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VOLUME I,
7jlUTHERFOIlDTON, FRIDAY MOltlNING, MAY 28, 1830.
-NUMBER' 15.
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PLBLlSIliO EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY
1 HQS WELL ELMER, Jr.
Terms of subscription. Two dollars and fifty
cphtsi, per annum, if paid in advance ; or three dol
lars, if paid within the year: but if delayed after
thecloser oft the year, twenty-five cents will be
adthuK" ":! "" " : - l' -.
J fio paper will be discontinud until all arrearar
ges are, paid,' or. at the -discretion of the publisher;
Advertisements insenea on me usual ierms.-r-i
All persons "advertising will please note the num
V; ar of times they wish to ' have them inserted, or
x they will be continued and taxed accordingly.
T30096bCIlBS or jtLNm
Por Sale , in the County of Macon, N. C.
A T the June term oi the County Court in Ma-
J. j. cws County, I will expose o. public sale' for
;. taxes, 800UM ACRES OF LAND, id said coun-
ty, btyiig a body of land granted by the State, in
thCT) 6ar HuG; to John Iloldirnan and Jacob Essel-
;rnari, situated and abounded as follows : . Begin-
in at a v tnte uak, Locust and II lckory, and
:. runs iNorth lo deg. West $100 poles to a White
A GUI C U Li T URAL.
J "The agricultural interest of jour country is es
sentially connected with every other, and superior
irt importance to them all." A. Jackson's Message.
From the Baltimore Gazette.! ; .
. CULTIVATION OF SILK.
I Concluded. , -. .
; I Great care should be taken to guard
against mice and ants : mice devour them
with avidity, and the bite of an ant is al
most instant death to the jworm. Isola
ting the shelves from the walla and set-
tin the leet m basins ot water will pro-
the bodysemi-transparent, throw out fi-I commodationa to the different parts of the
bres of silk 'on the leaves, and wander a- union, couiu nox De at. an eiteciea wuir
bout. ' The brush for the cocoons ''should- out such'agency. If there should be sim-
now be provided. The best and simplest ply a great central bank established ot
that I have been able to fj.nd is the broom- the seat of Government, without branches
yfi . ' 11 f . . i , . . li ! ! . I .1 ! .
corn, uiear n wen irom seeds, and cut to connect us operations wiui ine vanoua
it from the italic close to the jrfnctioh of points of the commerce of the Union, the
straws? spread out thetop in imitation of promise to pay specie for its notes, when-
a small tree, and set it on (lie shelf with ever, presented, w ould be almost purely
the top pressing against the bottom of the nominal. : Of what, consequence would it
upper shell to hold it m its position. .. De lo. a mercnani or planter oi Louisiana,
of these, agents great at it would doubtless .
be, would be insignificant and hannlers,
when compared with that which would
result from the dispensation of bank ac
coinmodations to the ctaiidjng amount of .
at least fifty millions of dollars! i The
mind almost instinctively shrinks from tho ' . .
contemplation of an 'idea so ominous to
the purity 'of .the Government nd the
liberties of the people. No government, of
which the committee have any knowledge, - f
. - '
tect 'them from ants; but
the
access
of
njice to the room must be cut off.
;, The success of the crop depends upon
tne cleanliness of the shelves j and purity
of the air in the room, especially in hot,
atid more particularly in xlamp weather.
If the excrement and litter !be allowed to
Oak; then South 75. West 4000 polesM a poplar; accumulate, fermentation and putrefaction
soon commence, and the consequence will
f4 fatal to the worms espepially - in hot,
damp weather ; besides, thej worms at all
limps thrive hpttpr whpn thi sVip1vp nrp'
for taxes, due- Tor tlie vear 1829: so much of the allowed to remain about the worms. To
anu oieaman as ne m ffuara asrainsi lmnurnv oi air. wnicn is
i I--" a . i . ' o
, theu South 15 Hast 8800" poles to a White Oak
; then North 75 East 4000 pJes to a White Oak
then North 15 West 700 poles to the beginning.
This tract is estimated as 45 miles in length and
1 , !J0 in breadih and compreliends the body of the
land; granted to Cathtart
th rounoniacon jcontaining. by uppositiori, tne greatest enemy the silk worm has,
:ihniit 1 1 )l 1 1 11 II I norths - .1 T. . J . - I-
about 100,000 acres.
