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VREMARJtS OF MR, SAUNDERS. .
In iht IJoute if Btfrtttntittivrt on iht
. nd Jvgutl, on Ihe lUtnk BUI. ,
Mc Saunders, of North Carolina, aaid
' be waa not willing to suffer a bill involving
questions of such vital importance to pass,
without an effort en his part to expose its
- trae featur ef and its alarming eharecier.
He egreed wirti the gentleman from Penn
sylvania, (Mr. Serjeant,; that all lha pre-
- eedieg sneesnre of the session woold be
' comparatively insignifirsnt. should thia
bill lanl. l heir effects might be tempora
ry, and all the cult they occsstoneil essi
It remedied i bat the rnects of the bill on
the table were of wider extent and more
endaring character. It would not do for
ita advocates te maintain that the power to
rharter bank wat a trilled question.
. The Question wst to be settled now. anil
another feat are wss to be added to the
Conatitetion. never contemplated by ita
framera. but. on the contrary, expressly
rrlected. All this waa to be dime under
- the plea of necessity. 8ome other ergu
ment for it mult be given than that Hie
tUestioej was settled'. How settled? Br
whom? Who authorized them to settle
the ooestinn for us? -To think lor u?
It had been settled by Lejjislatora, Judges,
and Presidents, with whom we ot iiie pre
sent time had nothing to do. In addition
to which: it was ssid te have been confirm
ed by public opinion also. If, indeed, all
the alleged decisions could be established,
high case of suthority might be made
out but a closer examinatinn would show
that the nower hid ben denied and its
rierrise rem-atedlv eoiidem ed. It was
true that CongreSsj in 1791, did charter a
bank that ttir question vf power had been
d sruKl d and ih it some member of the
contention who framed lite Constitution
had also been members of that Congress
'there acre nine of them; and while fire
were for the bank, four had been against
I I the weig' t of talent betng conleisedly
; with the latter. Among the opponents
had been the illustrious Madison, whose
speech on that occasion was read, admir
ed, and studied to this hou Under all
the i irenmstances, Mr. Saunders did not
conai ler this act of Cnngrese as weighing
S't much in the argument as it appeared to
-the gentleman from HVnnajlvania (Mr.
Sergeant) to do. The Government as
just going i ito operation,' and the bank was
an espenment In 1811, Congress came
to ait important . decision, which the gen
t!eman trom Pennsylvania with his ususl
tact had entirely passed over. The con
stitutinnal question had been raised and
extensively discussed. Could it be main-,
tained that Jefferson and Madison con
sidered the question ss settled? They
had a majority in C ngreas in 1811, and
yetin that Congress the question was rais
ed and decided against the bank. ' A new 1
bank was chartered in 1816, but then the
circumstances were such that the eonetite-
tional question was not raised. The bank
waa chartered from necessity, and under
duress. Nothing was then decided but
the question of expediency. 8o, in 1832,
when tne bank had yet four years to run.
Then csme the poiitifsl revolution of
1837. The question of bank or no bask
had been rafted during the election of
General Jackson, and again in the canvass
vf Mr. Van Buren, and both limes decid
ed against the bank by an immense major
itv. This was an ...offset, to the authority
tif those decisions which were claimed on
the other aide. e much for the legisla
tive action on the constitutional question.
Then, aa to Executive decisions, the
name of Washington hsd been used with
great force but let it not be forgotten
with how much hesitation that great man
had signrd the first bsnk bill. True, Mr.
Jefferson had signed a bill for the New Or
letnsrsnctv but Ihen the bank was alrea
dy established, end the opinions of his
whole life had been tprcssly opposed to
it. It had been ssid that Mr. Jefferson
would have signed a bank kill rf presented
to him. But bow could this be known)
it wss mere conjecture. Mr. Madison had
also signrd a bill in 1816, but his argu
ments in 1791 still renniiied unanswered
and unanswerable. The elections of Jack
son and Van Buren were strong expres
sions of popular opinion sgainst the bank.
