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' can [Ur a, inornieiit allow me!
4,‘, _
mic iliortnaltt‘ Q'Ea§2tt‘e,
is 1-um.'isit':n ‘nvizuy wnnnnsoai Lmoititrive.
over tits Store" of Mrs‘ Morison Hoyt, west rid I
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T‘i-:itMs.—Subscri-ptions~$2_ a_ye;ir, where de
—ivered by acarrier or Post-rider,ipayabe qudfe
terlu in advance. _ - _ _ _ ,
Subscribers living oitt of the carriers’ distrlcl.
calling for their papers. 351‘ 50 Per 3““‘““v Pay‘
able quarterly in advance-
delayed to the end of the year, $13-
Mziil subscribers $2.
No others attended to. - _
A,i,,en;,~emem3, $1 per square for three_inser
lions, and 25 cents for every s}Jb5e‘ll_'°"l mse"
‘ mm Yearly advertisers $10, tiicliiding the pa-
per, payable quarterly. ..A.dvei‘-tisements _not
niai-lied, will be-continued till forbid.
Orders enclosing payment may, he fprwarded
by mail, postage paid.
' ’ Agents for the Gazette.
Bridgeport.‘ Charles Young:
Bgghcl, Timothy B. Hickock, Esq.
Brae/.:/i,clt_l, Luciiis C. Northrop.
Bridgctvqlcr. Eli Morris.
_Danbury.‘.Francis Knapp _
Grcenftelcl, Col. Horace Banks.
Ridgcficld, David I-lurlburt
Stan:/lord, H:
' lVcslport. John \V. Taylor
H/'eslon. Bradford Wintori. Eso.
._ _. .._......._..
OB I-‘RIN'1‘iNG.
on ALL KINDS.
Ni-‘..i‘r'i.'v EXECUTED AT 'I‘IIlS OFFIV E-
flouitittg Qlttaastts
lg OF all kinds,'for salt: veiiy
li”AMllll.i$3" E2-lfti ’;©i?.§l?aEl5l.i§9.
THE SUBSCRIBERS
HAVE taken the Store North of tlieBritlg'e,
*’_;'_.. ._
nextdoer tothe Mill, where they have tor
siile 10,000 lbs white and brown Sugars of vari-
ous qualities and prices 3 Qllllll lbs Alm"“d'_s{_F‘1:
"baits and Braisil Nuts; ‘.20 boxes lluiicli Raisiiis,
50 bushels Peaiiuts, to bo.vcs onion, Pinups.
- XVheat and Rye Flour, Sick Stilt, 30 Firkins
. L.,,.d, Nutmegs and Spices of all kinds, St.
Croix Molasses, Sweet Oil, Brooms, Fresh Teas,
Gag-ea’ Mrs. G_ B_ Miller &, Co.’s fine out To-
i,',,,,,,o by we cross or less, 150 bushels Iiye,
L'idcke,,gl by the barrel or less, Cotlfisli, tresli
B,m._e',,, Qhecse, soap and Candles, Pipes,
yap... Tobacco, and Suiilf, S-ilerattis, Statrcli, It‘.-
' ‘' rticls usually
‘kept in :1 Grocery Store. '
‘ Com, 0 !LS, and other country produce nought.
The above named goods will be sold in quanti-
”°'‘’ ‘° Sim‘ “"1 my ‘me. SELLECK.
o. D. JENNINGS;
Norwalk. Al1'.!- 28. 1837 2'3“
To the Citizens of Bridgeport, aiul ,[~‘¢iir_/ieltl Coiiiily.
A lTIZEi\lS—[tis now nearly two years since
C I became general agent for Dr. Braudreth’s
celebrated Pills in this County. Every one
knows the very high cliaractcr the genuine me-
(liciiic has obtained by every ll’l(.llVl(lu:ll who has
(used it. The sale has in consequepize become
great, and the calls in every part of the county
has continued to increase. It is also generally
known that Dr. Brsiiidreth has never made it
Druggisl an Agent; no doubt he had his rea-
sons. for so doing, and all who are the proprietors
pf" an "article surely have a right, which noie
ought to qllgstltill, of inziking whom they choose
tilt? vendors. \Vli:it has been the result of this?
I will tell you. There is scarcely it Drug Store
in the whole of this County but what sells, or
;,,,,,.for sale the Coutitcrfeit Article- How n1l.'n
who prof»:--o-rt.‘li_r_1_i0ll, who profcss towbc moral,
I r minds to r-‘ttiop to
such low swiiirlling, is more tliitii I can tell ; such
however is the notorious fact; tli€_‘)_’s l-live Drug
Stores, not only keep the Counterfeit Pills, but
absolutely assert tliat they are_the genuine Bran
.derth’s Pills, thus adding a_ vile untruth to the
crime of swinilliiig. This is not all; the Drug-
gigis know very well that persons who use the
true Bnindi-etli’.- Pills. soon require no medicine
at all, they tlicrcforc sell pillsuvliicb they call
Bmndi-etli’s genuine Pills, which are calculated
to do serious iiijury; by which means they sup-
ose tlirit the true Bran rctli’s l‘ills will be brought
into tlisrcpntc. _
Know therefore all ye who read this, that the
i ~triie and crenuine Bri1ndertli’s Pills can be only
I
obtained genuine of me in Bridgeport, and only
of such Agents in the County who have 8. certi-
ficate of agency. signed ll)’ "10, and =1lS0 by DI‘-
Brantlreth, and observe that every one has one
of these Certificates, or the Pills sold cannot be
rolled uponas the true aiitl genuine Brandreth’s;
and further observe, that it is dangerous to put’
chase of any one unless he can exhibit these cre-
dcntiiils of agency. _
The following are the Agents, appointed by
John B. Sanfortl, for the sale of Brandretli’s V.
