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'snse of datv to his constituents would
coin pel film to depart INwthe wi well
acquainrea witn me scntimcnis or nis
districtj and'Wontd truly repreaent tTiem,
ma not admit nj question. Mr m. saiu.
rantr. DdTiAnA txiHinnum t one half in -advance
T?q?ho da. knewhe honorable member; by his
: er Kufenucr,tlv.1eive notice-of their VTialrtOjhavcf fi,.mnptti ; r ? mtrnni Tanil fhft t.rlln-
f't; hTr character of hisWirfpes wai equal-to any
4itScounteiiian. , i J, ..jexigeticy, ti the perlormance, of every
quinatle, the sport of the wit, tVe bttti of
Uic wag, and the. scorn of honest citr.ens
liutU counteniiandeJ. ' t
Ifot cxeeeSetc; ifee?i tines, will be iiifiorted three
(ftmis tot a Douar": find twenty-fire ccnM tor each
suhftcqart pubHcationi those of greater length, in
Vfoporttviu It" llie nuiaber of inscrtibns be not
; 'thadcpd.on them, they will jbc .continued jntil or--
I i tiered oat, and charged accoidmgly. i
. DKBATEYiN TllE SENATK.
duty. jWe shall see what hiv course vvill
be and if 1 am nt greatly mistaken, said
Mr. Mi it tviinfally vindicate all that I
have ?aicl on t'H subject.
So urm, sauliMr. M. tsray belief, that
the state ol niblic aentiment in the west
ern part of TjJorth -Carolina is as I have
renresented it, ! that I du not believe a
tittle of conflicting testimony can be pro-
uwceu irom a source mat mav oe regard-
v l r 7
ed is wholly inpartial.' I know, sir, that
if you look to those who live and make
The Senate, baVin?, onrnrotionof Mr. profit by the offices, the contract or the
Manstum," resumed the considerallon ol a bounties of the Government, you mav 2f '
tetnm;ial preVerited bybim, some daysuny vor 0f testimony. The blue book
Frim a. iiuaiber ot CUizens l liurKeiCan furnish vou with those whose name
cSukV.VNorth-Carolina, renionstratittp; I j leoiou,, to defend any and every act
Wirwt. the. ineasuie dl the removal of the 0r this or anv other Administration. It
IP4iflic Beoosites from the Dank of the their vocatiori. It mav be. regardex! at
flltntetl'States
lutions came in a form so usual, and with
al so unpretending, that he bad not ex-
nr.ted thev jvould receive . more than a
rjsUinjr notice. They had, how ever, elicit
ed much debate, and had bees" assailed
on various grounds j and especially 'that
ttjey had," emanated from partisan zeal,
and had been vindicated, it" not conceiv
ed, by a disappointed political character.
Something was said of pot house- politi
cians," and ''miserable petitions." Mn
M. paid he had stated, u pon the presenta
tion of the rrotutions, t;at they had been
aijlopied, as he had been informed, with
out distinction of party, and that they
might be regarded as embodying the seh
itihients of a large majority of the intelli-
1 gnt anasuDstauUai neemen or inai one
a o d pros pe ro u s, region o f No rt h -Ca ro I i n a.
UK nau, since uiui siaiciirciu a- uiaur,
availed himself sedulously of al! the means
of information within his reach, arid he
Vi ad" teen letters that morning ; and, the
result had been to add-strength to his first
impressions, in reference to the state of
public sentimentin the mountain region of
North-Carolina, and to enable him to
stUte, with confidence,, that a similar sen
timent prevaded a large majority of the
entire State.- The resolutions did not,
therefore, in his opinion, emanate from
partisan feeling, and party prejndi.ee. but
were the result of a strong sense, of the
general inconvenience, not to say distress,
brought upon that portion ot the country
by ihe usurpation and abuse of power ou
the part ot the kxeeutive
Mr. 1. said his information deceived
hi m I most grossly, i f, t h ro u gl i o u 1 1 h e w h ol e
State of North-Carolina, the approach to
unanimity in opposition to the -Ad minis
tration u pon the, Pejsestioni is not
wholly unparalleled upon any other great
questiou emanating from an Executive of
their own choree.
