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SPLL NDIIJ UNION LOTTERY,
Gloss 8, for IS 11.
To ba drawn at Alexandria, D. C. on Saturday,
Septemb' r 25.
CKAND CAFIT A I.S.
1 prizes of 25,000 dollars,
ir.aking- lOO.OOO.
Gardner and 31c Ket linn,
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
Ilttlil
1 PRIZE of
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$25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
10,000.
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6,000
5,153
4,000
2,000
- " 1,000
500
250
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cheap for CASH.
THE FOLLOWING
B L A N K S!
Kept constantly on hand
AND TOIl SALE AT THE
CHECKS, on Bank of the State, and Cape
Fear Bank. -
pros ecu riON bond, Supr. ct.
I A IUL1 AG' LICENSES
VE.XDi EXPO., constables levy
COMMISSIONS to take depositions in equi-
1 v, and Supr. court
AI'L'EaUAjNCE OONDS
WRSTH, Superior and Co. Ct.
OA. SA. Supr." Ct.
INIMU M'AIENTS for Atl'iny, and Assaull
and Ba't' ry, Co. and Sup. Ct.
CEil I I1TC ATES, Clk. Co. Ct.
JIJLL V TICKETS
i.l)EU." io overseers of Roads
B ASTAIIDV BONOS
TAX RECEIPTS
Y-1TNESS TICKETS
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I'ATRcj, XOI'ICES ........
LETT E R S , . f A D ? 1 1 N I s Til ATI OX B o rn! s
Deeds, common,
Sheriff's D.nis, -
Const'iblt.'.s C;i. Su. Romls
Do Delivery do
Apprtil Loml-:,
Kquily Siilqxrimsi,
Superior Court Fi.
County Court Sei. Fa, to re
vive jinlir'.iient.
County Court Sulpcoas,
Superior Court "Wnvrcnts,
IJoiids for Col'rd. Apprentices.
200
14 drawn numbers out (tf 73.
Tickets SI 5 Halves 7. 5 QVQuatters 3. TS'
of
100
50
25
Certificates of packages of 2G who!etiekets2'
Do do 2G Half do
?Do do 20 aort'r. do
PIANO FORTES.
GOOD Assortment of Piano Fortes may con
stantly be found for salent the Female semi
nary., .nqinre oi me jfni-M. ifALJs oi me cr-w -IXARY,
or of Col. S. T.HAWLEY.
Favettevil!e:Xov. 30 IS39. - 40 tf.
Do
do
26 eighth do
Splendid prize f
of
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NEW SCHOOL.
th( subscnbei
sch.ol fr boys,
,N Mondav the Dtli o! L'ctuber
wi.l open in tins town, a sele oi 1 r
.. I,,,,-,, the various branchi s ot lnlisli and (. lassical
t., will be t.iuirht. Tho chamc tor Tuitiiui
...ill i atiu 2.5. per term, for all enraeed in Classi-
-..,1 sriitiies and the liiirher brain lies ot English, or
1 1 ner annum. For iho ordiimry branches of En
.riuh studies the charge will be S3 25 per term,
tuition in all cases to be paid in advance, and.no
t-tudent received fr less than a term. The. year
.. .ii -.,.,. ..ir-oee on -tlu fitb of October, and close
v It t ' -
rlv in AuHi-t, witli no intervening vacnimn -
n recess ot a tew iiavs. noovuuc-
$50,000 tf30,000,$25,000;'
On SATURDAY, Oct. 23.
GRAND UNION LOTTERY,
Glass 9, for -1841.
Will be drawn at Alexandria, D. C. .
ltt Drawn ISaUolz.