U. Pills, in tie County of _Frirfieltl:
Fai-rfield, Gt.-.o_. Peck, Lewis Burr, 85 Geo. Burr
Brookficld, Burr is-. M.0t‘l'lS, and LC Northrop
Newtown, B-ildwin av. Beers, Wm. B. Glover,
Ezra Morgan, S. B. Peck 6: C0. and Hart
Shepherd _
isouiiipurt. D-VI-9
Westport, John W. Taylor
Reading, Fanton an Duncomb, Abbott av. Frost
- lftidgcficld, VVm. Dauchy its Co
Danbury, David Pearse,Jr. 6: James W. Porter
' Stui-devantsc Smith.
“Wilton, George B. Middlebrook
Weston, Eli Adams -
Trumbull, Judson Curtis
Monroe, Levi Edwards and Daniel Sherwood
New-Fairfield, Seeley Barnum and Stephen
Hopkins -
- Stratfortl, Ilobert VValker, 8: Treat Blalteman
-Norwalk. Levi Clark and Geo. E, Comstock
. lg Ngw-Canaan, Samuel Raymond 6: Co
Stamford, W. so R: H03”? 54? C0
Greenwich, ’l‘ho’s Barton, as Jonathan Jesiip
Darien, Albert Seeley ,
Black Rock, T Ranson dc Co.
0:72 A constant supply of the Genuine Pills
can be had at the old stand of .
_.,TOl-IN B. SANFORD,
Sole Agent for Fairfield County.
Bridgeport, Oct. 10, 1837. 31
— ;‘i;oovrs AND SHOES.
_'_1‘HE Subscriber would respectfully
, inform the public and his old cust_oin-
A‘ ers'n pa1‘licular.thtit he has reopened
-wit ii. splendid assortment of Boots
grid shoes of eyery description, at the old‘ stand
fl"),-me;-ly occupied byGeorge Mead, Esq. where
those who wish to purchase can be accommodat-
, ed ith ready worlt on th .- most reasonable terms."
lie following-‘comprise at part of his stock on
hand, which he offers _ii.t the lowest cash prices:
50 piijr Men’s Calfskin Boots. at 3 8:: $4 pr. pair,
5'00‘do Liidiés French Ties, at 875 cts. do
190' do" 'I‘,'(I0' ‘Gaiter Boots 81 50 ‘ do
, 50 ‘do Misses Slippers, 50 and_75 cts.‘ do
100,‘(lo' Menla Washington Shoes, 851 37; ‘do
- 50-.30 -Boys ' do do 87; to $1, do
'50 'do"'G'a'cks, ‘do’ 44 cts. do
N, B. All kinds of Boots and Shoes-madeto'
. .5,-’de'r,' of the very best mate'rials',7ttnd in the most
fgshiouable and , work manlike mariner,
*7'~ 03--Also on hand and for stile about one Ton
', i5f:'first:quality ‘Sole’Leather. ‘ ' v
- . 2 iv‘ GEORGE‘ JAMES.
1 ‘Wilton, July 8', ‘I887’. . ‘ ;_2lt
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7-. r.:s..' ‘AL.
Where payment is
payable in advance.--- V
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VOL. xx.
SOOTIIING SYRUP.
R. PARIS‘ celebrated Soothing Syrup for
‘cliildrcn teething; the virtues of which. in
completely rt-llevingthe inostdistressing cases is
invaluable. Forsale by J. A. WEED.
NE W ES TABLISHDIENTS
a» .5
Va-WI-IE subscriber, thankful for past favors,
would informliis ctistamers and the public
generally, that he liastaken the store lately oc-
cupied by H. B. Chase, (nearly opposite the
Post()fi’ice) where may always, be found an ex-
tensive and elegant assortment of Gentlemenfs,
Ladies’, Yontli’s and Cliildrcn‘s Boots and
lines --made in the best manner, of the best
materials, and in the most fashionable style:
attlie most reasonable prices. Particular at-
tention will be paid to all orders in his line, and
the patronage ofthe public is respectfully ao,li_-.
cited.
VVILLIAM GRIFFII
Norwallt. Juno I2, 1537. Idtf
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THE SLOOP CITIZEN,
Capt.JEDED1AH BROIVN. iii.
VVill sail from this landing to James Slip,
York on Tuesdays, and return on Saturdays.
THE SLOOP IVIEUIIANIC, -
Capt. GREGUR Y GR UMMAN, Jlfaaztez‘-,
Will sail on Saturdays and 1-etu_rii on Thurs-
days. Freiglit wi,ll‘b_e talgen as low as at 0.t.l1e|_'
liiiidings. For furtlicr particulars inquire of ei-
titer of the captains on board of their respec-
tive vessels, or at the store of the subscriber.
WILLIAM T. new
Norwallt, Jan. 24, 1838. tf 46
OVERSHUES.
FEVV pairs best quality India Rubber
1 Overshoes, for sale by J. A.
"i\'tll'\\'flll\', NOV. 27, I837. 38tf
N i i *3‘-ICE.” ”
VB-1 HE public are hereby notified, that the
agency of Charles Patrick for the stibscri
her. and for Messrs. Hoyt & Peck, as the pro
pirietors of the ~-Despatch Line." has. ceased.
and that he will pay no debts hereafter contract-
ed by any perstiii on account oflhe “ Despatch
Line.” exceplllln15€'ll‘- MQNSQN ElQ¥T-
Nurwalh, August 14.. 13.5.38? 33
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From, the Journal of Commerce.
D! R, \VEBSTER’S SPEECH
oiv '~J‘-HI-I spi:_-'riti~:.isuitr Bii.x..
