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1 . ddresses, and wo were daily couversaut with r some 300 of the Whig newspapers of the U. ( Slates during the wbolo contest, and- we V solemnly aver, that. we cannot recollect more i than one public address, one sueechand two or three whig newspapers, in which a. Nation f. al Bank was urged as a desirable measure, or iy question- belonging to' the Controversy be- 4VhA tkn nnnnU. - S The address we allude to, was the Bunker ii l a i ii i ' . - i a j t - zi i .1 r.. 1 . . . . t a . j ... - a . a 1 mtii niirivnri . 1 1 1 1 1 r- 1 1 . 'U1CU UcUUllJC luc Luiiicaicu ijucsiiuu ui I . . 'I i - - i iple. was freely discussed between us, and it though it did uot occur in rmr presence, that sanctioned alter me lull was drawn up, and betore it was i Hift'declaration, and the speech ' was that of a genttsOiao -in Baltimore, which frightened the connaittee of arrangements at jhe time, and theycl)led another geritletrkn to the stand to tf3hy that the issua had been , truly presentqfjf - . ' In adaK:n to this negative testimony in ferential IVcTrTiHe general silence of the whig party on the subject, we may uow quote some positive evidence that a National Batik wast not an issue bel&nalhe people. ' The address of thf VYhig Central Commit tee to the whigs anrj conservatives of the Lr. Stales, dated Washington, Aug. 25, 1S40, and signed R. GarjaTiKi and J. C. Clark, in behalf of the committee, does not allude to the question of a NationalBank. The address to the people of Maryland, by the VVrhig Central Committee of the state, dat ed Baltimore, August, 1, is feilerit upon the subject of a bank. v; ;.. :. At the great National Convention of Young Men, at Baltimore, in May, lslt-we heard not a word said about a National Bank. At the great meeting of whig mrchahtsj addressed by Mr Webster at N. jfV; Sept. IS 10, a National Bank was not caUed for in any of the resolutions. They did,' however, ask Congress to assert its power to: improve aud regulate the finances and currency of the country, aud so did we. v ; .. In the reports of the proceedings of the great meetings at Columbus, at Fort Meigs, at Saratoga, al Auburn, N. Y., at Richmond, and Yorktown, V a., we find no allusion made to a National Bank. But on the contrary, in the address of the whig convention for the nomination of elec tors, to the people of Virginia, we find the following against a Bank : r - : "But if opinions upon the Tariff Internal Improvements, and the Bank or a Bank, be the true tests of republicanism, then how stands Gen. Harrison in comparison with Mr Van Buren? We answer, that upon the Tariff and Internal Improvements he cannot be worse than Mr V. B. as we have shown you ; and as to the Uaiik, his unqualified declara-. Hon lliatjt was unconstitutional is before you and there is no reasoato believe that he js assuredly opposed to a Government Bank. As far as we know or believe, fellow-citizens, Gen. Harrison has but one opinion about a bank and that is against it, and we feel that he would not consider any Bank constitu tional which, in his opinion, would, if estab lished, be both 'inexpedient aud pernici ous.'" - We find also, in the "Address of J. C. Alford, William C. Dawson, Richard W. Ha bersham, Thomas Butler King, E. A. Nes-, bit, and Lott Warreu, representative from the state of Georgia, in the 26th Cougress of the U. States to their constituents," May, 1840, the following : C ; Those opposed to Gen. Harrison attempt to show that he is in favor of a National Bank by asserting that his supporters are in favor of such an institution. On this question let Gen. Harrison speak for himself. In 1S22 being a candidate for Congress, hs published the following letter, giving his politicaropin ions : The letter to the Cincinnati Inquisi tor is quoted entire. It contains the follow ing in relation to the Bank: te J believe that the charter given to the Hank of thetUnited Stales was unconstitutional it being not one of those measures necessary to carry any of the expressly granted powers into effect, These gentlemen state that General Harbi son's opinions in regard to a Bank are simi lar to those of Mr Jetferson and Mr Madison, and that they have been perverted and misre presented by his euemies. If they were his enemies who perverted and misrepresented Gen. Harrison's opinions, by pronouncing him a bauk man, who are they who now 44 per vert and misrepresent " his opinions? In an address to the people of N. Carolina, The Whig Governor of North Carolina, in his message to the Legislature ot the Otaie, iu November, 1S40, took ground directly and explicitly against a Natiotial Bank. ' -The Seuate of the State of Georgia, in November, 1340, whiSh, if we are greatly mistaken, had a whig majority, adopted