WHIG
CLARION.
ONE DOLLAIl PER ANNUM.
the wishes of iUe people be ascertained,
and then as true Whigs, let lit be respect
ed r let the nomination be made j; arid then
let us go it. Let us go it.
0O We commend to our country readers,
the spirited movement of the- meeting held
in this City. The resolutions of thaiymeet-
:ng are ot the proper material, and are oi me
right kind to infuse harmony laud concert in
the Whig ranksi Mr. Miller in reporting
the resolutions, stated that in Committee,
there had been suggestions made! as to the
lor Candi-commum-
RALEIGH,
N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1843.
THfc ELECTIONS.
The WhiMWe1
propriety of naming a preference
date for Governor. ' But as other
ties in the State; had expressed theirs, and
subject to the decision of the Convention
representing the wishes of the meeting, the
Committee cheerfully agreed that the reso
lution nominating Charles Manly Esq. was
due to his eminent abilities, his virtuous
talents and his iardent integrity and patriot
ism. Wake County must be aroused, and
all the delegates are particularly! requested
to attend. Another important step was ta
kenthe formation of a Clay Club. Every
Whig in the County ought to belong to this
Club, for Harry of the West is to be here
our talent-
next Spring. At its organization
ed and eloquent young Townsman, II. W,
Miller is to deliver in behalf of the Club, an
succeeded in the late Elections in
Georgia and Maryland, triumphantly : in Pennsylva
nia they have greatly gained, if they have not carried
lilt) OldlC auu c iw ! wu.u.viw I . i l t I TT
cheers us with the hope that Ohio has a-ain ri-hted oration on me me anci cnaracter oi rienry
. rw mi i a T
herself. The Cow boys of New Jersey have over-run Ulay. 1 his will take place early in iovem
us we fear; but that is a small disaster, compared with ner . anJ tie VvOrth and characterand talent
ttio uir.tnripn pithr ascertained or exnected. in those I it rn -I . L ,
"i " . 1 - nl I f ,111 lar IlI r n iith I I lr nn r T riOQf 11
c, -II .1 l I T . I, I Ul iJ Hi I I Iv 1 13 IUU nilUITII iJ IH-tW C U -
Kirai Jia'"i wn.....n B.w. - " " ' I i .1 i.
cause in Tennessee and North Carolina. These elec- 'ogy irorn us, to insure an immense audience
tions Were full but cat in. Our fribnds, the Locos, can- I his IS as it should be, and the step by the
not raise their eyessanctitnornoij;slyi and groan over
the demoralizing effects of coin skins, hard cider,
and gourrfs.f this time. f
OtJR NEXT GOVERNOR.
It is well understood that Michael Hoke,
Esq., of Lincoln, is to bej the Democratic
candidate. We rejoice that our Iriends, the
democrats, havp been able! to agree upon a
gentleman in every way so worthy of their
He is a gentleman ol acknowledg-
meeting was a wise, judicious arid patriotic
Henry Clay is now known to all his
countrymen, but few know how much he has
done for his country, to render him so dear
to the whole country. I
support.
MR. WEBSTER'S SPEECH AT ROCHESTER.
We have perused Mr. Webster's great
Agricultural Speech at Rochester, with un
alloyed pleasure, with exultation! and feel-
I ft j J l f - - - !
ed talent? and worth, and but for his errone- ings of triumph!' We are sure that such a
ous politics, would probably spend four years speech, so teeming with the finest and no-
in the Palace. ) s blest sentiments, came not j from ja traitor's
The Whigs are not as yet agreed on their heart.; The tongue of even " archangel ru
. Candidate ; but each and every one who has ined" could not so belie the heart. That
been spoken ofjin connexion with that high manis not lost -to his country to! the Wrhiy
office, would worthily represent the Whigs who espouse the great cause of their coun-
of North Carolina. 1 he bland and courteous try. True, his brilliant fame has suffered
manners of Col. Jovner, a polished gentle- an obscuration. It wa3 not seen! fiow conJ
t man of the Old School and an atdent Whig, tact withj a leper could be j suffered .without
rr.nl I.I I O ri I ti rtOllllr (tmfO trt tnr ntflPO nn HitllAn 1. , K Kvn nUnnl III Ln n v. I I
wvjuiu jivuiiui fji v v I puiiuuuu. jjui iiu uuiu auuut ijuii aii aiiii-
The varied talents the rich and flowing!hu- dote in his ownlwell balanced mind and well
mor of that true-hearted gentleman and settled principles ; and now he has cut loose
Whig, Charles Manly, may well excuse those from this weak and wicked administration ;
wholcnow him intimately, for wishing hirn he "is again buoyant and free, i He is no lone:
to be the choJeh man. No Whig in this er the giant enchainedstruggling in aTSi;-
good old estate is not proud ot the high lal- benan iiog, hanging his head for shame.
