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t LIBERTY. ...THE' CONSTITUTION.. ..UNION. NEWBERN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 1832 VOL. XVI. NO. 818 e n n . .' L; y" e- le id c e, ill iii ; or of IX in rst hat . outf . .tier ttlc jual the im- 3 all to the vert L; hich scri- 15 Y THOMAS WATbun. TBRMS, Three dollars pen annum-payable in advance No m o 11 be discontinued (but at the dis taffiEditor) until idl arrearages have been Remittances by mail will be guarantied by ihc Editor. 1BrJrrimT. 'cKTKAjrHICKORl CLUB, extraTStsTfrom the address Of the Washington City Central Hickory Club, to the Republican Citizens of the United States Adopted October 9, 1832, and or dered to lie pointed. The Charge of Proscription. From our own knowledge, and information -uMiuircd from others with whom we associate, we are enabled to state the following facts : When Geh. Jackson came into power, theire were nroim--- " Of-his enemies, about Of his friends, about iaioritv of enemies 217 Of These, forty-three only were removed, and ee?i enough. We are persuaded that the- ad ministration would have done more justice to itself, tfk the nrrl and In thfi nrincioles which WTien General Jackson came into office, he found the rfation represented abroad bv men who, from various circumstances, were unable 288 71 Ml. He, there enemies. a,M., f them were re-appoinie Lrp .'removed only one-fifth of his I There had been, lust spring, eleven rcsigna- tii'.phrr. deaths TliP-whlnle number of vacancies which had TTirrcd, up to the present year, deducting the jhree Clerks re-appointed, was sixty-three. There had been a moderate increase ol Cierks, mostly in the General Post Office, rendered ne A ssary by the extension of the public business. Inehiding these, the relative strength of parties in oflicein 1831, was as follows: . Gen. Jackson's enemies, - 173 His friends, - - - - 140 Majority of enemies, - - 33 'n jnaterial change has taken place since a,Jl at this day a considerable majority of the office-holders in this city are the enemies of the President!- . It is well known, that few of the actual re ohtical nrounds. In jilUVtii-5 v A- n most cases, peculation, neglect of duty, intern neniucc, immorality, moving cause. moved for ViKrovrred to aiul frauds, as well in their official trusts f i . I. or lmDecimy, was int.- Some of the lew who were re- political reasons, were afterwarus lo .have been guUty of gross abuses brought it into power, if the number of remo- to render any effectual service to the country. vals had been doubled. There can oe no re forms in government, without a change of pub- lie officers. The change of Chief Magistrate and heads of Departments merely, effects but little. The chief abuses are in the details oi the government, and can be reached only by reaching those who commit them. But what right have the. enemies of those principles which brought General Jackson into power, and govern his administration princi ples essential to the preservation of our liber ties and institutions to expect employment at the hands of the President? Can they expect him to give power and influence to men who labor to defeat his most cherished objects ? Do the people expect the President to sustain and reward his and their enemies? Is that the way to secure the ascendency of republican princi ples in this republic? From those and other considerations, known to us as citizens or residents of the District of Columbia, we believe the error of the adminis tration has been, not too much proscription, but too much forbearance. PUBLIC EXPENDITURES. Ever since Gen. Jackson's accession to the Presidency, there has b2en a persevering effort on his part to diminish the public expenditures and on the part of his enemies in Congress to increase them. If he has notentirciy succeeded in his design, he has done more than could have been effected by any other man, and as much as the most sanguine of his mends could rea sonably expect. From authentic documents, we are enabled to give an accurate account of the public ex penditures for the hst six years, and show that instead of meriting censure because they have been, so fffeat since his accession to office, Gen eral Jackson deserves unqualified commenda tion for not suffering them to be greater. The following is an accurate comparative statement of the payments made during the last three years of Mr. Adams's administration . V 1 nnd the first three vears of ben. Jackson s: 182(3-7-8. 