From Kills’ Weekly Register.
THE ORGANIZED PRESS.
As one ofthe oldestprintcrsirr the United
States yet personally attending to a part of
the practical operations of my business, I
take the «liberty of making some remarks
on the present state of the public press. It
is not necessary, nor to be expected, that
editors and printers should harmonize bet-
ter in matters of-opinion than other individ-
uals; but 'on'=thc contrary, if inde_penrlent,
there are good reasons why they may more
decidedly differ. It is the subjection cf the
press to -the discipline ofparty—which in-
volves, in itself, a. disregard of truth and
foul assaults upon private character, a
commanded; and then the press, instead of
being a blessing, is .reirdered-a “nuisance
and a curse,” to use the favorite terms of.
the editor oftlre “ Richmond Enquirer,” on
another occasion. The organized party-
priss is as reckless ofjnstice as arethe bands
of robbers and murderers who infest the Ap-
penines. It has no discretion; and instead
of being the “'rra.-m'r’s FOE, TI-IE 1>.~.orLe’s
I-‘RIl<2ND,” (which is the motto on the grand
banner ofthe profession) it becomes -the,
I am-
'rvrtAi\"r’s SLAVE, Tm: reoPLE’s FOE.
disposed to make every allowance for the
imperfr-ctions of human nature. Individ-
ual printers and editors, as other persons,
will do wrong; but when bodies of them
are marshalled and “ear mar/red,” and
“ cnLL.meD” to cry out “ God is God and
Illa/zomet is hisprop/iet,”an.d kiss the “bloc/c
stone,” in gangs—they ar-e no better than
litters of hzuzting dogs, whose power to
make di—prez.lations consists in corrcspo.
dint yelpings and com/rinizd snarlings und
snappings and biting of a common prcy—
of which each, for himself, secures as
rargea piece as he can, for his share of
“the spoils ofthe victory” gained—and he
mouths it, and months it, in blood, though
the nerves of the victim yet quiver between
his teeth. These are dirty and -cowardly
dogs—aud all say bow, wow, wow, as the
dog atthe headof the pack “ gives tongue l"
The first time, (and it happened several
years ago) that. I clearly discovered an or
ganizatinn ofthe press, it as in that of IV.
Yor/r.—I do not recollect what was the
matter to be effected, but well remember
that, in a period ofeight or ten days, I cut
out and laid aside nearly forty “ EDITORIAL”
articles, from as many different ne\vspapcrs
which all had the same “ear-mnrlc,” aml
were evidently prepared by one hand ; and
these articles were afterwards collected in
the“ Albany Argus” and sent through the
state as “ PUBLIC st~:N'rr.\1aN'r,” aml so “ pub-
lic inrlig/zati.>i” has been more than once
MANUFACTURED! I cannot suppose an ‘in-
telliget man to be placed in a more grovel-
ling condition, than belongs to an editor
thus subjected to the dominion ofsoine oth-
er man, in whom is concentrated the es-
seuce ofthe party. But. the prevalence of
this abominable practice was even then se-
cured by the hope of “ reward,” or fear of
“ punishment ;” and miserable type-sticlccrs
busked in the smiles, or were terrified by tho
frowns of sub-managers located over the
statc—-“ little-gre.'1t” men, holding or seek-
ing ofliccs of profit, and ready for a spec-
ulation on every occasion, and every polit-
ical change which might be prescribed at
“ head quarters.”—Aud so frequent were
these changes, that all such persons had to
keep a “ bright. look-out,” lest they might
not ttrrn-round in due season—and.see the
righteousness of something to-day, which
was political blasphemy yesterday. I could
relate ‘many curious anecdotes concerning
these things, iftirne were allowed and the
opportunity was a suitable one. This inan-
uer ofdoing things in New York partially
prevailed in Pennsylvania, (for there were,
as there still is, many “men ofprinciple ac-
cording to their interest,” in that great state)
at the time when certain “ co.\ImN.a'r:o.\'s”
were formed in congress, (as spol-:en of by
Mr. Floyd, now governor of Virginia) and
the party which had been most bitterly
opposed, with some few exceptions to the
election of general Jackson to the presiden-
cy, became his most decided and t/rorongh
going supporters——aud then began the on-
GA\lZ.-\TIO.'\' or THE PRESS on a general and
broad scale.
It was under the aifministration ofMr.