April 23. 1.630.
JBYNUM W. BELL,
fcheriff of IMacon County.
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State of North Carolina,
- Rutherford Caunty.
Court of rieas' and Quarter Sessions April Ses-
siori, 1830,' ' . 7
Daniel Coleman
maybe set in roVs" of six or ei-htv inches or a manufacturer or farmer of Maine, that jesrept, perhaps, Uie despotism of Russia,
apart, across the shelf, and over r-the . top he could obtain specie for bills of the na- was ever invested with a patronage at
shelf an extra one may be placed for this tionab bank, on presenting them at the once so prodigious in its influence and to
purpose; The worms will readily find and City of Washington a place wholy un- dangerous in its character In the most
climb these little trees and spin their co- connected either with Louisiana or Maine desperate financial extremities, no other
coons in them : the worms will be four by any sort ,-of commercial intercourse, European government has ever ventured
days spinningftheir cocoons, and thy will and where, consequently, these bills would upon an experimeut so perilous. If the
all generally be finished on the 8th. day never come in the regular course ctradet whole patronage of the English rnocarchr
after they first begari-that is, all of the A promise to pay specie at a pla(fe so re- were concentrated in the hands of the.
same day's hatching. The brush .may mote from the place of circulation, and American Executive, it may be "well
then be taken dowri the cocoons taken off, where the bills would never come but at doubted whether the public liberty woultfoo
cleared of the loose oip, and prepared for a great expense, and for the sole purpose so much endangered by it as it would by
reeling. ' - 1 of being presented for payment, would this vast pecuniary machine, which would
The cocoons from which eggs are ex- neither give credit to the notes, nor op- place in the hands of every administra-
pected must be spread out in a room, se- porate as an etfective check upon exces- Ition fifty millions of dollars, as a fund for
cure from mice and ants, and in five to hve issues. AVhatcyer credit such notes rewarding political partizans.
Jen days the moths will come outi; of the might have, at'a distance from the place
cocoons, when the males and females will of issue, would not be because they were
rnnnlo tVifi7 muct tVion Vo 'tolroVi rloTmWo nt t li o tloncuro nC tlin linlrlpr
small quantity oi chloride of lime should wings in pairs without separating them, -for such -would not be the fact; but
always be kept in ablate in some part of and placed upon, sheets of paper disposed principally because of the ultimate rc-
ine room. n is a cneapano mosieneciu-eM : ...v. .1 ' n,. r
... " ...1 ... I lJl lllCil iCVCUUUUa IICIi; -11 ICV till. IU, I cUUUSlUllKT Ul C 1 II 11 1 II I. U11U Ul
main. There is generally about ahequal their being recievable in payment of-all
number oi each sex. 1 have tound. the dues to the .treasury, l ney would rest, ces of corruption would flow. from its tx-
best mode forfixingthe paperfor tjie moths therefore, upon almost precisely the same lercise. Have not our
A"
ai preventive ot this cause pt -disease in
worms, as well as a powerful remedy for
the tripes, and other diseases that have be
come epidemic. It is generally retailed
""Without assuming that a corrupt IiTj
would be made of this new species ofs -ernment
patronage, a very fclight ac- '
quaintauce with the practice of all -political
parties, "whatever may be their profes- ,
sions, vill be.sufficient to satisfy any re
flecting mind that all the evil eonscquenr
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to lay on, as follows : stretch two pieces J basis of credit as the paper money of our
Petition for Partition.
Mark Alexaftderand
wife Sarah. ,
IT. appearirig to the! satisfa6tion6f the ' Court,
that, the defendants in this case, are not inhab
itanta of this State: It is therefore ordered, that
publication be made six: weeks successively, in the
North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser,
that unless they appear at the next Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions, to beheld for the County of
Kutherlord, at the Uourt House m liuthertordton,
on the second Monday in July next, then and there
ai,ine arug snops aio cents a ,ana ofgtron twine across the room from wall Revolution, the assijrnats of Ucvolution
four pounds will be sufficient tor the IaMto wal, ahftIirtwn fppt n'rt -A nilflthrP !irv rrntll.P auA thoTmnviirv imtn-nfih.