1829-30-31 iic uiuinn iicsuaib w puusuiuicuiners in ineir places. The consequence was a series of di- plomattic triumphs, unequalled within any sim ilar period of our government. If we make out a mere account of profit and loss, how does it stand? Let General Jackson be charged with this excess of expenditure, - - - $97,813 Then credit him bv claims recovered from Denrhark, - - - - 750,000 By claims recovered from France, 5,000,000 Add claims recovered from Colombia, and Por tugal, and we shall find a balance of at least 85,800,000 in actual cash in his favor. But this is not all. By judicious commer cial arrangements effected with Columbia, Bra zil, Mexico, ustria, Turkey, and Great Bri tain, our trade, and, consequently, our revenue have increased, affording General Jackson the means of paying off in three years 86,700,000 of more public debt than Mr. Adams did. Add this to the actual cash recovered for our citi zens, and we have TWELVE AND A HALF MILLIONS secured to the country, by Gener al Jackson's management of our foreign relar Into Ohio were thrown upwards of 81,180, 000, and there the Bank disputes the ascendan cy with the yeomanry of the State. The valley of the Mississippi is " a land of promise," which the Bank seems determined who have denounced each other and clo Still, as totally destitute of honor and principle, ate, laboring in the same cause. All principle, all consistency, and all self-respect, are lost in an inaiscnminate opposition to the man wno pares- to subdue. At the close ofi29, there were to do his Juty in defiance of threats and clam due to the Bank, in all that region, 816,606,-j ors whom millions of ro!d cannot bribe and 9o6. In February 1832, its dues, at the same thousands in arms cannot alarm. points, were 832,177,773, having nearly dou- , Republicans! There has not been a more Diea in twentv-hnr mfinths' IthoUffn 33 earl V . interesting . i . -.- -3 j - -cj i (-) "'umcumus sinurffie since mi; establishment of our national independence. It is the war of PUBLIC VIRTUE affainst BANK CORRUPTION. If President Jack son shall be driven from office by the coalesced opposition; if the Bank shall be triumphant in this conflict; if the offices of President, Vice President and Secretaries, are to be filled by its Attorneys and pensioners, if Congress" is to be controlled by its debtors, it is easy to perceive that, the Bank will be the ruler of these United States, The man who controls the Bank will govern the nation. The machinery of govern ment at Washington, will become tne meje or fran through which the will of the Bank will as and as Csar mocKett tions. Is it worthy of intelligent men to urge a- gainst the President, this increase of 897,813 as October 1331 nrlli the following- months, November and December, Janua- ry and February, the principal Bank was di- . i-ui laimiciiis, me Drancnes in me esi, by the connivanceof the principal Bank, if not m obedience to secret instructions, were ma king extensions oi almost a million a month! and the process was still progressing at the last returns reported bv the committee of in vestigation, and by them laid before Congress! The motive of all these movements cannot be mistaken. The first object was to secure a majority of Congress to the interests of the Bank, that an act rechartering the institution miguL -,fu in opposition to tne Known sume the forms of law: views ol the resident. The next was to secure r anrl Cnnsnls i "uic witu mc uaiucs ui o as many presses as possible to the same inter- that he might the more easily destroy Liberty's est.Of those in general opposed to the adminis- hast vestige, so the American People will be iiaiiun, uiuji uxiu aucauv iilIt;u, aiiu tun sequently their highest favors were bestowed on those which professed to be devoted to the re-election of the President, and Were sup- 54 in tMplomatic expenditures, w hen it has se- j posed to have an extensive influence among his cured to the country pecuniary beneht, a hun dred and twentyjivcfoldmorc valuable? Who will not cheerfully part w ith 897,000 to secure 812,500,000? . The expenditures of the present administration have brought some return to the country. Can as much be said for those of the last? What were the benefits of the 8499,836 spent by Mr. Adams, for foreign in as in Payments on account of National Debt, 533,203,188 65 39,913,994 22 Civil list and Miscel- 8,783,726 57 9,362,168 m 15,439,107 87 17,855,238 47 2,208.891 95 2,151,084 74 12,427,663 12 10,711,509 27 laneous Military, Indian Department, Navy, V 1 tcrcourse during his last three years? The projected mission to the Congress of Panama cost 828,934, and they were never able to find such' a Congress! The British W7cst India trade was lost, and we were involved in diffi culties with Colombia, Brazil, and many other powers. We are content that the people should de cide upon the merits of the administration by the expense, and the benefits of the diplo matic arrangements. The proportion oi removals oi pupuc ouhup, riiit of. the. City, of Washington, has been still Of the Postmasters in -the United oiates, ':nr h, fovrtccn has been removed, embra- i l.n..nnimr Tn c- rrr 3 "it!tPS. I a 1. .. 