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nation, its moral and social welfare, and
sap the foundation of its liberties.
Resolved, That we highly approve of
the proposition in Congress to require
ihat the State Hanks temporarily intrust
ed with the public deposites be directed
to pay ail the treasury drafts in speck.
Resolved, That it is expedient tor Con
gress to establish Sub-Treasury Offices
in the principal cities and towns in the
United States, for the receipt and dis
bursement of revenue and the accommo
dation of lhe public in the transmission
of money from one point to another, by
receiving specie in deposite and giving a
check or draft for the amount, (so fra
med, however, as not to enter into the
circulation.) on payment of a slight per
centage; the officers to bo elected annu
ally by the people, but responsible to, nnd
under the control of the I rcasury De
partment; the funds not to be loaned.
Resolved, That the thanks of this
meeting be presented to Messrs. Benton,
Rives, and Wright, of the Senate, Mr.
Cambreleng, of the House, and the oth
er members of Congress who have so
opportunely proposed measures for res
toring the Constitutional currency.
Resolved, That the Senators and Rep
resentatives in the Legislature of this
State be earnestly requested not to grant
any of the one hundred nnd five peti
tions for charters of new Ranks, nor any
for the increase of Bank capitals, that
arc now pending before that body, and
that they be requested to co operate tcilh
the General Administration in getting
rid of the paper money note authorized
by this State, contrary to the Federal
Constitution.
Resolved, That copies of the proceed
ings of this meeting be forwarded to each
of the members of Congress, and that the
paper money, and a train of evils it has 'public papers be requested to publish
engendered; now, therefore, wishing to the same.
call the attention of Congress to our JVtn. II. ILile, Chairman,
case, not to grant us favors or privile-! John JVindt, Secretary.
ges, but to reinstate us in our rights, we!
ask leave to be heard in the following re- i Public Meeting in the Park. At a
Constitutional Currency. At a Pub
lic Meeting of citizens opposed to Paper
Money, held at the Shakspeare, corner ol
Nassau and Fulton streets, in the city of
New York, on Wednesday, the 5th Feb
ruary, the following preamble and reso
lutions were Unanimously adopted:
Whereas Money, or the standard of
value, is one of the most important ob
jects confided to the care of Government,
and being so intimately connected with
civil and political interests, it is the life
blood of the community, the purity and
stability of which are of the utmost coii
scquence to society, particularly of that
portion to which we belong, the perform
ers of useful labor, he producers of the
real wealth of the nation; and whereas
there appears to be an idea prevailing
that ibis class of citizens are not aware
of the true cause of much of the injus
tice and oppression they sutler, while on
the contrary, we feel satisfied there is
scarcely an intelligent laboring man but
knows that a great portion of the burdens
he endures Hows from an unconstitution
al, false, and deeply injurious system of
vented from accomplishing its unholy
purposes.
Resolved, That the resolutions of this
meeting be signed by the Chairman and
Secretary, arid published, and that copies
thereof be transmitted to the President,
and to each of the members of Congress.
Ldw. J. Webb, Chairman.
John Windt, Secretary.
solutions, authenticated by our Chairman j very numerous meeting of the citizens of
and Secretary: New i ork, held in the Park, on Saturday,
Resolved, That the course pursued bvi Feb. 15, pursuant to the following call:
the President of the United States, and
the Administration of the General Gov
ernment, in changing the place for depo
siting the Public Money, is entitled to, and
has, our entire approbation, and our
greatest gratitude; That the charter of
the Bank of the United States was gran
ted in violation of the very plainest in
junctions of our Constitution, and, were
there no other reasons than this, for its
speedy annihilation, the Administration
woultl have been faithless in the dis
charge of the duties confided to them
had they failed to take this step towards
its entire destruction.
