitution, thereby
producing partial legislation; ihe recognition of se
ptirato interests, and wilh them the perversion of
the constitution, from those plain republican prin
ciples upon which it is based.
It is, also, our duty to keep a vigilant eye upon
tho action of the general government within its
acknowledged powers, to see that the vast discre
tion which is necessarily vested therein, is not
abused or perverted from its legitimate end. -The
people have a right to demand of their agents strict
economy in public expenditures: and all public
officers should be held to strict accountability in
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(his, as well as in the discharge of their various
other duties. With gcrernmonti 01 with individ.
uals, a proper economy In expenditures is necs-l
.1 . 1 -I1 .1 ,. ..,l I
snry to maintain inuepenuence oi tnumcici, ouu
provide resources to meet emc.-grmcies. Extrava-
gnnce in public expenditures lends to public debts,
3. .1 r i . . 1 .1 -1.
the unhappy ellecls ol wim n are seen in me uu.
scence of that high toned spirit of independence,
which a republican government, of all others,
In,: the. increased
bur Jens that are thrown upon ihe people, particu- in
larly upon the cttltivctors of the soil, the largest
nn.i:A.. r iLn nnnnUiinn nf mi, rnuntrv: and in
the laxity of public metals, as exhibited in legis.
Ui AH f n nr.i.. ami Qprlinnnl rlifirilPIPr. leil?
Thnso views ore no less applica'ole lo tho ntalcs is
than to the Kenerul Government, I L is obvious that
.u -to it'Ani.i rtrrwinna in snrnH rPKiius. i
in the one case as in the other.
It has been well said, in reference lo tho gen.
i . flint Th-nr-ntlnn. in tin.Q of
CIHI Kuvcinuiiiwi., mufc tsw -'..i - I
O . , t i.i a
I , hi ihs i it nnnAivia nprmnpiii. ihi
" This
till CVIl 1UI Wlllt-ll luv-io ia k.j..-.-..-.
nnnl fnrm in ihu lLate
. i ' a ; tu ahml.) fti.m.ilniA ns to
. t- ...i u 1,1 Una L
the adoption oi every measure wmuu wuuiu ..ao.
I debt.
ti. . imni nf rl,nnls. and the means of
education, is enioined upon the General Assembly
by the constitution. Whatever measures you may
.i. r... a,. ,i;rr;nn nf knnw eHn. consistent
ttUUUl iui tiiw nuul1"' " O ' I
II nippt wt'.h
Willi UIQUlllVI llivuivcww. , " I
. i,..riu nrrn,n.
While I recoenize the benefits which would,
i ii.. r-,v, il,n imnrnvpmffnt nf our
road and navigable rivers, and would, cheerfully
,0.., ; nn nmrlnrit Rvstpiii to efTct so de.
ICIHiV III l,.w.w... j I
sirable an end, I cannot, consistently with my
n...nn r,t il, Imnnllrv nf rniiimniinsf larao
public debts, recommend the adoption of any sys-
L. r :nionnl Imnrnvpmpnt. whiith would im.
pose upon the Stale heavy obligations ol tins na-
lure. The experience of our sister States, has, in
mv opinion, fully demonstrated, not only me tin-
nnlif.u hn iIia rlinslrnus consentienes. of adopt,
ing systems of internal improvements of a specu-
lative character requiring the contraction of a large
nnlilip. debt for their construction. Much good,
I . ., ,., 1-1, 1 . I
undouotedly, nuglit De accompiisneo, Dy setting
apart such portions of the State revenue as might
not be necessary to meet the indispensable ex
npnspa of tha State, and extinguish eraduallv the
public debt, as a permanent fund for the improve-
mani nf nnr rnml nnd reiTiovi nor ilia obstructions
in nur anrnnrlnrv rivers, and clearinff the timber
frnm their banks. Reiving? unon such a fund
alone, it is believed that the execution of the syi-
tern iteviseu at tne last session oi ine ifgtsidiure,
will be attended with an expense incompatible
with our nresent resources: and that the State may
wisely dispense, at least for the present, with most
of the officers thereby created, if not entirely sus-
pend tho operation of the act.
Of the many important subjects which will,
Drobablv. claim vour attention during vour present
session, none is of more vital interest to the whole
community, than the condition of ihe currency,
The evils of an unsound and fluctuating curren-
cy are so apparent, and so universally felt, that it
is needless to dwell upon theii unhappy influence,
This fluctuation is mainly the result of the opera-
tions of the susDended banks, and whether pro. I
duced by design, to operate upon and control the
elections of the countrv. or mismanagement, the ef.
feet is equally disastrous to the people, and calls
loundly lor a corrective.