And to, indeed, was that of Gen. Harri
son, who had given an express opinion
that Congress had no power to charter a
bank who had voted fur Mr. Johnson's
resolution to issue a tcirtfaciut and even
to repealrthe tarter without ''tt2:AWit'
to the opinion of President "Tyler, , it was
known to be "decidedly"
tuumialnnwer of Congress to establioh a
bank. The weight of Executive opiuion,
therefore, lay on the other aide.
Mr. S. next proceeded lo. riamine the
judkial aumority in faoi of a bank, and
he insisted hat. the decisions of the Su
preme Court irilnfifii
only duricg tie continuance if ita char
ter, but had now no authoritrt and there
fore Congress might treat the question of
. charter or no charter as. an original question.-
lhe gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Sergeant had asid nothing of any
decisoii in 'the onpoaite direction. lie
took no notire of the disclosures in the tale
Madison pspers as to what ha4 passed in
the conyenlion when the proposal t Insert
a bank power in the Constitution was ar
gued tnd rejected. " . . ..
Gmtlemen insisted that public opinion
now called for r,bok. -Thia argument
t was every where 'g'lJf JUV now , A'
suppurtedi ' Uy the issues !bf tbe lets e
lrctiiuis? They were no test) because in
msny f the States the bank question was
never raised. . It Lsl not been raised in
- North -t'arolrnaf and Wte1 Badger, in a
public speech,' had refuted "the assertion
that G n. Harrison was in favor of a bank,
and denounced it as a false charge: Mr.
8. here quoted the speech of Mr. Badger,
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ana men tne auaress si a nig teuerai
cvianiitee, which dwelt on the topics vf
eitravaganeeTof a standing army, and of
the public lands, but contained nota-word
about a bank. Ii could net, theitfore, be
inferred that the V big vote for Harrison
was a ote fr a bank. Besides, when the
Lrgialaturc of North Carolina had become
hig, though resolutions were introduc
ed iu instruct Senators and Representa
tives to vote for a bank, they were not
pressed, because tlte party had not, power
to carry them.
Mr, 8. insisted that whenever the ques
tion had been directly put to the People,
thev had alwava decided azsiust a bank.
And even if nublic opinion were the other
way, it would not prove that members of
Congress hsd no power to think and v
for themselves. If they hsd a decided o
pinion on the constitutional qaeatioo, were
they not to be allowed lo express it? It
wss bold doctrine, not intended to operate
within but without Ihe walls oF congress.
Mr. S. insisted he had a perfect right to
treat this aa an original question, and to
act according to Ins own opinion. He.
then entered brteflr into a consideration
of the constitutional queationi slsted the
iiinciio between specified and implied
powers, and insisted that the latter retted
upon their being necessary and indispen
sable, to earry out the former. Gentle.
men were divposed to judge of the Con
stitution, not so much from its own letter
as from the incisures they wish to carry
under its sanction, fcvetl the alien and
addition laws had once been considered es
constitutional, though none wnuld now
venture to express such an opinion..
The gentleman from Pennsylvania 'had
r-lerri: to the decision in 1791, and not
to the powers in the Constitution. Mr.
S. hers read so extract from the speech, of
Mr. Clay in 1811, against the bank. Dir
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Ser
geant,) with his u-ual tact, had referred lo
a declaration by the old Congress that a
bank was indipensably neceswry to car
ry on the Governments But if they had
been led lo believe so by the results of the
Revolution, why had they not expressed
that opinion in he Constitution? It had
been twioe proposed in the Convention.
and twice rejected. Mr. S. here quoted
the Madison- pspers, lo show the opinions
or Mr. Majjrioh and Mr. Krng.
" lie declined tiiuchiiTt; on the exDedien
cy of chartering the bank, but made some
remarks' on' ihe project of establishing a
fiscal baok in the District i f Colombia.
which he considered an insidious and dan
gerous mode of evading the constitutional
difficulty. The power of Contrrss to le
gislate exclusively for this District waa
strictly a munirpal power, and could not
be extended into the Stales. And even,
this power must be exercised in conformi
ty with the Constitution. -The bill allow
ed Congress to hold lands, tenements, and
hereditaments, for which, there waa no
power in the Constitution.
