''Km
2 .it. lC3 alL ...Jwm,. ...
Xl I ,Jl VJI J.ir -i .-'
IV: 'i'lIuS.IV. ATKIN&CO.
'iV-o Dtuns an Tint Cicnts per annuia in
or '1'nnrK IJIolur w illiit the year. ;
V i f .sjTiWill b ti curt ti nut nl, rxci jl at the op
ti, . ' f r'.j'.;.!ivrf', until all ii.rrcarjjcs arc pant.
A-l.cili tnt'ii! wijfl be irm ittd at 0,e Dollar.
FUU'l'ICAL. :
Jrnm tLc Cl.arkstai Curler. .
itlitical florae Elacc i
, . i . 5?L':iPT3yiLLE So. Ca.
Tha grout race over the ;N..tiopaI Course,
"'r urc of It u lim! or V!if for frst in rllon; ; , . , f , , ; ' .
.i.n.1 TttKsrf.riTB.rcsT for rh continue. j wtwcsn OIIa! and l.o .Tennessee en:, is
Tiie nurb;r of ineij kns d-niixd inu-t Irs imrke d now over, and (or your amusement, I shall
un margin, or tljciailvrrlinmiit will Ik canlinu-'j , , ; . . ! i .
i J t!" f rLiJ, and charged accordingly, j Courl Or-
nt wiI bi iMiarru Twenty &r: pr cent; rilra.
-
The Iload to fortune or the Rise,
of 31. JTaqiics lUifXUttO
When LaCkjc iranic to Paris in 1778,
t!ic extent of his ambition was Id finds silua-;
tion in a blinking iousc, and to obtain this
object he ailed on M. Perrcgau.p the rier;
Swiss tinker, to whom he hud n letter of
recommendation. This gentleman .ad just
taken possession oj the hold of M;dlc. Gur
tnarJ, which had iiecu put up to lottery by:
lhat lady, an J wotj by the furtuua1 c! banker.'
It was to this changing habitation. vUit-h has
tsiucc been dem disced, lhat M. Li!i!,:tc paid'
his firsil visil in Pi his, onJ, an it" wtc, ioik;;
liis firat . step to tlk: Parisi in "Wurljl. The;
young ' pruvineial-j-poor and inot' -ait, timi ci
und anxious, criterrd by ih.it gattv. a uhiehj
liuu Witnefuuso insmv ot Hit; uaiclis ot llit-i
1 I I . :l
list contury. .11 I win iutroOucidNnito thei
boudoir of the dansi
ItK't of i he banker,
the object of his vi
J II is iinpoiibld
ind there inoJesl
fjr inC'tu admit you into
my establishment at'leut lor the, present
vephed the bat:!:erj
tneir lull coinplcir.e
at a future time, I vj
but in thu rneaiiiim
M hern', for I do not Lxpucl to havo a Vacancy
for son io lime
Vtth a dis'ippoin
rant for employment K ft Uu: ulViCfiid while.
t.cil heart the young nspi
with a downcast lot;
yard lie stooped to pi
Ids pitli, and which
lappet of his coat.
k lie traversed thu court-
:-.."-.':.! ' "" ill. . .:
c'.i up a pin whtoh I y inj;
Lilllo did h'j lliijili that
this trivial a"tiou yai to doeidj hts luture
'2l;'lH.j UI" ;!: ' " '! .. I
of his cabinet M
Prom the yi indu'.M
j;aux had observed
keen observers of
niato llie , value of d
of a love of order'
p!;dgiWjf all tie qjialiiies whieh tin
possessed by a d
(nan who would pu
which
you
morning.' '
"-Tue. aultcipation
deceived. The y
every disiiiible qu;
was oi fust exn(.cti.ij
.... i i 1
sooj rose to bj ca
use, then become the cab-
y stated
hcrc&Uccipt a descrtplion of it. Expecting
that the track would be very: much crowded.,
and desiring ta get all the information possible
a to the condition of the nns. I conceived it
o be; highly important to be out, early, hie fore
the crowd should assemble. : My notion j uas
ti court' the trainers, and endeavor to extract
from them as pany of the stable secreU as
rosiblc. Uai a little red ;clion soo.i qonvinc
ed me that thii plan-would not do.; 1 recol.
lectcd that a trainer never yct'did fail, orj the
d ty of a great rare, Uthro-.v himself upon his
consequence, ind to rebuke rudely any slang
er who might inuke frce to ak him a Ques
tion. The on y chance then ; was to engage
ihu services of some one who-mi:ht be Ideen
. . . J I'' !. . . . J
in their cunddence t and in this 1 was lorta-
E r ii .... 1: '. : j . ) ' :',""i ' !:'.. I .... . '
who
"41 1 1 my o fin es,, have;
If l refpiirejanv tmej
ill see what can. be done ;
I ailvisrj vou to seek els..
