r 1 1 1 1 .. ti o to ms t .m i r tn .f t:ii: , ..mhu t i-.t, r.tifiti o i If ro T" a r t ; m tt it - i it ? ins if n at ri.- n i r, f ti, t t -mi . ,' ... , f ' r (
ai m in a c. r. risiiKi:,
i:m:i asd vuovmiv.tuhx
no xxyii.of vol. xix.
(AO. ( '!-:,' t : . , )
SALISBURY, IV. C, IMXJHMIJKIt iil), imi
f 1! t i i
MGUT Aln ilMURC AT CIUJiN.NE.
sv iui tin hum er iiitiTu.
J hot'J the emperor flti vry extra or
,T uxurrrfx wlinb 14(4 plc at liners, at
, '., slxo thai mansion, the rriidmre of the
j tie lirtennA, and his brother, lit! Cardinal da
,. ,!, Arr)ttnh"p of Toulouse, wis I ho nn
,., alt sort iiC aimirniet,ia and jdcasurea.
.t riwror w ik 4 lbo JunUrJ lulu it, lhoiwi
, as afterward, and treated with particular
nfnrssl end b learned many laihg that p'-j
d pith of b- comrade whose tamily connee
a caused them to be admitted to (be chateau do-
- ibe facalwu. . ' - '
i vuunf man belonging to Madame d Brien
i sxictv.wes of w disagreeable tfpr that nn.
f could live in good harmony with him.
mt other BrtifwKn.a, ne dlrl m bever
t that it was ta be frightened." Oar day tbe
csm,. oo tin subject grew warm.! our wr
m J lbs ct(ny oflured to lay wager thai be
i be frightened b-fors I (hi rod uf m m-suba.
;Ktrpti (h bet I Ibe eooditi-io were fixed be
jiltO BJf hUlKircd JOUIS it M Knf, Sftd MM
-,jrt-(j kuii wer tabs paid Lim by bit aail-
ft bf (im a iclofioui ii trie CotitMt.
J i r Uiiiiga vent oo tnmifk. . Momat
, tht temper of tbui man it waa m ataraya
. aftinat tM warie oi bit irwada. lb
aJOa ptel iay, ami b had not tmc
;,',d to fa. It had breii arrantH that tbt af.
; r aSould aot b contitHieJ an br but at Uo
I Out day tU fuur frlenda Leinf met one aid to
f .i l : . ..... ..r .1 . ..... . . i
. oiikt lua H w ? iiut iu uas
"oewwd. Ui) pfpoaed a )ian, that ai adup
I and put id exocutMXi th asnio night. .
I I bvo already olwrrted that t!ra weraj at Dri
during tha building of tbe of ehatiwt, atxae
mam of a pailhoo of an ancient cwulmciioe,
4rt the rata ate one of (! Abbe Morellel'a
! i ; in thit patilliuo be tie wrre made up r the
j-'r tinlura whna tbre waa more ernnpaoy at
ciaiwtf than cwldU accommodated there. jm4
I tb time I am ipeiikii)t of, thia happened to be
i me, and tbe young man. wboae court e waa
Wr trial U well aa aceral of bia frieudi, waa
rpuig there. , , . ; ' , ; ' ! '. - ..V ; !
j Tba weather had been rtorrey all day aod wba
y wtired to bed the air bad that beaiueaa
m-a ia quite oppreMute, and ma lie one fel ilL
Hie ta a eight fur an appnritioor aaid the
art rati le braioa to their frit-wd. .
I Let it come if it likea," rejiJind be, " it a?ia!I
t tcienaM.'
(SMiBjring be bowed to them with an Iroaical
ir. tad retired to hi owa apartnieiit. -
Tbe air, aa I have mid, was aultry the atmoa
r oppreire.s The young man threw iiiiiMt;f
, u irta chair, the worm eaten ljraof which
fn actrccly capable of eupprtrng him, and
i'-raba bad atrange fiatone. lit thuuhta aoon
itaoie confud, and he sunk into an unq iin
' .. It . m .
m. ma aerram awoKo um irom una tioa oi
ftt he went to bed almost ill, and overpowered
complete nervdua impreoMon, which could not
natural, een admitting the efl.-ct of the tempeet.