; The remari: in reference to asupposed,
disappointed poiitiai character, he could
not misuntlerstahd, and was compelled to,
regard ita exceedingly unjust, and still
I mot e ;unkind;fHe understood;it to refer
tolas honorable and most excellent friend,,
Mr. Carson, lately a member of the other
House. He had hoped that his friend was
so well known here, and so truly appre
ciated, that no hand would be found to
aim a shaft unkindly at him. It is true,
the remark was accompanied with the ad
mission that he was an honorable man,
well; entitled -to all respect, but yet it
sounded in his ears as harsh and unkind..
Mr. M. said he had known Mr. Carson
lung and intimately, and he believed the
estimate, he had formeaSjf him, was held
i - t 1 1 i i i' t
in common uv an wno Knew mm mat a
man cf higher honor, purer principles,
and a warmer heart, perhaps, 'does not
live, and of whom iimay be said, -truly
and einphaticatly, that he is without
fear, atid without reproach. That he is
wholly incapable o assailing this or ap v
other Adniontrafon, for acts that his
sound judgment doe& not disapprove. If
there be any ground v for the 'imputation
that theic resolutions emanated from mere
pah i sail etforjts, we shall probably have
evidence of it in another branch of Con
gress. Let -us before we make too cer
Tin of it, see what will be the vote of the
u. ember representing that district.
Mr. M. .said he knew that- honorable
-member well ; he knew him to be a warm
ly-aU4tliel iM'enjJ to the Administrationv
ami tftdt ne voo Id regret the adoption by
Ji oi any Hue otpul;cy, Irom which a
head quarters as a part of their duty.
Mr. Mavgvm rose, and said, Jhat hei i ne tens anu
hnd, apeit-a toiler occaMon. moved til "o.iars, isnp
iL u. rniatin nmin contractors, that deface ami blacken the
iht: tfll.lp7 tu Pnahle the Senator Irom blue book, and that have contributed to
Pennsylvania to proceed in the debate criP1jle the who e post oKcc establish;
upon the principal question. TCeu.arKS ;-, a" "J V" r "V.
having been made by several gentlemen, would be a rich equivalent for a go(.d
which, in his judgment, required a spe- . ""v'u
cific notice.- he sae that direction to the It is not to those wholiveby Government
) subject with the view of resuming Ihe con- pay, that I look lor public sentiment ;
sider.ntiort ot it, at as early a period as """V "vy
tile state of the business and convenience riarcier tne times, me more tney ouy for
of the Senate would allow. No earlier their money. It is tm thepeople, the real
rr-,rn hvin nffered. he .would naw people ; not ofnee holders or contractors :
! proceed to bestow that brief notice on the hut to the people, who have nothing to
subject, which the remarks of gentlemen ask from the Government but justice and
seemed necessarily to suggest. The reso- moderation and a wise economy, ,that I
iook loir tne pouuc sentiment. i do not
mean, said Mr; M. to ffonvey the idea,
that there is no party in North-Carolina,
that supports with z.eal and anxiety the
whole course of the Administration in re
ference to the depositee. I know full
well there i,s sich a party ; s;nall I be
lieve it to be ; but by fojrce of a severe
drill antf exact discipline, it will be felt
in all its evolutions, . and is by no means
to be despised. A party animated by. a
principle of ambUion, as active and al
most as dangernus as poison, with its eye
steadily fixed Upon the elevation of the
Executive favorite, and its heart upon the
loaves and ashes, and flesh pots,, and all
those good things, that come tn the train
of pjower. That party defends the vio
lent and lawless seizure of the depositee,
as it will continue to defend every act of
the Administration, so long as there is a
fair prospect that it will ride out in safe
ty and in triumph the storm of the public
indignation
Nor do I mean to'say that there are not
others, out of the pale of this party, ho
nest and honorable men; who support this
measure. I know thatihere are some in
fluenced by strong prejudices against the
Bank, or strong attachment to the Chief
Magistrate, who are as ; incredulous of
merit, on the part ot the former, as they
are slow to admit error, on the part of
the latter. But, sir, if I do not mistake
the signs of the times, this party, active,
indefatigable, and concentrated, as itTis .