Resolved, That as no money is recog
nized by the Constitution but gold and
silver, no other can be legally received in
payment of Government dues, nor dis
bursed by officers or agents of Govern
ment; and that the countenance given to
fictitious money by a contrary practice
has been an essential cause of flooding
the country with a paper currency which
is not only worthless, and fluctuating in
itself, but has caused a great deprecia
tion in the value of real money, (as much
as could have been caused by allowing
the States to issue debased coin,) and
nullifies the power of Congress "to regu
late the currency," while it forces the
people into subjection and slavery to a
Papnr Money Aristocracy, the baneful
effects of which they are at this moment
suffering under.
Resolved, That in order to restore the
country its honest circulating medium, it
is the duty of Congress to adopt early
and efficient msasures to prevent those
numerous violations of the Constitution
by corporations and individuals, who with
their system of issuing "bills of credit,"
destroy the standard of value, inflict the
most serious evib on the industry of the
PUIS LIU MKETLNC;.
A meeting of Mechanics, Merchants,
Trailers, Cartmen,and ALL classes of ci
tizens, who live by their Industry and
Labor, will be held in the Park on Sat
urday, Feb. 8lh, at VI o'clock, at noon,
to take into consideration the great
change in the prosperity of the city, and
to devise such measures as will prevent
Ruin, Bankruptcy, and Poverty to those
who support their families by their labor,
and adopt such measures as may be call
ed for in this important and anxious cri
sis of our affairs.
Edward .). Webb was called to the
Chair, and John Windt appointed Secre
tary; when the following resolutions were
passed, amid much confusion, by a large
majority of those who were within hear
ing of the Chairman, who read them.
Wiiekkas this community is now suf
fering from one of those derangements
of business operations incidental to the
Paper Money System, therefore,
Resolved, That our Representatives in
Congress be requested to devise, if pos
sible, means of relief, in accordance with
the measures of the Administration for
restoring the Constitutional Currency
Resolved, That we highly approve of
the measures of the Administration with
regard to the United Slates Bank and
the Public Deposites.
Resolved, That the mere; change of
the place for keeping lhe Public Money
was a cause insufficient to produce the
prevailing derangement of business af
fairs in this city.
Resolved, That this meeting is convin
ced that the United States Bank bos pro
ved itself an engine of corrupting influ
ence, tending to establish an aristocracy
of wealth, and is therefore unworthy of a
ri$-chartcr, and that it ought to be pre-
From the Petersburg Intelligencer.
A large meeting of the signers of the
memorial from the merchants, traders,
&c. of the city of New York, was held on
Tuesday the lltli inst. A report was
made by the Delegates appointed to pre
sent the memorial, from which we make
the following extract, which exhibits, in
a more official form than has yet reached
us, the views of the Executive on a ques
tion which engrosses the almost undivi
ded addition of the country.
"Your delegation also waited upon the
President of the U. States, by appoint
ment, and was received with that courte
sy for which he is distinguished, and in
a long interview after explaining the ac
tual stale of commercial affairs in this
city, and declaring in explicit but respect
ful terms, as the result of the experience
and best judgment of our commercial
men, that a National Bank was absolute
ly necessary for the proper regulation of
paper currency as now established, and
upon which the whole business of the
country was based, they received from
him the most decided assurances of the
entirely opposite views, entertained by
himself, and the most unqualified decla
rations, that in no event would he ever
consent to restore the deposites or to re
charter the Bank of the U. States; that
he was determined to make the experi
ment of carrying on the fiscal concerns
of the nation, through the State Banks,
until the expiration of the U. S. Bank
charter, and if the experiment failed,
some scheme might be devised of collect
ing and depositing the revenue, without
the intervention of any molded institution.
"The President held no expectation of
the establishment at present, of any Na
tional Bank; but added that he felt great
sympathy for the New York mercantile
distress; for its merchants had honorably
and punctually performed all their en
gagements to the Government, with un
paralleled fidelity.
"Your delegation then waited upon
the Vice President, but from official en
gagements he was at that lime unable to
hold tiny converse with them, upon the
subject of their mission, but at another
moment to a portion of your delegation,
the Vice President expressed similar
views ami determinations to those mani
fested by the President.