Tbe chamber in which he ekpt waa at. dis-
I from the whole occopind port of the ptviiion.
i Kft oritaeirwaa quite lonely enough. It waa a
m large gloomy anartmcot. bedvtead with
ped pillars, and curtaiua trimmed with Uunga.
f puiuta, was the moat conspicuous piece t( fur
(..ir!. ii i.,". hm, in a tore titwut j uk J the Lrk ni.ici riihcr $UU l.li(u Iji ad
e n.'iiirf., " I rail Una In wilnraa that wutrr ae.j pr)riily iwianl, of ia tw4 aoJ brnir awl
eiJiitt t tiwue h the dull of him co nhuut it
lie c ke J liia im.IiiI, and fired at one of the (air!
ur. Ne ut tim alirrad. The ti tuna le
vuung iruia artiid hoa)thry wrre plariled rraa-d
to dprfiniMmh. any ol.icf, to hiar ant whmmJ. IU
band treniUd- he made a kn4 app-al.
'! r aiiot i tmu$ ie, le a brokrn rutre t ae
reply. Tbe secMid pMii wet fired. Tbe wnKap.
aUttrrrsJ, until the v wof trr.)unt a haoo
Mrita In aink bmeaih the cUMM clal aeF
J will appear from the e .rrwp.'wlrnre herewith
n that it Contained, i lie kicked at it a eery
..: i r i . ... .
i mm ue.ore ne gm inio otu.
I "Good GodT auid he, U looks juM like a
abr (.;'", "i v" V.. .' , :v. ; -v ,
The drowsiness occanionod by tbe overwhalin
; Heat was soon chinged inta a profound sleep.
u iu buried in bis first nap, when he was aud
; ;y roused by a plaintive sound. 11 ia nutue
rt' to him. lie rose in his led, and it
"wo as if he was continuing .an interrupted
The four parts of the curtains were turn,
f o over the bed posts, and against each of them
a figure in a complete suit of armor, but
ifJiiIciB, silent, and without any appearance of
py man UJied, not woe of the Cxurre had stirred. I euhaiitted, that the Uwverameut uf lluwia oWlinea
His eyw turtxJ lc tbe olj-vt which had struck I miewai u ine muna anicie w ine cwotenixxi . i
him to another oit that be saw be lure bint, it I April, 192 1, bet wsea tbe I'wted Htateeand II l.
waa bis ww balls returned to bia. He rtxed I y. by tbe third article of which H w
agnasl and aaiia baca liKlsee. I sgrw inu - Borawuir inirw anau n ue inrmeq
The young genilrntM wh4 bad enyied in ibis hy tU eitiswn of tbe Umted Btslea, or undcf the
admilure roceivin ihat ihrv mi "hi find their aa vhoriiy of the aud State, any eatab!ihtieot uo
Ugorist difficult to dal with, bid bribed hia servant ra northwest dst of At nee, tft in any of
to lake the bilta out of b'S piet4. Earh U them Man-la a-ijecewl to the north, of (Mr U of north
bad one to throw to biro, and tbU was eVme with. id and that in the mm manner there shall
out bis perceiving it, by tle one at whoa he fired. f-"" by Ru-in ml, or uiKler the
. . sutbiiriiy of Hus-ia, Huutb of the same peralM f
..,,. and by the fu artkle, "thaLdurin a term f
M 1 IU67 1 V " lea tears, counting from the aigtieture of the pre.