1 . 1 1, .f rimi Tonl.- iir all causes nawuuvi,i. m -ipparem uuiuiiuu ii.miiwi. -uv MYmt i tlie rresuiem s SOn, ICS S72.267.518 10 79,993,995 58 72,267.518 10 This balance ma(ie upas tollows, viz: Paid by Gen. Jackson more than by Mr. Adams on account of National Debt, .$6,705,805 57 Do. in increased expen ses of the Judiciary, 143.917, 16 Do. for taking.Fifth Cen- n.:i"rlv PVMV lfoSiniaSiCJ IS HOW pliii'eal'.eneray,-and in all oi them, a.large pro portion.'", y . ' 1 O " Of the Drstriit Attorneys, Marshals and Cus iuiiihotise Officers, the proportion of removals :;vs ceu somewhat greater ; but a". majority of 'those offices is believed still to be ill the hands i'irthi'-PreRiilen"rs-t'nemics.t Thn Iwt nf removals recently published- and Do. for Arsenals, nmv .rirrulatinthrouo-h the Union is not Only Do. Chesapeake imperfect, biit grossly, incorrect. It is imper fect, because the namo ofi'-jTobias. Watkins'one oi the removals which inade ttufmost noise, is "rntirely omitted: and it is. grossly incorrect, 'because it contains numerous names of men wli. lim e never bccfiircmovedr and some names twice over. All whose terms of office had ex- Do. Ohio and Mississippi nirp,f.i:vnd who were not re-appoihtedv are put Rivers, .i:pin the list.- 'Vh esc names make up, some thing Jike twofthirds or three-fourths of the whole. ' ' -' ' . W.. wTIl now-select a few cases to show what n is that the aristocratic party censure, by dis- nlav'iiir this list before the ' people. Samuel R: Oilman, Collector at Castine, is one uf this list. The records of, the Treasury hov that- he had used 8.3,549 of the public and Ohio Canal, Do. Armament of New Fortifications, Do. Delaware Breakwa ter, Do. Revolutionary Claims, Do. Fortifications Charleston, Do. do. at Savannah, Do. do. at Pensacola, Do. Massachusetts Claims, at 367,781 14 101,205 63 400,000 00 116,664 70 587,158 50 333,962 24 173,442 00 113,531 00 97,971 95 327,000 00 419,748 26 9,888,188 15 money. Mu)idert,3L;DQX, Collector at Buffalo, is another. He was detected in taking false re eints to obtain credit at the Treasury for pay ments never made; and afterwards insisted that he parties'should feeeiye payment in beer, he being a brewer; ' . 'Hubert Arnold, Collector at Perth Amboy, is auoiher. He was discovered to have em- Difference in favor of Gen. Jackson, 2,161,710 67 Tbereshould be added to Mr. Adams's f-Xpenditures and deducted from Gen. Jackson's on account of arrearages in the Indian Department, $60,989 60 Do. in Navy Department, 78,000,00 $138,989 60 This deducted from the one and added to the other, would make a difference in favor of Gen. Jackson, of 277,979 20 $2,439,689 87 The difference in favor of the present ad ministration in the Navy Department alone embracing all expenditures, according to the official reports, is 81, 717,003 85. If we in clude sums called for in 1828, but not paid for f fiimls. and afterwards paid out of ; - - - . ii tilt' v ex. i& i 7 i i .Andrew I ifay,.kcceiver oi public moneys appropl.iations of 1929, the difference is at rjfcilersfoiiville, Indiana, is another. He was -east ,872,000. The difference in the Indian Department is, by the official reports, 857,807 21 in favor of General Jackson. But the debts contracted 11.1 " A. under Mr. Adams, exceeded tne appropriations by 860,989 20. and this appropriated and paid under the present administration. Take this from one side and add it to the other, and it will show a reduction of expenditures equal to 8179,785 61 in the Indian department. The circumstance is rendered more striking by the fact, that never, during any other peri od of three years, has so much been done to wards the removal of the Indians from the soil of our States, and the purchase of their lands for the use of a white population. Treaties of cession and removal have been made wTith the Delawares, Choctaws, (Jhickasaws, Sgnecas, Shawnees, Ottawas, Wyandotts, and reeks, and large tracts of land "have been purchased of the Chippewas and Winnebasroes. The lands thus acquired, in Ohio, Illinois, Mississippi, and 1'ezzled about "888,000 of public money, and lied into Canada to escape punishment. Janes KofierKsai.CoilectoraiPetersburg, Va. J another! He had collected public money, and reported bonds as in suit which had been .paid; so that his default was 84,857. in arrears to the government, and could not or ' v. o'uld not pay. His default .was' 80,919. Asa-Roo-crson, Collector of Elizabeth City, North C.nrliha. is another. He was uncover ed to be interested incontracts given out by , himself; an on investigation of his affairs, it appeared that he had also collected and ap plied to his o wn use, 832,791 of public money, whirii .he had reported to be still due. He fled, to escape the penalties of the law. The names of these peculators, and defaul ters, Avhh'nianv more, of a similar character, ' are me broscriplive sp It tiie President had kept such men in office, af- ter detection, he would have deserve . impeach meat. Yet it is for perlprmmg his duty to tne country, in forcing them to give way to honest men, that he is now assaliled. Wtill the op'pp jition recall Arnold and Rcgcr.son from Canada, and reinstate them in office, with the other de faulters, if they sueeeeu in defeating the re.