The rightful authority of every State, to pre
scribe ihe kind of bank paper that shall bo per.
milled to circulate within il, is denied by but few;
it is the power the States have never surrendered
and should be exercised in such manner as to give
tho gieatest stability to the currency. The policy
that will increase the circulation of gold and sil
ver, the standard of valucshould be desired by all,
nnd only be attained, to any considerable extent,
while banks of issue exist by the exclusion of
small bank notes, which, usurp the place of ihe
precious metals.
The people, by their renrescnlalives in 1S36,
decided, and that decision is yet unreserved, that
the Bank of the State of Missouri, tho work ol
their own hands, and in which they are the largest
stockholders, should issue no note of a less de
nomination ihan ten dollars; and that policy would
be suicidal, which would extend to the banks of
other States privileges which we havo denied to
our own. Concurring, fully, in the limitation
imposed upon the Dank of Missouri, I should feel
myscll derelict in duty lo our common constitu
ents, if I omitted, on this occasion, to urge the
propriety of prohibiting by law, under suitable
sanctions, the circulation of all bank paper of a
less denomination than ten dollars. Care should
be taken, however, to cive 'ample time to the hoi
derso such paper to dispose of it, before the law
goes into operation. Tho effect of the measure
would be, to increase the circulation of the pre
cious metals to the extent ol tho paper excluded.
It is, doubtless, the true policy of every Stale,
that desires a sound circulating medium, to pro
hibit their banks from issuing any note less than
twenty dollars; but while the Bank of our own
Stale is permitted to issue notes of a les denomi
nation, I have felt that we would be wanting in
comity to our sister States to extend the prohibition
lurther.
The opinion is generally enlerlained, that the
law now prohibits the circulation of all bank'pa
per of a less denomination than five dollars; it is
belirved that a carelul examination of the act.
will render itcxtremelydoubtful whether any paper
is embraced in the prohibition, than that issue! by
individuals. I invite attention lo the subject, and
to the propriety of such suitable legislation as will
remove all doubt, and effectually suppress ihe
evil. 1 lie idea mat there is not sulltcient virlue,
patriotism, and love of good order abiding wilh
the people, to enforce the execution of the law,
is certainly a mistaken one, and ought not to be
entertained. II, however, it be true, that in any
part of tho State, the election of ollicers, whose
duly il is to prosecute for all violations of the law,
havo been controlled, with a view to its non-exe.
cution, it b time for the legis'ature to apply the
remedy, and vindicate the supremacy of the
laws.
In connection with this subject permit me to
advert for a moment, to the dangerous tendency of
that partial anu unequal legislation, unhappily too
prevalent of late, which by grants to associations
of individuals, of privileges and immunities of an
exclusive nature, wilh the ostensible design of aid
ing and slimulUing industry and enterprise, has
brought inlo bing a combination of associate
w eaiiu, caeruidiu, uy means ui ua exclusive priv.
ileges, its vast pecuniary resources, and its sordid
appeals to tho most selfish passions that find an
abodo in the human heart, a political influence,
fraught wilh the most imminent danger to our re
publican institutions. We point, with just pride
to ihcs" institutions as founded upon the sublime
axiom, that the people are the legitimate source
of all political power: we openly proclaim, that
our government is one of equal rights and equal
laws: we acknowledge tho supremacy of the laws;
and yet, in the midst of us, we behold a privileg.
ed order, openly setting at defiance those very
laws to which they owe their being, and impugn,
ing every republican principle upon which our
government is based. Many of those whole
some checks that in every civilized community,
tire imposed upon man for tho protection ol his
r..1lA.i, man tt ra rmn V(f1 fmiVI rflflRt Ol tllfiSfi lTlOn.