BU1LLIAXT SCHEME :
1 Grand capital of $5QO00
$3 0,000
25,000
. . 10,000
$8,000
7,000
1 G,0Q0
5,060
-. - 4,000
' ; 2,500
2,311
2,000
1,750
1,500
1,250
1,000
5 CO
400
. .-; ..-' '300
" 250
200
phizl:
4
fE AVE now on hand, and for Sale at very Rc
M. duced Prices,
4 Carriages,
6 Barouches,
4 Buggies,
3 Buggy Gigs,
4 Sulkies,
8 Spring Wagons and
3 Chain Wagons.
Also, a very lanre assortment of
work which we are daily finishing
Also a general assortment of
Coach-3Iakers materials kept
constantly on hand and for sale.
Persons wishing to buy, would do well to call
and examine their work, as they feel confident they
ca.n make" their .work as well, and sell it as low as
it can be had from any legular Northern Establish
ment. " -
All work made and sold by them is warranted 12
months, and will be repi5drilhout charge, if
they fail by bad workmanship ot rnaTenals.
Repairing neatly executed atsKbrt notice, and on
reasonable terms.
i-Orders thankfully received, and promptly attend
cd to. ' ' :'-
Fayctteville, July 24, lg41. 56-tf.
J. & J. KYLE
HAVE just received by the last
arrivals from the North, a large and
general assortment of
DRY GOODS.
,7m on g tcliich are
1S7S Pieces Calico; 150 PPce3 Printed Lawn;
Ginghams ; Plain Muslins ; Bishop Lawns ; Irish
Linen ; Lawns & Diapers ; L'nen Cambric Il'kfs.
3-4 to 6-4 ; Brown and Bleached Domestics ; Black
and Colored Silks; Bombazines; Linen Drilling;
Rawan Cassimere ; Kentucky Jeans ; Blue, Black
and Colored Cloths, and Cassimr-res ; Satlinets ;
Carpets, Ingrain and Cotton ; with many' other ar
ticles, all of which were purchased by the package
at the late auction sales, and will be offered very
cheap for cah, or on time to punctual customers.
Also. On band. Anker noltinsr Cloths, at about
4
10
10
50 "
50
50
10()..
100"
170
it
.a
C(
a
or 1e.half4.he Pivetie,, ,
J U IJ C JkJ j i LX X
LIME.
Feb.
Casli3 Thomastown Lime, for gale,
, geo. McNeill.
12, IS 11. 103-tf
, . ... 1G ilia wn numbers put of 78
Tickets O Halves IO Quarters 5.
Ei-hrhs S SO.
Certificates of packages of 26 whole tickets $260
Do do " 2G Half 00 130
)o !o 2G tlurt'r. . do
Do do 2G Eighth" -do
n.ik3?ap oil!.
First quality WINTER, pressed.
For salp by
December, 18th.
geo. mcneill.
HOOK .BINDERY.
65
rPOrders for tickets and shares and certificates
of jiuckages in the aoove splendid sdienns will re
ceive the most prompt attention ; and the drawing
ot each lottery will be see.t immediaiely after it is
over, to all who order from us. Address
J. G. GRCGOR Y & C o .Man a 2r r.,
Wash nJon Ciiy, D. C. . 12S-6t.
en
can
r.t n n nrcasion
tic, will be m ule f .r absence unl-ss by special, hgoed Boots, Hats and Caps, Hard Ware aim
iirrPCIIOIII. l!a ltlir I Irvl-II :i tyiniiiiraiuu.i
th" subscriber w id accommodate a number ot board
..rs -itl IO 111T annum, inc'udiog hid'.M'nir, room,
fuel'and lights. SIMEON COLTON.
Fay. tteviile, August 13, ISJ0. -. 7G-tf
FayetteviTc Observer and Wilmington Ad
ortiser w'i 1 please copy fon rjvr-ks.
31 V l 7 S . S T o . K s .
rSHE Subscriber naving recently opened a new
fL quarrv nf superior -rif, is prepared to lurnisn
unv uutnbcrof Stones, eiilnvr at the quarry or at the
sfo're o! C. J. Orrell, Fa yetieviile. The quality ol
the V.mre county Stones is s. well known as not
to need description, and the Subscriber will war
rant all stones sold bv him. If they should not
prove to be nod, another pair will be furnished
without charge. The price is lower than hereto-
"'persons wishinz to purchase, can apply in per-
01- by lolt'-r a!:resseo 10 1.. , t.