Duff Green——and he had a mighty influ-
ence over the “destinies” of this nation!
that the discipline ofthe press was rendered
nearly perfect, through the able counsel and
joint-stoc/c cooperatious of individuals who
need not now to be named. In the first
place, no editor who did not send in his
“ adhesion” was permitted to publish the
laws of the United States, “ by authority”
——and, this source of reward or punishment
failing, because of the amount of hungry
yexpectants and necessary scullions—about
one hundred persons, connected with the
public press, were promptly put into offices
by rude removals ofothcr persons, and the
aggregate of the salaries paid to the editors
and printers, I think, considerably exceeded
one hundred thousand dollars a year, with-
out including, or having any reference to,
the business cast into the hands of Mr.
Green, himself, and others, through the
post office and other departments of the gov-
ernment—which, probably exceeded one
hundred thousand dollars more—ortwo hun-
dred thousand dollars a year for the “ re-
ward of printers and editors, on/y.’ And
all this mighty organized power of the press
supported by so great an amount of money,
and, considfirable talent, was directed to one
point. Mr. Green held the “pitch pipe”
and sounded the mile; and then they all
commenced on the same aye and no key!
The people were told to believe only what
they saw in particular newspapers; and
there was a boldness of assertion and vul-
garity of abuse in some of these without
precedent; and the frequent repetition even
ofa suggested falsehood was soon rendi-red
into an absolute fact, dim it appeared at the
first; and, to doubt it, was to be condemn-
ed as au “APos'rA'rc.” The famous Cob-
bett perfectly understood the rnachinoery
just alluded to. VVhen about to publish his
infamous “ Porcupinc’s Gazette,” at Phil-
adelphia—(a paper which, for the impu-
dence of its falseltoods and contempt for
public decency, I tho'n,=lrt cond not be sur-
passird—-but in which I was mistaken l) ad-
" supported, was more effectual than aplain
truth freely urged-; and events of latter
years have told me that Cobbeft was rightin
his estimate -of political operations! But
what is the effect when two hundred, more
or less, editors or presses repeat the same
tale-when, what the first only hinted, the
fifteentlrrajirms to be true, the hundredth
swears to, the two hundredth sees as clearly
as had been drawn “from holy writ?”
Such -is the orga-ni:ation-sirclr the rewards
of the 0RGAi\‘S—- and such the EFFECTS.
l\'lr Duff Green was the agent in this mat-
ter—but he “bolted” and, from being the
and was, and is, hunted by the hounds of
his own brecding—the loudest barkcrs being
those who Illfld most earnestly licked the
spittle, which, in the days of his power,
he was pleased to favor them with. In the
progress of events, as just stated, Mr -Green
left the tripod, whether a sensciof shame on
account ofthe work required of him, or for
the reason that the priests of the party de-
posed him,-it is not my present purpose
to inquire; but his was the “glory” of ‘hav-
ing surpassed all who had preceedcd ‘him in
tlremanagement ofthe presss; he had“run a
muck”andsucceded in a wonderful manner.
But this “glory” has been eclipsed by his
successor, Mr Francis P. Blair, and his as-
sociates, in the publication ofthe “Globe.”
He has ascended the tripod, surrounded by
“sulphnrous” vapors from below, even from
the “kitclrerr” of foul cookeries and stink-
big things, where “roasted monkeys, stuffed
with li'/.-ards,” are prepared to feed the mor-
bid appetites of servile comluctors of the
pres~, and afford them matter for digestion !
Blair is a long way behind Green in versa-
tile talent and manly c0urage—which claim
some degree of respect however they may
be abused; but the former beats the latter
“all to nothin,” as major Downing would,
say, in the art and mystery of crawling to,
or of crawling from a purpose, as “couvc~
nience” serves: and yet on a certain occa-
sion he rebuked Mr Richie—-—bnt the latter
was soon enabled to get “into harness” a-
gain, which is not very astonishing when
it is recollected how long he has been in
the practice of “ground and lofty tumb-
ling.” And so it is now over those who
yet remain “faithful,” the “rewarded edi-
tors and printers, and other persons who
get provendcr at the public crib, that the
“Globe has an influence unequalled since
the invention of our art, though almost ev-
ery day committing some outrage on pub-
lic feeling, by its assaults upon honest and
honorable men, and distorted presentation
offacts. And the great misery is, that large
nnmbers of the people now relish such
things. VVhen the French opera dancers
first e2;hibiti:(/ themselves iii the U. States,
at New York, the public delicacy was shock-
ed; but the shock soon passed away, and
their inrlcscribables were yet further short-
ened without being noticed. Such are the
effects of fashion.