In the Senate. VVednesday, January 31‘.
[Con.clu(lccl.l_
The first general aspect or feature of Ille bill.
the character written broadly on its front, is this
abandonment of all concern, for the general
currency oflhe country, This isenougli for me.
It secures my opposition to the bill in all stages.
Sir, this bill ought to have had a Preamble. It
ought to have been introduced by a recital, set-
ting forth, that whereas the currency of the
country had become totally deranged : and
whereas it has heretofore been thought the
iiounilen duty of this government to talte proper
care ofthat great branch oflhe national interest;
and whereas that opinion is erroneous, obsolete
and heretical ; and whereas. according to the
[me Wading of the Constitution, the great duty
of this government, and its exclusive duty, so
far as currency is concerned, is lo take care of
itself; and whereas if‘ government can but se-
cure for itself. the people may very well he left
to such currency as the states, or the banks, or
their own good fortune, or bad fortune, may give
them ; therefore be it enacted, (Ste, (Sac.
The very first provision oflhe Bill. 18 In keep-
ing with its general objects, and general charac-
ter. lt abandons all the sentiments of civilized
mankind, on the subjecs ofcredit and confidence,
and carries us back to the dark .age.s- The first
that we hear, is of safes, and vaults, and cells,
and cloisters. From an intellectual, it goes
bac‘: to a physical age. - From commerce. and,
credit, it reiu_r_us to hozirrljng. and hiding ; from
confidence, and trust. it retreats to bolts, and
bars, to locks, with double keys, and to pains
and penalties for touching hidden treasure. It
is a law for the times of the Feudal system-=0:
a law for the heads and Governors of ‘the pirati-
cal states of Barbary. It is a measure fit for
times when fibers is no security in law, no value
in commerce, no active industry among man-
kind. Here it is altogether out of time, and out
of place. 11 l]q_s pg sympathy with the general
seniinicnts ofthis. age, still less has it any con-
geniality with our American character, any
relish of our heretofore approved iipcl_suc_cessfiil
policy, or any agreementor conformity _wii_li the
general feeling ofthe.count.ry. _ _
The gentleman, in stating the provisions of
the last-section, proceeds to say, that ii is strange,
that none of our laws, heretofore has even_at:
tempted to give, the Treasury of the United
States a "local habitation.” Hence it isthe ob-
ject of this first section of the bill to provide and
define such local habitation. A local habitation
for the Treasury of a great C°mm°lT°l_al F°ll‘.“l')_’-
in the nineteenth centuryl Why._sir._, “’-l?‘“ l5
he Ti-egsury! The exfstiug laws call it a _“De-
partment.’’ , They SEW.‘ lllefe Shall lie. fl D3P_‘"l'
ment, with various oflicers, and a proper assign-
ment of their duties and functions; and that
this shall be the Departmentofthe Treasury:-5
It is, thus an organized part of Gb_vern.'iie_nl_ 3
an important and indispensable br.an,c,h_ of the
general administration, conductingthe fiscal_af-
fairs of the country, and controlling isu_bordi_oa‘_t,e_
agents. . . . _ ;,
.But this Bill does away with all legal and
political ideas, and brings this important Depart-
f mentdown to it thing of bricks and mortar. .lt
“ no:v"r GIVE up THE SHIP.”
enacts that certain rooms, in the New Building,
with their safes and vaults, shall constitute the
Treasury of the United States! And this adop-
lion of new andstrange notions, and this aban-
donmentof all old ideas. is all for the purpose of
accomplishingtlie great object, of separating the
affairs of the Government from the affairs of'tlie
country. The nature of the means shows the
nature of the object; both are novel, strange.
untried, and uulieardof. The scheme. sir, finds
no precedent, either in our own. history, or the
history of any other respectable nation. It is
adir_ii_tted to be new, original, experimental; and
yet its §J,Cl(!,p,ll0I) is urged upon us as confidently,
as if" it hail come down from our ancestors, and
had been the ch_eri,s_h_etl policy of the country, in
past times, .
I aui against it altogether. I look not to see
whether the means be adapted to, the end; 'Tlfa:
end itsclfis \_\3h_at I oppose, and I oppose all the
means leading to. it." I oppose all attempts to
ngalge a separate currency lor thei'G;t>,v§:riim_ent,
b,ecau_se I insist upon it, and shall insist upon it.
until l see and feel the pillars oftlie Constitution
falling around me. and upon my head, that it is
the duty of this Government to provide a good
currency for the country, and for the People, as.
well as for itself, ‘ '
I put it to gentlemen to say, whether. currency
he not a_ part of commerce, or an indispensabfe
agent of ‘commerce; and soint.-thing,\l‘nerefore,
xi liich this Government is bound to regulate, and
io_ take care of? Getitlemeii will not meet the
argument. They shun the question. We de-
rriaiid that the just power of the Constitution
shall he adrninistered. We assert. that Congress
has power to regulate commerce, and currency
as a part of couimerce ; we insist that the pub‘-
lic exjgency, at the present moment, calls loudly
for the exercise ofthis power—-and what do they
do? they labor to convince us, that the Govern-
mentitselfcau get on very well without‘provid-
ing a currency for the people, and they betake
themselves. therefore, to the Sub-Treasury sys-
tern, its unassailabte walls, its iron chests, and
dqulily secured doors. Anti having satisfied
themselves, that, in this way. Government may
be liegt going, they are satisfied.
rency or Government, or safe currency for Reve-
nue ; these are the only things proposed. But
these are not the old promise. The country, the
country itself, and t_h_e whole people, were pm.
raised a better, for their own use, a better gen-
eral curreiicy, a better currency for gll ihg pm»-
poses of trade and business, This was the
promise, solemnly given by the Governmentin
1833, and so often afterwards renewed, through
all successive years, down to, May last. \.V'e
heard notliiiig, all the time, of a separatiqfl be-
tween Gove.'nm_eiit and People. No. sir, not a
word. Both were to have an improved cur-
rency. Sir, I did not believe a word ofall this,
lihon ,;ht it all mere pretence,or empty boasting.