C with description ol me size wnmcu.
J ESSE SOWELL.
-unty, April 20, lt?30. S tf.
NEW, GOODS...
rnillE Subscriber has received his Fall and Wm
JL ter supply of Goods, embracing a general as
s .rtment of . . ,.-
Pr. E.V m u . Tia m 5 9 mr
ywrim Subscriber would inliinn the citizens
of Favcttevil'e, and all othes, that he is pre
pared to execute ALL KINDS OF ORDERS in
his line with neatness and despatch, warranted well
done according to the stylo in which it may be or
dered, Stationary works bound in Calf and Moroc
co, as may be'ordered, wilh Spring Backs; he
would call the attention of Ladies particularly to the
binding of MUSIC, PAINTINGS, &c, in the
most handsome or plain style, also to business men,
the making and binding of account Books.
iLTHe proposes to receive and ce'ivcr toe Looks
FREE OF CARRIAGE at the Store ot Messrs
C.J. &. R. M. Orrell at Fayctteville N.C. who
will act as agents for him, and charge no more than
his regular prices at home.
- DAVID CLEWELL.
Salem, N. C. June 22, 1841. 125-St.'
son,
county, N
Moore V
Loco Foco
FRICTION MATCHES.
.. ... i s r hpui I r-. I Frlf"
lion Matches, just received, and lor
T V , - O T" I 1 I " i i- ; 1 I'll
da!e bv the Gross or ucz.cn 0 Vt a R TINE
warrant, d. Applvto JAMES MAkll.NL.
A constant supply of the above kept on band, and
w ill be sold low. to sell again. -
Favett- ville, September a, 1S40 fcu-n
MOUNTAIN BUTTER.
Firkins (assorted.; feome
ciir.rrlnr nt TirlCCS frOlTl
5 to 15 cents per Po um :
for sale by
Nov. 24, 1S40.
5
GEO. McNEILL.
EXECUTED WITH DESPATCH
At this Office.
Cutlery, Crockery 'and Glass . Ware, Wines and
Liquors, Groceries of all kind's Patent Medicines.
Paints and Dye Stuffs, Hatters materials, &.c. &c.
The Stock is very heavy, Merchants are invited tt
call and examine for themselves. South f'aroUna
money icill be taken at par if jiaid zeJien tht
tiootls are bov.glit.
G. B. ATKINS,
Oct. 2S 1830. 35tf. - Fool ITuy-Mount
SUNK'
FOR RENT. J
NEAT and comfortable Dwelling House on
Hillsborough Street, suitable for a small fami
ly, apply to JNO. E. PATTERSON.
August 11, 129-3t.
NOTICE.
A LL those who have borrowed Booka belonging
jlSL to Angvs G. Kelly will conterd favor by re
turning them immediatclv to ,
A RC H'D McDON A LD.
Fayfttcv.Ke, Aput 12, 1S41.-" l29-2t
Blank drrants,
State and Civil, with ajd without judgments, juet
printed and for sale af the Carolinian Office,-where
all kinds of Dhmks are kept for sale. "W ill our
friends give u j ajfxA
From the "American Antfcuities."
Supposed Origin of Human Complexions, with,
the aHcieiit signification of the names of tlie
three sons of Noah, and other curious matter.
The very names, or words, Shem, Ham,
and Japheth, were in the language of Noah, !
(which was probably the pure Hebrew, in
some sense, significant ol their luture na
tional character. We proceed to show in
what sanse their names were descriptive, pro
spectively, of their several destinies in the
earth, as well also as that Ham was the very
name oi his color, or complexion.