lcannot extend these remarks, though
the m-rtter is so fruitful that I know not how
to Check the current of my thoughts. lfin
reference to the fn-nta, as irmy nave present-
ed themselves to my mind, an undue sc-
verity of language has been used, it should
be attributed to the utter detestation in which
I hold the proprietor ofa press who abuses
its liberty in the manner-stated, and sinks
into a mere Swiss—thc citizens of a repub-
lic, but hired by kings to do cold murder on
the word of command ! W'ith these I do not
wish to hold any sort of communication,
believing that they are a disgrace to the hu-
man kind——Swiss soldiers, or Swiss printers
-and I shall not obtrude myself on them,
or any of them. It is true, that in the U.
States the persons ofeditors and printers are
not yet subjected to the Russian knout, the
Austrian dungeon or the Turkish bow-string
—but the ruin of their business or assassi-
nation of their private clraractcr, are, per-
fectly within the range of the organized
body, who bump their heads at the gate of
political Mecca and kiss the “black stone”
nine times, thereby redeeming themselves
of all past sins, and assuring a seat in the
“seventh lreavcn,” {which is the kitchen.)
for the “glorification” of their prophet—
and the gratification of their own lusts.
SUMIVIA RY.
A Jeweller’s assortment re/)lenis’zed.—'I‘lic
.vife of Mr G. VV. Jewel, of Jolrustown in
this State, a lady who is only four feet high,
lately presented her husband with three lit-
tle Jewels, all born at a birth. Our friends
of the Philadelphia lntelligencerare inclin-
ed to be classical in their annunciation of
this event, and quote Cornelia. They re-
mark, lhat the Roman lVIatron’s celebrat-
ed observation seems likely to be plagearis-
ed away in modern times; but we dont
learn that Mrs Jewel tirade any allusion
to the Roman lady afol’cs.'ti(l, when she
handed over the casket of gems.—-JV. Y.
Courier.
S/roeing IIorses.—~From the report ofag-
riculture in Flanders, we learn that, in that
country, the method of shoeing horses is
far superior to the English method. The
shoe is so formed that the whole ofthe foot
has a bearing. This strikes us to be ne-
cessary. Whereas the English farriers’
shoe causes a bearing only on the edge of
the hoof. To this is attributed many of the
incurable lamenesses to which the horses
of this country is subjected, such as corks,
thrushes, contracted heels, &c.
U. S. Ban/c.—From some cause with
which we are unacquainted, a run has been
made for two or three clays past on the
Chemical Bank of this city. This fact
coming to the knowledge of the Directors
of the U. States Bank, the Branch here
yesterday morning loaned the Chemical
Bank $100,000. Such conduct is the best
comment that can be made on the asser-
tions put forth by the collar presses that the
U. S. Bank is unnecessarily creating the
distress which now pervades the communi-
ty.—N. Y. Cour.
Commodore Boron has presented a me-
morial to Congress, “setting forth that he
has invented it steam-blow ship, calculated
for the destruction ofall classes of men-of
war ships that can come within the limits
of the bays, sounds, and rivers of the United
oracle, became the Actccon of the party—
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Indian Education.--Tlre number oIn-
dian children at the different schoo} l0
which the Government gives aid, is ]. 35,
exclusive of the Choctaw Academy i eu-
tucky, where there are 113 scholars, ex-
pense of whose education is derived iefly
from funds set apart by the Indians rem-
selvcs under treaty of stipulation this
specific object.
Boston and Providence Rail d.-—-
About half ‘of the road is already aded.
The Company have contracted fort com-
pletion ofthe whole route with th xcep-
tion of about seven and a half mi‘ , and
have ordered 2000 tons of iron, 25 ' us of
which have already arrived. The endi-
tures thus far amount to $386,850 ; and
the total amount of receipts is $454, 5 34.
The assessments are all paid.