II Congress could legislate lor the
States through thia District in one case,
it eould in all cases. If ii could act in
relation to a bank, it could also in relation
to slavrrv. It m'ntht not onlv act fiee all
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-win iiiv ti9tiiri, uui iuiiii uccarv
that all fugitive slaves fiom the States
should be free the moment thrir feet
touched the soil. Tois was glorious doc
trine fur Southern gentlemen lo advocate!
He did not charge the majority with any
such design. But let the principle once
be established, and put Into the bands of
fanaticism, and ita onward career eould
never be resisted. He should resist it at
the threshold j and placing himself on the
ramparts or the Constitution, he should
el.ng to its pillars with a d ath grasp, and
if they fell, was content to be crushed be
neath their ruins.
REMARKS OF MR. WASHINGTON,
In Iht lloutt of firprttentaliet. on the
$rd Augu$; 1841, on Iht Kical Hank
nut.
Mr. Washingtnn, of North Carolina,
next addressed the committee, and alter
a modest exordium, in which he referred
lo the fact that he was probably the young
est member upon the floor, proceeded to
notice some of the positions taken by his
colleague (Mr. Saunders) the day prei
ous, (of whom he spoke in very friend y
and respectfxil terms) in relation to the is
sues put forth before the people at the late
election and especially in their own stale,
He declined going into the expediency or
constitutionality of the bank, being fully
satisfied as to both. .. Jt waa "enough tot
hint to know that a national bank had been
recommended by Hamilton, anoroved bv
f Washingtc n", ate ted on by 3 r Bvrsun in 1 803
aou iouj, sanciionea y aiaoison, and
commendrd by Monroe, and that its con
stitutionality had been derided by the
highest judicial tribunals. In 79 1 and
in 1816 it had been justified on grounds
uf necessity t-and ihe awe ground exist
ed Wo si Ite f ererreurfo'ine financial de
rangements of the community, and to the
numerous memoriala in favor of a bank.
He Ihen turned to Mr. Saunders, who had
denied that the bank had the sanction of
public opinion, especially lnNor h Caro
lina, Mr. W, bad coaae to a directly op
posit conclusion) and he proceeded to
lay down the facts on which hit convic
tion rested. When the bank was charter
ed in 1 8 1 G, one of ihe Senators from No.
Carolina bad voted for and one against it.
While in Ihe House, nine repretauves
had supported and bat there opposed it.
One of Ihe nine bad beret Mr. Yancey
once a slislinguihed leader of the party
opposed to the bank, and a man who wield
vd a greater influence in that Slate than
any man had ever done, except Nathaniel
Maenn. -..... ,:: . '' : . ...;'' ': .
" Mr. W, then referred resolstions in
favor of the bank, which had passed the
North Carolina Legislature in the lower
branch wilheat a division, and , in the Se
nate (on a vote to lay on th ible) by 48
to 4. Again, in 1833. a State bank b.v
ing been estillished, its charter permitted
it expressly ' to deal" in the Stock of the
Bank of ihe United States,. taking it fur
granted that such a bank would be. again
established. The same feature occurred
in another bank charter, granted in 1835
by a Legislature in which the deasoeratic
patty had a targe majority, and at the ve
ry time uen. jets. son waa carrying on nis
war with the bank. "
Mr W. denied that these evidences of
public sentiment had since been reversed.
And here he vindicated Mr. Badger fron
the imputation, cast on him by Mr. faun
ders, of having represented Gen. Harri
son as utterly opposed to a bank, by quot
ing more fully ttan Mr. 8. had done the
speech of Mr. Badger on that subject, in
which he fully stated Gen. Harrison's
views aa to hia willingness to charter a
bank under, certain given circumstances
while, on the other hand, if Mr. Van Bu
ren waa elected no national bank could be
rharterrd without receiving hia unquali
fied veto . '
Mr. W. paid a handsome eulogium on
his distinguished fellow-citizen, and on
hit speech, of which 5,000 copies had
been circulated, with profound effect on
the public mind. He then referred to the
gubernatorial election in North Carolina,
in which Mr. Saundert had been a candi- l
date, and in which, for the first time, both
competitort had '-taken the stump;" to
their strenuous efforts tnd to the final de
feat of hia colleague by 8.000 votes,' He
produced and read a letter ef Mr. ' More-
head, (the successful candidate,; declaring
that the issue made before the People was
between a bank and the aub-Treasury.
