li^fent ffitrjrlfitiitft it il even wi-e lo ibltain f-010 law which however win slid good it themselves inn lie eo.l lance of inequality winch find no reiponle in u.e heart of the riti.cn and which will be evaded with little remorir thr wisdom nf legislation is nncciallv se ,,, jraolnfj laws 0,1 conscicoee dr fhanning 3.vu8bury imwan county n c monday mvltcii 7 111.11 vol i so mil ; j portani bearing ami presents a ques tion ol deep import for your consider | atioti i'he most ancred of all politi cal relations is that between the repre a..native and the constituent when vour suffrage placet an individual iu a hig.i olb.ai 1 station a most solemn obligation is ii.ip.iscd on you and him on tntr faithful discharge of which the existence of our free and happv insli tu'ious mainly depends ; nn him so i set ,.» to merit vour confidence and n you not io withdraw lhat con confidence without just coise it is under a profound r.y.ar.l for this mutual and sacred obligation tlo.t i submit the whole affair tn vour de.er illation contciuus that in this as well aa even other public transaction of my life i have been actuated by .. solemn sense of duly to you uninflu enced by fear favor or affection i ciiui.i but look forward m vour tn lilt 1 1 1 1 i_obalion^^^^^^^^j rumors reached me that some attempts were making at nashville to injure mc but i treated litem with siieui neglect relying confidently l'.r pro tection on the friendly relation which li..l o lung exisietl between general lickson mid myself and the uniform and decided course ivnich i bad taken ih his t.ivor in the political struggle then pending my support of linn rested on a princ.ple that 1 believe to be itintl iment.l in our political sys tem antl thc hope that his deep root ed popularity would afford thc most effectual means of arresting ihe course of events which i could not hut fore s if not arrested would bring the great interests of the country into n | deep and dangerous conflict john c c.vi.liolinjb that tbe degrading influence it exer cises over the government tt-elf is i s tlfi ient reason lodestroy it sill less lifli nli will it be f sb w that it ha not fulfilled its promises that it sprru l.tes upon the people that ihcgovern ment would go nn s well ivithuut as with it and above llll that it is radi cally subversive of the sovereignty ol he slates and the political indepen dence i thc people whin slate in deed can be considered free in which an institution foreign to its g ivrrn ment unknown to ias laws and above its control is forced upon it against ils oivi consent nnd tbe wishes . 1 its people or what state can be c mid ered free in whit b a . iositution nei ther derived ftom it nor baling a y interest or feeling in common with the state but which influences its po litics interferes ivith its ele lions checks in.l reg dnies us lo al banks aatil boast that 11 can destiny them is suffered 10 exist upon at subject so vitally importani to the ststes and to the people we invite attention to the inner we shall furnish ind particu la i io the remarks of ir li his ai itioiis are that il is an i ti.n tion'ol immense power and t.--ds to i g the pe pl und.r its d mi a in — iliait it is i juno'ais io the united states holding their dep sits without paving interest md charging interest on tlieir ndvances of the people's own moncv — i it it is a monopoly — that ll has xclutive privileges over uil other hanks — and that it is danirerous to ibe libertiel if lhe people we shall tjivi portions of his speech occtth.ain dlv illustrating these positions let tbe people be hut true to themselves ml this link of thc chain of consuli.lu-h lion if no oiher will assuredly bel broken 1 rf b."v_^fl rise and fall within thirty degrees a idison i learning is like mercury one of the most powerful . l • xcelknt h-inos in the u 1.1 in skil.'ul bands , n un tkil lul tbe most mi i iev.nis pope cohrrspojfdknue ,. , ,, . j a in ; . ■" md loim c i president anal vi pre lilenl i lh ■ ..... na.heiubj a ,-, die couneo ,. mter in lh d liberation 3,1 the cabinet the mind ia but a b.irrtn s it a s..il which is soi.'i ixb.-i'i'i ctl and w ||| produce no crop or onlv one unless it iscontitin ly fertilized and enriched uitii foreign matter — sir j itry nolds ] ..■.,,:,. bcl.r you as .-..)• con ttu l .. wean recount ol my cm • , important political transac ., , , , l a been called in tjues ti t __ ,., : n en neously represe ti d ',..,, oeiiher justice to n.vsi-lf nor r , , vu i will permit me tiny ion ,.,., ,,, i a ii . ulrot : 1 allude t:i ray '' . , r ', 1 deliherati us of the cibiue't ol ml monroe on thr sem jm.le qui ition i know not how i can i ,. '.,, re fully before you all ihc j .. i cinumstanfces 1 ihe cum .'..„ :,, pmting you in possession ■-! a correspondence between i,,-r.al ,;, ton and myself inch will show ilu difference between llie views that „ have respectively taken and by ia hat means and ihroug a wlv.se agen cv it i lung jone-by affair has been rcii tl i have not taken this step str'utly da.tcns.vt as it is without mature de liberation n a calm no r ireful es timate i all he obligations under v i.r 1 act that then are siring r-3.s3.n rains it i feel and ack-oiil c.lg ; bin i also feel tbe most tho r i i . cn i-iction that tlie sncretl obli j ion to vindicate mv character im peached as il has b-rn in one ol the m i important incidents of mv lite a prove myself not unworthy ol the high stati m to which yon have elevated me far oumcigh all other 00 siderations should my vindica lion have anv political or personal bearing i can only my t it ill not be .'. ins i li-ve cither willed or de ai.eil it ii is my intention simply to p lac my own c'e.duci in its proper light and not to assault others nur ought i to i loll reap nsible should n v sue i cmseq lence follow j as i am 1 i u ill ;•, tncy in resusc'tt itii ij s 1,1 su j t r bring ug it to thc let iwledge ul lhe public previous t i mv arm tr 1 had confv ed the ,..,. .,;• .'