A Snorter.—A green horn who it been
to work for a rich farmer, 3 or 4 y rs on
quilting, received a check on the Cit ’ank,
New York, for $500. He pr'«rceedte§to the
bank, presented his check with tlrespvt)r‘ds
-—“lferc’s a snortcr for ye—ifye ca’t pay
all to day, pay halfto-day and halfb mor
row.” ’
Porcelain Clay exists in several pat} ofthis
State, and largely in Savoy. Pottc 3 Clay,
used in pipes, tiles, bricks, &.c. is und in
almost every square mile in the (‘}lt‘h'trrotr-
wealth. Tlrc purest, however, wtjrich is
white, is principally co'nfined to 'artha’s
Vineyard. It is used for pipes, fir l)l’lCll5:
and for lining furnaces. The comnon clay
along the -Connecticut river has lacly been
usedifor cleansing cloth, in the plays of ful-
lcr’s e-rrtlr.—Bcst. Tran. :1
The laws of Solon, the Atheniat Legis-
lator, provided that women should rat carry
with them on a journey, more thin three
dresses, and lltat they should not early with
them but one basket, anglce, bard box,
which should not be more than acubit in
height. It is the devout prayer ofall stage
companies, stage agents, and stagi‘ drivers,
that they may live to be lrenefttcd by the
legislation of some -modern Solon
The good maple of Hartford appear to
be enconrngeing "‘ natural genius’ with a
good deal offervency. They ‘lint? among
them an American artist, who bibs fair t.o
scorch Monsieur Chabert’s celelvity to a
cinderr. He eats hot scaling wax, and mun-
clres a shovel full or two of burning coals
with a coolncs and decorum that would
cause Monsieur’s teeth to chatter. He
gulps down melted lead like so rhuclr ice
water, and smooths offthc potatron with a
comfortable swig or so of boiling oil. He
afterwards goes into an oven, heazcd to 230
degrees, cooks a bccfsteak, eats it, and
conrcs out-—-——-“ half baked lrimself.” No
fellow more than half baked, according to
the Connecticut use of that term, would ev-
er engage in such firey exploits.
IV. Y. Courier.
“ Jllrlsfortune in ]:’usiness.”——A fellow
broke into the store of Messrs. Macy «Sr.
W'adsworth near Clresnut street, Pliiladcl-
phia, on \Vc.'lnesday night last and robbed
it nf tlm "-‘”:_Il0l'll’l‘”)_ll$ aunt W" ' ’ "'"“‘-‘ '
a countcrfL5'rt note.” T to r~.~—._.;.;-ii
lookvtl upon the speculation as 21 (lent
when he came to take the note to the light.
VVe hope, however, he will attempt to
pass the bill, and meet the reward of his
enterprise, after all.
Anredluvian Remains.—-A supposed An-
tediluviau Forest has been lately discovered
by sonre men whilst digging sand on the
banks ofthe Salcomb, a mile from a vil-
lage ofthut name, and about 20 miles from
this place. A part of one ofthe trees so
discovered has been shown us; the heart is
still sound, but black, whilst the outer part
and the bark is rather soft, arising no doubt.
from its proximity to the water.
[Plymouth Journal.
The Dedhmn Fire.—-VVe have rt report
from one who passed through Brooklinc this
morning, that a man has been apprelicrrdeti
as the incendiary who fired the stable at
Dedham. It is said that he confessed the
crime, as accessary, but he declares that the
barn was set on fire by another person, who
had been a State Prison convict, and des-
troycd the stable in revenge, as he did once
before, in 1832, because the citizens compa-
ny was the cause of his conviction and im-
prisoumcnt foranotlu-.r crime. “'0 give the
report as we heard it.——Bost. Trjanscript.
Mr Elcazer Chase of Fall River, some
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steel fly in his eye and remain in the ball.
It caused great pain and inflammation.-
To cut it out was impossible, and he was
about having his eye dug out when it oc-
curred to his physician to try a magnet.-
A strong one was procured, which was used
with success. It is supposed that if it had
the eye might have been saved.
The Poughkeepsie I‘tepirifli”c.z’.i,*speaki11g
ofthe recent: vote of the N. Y. Assembly,
says :
“ There was no discussion, and in truth
none was needed in such a place, and a-
mong such men. They felt the collars
draw, they heard the bell-weather, and all
cried — “ baa.”
Ban/cs.’ Banks.’ !—0n \Vcduesdaylast-
being the first day for petitions, applica-
tions, applications were presented to the
Legislature ofthis State for forty one new
Banks, four of them to be located in this
city.—N. Y. Jour. Com.
Something New.—-A new paper is about
being published in Hartford, Conn. devoted
to the vindication of manufacturers and
dealers in ardent spirits. Witt) would have
expected this in the land of steady habits?