nate, fur Isooti fell !in with a "eiitlemn
not only had the confi Ji-nce of ihe trainers of
Iwtli the stabhts, hut who wasonn'of the! best
judges of bloojl stuek, I diink', ltv America
ind not only of stock; 'but of 'men ; he knew
well how to look into .their deeds. He was
introiluQcd to me under the npprilaliim . id
Prince." I so:n discovered lhat there would
bo no iiecesoiiy ti lose liine amon the train
ers, for 1'iiiici, himself wa? master of id) tin
Kecrelaol the J.-cky Club. On our.arrival at ll!e
track, the firit thin th;t. took my altuhlion
in a n -trj' ir turf r...:!. h vies jrecr.lv con.
ceJcd lv-h, IKr-vthut tvr-J o:'"lJ Lv
but vr.-i cliurcj fur l.ifii if ir; s!:v-!J wrupt
in, ct:J l!.t v.ouIJ U fjr all the Lrs to tike
fs!s or thu L'ck-jaw, a:i j Clz ia tiie miJJ'a of
the hetit, i0r';;::i: j! "if.; 'by :,: ff
: The next that took our attention was a
couple of very coarse; looking aninnT-?, which
from their 1u:j busliy fet-Iooks indicated that
they must bo from 1 ho fir distant westj and
that they couU not ba what is commonly de
nomihatvd , bl-jod jj and so it turned out
ta fce Ii appeared jihat in the Indian wars
they had acquired some cV.iccilon as. gal
lant chargers, and that their owners had gome
hiw got it into their! heads that they might
succeed upon the turf ;..but if 4lhoss owners
had understood the feelings and views of the
majority of their own body as well: as I do,
they would have known from the boinriio"
lhat an Indian pony would always have to fait
when u.ptl colt stood in the way. .
Bdt.nowjt was that a curiosity j presented
itielf wholy unknown! to racing history. They
h:d something un'derjbbnkel that appoared to
be no horse at alf. It appeared that theduin-
acrats,. not having been content whh 'such
tock as was to be found on terra firms, had
actually explored the Regions of the great deep
in quested" some leviathan or sea monster,
with which to conquer old ILd. Dul the' levi
athaii, like the Indian pony, was no where
wlien the pc:s caine 'forward. But 'our exi
II. j . ' :. . ' J !'. : ' i
animation of the nj-cted slock was here inter
rupted by ihe sound of ihc drum, which ad
nionished us lhat the hour 'of stanihir had ar-
1 I I ..-..:'" ii . I. O ) .: i
rived, and so we had to hurry up to the stand ;
ahd sure enough ifc was not long before we
called "r i -ctt d slock" that- they were yi l
..... i . i J' .
un-ler biaiiRetj because it was unusual lor a
race horse that
had been long; in training, . to
be turned oet audderslv in the ivoodd. The
transition from!
gloom, would
fr the (ielicac
ho careCulIy stuk in thoj
PorrrJ
the action' "of thq young
man. Thp JJwiss 'linker tyas one of tiiost
iiimtn actions fiot:sii.i
ircumstanees npp irenil v-
trilling in thcmse.Ivds, and whieh would p-ss
:.- - . J . I . . i ' ; : i
unnoticed by the nij niy ot m inuino.. lie
the conduct of the youn"'
mplo 'action, he saw tin
anticipated glory to absolute'
be too :vio!ent,: it was thought,
of their nerves. 1 now told
Prince that it Would be gratifying to me to ex
amine those hdrses separalelJ, and also to be
s . i
informed as lo the p,;rlicul.ir causes which
had led to the rrj-.'ctfoh of each. . Prir.ce con-
was delighted with
(stranger, r In ttiii s
reveUlion of a character; it was a gjarantec;
nnd icoiiomv, a .ceitain;;
d financier. A
k up a pin eouUl
ihe same d v i
n note from
to nuke, a'good clejii!;, meiii ihe confidence
of his employer, ai d attain a high
prospcruy.
In the evening
received the follow
gaux :
"A place is niado.for vou in my
u!d' hA
hot fit i I
ucirrec o;
. iLafiiitd
M, Pene
m;iy lalicj possession
1 of u-
oinco.
morrow
of the h inker were not.
bend of the
tifierward,
to such magnificent
Little did M. P
hand which would j
a hand always oped
issesseo,
ie t!KU
iun; ljiiine
i;y , mid i u n lp
Frotn simple y lei k In
ner. then pa rimer, then
first bunking house in Pans, and
in rapid succession, a deputy and
uiivil of Ministers, the
president of the G;
l:ilest poir.tto whiijh a citizen can ;jhspi re.