From Dr. Bceelier'e tVcturw, before the Arti erot convention, the ships of bth pnwera, of which
una .(Uoruwmti, M the republican, koxleucics of belong to their citifns or wiyls respectively,
the Bible, we extract the (o!luing beautiful 4e may reciprocally frequent, without any bimlrance
liiKtatioa of its ioieilrctual attractuxMi ' whatever, the interior aeaa, gulls, harbors and
" The ritry of the Bible, who ahsfl describe it creeks epoo tbe coast meritiod la the preceding
without iu ioepwatioejt le oriiaahtf, afrength, article, m the purpose of rMiin( and trading with
beauty, variety, simplicity, pel bo tvod fire, it stands the Mtives of the cuuntrv." t Tbe reasons assign
uiiarroaclted. , No aubliruity ran surpass that of ed fir declining to renew Ifie provision of this ar
the Bible and m powerful imaginary, do beauty, tide, are, briefly, that the ouly use iude by our
unlfs another sua more glorious than mir owaleuizfns of the privilege it secure to them, ha
were lighted aa la be the ymb4 of Divinity, and! been ta supply tbe Indians with stnritous hq iors,
other stars to faQ like autuana) leaves, aud hiodcr jam munition and fire-arms that tliia traffic ha
thunders to mar, and winds to wave, aud mirhti-1 been excluded from tbe Kuiaa trade ) and a the
er wavea to mil. vt bat abaft tbe poet find wboujlies furnisher from tbe United eutee are mju
came after the RiUe with which to reveal k J rwua to the Russian esiaWis'invnls on the north
Notbiog remains. It is all upon the cuosrc rated I west coast, and catculaled to produce complaint h
page. v . . - Itweeo the two uocroments. His Imperial Ms.
The allegories of the Bible are finished "sjleci.jjesty thinks it r the intsresf of both eimntric out
metj if luat kiod of writing; and its metaphor 1 lo accede to tbe proposition made by the Aroert
are, aa HUir observes, what ineUp'ior should be. Jean Soveniroent for the renewal of the article lust
r suiting from nature and all its descriptive) scene. I referred to. , , '
ry surmunds as with tbe elowuis reality. While I Theeorrespondence herewith communicated wil
we rend, we heboid t!ie dark clKila begirt the I "how the ground upon which we contend that the
OMtunlaiii tops of Sinai, end tbe lirhtninse bUar.l citizens of the United Silica have, independent of
and tbe thunders speak, and tbe voice of tbe trunv j the provuKicj of tbe cooveotioa of 1934, riytit to
pet sounds lurur, a id waxea loud, tt hea "God trade with tbe natives upon tbe emist in question,
canm from 1 email, and the bofy one reran, aod I at unoccupied places, liable, however, rt ia annul
his (lunr covered the heavens, and tbe earth vu ted, to be at any tune extinguished by tbe creation
full of bis praise i ho does behold the brigbtnees of of Ruewao establishmente arwuch points. This
I be tight, and hie majesty where he stood and rora right is denied by tbe Russian tioveroment, which
ured,lbe esrtb, and his might, when he beheld ajwerts that, bv the i-lwervaiioo f tbe treaty of
ana orove asuooer ine natioue, ana seauerea inei i?va, eacn puny agreeo io wave we general ngm
rrtrlaiiinj; rouuntairui ; wbea tba deep uUered its I lo laud oo the vacant roasts oa the respective side
voice, and ibe sun and tbe moon stood tilt in their Jof tbe degree of latitude referred to, and accepted,
habitation I 'What other puet ever possessed aa I in Iiu thereof the mulal prrrilege mentioned in the
inwgiuaiioo that would set on ire Ibe course of fourth article. Ine capital and tonnage employed
QMture, or one that could wield tbe tremendous are. by our citizens in their trade with the northwest
ocry of the elements, tbe symbol of omnipotfocef coast of America, will, perhaps, on adverting to the
U bo after Job, can describe the war horse -or I officii statements of the commerce and navigation
tbe confused noise of the battle, of tbe warriors of tbe United States C tbe last lew years, be deem.
with rmrments rolled in blood I after Isaiah, or sf i d too inconsiderable in amount to attract much at
t?r David, the storm at sea, with tbe out cry of Mention ; yet the subject may, in other respects, de
nts mariner tossed on the mountain wave, reeling I serve the careful eonsideralioa of Longress.
like Ibe drunken man. and hi wit's end. or hi I regret to state that the Uockadq of the priori
glad forgetfulness, when arrived in port f And I pal port on the eastern coast of Mexico, which in
who Tan draw now the harp notes of tHich-1 consequence of difftrence between that Republic
ins- tendercees over fallen greatness and (alien I and France was instituted in Msy last unfortunate
friendship, like the lamentatrana of David over I ly continues, enforced by a competent French na.
