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CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS; AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS.' I! HOLMES 8c BAYXE, Editors and Proprietors, FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY, MAY l, 1841. - TEB3IS OF THE NORTH CAROLINIAN. Per annum, if paid in advance, &2 50 Do if paid at the end of 6 months, 3 0!) Do if paid at the end of the year, 3 50 Rates of Advertising : Sixty cents per square, for the first, and thiry cents for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction will be mode to advertisers by , the your. Court advertisements and Sheriff's sales, will be chafed 25 per c.nt. higher than the usual rates. All advertisements sent for publication should have the number of insertions intended, marked upon them, otherwise tlvy will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. IS q paper discontinued until arrearages are paid, ec-tat me option ot the ivluor. lor less than twelve Tiii V.'f 1 s I a ATM I No months. subscription received rcJULctters on business connrct'id with this estab lishment, must be addressed TIoi.mks IJaysf, Ivli'.ors of the IVorth-Caroliniiii!, and in all cases (3t-paid. CI?1 Sob-jeribcrs wi.-'ru-j; to make rn.it'nrc s w II r..-mjiii!'er that tli y can do so five of Post iiuist'is ar a:;t'.!Oi i'Z'"d bv law to remittances', if written bv .themselves, or the conte -.t s known to th"in. I AKE this rn -tbod o" returning-thanks to my friends and the nuhhV. f..r fXrmr.r c.,r.,oe. i.l- smess; alf-o to say, my house it 11 open tor the lc cepfon of Travellers, and is the St;ge Office, where seats are ere;? red and aecommodations ready for Pas-scnfeis, with continued exertions to sive sa;is-fr-'ionr E. SMITH. Faye'tevllle, March 13, 1341. luctf. My House is on the conv r of Gillisjie and Mum tord Streets, or.vcnient to the Market, and nenr the Mai e JJar.K. E PRESIDENT HOTEL, v m 7 1 iy mail, j-ost.i-e, frank letters enclosi:ir w;;.,r .i i fin .-.... i s!i -ct Ironi 12 to IS Prices of Job "Work; MH.MJ XjlL.JL.r-, p i:itd on a medium, rov or super roya! sheet, for 30 cop e., F r -ri) cos i' s, A 'id for every HORSE BILLS, on i ichi.-s square, ." c pi' s, Over 13 im hes, and not exereding 30, -CARDS, large si e, sin J- pack, And for every additional pa k, Smaller siz-.s i:i proportion. BLANKS, when printed to order, f-r 1 quire, 2 50 3 00 1 00 3 Q: 5 0: 3 00 1 23 So. 1-13 Broadway, New York. nHlIIS Splendid Establishment is now open t witn tneir patronage. ed to favfir in e.xceliint order, The House is lurmtnrc new and tle"ant . il qni:c, unuer o, 1 00 0) I J 1 Ann I r verv rnicrm H.xcee(iing o quires, all kinds of B 'JK &. JOB Pill 2s TING, ex-jcuted cheap for CAS! . THE FOLLOWING BLANKS! Kept constantly on hand AND FOR SAI.i; AT THE CAROLiTsriArr crrics: CHECKS, on Bank of the State, and Cape l-Var Uank. PltOECU t ION BONDS Supr. Ct. MAHPvIGE LICEN-ES VEND I EX; O , eonsab es !evV COMAII.I' )N- to tak- depositi-'n ty, ar.6 "Supr. court APPE A ll A N C E BON DS "NrtliT-d, Syp Tior and Co. Ct. OA. SA. &inr. Ct. INDICTMENTS for AftVay, and and Pait ry. ( o. and Sun. (;t. CER I IFIC ATES, Clk. Co. Ct. JURY TICKETS ORDERS to ovor-e rs of Roads BASTARDY BONDS TAX RECEIPTS YITNESS TICKETS E.I EC I MEN I S PATROL NOTICES "LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION Bonds Deeds, common, Sheriff's Deeds, Constables Ca. Sa. Bonds, Do Delivery do Appeal Bonds, Equity Subpoenas, Sup. rior Court Fi. Fa. County Court Sci. va, to re vive judgment. County Court Subpcnas, Superior Court Warrants, Bonds for Col'rd. Apprentices, The ladies' parlours are furnished in a style not sur passed by any in the Union. The cellars re well &ii.ich.eu ii-i uic iH ti oi wines ana liquors. me ?arcb r wiil b-- const :mtlv supidied with every deli cacy il:e mai uets can arjord. O.ie fd tne proprietors, has been lonsr, and he trusts, ti'voiably known, as a Hotel Keeper; the ether; as a Captain of Steam Boats, to Charleston, iev (.Means, (jralvcston. ccc T. B. REDMOND. JAMES PENNUYER. Proprietors. New York, February ll, 1S41. I03-3i:io Iliiiiik Warrants, Slate and Civp, with and without judgments, just I .