the following among other resolutions : "3d. Resolved, That the power to charter a Bank or any other Corporation is uot grant ed to Congress by the Constitution, and is not necessary to carry into effect any power granted by that instrument." - In the speech of the Hon. Mr Barnard, of N. Y., delivered in the House ofReprcsen tatives. June, 1S40, that distinguished whig said : f - "Banking is an unfit employment tor the Government it is a dangerous' employment iu whatever hands it may be, while, indis bonest and corrupt hands, it cannot faiK to prove an engine of oppression, calamity and .... - rum "&ir,the influence which banks may be made to" wield in the political affairs of bus country, if pace they can be enlisted on the side of government, will be found to be irre sistible and overwhelming. I believe, if this influence is not sought it will be obtained by the Sub-Treasury bill, anclused with certain, steady, and tremendous efifif J . think that banks, iunocent as they are i(Tgeneral of all interference in politics, and harmless, as they usually are and must be, when undi.urbed iii their action, except by wise arid salutaryre- iiulations, and by; the ordiuary laws ot money io message wnai luwicj-uuisc,- lincusq oi.suciv postponement. approve, and that oy soma ot us, ajad. Iwas myself one, thg ef iw fit, pass such a fort was. . made TW gratify your wishes in' the he hoped it would be calmly received! as;- it was taken,-you asked und earnestly urged did uot shut out all hope of a bank, tl'o this, the members of your. Cabinet to postpone the i you replied that you really thought there ought bill ; Tbut yon would neither givfe yourself, nor Wtsr oe no uitucuuy anout n: tnut you had sut- "uci imoui io .g-.ve, any assurance, ot your ncteuiiy.iuuicaieu in your ve kind, ol a bank you would Congress might, if they s: oueMithree days. , - " - only, way in-which Jcould be,done with pro- Thc'lSth being the day of our regular Gab- priety that is, by o"btaining the generarcon- iuet meeting, we all assembled except IMessrs. currence of the whig membeVs of the "two CritteudeOvJand Granger, and you told us that houses in - the postponement. I failed,- as I you hud a Jong conversation with Messrs. have reason to believe, because you wouIdH Berrien and SS&eant, who' professed to come give no assurance that the delay wasv Viot in behalf of th Whigs cf the two Houses to sought as a means and occasion for hostile endeavor to "strike out some measure which movements. During this season" of deep themselves, vet I think that banks are capable of being controlled by the government, and erected into instruments and engines, before whifch a vast amount .Of public and popular opinion on political matters may be made to bow down" iu'abjectiveness and subserviency (o executive, dictation. ' , Sir, nobody knows, better than the Presir dent of the United States the influence which ba'qks'.may be made to wield in politics. Nothing is better understood than the use that was made of this bank influence for a series of years, in the state from which he and I come, for the' benefit of a party there. ; " The President, indeed, and his friends, are prone to represent this influence as al ways opposed to government. The last year, I think ne complained, in his annual message, that this influence had been brought to bear against him in the elections unjustly com plained, as I think, and without foundation. The same evil influence, as we all know, has been attributed, in unsparing terms, to the late Bank of the United States. And in his late message the President-talks of "the number and power of the persons connected with the banks," of their " fearful weight," of their "ability to perpetuate their authority," and of their "controlling the government in peace and in war. 7 ' Well, sir, it such influence really belongs to banks, and if that influence may be brought to bear in hostility to government a point w c was understood and unequivocally bv vourself. The last tlauso iu .the bill al- J reported, it was seen and. examined by your- so, which contained a reservation of power 1 self: that your attention was especially called in Cougress, was inserted on the 9th ot Junei u me 10m ninaamentai arncie ; mat on iuu m your presence, ana witn vour approbation,- though you at one time toMme that, in giving, your sanction to the bill, yod would adcjrnpa ny it with an explanation of yWr understand ing of that first clause. - V On the morning of the lCth of August,! called at your chamber, and foundou prepar ing the also, aiid you read a portion of the message to" us. He observed that, though the veto would create a great' sensation in Congress, ye( he thought the minds of our friends better prepar ed for it than they were some days ago, and