lunvm "", -' - i V
ied corporations. In truth, they are sough', for
as much from ihnt unbridled license which they
11.. no r.. ilia nnlilinfal , nfl npnoff
geuuiuiiy uc-, J'":'"""'
they are enabled to exercise. Wca th, in thn
hands of those subject to ihe general lows or tho
land, is a potent instrument of either good or evil;
the hands of those not subject to those laws, it
is, usually, the instrument ol evil rather man good,
We are taught in the history of nations, That pop
ular rights once voluntarily purled wilh, are not
filled with instructive lessons, of the (longer of
IV reKtilllcu. ni.u hid uioivij wi vnu
departing Iron, fundamental political principles
vimv we uiuut u y mcau ikdoviif
In making these general remarks, I am not to
be understood w entertaining a seuieu nosuniy,
to all moiiied corporations. If created with the
r l .1 -
!-..:... r nftVts.l tnrr fa 1 1 1 1 1 r nl oVphaniTA. TnlllPf
vil - w ui uiiuiuiu luxmnw wi w.i-'-,-i - -
than of furnishine a circulating medium: if their
. w - .. . ...
members are not exempted from the same liauia
ties that are impo5jd upon the rest ol tun comma
iu- nntl siwh rpfli net mn s pnn ha thrown around
. .t7, - . " . . ,
them, as will cllectually prevent tlieir tieing useu
as political machines, or rendered subservient to
personal aggrandizement, they will retain every-
useiui iiudiuy, mm uc ouU, , w r"
Ecrous inlluence upon tne ritrnis ot tnaiviuuuis.
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and l ie character of our institutions.
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The lesislaturs of Missouri, has not been illib
cral in granting acts of incorporation to private
coinnnnies. for various purposes, whether those
corporations have fulfilled the object ol their ere
ation: whether ihey have abused the powets gran
.i II . I
ted, or exercised powers not given: whether they
have obtained charters, ostensibly, for one pur-
pose, and then engaged in the accomplishment of
verv different purposes, are all questions deeply
interesting to ine i-uiiiiuunii?, unu unn; ui omi-v
enquiry by the represenlauvcs ot the people, and
u u snau us iuuhu ium any ui intmncv-u ..,, wi.
reclins hand of the law making, or law adminis
tering power, the remedy can be applied.
In view of the rapid inciease ol incorporated
companies; the avidity with which they are sought,
, .1- ! n ...1 Mn..,n lltaFaKit
anu me iinuieiise uiuucna mm j,uv.i iui.i;
conferred upon the few, 1 submit, whether it n
just, or consistent wilh the spirit of our govern
ment and her free institutions, to exempt the mem
bers of such corporations from the liabilities im
nosed uoon the rest of our fellow citizens. Ir
vour effbrls to brinz about so desirable a refor
malion. within the limits of our ttule, I tender
you ihe zealous co operation of the Executive.
ino irnuu ia m um iuiiiiiiuiii
the evils ol excessive banking, linnud ma power
Of the lagislatuie lo the establishment of one bank
and five blanches, and the capital to five millions
of dollars, one half ol which, at least, lo De re.
served lor the use ot the Elale. in acting upon
this subject, tlie legislature directed the whole o
the capital slock not subesribed by individuals.
to be taken by tho slate, and bonds to be issued
therefor. They likewise pledged the faith of the
State for an additional hve millions, when Dor
rowed by the bank, to be loaned to ihe citizens,
under the character of a trust fund. These mea
sures had their origin, doubtless, in the best in
tentions. and were to advance the interests, and
promote the prosperity of the people. Bui I sub
mil to the legislature, with diffidence I confess.
whether if the citizens of the State do not feel suf.
ficienl interest, to aid in the creation of bank fa
cilitics, bv voluntary subscription for the slock
of
the bank, they should be compelled to do so in
their aggregate character, by subscription on the
part of the stale.
It is believed, that the practice of borrowing
money upon the faith of the State, except fur the
purpose of creating banking capital, to be loaned
to the citizen, has prevailed to a very limited ex
tent, if at all, in any of the States of ihe Union;
and its policy, unless upon extraordinary occa
sions and in great emergencies, i well question
ed. Il these views should meet the concurrence
of the legislalure, it will be indicated by suila.
ble legislative provisions, unless the action of the
bank shall have placed it beyond your constitu
tional competency, which I understand not to be
the case.
If the bank had been successful in the sale of
the bonds, and in borrowing the trust fund, as di
rected by law, the State would now be pledged,
on these acconnts alcne, and apart from the two
millions and a half of the capital of the bank
reserved, to the extent of upwaids of seven mil.
lions of dollars. When we reflect upon the vast
indebtedness of many of the Slates that a large
portion of these debts are held by foreigners
ihal thoso foreigners are manifesting n deep inter
est in the result of our political elections, and
are seeking to obtain from the national govern
ment a guarantee (H the payment of those debts,
and that llieir efforts find favor in many parts of
the Union, wo have reason lo congratulate our
selves, that we can yet retrace our steps to a
considerable extent, and save our constituents
from the burthen of a heavy debt, the bane of
republics.