-riated and for sale t:t the Carolinian O'illce, where ail !: irids . i Banks are kept for sale, W III 0Ur friends trive us a c id ? MOUNTAIN BUTTER. gJ Firkins (assorted.) Some very superior, at prices from 5 to 16 cents per pound ! for sale by GEO. McNEILL. Nov. -24, 1SJ0. FOR SALE. A TWO STORY Frame House, con taming lour rooms, passage and Kitchen, situated on Hay Mount, and as a SUMMER RE SIDENCE, might be so improved, as not to be surrasced by any in the neighborhood. TERMS will be made known at this office. LAMP OIL. First quality WINTER pressed. For sale by GEO. McNEILL. December, IStH. Assault J. & J. KYLE HAVE just received by the last arrivals from the North, a large and splendid assortment of STAPLE & FANCY GOODS. which tre f'oths, C:ssimires, Stt'inets, Kentucky Jones, Flannels, Blankets, Fr ech at'd English Meririoes' C':i;tiii s, ; r. l Me-!in d'Lnins, (omc of which are v rv fine) Irisli Lim n-, Lawns, atid Disp rs, Caiico-'s, Swifs ftn-1 nth- r Muslins, Silks and Sat-i-s, Black and B';e B'aek Bombazines, Anker i!.i';i 'j C'lotl-.--, &c, with many other articles; AM of wit e's bf-i bought i.t the lowest package prie i is f iler. -d at ULDUCED PRICES, bv who e sah: or retail. J04-tf Loco Foco FRICTION MATCHES. i GROSS, HOLMES' Improved Fric Oiy lion Matches, pi-d received, ami for s do bv the Gro-s or Dozen, a superior ariie'e. and warrant, d. Applvto J AMES MAR'l INE. Acont:.nts u ply of the above kept on bund, and ill be. t;., Id low. to sell again. Fayctlevdie, September 5, 1840 SO-tf originated with Gen. Harrison himself, but j with his frieud?, before his arrival at Wash ington, it was first intimated I believe by Mr Clay, and we learn from the public journals, that a Caucus of his friends of the Senate of the United States, headed by Mr Clay and Mr Webster, was held at Washington as ear ly as the 24th of Jan. last, and auother on the 30th of the same month, at which it was resolved upon. That the alledged condition of the Trea sury is a mere pretext, or apology to the peo ple and is not the real cause, will be mani fest, upon recurring to the proceedings ofthe late Congress. The state of the Treasury is not one of recent or sudden discovery. There is perhaps no subject upon which the people are kept so regularly and perodically advised, as upon the state of the public finances. In December last the Secretary of the Treasury laid the usual annual statement of their condi tion, a statement derived from the official re cords of his office, before Congress and the people. The means of the treasury have been sufficient to meet all the demands upon it aud thev have been Dromntlv met. There was no deficiency. But if there had been, Congress was then assembled aud at the com mencement of a session, and can any sensi ble reason be assigned why the proper provi sion was not made before the adjournment: Can any sensible reason be "assigned why none of the caucus of Senators who resolved upon an extra session as early as the 24th Jan., brought forward a proposition to enlarge the means of the Treasury? There was still more than a month of the Session unexpired. The friends of Gen. Harrison's admmistra tion not onlv made no such nrooosition, but j it. ' a decided majority of them in the House ac tuauy voted against the provision which was made, by authorizing the issue oi $5,UUUy 000, of Treasury notes, to be placed at the Id iiiiiu oi goons uoujiiii iii niu -oi i ii, uui. ot me xaieai i , . u. arrivals, and since the recent decline in the mire of ai ainouill ue requireu uuring uj j-cai. GOODS. ihese Treasury notes were authorized not Superior Cloths ; Blue, Black. Green, and because of aiiy existing deficiency in the Iuvisible Green. Treasury but in order to guard against all 1 antaloon otuns ; summer Cloths ; lame beroou ; Erminnefs; Linen Drillin ; Vest- iisjrs : Common, Plain and Printed Shilus : Printed Lains ; Jaconets. ELIZA BETHTOWN, N. C, April 12, IS41. Mr DANIEL MtQUEEN, Sir : Take notice that 1 shall appear at the next Court of Pleas and dnarter sessions, to be held at the Court JJouse m Lhsa- betbtown, Bladen county, on the first Monday in May next, to take the benefit of the act of Assembly . i j f. . i i f .. . i i . maue anu proviuca, ior ine rciiei ot insolvent aeoi ors, when and where you may attend if you tkink proper. RICHARD CADE. I I2-3t NOTICE. rgpHE late firm ofNott & Starr beins di -solved -JL by the d. ath