Saul and Jonathan I And. where ahalL wn find j val force, aod is oecesearily emhnrrassing to our
pencil that ' has pourtrayed, or can pourtray, own trade in the gulf, io common with that of olh
the desolation of captivity, f (amine, and of war.ier nations. Every dispoeition, however, M believ.
to be eominred with those contained in the la men- led to exist on the part of the French Government,
a -.- i ... " ...
tatione of Jeremiah and those blessed days which, to render this measure a little onerous as practi
wrapt in future time, IsaUh saw T Who that reads cable to the interest of the citizens of the United
is not also wrapt into future time to heboid that States, and to those of neutral commerce) and it is
glorious sun which in a cloudlet day arises and to be hoped an early settlement of the difficulties,
emirs its eflulffunceon the mooutaiu too and valley. I between France and Mexico, will soon reestablish
hushins the voice of war pavmir tbe hands of! the bsrmooious relationa lormeriy subsisting be
raiNiie, and calling forth in a kind alliance, the fat-1 tween them, and again open the ports of that Be-
tin and the bear, tbe lion and the lamb, the leop. public to the veMeU of all friendly nations.
ardandtha kidf t ' '.'--f.'. -.., I .Aconventum for marking that part of the boun-
And as to the last day. it can scarcely be more dary between the United State and the Republic
vivid to the eye, than it is nmde now to the iraa I of l exas, which extends Irom ine mmitn ot me
gination by bright and powerful imsgery. Thel bine to Red River.wne concluded and stjjned st thie
irreat white throne, and lliin that sits oo it. from city on the 25th of April last. It ban since been
p . . . - . . - . i -. . . . . . . i . .
whose toco tbo earth and heavens fled awav. the ratiBeaby botnuovernments;anuaiiwiHe mea
elerrieaUin the mean timo melting with fervent I aure wilj be taken to carry it into effect on the part
heat, and the trump of God Bounding, and the of the United Mates. ' .. : -;.-- .
earth and sea giving up the dead, lo -stand, before The application of that Republic for admuwum
the lunvment seat of Christ. -- - - I uito the Union, made to Aogust, Iojt, ana wnicn
waa oecuneu lor, reasons aireaoy maue anown w
RJ,,- rr.dnn, h tvon ell slvled the frame. 100, has been formally withdrawn, as will appear
work of literary history ; for opon the vicissitudes from the accompany ing copy of the note ol the W in.
of man a career
Jnfy gained the same -attitude, while the Jfnind has always
wer rolled awfully over the crazv iiasilion and Uwm to exert, a
.! r. i . . ' . - . - - ' , - : 'vHtr -i ... .. . . ...
l .uijiorts it to oe conversnnt wtin tne pare wcis in
tiretx ana Kornan story I vt nai iinpons u to
U gazed on them first with surprise, and pre-
! .v aitb a aort of agitation. .
" W hat do you want with ine," said he, I
yw 5 you are here to frighten me, but I
i " you notice I am not afraid, i You know our
:'oient,so leave me and abandon yourwttempt."
f he thus spoke, be laid down again, in'd chmwl
'). hut the figures continued motionlees and
,J H ihake lo Itu n! I
Annoyed at this ohstinacv. he ai?ain raised him.
hed, and addressed one oi the fijrurrs. Iknow that an insignifwaiit band of Spartana nrres-
")yotiautitli
" v told vn.1 thai t r... e.:ui ' v...i
f or conditions j adhere to them, aud keep
I keep mine" ' .
l" liere was ths same silence. In thie move.
ss there was something awful, that began to
we io the mind of the young man. Begone!"
" nf f ,0 lhemi bigdrops of peroration trickled
ti his brow, and his teeth chattered. " Rcgune!"
' cwd, begone 1 I am frightened."
I e moment this confession bad escaped his lips,
s hack in his bed faint and gasping for breal h.