-elcc-Aton of (Jen. Jackson? Such is their intention, u' lliere THE BANK OF THE UNITED STAES. It is now admitted, on all hands, that the bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States", was passed at the late session of Congress with a view of bringing all the power, influence and wealth of that institution to operate upon the approaching election of President and Vice President. Such was, in substance the avowal of Messrs. WebsXer and Clay, in the Senate, and such are the declarations of its friends, in general. In common times, the open attempt of a huge corporation to make a President for the oeoole, would produce its instant annihilation. ! The danger to public liberty would be so obvi j ous, and so appalling, as to rouse into action I everv honest and patriotic feeling. But there is now something more to rouse the people. The means resorted to by the Bank to carry its point, are more objectiona able than its mere interference in elections. By loans to members of Congress, in sums of 85,000, 810, 000, and 840,000, a large portion of those who were to vote on the question of its recharter, were secretly made its dependents. Members opposed to; the Bank, who happened to be absent from their posts, or nuaiiy went o ver and voted for it, were accommodated with large sums, while the institution was curtailing its loans to others. Some influential presses have been kept in motion by liberal accommodations from the Bank, f The editors of others, on receiving larire loans, from enemies have become friends. New papers have been established upon the means furnished by the Bank, or its interested friends. The printing account of the Bank, which had never before amounted to 81,000 peryear, was in 1830, over 86,000, & in 1831, over 9,000 agreat portion oi wmenwas avow edly spent in publishing dissertations in favor of the Bank, and circulating theii among the people. At this moment, the same thing is un doubtedly doing to a greater extent than ever, and the public money in that institution is thrown out in every direction, to give vigor friends. Lastly, by an extension of loans, and Bank favors, as many of the active men of the country as possible were either conciliated to the Bank or brought within its power. All these operations wrere carried on in se crecy. The people knew not who of their rep resentatives had been conciliated by loans, which of their presses had been purchased by Bank favors, or who of their active men had received the twenty eight millions, thrown out, by the Bank to poison the springs of public opinion. All remember how unwilling the Bank men in congress were to consent to an investi gation which might lay bare some of these movements, and how zealously they sought after the disclosures were made to destrop their force upon the public mind. The report of the committee scarcely checked their career. The bill to recharter the Bank was passed by a con gress a large number of whose members were deeply its debtors; the President, as was expec ted refused to sign the bill and gave his reasons, the purchased presses abandoned him and: went over to the Bank; and the army of debtors and dependants, created fer the purpose, is now ar rayed, through fear of heavy curtailments and hopes of future favors, against the man who has dared tn hrave tho explosion of the mine which had been sprung to destroy him. Never was such a gigantic and corrupt scheme devised and executed to put down an honest patriotic and fearless man! With a disciplined army of officers and dependants extending through the Union ; with an array of Attorneys and expectants almost innumerable; with four thousand stockholders and innumerable debt ors; with 70,000,000 dollars of debt, two fifths ol it created within sixteen months, for the spe- mocked with forms of a President, Senate and House of Representatives, while all real power will be centered in the Bank conclave at Phi ladelphia. And when nearly the whole stock of this bank shall have passed into foreign hands, as almost a fourth of .it