Oil what a tiiifie does the fortune' of n man
Kometimes! depend, j But lor the sjnUle inci
dent of the pin, -M.
never havojenteicd
rVgaux; another eipiploydr might 'not havi
ofencd to iim so wide a field of.ae ion, an
L.dTilte would, 't perhaps
iitJ the h'juse lot' ;M. Perl
whs m sTiiri'nt r:if;(! Ii.irsts vci nrrler blanket . .
, . ' .p- fj i . ,.,rj , I. ! looked and saw the champions coming s owly
which, as Pt ir.ee -in formed mo, were w hiil hi- , , f l, . j
iivjijj,, cucii 5uiioiinoeu oy a nosi oi aiiAious
admirers. Old Hal came; moping up inj real
race horse stvlo, and hxiked as ithou"h he
well understood what he had to do, hut, the
,colt. I though , looked a little wild. lie1 hud
not been accustomed o crowds so vast as this.
The short rices inj which he had been en-
I t : ' : J; i - '
gaged in Tennessee were of quite a diiterent
character ; but even these! were of a nature to
make him wild, as f sdiould suppose, 'for I
learned from Prince,' lhat there they had la ken
one of their oung horses out of the i)loudi.
f ' t t ' I " J ,;. ' ' . P - 'i
an ! had whaled him badly; with him upoi two
difTerent occasions, though his owne rs still
appeared to think that alihought he coulti noi
succeed as a quarter horse, he" yet midu do
s) as a four miier. About this time 1 observed
a; great bustle uboul ;the stand. It appeared
that they jiad brought a great ponderous m i-
chine there with the evident intention of lash-
ing it on old llaPs back, j Prince told me h
was a spinning jenny, and that old IIjI being
an aged horse had to carry it as dead v
Bat the spinning jenny was not u!t ihe
weight that was attempted lobe packed
sented to do sd
; and so we strolled around to
where the sial lg boys were giving- ihem an
airing. Upon appro-iyhing vlhem, I qijiekly
saw thai ihe re was one among ihem ihatjVoie
marks of being y animal .infinite. ly superior
to all the olhe
to explain him
j) C. Calhuum.
s, and I at once asked Prince
liirst. 1 i hat, sum he, is John
The boy was ordered to
him, and to miv'e ihe blanket well foi'Waid,
;hat we might cet a full view of his fine rpcmg
fotiiK . Afier ta!king around him, and giving
. i
hun a thoroug
,t.ip
if he 'did not life ink lumin a ;,,od racing! con
dition.' Trie
luverv muscle hn him . U ts hard as yood
d.if
Vol! W
rdl upon his uncles.
cd him to day
exaniinalion, I asked Prince
said he in the world. "
11 observe there is not a
Now, if i hey had
wnid
(start.
we would
agaiit Old Hal,
Irivc had a heal for which .the world jnighi
. - I " . I : N . f
jusily have chvidd es. A.ud wliyjon caith,
aid I. was tli-a th'ini! not done ? It was not
I I i .
ihmti said he, ji.-eausc th.is horse has a trait
I' i " ' ;. I I I"
in his character whieh his ever rendered him
odious to ihe . ocky C'ub or rather U th;.t
part of the Jot'kv'Cfub that cohtrolj matters
1 .';!.'; :i - ' , M i " i !! .'I- " iv
and things in relation to the entries, lie is a
" Ji "I l i ,: it -i ''III - 1' '
horse which, like old Boston, will not run
from the lash j and Seven!- when the traineis
.:.i' I 1 .' " ' ' " i r 1 1 ' -,; lit ii . '' ,; ; '
come at him ilith a;drench, there u-no such
thing as forcing himjto svallow, unless they
lir-t pel mit hiin to'smell or taste the dr,ug.
' '' fi "" ' : I V i! I '.! ," ,
But nut so wiih a coniile of pels ' which! ihev
H i ' ii pi y 1 1 '. j
have long siuje had t rained'. lo their own no-
tion. N;w, either of these pets will; gulp
down any soil of drench, no matter of w-Jiut it
may be composed, at the first inlimaiion; and
like well tranmed circus horses, all thej mas-
ight:
dead
UjlOU'
i re ii g
kr.ov. n to L t!.,- e t t.-i t, v i. ;i
t j e j 1 3 i j w ; . a . j k k . i : ! j.
rttcr?- ij ul.lj with li.o ; pre.:::,"; vl
llc;oo, for the si;r;.!o ua;j u.zl !.J u:;-wc-k
; and now why not we, i. cur tt:rn, ui.
fijs whh his claitr.s to tl.;j nL:!; '? I.:;jw:rj,
as we do, thai he is v. euk , very v. c.ik.