'urej remained motionless and silent as ever.
f entlemen.w cried the young man, beside him
'i I know not if you have made a compuct
" fieinong. I believe for I recognize you
'ivefrightened me what do'you want moref
"ame silence prevailed. , - .
" ti the commencement ol this pleasantry the
man, fearing test it might be carried further
n 1 e cou!d bear, had alwavs kept about him a
r Pino! loaded, nnd read'v for firii.fr. He laid
5 oo a niffht table beside his bed, and that inne
! he had examined the priming ; every thing
' ' proper order he took up ono of them.
ifaifvsBw i, 1 1 cat mi aaifiii "s visnsiu a vv-1 , - , . ,
in society, he cultivation, of hia 1 er Plenipotentiary of Texas, which waa presen.
s exerted, and alwaya must con- ed to the Secretary of State en the occasion of
douiinHoTiiiuuencSrrvvb
countless carcasses of the .barbarian host the de.
file through which they were pushing to trample
Grecian power in the dust that Athens became
the sun of the Grecian system, from which radia
ted in all directions the light whose gorgeous re
fleciirm still glows oo the tirmamenf of memory
that Macedonian ambition and Macedonian -ruth,
loames destroyed tbe splended fabric Which had
been erecied with so much labor and so much zeal
that the vast domiuwms of the. great madman
were conrerted into provinces of an empire whose
sway was recognised from tbe rising to the setting
sun, that even this seemingly if.dcatructible pow
er at length crumbl-d into pieces at mere touch
of severe hainLw-Uke the dead body which ha pre.
served the form and tlie aspect it presented in life,
but falls into indiscriminate dust at the slightest
contact with the external airt Whiit imports it
toaludy the follies, the degradation, the crimes,
and even tlie virtues of our anecie, tm! -as we wn
demand the chufs that produced 'Jiin ; and what
causes could produce them, !it tiic fl.ictuations of ,
that eceao so to deftommato the mimJI on whose.
threxchange of the ratifications of the convention
BOOTO niUlllKMlCU. " , ,. - .
; Copies of the convention with Texas, of a com
mercial treatvconcluded with the King of Greece,
leJeTatum, tTJonrafflTcatioim cdTuclTtiavetieen re
Vlinlsiff lliiraordiitary hf fam r- o- t, s" rd
lied o lid (JVemitllit fiuoi !S Afg'WloS LW
fiileratKsi.
Aa titiuo uf lb nVal atTdirs of lb G ivre
Otenl and of tkeir coodilion fir lb pt vesf, will
be mails lu i-u by th Hn.iry reasury,
The available balance in tbe Treaaury, oo lU
M of January next, i r.fm.Mrd at .,17f'3,3f I.
The relpls of of lb year, from custom and land
pfoiiaUy amount to CD.OlS.uSf. Tlwae uual
si rees uf revenue have bees wcressed by an lue
4. ...L. ...'I. II
4 i ressury not; of wmrn t-4 ir.as etgrn nun
ion of dollar, iorlodmf Interest and principal a ill
be out standing at the end of ihe ytar, and by the sale
of on of ihebstd of llie lUnhiiflhe United tMates,
for 3.5-'il,7I. The aggregate of means from
theae and other sourer, wub the balance oo hand
on the 1st i January last, hns been applied to lli
payment of approprisltons by Congress. J be whole
xpenditur for lb year on their account, iuclmluig
In redeiiiptioo of more than eight mimon of Tn-a.
sry notes, eoattiiuie as aggregate of atxsjt forty
million r dollars, and will si ill leave in Ihe Treas
ury Ibe balance before stated. . .