I had no faith in these promises. not a particle.
But the Hon. member from New York was
confident ; confident, then, as he is now ; con-
tideiit of the success ofthe first scheme. which
was plausible. as he is confident of this, which
is strange, alien, and repulsive in its whole as-
pect. He was then as sure of being able to fiir-
nish a currency for the couolrv, as he is now of
furnishing a currency for government. He told
us, at that time, that he believed the system.
adopted by the late Administration, was fully
competent to its object. He feltino alarm, for
the result; he believed all the President had
done, from the removal of the deposites down-
wards, was constitutional and legal, and he was
determined to place himself by the side of the
President, and desired only to stand or fall, in
the estimation of his constituents, as they should-
determine ii; the result. Anal that result has
now come.
As Ih_ave said,sir, I have no faith at all in all
the promises ofthe Aduiinistration, made before
and at that time, and constantly repeated. Ifelt
no confidence, whatever. in the whole project;
I deemed it rash, headstrong, and presumptuous,
to the last degree. And at the risk oflhe charge
of some offence against good taste, I willread.
a paragraph from some remarks of mine, in
February. 1834, which sufliciently show, what
my opinion and my apprehensions thep were;
" I have already endeavored to warn the
country against irredeemable paper; against
bank paper. when banks do not pay specie for
their own notes ; against that miserable, abomi-
nableiind lraudiilent polic . which allempls ip
give value to any papero any bank, one single
moment longer than such paper is redeemable
on demand in _gold and silver. And I .wish,
most solemnly and earnestly to repeat that warn-
ing. I see danger of that state of things ahead.
I see imminent danger that more or fewer of the
State Banks will step specie payment. "The
late measure of the Secretary, and the infatua-
tion with which it seems to be supported. tend
directly and strongly to that result. Under pre-
tence, then of a design to return to a currency
which shall specie, we are likely to have a cur-
rency in which there shall be no specie at all,-
We‘are in danger of being overwhelmed with
irredeemable‘ paper-.—m,ere paper, representing
not gold nor silver; no, sir. representing nothing
but broken promises. liadfcitli, nauxnpiarii cop-
PORATIONSI CREATED CMZDITOR-5 AND‘ A RUIN’
En'rii;o1>1_-I»: !” ’
And now, sir, we see the upshot of the Ex-
periment. We see around us banking corpora-
lions, and broken promises; but we see no pr0_-
mises, more really or emphatically broken, than
all these promises of the ‘administral-ion, vi'b_it'h
gave us assurance ofa better currency, These
promises, now broken, notoriously and-openly
broken, if they cannot ‘be performed, ought "at
least to be acknowledged. The government
ought not, in c9_r_nmon~ fairness and common
honesty": to deny its own responsibility, seek to
escape from the demands of the People, and to
hide- itself, out of the way, and beyond the reach
of the process of public» opinion, by retreating
into the Sub-Treasury System. Let it, at least.
come forth; let it confes's'i_ts promises, if ii can-
not perform them; arid, above all, now, ‘even
now. at this late hour.4l'et it reuounceischémes
and projects, the invention of presumption, and
the resorts of desperaiioniiand let it addressitself.
in all good faith, to the great-work of restoring
the currency by approved -and constitutional
means. ~ « . < ' — -
But, sir, so far is any such‘ course from all
probability of being padoptadrso littlejgrountlpf
hope is thbre that this Sub-Treasury system’
be abandonednhat the _Hon. member from =New
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A sound cur- -
NORVVALK. CONN. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2t, 1333.»
York has contended. and argued. in his place.
that the public opinion is more favorable to this
measure now proposed. than to any other which
has been suggesietl._ He claims liir it the i-bait:
acter of a favorite with the People. fie i,-;_ia_l_ies
out tbis,Su_b‘-Treasury plan lobe quite high, in
P°Pl~1l,-‘ll’ estimation. Certainly. sir. if the Hon.
Inert‘-lxm? thanks 30.. he and lses with difiereoi
eyes. ham: with dlfiercnt ears, qr. gather. the
lfleflllfi.-.",~i:.°P.'ll1.l°-Tl from Very diifezetit so,iir_cea.—
Biit what is the gentleman's ar'guniei;it?_i It is
,ihis._ The two Houses oi Congress, he says, re-
flect the .-wishes 8,[)_(._l_.0pIfll‘)llS oflhe People; and
with the two houses of Congress, this system,
heisiipposes, is more.accepI_uble. than ar,y'oilie.-.,
Now, sir. with the utmost respect for the two
flquses, of Coiigresstarid all their -members,
m ust he permi_ite,d_ to express §,d_0Ubl_,_fi1,l,(‘1 irideegl
a good. deal more than-a doubt,-wlielher. onihis
subject, and at the present moment, ihye iwo
Houses do exactly reflect the opinions and wishes
oflhe People. lshouhl not have adverted to
lll9_$lal_e ofopinion. here, cqnipaied with the state
of public opitiion in the country. if the gentle-
man had not founded an argument. on the sup-
posed disposilioo of the two Houses. and on the
lact, that they truly set forth the public opinion.