[Boston Atlas.
The Catskill stage upset in descending a
hill near Coxackie, on VVednesday night,
Chenango county,_ had three of his ribs
broken and was otherwise seriously injured.
A writer in the Middletown Sentinel states
that his teeth had become loose and very
painful from in cold, and that they were
made fast and entirely relieved of pain by a
mixture of equal quantities t‘-faalurn and
salt, put on a cloth and applied to the teeth.
The sea is to the land, in round millions
States.”
aaced an opioniou that u bo’dlie, strongly
of‘ square miles as 40 to 10, or as four to (me,
months ago in cutting stone had a piece of
been used in the first instance, the sight of
in consequence of which Judge Bigelow of
A —Mr S. H. Miller, lately a lieutenant in
the army, wandered from his lodgings in
Norfolk, Va. one night last week, (supposed
in a state of mental derangement) and his
body was found by some boys, who were
skating, “lying partly covered by the ice,
among the sedges in the cove back of Ber-
muda street,” of that city.‘
A correspondent proposes that the Presi-
dent should be authorized to give the Lion
which he received, and does not know what
to do with, to Col. Crockett! He says that
the man who has whipped his weight in
wild cats can certainly manage a lion!
It is proposed in the Senate at \Vashing-
ton to amend the ‘Constitution so that after
a Presidential veto the act returned shall be
law if passed again by a simple majority.
Some ofthe most distinguished politicians
and jurists of the old school are anxious for
the success of this proposition.
In I825 the whole amount of tonnage at
Cleuvlarrd, Ohio, was 7,310; in 1833 the
value ofmerchandisc exported was $50,000;
it is now nearly $2,000,000. In I825 the
value of imports was $132,640; it is now
nearly $5,000,000.
The Marchioness of V’Vellesley, an Amer-
ican lady, grand daughter of our lamented
Carroll, is now a second time presiding with
her husband over the government of Ire-
|and—the Lord Lieutenant being the repre-
sentative ofthe King and she ofthe Queen.
The Board of Directors of the Manhattan
Bank, have formally refused to ratify the
conditions agreed upon with the Secretary
of the Treasury, touching securities for the
safe-keeping of Uncle Sam’s Cash.
Three convicts have been pardoned by
the Legislature of Rhode Island, on -cr;n.di-
tion that they ship on whaling voyages, un
der direction-of the Sheriff»! !
By the Returns it appears that there were
45,943 barre’s of Mackerel packed in "Glou-
cester, Mass. during the year 1833. In
lS3'2, there were 40,674 bbls. Excess of
1833 over 1832, 5,269 bbls.
A boarding school miss wrote home to
her friends that the town where she had
lived had been “wisited by a trcmenjuous
storm, the snow having fallen as much as
six inches in circumference.”
There are 7,700 veins in an iuclr of col
mired mother of pearl.
all colors are made by lines of steel from
200 to the i,0O0th part of an inch-.
The Keensvillc Argus states that a memo-
rial to the Legislature of New York, asking
for the charter of a PmN'1'ert’s BANK is in
circulation.
Black Lead is largely worked at Star-
bridge Mass,—more than 100 tons have
been obtained, of an excellent quality.
N. Y. City Temperance C'onvention.—
The time fixed for this meeting is the third
\Vednesday in February.
The Georgia Legislature is busy on the
subject of est.-ablislring by law, “Manual La-
bor Schools.”
, E_ight,y persons are said to be entirely
destitute Dy Inc; Jun.) r..-.. 1.. 1431!; sugar, New
York.
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE.
Public Distress.
Tuesday, Jan I-I.——The following reso-
lutions submitted yesterday by Mr Clay,
was taken up for consideration.
“Resolved, that a Committee of Finance
affording temporary relief to the community
from the present temporary embarrassment,
by prolonging the payment of Revenue
Bonds, as they fall due, the obligers paying
interest and giving satisfactory security.
Mr Clay said that the resolution which
had been just read, sufficiently explained
the objects without any remarks from him.
It proposed to instruct the committee on Fi-
nance to inquire into the expediency of of-
fording relief in the present distressed state
of the country, by renewing the revenue
bonds given for the payment of duties on
satisfactory security, as they may fall due.