Nearly eight millions of dollar of Treasury
notes s re to be paid during the coming year, in
addition to llie ordinary appropriations the sup.
port of Uotarnment. for both Ibe purposea,
the resiNtrces of Ihs Treasury will undoubtedly be
sufficient, if tlie rhargvs upon it are not increased
beyond ihe annual estimate. No excess, howev.
er, is likely to exist nor ran the postponed instal
ment of tbe surplus revenue be depisnted with the
States, nor any considerable appmpiatiuo Lryond
lb estimates be made, without cauing deficien
cy in the Treasury. The great csutioo, advisable
at aUtimea, of limited appn-piatioii to the wants
of ihe public ermce, U rendered necefary it pre,
enl by the prospective and rapid reduction of the
tanfl: while tlie vigilant jealousy, evidently exci
led among the people by lbs occurrences of the
last lew years, aaeures us lltat they expect from
their representative, and will sustain them la the
exercise of the most rigid economy. Much can
be rdoctod by rxxtnooing appropiations not imme
diately required fir the ordinary public service, or
for any prewung emergency and much by redu
cing the expenditure where tlie entire and imme
dune accomplishinetif of tbe object in view is not
- " . . 4 ,
When we call to mind the recent and extreme
eroherrasmenui produced by sxtensivs issues of
bank aper, aggravated by Ihe unforsoeo withdraw
al of muck foreign capital, arid the inevitable de.
range men! armiBg from (he distribution of the sur
plus revenue among the states as required by Com
greet f and eunsides Iks heavy expense Incurred
by the removal of Indian tribes; by the military
operations in Florida i and on account of the unu
sually large appropriates made at the last two an
nual session 1'ongrnss for other objects j we have
striking evidence, in the present efficient stats of!
our nuances, ol the abundant resources of tbe coun
try to fulfil all ita obligations. Nor is it less grat
ifying to find that the general business of the com.
muntty, deeply aflucted a it ha been, is reviving
with additional vigor, chastened by the lessons of
Ibe past, and animated by tbe hopes of llie future.
oy the curtailment of paper issues 1 by curbing the
sanguine and adventurous spirit of speculation;
and by the honorable application of all available
means to the fulfilment of obligations, confidence
has been restored both at home and abroad, and
case end facility secured to all tbo operations of
trade. -,- - V -: v ' -
The agency of the Government in producing
these results hss been as eflicieat as its powers and
mean permitted. Dy withholding from the States
f 'a i.f a rM.'n,M. .! a,
sylj'-cl. Tb Imiiii'd ir
in snorting ii r u ,
i' il r.j I
' ( l.t IU I' t t
country, or in cmnpriiii'g the t-i.m-payni-iits,
is now n4 rs fif -:-t I
ty to incroae inordirmi ;wri,!.t,
t iiui.Kii and rootic (i'mk ; n J v
ale pa n to and riibarnmniffii ( ,t ii,
US own avstgosj l iitiert rein unlit p
i:t far grrairr posrr f-r ml tlinn f .r g
in regard t the M- inxt.l iU cr to C.i i j
tj.ms of tvernnMil it What i in
rects but sj'pf4lii u'"n or f rn
i.s',.:.. M , :
lii' - ..f (:
1 i'rti i ( r . , ;a
os by t ! i- a
, . I,,... i i , ..
lifiti!','. ,rl o
f, i r
ra.
t i . .
a r i-
c-
cently exchanged, accompany this mesmge for the
information of Congress, and Jor such legislative
enacmeDts as may be found necessary or expedient,
in relation to either of tbem. ' "t ' ;
To watch over and foster the interest of a grad
ually increasing end widely extended commerce ;
to guard the rightsof American .citizens, whom
business, or pleasure, or other motives may tempt
into distant climes, and at the same time to culti
vate those sentiments of mutual respect and good
will, which, experieneo ha proved so beneficial in
international mtercouree, the' Government of the
United Stales has deemed it expedient, from lime
to time, to oatablish diplomatic connections with
different foreign States, by the appointment of rep
resenlatives to resido within their respective (erri
ritorien. I am gratified to bo enabled to announce
to you that, since the close of your last session,
these relations have 0 n opened under the hnppi
est auspices, with Ausdrta and the Two Sioilie5
that the new nominations have been made in the
.aur.n.va mini Ann " rl" IfllUfiTlt: IIrn7il. P.rlllllim.
uiirul3';d waters, or on whose teir.itcs'.uous billows,! Sweden end Norway, ia this country and that a
the denoeite of the fourth instalment, and leaving
several millions st long credits with tne bnuks,
principally in one snction of the country, and more
immediately beiiefieial to it, and at Ihe same time
aiding the hanks and cummunitios in other sec
tions, by postponing the payment of bonds (or du
ties to ths amount of between four and five mil.