T.he word otem, says Dr. Clarke, signifies
renown, in th0 language of Noah; which, as
that great man, now no more, remarks, has
been wonderfully fulriled, both in a temporal
and spiritual sense. In a temporal sense,
first, as follows : His posterity spread them
selves over the finest regious of Upper and
Middle Asia, Armcuia, Mesopotamia, As
syria, Media. Persia, and the Indus, Ganges,
and possibly to China, still more east
ward.
The word Japhelh, which was the name
of Noah's third son, has also its meaning,
and signifies, according to the same author,
that which may be exceedingly enlarged,
and capable of spreading to a vast extent.
His posterity diverged eastward and west
ward from Ararat, throughout the whole ex
tent of Asia,, north of the great range of the
..Taurus-and Ararat mountains, as far as the
Eastern ' ocean ; whence, as he supposes,
they crossed over to America, at the straits of
Behring, and in the opposite direction from
those mountains, throughout Europe, to the
Mediterranean sea, south from Ararat ; and
to the Atlantic ocean west from that region ;
whence also they might have passed over to
America, by the way of Iceland, Greenland,
and so on to the continent, along the coast of
Labrador, w here traces of early settlements
remain, in parts now desert. Thus did Ja
pheth enlarge himself, till his posterity liter
ally encompassed the earth, from latitude 35
degrees north and upward, toward the pole.
The word Ham signifies that which was
burnt or black. The posterity of this son of
Noah peopled the hot regions of the earth, on
either side the equator.
But as it respects the complexions of these
heads of the nations of the earth, we remark
as follows : JShem was undoubtedly n red or
copper colored man, which was the complex
ion of all the antediluvians.
This conclusion is drawn from the fact,
that the nations inhabiting the countries
named as being settled or peopled by the de
scendants of 'Shem have always been, and
now are, of that cast. Wo deem this fact as
conclusive, that such was also their progeni
tor, Shem, as that the great and distinguish-
NOTICE.
j3l
31" A 1
Trimmer ami Harness Maker.
TTB LOS loiive to inform the public, t-Vu he is pre
JLj? pared todo all kinds of C A RRIAGE TRIM
MING and HARNESS MAKING, in short time;
and on the most reasonable terms for those who may
favor him with a call.
Me has now on hand and fr sale at reduced
prices;
Elegant Brass and Silver-mounted
Carriage Harness,
Gig and Sulkcy ditto, ditto,
Buggy ditto, ditto.
Japan Gig and Carry-all ditto,
Ivory-mounted Trotting Whips,
Gig and Wagon Whips,
Wagon Bridles and Collars,
Riding Whips and Spurs,
Saddle Bags,
Bridles and Martingales,
Coach Lace and Morocco,
Knobs and Tacks,
Gig and Barouche Tops, and second
hand carriages, &c, Repaired on ihe most reasona
ble terms, and at short not ce.
Orders thankfully received and promptly attended
t0AJl work done by me repaired without charge
if it fail by fair usage in a reasonable length of
tune.
Favctteviilc, April 27, 1841.
114-tf
TAKEN up and committed to
the Jail ol Cumberland conn.
ty, on 2 1st inst., a nce'o man.,
who says his name is MORttlS
and savs he belongs to JOHN H.
PEA RSON,ofN( wherry District,
S. C, and that he runaway from
the residence of Andrew "Wallace,
of Columbia, S. C. Said nero
had on when tak"n up, a pair of black r'bbed cas
simere pantaloons, a soulF colored sattinet dress
coat ; he is supposed to be about 19 or 20 years of
ase, brown, or copper-colored, large teeth, t'n e feet
three inches high. The owner is requested to c me
forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him
awav, or be will be dealt with, according to law.
At". L. C A LLI AS, Ja dor.
Fayctteville, N. C. July 21th ISO. 12C-tr
BOARDING HOUSEr
Mrs. AXN BROWJT
OULD Respectfully inform the public, and
especially herfriands in th adjoining coun
ties 01 Sampson and Koncsnn, mai
will take boarders by the day, week,
month or year, transient or permanent.