So notorious was this, that the motto at
the head of the leading Democratic, paper
was this "The People against the Bank."
A corresponding expression of public sen
timent had also been made by ihe election
of Representatives in the Stale Legisla
urc, in which, while 104 Whigs had been
choaen, only 66 Democrats had been re
turned. All these Whig were bank men,
and one of them was a Virginia abstrac
tionist A laugh. In regard to the
Senators Trom North Carolina, they had
been required, in a primary assembly of
the People, by a vote ol 103 to 1, lo pledge
themselves to vote in favor of a bank;
otherwise they could not be chosen. As
to thje Isyingon Ihe table of resolutions to
instruct ihese Senators and - to request
the Representatives to vote for a bank, it
wss a result merely of the pressure of
public business and the protraction of de
bate toward the close of a session The
resolution would certainly have been car
ried by a large majority; but, to save oth
er measures which must have been lost for
want of time, it waa patrioti ally dropped
by its friends. And Ihe following elec
tion showed how public feeling stood: in
stead of 8 Democrats and 5 Whiga in
Congress, there" were nov 8 Whigs and
5 Democrats. The 8 Whtgs represented
a population of 435,000; the 3 Uemocrais.
a ponu ation ol 219,000. After that, could
any man tay that public opinion in North
Carolina waa against the bankr
Mr. W. then went on to insist that the
issue before the People hsd been pre-emi
nently on the bank question. In support
ol which he stated a number of facta of a
local nature. " -He
next noticed Mr. 6aunders't objec
lion to Ihe bill, on account of its location
in the District of Columbia. This he con
sidered very extraordinary especially in
a strict constructionist and a Stste-iights
man. It never had been denied that Con
gress might charter a bank in this Dis
trict, of which it was Ihe local legislature.
The bill provided that no branch should
be established within any State, without
the consent wf the State. This surely was
in strict conformity with State-right doc
trines. As to the objection that it Con
gress could operate in the States, through
the Ui-lrict bv the establishment oi a
bank, it might act on ihe subject of slave
ry also, it was true that Congress might
legislate for the District, but in so doing
it could not interfere with vested rights.
Slavery waa recognized by the Constitu
tion, and alavea as the property ot the
South could not be interfered with. And
if Congress never should abolish slavery
in the Southern States till those States
rave their conaent, little harm cotfld bt
done.
Mr. W. said he loved his State with as
strong an affection as any man; yet he was
opposed to lugging her political contests
itito eetv. debattr"invtiM'
seaaonV It would have no other effect
than Jo inflame the public .nj)jnda4.ki.
en the bonds of our happy Union. In a
counlrv ao extensive, with so vsst a diver
sity ofcl.mate, products, and local inter
esls.it a not to be wondered at that
there ahuuld occur tome sectional diffif al
lies; but lliese, instead of being aggravate
ed, should be met' and overcome. ...Shall
New England, asked Mr. W., the nurse
ry of patriotism, of piety, and of science,
be sacrificed to the luxury of the West
and of the South? ' No. Or shall the ex
uberant abundance of the patriotic South
be sacrificed to the engroeing enterprise
and blind fanaticism uf the North and the
East? Whenever that question shall be
presented, all Ike Northern hills will echo
with a prompt and overwhelming nega
tive. I have no feart of disunion; thrre
ie bairn in Gileud for all our political evils;
not in physics) force not mi the atrong
arm of the lW but in the conservative
inf avnee of kind and mutual forbearance.
'I his alnste can soothe the violence f sec
tional animosities and Jealousies, lrt the
bosom of ewevy enlightened statesman
swell with good will toward nit brethren,'
ad the demon ef discord will quickly be
dislodged Irom our happy country. Then
every diversity in mil and climate in in
terest and pursuits, will but add one more
rord ta the glorious bond which holds and
secures our national Union, Then shall
that Union aland "like a rock, arid, whjlt
ihe wv ei vf fadjipa and of KIsb emula-
lion may dash fiesssel vet to pieces at its
foot, it Summit thsll be crowned with a
beacon-light cheering the nations of the
earth ia their struggles for freedom.