examination you coMcurred iu its provisions: that at the same time its name was so modi fied as to meet your approbation:-and the bill va3 reported aud passed, in all -essential particulars, as it was when it came through yon? hands. ' - ;You askdd Mr Webster and myself each to the first veto message, to be"despU:he4;to prepare ano present you an argumeut touch Senate. The Secretary oT .War earnelq pg ibe eoustttutonality of the bill ; and be tore those arguments could be prepared and a eadjjy yoiv you declared, asI. heird and be lieved tp gentlemen,' Members of the House, that you wpuid-cuT "oTF your right hand -rather tiiau approve it. After this new resolution would be generally acceptable. That you had Meeting- and earnest exertion upon our part, and trade, and left to a kist comnetition amoiW.iyour douhts about the pWiety of conversing while we were zealousiy devoting onr talents wfthlheni yourself, and thotrht it more proper and influence to serve and to sustain youi'the that fyoji should commune vWi them'through your constitutional advisers. Vou exjHessed a widh that the Uhole subject shrvld. be posU poned, until the :, next session onQongress. iou spoiie oi ne ceiay in me oeriate,aiane consideration of your'Veto message, and ex pressed anxiety as to tne tone and temper wUicn tne ueoaie would assume. Mr Badger said that on inquiry he was hap py to find that the best temper prevailed in the two Houses. He believed they were perfect ly ready to take up the bill reported by the Secretary of the Treasury, and pass it at once. You replied "Talk uot to me of MrEwing's bill : it contains that odious feature of local very secrets of our cabinet councils made their appearance in an infamous paper print ed in a neighboring city, the columns of which were daily c harged w ith flattery of your self and foul abuse of your cabinet. All this bore; for I telt that my services, so long as thfes-iiould avail, were due to the nation to that greL aud magnanimous Deoule whose sufTiages- eTSraed' your predecessor to the station which youviraiJill, and whose united voices approved his acTThen he summoned us around him, to be his councilors 1 and I felt that what was iue to his memory, to injunctions which he left us in his last dying words, and to the people, whose servants-we little to hope from Mr Tyler, as lar as in. of his Cabinet is concerned. ; How truly the present condition of the whig party is pictured in the following sentimental lines: . "Hfi sot a trap; he sot it deep; V He sot it for his brother; ; . But by his sin, he did fall in, , I. The trap he st-t for 'toher.V ' - Thus a row and an excitement was raided toekct a President, and a row and an exc temerSlia9 trou bled the peace of the country ever sincet, Washington, Sept. 14,. 1S41. Mr. Catse:-- I have to inf .rm -you thatthe pro bability expressed in my Inst leltpr, of a soiiu,,,n ot the Cabin t, is now fully confirmed. On fca'ur ,r., ti,. riontiVms nt the Scxii etarv ot tlio tio c, Wnr. the Stcretiii v ol the Navy, the Postmaster General, and the Attorney Qoneral, were presented to the President of the U. States. Those ,f the Secrdary of lhe Tieasury and the Attorney General, were ai:com;nnieJ hy letters .of explanation, &cl, which made ilnirappeaiancein the Intelligencer ol yesternay morning. ,The nomination ofEdward Eveitr, as Minister to England, has been confirmpd. The nomitiations of Josiah N. Barkr and B !a Badger, (the former cf whom was dismissed from otnee by Gen. Harrison,; were rejected. "Vfr VVi lwtpr'a letttr annars in tlie Inteihcncer nf this mornins. wjtlk" lii reasons for runaini'iis' ii ihs station asined to him., lie stat s that he "has seen no .yfficitBt reason for the.diss 'lutHjn of the ... . . ... . .1 i . & . i : . . . . . i late C-apuwir, iy mo voiuniary act oi us un m'.ui bers. HeHecms t possess confidence iii th plans of the Executive in overcoming nresent diihcuitics. He'also skitrs that lie should nut at a'l events have resigned his office'wiihoiit civin the President ani- p4e time to provide for the vacancy, before he resign ed. 'I- , W- The House convened yesterday morn njr for the purpose of adjourning sine die. I hey were with out a quorum; but remain-d in session, pro forma, awaitin" the Senate's confirmation of the nomina tions. Both Ho.uses, how ever, at a late honrj nrj urn- ed. Thus .ends the Kxtra Session. Yoirs, &c. o thePresidentj .n wnieu Tyfe.- that i no hj ff . tl ccseri ui"'f " .-- --j - - wcni CCons "erm" the relations existing bw... Mr bOnsl-iti'iiB t;..,l think. ntKortvica h,. "n-p h- ventnreo to J ne.Oieii' Vl".'