sustained, as it is, by thie countenance
and patronage of the Federal Govern
ment, will be beaten and overwhelmed
by that great undisciplined corps of miii
ta, the tree ami sovereign people. Sir,
we arc unaccustomed to that political dis
cipline by which, in other States, whole
jcomipnunities change front at the word of
jcommanJ, with the celerity and precision
that a battalion may be wheeled in the
ppen field. We are mere militia; we
refuse the drill, and hold in contempt the
political tactician. We have no central
agency which kindly takes from the shoulders-of
the people the burthens of self-
overnment. Ve have no Junto ot pa
triots who kindly assume the toils of 'Go
vernment for the paltry equivalent of the
U' vypntd be an organization without pow
er a vjovernmeot witho'it subjects a
mere, caput mortumri. with Tione so poor.
as to do it reverence." ;
As we have rio man, or-set of men, who
control public opinion, at will, so I think
no man, or set of men, can transfer, at
will, popularity to another. I regard the
idea that the suffrage offc North-Carolina
can be transferred to the Executive favo
rite, as deeply insulting to the intelligence
and independence of our citizens.
I know that the opinion is entertained,
and warmly cherished, but I think it is
founded in a profound misconception 61
the character of our people. Tiiey can
not, they will not, be transferred (hey
will judge and deckle for themselves
wisely, I trust; independently, I-jain
sure.' '
The people f that State, had borne rnnrh,
they were less excitable than some of their
more mercurial neighbors ; but tnere was
a point beyond which the experiment now
making upon them and the country "'could
not be safely-carried. " .'It had been stated
by his honorable colleague,, ami doubtless
from hi conviction of its truth that he
had no donbt Yhit "N'rrth-Cartrlina" wtiold
always sustain the 'Administration ' that
the opinions of the jieople,. republican a'
they were, were decidedly against domes
tic foes, as well as foreign enemies, and
would sunnort the Croveroment airainst
both." It became Mr. M. to speak with
modest y in "regard to .his State, but of her
virtue for consistency, and a steadfast ad
herence to her principles, lw might speak,
as he should onlv echo the voice of her
whole history. He should then feel that
hejiad assumed a weighty responsibility,
to affirm of his State, that she would ai
.ways support any man, r any adminis
tration. lut he should feel that he risk-
I do noticed nothing in alarming that she would be
found steadily supporting her principles.
She, in common with her sisters, was un
der the. influence of that devotion to pub
lic benefactors, which distinguished a ge
nerous and honorable people ; she might
occasionally err, under the influence of a
generous enthusiasm, or temporary excite
ment : but, in the lon.T run she would be
iound ou the side of those great principles
that had' marked every period ot her his-
bold to
nor the President and Congress together,
have the shadow of right to raise money,
by taxing th People, to lend eithertohis
or their frierkls J nor have thev anv ris-ht
to use monet, altef t s raUed, for their
benefit w h betjellt nf thefr friends, ef
ther for. pecuniary or political speculatioii
-either oj-fciake 'JurtRflW ' or to mak
Presidents-!,:AnU fet,' no! one can- shui
his 'eyes to t-je fact thaLthf whole strug
gle here, is "p take the 'public money from
the place designated--by law, aJid to; give
the use of tl to certain affiliated Banks,
that must cpf necessity, be oiore or less
controlled b?jr a political" part v. In tfie
ayorite to the Presidency ? Ifow man
would eliefe uqder this administration
of their own chpce that those who io fact
manage the system, regard the gratifica
That SM JsJhe teirtopr, nf thel Cfcf
Magistrate lam not sure. , B-ii Who "be
lieves that the policy f the PreVidonf
the previtUng oilicy;of th Admini'fri-
uon or me anromon ot one man, as whol- j tion ?. Who does nf sec That1: a -certain'
ly aboveany questions of public in forest I j great party, an), TaK barftarllioMii
And yet, in the presence of the Senate.