of Mr William Nott of said Arm, Notice is hereby eiven by the Subscriber, as Surviv ing Partner, to all peisons having claitns aarainst said firm, to present them for payment; and to all persons indebted to them, whose note3 and accounts are due, that immediate payment is required, as the business of the firm must now be closed according to Law. JOHN D.STARR, 102-tf, Shit ivin Partner. roe was to be introduced into the Federal Ad- j ministration he did not venture to put the States to the inconvenience aud the Nation to the expense of convoking Congress into tiXira oession. . uch vcu. - ceeded John Quincy Adams and reversed the federal policy of his administration, and re instated the Republican policy in its stead, he didf not convene Congress before the regu lar period of its meeting. There have been but six extra sessions ot Congress convened by the Proclamation of the President since the adoption of the Con stitution, and all of these w ere called upon sudden public emergencies, threatening the public peace and safety, or other great and vital public" interests, which could not have been foreseen and provided for by Congress at its last preceding session. During Geu. Washington's administration there was no extra session. President John Adams, by his proclama tion, called Congress together in extra ses sion on the 15th of May, 1797. The cause assigned was, the state of the relations be tween the United Stales and France, the re fusal of the latter to recognize aud receive the American Minister, and the danger of belli gerent collisions between tne two conn- tries. NEW GOODS. W. McINTYRE has now received a ffood ossoit- possible . contingencies which might arise from the falling off of the revenue during the year, under the- progressive reductions of the tarm or compromise act oi isjo. mere is Calicoes; Gighams; Ribbons; Fancy one plain fact, that must strike conviction to Handkerchiefs and Gloves ; Irish Liunens ; the mind of every reflecting man of every Manchester Shirtings; and Family Long party, that the state of the Treasury cannot Cloths; Lumen Diapers: Palm Leaf Hats: be the real cause. It is this. Gen. Harri Ioods ; Florence Braid and Straw Bonnets ; son entered on the duties of his office on Umbreliiis and Pnmiaols ; Wool aud Fur :i the 4th of March with &5.000.000 oiTrea lats ; Boots and Shoes ; Crockery Ware and j sury notes, placed at ' his command in addi Glass Ware. tion to the amount on hand in the Treasury. Those who wish to purchase goods, are respect fully invited to call, where they will find as many articles, as they can expect to Una in a ttorc. April 24, 1S41. II3-.3UJO Mr Jefferson, by fcis Proclamation, called Congress to meet on the 17th of October, 1803. The cause assigned was, the cession to the United States by France of the Port of New Orleans and Territory of Louisiana, rendering the immediate action of Congress necessary, to ratify and cany the Treaty into effect. Mr Jefferson, by his Proclamation, called Congress to meet' on the 27th of October, 1807. The cause assigned was the outrage committed by a British armed vessel on tne U. S. Frigate Chesapeake,. which naa ueen attacked within our waters, a part ot her men killed, a part taken, the vessel disabled from proceeding ou her voyage, and the imminent danger of war with Great Britain. M r Madison, by his Proclamation, conven ed Coneress on the 4th of November, 1811. The cause assigued was the continued out rage committed bv British armed vessels upon our seamen and our commerce ; the refusal of Great Britain to repeal her orders in Coun cil, and the impending danger of immediate mont of Congress, sad' which could net ha r a been foreseen or guarded againsL.. When convened he laid before Congress the rcoaona which' had made il necessary for him to cai' them. Congress heard the petitions of Cva deposits banks ?i?d. public debtcrs, an j passed laws" giving' theni time to pay in in stalments. And to supply the want of the public fuuds for the payment of which indul gence was thus given, they provided the mean. temporarily by the issuance, of a limited amount of Treasury notes, for'; meeting the public engagements and'maintainibg the pub lic credit. The causes of the extra session of 1S37 were of sudden occurence, and ths public 