To those who know her, she h"P' s
she needs no recommendation, and to
others she will only say, her exertions shall be to
give satisfaction.
Her residence is on Gillespie street, at the Mum
ford flouse. The stages arrive and deport, imme
diately opposite her door.
Fayetteville, May 8, 1541. 115-tf
The Observer will copy the above ono week,
and send the account to this office.
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9 barrels Camps' refined Syrup.
O barrels New Orleans TREACLE.
For sale hy GEO. McNEILL.
-December, 15th.
LEMONS !
-t 4 BOXES Fresh Sicily Lemons !
JL V Expected by the Henrietta Line.
For sale bv GEO. McNEILL.
Favettcvi'.ls May 28, 1811. 11?"
ing features and complexion of nations change
not materially. Shem was the falher of the
Jewish race, who are of the tame hue, vary
ing it is true, some being of a darker, and
some of a lighter shade, arising from secret
and utidefiuable principles, placed beyond
the research of man; and also from amalga
mation by marriage with white, and with the
darker nations, as the African. But to cor
roborate our opinion that the antediluvians
were of a red, or copper complexion, we
bring the well-known statement of Josephus,
and Adam, the first of men, w as a red man,
made of red earth, called virgin earth, because
of its beauty and purenes's. The .word Adam,
he also says, signifies that color which is red.
To this account the tradition of the Jews cor
responds, who, as they ere the people roost
concerned, thould be allowed to know m6st
about it.
Shem, therefore, must have been n red
man, derived from the complexion of the first
man, Adam. And his posterity, as above
described, are accordingly of the same com
plexion; this is well known of all the Jews,
unmixed with those nations that are fairer, as
attested by history, and the traveller of every
ae, in the countries they inhabit.
The word Ham, which was-the name of the
second son of Noah, is the word which was
descriptive of the color which is black; or
burnt. This we show from the testimony of
Dr. Hales, ofEnglarrd, who was a celebrated
natural philosopher and mathematician of the
17th century, who is quoted by Adam Claike,
to show that the word Ham, in the language
of Noah, which was that ot the antediluvians,
was the term for that which was black.
It is not possible, from authority so high
and respectable, that doubts can exist respect-
iuf the legitimacy of this word, and 01 its an
cieut application. Accordingly, as best suit
ed to the complexion of the descendants of
Ham, the hot regions ot the equator were ul
lotted to those nations.
To be Cushites, the southern climes of
Asia, along the coast of the Persian gulf,
Susiane, or Cushistan, Arabia, Canaan, Pa
lestine, Syria, Egypt and Lybia in Africa.
The countries were settled by the posterity of
Ham, who were, and now are, of a glossy
black.
Bui the vast variety of shades and hues of
the human face, are derived from amalgama
tions of the three original complexions, red,
black, and white. This was the act of God,
giving to the three persons, upon whom the
earth's population depended, by way of perpe
tuity, such complexions, and animal constitu-j
tions, as snouid be best suited to the several
climates, which he intended, in the progress
of his providence, they should inhabit.
The people of these countries, inhabited
respectively by these heads of nations, the
immediate descendants of Shem, Ham and
Japheth, still retain, in full force, the ancient,
pristine red, white, and black complexions,
except where each have intruded upon the
other, and become scattered, and mingled, in
some degree, over the earth. Accordingly,
among the African nations, in their own pro
per countries," now and then a colony of
whites have fixed their dwellings. Among
the red nations are found, here and there, as
in some of the islands of the Pacific, the pure
African ; and both the black and the red are
found among the white nations ; but now,
much more than in the earliest ages, a general
amalgamation of the three original colors
exists.