- ., . .... ti ivir Clav. wo nr. Admitting mat uc " , r i ' .u... .e it hore fron. th3 v.ry n-a . t ry, discounts which I have repudiated in my nies- were, had uot all been performed until every sage.:' I then said to you, " I have no doubt mea us was ti led, aud every hope had tailed sir, that the House, haying ascertained your of carry iug out the true principles upon which views, will pass a bill in conformity to them, the mighty movement was founded that ele- provided they can be satisfied that it would an- yated him aud you to power. - swer the purposes of the Treasuri and relieve This bill, framed aud fashioned accordiug the country." You then said. Canuct mv 'o your own surest ions, in the initiation of Cabiuet see that this is brought about ? You which I and another member of your cabinet must stand by me in this emergeucy. Can- were made by you the agents aud the nego- uot you see that a bill passes Congress such tiators, was passed by large majorities through as I can approve without inconsistency?" I the two houses of Congress, aud sent to you, declared agaia my belief that such a bill might and you rejected it. Important as was the be passed. Aud you then said to me, 4 W hat pa't which 1 had taken, at your request, iu do you understand to be my opinions? tho origination of this bill, and deeply as I State them, ; so that I may see that tneie is no was committed for your action upon -it, you misapprehension about them." never consulted mo on the subject of the veto 1 then said that 1 understood you to be of message. you did not even reler to it in about which the people have no occasion of the opinion that Congress might charter a bank conversation, and the lirt notice I had of its i i . i - i "t . .i n :.. ii 1 1 : i u: . . i contents was derived from rumor. I am, very respectfully, your?, To the President. T. EWING. alarm what hiuders that this same influence too District of Columbia, giv ing it its loca- should not be secured in favor of Govern- tion here. . To this you assented. That they mem?" might authorize such bauk to establish offices Now, we ask any candid reader if, on of discount and deposite in the several States, looking over these confirmations of the gene- with the assent of the States. To this you ral truth we have stated, that the questiou of replied, "Don't name discounts : they have a National Bank was not the issue beford the been the source of the most abominable cyr- people in 1S40. he can maintain the charge ruptions, and are wholly unnecessary to ena- of perfidy against Mr Tyler for adhering to ble the bank to discharge its duties to the Ilia nrinclnlac? On tVia C Vr .h.nn I nnnntrv nnrl- thr r.vrrn mpnt " of perfidy is applied to any body, is it not to I observed iu reply that I was proposing JN U 11 i II i; AIlO jj 1 JN 1 A JN be applied to those who maintained one set nothing, but simply endeavoring to state what of principles before the people, and another I had understood to be your opinion as to the and an opposite set after Having achieved the powers which Congrcs-n)ight constitutionally victorv? We make ho recrimination. But confer on a bank ; that on that point I stood those who live in glass houses should" never I corrected. I then proceeded to say that I un- Clay and Bolt &as wecpn-lt-buthtt!es 11 tharCS on thji "loco focos Thus we see how .m ft " K r'to h.ve tlie conduciors m ' - a good memory. A Row. On ,h niht of the 3d inst. a small fracas took nhce in Cincinnati, Ohio, between 8omcw....n and ne" roe". From a fight it grew into a mob, and S.d negroeV were drove Uu . whole st ttlement of tnem wouiu uc l i t no he better feeling, of the. many, prevailed over the rashness of the few. An ab ol.l.on prir.ung office whs destroyed, some lives lost, and man, per sons wounded. Wobclieve mey were Hu last dates. -i. r i tUt This should be a warning to peopie o ley. cannot be too careful in their conduct- It is alivnTs me wise mn , . of diatu.-baners, hut it is parucuiaiiy ...tw...p... v... colored people to behwe themselves properly, and to he civil and respeu i!i iuhi r.... . conduct will make every man a inenu, wimc vV- posite will lead to their destruction. rr & ..,ir Hnnress head, some extracts fmm Botts' speech flaying: Mr Tyler. It seems that Mr Bolts knew all the time th-tTJer was a perfid- ous, and a treacherous man, yet nun nr me canvass ir his election, ho never said a word about it. Mr Tyler then was every tiling right, but now he is every tliinir wrons. n huib in-i ...a are reccivinsr an epciai piiiiff-miii. i of the Almighty, tor tlie enormities commuted du ring last Summer and Fall. WM. II BAYNE, EDITOR AXD PUBLISHER. throw stones. The Letters of Resignation. v Washington, Sept. 11, 1S41. Sin : Circumstances have occurred in the course of your Administration, and chiefiy.iu derstood you to be of opiuion that Cougress might authorize such: bauk to establish agen cies in the several States, with power to deal in bills ot exchange without