about a foot over the .middle of thcsehLav war. These were receivable in discharge
large sheets of paper (old newspapers wih of debts due to the Treasury, and the
,do) over them and pin them down at each Government was of course ultimately re
side to the lower twine. The sheets of sponsible for their payment; yet the two
paper will then be in the form of the roof former depreciated almost to nothing, and
of a house. x As many pairs of moflis as J the latter, jpiough bearing interest, sunk
i: a. v ' on J... n. .
oan vwiiciiitnj.ijr uc.uil iiiu papers Illay liu .Liii. wvivjit jicii. uui iiil nuns
be placed there-. This mode has the ad-4 of "a central Government lank, without
gest laboratory. A couple of spoonfuls
miy be put into a plate wilh about a gill
of; water, and should be replenished every
three days. : ' -
jWhere proper cleanliness and due at
tention to ventilation are observed, there
is Jittle to be dreaded from hot 'weather.
Nevertheless, in very hot weather all the
means a hand should -be availed of for
the reduction of the temperature of the
to answer, plead or demur,; plaintiff's petition' will
be taken pro contesso, and heard exparte.
iPy- Teste, ISAAC CRATON, C. C. room ; for worms will thrive best in mo-
uiay v , ioou. rr. aav. iz uw
ISDDE WALLETS LOST.
OvN. the evening of the 13th inst. between Geio
ALVStittles and John Babers's Esq", a pair of SAD
DLE WALLETS neayly new, containing sundry
papers and blanks and a pair of , shoes. Any
person who may find said wallets, and return the"
same to the subscriber, shall be liberally rewarded.
' v JAMES M. WALKER.
vMouth of Broad and Green River. ) ,
April 14, 183Q.
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derate temperature. . But ice, or sprink-
Iigtha-. floor -fich cold vratjjr, should ne
ver be resorted to,as has been recommend
ed, ; for the vapour thus produced will do
more injury than the heat. - Where con
venient, the laboratory should be shaded
with high trees on the south isideT" . An
open, high piazza to shield the south front
of the house from the sun s!ray will also
branches, would be subject to depreciation
trom a causi Ahich constitutes a conclu
sive objection to such an institution.
There trouhl be nothing to limit exctssice
vantage of secunty against ants and mice,
which are very deiructive to these insects.
1 he room should W , dark, if possible,
while the insects are on the papers.1 and
each sheet should be filled before any are Jtsucs Out. the direction and prudence of the Jies, the composition of all political par
pui upon another, and as soon , as the Government or. oj the direction. Human Ue w,at Would lc the probable ue made
moths on one sheet are done lavTrje?gSv wisdom has never devised an ndequatese- nf fifiv millimm of kink mtrnnfi !,v n
it should be taken down, folded, and put curity against the excessive issues, and, ,olitica partv which coicienciouly held
iK)liticul contents
too frequently degenerated into a Felfoh
scramble for the otfices of the country T
Are there not those who sincerly and hon
estly believe that these, ofiicrs are legit
imate objects of political warfare, and iho
rifrlitful rntrnri4 rif till lirtnriniK mrlv?
And, disinterested and patriotic as, the ,
the great body of ever' party 19 admitted
to be, the fact is no let-s true than it is la
mentable, that the most demoted and ac
tive partizans are very often mere oldici
of fortune, who watch the political figns.
and enlist, at the clcmilh .hour, under
the banners of the party mott likely to
prove successiui. ; ucii lkjiii"-, more ir
LAND AND Ml Lt.S FOR SALE.
rTHHE subscriber wishes to sell his TRACT
. U OF LAND lying on Brushy Creek, con
taining One hundred and twenty acres, with a tol
erable good FARM, twa good UK1ST MILLS
i and a good assortment of BOLTING CLOTHS,
.' all in a large' framed house, a place ot great cus-
,'tomj and ; a permapent stream sufficient for a fur
nace of ! common .'description. It is situated six
miles east of Hamilton's 'store, . and three miles
west of William Weathers' Esq.; which if not
disposed j of at private ale, will be offered to the
highest bidder, at William Weathers'; on the last
Saturday in May next. I ""
y ) i . ! ' MARTIN S. ELLIOTT.