liutsince lie has bro_ugli,i such an argiimeiit. it
is proper to examine its foundation. '
In a general sense, undoubtedly, sir. the mem-
bers of the two Houses must be understood to
represent the sentiments oftlieir constitiitents, the
people of l_l1.¢_3 S. ; Their acts bind them, as
their rep,;'es,cnia,li_ves_, and. they must be con-
sidered, in a legal sense, as confprrriipg lo the
will _of their constituents. Bgut owing, to the
manner of our organiqation, and to the periods
and times of election. it certainly may happen,
that out particular moment, iiiiil on particular
subjects, opinion outdoors inaybe one way, while
opinion here is another. And how is it now, if
we may judge by the usual i,ndi_ca_tions~? Does
the gentleman hope for no vote, in this body, for
his bill, but such as shall be, in his opinion, in
strict accor_tlance_ with the wishes. as generally
understood. and i_i,iq$t' recently expressed, in the
state from which that vote shall coiiieif
I shall he exceedingly sorry. s.ir.fo.r instance.
to see a vote from Maine given for this bill. I
hope I may not. But iftlieregshoulil be such a
vote, can the gentleman say that he believes, in
his conscience. it will expressgllie wishes of a
majority of-the Beople oftbat stale And so of
New Jersey, and one, if not more states in the
West. I am A quite sure that gentlemen who
may giverflioir votes. will dischar e their duty.
according their own enlightened ju !gme.ii;s, and
they are no way accountable to me or the i_p_an-
ner in which. they discharge it:_ but when the
honorable gpemgi from New York contends that
ihis»hoi]iy' '- gw. curately represent the public,-
Qpinion, on the ‘ub-’[‘r.ea§iiry s stem, we Illll_§_f'
loi_z.k,at tliejacts. And with all possible respect
for the litinorable member, I must even take
leave to ask him. vi'lit=t.h¢t.. in hisjudiiment. he
himself, is truly reflecting the opinigns and
wishes qfa majority of the Beople of New York.
while he is nib. using and Bvnnorliug this bill?
Where does he nd evidence, oflhe favor of the
People of that state, towards this measure ?
Does he find it in the city? In the country?
In the recently elected House ol'Assembly In
the recently elected members of the Senate?
Can he name a place-can he lay a venue, for
the popularity of lli_i_s measure. in the. whole
siaie of New York? Between Montauk point
and Cattaraugus, and between the mountains of
Pennsylvania and the north end of Lake Cbam-_
plain. can be any where put his finger on the
map and say, here is. a spot where the Sub-
Treasury is popular? He may find places, no
doubt, though they are somewhat scarce, where
his friends have been able to maintain their as-
cendancy, nolwilhstaridi-n_Z{ the unpopularily of
the measure; bpt can the find one place, one
spot ofany exiept, in which this measure of re:
lief is the choice, the favorite, of a majority of
the People. '
Mr. Presitlpiit, the honorohle member has
long been in public lift‘. and has witnessed, often.
lllfi Changes and fluctpgtiiips of political parties
and political opinions. And I will ask him
what he thinksof the liurricppe which swept
oyer New York in the first wcelt of last Novem-
ber. Did he ever know the like ‘I Htls he be-
fore ever been called on to withstand such a
whirlwind? or had he previously any suspi:
ciqn ih_a_i such an outbreak, in tlie political ele-
ments, was at hand ? I am persuaded. sir, that
he feared such it tbingmuch less than I hoped
(‘grin and my qwp hopes. although I had hopes,
strong hopes, I must confess, fell far short of the
actual result. And to me. Mfo President, ll
seems perfectly plain, that the cause ofthis as-
tonishing change in public opinion isto be found,
inainly, in the message of September, and the
Sub-Treasury Bill of the last session, The
message,- with its anti-social, anti-commercial.
anti-popular doctrines and dogmas—_the mes-
sage which set at naught gill our own manners
and usages. rejected all the teachings of experig
ence, threatened the Stale Iiistitiitions, and,
anxious only to take good care of Government,
abandonedihe people to their fate—tlie message
—the message-'—it Was:-lhal dill lllfi great Work
in New York, and elsewhere.
The message wasthe cave of Eolus, out of
which the careering winds issued ;
“-Una Eurusque Notusque ruunt, creberque
“ procellis Africus”——_j A
mingling seas and skies, dispersing the most
powerful political combinations.-and scattering
their fragments on the melts and shor.es- iltpzght
quote .lhe poet further, sir. 3 , H
' "et vastos volvunt ad liltora fluctus,"
The political deep seemed agitated, it) the
very bottom..and its heaving bosom moved on-
ward and forward the l‘1Jd,\i'lP8__'fl,1lfl.u§,:':-—,Itl
Nautical phrase. the higmllers of publipopinion.
The honorable member may say, or _may
think, that allihis was but ihe result of atransient
impulse, a feverish ebiillilipn. nfinrldnn ‘slttprise.
or it change of-superficial? findiapparrnl only-
not deep and res -i Sir. I-cannot s,ay..liiit‘
must confess that ifthe movement in an? York.
last Fall, was not real, it looked more like reali-
ty,7than any fanciful exliibition, which I ever
saw. «If the people -were D9!‘ to earnest-, they
cenaiiily had a‘ very cover, ‘and earnest way ol
beingin jest, if I ,_ - _ ' - ' —
A 3 ‘Ant’l,i how‘. ' air’, ‘vent: the‘ hnnnffible member.
can any ‘men, say. ithat in-1 regard to’ tbis.mu:-
ure.'eti5n the‘ House of B?epreaentatiV0B'!8 63?‘
tairi, at this moment, irulyio rcflcet the public
N0--59.