ents and lofty bearing of the Hon. W. A. He is "again on jterra firma; his step is elas-
uranam, woo nas so nooiy susiuinen aier
nonor in ine councils oi ine nation, vv uai ster. v nat were his reasons lor remaining
chivalrous self- so long in such' bad company, we cannot of
talents, the un- course say. They may have been pure and
Whig principles, patriotic. He may have vvished to save his
.1.. 1 n i : . . ' t .' I ? . i
Whig has not admired the
immolatidn-rtlie splendid
compromising devotion- to
of the Hon. bdward fetanly ( Tiroken; on country and its Administration frohi utter dis-
the wheel, his elevation to this othce would grace, by lending it the aid of his great mind.
be a proper rebuke by toe people to the vile If so, all must admit that it was an instance
and unscrupulous means used to crush this of devotion and self-immolation, only equal-
gifted son of a noble sire, i I he Hon. Ken- led by the Spartan band at the Straits of
neth ltayner has labored with unwearied zeal Thermopylae. It was a loss of fame a loss
and great ability in the great Whig cause, of friendship-4and of money. ! We now
and deserves1 much, very much, from the think, whatevef doubts and! misgivings we
Whigs. He would be welcomed as a wor- mav have oncejhad, that his motives for re-
thy successor to our present; chief Magistrate, maining in office under John Tyler, could
aiJU 1113 I UlkAIV'Vl in fcw ifivuvvvkivn . vi iuijij I HWfc UaiU lltU liJO SUIUILtlUlia ;UI1U Li 1 I LC 1
but not least, W. W. Cherry, Esq. of Ber- reproaches that have been heaped upon him
tie, though not an Adonis tin person, is said I by those who were once associated with him.
to have powers of oratory, and persuasive He mav have thought that he could regulate
eloquence, not to be be&ten between the the capricious Head of our Government, and
seaboard iand mountains. His determined keep him Within bounds.: fie may have
hostility to the disorganizing doctrines of thoughtthat a man so notoriously Weak, would
locofocoism, has never, been concealed or lean upon his powerful arm, and submit to
questioned. i be guided by his superior, judgment. He
With such an array of talent and of mo- may have dreamed that he could make him
ral and political worth ; with either of these self the nucleus of a great third party, and
gentlemen to bear our banner aloft, tcAo become with his adherents 'a sort of Tiers
can tear me icsuu i ft? m icusi, am uui i Citai, composeu oi ine moueraie oi ooin me
of the number. Ihe majority for the nom- great parties. I He may have had some dar
inee of our Convention of Dec. 7, whoever ling scheme, touching commerce or ' diplo
macy, which he hoped to accomplish by means
of his power over the feeble creature who
occupies the Presidential chair. But how-
evur ldiiaciuus may nave ueen nis nopes
he
may
between five a'nd
be, must range
turpi vp thousand. The slowest man of the
six, we firmly believe, wojild beat Mr. Hoke,
or any other Democrat, five thousand votes.
' On the subject of the nomination, we be- however impracticable and ambitious his
iteve there will be no tar. We may have views, he has at last turned his back on
our preference most of lis have but eiJAtrr the miserable concern, and seems to have
would be at least our second choice, and become himself again. , That notile effort ; at
as soon as nominated, would rise to the first. Rochester is a redeeming act,' and-we are
In the meantime, any intemperate advo- sure will induce lisold friends tolforgive his
cacy of the claims of eithor of these gentle- humiliating connexion with Tyler. Thev
men,to the exclusion or censure of the claims will not now feel obliged to give hi rr ud -
of tho others, would be greatly to be regret- Such men should not lightly be cast from
ted. All are worthy- and the only question our ranks. And we do most devoutly hope
should be, who is the stj-ongest? Let the that this is but the beginning of 4 course on
members of the Convention come up with the the part of that great man, that will give him
large and liberal views of genuine Wiiigs ; the same place in the affections o the Whips
anu tei lac uonvenuon oe wen aiienaeu ; let mat ne occupied in i40.