Rutherford, April 30, 1830; ; llP3t .
in a tin box m a cold cellar, where all the consequently, the depreciacion of the
eggs must be kept till wanted for use next bank paper, but its actual, and easy, and
spring. The moths are in the form of a prompt convertibility into specie at the
rdVS Will cllfeO I ,,rpx7ic)l wllito Imttorflw' or, J AnlXH.r U t.loocnrn 1.1.1. ' T? l. ,
b of service. Opening the, windows and tQ lav effffS 24 36 ho6urs af lpn 'hown' that. ,vher, thA rlofn bnnU ;s.
it ip p nir c. ... j - . . i " . 7 : 7
J a 1 i 4.:i4. -1 !
m ; lVrUUUur? 1 I uie :-cPulle: VineUe cocoon.
mill t Ii I -.r nil r 1 nn-n rf . . . n I
r ii iiicii uc an iucii vcii i uy. juuiits lu cuut
the room : and this should never be nes
letted, ii hot weather. Tjbere is much
mpre danger! from cold than heat ; and on
the slightest appearance of !a cold night,
are should be made in, the fire places or
si&yes, and replenished as often as neces
sary. The temperature should be . kept
asi equable as possible, and tsudderi chan
ges guarded against. For this purpose a
thermometer: will be useful ; but the sen
ses of the attendant , will b a ' sufficient
substitute if care be observed. I do not
The eggs are af first of IbyS any meains,'.; habitually '.circulated at
a yellow, or some what of a sulphur colour, places remote from the point where it is
but in three days turn to a light slate co- issued, and not connected with it by a re
lour, and subsequently to a dull brownish gular, commercial intercourse, there will
slate colour. "When seen through ,a mi- not exist that easy and prompt converti-
: SCHOOL. '
' W'W' X f r ouVDvrihaT will rAmmonPO Vi i - QVirl i n
JL Charlottesville, on the 10th day of January pretend to give the degrees! of tempera
next,-tor me msirucnon oi , Doys,. in uie, t.ngnsn.
Latin, li reek and French languages, which will
comprise a session of little upwards of ten months.
A vacation oCone month will be given in August,
The. course will comprise, jn the English Depart
, ment, English Urammar, Geography, Book-keeping.
Arithmetic, -and a preparatory course of Ma
thematics; viz. Lacroix's Algebra and Legender's
Ceojnetfy; in the classical, the Latin, , Greek and
French languages withi Ancient Historv, Geogra
phy, anoTaiytology. Thiinstractor will be gener
ally i,during the day with!- his pupils, save a suffi
cient time for exercise and recreation; so as to as-
sisjt and instruct them both in the. preparation and
recitation of their lessons. 1 As he intends his school
to be permanent,1 and believes the' advantages of an
eeucation, and the facility of acquiring it increased
by pursuing a regular and systematical plan, he
would preter, as pupils, those boys who will prob
ably complete their scholastic course with him
- His course is such as to give boys all the necessary
preparation for .any of the Colleges or Universities.
and especially for the University of Virgnia, with
an eye to which it has been prepared. He would
be glad if those who intend to favor him with their
. patronage, would immediately apprize him of their
'intentions, for if the size of the school will justify
it he will employ an assistant, so as to have the
r rench Language taught by a native r renchmari,
: . Those who may not be acquainted with the subscri
. bpr, he would refer to Thomas W. Gilmer,' Rice
W. Wood, V. W. Southall, James W. Saunders,
Henry Tk Harris, Dr. Ch. Cocke, Thomas J.Ran-
oolph, Philip V. Barbour and Wm. t Gordon.
. Doard in genteel families, can be obtained in
trhariottesville from eight to ten dollars per month
TERMS FOR A. SESSION OF TEN (MONTHS. (
Tot instruction in the English branches. Lat
in. Greek, French and Mathematics, $35
English branches Latin and Mathematics, ' $30
English branches oftly,; ' : $25
; ) GEOKGEjCARR,
:' t , ' 1 " ' Principal!
Charlottesville, Va. December 1, 1829.
ture most suitable for silk, wprms ; for al
though we can increase the iheat, it is not
easy to reduce it in a large
the surrounding atmosphere
. -V, -V " ,! LAND FOR SALE. I:
Ml lvyV.LU.r "i e town of Rutherfordton
r AL jonung me 31ain-street. one "Frontlet con
taining one acre ,of ground,; and is one half the
, square lonneny neia by Mrs. Gilbert. !?
