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TMJB ''"NORTH - D AIIOILINI AN. mi cultivation and ardent attachment ofal her citizens. He showed the swamp lands in this section to be fraught with advantages of the most immense importance, and ex pressed the opinion that nogrouna for regret would ever occur either io individuals or the State, from the operations now m execution fur draining them. To the Ex-Governor, vho it seems was the first to suggest the im portant measure of reclaiming these lands, he . . it I r f' . i paid a iusi aua uauusorne compumem: anu gave nun au me mem 01 so uoia ana origi nal a conception for the State's welfare. In the multitude of good things he uttered on the occasion, he represented the State fas rich in. all the sources of health, wealth and .happiness, and declared that no man need go beyond her limits to look for as good ant education, as much health and wealth, and ijis good a wife, as can be found any where. 1 a word; on the whole subjecf be proved hurt!f in head, heart and speech, to be sound, patriotic and eloquent. I- From ih i Albany Argus, Hank or no Bank. r7 publish in another column, the remon strance of thirty-six members of the N. York Chamber of Commerce, against the creation by Congress, of a National Bank. At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, it will be recollected, thirty-six members, be ing n majority of those present, voted in favor of a bank. We now have the names of thirty-seven highly respectable merchauts and firms, remonstrating agaiust any bank to be chartered by Cougress. The majority of thirty-six appointed a committee to corres pond with similar associations of merchants and traders iu other cities. The response from Philadelphia, was adverse to au appli cation to Congress nt this time, for a bank. The remonstrance against a Bank, to which wo have alluded, contains many sug gestions which are worthy the grave con sideration of the people at large, as well as their representatives in Congress. There is great force and entire truth iu the assertion that the few simple fiscal operations of the government, create no necessity for a bank, since " business precisely similar is cou stantly transacted for the individual members of the community, and for the several states, through the existing banks, private bankers, merchants, &c, to au amount vastly exceed ing, in any given period, the whole money transactions of the government." These experienced merchants also declare that foreign and domestic exchanges will be regulated by the laws of trade, and that it is neither desirable nor possible by any artificial regulator, to control those laws. As a regulator of the currency, the remon strants object to giving such a tremendous , power over the happiness of every individual j in the nation, to a few men who are responsi- ! blc only to the stockholders ; and assert that the delegation of such a power to a corpora tion, " is utterly inconsistent with the spirit, and subversive of the object of our mode of government." The remonstrance ought to be read by "every citizen of the sta'te, and we hope every democratic paper will find room for its publication. The advocates of a bank invariably appeal to the experience of the past. Experience is always, but in this case peculiarly, valuable. It exhibits, in the clearest manner, the enorm ous abuses to which the power lodged in such an institution may be perverted; and the danger for the future is much enhanced; by the pathway of crime and wrong having been already pointed out. The abuses of the late bank, before the cessation of its national charter, were suffi ciently abundant : but it is idle, we think, to ... i .1 . separate, so completely as some uo, ine con tinuance of the bank under its state charter from its previous existence. It did not cease for a day ; it continued under precisely the same management ; the changes that took place, if any were mere changes in name and in form. The only difference in substance was, tbat the state bank had not the custody and use of the public moneys; and this con firms the belief, that the public deposits were of far more use in sustaining the bank and the interests of its stockholders, than was the bank in promoting- the convenience or ad vantage of the Government. f:-In conclusion, we submit with perfect re spect, and iu all deference, that on the ques tion of exercising so important a power, about whose existence such grave and general- doubt prevails, the Legislature of the country, bound, like