DEMOCRACY AND A U. S. BANfc
, Listen to the following sentiments and par
agraphs from Mr. McDuffie's Iteport to the
House of Representatives. That Committee,
of which ho was Chairman, consisted of sev
en, viz: McDuffie, Verplanck, Smyth, Gil
more, Overton, Dwight and Ingersoll. Five
of the seven were of the true friends of Gen.
Jackson, but then loving their country and
regarding her interest and prosperity more
than they did Jackson, or their own popular
ity, they unanimously joined in this Report
to the House : ;
Extracts from the Report of Mr. McDuffie,
on that part of the Presidents Message in
which he calls the attention of Congress to
chartering a United States Bank, or a
" National Bank, founded on the credit
of the Government and its Revenues1''
made to the House of Representatives in
March, 1830.
Says the Report ' If the concurrence of
all the Departments of Government, at dif
ferent periods of our history, under every
Administration, and during the ascendancy
of both the great politicalfparties into which
the country has been divided, soon after the
adoption of the present Constitution, shall
be regarded as having the authority to such
sanctions by the common consent of all well
regulated communities, the constitutional
power of Congress to incorporate a Bank,
may be assumed as a postulate no longer open
to controversy. In little more than two years
after the Government went into operaition,
and at a period when most of the distinguish
ed members of the Federal Convention were
either in the Executive or Legislative Coun
cils, the Act, incorporating the first Bank of
the United States, passed both branches of
Congress by large majorities, and received
the deliberate sanction of President Wash
ington, who had then recently presided over
the deliberations of the Convention. The
constitutional power of Congress to pn33 this
Act of incorporation, was thoroughly inves
tigated, both in the Executive Cabinet and
in Congress, under circumstances, in all res
pects, propitious to a dispassionate discus
sion. There wasj at that time, no organiza
tion of political parties, and the question, was,
therefore, decided by those, who from their
knowledge and experience, were peculiarly
qualified to decide correctly ; and who were
entirely free from the influence of that party
excitement and prejudice, which would just
ly impair, in the estimation of posterity, the
authority of a legislative interpretation of
the constitutional Charter. No person can
be more competent to give a just construc
tion of the Constitution, than those who had
a principal agency: in forming it; and ho
administration can claim a more perfect ex
emption from" all those influences, which,
sometimes, prevent the judgment, even of
the most wise and patriotic, than that of the
Father of his Country during the first
term of his service'
Progressing in the Report with such rea
soning, the Committee further say : "
" Indeed, Bank credit and Bank paper are
so extensively interwoven with the commer
cial operations of society, that, even if Con
gress had the constitutional power, it would
be utterly impossible to produce so entire a
change in the monetary system of the coun
try) as to abolish the agency of Banks of dis
count without invoicing the community in
all the distressing embarrassments usually
attendant oh great political revolutions, sub
verting the titles of private property."
Let the bitter and sad experience of our
country answer these plain ; and sensible
truths. But the Report continues:
" The Chief Magistrate, in that part of his
message which relates to the Bank of the tJ.
States, expresses the opinio, that ' it has
failed in the great end of establishing a uni
form and sound currency.' After giving to
this opinion,1 all the consideration to which
it is so justly entitled, from the eminent sta
tion and high character of the citizen by
whom it i3 entertained, the Committee are
constrained to express their respectful but
decided dissent from it. Human
wisdom has never effected in 8any other coun
try, a nearer approach to uniformity in cur
rency, than that which is made by the use of
the precious metals. If, therefore, it can be
shown that the bills of the United States are
of equal value with silver at all points of the
Union, it would seem that the proposition is
clearly made out, that the BankjiiAS accom
plished "the1 great end of establishing a uni.
form and sound currency." j For
all the purposes of the revenue, it (the Bank)
gives to the National Currency that perfect
uniformity, that ideal perfection, to which a
currency of gold and silver, in so extensive
a country, could have no pretensions.