The foreign holders of State stocks, find their
interest in a national guarantee of their ultimate
payment; but that the scherr.e should find favor
wilh any portion of the American citizens, fa.
miliar, wilh the nature of our government, is cal
culated to awaken our most seiious alarm, and
is indicative of a foreign feeling and lorcign influ
ence, lo which we should ever be strangers.
Against a measure conflicting wilh every prin
ciple of justice, expediency and the constitulion
of the country, I consider it the duty of the leg.
islature, solemnly to protest.
The final adoption of that great measure of
deliverance from bank dominion, ihe Independ
ent Ireusury, has intioduccd a species of legisla
tion that should be as enduring as the liberties of
the country the exemption of the tieusure of
the nation, from becoming a source of profit to
the bank director and the bank stockholder, and
the subjection of the officers of ihe government
to ignominious punishment, lor the illegal use of
the public money. The vicious propensities of
man, can only be retained, ordinarily, by the
penalties 01 the jaw ; anu j Know no reason why
the officers of every government, whose duly is
to collect, Keep or uisourso the puulic money,
should be exempt from puniscment, criminally.
for ils illegal use. In this way only, can ihe
state luid ample pp'tecuon against ihe rulin(
passion of man, "the love of money."
That fanatical spirit, which in its headlong fu
ry would trample upon, the rights of the slave
holding slates and expose us to all the horrors
of a servile war, seems, yet, heedless of the
voice of touion and justice, and continues to agi
tate and alarm the public mind, with menaces
of the deslruction of our domestic institutions.
The institution of domestic slavery was, at the
time of the adoption of our national constitution,
left, exclusively, to the control of the Slates
within whose limits it existed; and we should be
wanting in self respect, and regardless of our
undoubted rights, were we to suffer the least in
terference with this delicate question, from any
quarter. On this all important subject, I enter
tain r.o doubt but that your acts will be fully
equal to whatever emergency may arise.
My recent tour through this .5 late, afforded me
the hijli gratification of witnessin; lbs onward
march of Missouri, toward thai proud pre-emi-
nenco which, ere long, she is destined to ocyj
among her sister republics. Regions that but a
few months past, were covered with tho deep
shade of the unbroken forest, or presented the
more monotonous, but not less solitary, aspe
of the uncultivated prairie, aio now blooming
wilh the fruits of civilization, ana aiioruin6
. . .,.l ,.,,.! il. In nn industrious and tntcllt
icillilieo mm ,., -
nt nnnutntion. Her exemption from many ol
P. ' - . . 1- ...... t.Inn n i MR
i , Dnnni rti ihA lnifl fiisnsiruus rcvuiBiu
commercial and moneyed olTaus of many ol the
c.i i.A ronll mrrfiiisG in DODUiauon anu
aJLULCS. UIIU H1 ll" . . C
.....III. h.a nnmltf mirllllllHLJltl 11 J DUakllVV v
WCU1UI UIO llldllll v..
those increased bank facilities, which invariably
..:. ,;u anprtildtion and- extravagance:
ti-.i , . -. - r 1 1.0
to the industrious nnd economical nuuna ui
people, and to that wise and benificent policy ol
the general government which secured to the
hardy Bnd patriotic pioneer of the west, the right
or pre-emption in tho purchase of his home. It
r .1 I ..,1th Inrthpi
is earnestly desired mat mese ius,
modifications, in favor of the settlers, may bo-
a r,rl nf lllR Rett ed DOllCV 01 IHB BEUCiai
government in the disposal of the public do-
l,I,,, . ... t
Wl. iIoq nnnnrnl favored Condition 01 me
people was presented, 1 found many portions en
our fellow citizens laboring under considerauie
inrnnveniencies. resultine from the want of or-
ennized counties. It will be, doubtless, asgrali
b ni in thn ems atnre as 10 ui executive, i"
fieve this inconvenience, by the organization of
new counties, wherever the requisite population
pxists.
Called, as we are, to administer the govern
ment fnr the common eood of our common con
ciln.onia ii'-should carefully innuire if this duty
rnnnni hp. hest performed bv that policy which will
hasten, as fast as practtcaoie, the exiinguiaiiniom
of the public debt: the improvement of our com-
mon roads and navigame waters; tne inipusiuu..
upon the people of burdens, as light as are con
sistent with an economical administration of the
government: affording our fellow citizens an
able and faithful administration of the laws, by
which their contracts are enforced and their in
juries addressed; and by the promotion of edu
cation and the reformation of the currency.