Pi thcSMoaMevitk Uraoivr. ,
UJIABP SIIOOTIO. -i
Scsmk 7Tki Summtrrille Court Houtt.
Actons Gt. Pmikund My. Jonet. ;
Pone." My oong and promiairg oppo
oenl ia a capttjl hand at dodging. ,
Jones. My Venerable Iriend accuses
s fa -a a. .
me ot dodrmv, a no it tne scmiinn oe
true, it ia swue to the shooting I daily re
ceive from His Excellency who is cer
tainly the very prince of dodgers. But be
ill learn in Aigust.tlut I dout ooljf tlodgt
well, but that 1 run well.
folk pan ia known oy -we-compsw
ny he keeps.
Jonet Well.Culonel.if a msn'is known
by the company W keeps, may the Lord
in hia goodness have' mercy on your soul.
Polk My opponent is getting eery
sick of Polk Juke. -
Jontt i Not ouite so "bad off" as His
Excellence, htwever; fee he contracted a
terrible disease in East Tennessee waa
violently held with the premonitory symp
toms in the middle of the Slate has got
the thumps lair! y since he came to the Wes
tern District ;and by the first Thursday in
Aogual, we ssaJl find him in a conplete
stsie of collapse. His own favorite Polk
Juice can't save him. The Governor prom
ised when we reached his old Congressional
district, to kow me bale, hearty men, who
had used no other medicine than Polk
Juice fur a number of yeme- Well, when
we came there,-! found some who certainly
adhered to Ihe nauseous draught) but gen
lleTnen, 1 tell you in truth, that even there,
I lound not a few who disclaimed ihe phys
icwho declared that, if its bad effects
could only be gotton out of theii systems,
they would never be wheedled into such
quarkery again.
Pott. When the news of Gen. Harri
son's nomination reached Nashville, Msj.
Jones declared that he would have toaleep
over it before he could go it. '
Jontt. did say, I should hsve to re
flect upon it' and this assertion was pre
dicated upon ihe statement of Col. Polk
himself, in a speech made a short lime be
fore, if I waa aeduced there aita my sedu
cer. Having toon informed myself to the
contrary, however, (as to Gen. Harrison's
abolitionism.) I yielded him a ready and
zealous support; and if I am forgiven tor.
the sin of giving credit, this once, to stste
mentt made by Col. Polk, 1 will thank
Heaver., and promise never to tin in like
manner again.
folk.- I fi bear speaking or Gen. Har
rison, as he is dead.
Jontt. I, too, am accustomed to tread
lightly upon the ashet of the dead. I say
nothing, therefore, in comment upon the
acts and opinions of Martin Van Buren
for he it the deadett man I ever h ard of.
Polk.n view of these recorded vote.
I pronounce Daniel Webster a Federalist.
Jontt I suppose olJ Nat. Macon was
a staunrh Democrat! and yet, by reference
to the Journals of Congress, we find hia
name recorded trith Wtbtlert in these ve
ty votes which are noised abroad, as prov
ing Webster's Federalism. John Randolph'
of Roanoke, who ia now embalmed as
the very quintessence of Domocracy, wat
a ilk ff'cbter and Macon in thttt voltt; but
my very impartial friends calls the one a
Federalist, and the others pure, unsophis
ticated Democrata-Oh! Colonel
-Polk My opponent remembers Mr.
Van Buren't pledge, in hia inaugural, tu
tustsin the Southern interests, regarding
slavery.
ronet True, and your Eellencv sure
7
cannot trget that, upon a prior occa
sion, wheu Mr. van Buren was asked hia
opinion upon the power of Congreis to a
bolish slavery in the District of Columbia,
he replied, "That with the lights before
him, he tnuld not say Congress had not
thepourer." Which horn of the dilemma
are we to choose?
Polk President Tyler's Message is
Federal throughout; and moreover, con
tains no clue to his sentiments regarding
the currenrj. My opponent, however,
shuts his eyes, grits his teeth, and "goes
it blind."