all agents to regard scru pulously the terms and limits of the instru ment that constitutes their authority, should incline to the safe side, and err rather in stop ping short, than in exceeding its supposed constitutional powers. Ma'cland, Kennedy&Co De ft ham & Moor, E'i Hait, J. J. Boyd, Moses "Taylor, C- H. Raberg, D. Ay mar, Mortimer Livingston, Joseph Walker, Geo. Hussey, S. J. DeRiiytcr, Ruel Smith, Stephen Johnson, Henry Smith, Lora iVash, Prosper M. Wetmore, Ifepry H. Barrow, A. M. Lavvre ce, Campbell P. White, Saul Alley, Senator Mangum Lately stated on the floor of the Senate, that there was not one whi in fire thousand, in North Caroli na, opposed to a United States Bank. What a whopper ! I ! Whence does he derive his informa tion of public sentiment on this subjecf. Did the last whig Legislature pass any resolutions in favor of a United States Bank ? No! but they did on the subject ot the public domain ! Has one sinele petition gone from this State to Congress, in favor of a Bank ? No. One single public mecti'.ibeen called to act in its favor ? No. And yet, accord ing to this Senator, the whigs in North Carolina are zealously in favor of it, whilst its fate is now hanging in doubtful suspense jn Congress, and not a man of them is up, and doing a single turn to help if. We must be excused for saying that we have no confidence in Senator Manguins honesty or ve racity. His whole pol.tical course has been crook ed and incongruous ; federal and democrat, Jackson and Anti-Jackson, NuIIifier ahd Anti-Nu'liiler, Bank and Anti-Bank ; and now that the federal party have got tho complete ascendancy, lie shows the cloven foot of federalism, with unblushing impu dence. Oh! how it ought to gall every true North Carolinian, to see this Senator, a very lick-spit, and faicntng sycophant at the feet of Clay and "Webster, ready to do, to fatter, or swear for them, as lho occa sion mjy rcqui:e ! ! Vho c m forget his conduct at the !a-t session of Congress, w hen to flatter the rising sun of Daniel Webster, then just ushgr ng into great power, he charged that great, noble and patriotic soldier, General Jackson, with having ; plot ted the overthrow and ruin of his country, because he had nsked an appropriation from " congress, to carry into execution our treaty of indemnify with France? We never ! never!! can forget, how our bosom burned wilh indignation, when we firsread h;s speech on this occasion. It was loul ingrati tude, base servility, and black-hearted treachery.. Bache M'Evers, E. H. Nicoll, x Daniel Trimber, B. L. Woolley, J. D. Van Curen, Jno. H. Howland James Lee & Co. Win. Chamberlain, OoVeri, WaddinjLton&Co. A P. Pilot, Sila3 Wood, John L. II. McCracken. Wm. Nefsoh, Wm. Banks. A National Hank. , Subjoined (says the N. Y. Evo. Post) is the able remonstrance of certain members of ihe chamber of Commerce in this eity, against a national batik. It is to be remarked of it, that there is attached to it, the names of thirty six members which is one more than the number of persons who voted in favor of the bank at the regular meeting of the Chamber. Nor does this list comprise the names of all the members who are opposed to a national bank. To the Senate anl ILjusu of Representatives of the U. States in Congress assembled. K The undersigned, members of the Cham ber of Commerce of the city of N. Y., dis seuting from the views expressed iu a memo rial adopted by the majority of a late meeting of that body, urging upon Congress the in corporation of a national bank, beg leave re spectfully, but most earnestly, to remonstrate against the creation of such an institution. We cannot recognize the necessity of creating a special agent to manage the few and simple fiscal operations of the Govern ment the receipt, custody, payment and transfer of its moneys when business pre cisely similar is constantly transacted for the individual members ot the community,1 an: tor trie several states, through the existing banks, private bankers, merchants, and bro kers, to an amount vastly exceeding, in any given period, the whole mouey transactions of the government. And if we should con cede that au institution, .whose powers and nctions were confined strictly to the money af fairs of the government, might be free from some of the objections to a national bank, we would submit that those who justify its creatiou soleiy ou that ground, ure bound to see that its purpose and possible exercise of power nie rigidly restrained withiuu those limits. f The endeavor to regulate