so
Ily this time, the coll had diadj a slri'jglo
desperate lhat Ii3 was fdilv tp bv the s:d.
of Old Hal; and his jcky lining heard a
good part of ihe!harangue jlisI recited, and
not wishing lobe, outdone at qny lldng, took
K into his head that he v.ou! make a lilllo
sliort speech lo his horse, also; which, cs well
as it could be understood bv'th instructors
and stewards, was as follows!;. ' Come, you
olJ dog ! have you no trick at , all in store for
this trying occasion? HemciVjcr, sir, that
you have been a lurf nag for; ihe last thirty
vc!irs that in the course ofi lhat tima vou
have done much for the benefit of the Club
twice, at least, you have savel it from utter
ruin; and will you now, sir'aufTer vour luu
rels to bo withered by a merulpiu hook trick,
got up in a day, and to be placed oiT on you
by a pumpkin colt Remember, sir, lhat we
arc now ubout to cjpproach the (and of the good
old Nat Macon, j man who, when he talked
to us about Democracy, meaiu I ho practice of
it. He did not talk to us all day about Jefl"erv
sonian principle, and anli-Uinks, and free
trade, and then at night plunder all the post
offices, and land offices, anl other offices.
Now it is well known, sir, iliat this is to be
the course of ourjadversaries if the colt beats
us we must not let him do itj" -
This appeal w s not without its effects; for
sure enough vi hen they struck the land of
i.urpcntine and tar, the old hlirse shook ihe
colt from him wih utter, contempt. But it
was not long before the colt rjebuked him se
verely for his contemptuous treavtrient. Upon
tiie soil of the liljle chivalricj palmetto, nul
lification stnte, he rushed upon him as though
he had found ajpair of Tennessee quarter
paths ; and the wuy he mashed up the district
system, and the Corruptions jp( the Syracuse
and Baltimore conventions, jvas nolhing to
nobody's consistency but our iiwn.. :
But in the region of Oglethorpe and the
Craw fords the cjolt could mit maintain that
quater horse lick for which lie had been so
remarkable in the land of cljivalry. It was
evident lhat he was now among a plain pcopfe,
a people who had to undergo .the serious dru J.
jiery of thinking for themselves. As to Old
Hal he continued that regular four mile stride
of his, which I tl ought vvouldj be boynd to tell
against a horse vhich'tfone ihe most, of his
uinning by spur ; and in this J war correct,
Mr -when I hey crossed the Alabama line he
was a clear light ahead of lhj colt. Though
I did think, for jlhe first timp, lhat Old Ilal
here showed soine signs of (distress, for he
iden
.:s I-
t
('
him ; there was a mighty effort to have saddled j was ntnv V1,u,tl'y on pan o liie lurl where
his spinniri'i-ienrtv did hun rso rood, and his
r ; - .
iltle brair di ck not a crreatdeal of harm. But
i. ii,. i
i ter has to do,
! - i . ' i :. Ui, ... ' ..1.1 .J : K-. 1. H I
rilSiaieillSiiii'i loienigentu uuiu iiii i.v. , ,
i . . E I V"".l .... . .
results
.rregaux think lhat ihe
ck up a pin was mai oi a
man, gene-reus to prodigality in doing good-
to succor honorable im
fortune. Never wojre riches placed! in bettej
liands never did banker or prince make a
more nobiu use of tlaem. 1 1
'IM
R,trr! Tim lallies have many 1 kinas.-r
There is the smile of coincidence :h bpinion-j-the
smile of encourjigrmenl when wc are at
tempting something difficult- the smile of n j
probation when it is done the smile of amd
sed fancy at our ct nversation ijie smile of
liopej if we Tcnturo to aspire. But j the greai
Emtio the smile imperial ia. hat whicli
cays, plainer than. .words,-"you have won
it:c !" That smile never leaves the; memory,
oven after she whoaveithas mouldered in
tiie tomb. Boston Post. j .. j
14 .all I see you jiorcc thts cveniftg Vy ask
ed a bng-haircd, " ljushy.hiiaded dandy of p
yc-.!"g lady, whom he met' in the, street.