auo before the country, I declare it as my
solemn conviction, that-such .is' the fact
Sir, if the whole country could look in
to this stupendous laboratory, within these
ten miles square, and comprehend at a
glance the complicated springs of action,
how much of selfish ambition, how little
of patriotism, bow much of mere merce
- .
worst period:, ot the Koman empire, the i nary Calculation- and see too, by Whosef
imperial purple was put , up at auction by I hands and for whose interest the Govern
mentis control ledit might bring an aw-
the nijcton&fl guards God forbid that
Mr. M. goiuif1 in'-
isite qiies-
we shall e'veMee the time in this couotrr
when tra5ne.l political colnrU shall seizlb
upon the public moneys to open the wa
to the PresHency by corruption ; uhe
tlie patronayie of the. "Government shall ba
i . i' . i ii .'n r i .
commneu vwin tne people's money, to
bring into r,ner an Executive favorite.:
I shall del'me, iitl
to the orguufSnt upon' the, dep.
tion. T. he tgument has been exhausted,
and the jjfcrwxts, I do not Kay. the reasons,
of Ihe. Ad nWiUstjral jtlrj ' XrthT m.ism7,
have 'been' toteHt -'.linmh Hated. Tluitis
my opinions? and such, I do not doubt,
will lx tle opinion of the country.
I' has ben said, that a' great. 'effort is
muking to-. ut out of power particular
men, and, lrtfl. tuem, t put out or to
put down tl. principles of this Adminis-
uauon, ami to uring., omers into power
principles--
with
pposi,e or
dilVerent
My views ivKye no: taken so wide a scopei
Sly. object i'H ito check, if posib. bold
and lawless usurpation, and to avert from
the colintryVllie eviU consequent yion it
to arrest (4ie deep--and" wide-spread dis-
jtress so L.aintully experienced in some
quarters, agal so fearfully anticipated in
all. 0 ' '
What motive, asked Mr. M. can anv
f ul tlay offreckoning to those whose hearts
are now hardened against the distresses
of ihe people. lnt, sir, the country will
not se it. Men may not prove recreant
to their trusts, but the whole extent of a
buse and corruption wjll not, cannot, be
realized. The truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, cannot be known.
J5ut, sir, it is charged, ' that the object
of the opposititMi is to pat out the men and
jjrinciples of thi administration. ,T!wt
is a serious charge, afthlematfxaTiHn
tion. To put out the principles of this,
iiviiiiiiiii i iiuuu . i Kiti ougin not to oe
done, if th.se principles are sound, and
conservative of the'ureat interests 6f the
country. The principles of this admin
istration! I have looked not iniiitentjvel v
to the coarse of this administration fV
several' years. I had supposed, until af
ler the re-election of tiie President, that
the tendency of those principles was con
servative- It is true, that I was not en
tirely sure that I precisely comprehended
the views of thewnen in power. The South
was laboring jind sinking under the Tariff
system; our people looked with eagetne?s
to any indication of relief, and supposed
they aw it in the principles avowed bv
the administration. It is certain, how
gentleman Hive especially from his Slate,! ever, that by reason of the imperfection
to throw himself into ,the mnks .of oppp- of language, or from some other cause,
siiion to thti Administration ? The Ad - Pennsylvania regarded the views of the
torv and none might be so.
count upon her support, who were them
selves untrue to those principles ; occa
sional aberrations, or slight delinquen
cies, she might generously overlook; but,
depend upon it, that no man", or set o'l
men, who habitually disregard her prin
ciples, can safely count upon her support.