judgnient ? ’]‘houg_'n_ n¢a_i,1,=.rto,[li¢ people ihan
Onfsell-'85. and more frequently c,ho_s_en, yet it is
klmwn Illa! flip resent members were elected,
neatly §l_(.1l ‘hem. 5.!’-f0i:e the appearance oflhe
message of November, mid will the Hon.
t.neuiber.allo_w me to ask, whether. ifa new ‘elec-
tion pf members of Congress were to take place
in his own state, to-morroga, and the newly elect-
ed ttieii,i_b,ers should take their seats immediately.
he should entertain the sllgh't_(~‘~s_t gxpeciaijon of
the passage of this bill thrqnglp that House? ‘
Ml.“ -Blesldenl. in-1_S3,4. the Hon. member pre-
sentedto the Senate, Resolutions oflhe Legisla-
ture of New York. appnovitig the previous course
oflhe Admiiiistration. in relation_ to the curren-
cy. He then urged strongly, but nm,i_e too strong.
ly, the weight due to these resolutions, because.
he. argped, they expressed the ,lHld0lll)l8lI sense
oflhe People. as well as that of the Legislature.
He said there was not, at that time, a single
member in the popular branch ofihe’Legislattire
who was not i,r‘i_»l,'a‘\_rt)r of thes_e B(8S0lUll.()§1,5__, either
from the cities of Hudson,_Albany. 'l‘roy,'Sclie-_
giectady. Uiica, or an almost endless number of
incorporu_tcd‘trailing towns and villziges, or the
great city of New York itself, which hejustly
calls the Cortiriiercial E_mporium of the country;
all these cities and villages beirig surro_unded,as
lie. qiost justly said, by an intelligent population;
_al1_d_ cities, villages, aiiil cquiiiry, aliorrelher coni-
prising near two uiillious of souls, ‘ ll ibis was
very well, It was true, The facts were with
the Hon, member. And although 1 most exceed-
ingly regretted =.I.nil deplored that it. was an. I,
could not -deny it. And he was entitled toen-
joy, and did enjoy, llie.v,'li_o,le benefit of this re-
spectable support. But, Sir, how, stands the
matter. now? What say these two millions of
souls to the Sub-Treasury? In the fi_lSl,pl8(‘8,
wligl siiys the city of New York. that great
Commercial Em;itiri_uni, worthy ’ the gentle-
man's commendation in 1834, and worthy of
his comnientlatipn, and my commendation, and
all cqtnipeiitlaiitin, 23; all times? ‘What senti-
ments, what opinions. when fpellpgs are pro,-
claimed by tlie.-thousands of her merchants, tra-
tiers, Qlqfllliatiluffiffi, and_ laborers? ,Wlia_t sen-
timents-. W in npinitins. what feelings are pm-
claimed by the lhousanda of her merchants,
traders, manufacturers. and labogers? Wliai is
the united shoulofall the voices of all her class-
es? What -is-ii, but that you willgput down
this new-fgpgletl Sub-Treasury system. alike
alien to their iiilerests and their feelings, z_i_i once
and for ever? \VhaI is it but that inrriercy to
the mercantile iutegests, the trailing interest, "the
shipping iii_t_e;.est._ the manufacturing interest,
the laboring class,_and all classes, yoii will give
up useless antl pernicious political schemes and
projects. and return to the plain. straight
coursclof wise and wholesome legislation ?—
The sentiments of the city cannot lie misun-
derstood. A Ihoiisaiid pen‘s,ancl ten thousand
tongues, and a spirited piess. make them all
known. lf we have not already heard enough
we shall liear more. Erribarrased, vexed,
pressed, and distressed, as are her ciiigens at
this iiiorrient, yet their resolution is not shak-
en, their spirll is not broken; anti depend up-
on it, they will not see their commerce,their
business, their prosperity and their happiness.
all sacrificed to preposterous schemes and politi-
cal empjricisni, without another, and a yet more
vigorniis. slrilsalve And Hudson» and Albany-
and Troy. and Schenectady, and Utioa‘—_-pray,
sir, why may not the citizens ofthese cities have
as mur.-li weight with the Hon. member now, as
may justly bail in 1534? And does he. can lie.
doubt of what they think ofthis Bill? Aye, sir,
and Rocliestezj, and Batavia. and Buffalo, and the
entire Western District of the _State. does the
Hon. member suppose that he would be able,
by car‘eful_segi;ch,.io do more than to find, now
and then. so rare a bird, as a single approver of
this system? '
Mr’. President. if this system must come, let it
come, If we must bow to it, why, then put it
upon us, Do it. Do it by the power of Con-
gress. and the President. Congress and llie
Pie-riilsdi litiveibe power: Buleiiiare us. I be-
seech you, spare the people from the imputation.
that it is done under clear proof and evidence of
their own approbation. ' Let it be not said, his
their clinics‘-
Sir. I think there is a Revolution in public
opinion, now going on, whatever may be the
opinipp of the iiierpber frpiii New York, oi‘ oth-
else l llllllls the l1‘all electipps prove this, and
that ptherimore recent events confirm it. I
llllnlill is a revp_lt agnipst the absolute dictation
of party. I! rfivpll against mcrcinn. 911 the public
judgmepl; pod especially a revolt, against the
‘adoption of new’ iniscliievous eitpedients, on
guesliops ofilcep public interest; a revolt against
me iash and ppbrlillerl spirit of change; a revo-
lution. in short, against further revolution. I
hope, most sincerely, that this Revolution may
goon; not, sir, for the sakeof men, but for the
salsa ofmeasures, and for the s_a_lte_ofthe copntyy.