7iccessity for it imperious upon the Pre sideuf. ... . ; . . . : .. ft cannot be pbssiblo that even heated par tisans can discover any paralled, in the cau ses and circumstances which rendered it necessary in 1 837, and the present call of Congress by Gen. Harrison. . , Whether, therefore, wo look to precedent or to the condition of the country, the convo cation of Congress is equally to be condemn ed. No expression of public opinion snjg- ested it as necessary. There were no peti tions from the people. No oue seriously thought of it until it was resolved upon by a caucus of political leaders at wasningxon. That caucus however decreed it and Vren. Harrison executes the fiat. So palpably un called for and improper is it, that there is no unanimity in its favor even among Jeaamg men' who supported Gen. Harrison's elec- tion. Let the responsibility rei wnero u . belongs, with the President' and his counsel- NEW GOODS. JVcw Tailoring1 Kstablislimeiit, ti Ml D. KEELYX, Co. respectfully inform the citizens of F.ivetteville, and tbe surrounding it untrv, that tbey b;ivc commenced tbe 'tailoring lVisiness, in the store lately occispii'd as a Jewelry ."S-iop, bv Mr Ueas' v, near Liberty Point, where they :ie prepared to execute all wur'i in their line, in the i. st sind most fahiotiable manner, and upon rt-a-sonab'c Icim", 1 l Subscriber has received his Fall and "Win ter supply oi" Goods, embracing a general as- s ltmcnt ot JDBY-GOOUS, .Shoes; and Doots, 11 ids and Cans, Hard "Ware am Cutkrv, Crockerv and Gl i?s Ware, Wines and Liquors, Groceries of all kinds, Patent Medicine? Paints and Dve Stuffs, Hatters materials, &c. &c. 'I'hc Stock is very heavy, .Merchants are invited ft til and ejamine for themxtlvc: South Carolina money ivilt he taken at par if paid tchen tht Goods arc bought. G. 1?. ATKINS, 35tf. Foul J lay-Mount Oct. 2G 1S3'J. Gardner and CARRIAGE III!! McKctliaii, MAKERS. Feb. 25, 1S4I. 105-3 mo IMPORTED IP la 1 1 e a3 Will make the ensuing season in Kivetteville, under .the management of the Mirweriber. Terms. SSO the season, to comm -nee I-l of March, and end Knhof July 1S11. Breeders 10 have patronised him two st aor.s vi 1 be allow a deduction twenty per cent., and ot t- n er it. for one season. A deduction ot tweiVy per .v.it. will also be nude to classes 1 six mun s. M-ircs f-iilinc to Flatten r in the spring, will be per muted to attend him in the fdi (it d sied) gratis oi in the following spr'ng tor half puce. PEDIGREE FLATTEREU was got bv Mui.kt, (sue of imp I eriathan &e.) his dam Clare, by Marm'on sr. d. l -i-palice by Gohanna-2f. e. d. Amazon by Driver r. ,r t) . Fractious bv Mer'-my AY oocpeoi' r uvk -Everlasting by EclipsrUycer bvbnrp Miss B lsea by Reiilus I5at eits Cattle, Hogs, Mules, - Timber Wagons, &c. . It is certain, there is at present no deficiency of means, to meet all the current demands Upon the Treasury,- aud caunot be, until the $o,()UU,UH) ot the 1 reasury notes, as well as the amount now in the Treasury, and the ac cruing revenues, daily coming in, shall be ex pended and exhausted. Under a proper ad lors. JAMES K. POLK. Nashville, March 29, 1841. JL to-wir, at tbe South Uiver Mills, the stock ministration of the 1 reasury Department, it of Cattle. Hoes, Mules. 1 nnber wagons, &c, be lon-;in to the late firm ot fibl lings worth and Burksdule. A credit of 6 months will be given to Durchae r. on iheir irivins bond with approved curity. The sale will take place on Tkuisday, the 13th of May next. R. MELVIN, G. T. BARKSDALE, Extculors of Stephen Ilollingsicorth D. BARKSDALE, G. T. BARKSDALE, NOTICE. t HlHEsale of property on the Court House square, Bl lately Neill Johnson's, postponed on the 9th instant, Will be made during: the wetk of the Su perior Court. JOHN W1NSLOW, Trustee. Fayctteville, April 22, 1S41. 1 13-2t DISSOLUTION. f ES TJE co-partnership heretofore existing umler M. the firm of M. LliARi, Co , was this day dissolved bv mutual consent. M. LEAHY, & Co. Fayetteviile, April 23, 1S41. 