foreign and do mestic exchanges by any aitificial device of this nature, we cannot but regard as being (like many similiar schemes, now exploded, for managing by legislation, matters of trade that are best governed by their wn natural laws, and which, iu spite of all efforts lo the contrary, icill be regulated by those laws) tyrannous in design, and impossible in prac tice. V Another purpose for which such an in stitution is sought, is, as a regulator of the paper currency. If, as the advocates of a na tional bank maintain, the management and regulation of the entire paper currency of the country be a sacred duty of the General Gov ernment, then we submit, it is too immense a power, and too sacred a trust to be delega ted V And we submit further, that to place so tremendous a power in the hands of a small number of persons, such as the directors of a corporation, who, while they exert a direct -and controlling influence over the happiness of everv individual in the nation, are resnonsi- v J l ' bio for its exercise only to a few stockhold ers, is utterly inconsistent with the spirit, and subversive of the object of our mode of Gov- The New York Custom House Inves tigation is still in progress. The Herald says it has been at some pains to collect the general results of the evidence, and though more evidence is required in many points, yet there seems little doubt that the following con clusions are not far from the truth. That Swartwout's deficiency has never exceeded $400,000 that he has received permission to return homo from the government, and that when he returns he will expose the knavery that made him a defaulter for $1,260,000, by confusing his accounts. That William M, 1 rice is not a defaulter to the Government at all that his resignation of office was forced upon him by the intrigues of others that when he went to Europe, his purpose was to return with Swartwout. That one Mr Dayton a respectable importer has testified that he gave his check for $25,000, by way of compro mise, to recover his goods from the public stores, amounting to $400,000, including the usual duties. There are other round charges made against the officers of the Customs, of secretly obstructing the foreign trade of New York at the instigation of a confederacy of manufacturers of other cities, which as the evi dence upon which they rest has not yet been made public, niay'r may not be made true. The committee will no doubt cet at all the acts, and they will then be given to the pubic. The Suit against Mr Riddle No Xic JiM dle ; for only Honest men ougiit to have the respectful pre-lix of Mr. It is said the United States Bank 'nave brought suit against Biddle for $700,000, To find out what ha3 become of that amount of the Bank's money, fir which, he can show no voucher, nor ofTtrs any explanation. We can teil them what has become of that money, without fee or reward ! It has been spent in bribes in every nhapr, (to su:t I lie sensil il itics and standing of ihe party,) to members of Con gress lawyers, editors and electioneering paitizans, to put down Gi neral 'Jackson and tho democratic party. Clayton's repoit in 1S32 shows it ; the his tory of ihe Bank shows it ; the late report of the stockho'dcrs shows it ; and, if these all are not suf ficient, Clay, Webster, Ewing, Beta Badger, the editors of the Intelligencer, James Watson Webb, and the great mass of the federal press, can tell a'.l about the monej. Experience the best Teacher. The whigs profess this maxim in finance, but grossly disregard its teaching.. The old Bank of the United Staffs chartered in 17UI, was put down in 1811, by the unanimous voice of 1 lie democratic party, as dangerous to l.berly ; as having employed corrupt intcftcrcnce with ihe cltctions,. with the proceedings of Congress and ihe public prcis,.. and as unconstitutional. The last Bank of the United States in all these lespccts, has out-Herodecl, Herod. It produced the suspension of all the banks, and ihe great storm of bankruptcy and ruin of 1319 it pro duced the great commercial t.uiricane of 1825 it wound up, and completely put down all the Banks in North Carolina, in 1827, '28---it produced tl; great panics and suspensions of 1833, '31, '37, '39 nd '10. The country has had but 4 years peace under its reign, and that was when it was shower ing its gol kn accommodations every where, mak- 1:1" every thin'? wear the a r nf?:ir:inro nf nrnsnprifv , , . j ..j . NORTH-CAROLINIAN. WM. H. BAYNE, EDITOR. AND PtTBtilSII CR. F"riJy Morning, July 2, 