"Wr, sir," syiJ shc-'if ycu go and stand on
i'.cp till I get home.V ( ! j
s to point his finger, and depend
upoti it, the deed will be dene, iow, j these
too sacred, and these pes loo
much in tl.c way for; any oiher sort of horses
U have any change at all for the entry. 1 One
of these pel coItsTLiitle Van, is w-ell ljnowu
and the other !is no less than James K. Polk,
the regular entry
boy was now
ol
Siill D:;iATWFiiD: A'lNew1 York editor
r r. j a L.;:;;ir sixpence K.j..a!. n- -1-1
' cT' ". I '.i a:. J 't. d-l.i.r. very po!ite
irtti::jc as L WCi him ,JLook erc,
c!d hoss.'could'nt you make this a1 shining?"
for this day's purse. Tne
that we were. done. And
as I saw him moving the inoble animal slow ly
I I Tl ' i 1. .ji .... ".'.I! .1 '
away from the fij lil, I looked upon him with
as I' btlievc would; have
bosom, if 1 had been a spec-
an emotion, sue I
sprung up in my
tator at nn dulo ill fe. But it was so,
miserable knot,
for
kvhose ambition extends no
further than parti and plunder, hae so intend.
ed itfrori the ou
We nekl turned
1
km&ki m
our attention to an old
irscr,1 which appeared to bej very
much hacked Hedooked as though he was
not on his heels.j This turned out to be old
John Tyler, a courser, which Prince in fofm
ed me, wasfornjerly regarded ,as a ttp top
second rate racejhorsc, but that unfortunate
ly for him, as wejl a fur his rightful owners,
in the year he had suffered himse'f 10
betolieJ away from them, and that ever since
hshad been looked upon in no other Sight thn
lhat. of a common stray. It vas true that
some strolling short racers had lately 'picked
liim up,' and'os thf y expressed, it,' were ' deter
min'jJ "to firing L..i i.l upon us." . This they
sr.id they intended to do, notwithstanding the
Jocky Club had ofucially decided t!rl U was
contrary to usigo for any stray to be entered
on him, also, a roulette, jdice boxes, cards,
and ail manner of gambling apparatus; but
it proved a. failure, and very justly 'so ; all ex
cept a A7c light brag deck; there" was no
fcuch a thing es getting round that ; but when
they thew it in with the spinning jenny, one of
his backers "remarked, ,wlih a smile, ' that il
was so long s.ne it had been used, that U had
now become loo light to, do him any harm ai
i Matters and thiprrs beinjj now fully arran-
1 ' . , . "ji i . f 0 .11 1 0
ed t lie riders? were ordered to mountthey
came liandsomely Uti Itogethcr the jdrum
tapped, and oil thev flew, like arrows hurled
from the bow. The: colt lock the lead and
maintained il mostj gallantry; though! only
while passing through Main and New Hamp
shire; for vhen they got fairly hito lh'c!olher
four New-England slates, the old horse went
t i :.,.. 0 ii i II ' . I . t
at him with a resolution that was wholly irre-
s'iktible, and passed him amid cheers that
were absolutely deafening. ;
1 t ' j',r -. j t.
I: In the York state,1 the backers of the colt
''.-!' ' Ii! ; f .1'
had strong hopes thai he would recover his
lost jjround, but this v;as altogether aj mis--take
; "he performed I no better ihere and in
New -Jersey , lh n he had done in ihe land ol
!'.; 1 . k 1 " i - in
the weavers. In Pennsylvania,! though he
made a very pretty brush, but could not quite
pa'ss. In Delaware VnJ Maryland, Old Hal,
with his Ions four mile stride, widened ihe
g:p again to its usual width. I
i But when thev struck ihe shores of the Old
Dorninion,there the struggle became! truly
animating. The Jocky of the colt appeared
io regard this point as highly important, and
gave him to unders'and -ilistinclly, that he
must now "do or die." Indeed, his feelings
were so strong upon! the occasion that he was
compelled to give utterance la them, though
1 i 1
tviih no one to address himself to but a horse
.such was the confidence whicli his backers
had in his bottom that the bejting was much
more spiritted on his side yetj, than on lhat of
the colt. Indeed there wouljd have been no
takers at a!i on the colt, but Mr the confidence
reposed in the Texas trick, 'jl't v;i3 plain to
beseen though, .hat the Geojrgians were not
prepared to exchange so valuable a turf horse
as Old Hal for a scrap of' western land and
particulaily since an honorable title" to it was,
at least, doubt fjil. It w;.as jthe opinion of
Prince though, that they wanjed the land, and
intended to have it, but thcir'motto was "Old
Ha? first." : ,!