l wish it to proceed, till the whole country, with
an itp eratiye unity of yoice, shall call back
Congress to the true‘ policy pf the Government,
The honorable member from New York is of
opinion," Sir, that there are onlylhree courses
open to us. We must, he urges, either adopt
this measure, or return t9__a system of deposites
with the Slate Banks, or establish a National
Bank, New, Sir, suppose this to be as the gen-
tleman states, then, I say, that either oflhe oth-
ers, is better than this. I wo_iil_d prefer doing al-
most any tliing, and I would vastly prefer tlpjng
nothing’, to taking this Bill. , _‘ ‘
‘ “I need not conceal my own, opinions. lam
in favor of a hlationalliisiitution, with such pro-
yisions and sccui'ili.e$ as Congress" may think
proper, ‘tg guard ‘against danger, and ii ain__si
abuse. But the Hon, rpepibpr disposes 0 this,
at once’, by'tlie’d’eclai-ation,that he liimselfcan
neypr pppsprzi tip a’ bank. being‘ utterly opposed
to it, both "on constitutional‘ g_l’l0lJlJdS,'8I.l(I. grounds
of expediency. '..1‘li¢ ts!-‘mlt=!!1i?F!'“‘°P‘"'°°i .S"'
alwiiys t'£_sp'e'ct_ed,"i‘s c.eitgi,nly_ p.f’_’gr.et_1.l weight
and importance, from the public situation he oc-
l copies. But §llhpugh'lh_e§,e are his opinions, is
it ceitain,t_hat a ‘majority pf Ihe People of the
countryagree Wl.l.l.1'll.ll?'i in this P%§?|l§‘“.l8"-' .
think not. ’1verily believe it majority of the
People’-of the United States are,‘ now. Of |l1_€
opinion. that: National Baiilt',_pr,operly consti-
mica, » -1i,ipiiei_1‘,"'and guarded‘, 18 both- coosiitu
tional, and expedient, and ought iiowito be,es__tab-
lisbed. Sofa?" ail can Ié8l'_I1,“' three-‘foulths of
th‘o'Wes'tern People aro{o'r'_i_t=.‘ - Their Represen-
my o,p=i,ni,t_.i_i'i.,;.upot,i_ the
which I can obtain. « Tug s,ouih.g_;§y, 55..
one-view, :I believe the
such as-I ahive stated.
-At the last session, great pains were taltep to
obtiiuza vote, of this and the other House. gigging:
a Bank ; for the obvious'piiri3o'se of-p‘l'a‘c'iiig such
an l,n.sti,Iu,i,ioi,i out of-t_li_e list of remedies. and, no
';econc.ili_iig the People "to the Sllb-'PteAfl,i|._Qt.)'
Scheme. ‘\Vel],, Sir, and did. those votes
any effect‘!-— none at all._ The pgoplp, no‘.
an_d do not care a rush for them. I_ never have
seen, or heard, asingle man, who paid tlio.eligb¢.'.
‘est respect to those votes of ours. The honora-
ble !nen1.l1ef.., I0,-flay. opposed as he is to a Bank,
has not even alluded to tliein. So entirely vain
is it, si_r, in this country, to time ' iii: to forestalzl,
COll’lI__§],.|l‘, oi; _co'er(,:_e the public _;udgmem_ All
those resolutions tell perfectly dead, on the tabled
pf the two Houses. We may resolve wliatlivve
please, and resolve it when we please; but iftbe
people _tjl;_i_ not .li_lte_it,_ at their own good pleasiirp
‘they will rescind it; and they are Q95 l‘,‘;l£e}x_ ,9:
continue their approbation long, to any system of
measures. however plausible, which; teizminateay
P¥?‘~"'l.°"t *?'?!!‘.l.'?.'.¢I?3"i¢
§heir own Pli“.3.P8;.'\ly,
I have said, sir, that in prelbrence to this Bill,
I would try some modification ofthe State Bank
system; and I will cheerfully do so, allhougli
every body knows. that I ai-w‘ays-'op_pp,g.eq lb”
system. Still. think it less objectio_i_:ab,lg i,l;,g'i,
this. Mr. President, in my opvinipp, ihg teal
source of the evil, lies in the i.one,_u_iid_-spii-ii,
and geiieralfeeling. which have pervaded the
Atliiiinistration for some years past. I verily
believe the origin isthere. That spirit. I fully
believe. has been deeply anti-commercial, and
of late. detzitledlytzn friendly to the State in'3;iiu_-
lions. Do the leading p_;es_sgs, fayoprldfyhg
yo_u_thinlt_ they do, then look at the language and
spirit of t,ho,se presses. Do hey not mapifgsigg
unceasmg and bitter hostility to the mercantile
classes,’aud to the institutions of the States‘. ‘I
certainly never supposed the State Banka fit
agents for furnishing or regulating a national cur-
rency; but I ‘have thought theui useful in their
proper places, At any rate, the Siaiesliad pow-
81?“). ¢S.i§l>lish them. and have established them,
and we have no right to endeavor to destroy
them. How is it. then, that generally. every
leading Piess. which supports the Azdminigin-
lion. joinsin the general cry against these insti-
tutions of the States? How is it, if it he not
that a spirit, hostile tothese institutiiiiis, bascoma
to pervade the Adiiiinistratitin itself? ‘ i "W
In my opinion, the State Biinks,on every
ground, demand other treatment; and the iplpirpgi
ol the country requires that they should receive
other treatment. The government has used
them, and why should it now not only desert.
but abuse them? That some of the selected
Banks have behaved very t-nworthily, is no
doubt true. The best lieliavinr. is not always to
be expected from Bets. _ But that the Blank“
generally, deserved this unrestrained warfareiup-
on them. at the hands of government, I cannot
believe. It appears to me to be both up.
grateful and unjust. ’ '
The Banks. sit. are now making an efifort,
Which I hope may be Successful, to resume spe-
cie pay nierits. The process of resumption vvprkg.
and must work with severity upon the cou_p_t;.y.