1811. JCJl'hi! paper was put to press lim morning, that all concerned might join in the celebration of the Fourth Saturday. iCJWe neglected to mention last week, the death of JOHN McLAURIN, Sen'r., Esq., who expired about 9 o'clock on Friday evening, 18lh ult in this place. We invite the attention of our readers to an ar ticle in to-day's paper taken from the Albany Argus It will be Boeu that thirty-six members of the Chamber of Commerce, of the city of New York, have remonstrated against the establishment of National Bank. The reasons a?sined by them are given in plain but forcible language, easily un derstood, and we think calculated to carry convic tion to the mind of every man, who is not blinded by prejudice, warped by selfishness. The Twin Fiscalitics. The proj ct of a Fiscal Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr Clay's bill for the establish ment of a similar institution are now before the Sen ate of the United States. The plan of Secretary Ewing, seems to find but little favor with the whig editors of the North : a large portion of them con demn the Treasuer in no equivocal terms. Mr Clay's bill, we think; will meet with a strong opposition from a part of the whig members of the House of Representatives, and we are not without a hope that this iniquitous scheme may be defeated. In the Senate, he seems to play the part of dictator to his f .-deral allies, so successfully, that the proba bility is, he may find a sufficient number to register his edicts. Our North Carolina Senators, particu larly Mr Mangum, have given such evidence of their pliancy, as to leave no doubt, of their readiness to do his bidding. Mr Clay's " sic vow ; sic jubeo," is enough for them. The wh;g appear willing to reject the title of a National Bank, and substitute the more euphonious title of ' Fiscal Bank," but, as has been justly re marked, thcrejs just about as much difference be tween a Fiscal Bank and a National Bank, as there is between federalism and modern whiggery. . '"-ji" (CoI. L. II. Marstellar is a catididatc for the County Court Clerkship of New Han over county. Tricks of the Cabinet. Under Mr Kendall's cdininistratior. of the Post Officii Department, it was the r.ractice to iiulilish i weekly, a 1 st of removals and uppointmcnts of Post Masters, of every irade and denomination. The present Pest Master, Mr Granger, it is alledged, is carrying on a secret system of proscription, by ap pointing abo'itionists to office, and designedly, has. omitted to have the removals and appointments pub lished, under ihe hrpe, no doubt, of escaping detec tion. The National Intelligencer only publishes the appointments of Post Masters made by the Pre sident, which embraces only those, where the reve nue of the ofjjce exceeds $2,000, all the appoint ments below that sum, being madeby the Post Master. The appointments made by Mr Granger, ate twenty or t hi sty, to one of those made by the President. It is well known that Mr Granger is an abohtionist, that he represented when in Con gress one of the foulest abolition districts, was nominated by abolitionist?, and voted in favor of the reception of their petitions, and against every resolu tion offered by the South to shut them out. The Post office Department may be made the most dan gerous to Southern institutions, when headed by an abolitionists it penetrates like the veins and aitcrie3 of the human body, every part of the coun try, and can circulate the poison of abolition doc trines unseen into every neighborhood and family carrying on all the v hile, a war m disguise; until in every Captain's District in the South, a leader may be found to sound the bloody tocsin of massacre, burning and destruction. WThat savages compose the Federal Cabinet ! ! ! Every hour in the day the death warrant of forth fom Washington, to take ofT his head for mere opinion's sake, Tn a free country. How the Three 1 Factions Organized Con gress ! ! The threa factions, the Federalists, Abolitionists and Conservatives, under the name of whiirs, met in Washington at the commencement of the present session of Congress ; but how were these jarrinir, discordant, power-seeking, office-seeking factions to organize, so as to prevent division and insure concert ? A caucus was immediately called, held in secret, by a few of the leaders of each faction, and this was the conclusion. 1st. Clay must lead in the Senate ; when he nod, all the whig Senators must bow assent. 2nd. There is to be no discussion ; fjr that would lead to inrormation ; but every proposition of Mr Clay's is to be carried if possible, by a dead vote of the majority. 