113-3t is confidently affirmed that no deficiency can occur during the year. But it this opinion were found in the course of the year to be er roneous, what was the natural and proper course to have been pursued by the Presi dent: Undoubtedly it was, to go on in the administration in the usual way, using the means at his command, and wait and see whether it would become indispensably ne- Surviving partners. cessai-y to put the nation to the inconveni ence and expense of calling Congress togeth er, to make provision for the preservation of the Dublic faith and nublic interests. This is Childes-- I Imioy wood's Arabian Mr Howe's Byenj lurk II au the dam of the two t'lin Clues, &c. &c. Extended Pedigree and other particulars m hand. i il's Yarcs from a distance will hnve good pnstu-:.-" find be well fed for thirty cnts por day. Viv'care will be taken to avoid, but no Iiabi.ity u,d be aumed tor, accidents. Favetteville, Feb'y. 2, 134! 1 2-tf. AVE now on hand, and for Sale at very Rc duccd Prices, G Carriages, 7 Barouclies, - . i ..1 tt ! li. .j loui-wiiec'i rus;ics, very um, 3 Buggy Oigs, do. 5 Sulkies, do. 6 Spring Wagons and 4 Chair Wagons. Also, a very large assortment of work which, we are daily finishing. Also a general assortment of Coach-Makers materials kept constantly on hand and for sale. Persons v.ilii; to buy, wou'd do well to call and cxnmin" thr-ir work, as they feel confident they can make their work a? well, and sell it as low a it can b : had from a:iy legular Northern Establish ment. All wwik made and sold by them is warranted 12 month-s :md will bo repaired without charge, if thev (ail by bad workmanship or materials. Repairing neatly executed at short notice, and on reasonable terms. Orders thankfully received, and promptly attend Favetteville, March 12, IS41. 56-tf. not done ; but in less than a fortnight atte'r he takes possession of the Government and when the heads of Departments could scarce ly have had time to do more than look into their respective offices, and could have had but little opportunity to learn their actual con dition and the routine of their own duties, it is resolved upon to convene Congress, not to provide for an existing deficiency in the Treasury, but for an anticipated one, which there is no probability will occur. Other and ulterior objects were undoubted ly the real cause. Large and extravagant promises which can never be redeemed had been made to the people, and it was doubtless CORN MEAL. T ie Grist Mill near the Loiee, has been put in complete O'der, una is now prepared to srmd Corn in any quantities, and ats'iort notice. A skil ful and tnisly Miller has been employed. Those who prefer it. can have their Corn enchanted. Favetteville, April 14, IS41. 112-St It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Wm. Simmons, the defendant is not an inhabitant of th s State, it is therefore oid red, that publication be made in the Carolinian and Fayctteville Obser ver for three months, noWying said defendant to ap pear at the Fall Term, 1S41, of this court, to answer plead or demur to said petition, or tne sanae win be t;ikt'ii pro confosso, and heard exparte as to h.m. AVits.css Alexander McDowell, Clerk of said court, at office, the 5th dav of February, 1841. ALEXANDER McDOWELL Cik. 113-3mo Political. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ( Bladen Cotmty, ) Superior Court of Laic, Fall Term, 1840. AnnSimmon3, vs. Wm. Simmons. -Pet. for Divorce, deemed to be necessary to do something, or to affect to do something to keep up the pub lic expectation, and thereby possibly to ope rate upon the elections which are to take place in the States during the present year. It was to keep up, if possible, the public ex citement, and to continue upon that system of deception and delusion, which was so suc cessfully practiced at the last Presidential election. The Federal party who now con trol the Government are panting for the exer cise of their newlv acquired power. They probably fear to let the public mind sober down to a state of calm reflection, lest perad venture they may not succeed in their, favo rite measures of Federal policy, at the uext regular session cf Congress. The call of Congress by General Harrison, under the existing circumstances, is without a precedent in the history of the Government. If it be placed upon the giound that a new public policy is about to be introduced by the new administration, it is witnout precedent i or justification. When John Adams was defeated and Afr Jefferson was inducted into the Presidential office in 1S01, he, though differing