Yell most earnestly hope the Banks may be able
to accomplish the object. But in all this effort,
they get no aid from government, no succor frinfi
government not even a kind word from gqygm.
ment. They get nothing but denunciation and
abuse. They_ work alone, and tliereforelli_e'a;-
tainment oflhe end is the more diflicult, -’p.h,'-_y‘
hope to reach tbiat‘¢iitl,, dint}; or mainly, by ‘re.
duction and curtailment, lf, by these means,
payment in specie can be resumed and maipiagii;
"ed, the fesllll will rove the existence gr-ea‘;
solidity, both oftlie Banks, and ofthe_ inercgintilo
classes. The Bank of England did not accomi
plish resumption, by curtailment alone, She had
ilie direct aid ofgovernmeiit. And the Baqlis of
the United States, in 1816,, did not rely on
tailment alone. They baditlie aid of the llvipg
new created Bank of the United States, 'and"al'l
the countenance, assistance, and friendly gal‘ -
port, which the government could giye iii;-mt...
Still. Icould not discourage the efiiirts of the
Banks. I trust they will succeed, and lhatilliey
will, at the earliest practicable moment; buiii i;
at the same time, my full coiiviction, that by gm-
other and a better course of public polipy, ili_'e go.
i't=ri1i3ien.t might !nQS.l!!13lefl3ll;Y assist the ,B.iii"1ls9
to bring about resumption; and that by gpypyp-
ment aid, it might be b_r0llg_l)i. about wjih in"-
finitely less of public incouvepiencc. and jgdi.
vidualdistress. ' ~
Ear an easy resumption of specie payments,
there is mainly wanted ;_i revival pf triist',' the w;
storation of confitlcncp. and a harmonious fi¢llP“g
between the goyernipeiit and the inonieil ingti.
tqtions of the copntry. Bpt instead of effprtg
to inspire trust, and create confidence, we (gig
and hear nothing but denunciation; instead of
harmonious action, we find nothing but uni-elem.
ing hostility, . ,
' Mr. ‘President, you and [wet-e in Congress
in l81fi_, during the time of the s'iiai‘ianqio_n pl?
specie payments the "Banks. What was the
spirit ofthe governmentat that time, _Si;-'3 \Vu
it. hostile, acrimoiiioiis, belligerent towiqfds the
State Institutinnfll Did it lodlrontlierp onl t
frown '3 Did it touch them only to distress?
it put them all iinileir the ,8_C0tl'i'ge3 Y u know,
Sir, it was far otherwise.‘ You know that thé
Secretary of that day entered into friendly cor-
etrpontlence with _t_hé-m, and asspred them that
e would second their, efibrts, for resgmpfqh,
by all the means in his power, You know, Sir,‘
that, in fact, he did render most essentialiud.--
And do you ee, sir, any similar efibrtnow? Do
yoii behold, in the Bill before us, any thing of
the spirit, oi-.tli.e policy.of Mr. M‘ dispp pp‘ W
occasion very like the prcfiept. llyly, 09
was a man of such subdued self respect," thazhg
was willing to yield to experience and the ppin.
ion of this country; a man, too,’ of so pinch
wisdom and true patriotisni, that nqtlfng iipag’
allowed to stand betweep him, and his clepr ppf:
ception of the pphlip good. Doyoii see, sir,a;i
thing of this spirit.-.-of the wisdom, of the giil ,
and healing, and restoring policy of Mr. Madi.
sob, .in this measure? Another illustrious 'inti'ii.
new ¥ll1.ml?°lf9.‘l with the Mil. Wits then with its;
an was-a_cting'tin important piirtin the councils
of the country. Imean Mr. Lowndes ° 0. man not
deficient in force and gpnips, but still IH0l’_e dig.
tiiiguielied for that large and compréliensi “é_
View of things, which is more necesgayy to {pile
eat men, and is also much rarer, than mg}.
positive talent-;—and for an impartial, well 5;.
lanlced judgment, which kept him free fromprg.
judicc and error, and which gave great. and ‘us:
influence to all his opinions. Do you see, it,
in iillthiit is now before us} And Mr. Craw-
ford, then at the head of the Treasury, arduous]
striving to restore the fi‘naiice§,' to re-establis
I both public and private credit,‘ and to placeiltlii
currency, once more‘ u'p,t_in it; safe and proper
foundation_; do you see, Sir, the ‘marks _ of Mr.
Crawfordls hands in the measure now preaepgeg
for our approbation If. "‘ “ " *
Mr. ,President, I have little to-any of the 3111;.
ordinateprovieions of this -bi1l,¢_1f»the.,R,.eceivgy;
General, or ofthe dangerous power, given to tho
tiin‘_v;s..l:_e;e,_c_tin form“; _beiter j,udg’meat; but Secretary, of investing tlie..p_i_ibli_c moneyyin mu
_ - £l_lVlll.ed."0l' mayl be ‘against -8__'I§8_I_i_f‘)l’]_I,I*'.IlIOli,l,Il5.‘
— filnnt but. lodk_Ini;_i>I‘again, tonbe cen_ter,‘ih_e"North
3.03 ’llIe 'East,Iatid. ‘com,prel;i_ending tbii .gg|;9l9 jg! j ,
in «tee» d.l.=‘.=*i>P"imn.i,en.t 9.1‘ all ‘ll.1.el.tlA°Pe&.f<=-i i
Administration, speak .iis'o_wu sentiments} If
any thing of the spirit, the temper, the copljudg. .
ment, ortbelong-sighted policy of Mr, .Lownd9‘!,_ _'
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