2d. If the democratic Senators, wiildiscuss mea sures, they must be reduced to abject submission, by bodily exhaustion by the majority's refusal to adjourn. 4th. As to William C. Rives, he is ambitious, talented and seliish, he must receive a douceur, or he will certainly fly cfF, and take with him the con servatives therc'fore wc will pat him at the head of the Committee of Forri ori rela'ion, and to se cure his vote for a United States Bank, we will ap point his protege, Allen, of the Madisoman, printer of the Senate. Now as to the House of Representatives. The Speaker must be a Clay-man, supple and obedient, who will appoint a majority of abolitionists, on al! the principle Committees, and who will so pack the Committees wish whigs, and exclude the democrats, that all Clay's favorite measures may be framed and carried through, w ith success ; the abolitioniiis'are powerful, and ought to have this further concession if possible, viz : the repeal of the 21st rule, w hich excludes their petitions. We roust i;ct if possible, fallout widi John Q.. Adams, he bciig thei. leader ; he and Mr Clay together, carried by bargain and sale, the election of 1824, whereby, Adanjs was made President ; grant now to Adams, the repeal of that rule, and the discussion of-slavery, and he will in turn, make Mr Clay President in 1845. As to Mr Wise, he is talented, bold, independent, and strongly prejudiced against some of our schemes he must be sofencd and neutralized, and to do this, his futhcr-in-law, Mr Sergeant, must be offered the appointment of minister to Eii;!ar.dr to accept at his pleasure. And so, the vl.igs organized Con gress, as they do every thing, by bribery and cor ruption.' Bi;t it all won't do ! Tho miscreants will be defeated in the end ! "A National Debt a National IJlcssing." So thought the Federalists in o'den times, and as " the old cock crows, the young cock crows." Sec retary Ewing asks Congress to create a National Debt to tnable him to enlarge the expenditures of tho Government - - $ 1 6,000,000 Creitte a debt to Lar 5 per cent, inter est, to invest in Bank stock, 6,000,000 Create a debt to buy Bank Stock for the Biatep, V 9,000,000 , $31,000,000 As one of the fruits of the Fxtra Session ia to sad dle the people with a National D bt of Thirty-One Millions of Dollars. Saveusfoin such reformers as these whiirs ! ! ! FOR. TIIK NORTH CA IIOI.IN1 A.N. " .Mr Editor : It does uot require irvery ciose observer of passing events to discover ihe want of morality atid patriotism iu this country. Their march, at this moment, is downward, and vith fearful strides they go. To he convinced of this, wc need only see with what indifference a larjre portion of the people look on the most palpable violations of morality, and with what joy they hail the ad vancement of men, who, during the second war off independence, suppotted the claims of rnglanl, by denying the patriotic administra tion of Madison, aid in any form. Ay, more, their party was in a state verging on open war. This was reutleriug more .effectual 'a id to Britain, than actually joining their army or navy would have done, for traitors arc often cowards,' and many of them no doubt were cowards. Jiut some of them nro now held in hih repute by what is called the whig party. This surely proves a dcrelictiou from patriot ism on the side of the whig n nty. What honet man, who reads and under stands tho late report of the stock-holders, of the condition of the Bank of the United Slates, can withhold his reprobation ? He must pronounce the institution what it is, a mass of corruption. Jfe must pionouuce the chief officers of the institution, and all those connected with them in their nefarious deal ings, the most corrupt men on the face of the earih. These despicable men fleeced Ihe feeble old mail, the widow and the orphan of their funds. They deranged the busiucss of the country ; ruining merchants, manufacturers, farmers and mechanics ; ami then turned round and accused a patriotic administration of all these evils, whiUt that administration was laboring to bring tho business of the .country to a healthful state. They were suppoiled in these uefaiious doings by the leaders of what is call ed the whig party. -Amongst these, we find Daniel Webster Secretary of State, who sold himself to the Bank for one hundred and ten thousand dollars, and Thomas Ewing, Secre tary of the Treasury, also sold for two hun dred thousand dollars, and " doing business" in company with Nick Biddle. JVow these things arc known to the whig party, and yet they support these men. This proves that morality is on the wane wilh them. In the time of Washington, would such men as Webster or Ewing have been raised to the offices which they now fill ? Not they. The morality of those times would have prevented swindlers, and the patriotism would have pre vented traitors from reaching high and re sponsible offices of State. Washington would no more have thought of making a mau Secretary of State, w ho would rather see the walls of the Capitol battered down by the enemy's cannon, than vote an appropriation for their defence, than he would have thought of calling the Duke of Cumberland to a New England crown, or of placing the traitor Ar nold at the head of the American army. Washington would no more have thought of making a man Secretary of the Treasury, who was connected with such swindlers as Bid dle, & Co., and two hundred thousand dollars in debt to a Bank, which money being to mo nopolize the public lands, than he would of giving the whole public domain to a private company, on condition of their paying $1 25 per acre for the land as it was sold. But such men as the above being now in their offices, and being supported in them by that portion of the American press and the people who call themselves whigs, it is clear that with them, both morality and patriotism are on the wane. It proves also, that they are not whigs of the Washington school. The adjective whig must be used in an iron ical way, when applied to the whigs of Ml, otherwise we will misapply the term. A year ago the name of Webster stank in the nostrils of all but federalists to-day, one half of the people shout hosanuasto his name. By what magic has this been brought about ? By a corrupt press, and corrupt men in search of office. A year ago, the Fayetteville Observer thought no man should be raised to the office of Secretary of State, who had been a candi- to-day Daniel Web ster is avery proper man for that office. A year ago the Fayetteville Observer was ready to fight any abolitionist to-day, aa aboli tionist is a marvellously fit man for. Post Master General. A year ago the Fayetteville Observer talked much of " proscribing pro scription" to-day, he doubtless thinkVthat the dismissal of the ; Baltimore Volunteer" from a petty office was a very meritorious action. A year ago the Fayetteville Observ er threw himself into spasms at the expendi tures of the General Government- to-day, he finds no fault with the proposition of their beini? increased for some time to come. A year ago the Fayetteville Observer talked of the plainness of our forefathers, and became as wrathy at the sight of the palace furniture which Ogle showed him, as chanticleer at the sight of his own self in a mirror to day, his feathers are smooth, he smiles benignly, he is no more that crusty, hampering niggard he was a year ago. A film has fallen from his eyes he sees as through a powerful microscope, the splendor of the ' palace" furniture is gone, it has become ' old finery," of which he at once disposes, and to the proceeds thereof, adds some five or six thousand dollars to get furniture that is indeed splendid, and fit for log cabin gentry and ciderites ! Can you tell me what removed the film from the eyes of the Fayetteville Observer? If you have ever read " Asmodeus at Large," you will see that the same spirit which re moved the second film from the eyes of " Kosem Kesamim," and showed him mil lions of lives, where he formerly saw but one, whic h exhibited the hitherto magnificent earth as " one blue and crawling mass of putridity," you will see that this same spirit removed the film from the eyes of the Fayetteville Observ er. The name of this spirit is COltllUl TION. - And it is this spirit of corruption that has taken possession of all those, w ho, a year ago, saw naught but "Gold Spoons," "English Coaches," " French Bedsteads,"andan enor mous National expenditure ; and to-day, lauds all that is talked of being done by Ihe Federal Admin istratiom While tho expen ditures are increasing they falk of " Beti ench mcut ;" while office holders are gagged made mere slaves bfthey talk of " lleform ;" while the ( Baltimore Yoluntecrwho fought for his country in the last war, is tuHied out of office, they talk of "prosci ibing proscription ! Was there ever such mockery ? Was their ever such depravity 1 Those who can so act are as depraveff are as totally destitute of morality