the assent ofthe States, 'to which you replied, "Yes, if they be foreigu bills, or bills drawn in one State and Saturday Morning; September 18, 1811. r - - I rny the exercise by you ofthe veto power, which j,ayaD,e la anomer- .A Hat is ail the power curren- constraiu""me to believe that -my longer con tinuance in office as a member of your Cabi net will bo neither agreeable to you, use- fut to the country nor honorable to myself. JJo me the justice, Mr-President, to believe that this conclusion has been adopted neither and regulating exchanges and the cv." . , " Mr Webster then expressed,, in strong terms, his opinion that shch a charter would answer all just purposes of Government and by the Hon. Geo. E. Badger, it was declared capriciously, nor in any spirit of party feeling ,b? satisfactory to the people; and declared to be uutrue that Gen. Harrison was in f.ivor or personal hostility, but from a sense of duty n,s perterence tor it over any which had been of a National Bank. " which, mistaken, though it may be, is yet so- In the Savannah Republican, of Septem- j sincerely entertained, that I cheerfully sacri- proposed, especially as it dispensed with the assent of the States to the creation ofaniu- The Veto--tIie News -tlie Cabinet, &c. We have so much news, a-ntl of such a, happy character, to co nmunicate to our readers, that we rea'Iy h.ardljr knov where to commence- Circum stances have tran-piied since our last weekly talk with our friends, tiHit have somewhat cheered our spirits, and made us leel as happy as if we had been luxuriating over a bottle of champagne. . . On Thursday, the Sth inst., Mr Tyler sent to Congress his second veto. message, wh eh we pub lished in an extra aud sent to most of our subscri ber?. ."What "a glorious consummation fur democra cy what a blow to the Clayites' What a I-lessing to 'the country what a curse to Clay, Botts, & Co.! ber 15, 1S10, an organ ofthe Whigs in that section ofthe country, we find-the follow ing : ' ' " We inadvertently suffered the communi " cation of 'A Vau Buren Man, of 1836,' to pass yesterday, without comment. . The fact is, we scarcely noticed the point and pith of the last paragraph, wherein our friend con siders the two candidates the champions of Bank and Anti-Bank Mr Van Buren a gainst and Gen. Harrison in favor. He is entirely mistaken. Gen. Harrison is, a con sistent opponent of a United States Hank, and so voted on all occasions, so far as we know. The Harrison party here have as large fice to it the advautages.and distinctions of of fice. Be . pleased, therefore to accept this as my resignation ot the oflice of Attorney General ot the U mted States. Very respectfully, yours, &c, J. J. CRITTENDEN. The President. Treasury Department, Sept. 11,1341. Sir : After the most cairn and careful cou- ... . .. sideration, and viewing the suoject in the aspects in wnicn it presents itselt ux my mind, l come to the conclusion that 1 ouerht no longer to remain a member of your Cabi- a number opposed to a Government Bank as net 1 therefore resign the office of Secreta- their oppoueuts." 1 - . r ol ine 1 reasury, aua ueg you to accept mis t .u.. vrA... vl- vvh.rr i nanAP niiKiidhuri i As hit iciicr oi resinaixon. X LI I llVi X. AVI r I I II iJLf U vuwra vvt'llflAbV I 4 - O 1 it . . earlv in the contest, we find th following " is but justice to you to say that the bin r ''"iJ lT ' - - - - . ,j,:i, , .,J...jii.-..vun,... rr-, edas yourmeasure.it micrht be made a sub cararaoa : t ' . i 9,u iuc iTvwm.-,ca ui uugiw, . - . But we warn the Whigs aganist encum- ana vynicn was reurneo witn your oDjections beriun themselves wilh false issues. Above u mo 16th ot August, did never, in its pro cess, as far as I know or believe, receive at any lime either our express or implied as sent, feo laf as that bill was known to me, or as I was consulted upon it, J endeavored to all, let them not take counsel of their adver saries. We hare nothing to dol pith' a JS Na tional Bank. The Whigs, if m poivei-j icould not cnarter one. tr xoant no discussion -a- boul a Bank.yThat question is settled." -In the Albany EveniiirJournaK the lead ing organ of the Whigs in the Empire State, tne louowmg may ne tound: it lTti .1 1 I i . . " uenever me reuerai Adriunistmtinn bring Us provisions as nearly as possible in accordance with what I understood to be your views, aud rather hoped than expected your approval. - i knew the extent to which you were committed on the.question. I knew finds it convenient to commit some uew atro-Mhe pertinacity with which you adhered to M4 A. . I V w meet us exiravagaru expenditures or j your expressed opinions, and 1 dreaded trom uer up us protiigacy, tne Argus invariably I mo hrst the most disastrous consequences, strives to divert public atteution from