He was not sure that this object could be
accomplished. He was not sure but the
state ofthe Treasury was such as to require
all its means as fast as they can possibly be
drawn into it. If the Senate were to judge
of the condition of this department by the
notorious insolvency of one ofthe other de-
departments, this relief could not be exten-
ded. If this department was in the condi-
tiou of the Post Office Department he was
aware that the remedy proposed by this
resolution could not be obtained, because
the government would, in that case, require
all its means to sustain itself.
But, on all accounts, the subject was one
worthy of public inquiry, and he hoped that
on inquiry being instituted, it would be found
that the treasury could admit of the delay
ofa few months in the collection of the rev.-
for the present distress. VVit.h regard to the
existence of that distress, no one could ad-
mit a doubt. Never had he witnessed the
country in such a state of prosperity as that
which it exhibited about four months ago.
Every interest was then flourishing-every
branch oftrade was prosperous. In his own
State, industry was full handed, and every
agriculturuhst was reaping the harvest of his
labor. This was true of all parts of the
Union. All our interests were advancing,
and every branch of American industry was
in a condition of prosperity.
W'hat was now the condition of the coun-
try? What object, what production of our
industry, had not experienced afiill? VVheat,
as he had seen by a letter from Pennsylva-
nia, the great staple of that State, had de-
clined from 115 cents per bushel to 90 cents.
Every thing was falling, every thing was
going down, down, and every thing would
he still lower, unless some remedy should
be applied.
Mr Brown said he was opposed to the
adoption ofthe resolution. It was true, Mr
B. admitted, that distress, to some extent,
existed in the country, but he could not be-
lieve that it existed to the extent represent-
ed by the gentlemen ou this floor; he be-
lieved that the pressure on the money mar-
ket l3._n_a_l been greatly cxarmerated. and that
Iris ornaments of
be directed to inquire into the expediency of
enue bonds so as to provide a partial relief
gentlemen had drawn largely on their im-
a inations in describing it.
Mr Forsyth had no objection to the reso-
lution, or to an inquiry, or to legislative aid,
if any were necessary,‘ but he proposed to
amend the resolution, to strike out all after
the word “resolved,” and insert the follow-
iug:
“That the Committee on Finance inquire
into the extent and causes of the alledged
distress of the community’; and into the pro-
priety of Legislative iuterf'erence’to relievé
them.” " ’ l
Mr Clay observed that, as co.mpromises_
had become fashionable, he would acccj_;t.~it'
not as a suhstitute,but as an addition to hi‘,
resolutiorr. He did not know any mhe;
mode of giving constitutional relief, e;;c..,..-l
that contemplated.
The debate was further continued by
Messrs. Forsyth, Clay, Benton, Sprague,
Chambers, Brown, King, of Alabama, Wil-
kins, and Poindexter.
Mr Poindexter then moved to lay the res-
olution on the table for the present; which
was agreed to.
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semed the pf-'.n::‘-ll i.2 . i.=- - '-
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be abolished 3;.
which was referred, without reading, to Illt:
Committee on the District of Columbia.
Mr Sprague presented a memorial from
Maine, on the same subject, which had the
same reference.
The Removal of the Deposiles.
Thursday, Jan. l6.—-Mr Shepley of
Maine, concluded lns remarks on the re-
moval of the DepnslIeS-
Friday, Jan. l7.—Mr Rives, ofVa. made
:1 speech on the deposite question. He took
ll‘.
State ofUlnt. 2- 1'-’~"»7 _ ‘Er ’l=l:."."~ H
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belief that a National Bank of some kind
was the only practicable remedy for the evils
we feel, and the H only security against the
greater evils we fear ;—be believed that no-
thing but a well-conducted National Bank
could furnish a sound and uniform curren-
cy to every part of the States. He was ful-
ly persuaded that the country must come to
this measure at last 2 and since the Presi-
dent had refused to ‘ . "-
bank on the plan p-. = ) - .
sion, the only questiw: ~.-;.-..»=,
ation ofa new bank .--2:: ~l:" - , -.
the present bank with modljicatfons.
Mr W. inclined to the opinion that the
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true course of policy was to propose a re-
charter of the present Batik, with modifi-
cations. Such modificatrons should be pro-
‘ posed as will remove all reasonable grounds
ofjealousy in all quarters, whether in States,
in other banks, or in individuals; such as
may tend to reconcile the interests of Phil-
adelphia with Nt-.w York, and in short, the
question should he met with a sincere dispo-
sition to accomplish, by united and friendly
counsels, a measure which shall allay fears.