Jontt. Oh no! oh no! I don't belong to
list psrty. Look back a little into Mr. Van
BurenH administration, and you will there
see who "went it blind;" and as to Mr, Ty-
fers:Me:ssa;iiril 'clear far vi dotted
States Bank not arrogant, however, but
'In intimate connection with the ques
tion of the revenue, is that whuh makes
provision fr a suitable Fxictl Jlgent, ca
pable sf adding increased facilities In the
collection and disbursement of the public
revenue rendering more secure their cot
tody, and consulting a tiue economy in the
great, multiplied, and delicate operations
of the Treasury Department. Upon such
ansgeut depends, in an eminent degree,
ihe estanusnment ot a currenrj ot uniform
value. Which is of so great importance to all
the essential interests of society , and on
the wisdom to be manifested ia its crea
tion n,urh depends."
The Fedraliam of Tyler's Message
save the mark! How mendo twistify truths
in these days. Why what can be purer de
mocracy than lo decline power in behall
of the people? Tyler doea thia He resigna
into the hands of the people a represents
live h delicate and hirhlv resnonsible now
er and tit it Federalism in 1841. -1
this your teat of Federaliam. Governor?
and M so, nbat it Democracy? , '
rolk.n my last annual message to the
General Assembly of Tennesaee, I recom
mended -resumption ot specie pay mehtt at
an early day. , : .
. Jontt. Yes, Governor, and your own
Democratic Assembly judged it iritrpedi-
tnl to. follow year advice. "
Polk. John C. Colhoun isnow purged
of his ila of Nullification, it restored in
good faith, to the ranks of Democracy.
- one. And yet the tintofDaniel VTeb
ster, (if they be sins,! committed twenty -years
ago, are to rite (n judgement agaicst
him forever. , rV'- ' 'v
PoUc. Gen. W'ahington hesitated to
Ihe last hour to sign the hill for the first Uni
ted Sates Bank.
- Janet. So he did. and then he signed
it; incontestible evidence that it was dune
calmly, t ootly , deliberately, and in shut
accordance with the Constitution, which
he waa bound by his oath to support.
. Polk Ltj year finger, Maj. Jones, on
that section in die Constitution authori
zing a United Satra -Bank.
Jontt. Here it ia, chapter and verse.
,n Constitution ot the United Satates,
,''r riri, m hihkui kciipi cigw.
ii it written, "congress snail nave power
lo mdet till law which thtdl be ntctttary
andyroptr for carrying into execution the
foregoing powers.' The foregoing powers
arc ataled at large in the eighth section;
oneol which is, that 'Congress shall have
power to pay debts and provide for com
mon defence and oembbal WBLraaB of the
United States.
Polk. Give us your Constitutional au
thority to destribute the proceeds of the
Public Lands
Jones. Here it is, chapter and Verse.
In the Constitution, Article Fourth, and
Section Third, and last clause, it is writ
ten,. "Congress shall have power to
dispose and make all needful rulea and
regulations respecting the territory or oth
er properly belonging to the United Sates."
Polk If Maj..r Jones contends that he
ia a Democrat, I here publicly declare that
I am none.
Jonet. Just so. Colonel. I've told von
often yen had no claim to the title, and now
you are in a fair way to confess it.
CONGRESS.
Saturday, July SI.
The Senate did not sit to-day. After
the arduous and beneficent work of the
week, the Senate resolved to rest from their
labors for one day.
Ihe House of Representatives took up
Ihe Revenue Bill, which wss ordered to be
engrossed yesterday, and It having' been
read a third time, war passed. Amotion
was made to reconsider, which war rejected
by a majority of nine. Mr. Wise then mov
ed to amend the title, tots te indicate that
the bill was a violation oi the Constitution,
and the Compromise Act. -
After a brief disrussion, the motion was
rejected and the bill was passed with the
title it bore, when it was reported. The
nouse tnen anjourneu.
Mondty Jlugutt 2.