it bv I when the project of comDromise which I Dre- some stale tirade about a 'National Bank.' 1 sented at an early day was rejected. - 0 ii mis moruing announcing in t equally a matter ot justice to you and Uvo lines, the passage of the Trpasury Note to myself to say that the bill which I reported .Bill, and i followi ng up its brief disclosure of the two Houses of Congress at the com- :UW. uicuuiduie conumon ot the liovern- mencemeut ot the session, in obedience to rnont with nearly a whole column ofobiurca- their call, was modified so tr. t vr . tory, comments upon a Mammon Incbrpora- 1 approbation. You may not, it is true have uvu, rr imcc w uutign or Utfgirc ica' om lurougnout, and examiued every to create," part of it i but the 16th fir..l.m m " - mum. WIIIIVJ stitution necessary -for carrying on the fiscal -ow caM we eno"g'' admire the patriotism of the operations of Government. lie examined it ,nan' who !,as s ,ared a',ove a" parly considerations, at some leniith, both as to its constitutionality and ca!mly surveyed the situation ot h;s countiy; and : its 'influence on the' currency and ex- CO!lsul'ed her interest, and fu mly decided on his changes, in "all which views you. expressed course of action! D.ffer from John Tvler in what- yopr concurrence; desired that such a bill ever 'se we may, a a man as a democrat, and as should be introduced, and especially that it a citlz ni we cannot withhold our admiration of bis should go into the hands of some of. your patriotism and firm integrity. We thank him for friends.' To my inquiry whether Mr Sergeaut ourselves, and for every democrat of our acquain- would Ue agreeable to you, you replied that '"ce. he would..' You especially requested Mr Congress agreed to adj.yurn on Monday last, but Webster and myself to communicate with il was necessary that th;) Senate's session should be Messrs Berrien and Sergeant on the subject, prolonged btyond that pe riod, to act on Executive to whom you said you had promised to ad- business. The S nate have tenfirmed th nnmina- dress a UOte, but" you doubted not that this tun of Mr Everett as Minister to England; and personal communication would be equally Bela Badger, the Philadelphia pipe-layer, has been satisfactory. You desired us, also, in com- rejected as an officer of the Custom ! louse. muoicatiug with those gentlemen, not to com- I" conseq ience of the second veto message, the Cabinet have all resigned, save Webster, who st II hangs on. We publish the letters of Messrs. Crit- ject of comparison to your prejudice in the J tenden and Ewing, the latti-r being yery long, we course ol discussion, xou and Mr Webster I have cut cut some not very important parts. We iucu . vii 1 itu auuui iuc udiucuiai wuiuiliil I tailing uciicveuiaiivir i yier IS IDS man mat tiivin" af the 16th fuudameutal article, containing the I would make him oat t be. We do not say so from graut of power to deal iu exchanges, and of any party bias; we conscienciously believe that no the conuexion iu which -that grant should be man who has shown then mness of purpose, anil trie introduced ; you also spoke of the name ot moral courage that Mr Tyler has, can be any thin the institution, desiring that that should be that is mean. x changed. lo this I objected, as it would! Mr Ewing's letter, in order to be understood, must probably be iade a subject of ridicule, but be studied. If read but once, it will deceive but you insisted tnai mere was much in a name, study it, and its drift is discovered. and this institution ought not to be called a J The following enUVmen have been nominated to bank. Mr W ebster undertook to adopt it in j the Senate, to fill the vacancies in ihe Cabinet: this particular to your wishes. Mr Bell then Walfer Forward, of Pennsylvania, to be Secreta observed to Mr W eb3ter and myselt that we ry of the Treasury. had no time to lose ; that if this were not im- JohniMcLean, of Ohio, Serretary of War. ' From the Standa.d. , To Our Democratic Friends. -We have been reminded that it is time the attention of the people was called to the sub ject of our next election of Governor and the legislature , and that the Fall Term of the Superior Courts will be a favorable period tor consultation as to the proper step, preparatory to the snriua and summer campaign. It a General Convention is to be held, it will be soon' time "for the appointment of delegates Tbc.- tiihe .and place, for the meeting can be tf. lii-Tr i ' r 'i - ii - wwr" r : .. spniblies. 