That State had suffered as little of pe-f
cuniary distress from the removal of the
denosiies and the destruction of confi
dence consequent irpon the violence and
usurpation which marked the; whole pro
cedure, as perhaps any other on the At
lantic border. Perhaps, from circum
stances peculiar to t erself, she had suf-
fered less than any other certainly much
less than her sister States to the North
and East. The whole amount of debt
in that State, foreign and domestic, was
perhaps much smaller than it had been
for several years, and yet, by reason of
the gradual winding up of the business
of all the local il iiiks there had been a
sort of stricture, not to say uneasiness, in
money matters. 'I he shock given to pub
lic confidence the entire uncertainty as
to the future had unquestionably increas
ed that uneasiness, 'he evils of that act
were moving apace, atid we.re pervading
every part of the Interior, and must be
felt with more or less severity. But the.
opposition of that State, to this measure,
did not arise from a feeling of distrss
for that opposition existed before the con
sequences of the measure were felt at all
-but it rested upo.n a deep sense of vio
lated law. the startling pretensions of
nnwer. and flio mnivife.st tendenc.v to the.
,w..r.T . . J . ' 1
.,!..'.... .r oil r..ii)fi'-4n tlio linrkilc ikf tirt I tl(-
I nil I II l IUJ I 1 All tf til WE. IIIIIIM9 VI IFIH. I 4
it Li.i :? .... i.;i,i- LmkiJiniiiu to nieJ
iiiitli. lie icaiucu it as iOq'kj iwihjiuuic
to his State, that she was moved, not by
imnistratioyas now tn its second term and
tt must livefjout the time for which it is
elected a ? longer continuance of it un
der the prt?ent Chief Magistrate is not
contemplate by any one. What motive
then, can o&e have, causelessly and, in-
deed, u-niesunder the influence ofa stem
necessity place himself - i n tlje op
position ? '$q motive can be assigned.
On thjfdoi rary, every consideration of
prudence, c? -personal, advancement, or
individual .lase, conspire to recommend
that he .should- take .thedirection of the
times,, and l'at ' gently down upon the
current of ,v fie Pr.e'sident's popularity. r
In the St&ti. from which he came, "that
popularity pas known to have been great.
It was a cor: lid e nee given to Jym sudden
ly, but voluntarily. If recent event!
have deeplyalarined; not to say shaken
that confidence, yet. t mav supnse l still
to be strong; opposition,; .therefore, will
necessarily Ivave to encounter precon
ceived partialities,. and to brook the mis
representations. and calumnies ofaser
vi le auu ueraueo press a press, in its
ramincatiow, penetrating every portion
of
-tlriUed and tliscip-
the Coil federacv
movd by an- finpuhe from tin
centre
aud cat u mn'
ti ve denunciations. ' Des
regar
President as rtot unfavorable to her favo
rite system ; while in the South, we took
go'id heart from en couragiag intimations,
aud supported with energy and zeal the
present Chief Magistrate, believing, as we
did, that he was with us in feeling; and
principle. The history of subsequent
tunes, may tell how deep, were the delu
sions ol a connding people. I lie scenes
ol the last winter, if thev shall evier be
truly pourtrayed, will exhibit in vivid co
lors, the deep and deliberate betrayal of
(he trusting South.
The principles of this administration!
As far as'L know, and I make the decla
ration under a full sense of responsibility,
this administration has put forward no
principle as a test principle, as a party
principle, except the principles of Elec
tions and of office. The administration
came into power as a reforming adminis
tration, to cut down abuses,, lop off ex
crescences, restore economy, and bring
back the Government to a sound, simple
and healthful action. Ihe
thp President and his CftUfwtii a1t Were.
in the palms of their hands ? t Who does
not see that the pd5cy of that pnrtyis
eminenfly that ot noncommittal ? that it
watches the currents: of public opinion,'
and embrks with an f ye! smgljif to the "b
jects of personal amittotV? that the I
fects of sagacity are sought the -supplier!
by after thoughts, ort of tin mrntg, (par
don the word, it lowne-s U n .level, "
with tlie policy it i;intendertoim!lcaf e.)
hy stnr.ly applications to the paVsTdns anil
gullibility of the- rmbtic ? ' ? '
Sir, in this question of th'xteprfsites.
their ssgacltv hn depl? (aileilthem.