In Alabama, us it was well unberstood bc-
t went ahcaa. In Louisiana
I
Come, said he. to the co't, let us now try and
hive an annexation, and if we can, let it be
11010. or never ; for I, do varily. believe that the
British and Abolitionists are close after us,
with sharp sticks, and that if we do not over
take Old Hal o, the red coats will nab the
whole parly, right ! here in sight of i York
Town. Come, sir, remember that on this
very part of the turfj four years ago, our otb
erpet made a perfect smash of old Tip, and
lhat, loo, without jibe benefit of any trick at
all. Now, ihe Texas trick is for your benefit.-
Ti3 true that some; of our opponents
ssy it is old Tyler's trick, and that we have
robbed him of it, but I regard lhat charge as a
matter cf no consequence at all, for it" is well
forehand, the co
and Mississippi ihe contest was so "close lhat
I could not. distinguish between them. But
in Arkansas the pjlt was decifledly the' victor,
and I presume ihe was in Klisouri also; but
whether or not I was afraid jlo look and see,
not knowing but the tiger of that forest mi"hl
spring upon; met without even awaiting the
ceremony of a regular meeting with board
swords at Phillijlpi
But it was reserved for the little: gallant
state of Tennessee, to witness ihe most e.xci
ling strujrle lhat had occurred during the
race. The old ion himself,-it appeared, had
taken the field, pnd was to.be seen on evey
part of ihe 'groUnd, animating the colt on to
vigorous "esertidn. Like Napoleon "at Wa
terloo, when ihd impetuous Net would return
from an ineffectual charge his cry to him
would he "onward, we must beat them."
' - . ' ; I . . .... i ...i' . i ' I. - Il
But ihen'on ihe other hand there stood Jones,'
and Foster and Bell, surrounded by a little
Spartan band, which, like. ;the invincibles of
Wellington, were as firm as the rock; of Gi.
bralier. The colt could no! look upon these
without cowering, for they ievcryet had fail
ed to make him ouaii ma contest It :s now a
killing struggle i and the office seekers and
CT ..1 ,, .
expectants of spoils arc gating with an inten
sity wliichi scema to signify that everlasting
things (at least to ihem) are hanging upon a
mere thread. The itrugjfe is yet -doubtful,
neck and neek; and in sight of the Hermitage
At this juncture of time thefold horse was ob
served to move' his car back and .forwad, as
though some strange note had fallen Vpon it
It turned out lo be lhat he fancied he heard
i;:;':."l bv lh? c!: --"
s l-j d i:d! y :.r:-.i
e flint i:.;c!; iV:..".s I i.
li.j rice, for aM. g'l .? I '.J to 1.73 l'..r. -;!i
icr.:r.cky, Ii:;.iaa ::J 0!j; il.it e:.;y a
nutter of forci. 1 . ..
HAMPTON. .
A Curios: Ilialory;. Vot lli I'rccrv-
'.; In;;
CUONOLOGY WITHOUT COMMENT.
GO, ISii Ilcsulutioii of ths Palti
more Coavcntioa which' nominated. Messrs
Polk and Dallas.
JlesaJcedj That Congress has no power
to charter a National Bank : that wo believe
each an institution one oi deadly , hostility to
tru best interests of the country j dangerous
to: our republican instituiidns auj iho liberties
cf the people, and calculned to place the busi
nes3jf the country within iho coutrol of a
concentrated money power and above iho
laws and will of the people," " .
'I". - ','- CHAPTER !
Mr. Dallas and a bank of the United Slates :
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
'I Monday, January 9, 1832 Mr. Dallas
presented ihe. memorial of the Bank of the
Uuited States, praying for a recharicr, and
said 'he could not but feel strongly impress,
cd by the recollection that tho Legislature ol
Pennsylvania recently, and in clllct.unanim,
ously, had recommended the recharter of tho
Bank. , He became, then as willing, as he
was virtually an instructed agent in promot
ing to the extent of his ability an, object 't how.
ever dangerously timed its introduction might
seem, was in itself entitled to every consider a'
tion and javor." See, Register of Debates,
vol. viii. part f p. 55.
Jan 20, 1832 Mr. Benton asked leave to
introduce.! resolution lo declare the branch
drafts of the B ink of the United Slates ille.
gal. Mr. Dallas replied in favor of the Bank,
and said : " To me the Bank of tle United
States is nolhing but a bank a mere bank-
enacted under the influence of thq purest mo.
..On granting
leave the yeab were. 16 nays 2a ; Dallas vol.
ing against granting Mr. Benton's leave.
February 8, 1832 Mr. Dallas made an.
other speech ;in favor of the Bank and in reply
to Mr. Benton, i -
March 13, 1832 Mr. Dallas, from the
Select Committee, reported a bill tarcnew;
the charter of the Bank of iho United Slates.
May 23, 1832 Mr. Dallas made his speech
in favor of the Bank as constitutional and ex
pedient. Mr. Webster followed on the same
side, and on'the 2Gth of May, Mr. Benton re
plied to Messrs Webster and Dallas. .
Map 2Q, 1832 Mr. AVebster, moved an
amendment to make the payment of the bo-j
nus more gradual and easier to the bank : Mr.
Benton opposed it. Il was carried, 32 lo 10,
Mr. Dallas voting for it.
May 29, 1832 Ari nmendmehl was adopt-!
cd to istrike out the pending amendment;
which required the assent of the slates lo thej
establishment cf branches ; yeas 23 nays 18.1
Mr. Dallas Voted for it.