'S. VhethjBT it shtiTlhe advisable to start a candidat ibr GovernoTTCI proper to be taken for bringing before thepeo pie the great question at issue the talsinca- tion of the whig party of all their fair promises as vell in Congress as in the Legislature, are matters of grave import,-, which can be more properly decided upon in the General Convention. The next Legislature will he one of great impoitance, and may settle the political character ofthe State for many years. It will have to re-organize the Congressional Districts , to regulate those of the State Sen ate ; besides having to elect a United States' Senator, as Mr Graham's term will expire with the present Congress. We cannot for a moment believe that the freemen ofthe State w.i!l again eutrust' political power iu the hands of the " whig " patty, after the experience they have had of tlie doings ofthe last Legislature, as well as by Congress at its Extra Session. Our object, at present, is merely to draw pub lic attention to "the subject, and we shall be glad to have the views of our friends as to the course best to pursue. Wre cordially respond to the suggestions made in t'ie above j aracraj h. It is time that the att' n!un of thri Democratic f arty was cii'Ccttd to these impo; tant qu stions; und we earn' sily ho;e proper st ps will betaken to .organize fully and efficiently for the com'ng contest. The approaching session ot the General Assembly -will be a highly important one; questions of much interest will have to he acted on, an 1 too much pains cannot be taken in the se lection of proper candidates. For the purposa of deciding on and nominating a Democra:ic abdidat' fr Governor, a Convention is indispensable. We therrfbie trust that one will be held during the comi- g winter, v hit h vi-ill embo dy the vi ws and wishes of those Avho are o( posi d to the reckless, extravagant, and latitudinous course of the mi-nani' d '-whig" part'. The fall teirn of the S iperior Cou ts, will afford a ood opportunity, tor the people to irn et in their re- epective counties, - to discus.s the mt.tti r. acnoint delegates to a general Convention, and adopt such j measmt s as win oe most intHy to ensure success. L.ei not apathy prevail in the Demccratic ranks A inishty issue is at stake, and every man who val ues his liberty and the welfare of his country ouehl to take a deep and active interest in this, matter. Fulsome flattery consummate stupidity. The Salisbury Watchman, .ns a preface to the speech of Mr Clay, uses the follow ing la njnage: "In this paper will be found the speech of Henry Clay, the greatest man is this or any other country, in answer to President Tyler's veto message. All will read it, we know, who read at all or feel an interest in public matters. The cool, clear, argumentative, and .courteous character of this speech, when contrasted with the message of Mr Tyler, at once shows the greatness of the oue man, and the littleuess ot the other. Henry Clay is the greatest man living." What an age is this we live' in! We should he sorry to think that there were many pec pie up that way, l.ke that Editor, for we think he certainly has a soft place in his head. Render unto Caesar the things that are Csesar's.' 1 The smooth-tongued Raleigh Register bestows its thanks., in the rt.ime of tho people, on Senator Miinjiira. for his motion to strike out the articles tea and coffee, fro:n the atictcs paying a duty of 20 pi r cent. lie pretends to w iwh the "saddle placi d upon the right horse," but that is not his wish. His wish is to deceive the pubiic about this thing. But wc are determined lo thwart all-his undermining-, smooth-tongued plans. 1 In order to show that he is not ri&I&tiurthv "sad dle upon the right.horsivjBvnl'erdy ak ihe perusal of the foIowingrgjNn the proceedings of Congress, trom the ana'-ysS ot the tilobe: f 'Air ei&ftogffect ual attempt to adjourn, the Re- mjMH&'s taken up. . "MrManguin moved to exempt tea and coffee from duty. " It was objected that tb.3 Senator from New hanij shire, (Mr Woodbury,) was entitled to that, motion, havuig given notice of it several days be- fore. "After some conversation, it was agreed that Mr WOODBURY'S motion was entitled to priority." Air Woodbury then, in his masnanimity, made some remarks, saying it made little difference to him, who made the motion. " Now if the Register wishes to place tlie "sado'lo on the right horse, let him copy the above. But he won't do it. He'd see Mr Woodbury, and the ilpi raten Democratic party, atOId Isick before he will do it. iCJThu Regtsfe'a again, iu ye'terdav's paper, ha? the hardihood to persist that Mr M annum is entitled to the credit o.f freeing- tea and coffee from a tax. Such impudence is insi.flerable. The Seriate, whig as it is, acknowb.dged that the motion of Mr Wo-.dbury, which he notified th m he should offer some days previous to Mr Maneum's motion, was entitled t;i priority, and Mr Woi-dhury not thinking jf the handle that such unprincipled presses would make of his neglect would not claim Ins right to offer his resolution, but let Mr