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sure, and in: important auxiliary in its finan-
cial operations. In conclusion Mr VV. re-
peated tlfat he was in favor of renewing the
charteroflhe present Bank, with such alter-
ations as may be expected to meet the gen-
eral scuse of the country.
House or ru=.1>tu-‘.st-:N'rA'rrvr:s.
'I'ur:sday Jan. l4.——Mr. Gilmer submit-
ted the following resolution.
’ Resolved, That the Secretary of War he
directed to communicate to this House, all
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up the subject ‘-IS an original question of the
expediency and constitutionality of a U. S.‘
Bank. The very fact that the amount of
the ‘operations of the Bank, during the last
year, was three hundred and forty one mil-
stitution was large and powerful enough to
control the energies and ‘liberties of the
country. The source ofthe evil which now
existed, was the overtpow-ertng monopoly
which we have established, and the restora-
tion of the deposites would inevitably lead
to the rechartering of the institution which
was the cause of our present sufferings.
He had no idea that the Bank could be
wound up without great distress and em-
barrassment to the community but the re-
moval of the deposites now, was calculated,
in his opinion, to diminislr the amount of
suffering which must be experienced at the
expiration of the charter, when the Bank
has to call in its 60 or '70 millions of loans
and its 18 millions of paper. There was
no possible way of getting rid of their pow-
er, without some inconvenience to the com-
munity. The pressure which occurred in
the old Bank, was greater than that which
now extorted so much outcry. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury, at that time, had re-
ported to Congress that the inevitable result
of the destruction of the Bank must be se-
,voi-o and univcrsnl distress. But than the
amount of loans was 14,000,000, whereas
now it was 60 or 70,000,000. He denied
that the State Banks, as strung together by
the Secretary of the Treasury, would, as
Mr Calhoun supposed, be equivalent, in ef-
fect, to a National Batik. The State banks
could not “act by command and iii pha-
lanx,” [.IEl-‘FF.llSON:l ; they were surrounded
by rivals, acted without concert, and were
controlled by the pleasure of their stock-
hrlders and the laws of the several States.
Mr R. advocated the Removal of the De-
posites-, out and out, upon Democratic
grounds; and insisted that it would be an
easy matter for the country to return in a
very short time, to a metallic currency, do-
ing away entl1'cly with the present mischiev-
ous, anti"-republican and unconstitutional
paper currency. Our Constitution ‘was in-
tended to be a hard money Constitution;
and this free people was not to have their
property subjected to the caprices of Bank-
ing Corporations, who, by expanding or di-
minisbing the amount of currency, made
every man’s fortune a lottery chance. Mr
Rives said, “ I pledge myself, at an early
day to bring forward a Bill, the object of
which shall be to require all payments into
the U. S. Treasury to be tirade iu GOLD or
SrLvEn.
Illonday, Jan. 20.—Mr Webster in pre-
senting the Boston resolutions, on the causes
of the public distress, took occasion to ex-
press lris opinion in relation to the U-. S.
Bank, and the state of the country-. He
considered the present embarrassment in the
business of the country as a very serious
matter; he believed that the distress was
not local, but general, and that it would soon
extend to all branches of national industry
—-that it would soon affect that most exten-
sive of all interests-—-American manual la-
bor——-that our public works would stop——
that great private undertakings would cease
—that the rates of wages would fall, and the
prices of property depreciate. He thought
the government had taken a very narrow
the public dcpositcs.
was a small matter, but the great evil is that
the government and the Bank are placed in
a new attitude towards each other—an atti-
tude of jealousy, distrust and hostility, and
the necessary consequence is a shock to the
commercial world, and at shaking Of the
whole system of the currency of the coun-
try. If nothing was done by Congress to
relieve the country, he believed that the
agitation and disquiet would continue to
increase, and that the effects would be most
lamentable ; and would reach every man In
the community who either has a dollar or
expects to earn one.
Mr VV. said that four plans had been sug-
sent state of the country. 1. To let things
remain as they are, the bank to he suffered
to expire and no new bank created. He did
not believe the country would ever acqui-
csce in this. 2. The plan of Mr Rives of
Virginia-— to do away with the paper system
altogether, and to return to an entire metal-
ic currency. This be regarded as utterly
impracticable. 3. ‘The re-chartering ofthe
present bank; and 4. The establishment
of a new bank. Mr \V. exnraund M. 4:»...