When we speak of the original, or pristine
complexions, we do not mean before the flood,
except in the family of Noah, as it is our
opinion that neither the black or the white
was the complexion of Adam and all the na
tions before the flood, but that they have been
produced by the power and providence of the
Creator in the family of Noah only.
much has been written to establish the
doctrine of the influence of climate and food,
in pioducing the vast extremes between n
fair and ruddy white, and a iet black. But
this mode of reasoning, to establish the origin
of the human complexion, we imagine very
inconclusive and unsatisfactory ; as it is
found that no distance of space, lapse of ages,
change of diet, or of countries, can possibly
" remove the leopard's spots, or change the
Ethiopians's skin." No lapse of ages has
been known to change a white man and his
posterity to the hue or shape of an African,
although the hottest rays of the burning clime
of Lybia, may have scorched him ages un
numbered, and its soil have fed him with its
roots and berries, an equal length of time
It is granted, however, that a white man wilh
his posterity, will tan very dark by the heat
of the sun ; but it can never alter, as it never
has altered, the shape of his face from that
which was characteristic of his nation or peo
ple, nor tho form of his limbs, nor eurl bis
hair, turning it to a wool, provided, always,
the blood be kept pure and unmixed.
Power in the decomposition of food, by the
human stomach, does not exist of sufficient
force to overturn the deep foundation of cau
ses established in the very germ of being, by
the Creator. The circumstance of what a
man may eat, or where he may chance to
breathe, cannot derange the economy of 'first
principles. Were it so, it were not a hard
matter for the poor African if he did but know
this choice trait of philosophy, to take hope
and shake off entirely his unfortunate skin,
in process of time, and no longer be exposed,
solely , on that account, to slavery, chains, and
wretchedness.
But the inveteracy of complexion against
the operation of climate, is evinced by the
following, a"s related by .Morse. On the
eastern coast of Africa, in latitude 5 deg.
north, are found jet black, tawny, olive, and
ichiie inhabitants, all speaking tho same lan
guage, which is the Arabic. This particu
lar part of Africa is called the Magadoxo
kingdom : the inhabitants arc n stout, war
like nation, of the Mahometan religion. Here,
it appears, is permanent evidence that cli
mate or food have no effect in materially
changing the hues of the complexion, each
retaining their own original tincture ; even
the watte is tound as stubborn in this tor-
rid sky, as tne oiacK in lue uortnern coun
tries.
The whites found there are the descen
dants of the ancient Romans, Vandals and
Goths, who were, it is asserted by John Leo,
the A fi icav who wrote a description of 'Africa
in Arabic, all anciently comprehended under
the general name of JIaun, or JSIoors, as
well as the black Moors themselves. (JVor
e's Universal Geography, vol. 11., pp. 754,
731.)
But if our opinion on this subject is es
teemed not well supported, we would add one
other circumstance, which would seem to a
rnount to demonstration, in proving Ham
and his posterity to have been black at the
outset.
The circumstance is as follows: At two
particular times, it appears from Genesis,
that Noah declared, Ham, with his posterity,
should serve or become servants to both the
posterity of Shem and Japheth. If one were
to inquire whether this has been fulfilled or
uot, what would be the universal answer?
It would be it has been fulfilled. But in
what way? Who are the people? The uni
versal answer h, the African race are the peo
ple. But how is this proved, unless we allow
them to be the descendants of Ham?
If, then, they are uis descendants, they
have been such in every age, from the very
beginning; and the same criterion, which is
their color, has distinguished them. J his
proves their progenitor, Ham, to have been
Hack ; or otherwise, it had been impossible
fd distinguish- them from the'posterity of ths
other two, Shem and Japheth ; and whether
the denunciation of Noah has been fulfjllctf
or not, would be unknown. But as it is
known, the subject is clear; the distinguish
ing trait by which Ham's posterity were
known at fi.r$ts must of necessity have been,
as it is now, black. But some may imagine,
that as we aV not know the complexions of
the wives of the three sons of Noah ; that our
hypothesis Js defective. This, however, is
not difficult to determine, as they must have
been red, or copper-colored, like the rest of
the antediluvians, unless wo suppose them
bom with complexions like their husbands,
for the same purposes, and occasioned by the
same power. But whether thia was so or not,
it could have made no material difference ;
as it is from the male, the blood of all tho
animal creation receives its specific charac
ter. We have dwelt thus far upon the subject of
human complexions, because there are those
who imagine the variety now found among
men, to have originated purely from climate,
food, and manner of living; while others sup
pose a plurality of fathers to have been the
cause, in contradiction of tho account in
Genesis, where one man is said to have been
the father of all mankind.