These important inquiries will, doubtless, receive
due attention.
Pprmlt me. eenllemen. in conclusion, to call
vour attention to the existing laws regulating
elections, and to the necessity of guarding by
suitable provisions, the purity and sanctity of the
ballot box. The recent developements in several
of the States of the manner of conducting elec
tions, and of illegal and immoral practices to
obtain illegal votes, must fill the bosom of every
friend to republican government with mortifica.
tion and alarm, and demonstrates the necessity
of new and vigorous legislation to prevent the
perpetration and spread of such criminal and
nlnrmincr Drnctices. This is a question which
goes beyond the temporary passions of the day,
and rises above the contests and transient su
prcmacy of political parties. It goes to the root
nf representative government itself; it goes to
destroy confidence in elections; and if that is de
stroyed, the argument in favor of representative
government is deeply impaired, and monarchists
are encouraged to believe that they see the ap
proaching failure of the last experiment at self
eovernment. Fully confiding in the virtue, in
telligence and patriotism of our fellow country,
men, and believing that pood men of all parties
look upon the practices alluded to wilh indigna
lion and alarm, and ate equally anxious to pre
vent the spread and continuance of crimes which
sap tho foundation of free government, I cannot
too earnestly recommend the subject to your se
rious consideration, with the full assurance of my
heartv concurrence, in all acts, that have for
their object the preservation oi tne purity 01
elections.
Finally, allow me to express the hope, that
harmony and unily of sentiment may prevail in
oil your deliberations, and between the different
departments of the government; and that your
. ' . f ., ..... r
elloits to promote the interest oi tne people, may
I , I I ,T 1. - I I.I. Lt l...ln .La .Inn
oe guioeu oy ium who noius iu ins uuuua mc ucs
liny cl man.
Kendall has come to Cincinnati, and Blair has
sailed for Cuba. We cannot guess what Kendall
is after; but we Buppose that Blair has gone to
raise a few regiments ol bloodhounds lor th
prosecution of the civil war which he has threat
ened to wage for the reinstatement of Van Bu
ren.
We are informed, that, during the night efter
Kendall's arrival in Cincinnati, he was serenaded
with the sound of tin horns, pans, and kettles.
His Cincinnati friends, in consideration no doubt
of his being far away from his home in Wash
ington, thought to cheer his fainting soul with a
few strains of his old and favorite kitchen music.
Lou. Journal.
NEW YORK.
The Senate stands, Whig 21 ; Van Buron 11. The
Assembly, 00 Whigs, 62 Loco Focos--being a ma
jority on joint ballot of 14. Van Buren's majority
on the Electoral Ticket in the City of New York,
was 1,400.
Wm. P. Darnes. The trial of this gentleman,
says the St. Louis Bulletin, closed on Friday last,
and on Saturday morning a verdict was rendered,
against him of manslaughter in the fourth degree.-
He was fined $500.
Doctor Duncan has given notice that he in
tends to contest Mr. Pendleton's right to a seat
in Congress.
03-The number of inhabit ants of tlie Capitol of
the United States, as ascertained by tho cen
sus recently taken, is 22,777.
The Jewelry store of Mr. McGren, of Cincin
cinnati, Ohio, was robbed of watches, Sic, to the
amount of $3000, on the night of the 13th instant
A large rew ard has been ottered.
By the returns of the marshal in tho city of N.
York, it appears that the population is 316,629,
of whom 144,324 are white males, and 153,530
are white females. The colored population
amounts to 15,675, of whom 6,637 are males and
9,038 females. The increase since 1835 has been
about 43,000. Properly assessed this year,
$187,121,464 real, and 865,721,699 personal
estate. Total $252,813,168, being a decrease
of 814,028,267 from last year's valuation.
Fire in Cincinnati There was a great fire in
Cincinnati on the night of the 14th, commencing
in Oranges' roattrass manufactory, and extending
from Broadway to Sycamoie, and nearly to Front
street.
THE TIMES.
FAYETTE, MISSOURI, NOV. 28, 1840.
05-OA'JE PRESIDENTIAL TERMJ&
Proposed by General JwksonIhssuaded by an
liiiren Thk Peoplk vill eslahlisK it by the elec
tion of General Harhibon.