In the Senate, the Revenue Bill was re
ceived Irom the House, and on motion
of Mr. Clay, was read a first and second
time and referred to the Committee on Fi
nance. Mr. Calhoun'presented a memorial from
citizenaof Cumberland County, Va., upon
tne agitating. questions ol the dsy. 1 he
memorial denounced a National Bank and
aaid it c hou Id be repealed as soon as Ihe op-
poDcnraoi ine Aominisiraiion naa tne pow
er of repuf. The Distribution Scheme
wat also denounced, and the Extra Ses
sion pronounced uncalled for. The Bank
Bill wat declarrd unconstitutional, 'and
the Distribution plan also, the laat nartic
tilarly for the reason that in the estimatiea
I Ihe memorialists, it was destined toje
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esiauusn ine Atnertrasi avatem.
Mr. Archer said that as the memorial
rame from his own State, he ought peihapt
to say something in reference to it. As
the memorialists had.howevrr, chesen an
other organ, he should say nothing except
on one point in the memorial. The people
a - a an m .
oi Virginia, lie ptergeu tmuself, would
never sustain thejdoctrine of repeal, never.
If a Bank wt,s chartered, he pledged him.
self that hit State would respect the con-
tract.
Mr. Calhoun thought lie had mistaken
Virginia sentiment if a great majority of
the people of the State and of the United
Statea wnuld not contend for repeal before
the close of S years He should rejoice
to see public sentiment! thus expresed,
and no act of hia life would give him more
joy than an affirmative vote upon the repeal
question. It was right that there should
be repeal also for the reason that the Bank
waa unconstitutional, and that the people
might at any time repeal an uaconstitu ion-
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Mr. Archer further said that the Sent'
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giously mistaken in regard to public opin
ion in Virginia. He would find them more
opposed to the doctrtnea of Repeal than
Notification, and as much opposed totuch
a sntimeot as they were to alio ilion itself.
Iow, or at any time, the Senator would
find himself mistaken in Virginia senti
ment. He spoke for the . Virginia people
with his colleague. The petitioners chose
an organ other than the Virginia Senator.
That rt leatt wat presumptive evdence
that the petitionrre differed from, the State
which had given the two Senator! their
place here. - - ' . .
After anme further remarks from Meaire.
Tappan, Henderson and ' Benton, the me
morial waa ordered to be printed,
The Fortification Bill waa discussed the
remainder of Ihe day'a aitting.
In the House the Fiscal Bank Bill wat
taken ap and discussed daring the tlsy's
session. Mr. Sergeant opened the diet us
tion in behslf of the bill. Messrs. Mr L.
Ian and Saundert followed in oppositin
Mr McLellsn moved to strike out the en
acting clsuse that Kit speech might be
the more general. V ' .
Mr. Stewart supported the bill The
Baltimore American's correspondent says
of Mr. B.H tpeeek- ''Mr. Stewart exam
ined the question from the beginning, and
made a very able tpeeeh drawn Irom the
acts of the Coverament and lha opinions
of public men. ' His purpose wat to cm-
body what testimony he could la behslf .,
a Bank drawn from the practice r
Government. .'".'-.
MrKennedy tr Illinois rioted the ft.
km,''"8 lkil PfW..ta tk,
Tuttday, dvgutt Jl-
In Senate, a motion of Mr, Allen to est
firm nominations with open doom waa, tAg.
debate, laid on the table, S6 to 20. - .
The Fortification Bill was then taken tsl
The Western memberscomplained that
.proper piovisinn was not made for die d
fence of the Western Frontier, and smeni
menu went proposed with the view
strengthening the defences in that quarter.
Mr. Calhoun aaid he should vote agsiaa
them, because he intended to vote againa
the bill. IJe considered the system of
tincstions aa a bad system. To tlie aavu
defences ho looked at the more impartial
defence and not to fortifies liona.
Mr. Claj would vote against the aaeai
ments on financial ground.
Mr. Buchanan went for a defence for D.
troiu
The amendment appropriating 850,001
for the defence of Detroit and Buffalo wrn
rejected. 21 to 24; and an appropriation.
0
50,000 for defending the Arkansas fnmtiet
waa agreea to, i to 17. Utner propoaet
amendmenu were rejected after which the
bill waa reported to the Senate: The tv
amendments for surveys ($30,000) and at
resragra (940,001 ) were concurred in.