lions el dollars ; by an isue of Treasury notes as
a means to enable the Government to meet llie
consequences of their indulgences, but affording, at
Ihe same lime, ficilitios for remittance and ex
change ; and by steadily declining to employ a
general depositories of the public revenues, or re
ceive the notes of all banks which refused to re
deem them with specie ; by these measures, aidod
by the favorable action of some of the banks, and
by the support and co-operation of a large portion
of the community, we have witnessed an early re
sumption is" specie pnymmi's in our great commer
cial capital,' promptly, followed in almost every
part of Ihe United State., Tbli- result has been
alike salutary to the true interest of agriculture.
commerce and manufactures to public morals, re.
spect for the laws, and that confidence between
man and man which is so essential ia all our social
relations. . ' ' '
Tho contrast between the suspension of 1814
stiTihat TlS37ia moat ftrTklhg7Tfie nil rt du.
ration of the latter, the prompt restoration of bu
siness; the evident benefits resulting from an ad
hereucejiy the Government to. the constitutional
standard of value, Instead of sanctioning th sua
pensbin by the receipt of irredceiimblo paper; and
the advantngea derived from the large amount of
specie introduced into the country previous to 1837,
nffiird a valuable il lustra I ion of the true policy of
tne Government fn such n enms. riot can the
comparison fail to 'remove : the .impression i hat a
national bank is fieceasary in. such emergencies.
Not only were specie pay ments resumed without
its aid, hnt exclinnget have also been more rapid
ly restored than when it existed , thereby showing
that private , capital, etiterpriso and prudence are
fully adequate to these ends.?; On all these points
experience seem to have confirmed the views
beretofom submitted to CongreW? We have been
saved the mortification of seeing the distresses of
the community for the third time seized on (o fas
ten upon the country so dangerous an institution;
and we may also hope that the bunnies of Individ.
als will hereafter be relieved from tho injurious ef-
uonai nana ws urn -!',;, , i, i,..v $
firmed by bumilisiing eij -risure. ' n . ;(
Ibruogk which w ha nusird f.K li-ly pro
bow lit 1 1 our eomttwrt-e, ajncu'iure, rii-iuul'tc-lure,
or fins nces, rxj iire sutli an in.';1 ,u -o, a.
what danger are atiri4ttii on ita p.-i-r a r
r, I trust, nevf r to U cxi( rrt by tK An. n a
peor!e upon tVir Governmenl, aii ! u , -i
kk1ii.IuI sot reipoiniLj') to t!. u f r it KU4VHI i.
all abuiwa.
My couvk lion of (he ma viy of further , !.
lative pnvUiiii for the aif .keeping a I tS,m e.
mnt of ihe public ms s, and rny i i um h iu r
gard lo the me,iures b t adapii-d io i!m ace "in.
pln.hm-ii (hose obj 'cii, l.ais U n a'.r ,),
milted 111 yoU. lli'SI toivo b-el tm ;-l,.:.. I I y
recent events and, in the full f-utu'.f it t!,.,t t..i
and f xjierirnce utuit stilt furthi-r d'iuMi iru! tl r
propriety, I foul it my duty, with re . sf.I
fcrenco to the fonllictii g vit of otla ri, tin to
invite your attention to tln-m.
With Ibe exception if limited rums d''(. I i
tbe It-w Unks still employed under tbe art uf" 1
the amounts' received fr Jutis trd, with trry in
considerable exceptions, tboi securing from Uu'
auto, have, since tbe gwral stiKptinM.n i
payments by Ute depimiie hsuki, U rn Lijtt anj
disljurswd by (ho Treasure r, un!nr lis g-nrrat h
gml powers, subject to the eprruileiHletico nf the
Secretary of the Trcamry, Tin projxii ty of tie.
fining mors speciUcally, and of regulating ly Inr,
the exercise of this wide scope of J!xf-niin (h.
cretioo ha been already submitted to I'oiyrr..