- Also 33 or 34 acres adjoining the town lands.
f unrounding tne Academy, n which is a field o
K or 1U acres cleared andenclosed . witn a
fence. For terms inquire of Mr. Jacob Michal of
' this town, or ine subscriber !
ANDREW I on a lsi
March l,1830v
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room, when
croscope they are speckled. Those : that I bility which is so essential to the credit of politics I
iciimiii ycuuw ime uoi ueen lecunaaita, uuiik paper. i iien ouiik dihs areconnn
and of course are worthless. Each healthy ed to their appropriate sphere of circula
female .moth will lay about 450 egg;s, gen- tion, a redundant issue is certainly follow
erally handsomely disposed and firinly at- ed by a run upon the . bank for specie,
tached to the paper in a circular forin,"the This timely admonition is as useful to the
whole covering a space about tho size of bank as it is to the community: for it en
a fifty cent piece. ' . ; ! i ables the directors to avoid, with unfailing
' Should the eggs be permitted td'emain certainty, an excess equally injurious lo
exposed to the warm weather, they 'will both, and which no human sagacity could
hatch, andVunless another crop be desired, anticipated prevent, by calculation mere
they will be lost. This is the only iniurv Iv. AVhatever. therefore, in a svstem of
r x m - i w w
they are liable to from warm weather.- bank circulation, prevents the reflux of
the doctrine that all the offices in the gift of
the Executive should be divided among the
partizans of a successful political leader t
Would not the same principle be even
more applicable to bank loans! and would
not the Treasury oltlie United Mates,
under the sanctifying influence of party
delusion and party infatuation, be literal-
ly plundered, by roercanary retainer?,
bankrupts in fortune, and adventurers ta
' M. ! J
Ujipilf I T'lif flipaent nrtViiii rr nCtur hiovin rr tlio r rv I rrllinlfint iccnoe nutnccqrilflkrrnr: lm
the aircirculatino-in it. is of a hio-h temnpr-r: i t ' , I i i fi i .
1 . O T 1 -
ature. It may be observed iheregthat the
cool sensation felt while sitting in a cur-
rent ot air, is no evidence or tnat air or
place we sit in being of a lower tempera
ture than the air of a' room where there'is
no such current. "The air passing over
the: surface of our bodies carries off heat,
and thus causes the cold sensation, while
at the same time the current of air,; that
"feels cool," is many degree wajmerjau
our bodies. But silkworms arb not'wSin"
blooded animals, and of course they- do
npt expenence the samerelief,ihaving. no
excess of, animal heat to be cafried off.-
Althousrh many nersons have-io,t-ed me
that they had lost many womfjyjfhot
coons, and die in a few days after depos- 1 only adequate security against' these injur-
uing ine eggs, l ne tin box in wnicn tne ious ana rumousexceses. ,
eggs are directed to be kept, is intended ; But ,a Government Bank, without
to protect them from mice and insects. branches, would be obnoxious to another
The eggs should be kept in a dry ; cellar, objection, which could not be obviated.
us mouia ana mnaew win injury incm. its loans would be confined to the District
There will be many double cocopns, those
which have two or more wormsinithem ;
these and as many more pt. the others as
are wanted should be selected for tggs.
GIDEOiy B. SMITH.