or fellow-feeling, as she, who signed the death-warrant of the unfortunate Mary Stcuart. Retrenchment and Reform ! TIa, ha, ha ! And who are they, that are to lead the van iu this" glorious croisade 1 Clay the gambler and L profane swearer, Webster and Jawing, two Bank slaves! Experience says, that 44 the debtor is the slave of the creditor." How great then must be the slavery of these two, since their uuited debts, to the Bank of the United States, amout to $'300,0001 And this is the frio-this the " band of brothers," that new-fashioued higs have given us to heal our country's wounds, and scud her fofth leaping, alias federalists, promised you retrenchment and reform" instead of th is they demand : An Increase of Expenditure. An Increase of Debt. . i -An Increise of Taxation. - '-itf A FISCAL BANK OF THE LM- TED STATES.? W t tr.' - A Distribution ofthe Proceeds of the 1 ub- lic Lands. - v and last though not leafy to inundafo tho Mouse of Representatives with abolition peti tions, by rescinding the 21st rule of the last Congress. All these things were foretold, and the time will come when you will execrato the men who have brought them upon you. Even now, alas! when pertiaps it is ioo laie By extending your confidence to them," you have placed a rod in their hands for your ovn chastisement. . , The same game, wilh ihe same success, has been played in all ages and countries, when a favorable conjuncture has presentod, some ofthe most intriguing and powerful citizens have conceived the design of enslaving their country, and building iheir own greatness on its ruins. Philip nnd Alexander, aro exam ples of this, in Greece Ctcsar, in Borne Chailea V, in Spain Louis XI, in France; and ten thousand others. If the people arc capable of understanding, sceinT and feeling tho difference between true and false, l ight and wrong, virtue and vice, " Now's the day, and now's the hour. X. T WEN T Y-SE YEN T II C0XGKE FIRST SESSION. .'CO 1 1 n rl i i r i ce towering. Like the successful eagle to her airv home, where eaglets famishing, incessant scream. They have stopped the screaming not of a famishing Nation, but of some gluttonous ' brothers," by fctutling the pap of office into their mouths. They have about as much anxiety lo " Retrenchment and Reform," as the Government of England has of paying its National Debt. But time a little time will solve lho great enigma. A Mountaineer. FOR TflE NORTH CAROLINIAN. The people of the United States had pre sented lo them in 1825; the Grand political Drama of the " COALITION BETWEEN ADAMS & CLAY," Which was performed with immense effect in Washington City, and created a tremendous excitement throughout the Union. It was succeeded by feats of . " GROUND & LOFT Y TUMBLING." "Somersets, 5c., t-c." The profits realized by the. principal perform ers (Adams and Clay,) were very large, tho former receiving no less a sum than $lt 0,000, the latter getting into " the line of gale prece dent" with $24,000. The drama for the last twelve years not be ing in a flourishing condition, these celebrat ed actor3 have employed their time in making Poetry, Panic Speeches, White- washing Banks, Black Balling honest men, acting as Attorney for Biddle's Bank, &c, &c,. &c A revolution has taken place, and the people are now presento J with an afterpiece, called the COALITION BETWEEN THE PURI TAN AND BLACKLEG." Dramatis T. -L Paritan,- . 1 M liiacKlei J. Q. Adams. Henry Clay. It is now in rehearsal, and will be performed shortly. For other characters, see list of Committees of the House of Representatives. Chief Fiddler, John White, of Kentucky. The price of admission not published, but it is understood generally, that persons of a cer tain color will be admitted gratis. FOR THE NORTH CAROLINIAN. JWr Editor : It has always been an axiom with a certain partizan in our country, J that the bulk ofthe people, are generally but little versed in the affairs of State ; that they left the affairs of government where accident has placed them." As I am an old fashioned Republican, of the Jefferson ian school, I feel disposed to doubt this, and place implicit confidence i-n the intelligence of the people, but really after the result ofthe late Presiden tial election, my faith was shaken. This is the only part of their creed that I feci disposed to subscribe to, for if it w ere not true the de signs of the federalists would have been en tirely defeated. It was clearly seen by the republican party, that they were planning and pursuing the very measures we now see