Mr, Clay, for financial reasons, moved
non-conedrrence ra the smeridment fo t'
Western Hospital. A debate arose, pending
which the Senate adjourned. .- s
The House went into committee of tin
whole at eleven, and again took up the Fis
csl Bank bill from the Senate,' the quesiioi
being on the motion of Mr. McCiellau is
stiike out the enacting clause.
Messrs. Mason of Md., Brown of Pi
and Wood of N. Y., opposed the bill with
much earnestneas, after which the II nose
djourned. The correspondent of the Bat.
timore American ssys: "It it contemplated,
I believe, to take the Bill from the Commit.
tee on Friday, and in the meantime-to rivt
the debate up pretty much to the opposition-
memoers. . - ;i;
The President announced tn CnneTat-
that he had signed the bill providing for t
Home Squadron. This it one of the rood I
ueeuaoi uie extra (session,
Wednttday. Augutli.
In the Senate, after much discussion, lbs
Fortification Bill was oidered te be en
grossed. -
In the House the Bank Bill waa debated
to a late hour without taking the question ea
its passage. During the day, the Speaker,
laid before the House a communication
from ihe President of the United States,
transmitting a communication from lbs
Treasury Department, enclosing a commu
nication from the French Minister to the
Secretary of the Treasury, relating to lbs
commerce and navigation with France uik
der existing treaties; referring to a memo
rial urging me iiouse to moauy the una in
relation to to much of it ss affects trade with
Frsnee, on the ground that, ss it now stands,
"it would fail to answer the purposes of this.
Government, and unavoidably compel that
of France, however reluctantly, to adopt
measures for protecting ita manufactures
and commence against injurious consequen
ces;'.' aad asKing tke Secretary to recom
mend it to the consideration of the Commie
tee of Waya and Means, j
On motion of Mr. Briggs, the communi
cation and documents were referred to die
Committee on Foreign Affairs,- and ordered
lo be printed.
' Thurtday, Jlugutt ,
In ihe Senate, a memorial from Virginia,
in reference to the agitating topics -of the
day, the U. 8. Bank, the Tariff arid other ,
topics, waa presented by Mr. Benton. The
Correspondent ef the Baltimore American,
ssys: '
"The President of the Senate here gave-
a nM.iainn wliuti waa ilia mum f m mmI f
angry specimen of slang I have teen for a
longtime. Mr. Southard decided that the
motion to print the memorial (which had
been ordered) took the memorial with it, and
that the subject passed from the Senate. .
"Mr. Calhoun, Mr.' Benton, Mr. King,
Mr. Culhbert, and Mr: Tappan took issue.
Mr. Clay of Ky. replied sharply,, but not y
ienviiniiw a r -
The fortification Bill passed by a vote of
46 to 4. Messts. Calhoun. Nicholson,'.
Pierce s,W
j ne senate was occupied the remainder
of the dav on the'Navv Panainn Rill.
la the iiouse, -Msv Adams oSered a seee-;
lotion that the President of the United ;
States be requested to communicate to this
House by what authority the French Muus
ter had addiessed a communication lothe..
Secreury of the Treasury; which, after an ,
animated debate, wat laitf upon the table.
The Fiscal Bank Bill waa nnder debate
Ihe remainder' of the day't titling:" Mr.
Wise, tn the course of his speech in oppo
sition to the bill, aaid "the people were not
ready for the Bank! He was in favor of,'
the measure, but would not vote for it!". i -
BOUNDARY LINK BRTWF.EN TEX
AS AND THE UN1TF.D STATES.
Through the politeness of a gentleman,-
(sayt the Arkansas StsU Gszette.) ana t
uf lha most engineering corps, we learn
that the commissioners who hsve lor some '
time been engaged in running the boanda- '
ry line between the VnifdStatetandTeg
an Republic, completed their appointment 7
at the north end on Thursday, the Mth .
alt. The tine strikes Red River '
and a half above tha While Oak Shoals, .
near Mr, David Lbyds, an range 28, a- ,
bout fifty ytrds below range 29. Tha list
barbae been cut aboat tea feet on each
side of the line, making an opening of twen
ty feet the whole length af the liae; moundl -have
also been raised at every mile. Ivt
feet high. . "
Praise set the unworthy, thehey el in whet.
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