June 1. 1)332 An amendment was pcnd.
ingtotaxlhe branches; a proposition was;
made by Mr Sprague, lo strike il out and dis-
tribute' the b mus among the slates ; agreed to,j
'J3 lo 18. Mr. Dallas voted for it ; Mr. Ben-
,Hf, IJ1ii,.:2s.. ,v. il. ;iv:::i;,s up: p; j ,
O .... l" i 10.".i,
tVi l.p.Ji acJ i;a:'.i i.: t
j wi iv,, , .a. i j j ... j v ... j ...
nppoV J it. U . I.J P. 1, :
Dallas tv..; t; . ' ;.;
. "J.;:,-- G, 1: " i I : I -
Dii: i:;i ui ziz , :.
i,i d to iaic i- i itt ) '.i")ti
10 toC3. Mr. Di!p.st
Mr. Ktaig'.t u;j; J u i.::;p .
.r.
COO. II joctcd, 2 J to 27,
a?3L'isl it. f.
- .Mr. Soyuio-jr kmuJ to ir.jrc:.:: i; to '
ooa. Pouted, iiato27. . rir.Dw:-.
i , ' j . !
Mr. Dicker ?n cf Ncv. Jorscy; f.;3ycJ to
increase it to C23O,0i)D: iiejcuJ, zS to ZV
Mr. D-diastO jt.'-.ji'.uf i.; - " ' vrf. '-"
Finally, & 201), were agreed Mr. DX
las and Mr. Webster voting for it. j -
Suae cW-Mr. Marcys amcridment?" rd.
serving right to the slates to tax,' rejected; .22 -to.t25;
,Mr. Dallas and jiU fricnJj iciizj '
against it. t ' j - .
Sane day Mr. ForsytVa amendment to
limit bank interest to 5 percent, c gain rtj:
jected,21 to 30 ; Air. Dallas ' voii'nj cinst '
, . " j. !'. ,,...'.;
. Simeday Mr. White's amendme nito rc
quire tho bank to pay 3 pe ceoi !yitterest,1ori
surplus public deposites rejected, S3 to 21;
Mr. Dallas voting against ill
Same day. Mr.' Benton's motion to rtuit -
) j p . . i j ' . i
the bill to the Secretary of the Treasury (GenV
Jacksons) to report , on !it, rejected. Mft
Dallas voting aguinst i7. t j- " , ,J
- June 0, 1832 Mr. Grundy moved the jirli' :
definite postponenient of the bill lost, 20 id
24; Mr. Dallas voting against it. i i '
Same day-. B ink bill . ordered to. a thirJ
reading,1 23 to 20 ; Mr,' Dallas; voting for
it. -' : t -.v: x. . i - - - ....
Juno 11, 1832 Bank bill finally passcc j '
23 lo 29 ; Mr. Dallas voting for it. ... iays--i '
Benton, Bibb, Brown, Dtckcrsnu, Dudley; , .
Ellis, Forsylh, fJrundy, Kane, Hhyne, iiiSjlj
King, Mangum, Marcy, Miller, Moore
vvell, Trotr , , Ader, White1; , . " ' '
July 10, 1832 Andrew JacksOn vtdf 4 llje
Bank of the Uuited States as vnconstUutiondt
and inexpedient. " J " 1, ','..".
' The next day the veto was considered in to
Scpale,' Mr. .Webster, commencing ihe -cltp
bate, sustaining (Ko bank bill, and opposing tljie ,
views ; of tho President-- j Speaking of th'a
message, he said: ' It wantonly attacks wh'ojo 1
classes of popple for the purpose of turhlqg
against them the prejudiced of the other class':
es. It finds no topic too excitingifor use,' iioi
passion too infhrmnablc fur its address &u'd
solipilatiori." V J L .-. 1
u.y 13, 1832 Mr. BeW sppkem favor' :
of the veto : and a vote was1 taken on tho. pas.
sage of the bankrchartcr in spite bfrt tfie,trveld.
and Mr. Dallas voted for the bill; and. against '
the VETO. . . " f - j
ton against It.
'
Same day Mr. Bibb offered an amend-;
ment to limit the Bank rale of interest to 5
per cent ; rejected 20 to 25. Yeas Benton,1
Grundy, &c. Nays Dallas, Webster, rre,
'.inghuysen, !&c. ;, j
Also Ah amendment to abolish proxy vot-j
ing, rejected ; 10 to 35. Yeas Benton;
Bibb, Ellis J Haynes, Hill, Kane, Marcy j
Moore, and Whu?. Nays Clay, Dullasj
Frelinghuysen, &c. t r '.'; i
June 2, 1832 Mr. Benton's amendment
to strik out i tho exclusive privilege of the
Bank rejected; yeas 16 Benton", Grundy
&c; nays 26 Dallas, Webster, Clay, Fre
linghiiyscn, &c.