When- it i?, moreover, consIcred, that the
Bank performs with the mo3t wrupulou, I
punctuality, the Stipulation to transfer iQe f
funds of the Government to any point whern
be apparent that the Committee are corrpn
tOj the very letter, in stating that the Bink
has furnished both to the Government and t(, 7
the people, a currency of absolutely uniform '
value in all places, for all the purposes of
paying the public contributions, and disburs. I
ing the public revenue. " Upon tho !
whole, then, it mav be confidently asserted I
that no country in the world has a circulating
medium of greater uniformity than the Uni
ted States; and that no country of any thin
like the same geographical extent has a cun
reicy at all comparable to that of the United
States on the score of uniformity.
f But the salutary agency of the Bank of the
United States, in furnishing a sound and uni
form currency, is not confined to that portion
of the currency which consists of its own
bills. One of the most important purposes
which the Bank was designed to accomplish,
and which, it is confidently believed, no oth
er human agency could have effected under
our federative system of government, was the
enforcement of specie payments on the part
6f numerous local Banks, deriving their
charters from the several States, and whose
paper,irredeemable in specie, and illimitable
in, quantity, constituted the almost entire
currency of the country," .
. : Alike .is the present condition of these
United States in their currency :
j" If the Bank of the United States were
estroyed, and the local institutions left with
out its restraining influence, the currency
would almost certainly relapse into a state of
unsoundness. The very pressure which the
present Bank in winding up its concern?,
would make on the local institutions, would
compel them either to curtail their discounts,
when most needed, or to suspend specie pay
ments. It is not difficult to predict which
of these alternatives they would adopt, under
the circumstances in which they would be
placed. In this view of the subject,
it does appear to the Committee, that no one
of the institutions of the country, not ex
cepting the Army orNavy, is of more vital
importance than a National Bank. It has
this decided advantage over the Army and
Navy; while they are of scarcely any value,
except in war, the Bank is ?not less useful
than either of them in var, and"i3 also useful
in peace. It has another advantage, still
greater. If, like the Army or Navy, it
should cost the nation millions annually to
sustain it, the expediency of the expenditure
might be doubled. But when it actually
saves to the Government and to the country
more millious'annually than are expending
in supporting both the Army and Navy, it
would seem that, if therewas any one meas
ure of national policy, upon mhich all poliL
ical parties of theountry should be brought
to unite, by the impressive lessons of experi
ence, it is that of maintaining a National
Bank."
Of a National Bank founded on the credit
of the Government and its revenues as Gen.
Jackson recommended the Committee in
conclusion discourse thus: "Deeply impress
ed vvith the connection that the weak point
of a free Govern mentis the absorbing ten
dency of executive patronage, and sincerely
believing that the proposed Bank (on the
funds of tho nation) would invest that branch
of the Government with a weight of money
influence more dangerous in its character,
and more powerful in its operation, than the
entire mass of its present patronage, the
Committee have felt that they were imperi
ously called, upon, by the highest considera
tions of public duly, to express the views
they have presented with a frankness and
freedom demanded by the occasion."
GEN. SAUNDERS AND THE PENSIONS.
Now since the storm has blown over, and
we are left to blow at our leisure, we would
respectfully suggest, that our Member of
Congress elect, should say how that matter
of the Pensions stands. We assure hi in that
it vyould not be a Waste of his valuable time,
if he will devote an hour or two coolly to this
subject. He may possibly satisfy some of
his friends, who very strongly suspect there
is something wrong in this matter of pensions,
in connexion with his own action therein.
A good deal was said by at least one paper
about " these foul charges" against Gen.
Saunders; and strong insiniiations were made,
from a very irresponsible source, that the
charges were untrue. And on one or to
occasions, the Editor seemed to speak by au
thority of the General, in making the denial.
We believe' that Gen. Sattnder3 authorised
no such denial. We are even sure he could
not, as an honest man and a gentleman, have
given that authorization. But we also be
lieve, that nine Democrats out of every ten
in the District, are satisfied that tho chargo