already has, when th President and Directors who eteh now elect themselves, shall have consolidated their power beyond the reach of revolution; when they shall have become entirely as they now arc to a great extent, the agents of the nobility arid gentry of Great Britain, to collect their revc nues in America, what will our government be. but the viceregent of British Lords; what our people but their tributaries ; and, what our coun try but reconqured provinces of the British Empire! In these considerations we find ample motive to induc us at the present crisis to contribute our mite to the cause of liberty, and present to those who hold the free suffrage of America, the transcendant motives which should stimu late them to action. If we shall be in any de gree instrumental in preserving that indepen dence and those rights which cost our country so much toil, treasure, suffering and blood,' we. shall reap an ample reward for any responsibi lities we may encounter, in making this appeal to our countrymen. The Democratic Press. We cannot io- highly applaud tho spirit, 20a and energy, of the Democratic Press of this State. The fir? that is kept up in all the counties against tho corrupt and corrupting influence of the Quin tuple Alliance, is deserving praise. Every effort has been made to subsidize the pres? throughout the Union, and to the credit of the country be.it said, there are but few hitherto belonging to the Jefferson school who have been willing to sell their principles, their par ty and their friends, for filthy lucre. 6efore cial occasion; aided by an organized and pow- the charter of the Bank of the United States erful political party, desperately struggling for ascendency; it would be a miracle if it did not expires, more will be known than is yet pub licly understood of the extent of the efforts produce some effect on the public mind, and j employed to poison the public mind, and sub- to the Presi- 1 myitis llJtv 1 oiiifiiui 7 re now paraded before? the country to prove ie -broscriplive spirit of this administration ! Alabama, are estimated in the War Department t .O7H.fi00 aerc-s e nunl. in f-rttnt. tn SPTe.n e be any sincerity, in thVcensures now nf our smaller States all put together. Yet, eaped upon him for their removal: 11, mere- the expenditures on account of Indian Affairs !rt the people want peculators and defaulters nave Deen materially reduced! t0 fill their offices1 of tiust and honor, they will jQ tne expenses of Foreign Intercourse, there te against General Jackson, upon this charge js a balance of 867,813 54 against General ot proscription. Jackson, and this is entensively used by the In our. opinion, if there be ground of censure 0ppOSition to discredit his administration a c!t acc ount of removals, it is that there have not mong the neonjlc. kp those who are in opposition dent. . I The managers of the Bank in the meantime, have not been unmindful of the means in their power to control the people themselves, and have during the whole year 1831, and the for mer part of 1832, been preparing for this con flict. At the close of the year 1830, the whole amount due the Bank was 842,402,304 24. This was increased during the year 1831, in the sum of 820,Q24,148 69, and in four months of 1832, 87,401,617 76, making in all, 828,05, 768 48 in sixteen months! By this profusion of loans, not only members of congress were conciliated, and" presses secured, but multi tudes of other citizens were made dependents of the Bank. an. ,;rtncnf tlio country which i lie uai uuuiai acinu" ' were favored bv Bank accommodations musi be overlooked in enquiring for the motives of the Bank. Upwards of 86,300,000 were loan ed in Pennsylvania last year; 85,700,000 of it at the principal Bank, in Philadelphia. What gigantic efforts are now making by the Bank and its interested debtors and friends, to con trol the election in that state! Corruption walks in the streets of Philadelphia with un blushing frcnt, and Terror brandishes his whip of scorpions, in open day. Upwards of 83,550,000 were loaned out m New York, the same year. There, also, the Bank is bringing opposites into conjunction,and preparing for a desperate ertort 10 control tne maiority of the people. In Kentucky were loaned more than 81,400, 000, and from that quarter we hear notes of preparation which portend a tremendous con flict between the Bank and the people. materially affect the approaching elections. But we rest in confidence upon the virtue and firmness of the people in this crisis to sustain the man who has risked life, property, office and fame in their service, and to vindicate the purity of their elections against this bold inter ference of a monied pwer. THE NEW COALITION. The means devised previous