I Same rfay Mr. I?enton"s amcrdrncnt to
forbid foreigners holding slock in therBank
reject ed. M r. Dallas voting " against it. X
- Same day- Mr. Benton's amendment asi
setting individual liability of stockholders rej.
jected. Mr, Dallas voting against it.
, Same day Mr. Benton's amcnuitTftat forf
bidding the issue of any currency by the Bank
not redoemabre in specie. Mr. Benton said
he offered tiii-s to test whether it was intended
to make the Bauki a specie-pay ing Bank oi-
not. Ttf jected 17 to '27 &r. Dallas voting
against it. - '
Same day Mr.-Maroys amendment re
serving ihe;right of repeal of the .Bank cbar
tcjr to Congress ; rejected, 15 to 20.- Mr.
Dallas voting against il. ....
Same day Mr. "TazwclP crr.cn'dmbnt .to
shorten the term of fl.e charter frcm 15 years
to 10'; Mr. Dallas' earnestly opposed it, " say'-'
in: " That the Bank heretofore had do:
no mischief, and coulj rQ h?re;.tfrJ
an
Ph
July 21 1832. Town nSceting in,Phi!ad$t; ':
ia; at which Daniel Groves was PcestderitJ;
Charles J: Jack , Esq. ofTircd tljo following -
resolution :. ' - 1 - l , 1 : r '
; " Resolved That m the veto of president
Jackson he. has shown an utter contempt ot
the unanimous voice of Pennsylvania, expfew-
oft thrrnifrh hpr T.Pfrisl.ittirf) nnrl dftlritralinri !i ri
, o ' Pi- I, ': i
Congress, both .with regard to thp bank," tho 1
tariff, and the judiciary.',
Daniel W. Coxe offered
t
the fol owin'2 rcso: .
lution which was unanimoqsly adapted:;
. Resolved, That the'lhanks o this -jneet, .
ing n;e due, andafc hereby tendered to Geo"; j
M, Dallas and William Wjllrins.i for hivipg ! ;
for the p js-
a.Philadef:;
lU. Dalias!
after a full discussion and deliberation being !
i i . i
had on the JSxecuiive.yeto to tjie. jbill rechari
tering the bank, continued to volcjfo'r the pas- '
sage of the bill," , j .
July 23, 1832 Veto meeting
phia; Henry ;Hord,.. .President,.'
poke.- On motion bf Thomas Earlc;
Resolcedf',Thal this meeting fully sustain?
the veto and the reasons bjr which it. is sus- v
tamed it ihe President' excellent message.8' .
July 7, 183S Mr. Dallas' wrote his. mem- j
orable letter in which he said ; MOf the co'n-!'
stitutibnal power of the National Government" ,
to create a bank, I did not ihep. nor do I noi j
entertain a doubt. Of the.abiljty ,cf Ce -resi 1
to create such a bank as would fc'a a s-f. ma j;
chine of finance and a se.rvjqable dger.t in rre-
serving a sound currency,! I tneni was; si I
still am convinced." "..
The end of chspter I. !
' -'. CHAPTER i I.
' Mr. Dallas arid Distribution.
'". Resolution of, the Bal irqoro j Convention! f
that nominated Messrs. Polk and tallas. tT
1 Resolved, That the proceed $ of the pub- .
lie lands ought to bo sacredly applied to tha i
national objects' specified in tho conslita imj
and that we are opposed to lbs hw
adopted,' and to' any law for the ulriwV'.ispr.
such proceeds among the states isl'i iiex
pedient in policy and repugnant io t!.3 con
sthution." ' ' "' - " il-l."-.
ihe shouts of the hunters of Kentucky in anti
cipation of hU triumph.- This fancy . was ir-" that " in hu "nIoa n,yLl-;n waso
resistible. : U appeared to arouse all his latent f contemptibly weak, as a moneyed
cnergies.andhemadean effort which was 'lion." - Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster trained
weak, so
corpora.
in tiie.se;aTE op ti UX1TI.
April 1$, 1832 Mr. Clay, fr
us j mitteo oa .Manufacture?. r:;rt;J ! -
n , U3 M,V.7.oution among ths e'.V.p ' t
ceeds of the Public Lnnc!a.
' May 91832 Mr. King. cf A!-' r:2
rr:3vcd to refer Mr. I .y "s bill to 'fchs Cc:.;;-;
. pp -I'? f' f. ":r.?': '-p;1' ft ; I ' ;:; '4' :",i; ,,':;-i'7;;; ' .ip ; . r