enactiogr The people v ere informed of it,aud warned of their dan ger. Jfoio they see, and will shortly feel, that prophecy ha become history. The whis, Correspondence ofthe Baliimoro fcnui. Thursday, June 22, 1811. In Senate, Mr Allen presented from citi zens of Cincinnati the proceedings of a demo cratic meeting of the citizens of Ohio, re-, inonslrating agaiust the establishment ol a National Bank, as calculated lo cripp'eHegili inatc commerce, ami representing it as un constitutional, unwise, and inexpedient, cal culated to plunder ihe people, and place them under tho dominion of a moneyed despot ism. Mr Allen moved to lay the paper ou the fa ble, and that it bo printed, expressing his lyew-s as favorable to the sent intents coutaiu cfWn it, andbis determination to resist all at teuTptjii1lie establishment of a Bank us well in the Senate as at home.. lie moved toTalTtlio motion to print on the table, as well as the paper. . Mr Allen then demanded Ihe' Yeas mid Nays ; which were ordered, aud it was laid on tho fable, 27 to 1 S. By Mr Bayard, from the Select Committee, to yhorn it was referred, the bill from the House making an appropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars for the family of Gen. Harri son, with an amendment which was, that any moneys that might have been received in payment of salary by ihe deceased be de ducted. By Mr Clay, from fhe Committee on Fi nance : The House bill makiiigapproprialions tor the present session of Congress, with two amendments ; one of which was to reduce the item of printing for the Senate from j26,000 to $20,000 ; which, Mr C. said, carried out the spirit of retrenchment and rclorm, and he hoped it would receive the sanction of tho Senate. This amendment, with the other, was adopt ed, and the bill passed. The Senate then proceeded to the discus sion of the bill fo revive and extend fhe char ters of tho District Banks. In the House, Mr W. C. Johnson, fom the Committee on the Public Lands', by unan imous consent, repotted a bill to appropriate for a limited time the proceeds of lho sales of" the public lands ofthe United States, aud for granting lands to certain States. The bill having been read twice by its ti tle, was referred to the Commitfeo ofthe Whole on the State ofthe Union, and order ed to be printed. Mr Pope moved to reconsider tho act of the House, yesterday, by which it had referred the bill for the repeal of the Sub-Treasury to the Committee of Ways and Means, with a view to having it referred to the Select Com mittee on the Currency. Mr Protfit said thai on yesterday he oppos ed tho motion to refer the bill to the Commit tee of Ways and Means. He was precluded from giving his views by the previous (pies lion, but intimated his objection by a call tor the eas and Nays, thinking that his politi cal friends would cerfaioly understand lho hint his motion conveyed, that a mit-diicctiou was about to be given to an important public measure. Ho was glad that his friend from Kentucky, Mr Pope had moved a reconsid eration ofthe reference; and he believed that the House now perceived the error they had committed iu sending that bill to a committee of such doubtful political texture a tho Ways and Means doubtful ut all events, upon thus one subject. Mr P. said lhat the present was an impor tant political crisis. The nets and doings of this Congress would stamp the political char acter and decide the career of many of the public men of the day. A Jngle error of judgment, a solitary misdirection given, in a moment of forgetfulncss or inattention, to a measure vitally importautto the consummation of the policy of the party in power, might cause defeat aud discomfiture, regretted it may be on after-thought, but irrepaiablc in its cou sequences. . 9 Mr P. said he hoped the vote would be re considered, and that the bill might be referred to the Select Committee on the Currency. He hoped-no one would think of putting it iuto-Committce of the Whole House. After which discussion, the act ofthe House was re-considercd, and the bill referred to the Select Committee on the Currency. "Washington, June 2"., ISil. In the House of Representatives this morn ing, Mr Claike, of New York, presented a memorial from certain citizens of Florida, protesting against the right of the delegate, M r Levy, to a seat on the floor. It was re ferred to the committee on elections, from which I presume no report will conic at the preseut session. So Mr Levy may rest contents
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