to the late ses sion of Congress to destroy ourinvaluable Pres ident, and place the administration of the gov ernment in other hands ure on longer a secret. Mr. Van Buren had been appointed minister to England, for which station he was eminently qualified. By his rival aspirants to the Presi Hrncv in the Senate, it was determined that his nomination should be rejected. It was fore seen that this event would compefl the Repub lican Party, in justice to Mr. Van Buren and to the President himself, toselecthim as their can didate for the Vice Presidency, and it was not doubted, that this would weaken the President. To give the blow more effect, while Mr. Van . i, . j Buren s projessing menu oui sccr,ei enemy, the Bank Press in New York, contrary to his wishes, and in known disregard of his inten tions, was announcing him as a candidate for the Vice Presidency, his open enemy in Wash ington was attacking him as really a 'candidate, and attempting to make the Republican pres ses pledge themselves to oppose him. In pur- suance of the projected scneme ne was rejec ted, under pretences too shallow to cover the enormity of the act from the most simple ob server; the just feelings of the republican par ty induced thein, immediately to fix on him as their candidate for Vice President; and thus far the designs of the managers were accom plished. due by means of a monied power, the public voice and the public gratitude due to an illus trious public servant. It is not Gen. Jackson alone that is to be prostrated at tho foot of a monied aristocracy it is the democratic par ty that is aimed at, for the reason that a suc cessor to our venerable President is to take his mantle, and perpetuate those sound constitu tional doctrines by which alone the country is to be preserved, and the union of the States perpetuated. N. York Standard. 1 hnii- nn-vt rrrfnr nr inpt lnou in tlimiwr nnnn ' PnTlll lQlw fc ... ., . &j , 1 1 ; , nn to And the President tne uank ot tne United States, oe s".v" ' . . i,.iCiacm asm j In this also tnev were completely success- ciu"u-' ful. Another object was to bring the Nullifiers and the Anti masons to act in concert with the regular opposition. So far as regards the lea-1 ders, this, also, has been effected, ; Our country now presents a singular spec tacle. In StatesKvhere there is no hope of defeat ing Gen. Jackson, his enemies are ariangmg e lectoral tickets for Jackson and some otner candidate for Vice President, against the ticK ets for Jackson and Van Buren, rthe pm pose of defeating the one if i they . nnot 1 rtie other. Nullification and the Amenc an sv s em those who would dissolve the Union to get rid of the tariff, and those who would have dis solution to preserve it, are united w the same cause Leading Anti-masons and leading ma ons ivc each other mutual support. Editors REMEMBER That in 1829, when Governor Wolf received but 25,000 majority in Pennsylvania, President Jackson had 51,000! Wolf's popularity is now, from local causes, diminished, while the'' by 7 or 8000 insures 20,000 for Jackson. It should be considered that the Govern oi of that state has the sole, undivided responsi bility of the appointing power, and that its ex exercise makes no new friends, while those who are necessarily disappointed are but too gen erally turned into but lukewarm supporters, if not into open opponents, ft was this caust alone which reduced Governor Clinton's nJa mritv ri7nnn intn Ipse than 5.000 at the suc ceeding election, and it is this cause which so unjustly, but most naturally, operates against Governor Wolf. The internal improvement system of that State also is made to clog hi popularity; and the honest democratic Ger mans, who are unalterably attached to the hero of New Orleans, ir jenU are still accustomed to aut,, V? sifrns the appropriation bills, votes are iu " iuui? iuuai unh these causes, whtch wrir rcw JacKson witn tne same 828. Thousands too of the iven to Ritner, the anti-masonic candid- rp criven by Jackson men, who are oppo sed' to masonry, and who,- at the November election will indicate their attachment to their favorite, long-tried Old Hickory." democratic Onsof the principal charges now urged against Gen. Jackson, is, that in his official acts, he presumes to be his ovsn interpreter of the Constitution! What? a President dare have any opinion of the Constitution1? With the Bank party this is monstrous! We would be glad to have their views on one point, viz : The President, when he enters office, t3ketJf oath : do solemnly swear that J mil svpP Constitution of the United Staies, so help me uu- Congress says the Constitution means one tft g '. the President believes it to ffiZSj? nr caving is he bound b? his eatu tore i c v X V! ' 1 A V Y