A chnnge in the offn e of collector at one of our
principul ports, has brought to light a defalcation
of Ihe gravest chsrsrler, the porticulurs of which
will be laid befoi you in a speciul report from the
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ure i;irjr. tj ,nm irjMiri gnu
the accompanying documents, it will he teen thit
tho weekly returns of the defaulting vKn-vr apj - u
rcntly exhibited, thrvughout,n faithful aJmiiilutra.
lion of the affairs entrusted tu hi pmnagetni tit.
It, however, now appears that be coo ok i.r J
strocting Ihe public mooey al.nnly after a, ,-.!,,;,
ment, and cuntinuod to do so, progressively iu.
creasing the (amount, for the term of more tbnn
seven years, embracing a portion of the period du
ring which the public mm va were deposited in
the Bank of Ihe United flair's, ths wholsof that of
the Slate bank deposit a system, snd concluding on
his retirement from office, after tlmt yteui ImJ
suhstsntially failed, In coum-nuenc of tha iuti'ii-
sion of spucie payments.
The way Tu which this defalcation wat so lm
concealed, and the steps luten lo inilemnify the. u!
oisies, sa tar as pracucioic, sgainsi ium, will ai.o
he presented to you. The caso i one which im-
peralively claim the attention of Coiigrci, and
of a more severe and secure kj sti-m f r iho snfs
keeping and dishurjment cf tha public mouevs
than any that lias heretofore cxUlcJ.
It seems proper, at all events, that, by an early
enactmenli ainnhir lo Itwt of other countries th .
applicaiioo of puhlio money l y an odiccr of g-.-vtrn.
ment to private uws, should be made a felony, m.
viitcd wilh severe and iunomiiu'ous puniahmr fit
This ia already, in clh'ct, tho law in rt-rct to tho
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actmeut would be wUe as an indepciuleiit iiiet.ure
since much of the public moneys must, in i . i r
collection and ultimate dihburneim'iit, . twice
iiirviign mo iiaius oi puunc ouiceni, in wii&uvcr ,
manner they are interminatrly kept. Tho govern
merit, it nun4 be aduiilted, has been from its com
mencement comparatively fortunate in this respect.
Out the appointing power cm not always be well ad
vised in its selections, and the experience of every
country has shown that public officers aro'not at '
all times proof against temptation. It is a duiy,
therelorn, wlucu tbe government owes, as sell to
the interests ctlmmitted to its care as to the officers
themselves. IO nrovulo
gres-sion of this character, that is consistent with '
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reason sou uuuiiuiiiy. vorgress Cdtinoi ta too
jealous of the conduct of thove who are entrust
ed with the public money, and I shall at all times
be disposed to encourage a watchful discharge of
this duty. If t more direct co-operutioj on. the
part oft-ongretm, in the auiwrvwion of the officer
entrusted with the custody and nmilication of the
public money is deemed desirable it will give mo
pleasure to assist in the establishment of any jmli.
cious and constitutional plan by which that cbji-ct
may bo accomplished v iou will, in your wisdom.
determiiiq upon tho propriety of adopting such a
plan, ana upon tno mesvure necessary to its effect,
ual execution, f When Iho lute Bunk of the United
Sta.ee wa incorporated, am rnado tho dorienitory
of the public moneys, a right wa rrserved toth.it
body, the book and proceedings of tho Dank. In
one of the states whose banking inf-titutions are sup.'
poseo to raiiK among tno tirst m point of stalnhty
they arcsuhjeclcd to constant examination hv com
missioner appointed for that purpose, afid much of
the success of it bunking system is attrihutcd to
this watchful suncrvifion. The same course has a!-. ,
so, in view of its beneficial bpration, been adopt,
ed by an adjoining slate, favoraWy known for tbo '
care it has always brt-towed Upon whatever relates"
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IO o Mimiivioi v"'Vf;i na. a numim iif youur consul.
oration wlicther a committee of Congress might not -
no prolunmy employed in inspecting, at such inf r-,
vals as might be dceined proper, the u(Iaiisiii ac
counts of ohicera entrusted with ijie custody of jhii