-THE TRUE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Win. II. Harrison,
of onto.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
John Tyler, of Virginia.
Foi Electors of President and Vice Presxi'nt of th
United Stairs,
PHILIP COLE, of Washington.
JOSErH C. BROWN, of St. Louis,
SAMUEL C. OWENS, of Jaekson.
STEPHEN CLEAVER, of Rails.
The People's lEetribution.
"Low lie Ihe proud,
And smitten by the weapons of the roon
Tho sLACKs.MiTit'shammer and ihe woodman's .
Their tale is told! and for that they were kick.
And hobb'd the poor, and for that they were stronjj
And scourged the weak, and for that they msde laws
That turned the sweat of labor's brow to blood
For THESE, their bins, the nation casts thisi
OUT."
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE ACCOUNT STATED.
Harrison.
21
15
15
10
42
10
8
4
5
8
4
9
30
11
3
14
3
7
15
234
Van Buren.
Ohio,
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Maryland,
New.York,
Maine,
New Jersey,
Mississippi,
Louisiana,
Connecticut,
Rhode-Island,
Indiana,
Pennsylvania,
Georgia,
Michigan,
Massachusetts,
Delaware,
Vermont,
North Carolina,
Missouri,
New Hampshire,
Arkansas,
Virginia,
Illinois,
Alabama,
South Carolina,
4
7
3
S3
5
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60
HARRISON BALL.
In commemoration of the recent success of the
Whio cause, a BALL will be given at Mr. Hand
ley's Fayette Hotel, on Monday Evening, the
7th December. The following are the Managers
which have been appointed for the occasion :
Abiel Leonard,
Joseph Davis,
Geo. W. Givens,
W. T. Dyer,
L. Buingardner,
D. Kunkle,
W F. Birch,
S. C. Major,
S. It. M'Millin.
J. Riddlcsbarger,
J. T. Cleveland,
Robert T. Prewitl,
A. H. M'Danald,
Sain'l. C. Grove,
T. E. Birch,
John D. Perry,
Jas. E. Harvey,
Clms. P. Till'ord,
Jas. R. Benson,
Geo. W. Ward,
C. P. Brown,
W. B. Morrow.
The Bull will open to as many of both parties
as may feel disposed to join.
IT IS FINISHED.
The verdict of the People, says the Log Cabin,
"has been rendered, and its thunders are now peal
ing through the land!" It is the knell of Loco Fo
coism! it is the funeral dirge of Van Burenistnl
it is the death-note, we will fondly hope, of Official
Insolence and unblushing Corruption! Parties
must ever exist, and party struggles often fierce
and vehement must, from time to time, convulse
ihe Country; but we hope never again to see the
day when One Hundred Thousand Office Holders
and other direct dependents on the bounty of the
Federal Government shall openly marshal, drill,
animate and lead on a party having for its chief
end the perpetuation of power in the hands of their
leader and chief and of the honors and emoluments
of public station in their own grasp. Never be
fore in this Connlry was so gross and sweeping a
violation of the vital principles of Freedom ex
hibited as in this contest. Every where have the
Postmasteis, the Custom House Officers, the Post
Office runners, the Land Officers, and even down to
the Mail Contractors wilh of course, a few excep
tions, which only render the general truth more
striking devoted their time and their energies to
the upholding of their master's cause and the se
curing nf his re-election. They bave fought the
battle with a vehemence and desperation "unknown
to the annals of previous political warfare. No
weapon has been too savage to be wielded no de
vice too base to be resorted to, if either promised
to add one vote to the poll of Vin Buren or sub
tract one from that of Harrison. They have man-'
aged to turn in their own favor all the prejudices
engendered by fifty years of political conflict wjtlf
the social discontent which repinesat the allotments
of Providence and hates as well as envies the pos
sessors of wealth or the otherwise favored of for
tune; and to these it has succeeded in adding the
mass of our Adopted Citizens, who have been in
duced, by flagrant falsehoods and shameful misrep
resentations, to cast their strength into the Loco
Foco scale with an energy, unanimity and power
wholly without parallel. They will yet l .-n,
we trust, to know us better, and to r'-nl
their deceivers with the indignation and abhor reiu j
they have so richly merited.
Such were the formidable odds with which tl
Office Holders entered upon Ihe contest of 1840,
with sixteen of the twenty-six States completely in
their hands; a popular majority according to the
latest test, in two others; the possession of the
Federal Government wilh the direction and enjoy
ment of it Gulden streams of Patronage amouri'.