To rifle the fe;inkf llie"OeposU WtiUr
charges deeply affecting , its purity,
Pmk, which is supposed to be so vvery
unpopular and by a Presbfent so stro-ig
lpopularityi was supposed to be the ea
siest thing in the world, and in th- deep
tVnanriml wisdinn of tjie Executive, ad vi--
rstoirt ntftfe aV fe w ' mi lli&ral l l.tis '
ittu dih; suie oi iue srrtet to tiie Otiier,
ilid rrotiabstrac.t the money; from the Coo n
try,and therefore could produce no 'diffi culty.
;Financial sages;! Wise mnny ;
chancers! It never occ?Jfrd to thetn
that the country could doubt their wUdon
or that the country would feel the aligSt
est shoGk in public corlldence. Thei
affiliated and favorite Banks, would us -these
moneys in a way to refresh the
whole pai ty, and sustain it, and draw. to
its support as. many hungry retainers 09
might be necessary to bear into ptJwer the -
lavorne.; " - .
Iiut the power behind the th rone, 'great
er than the throne itself, will begin to
find that it has been a litfl too bold 4
that the peoplejiave yet a strong --sense ol
liberfy, and that the popularity of nb mati
can bear every thine." The'mahagera
will find that, they cannot get along with
the present piOicy ; that they will be. un
horsed; that the. country will not consent
to undergo so in;uch distress and suife ribs -merely
to try an " experiment. They'
mus,t retrace they canttot go on--ot they
will die in tfepir tackJ m .TRe. 1reopl .
hay e borne u ch $ tlieyj may,- yet 'iear
more ; but let itb?ir oppressors bftwareT .
driving this experiment too far. ' "
Mr. M. said; he did not believe that in '
any country, where laws were known and
acted upon, a people had ever, in a time1,
of profound peace, been so suddenly
thrown, by the will of one man, frema
sta of the highest prosperity into one of i
wide-spread and general' iistres If '
these calamities had been inflicted by dis
ease, by famine, or by the' elements,
men's minds would be brought -.to bear
them with calmness and philosophy. Bat
when inflicted through mere wantonness
or vindictiveness, or for the accomplish
ment of schemes of avarice or ambition,1.
a free people could not be exempt from a
vir.cp ieiingoi uneasinesjianujuctnteiH
tions before the country were tariff, in
ternal improvement,, and economy,? and
abuse of executive patronage. 1 ameboid
to sav, that not a single pledge, either ex-
a r'ady organ of every slandef press or implied, by the opponents of the
ihu ; and a sure echo of Execul late and friends of the present adminis-
has been redeemed.
great ques- nor long restrained froiu tho-exnression of
irot every one ; tration,
This
is a
eeandfeejjhat when the allurements and;i strong declaration, and yet 1 feel pre
blandihm'eJ?ts of power shall fail of their
object whi-h fealty shall not be secured
by flattery!:; reward, or the hope of. re
ward that the fears or the weakness:
of the publri man are sought to be acted
on4' the terrorism of denunciation ? .
Docs not every one see that independence! A .ill any one rise in his place and deny
and manliniJisarenot the virtuesrequired?
That submission to the-drill is exacted ?
pared, wnen invited to tne trial, to prove
it before the country.
The only great principle, until this of
the rleposites, whiph the friends of the ad
a deep indignation.
Air. M. moved je reference of the
memorial. T
Mr. BnawT rose and said, that he had hoped,
after the discussion which this subject lisul already
undergone in tha Senate.: and from the psriod of
time which haul elapsed since that discussion, that it
would not have again been revived-: He exprcsse;!
his rejrret that it should Attain have become necessary
for him to claim any mcrre of the firnp and atfentioti
of the. Senate than had already been extended to Kitrt,
on this onef'ion : hut some of the remarks which
had fallen from his honorable colleajrne:, (MrMan-
ministration were required to support, was ! trurn,) had imposed on- him the necessity ofmakiAgf
tlie principle of olhce. Is the fact not so ?; ate w.o.eryai ions m reply.
it and give the exception ? You
be tariff' or anti-tariff, internal improve
nngiit
That he mot go- the whole length in ad- ment or anti-internal improvement, for or
vancing tha4 great primary object of ihelagainst economy, Bank or anti-Bank,
'ST ' I .- V 1 t ,1 i. lT I. 1 r-
aim yet a goon jacKSon man, a member ot
the political Church, in full communion.
managers
t,
in.