in every essential public principle and measure with Mr Adams, condemning his Alien and Sedition Law principles, his policy upon the French Question, his mid night judiciary system, and all his high-toned Federal docti ines, yet did not deem himself to be justified in convoking Congress before the regular period of its meeting. "When John Qiiiucy Adams became President, and a new policy differing from that of Mr Mon- G0VERX0R POLK S ADDRESS It is, perhaps, not inappropriate to the oc casion, to inquire why it is that Congress is to be convet eJ in Extra Session. Io at tempt to justify it upon any ground of pub lic necessity, is to mock the public under standing. It is in vain that we inquire, why the people are to be taxed a half million of dollars. We are in a state of peace with all the world, and nothing has occurred of which the public is advised tojustify so extraordinary a measure. Many of the States, and among them Tennessee, are put to the inconveni ence and trouble of holding special elections for their Representatives, in advance of the regular time prescribed by the State laws, and when so full an expression of popular wiil is not iike'y to be obtained, as would have been at the regular periods of election. The idea of a called session of Congress, as far as the public arc advised, does not seem to have and open hostilities. It was at this session that war was declared by Congress. Mr Madison, by his Proclamation, con vened Congress to meet on the 19th of Sep tember, 1814. The cause assigned was, to enable Congress to make " more effective provisions for prosecutiug the war" with Great Britain which was then pending, and to provide for the public exigencies growing out of the V ar. During Mr Monroe's administration there was no extra session of Congress ; during J. Q. Adams' there was none ; during Gen. Jackson's there was none. Mr Van Buren convened Congress to meet on the first Mon day of September, 1S37. The causes assign ed are fresh in the recollection of the country. In less than three months after he entered upon his duties as President of the United States, the commercial revulsion of that year, visited not only this but every other commer- ciai country, ana was leu wim even more itense severity in England than it was here. At that time the public money of the United States was by law directed to be kept on de posite in specie paying banks, and was dis bursed through them. The banks from one end of the Union to the other, and among them the banks in which the public money had been placed on deposite for safe keeping and disbursement, suddenly suspended specie payments. T.he amount of public money, which had been paid by the taxes of the peo ple, and was on deposite in the banks at the period of their suspension, was upwards of twenty-eight millions of dollars. By the sudden suspension of specie pay ments by the banks, which could not have been foreseen or controlled by the govern ment, this large amount of public money which had been cheerfully paid by the people for the support of government, was withdrawn from the public use, and not a dollar of it could be commanded by the government in a legal currency, or such as the government wa3 authorized by law to tender or to pay to the public creditors. A universal pressure in the motley market prevailed, and for a time it seemed as though the froveniment was brought to a dead stand. Unless with the voluntary assent of the banks to pay small amounts in sound funds but which the gov ernment had no power to coerce not a labo rer on the public works, not a pensioner could be paid. After the suspension of specie payment by the binks, there was, moreover, no place provided by law where the public money ac cruing to the Treasury could be placed. The public debtors upon duty bonds run ning to maturity, were severely pressed and apprehended utter ruin to themselves aud wide spread distress among their debtors, n payments were enforced by the government. In this state of thiags, the importers and the banks a iarge majority of whom were pub licly and notoriously in political opposition to the President appealed to him by their petitions to convoke Congress. He yielded to their wishes and did convoke Congress in Extra Session, but postponed the period of their