Political.
Frora tbo Madisoniau.
Bank History.
The charter of the first Bank of the United
States was presented to President Washing
ton for his signature on the 14th day of Febru
ary, 1791. The following correspondence
ensued between the President and the Secre
tary of the Treasury :
Wednesday Morning, 23d Feb., 1791.
Sir : I have this moment received your
sentiments with respect to the constitutionality
ot the bill " to incorporate the subscribers to
the Bank of the United States."
This bill was presented to me bv the joint
Committee of Congress, at 12 o'clock on
Monday, the 14th instant. In what precise
period, by legal interpretation of the Constitu
tion, can the president retain it in his pos
session, before it becomes a law by the lapse
often davs
GEO. WASHINGTON.
To the Secretary of the Treasury.
February 23, 1791.
Sin : In answer to your note of this morn
ing, just delivered to me, I give it as my
opinion that you have ten days, exclusive of
that on which the bill was delivered to you,
and Sundays ; hence, in the present case, it
it is returned on Friday, at any time while
Congress are sitting, it will be m'time.
It might be a question, if returned after their
adjournment on Friday.
I have the honor to be,
With perfect respect, sir.
Your most obedient servant,
A. HAMILTON.
To the President of the U S.
The bill was signed on the 25th, being the
11th day after its presentation. So loii" had
the President retained if, the apprehension of
a veto became very general, aud, after the 10th
day had elapsed, it is said that one of the Com
mittee on Enrolled Bills waited upou General
Vashmgton, and very eagerly exclaimed
" Now we have you !" " The bill has be
corrje a law by the Constitution !" But the
President that day finally decided to sini the
bill, and returned it accordingly. Tho Pres
ident had great dithcultles m regard to it, and
a veto message was actually prepared by Mr
lauison, oy request, ana is now extant.
Ihe bill to renew the charter of the old
Bank in 1S11 , was defeated by the casting vote
of George Clinton. The remarks adddress
ed to the Senate by him on the occasion were
prepared, it is said, by a distinguished member
of the present Senate, who took a piomincut
pan against me hill in tbe debates at thnt time.
Mr Clinton said, among other things, " In the
course of a long life, I have found that Gov
ernment is not to be strengthened by an as
sumption of doubtlul powers, but by a wis
and energetic execution of those which are in-
conteatiblc."
The charter of the Bank of 1 SI 6, passed
Congress on the 20th of January, and was ve
toed by President Madison oa the 3uh of tin;
same month.
The charter of the Bank of 181 0, passed
Congress on the 5th of April, and wa improv
ed by the President on the lUth of tho same
month.
The bill to renew the charter of tho same
Bank was presented to President Jackson on
the 4th of July, 1832, and w as vetoed by him
on the 10th of the same mouth.
While the charter of 1791 was before Pre
ident Washington for consideration, here
quired the opinions in writing of hU Attorney
General, (Mr Randolph,) of the Secretary oi
State, (Mr Jefferson;) and, both reporting the
act to be unconstitutional, ihe. President '-ail
ed for the opinion of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, (Mr Hamilton.) This was adverse to
the first two, aud contributed to juduce thi
President to sign the bill. t
Mr Jefferson's opinion was concluded with
tho following paragraphs relative fo the eto
power:
The negative of ihe iVtsiJeiil i.-i the shield
provided by the Constitution to protect against
the invasions of the Legislature : 1st. Tha
rights of the Executive. 2. Ofthe Judicijuv.
3. Of tho St.ites and State Legislatures. The
present is the case of a right rema ining ex
clusively with the States, and is consequently
Probably H. Clay. Ed. Carolinian.