Executfte
people's money only We recognize no
organizations, uTTknown to the Constitu
tion, to ride and rule over the laws ; to
manufacture public opinion ; to order and
to club the wits of dishonest; men ; to
Seize upon the Government and plunder
a colliding community. - -
ir, we have seen in the history of other
States, and great States too, that bail men
have established regencies, self-constitu-ted,
ambitious, and unprjneipjed, which,
by means of perfect organization, com
prehending every county, aniLevery town
ship of every county, controlled public
Opinion, subdued all spirit of resistance,
krnd acting in phalanx, and by concert, se
cured an echo from every bi scan: even the
imost-duninutive, to the expressed will of
the central . Junto, illustrious talent.
ripe experience, & well-tried patriotism,
must fair-(n to the ranks, bow to the-cea
tral powet; and wheel at the word ofcotn
mand, or be proscribed by the ruthless
despotism.: Assort of political Procras
reati bed talent and worth jgo for noth
ing, i Exac (liicipline and perfect obe
lience, ;mc only tests ol excellence, i Sir,
WeiaVe ho such regency,! wo can have
none. It cannu live among us in power.
jit wou'.d live only in tloggerel or in pai-
and law-abiding State
election ot tlve successor
favorite o'r make up his
e denunciations of the of-
this District, re-echoed, as
ate, -tiy that portion ot the press
which as vhas never faltered in defend
ing all the iicts of power?
phaticaily a Iawrloving4 . Sir, it iss a sl.ghtmatter to take a po
itate. Not the Worship- ?tioii hercainsUhe acta of this Admin
istration ; jgrno it is leareo, mat tne over
ficial organV)
r..i;.. they aie,
lriei ue mr v cunsiut-LiiiiiMi?. uutur u ictun i . - .
of justice, and her love and veneration
for the Constitution and the laws. North
Carolina was em
per of idols and the . devotee of power
but as firm to resist usurpations on the
part of power, as ready to yield obedience
to rightful authority. . -
Nothing (said Mr, M.) indicates more
clearly the unsoundness of the times than
the true character of this controversy.
Strip it of all extraneous matter of the
mystification of language, and remove the
..- .i . l . ' 'a. I ill : i
ruDuisn mat encumoecs'ic aim uns wnoie
deposite question i acontest for the use
of the public money for the. purposes of
rain to make interest out of it. It is a
contest for the use of it after it leaves the
pockets of the People and beoft it is dis
bursed in the public service as if this
Government has any right to take money
from the pockets of the people, before it
is needed, Jo lend either to partisan
Hanks or political partisan.. The law"
jdaoes this money in the!Uiited Slates
Bank, mainly for safe fcbepin, and fqr
a safe and easy transmission to the iilif
ferent points of .the country where it-is
needed for the public service. The great
object is safety. Nether the President,
prudence ' timidity of public servants, j hold any principles in; common; but if up
too often pflfmit the outrages of power tofon a nomination to a land Office or a for
pass withoiU l buke rather than incur the
known penalties of resisting them.
Sirj tlmtjands and tens of thousands of
our hones tjnd industriousxitizensare in;
a state of pHifound ignorance of the enor
mous, the ffonstrous abuses and corrup
tions of th?J Government. 1 They live too
far from u :l have feared, to guard it ef
fectually a-yjainst abuse. The public eye
is not sufficiently turrted upon the Govern
ment exce it for its favors & its patronage.
The guard Umship is defective is certain
ly inefficient; That m,an who should tun
derta"k,e jli'sGlose to the public eyerthe
enormons sibus.es of the present tiiqe,
would be enouiiced as a 'ca'uinniatorv
liste'd.-toilh"-utwrvHncrelui'ty, orkre-
so long as yiMi would , vote for aUjmmina
tions to office, and support the eleciionsi
of those who would sustain all the vfiews
of the Executive in relation to office.