"Your delegation had an interview
with Mr. Tanev, and derived from him a
full confirmation of their conclusions re
sulting from what had passed during
their visit to Washington. In conclu
sion your delegation regret to say that it
is their sincere conviction, that nothing
is intended to be (lone by the Govern
ment for the present, that no plan is un
der its consideration for the future, in re
spect to a National Bank; that the Ad
ministration is determined not to re
charter the present U. S. Bank under
any possible modifications, nor to pro
pose any new Bank, and instead thereof,
to rely upon State Institutions, until hard
money can be made to supercede the
actual paper currency of the country."
A committee of twentv-five was ap
pointed by the meeting, to confer with
the State and National Banks, with a
view "to procure that entire concert and
harmony of action, essential to enable
them to afford the greatest possible re
lief to the community."
From lhe Globe.
The following is given to the public as
a specimen of the means that are resorted
to by the friends c-f the Bank to force a
restoration of the deposites. Similar
letters, we are informed, arc sent con
stantly by the mails, not only to the Pre
sident, but to those of his confidential
friends who are known to accord witli
him in the steps which have been taken
to prevent a re-charter of the Bank:
New York, Ftb. 9, 1834.
Andrew Jackson, President of the United
States, &c.
Sir: This is to inform you that I, one
of a number of young men of this city
who have conspired your death, unknown
to my colleagues, write this to warn yon
of this plot not from any intention to
benefit you thereby, but solely for the
good of my country a step, which influ
enced as wo are, by sentiments of pure
patriotism, myself and associates have
deemed advisable for the welfare of our
much abused country. I recommend
you to revoke, as soon as practicable, all
the opinions, declarations, and proclama
tions which have emanated from you re
lative to the re-chartering of, and remov
ing the government deposites from, the
United States Bank. The alternative
will most assuredly be your certain death.
Three of our number, elected by
chance, will proceed, in the course of the
present month, to the Capital, there to
put in execution the design entrusted to
their hands. Even should one attempt
fail, do not think to escape, for we arc
firmly resolved to free our country from
the hands of a despot. To conclude
"Beware the ides of March."
To Gen. Andrew Jackson, President o
the United States of America.
I am very sorry to inform you that if
the deposites are not replaced, and the
Bank of the United States is not re
chartered, by the 4th of March next, you
will be a dead man by the 15th of March,
1834. Now, my dear Sir, 1 hope youl
will act tcisely, and re-charter the said
Bank, for if you do not, the United States
will lose one of her best Presidents and
Generals that has been known in Ame
rica. There has been a private meet
ing held, and the plan is all laid out for
doing the above mentioned. I am a.
signer of the above meeting, but I could
not engage in such a thing before I ac
quainted your honor of the above plan.
Your humble servant,
A Democrat.
The above letter is post-marked Phi
ladelphia, Feb. 3.
Confidential.
Philadelphia, Feb. $th, 1334.
Sir: The writer of this anonymous
communication feels it his duty to ap
prize you, that it is seriously contempla
ted by a few individuals in this city, to
adopt measures for the diabolical pur
pose of ASSASSINATING the venera
ble Chief Magistrate of our Union.
A. J. Donelson, Esq.
Washington, D. C.
OTWo noticed in oar last the failure
of the House of S. & M. Allen, of New
Yorkthe -Evening Star of the 13th,
furnishes the gratifying intelligence "ihat
such aid has been promptly tendered iho
Messrs. Aliens, by the U. S. Bank and
other institutions, as will enable them to
continue their business."
(TTThc New York Courier says, the
report that Gen. Lafayette intended re
visiting this country is erroneous.
(CAt the late term of the Court of
Common Pleas for Cayhuga county, O
hio, the jury that was empannelled on a
civil case having retired for some length
of time, being unable to agree upon their
verdict, agreed upon one point unani
mously, and that was, to jump out of the
window, which they did to the no small
discomfiture of the constable who had
them in charge.
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