Mangum's he pas- ed. But witmss another thing: while Tea and Cof- tce were on the .tax list, tho Register a . id not a word ajrainst it; it was all riaht then : hut nru' hey are on the fee list, tho Rtgistcria c!at -d at the dea. Thus "circumstances alter cases." mediately attended to, another bill, less ac ceptable, might be got up and reported. We replied that we would lose no time. Mr Webster accordinalv called on Messrs Ber- Judge Upshur of Virginia, Secretary of the Navy. Hugli S. Legare, (pronounced Legrec,) Attorney General. Chafle A. Wicklifie, of Kentackv. rieu and Sergeaut immediately, and I waited J General. on them by his appointment at & o'clocR. on Tye ar, not well acquainted with th i the same day, aud agreed upon the principles theg, gentlemen; we are too younj politician for oi me Bin muNtOMd wiui expresoeu i but the Qiobe thinks the democratic party has . Mechanics. . The Mechanics ot New York, have held a Great Convention at Albany, and passed resolutions, set ting forth the disadvantages under which they l,.bor, from the-ruinous system of penitentiary cinpcii lion. They urge some forcible arguments; nougn to convince any man of the ir justice of ihejiystem. If we ever have a penitentiary in this State, we shall raise our voice to Ts highest pitch to prevent the introduction of t its system. More of the National Intelligencer. Tlie National Intelligencer has a long article on the resignation ofthe Cabinet. And tries to con vey the idea that, certain "loco foe s" laid a deep plot lor breaking up the whig party by a dissolution of the Cabinet. It tries to turn public attention from the real causes wbicb have led to the dissolution of the Cabinet, by haranguing about treason and the deep laid plots of the 'loco focos." -The meanness visible in this attempt to raddle otners with what it cal!s treason, is by no means snrprism?. People who are not in the habit of tel ling the trntb should have good memories. The XX ational Intelligencer, when it publish d the art i cle referred to above, forgot that Mr Bots; in hi abusive speech of John Tyler, read a letter in the Hoast of. Representatives, which bad been written I scuritjr." More Glory I From the 'atest account it appears that Wfrg- cerv has lost is fothod on the ieen mountains of o!d Vermont. The Federal candidate for Gov ernor is probably d. feat' d. The; ' Democratic gain since last Fall, as far as heard from is over 3,000! The Farmers' (N. C.) Register states that: " The Cape Fear Branch Bank at Raleigh has had a portion of its funds appropriated by the Cashier E II. Wingate, to the acknowl edged amount of about $10,000 aud how much more, the Directors have since been trying to find out. The first suspicion and ms confession came together on last Monday (6th,) and up to the Sth the deficit was ascer tained to be about S& 12.000. Mr V innate was not only Cashier, but head and chief of the Branch Bank, the're being no President except at the mother bank, Wilmington. Of course he waothe highest respectability" IIow is it that 3ge Raleigh Register has kept si lent on this subject? We should like to know why the veil of s -crecy is to be thrown over the actions of our Banking institutions. In- principle, such a ihiug is as despicable as would be secret 'sessions of our Legislature. . The Editor of the Standard has done hia duty like a man,-Although it was "with the most painful emo tion:?." The Standard says, that whilo the whole community mourns the abberration of Mr Wingate from ai honorable i course, "the ximcorthy associates wno are be.ieveil to have enticed him from the path of rectitude, are jointly the subjects of merited con demnation." This is what the Standard sas -the Register is silent. Put that and thnt tnthr. ICPThe Baltimore. Sun, in noticing Mr Ewing's letter of resignation, scores him severely for violating the secrecy ofthe Cabinet. He is beyond a doubt, an unprincipled man. The Madisonian recollects but one instance ofthe kind since the formation of the government. It was in the year of 181 J, under MrMadison. A Mr Smith, (a notorious family) pursued much the same course as Mr Ewin;. The cneequ nee (like it will be in this case) wa?, the man lost the confidence of all men, and " He fell to the ground, dead in public rep utation, and passed at once from the eyes of men, or remaiuded only like a slra tided wreck on the beach, a beacon and a warning to all Cabiuet Ministers never to allow their person al resentment or purposesof party warfare, to betray theln into the violation of the sacred confidence of. the Cabinet.. Mr Madison, taking no notice of Mr Smith's publication, allowed it and him to sink into despised ob-
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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