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'-lions of dollars, convinced him that the In-.
l8ll, upon the expiration ofthe Charter of
view of the consequences of a removal of
The removal in itself
gested as to what was proper in the pre- 5
correspondence which he may have had,
or other -information in his possession, in
relation to the death of Hardiman Owens,
:1 citizen of Alabama, who was lately put to
death by a party of regular soldiers; wheth-
er said Owens was put to death by in pur-
suance oforders from the War Department,
or any officer of the United States; and
that he also communicate to this Hotrsts.
any corespondcr ' ' ' = ’
had, or other in « ~
sion in relation to .-a-._~
the way of the exe. -iv.-~i.~ -.= "~. ~ ~_='= - '
the Courts in Alabama, issued for the pur-
pose of bringing to trial those by whom
said Owens was killed-, and any correspon-
dence in relation to the removal of said
prosecutions to the Disit'ri'ct ‘Court of the
' United States.
The Pension Laws.
Wednesday Jan. l5—'l‘he order of the
day was declared to bejthc resolution of Mr.
Chilton, to appoint a ‘Select Committee to
inquire into the expediency of so extending
the general pension law, as to embrace
within its provisions those persons who were
engaged in the Indian wars. down to. the
year 1794; and the amendment on it by
Mr. Bouldin, to appoint a committee to ‘“
quire into the moral effects of the pen: ~~
system upon the community, and how f
ought to be abolished or repealed.
lllr. Mctlomas admitted that the Hffc-..:
the present pension laws was to cor
many, but nota majority-. He saw n‘:l
son why the heroes of the frontier
should not be entitled to the relief 0"
pension laws. _
Mr. Dickinson thought those who fa
against the Indians in the war ’83 1..
entitled to the reliefof the pensin laws.
Mr. Borges, of Rhode Island, coul.i.
see the propriety of confounding the I’
with the revolutionary war. The pri
on which the pensions were granted I
revolutionary soldiers was-,that those sv
had been unpaid for their services .- ' «.
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public compensation. But this is
plicable to the case ‘ofthose who f3l,,_,.
gainst the Indians. The claim for
ous or diflicult service has not been
nised by Congress. As to the 20 V
war, ifany has ever been, it must hat .
private, not public‘; and 'must have
ly exhibited reciprocal energy on t7 .. ,.-.- .
of the invaders and the invaded- ‘
part of the Indians to obtain forcil : .
session ofthe territories ofthe front‘-.~~*
tiers, and on the part of the frontier
to repel those attacks, and defend tt» ::.
possessions. So has it ever been L * v -
country, since first colonized. Th-wj
copying the frontier settlements *
ways repelled the Indian attacl.
pushed their frontiers further west?
Butwhich ofthem ever demanded,or «'-
of demanding, public remuneration »
vices so performed. There will air , w
wars after wars on these frontiers, ' 7-:.~';_
as Indians exist. beyond them. A -2
subsidize or pension every raceo ‘
who may find it necessary to band ‘*« 1. 4
for mutual defence.
Removal of the Deposites.
This subject being resumed, M .‘. i:--. .
of Virginia took the floor, and SP0l
position to the removal, and also ~- 2-7
he Bank, until the hot‘-
sition to t _
journment. The Pension Law
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lution, with Mr. Bouldiu’s amendt —
Mr. Allen, of Va., addressed ti -4'
in oppositon to the amendment, at . -v-.1 '
port of the original resolution.
Mr. Peyton, of Tennessee, foli '-
the same side.
The Deposits Q1t€St‘50fl-
Mr. Beardsley, of New-Yort
three hours on the deposite quest‘.-i.
speech was mainly directed again
sitions taken by‘Messrs. M’Dufiie .
trey, that the Secretary of the "
\‘l'as independent of the President
he acted as agent of Congress.
The Pension Law.
Mr.Peyton, of Tennessee, res! -*
-concluded his remarks. ‘
Mr. Pinckny, of S. C., followed F?
sition, and concluded by m0V“‘i‘_-5
finite postponement of the Wlmle 5 ' ‘
Mr. Burgess, by 168"? Pmceefle‘ ,
a briefreply t° Ml‘ P"Yl°"' whlcl 3.
much merriment in the House. l _-
re; flash of wit and sarcasm fell l -:..~'~: V
devoted victim, and shouts of laugh-" I
ponded to the cm?“ f1'°m °"°".l' Pf“ 1 -'
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