Upon these great national questionssome
of which almost shook this Confederacy
to its deepest foundations, the friends "of
the Administration were not reauired to
j - Uow nmmlotany const irutmts could be
made to se?-, as cieariVjas l mum l see
it, that the public;wal the geal inter
ests of the Country, are held by those vho
practic'ally control tho Government, as
wUcm! v subordinate to the elevati wi of their
eign mission,' or any subordinate situation
upon which the Executive had set his heart
for the accommodation, of his friend J one
should venture toyexpress his dissent, wo
betide the presumptuous act, he might
look out for the flaming sword of ExVcu
tive vengeance, or prepare for the deep
denunciations of a profligate Press, j
Sir, this Administration has had no fix
ed pr?hciptes, upon wjiich it has steadily
acted upon any of these groat ubjecfs.--Its
strength has mainly consisted iir the
keeping of its views of policy, eithejiun
i f? i .i . .i -
uenneoor tnrown into-tne qarK. tin a
word its highest policy hasvibeen toliave
no settled policy. To keep every thiqg
openr, everjjthing unsettled, to Jean as the
xigeincy . might require,either to the North
ir to the Southto make'the most of-eve-
rv interest, by playing off. against -each
Mr. B. said, he would takej occasion, before ho
proceedal furth er in bis remark, to correct a inistakcy
no doubt unintentional, into which hia collcaafuc had
fallen, in the course cfthq remarks which be had r
just made, in attributing to him an expression, when '
this subject was some time ago under ;4iusion
which he had never uJed, arid altogether ucIaTned (
an expression which respect, "boUVor himself and
the State which he in paltt represented, would hard
prevented hh making. " V " '
lie, Mr. Bj did not say, upon the occasion Referred
to, tlrat the State of IVorth-CaroUna " would almay
susttun the Administration," but he had taken occw-
Kion - to say, that he himself had ruf doubt that
NorjthipiaroBna would suctaht'the Adnrinistration
which etpression he had Used in reference to thd .
great question which was now agitating the country,
and which had grown out of the iSahval of foe poir
He Deposites. Here, Mr, 'Mmri asked leave to
explntri, and the floor having been yielded him. ho
read from the National IntpUigencer that paftof th
speech of Mr. B. as reported in that paper, to which
he hnd referred Mr. Bsowir rdsunied, and aai,
that the expression attributed to lum, fa the report
of his remarks in the tptelligcRccr, which puer, he -would
say, had genera fly treated fiirrr with feuraess
and jusdee in reporting' lite rcruadta, wag- one which
had not been vteed by him. He" iscldonj troubli
himwff to revitw tlie notes of any pf ' &c reportenv
befcrro their pnljfication, as to any thin? which be
said here in debate. " He bdd looted ovef Ids remark
very hastily, as vch by the fleporter of Hps tntelli- -
encer, l)efore; they were published CI that pt per, -hut
the error which fie alluded U had escaped Ha
obrwjvatioa. The report -f h.a rermrluf, as. pnoTWi- -
other thelifferent sections to efi'ectihaiv
monv ami concert in nothing save in the
elections, have been eminently charaibter-
t&lic o; tne present AdmiuistratiMn. j .
j ed in the CIo!xi of tho 15tb ; February, gave accurate.
i'.i.. .1 ' -Li ! .Y.:u i
aUudcid toJ Mr. B said,haf e tad ventqifHl toex-
prcsvlhe opinion, that tIw;8Wteof lioruvCaroUna
'.vottw sustain inu Asmuusrrauon.on, uui "axjcsuori,
wliich in Its issvrrt, he jpy(le)W0;'ffolveil'' v
n-at priuciplcs of onstitiJcfiJir'.
scrva'ion of our fwe instits, i IriiryitrpBi
.which had dbtinguisticil r'iiaMti
political sirug'les wlnehhad at'dlSnnrnt pmicr'C
thei, and ha stiit Uiieved, tiat there ijTjS'a'iSr"!
jdettfitBOObd ?piiitof putriotifm in m;itttti&i& 4
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