Extract from Mr. M'Dujjie's Report from
the Committee of IVays and Means, on
the subject of a National BanJi.' K i
Having said thus 'much on tLexonsti-
weather, I am constrained to' think (hat mitionality and expediency of art incorpo-
for I have never lost a worm that I could, jyhich rfaHs, to be examined .by the
attribute to that cause. Hot heater will ammittee: is -i'tBe" expediency of cstab
undoubtedly cause tlie destruction of the hshig Variational Bank foundeH upon
whole of them, if the litter and excrement the credit of the Government and. its re
bej left unmoved ; andv I always suspect yijmVsf , ; ' ;
sohie such want of attention !iii every, in- :: ltJtfprkioaaiSd to have been tlie, inteh
stance of the destruction of worms by hot tionofe President, in suggesting the
weather. Heat does not injure the worms inquiry as to a band founded upon the credit
initheir natural state, nor will it in their and revenues of the Government, to be
stAte of domestication, if they are kept as understood as having allusion to a bank
free from filth as they aie on their, native of discount and deposit. Suchjiftbank
trees Keeping the shelves clean, the it is taken for granted, would have rranch
worms not too much crowded, the air in es in various parts. of the' Union!,' similar
the. room pure by the use of chloride of I to those now established by the Bank of I ous Tiarts of the Union where its offices
lime and ventilation, aim ieeum wnn i me unnea oiaies, anu co-exiensive witn are establislied. Irom tms 1 act some
frCsh dry leaves, I consider tjie best anj5 them. The great object of furnishing a idea may be formed of the very great ad
only preventives of any ill eflects from hot national currency, cpuld not kiikccpm- ditiqn; which would be made to" the pat-
weather. . pushed with an approach to uniformity, ronage of the Executive Government bv
Between the 25th and 35th days of the without the aencj of such branches; and the establishment of such. ar bank as the
worm's age they will show signs of a dis- another object, second only iiftnpor- one under consideration.
position to spin. They will become some-1 tance to the one just stated, ihe extention But the patronage resulting from the
what of an amber-color about the joints of 1 of the commercial facilities of bank ac- I appointment the annual appointment
of Columbia; or, if extended to the vari
ous parts of the. Union to say nothing
of the inconvenience to which it would
expose those at a distance who obtained
accommodations they would be unavoid
ably granted without any knowledgp. of
me circumstances ot the persons ujon
whose credit the, Government would de
pend for repayment. It would,' in fact,
be, for all useful purposes, a mere Dis
trict Ba,tk. '. ,r
These views of the subject have brought
the committee to the conclusion, that, if
a, Government Bank should, be-established,
it would have at least as many branch
es as the Bank of the United States, and
probably a much ereater number.' Few
administrations would have the firmness
to . resist an application to establish a
branch, coming from any quarter of the
Union, however injudicious the location
might, be, upon correct principles of com
merce and banking. ' . i
The bank of the United , States now
employs hve hundred agents, in tne van-
Even if the administration should be
ever so much disposed to restrain the
abuse of this patronage, it would be utter
ly impracticable to exercise .any efficient
control over the great number of. bank di-
rectors who would Ie -scattered over the
Union, and w ho, upon oil the known prin
ciples of human nature, it may bo confi
dently predicted, would principally con
sist of busy and officious political parti
zans. k
Such would be the ilepositaries acting
not under the public eye, but undt r the
protecting mystery of a sort of concealment
and secrecy deemed indi.epcnc!'!e in
banking operations to whom 'r.-A only,
the whole Treasury of the Union wqtild
be confided, to be squandered, perhaps,
in promgate favoritism, but thc tremen
dous power of putting the whole property
of the nation under mortgage, for the re-'
demption of the bills issued at their dis
cretion. To say nothing of the utter in
security of the public revenues under Mich
1
sytttm, a new gpccics of lejnfeiaiiv -
power, uiiKnown lo ine Constitution,
would be committed to these irrcToiii-
)e bank directors, of which no human
sagacity can predict the consequences. " . ' .
just anal sis of the operation of gran
ting loans by tins Government bank, in ex
change for the notes of private individu
als, will show, that it involve the exer
cise, oil the part of the director! , of 'tlie
rwo-fold powers of appropriating tlic'puh-
nc revenue in the most iJangerciis of all
forms-Tdiscretionary loanf and of pledg-
; i j. . . .'
mg me responsioiiiry ot the OorernmenU
to an ultimate extent, for the payment of '
the debt nt the same time created errunt
it. These are among the highest func
tions of legislative power, and have loco
expressly and exclusively voted in Con- .
gress. Unless, therefore, it be assumed,
that Congress may rightfully transfer the j
powers with which it is invested theso ' - .
bank directors, it will be dificnTt to find any
warrant, either jn' the letter, or spirit of -the
Constitution, for the creation of "this
tremendous engine of cuniaryinf!uence. k 'k I
It may, indwl, be doubted, 4vhethcr'all " V
the branches of the legislative authority X)
United, have any 'cristitutwnal power to '
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