meeting to the latest possible day com patible with the public interests so as to put the States which had not elected their Repre sentatives to the least possible inconvenience. He yielded only to au absolute public necessi ty, one which had arisen after tbe adjourn- F.otn the Milledgevills Recorder. To the People of Georgia. No. Fellow-Citizens: In my first , letter I told you that I would show you how the great money-holders,- the"; merchants, the lawyers, the doctors, aud the printers, by courting and flattering the members, and by making great promises, got the Legislature to pass laws authorizing them," the money-holders to rnaka f paper money. I think I hear some of you say, treating! Yes, fellow-citizens treating; and I tell you that more votes can be got among the members of the Legislature hj treating and ilattery, m proportion io me ir numbers, than can be got among tne people in any county in Georgia; and 1 am Sorry to say that is a big say. ' Many years ago, when the thing commenc ed, the person's who wanted the Legislature to pass a law to give them the privilege to make paper money, would get up a pet it to:: from their town people to the Legislature to incorporate the persons named, and grant them a greai many things and .irhong other things to make paper money; and commonly, by way of an inducement, it was proposed that the State should take part of the stock and elect part of the directors. The next step was to elect some two or three talented and popular men to the Legislature, who filler in troducing their bill to charter the bank, com menced a system of courting and flattering the members and treating them to wine avA cigars; and if necessary, telling some that they should be taken into the company; other.-? that they or their son's, or some of their con nexions, should be made Cashiers or clerks or officers of some kind; and to those who could not be operated on in these ways, they would promise that money should be more plenty, that they and the rest of the people .should get better prices for their crops, and tha. the pa per money should be as good as (;o'd end silver, because the bills would all be payable on demand, and that the bank would par thetn on demand; that it must do so, or tbe bank would be broke and its bills refused by every person. It is true, that while the banks ope rated cautiously and honestly, while they issu ed no more bills than they had just grounds to believe they could not take up on pre sentation, the system worked very well; money became more plenty andproduco rose. But here let me ask you, brother farmers, how were you benefitted? The old men amongst you recollect, when we had no banks in Geor gia, you got about twenty cents per pound for your cotton, and paid about 500 for a nc gro fellow, and for other thiug3 that you wanted, in proportion. W?hen banks multi plied aud cotton rose, you had to proportion ably higher for land, negroes, horses, mules, &c. So that it still took the same quantity of cotton to buy the same amount of land, ne groes, horses, mules, &c., and the only dif ference was, that by seeming to make more money, you aud your family were induced to live more expensively than prudent farmers should. Of late years, corporation charters have obtained, and banking commenced upon a different and worse plan, and God knows the old plan of getting them was bad enough! Latterly they have, in addition to the old arts of coaxing, wheedling, flattery and treating, added a system of log rolling which I will ven ture to pronounce the most corrupt and cor rupting system of legislation ever practised or tolerated in any country. I wiil endeavor to explain it so as that you can understand it, for it is important you should know how these things were brought about, that you may without hesitation apply the proper remedy. Suppose the people of Athens and that neighborhood want a char ter; the people of Greensborough want ano ther; the people of Augusta want another; tne people of Savannah, the people of Macon and fcolumbua each want one. They send their members cut aud dried to the Legislature;
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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May 1, 1841, edition 1
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