.., i the existence 1 the ccr , ._ _ ■_, 1(i -.. to . i w confidential ; . ,-., wi re 3 liticalll attached h tb t i >:■ neral 1 ckson ami myiell : not tl a i a i any thing to apprehend f ,„ in diartosur'e bul because i was tt-i.i llin • increase lhc existing ex oit men in r.e present highly critical st.-c of our p in ff us but when 1 arrived here late in 1 crinbe.r 1 found mv minion bad beta id no avail and that the c.nrr spotidence was a sul.j ct fconversati o in every circle itiui soon became a topic of free com ment in most oi t'n public journals the ace lints d the affair as is usual ly the case on-stich cis s were t r thr most p.-i , '. only distorted and were in many art cs highly inj'in us to mv charact ■- still i d,i n d n my d-.tty t take i hasty step being determioc.l t it -' i time for jus.ice tu he done me « itliout i.|i p.a.i toyou ; and i >' • >"\ be i '" remain silent ao ' i 1 ws * thc vindication ad mv conduct and oharocter believing hat further de lav would in usi-lcs 1 can see nn idr quate motive to postponi , any longer ih submission of all tbe fans of the ease to your deliberate and final de oisinn jiori.e of the d btate8 am ii!.i-fi'"it gonorrm sibloohb si bbxott i tuesday resolution submitted bv mr trlinghiiyscn celling upon t ■•■ prrsi dent for information in rel tion to tho i linns wus after havinir bl en discui s.il hv messrs flcnton prebnghuy s.n forsyth holmes and white agreed to the resolution submitted by mr qrundy in relation to the committee appointed to inquire into the condition of the post office de partment was tnk up j nnd alter i e bee modified it the suggrs tion i mr livingston so ns io pro hibit t'o committee from inquiring into " the re;isnns which have influ enced the postmaster general in the removal ol any i ins deputies was is adopted yeas 84 nays si af ter th consideration i executive business the s na e adjo rned wednesday feb 16 mr di'k-rs..n irom the commit eon m nulaciures lo which hud si'ii reierre.l thr bill providing fpr the ii-du.tion of lhe duty ou sugar made a report rrcnmmcuding ita inde finite postponement thursday feb xt the bill from the house ol it.eprea semaiives for the punishment of ci mcs in the distnctol columbia .. as t.k rn up and read the third litnr j when mr ilayne objected to thai provision in thc bill making thc crime of duel ling the sending or aicrpt'mg a chal lenge to fi-.'.ht a duel or attrndit.g aa surgeon in such case punishable by confinement at hard labor in lh pen itentiary | and argued that the remedy proposed was not calculated to do away with the evil after a short discussion the bill was laid on the ta ble with a view tn the amendment of the objectionable section alter spending some time in secret session the senate adjourned friday feb 18 the bills to authorize the people of louisiana to en'er tl eir b ck lands and to create the ifice of sutveyop oeneral of the public lands in louis iana were passed the joint resolu tion relative to the mode of receiving evidence io ihe executive depart ments on the lubj ct ol claims under ' any acts of coon ess was also passed the general appropriation bill fur the support of government for the vear 1 1831 was taken up and dis t.-sed till the hour of adjournment the chief debate arose upon a proposition of mr tazewell to strike out tbe clause providing for the paymrnt ol th saw ery ol the ministe to turkey mr uhind the teas and nays were or dered on lhis motion j but at the : our ol a lj irnmrnl the bill was l.,id up o the table without taking a ques ' lion hoi be ut rp.presbnattive tuesday /■'. . s j the principal subject i hich i iii nied the attention of the i i the hank of the united states fi now regularly in the field i'he ques tion ol t mewing its charter is beginning tn excite universal attention and ao interest is felt in the subject propor tioned to its vast import nice to tne w i j fare of the country an elaborate 1 - fence f the hank has been w.itt .. hy mr gallatin and a number of pap j ■ n have already broken ground op 1 ll - ". ibject mr walsh of the nad m al gazette particularly has pledged lis exertions to sustain it t-.e ablest document however which has vet appeared in its favour is t e masterly and comprehensive rep rt submitted by mr mcdulfie during the hist sess ion of congress ii thai report csnnot s ist in it and we do not think il ran its days are numbered und last drawing to an end able ai 1 enligh tened are ils advocates they are en countered with unanswerable argument and untiring zeal by the opponents ol the institution at the lirad of these st mis t.nr venerable chiel magistrate who has emphaii ally pronounced lhc bank unconstitutional and utterly subversive uf the rights of the stairs nnal the libel lies ofthe people judge clayton of georgia has also unacted it in a sei'.i-s of essays in which n has conclusively established ils un constitutionality and in which he de picts in a very pn vcrful manner its tremendous influence as .. p llitical itia chine and its unlimited and degrading control over the local institutl m ol the states of all the expositions bowevrr which nave yet been made of the dangerous character and opera tions of thc bank mr benton's late speech in the senate is most calcula ted to alarm and arouse the people we c >■ eclve it a duty to tne public to lay some of his most important views before ihem and we shall therefore do so as early and as fre quently as circumstances will permit tbe advocates of the hank contend that the discussion of the question is premature as the present charter i f the bank has yet five or six years to run so the supporters ol 1 hn q in cv adams maintained lhat the opposi lion to his re election wis begun too early and that it ou?l!t to have been postponed until his administration ap proached its close but the friends of lhe constitution thought then as they think now that delays are dan rous and tlial the people cannot too quickly be awakened tn the dangerous preci pice on which they stand at-d to the devouring g dph winch vawnsbenealh that the rink has its idvantages will not ir denied 1 1 may and no dotdii tlors afford facilities i.l government as well as individuals in ihe tn.'.s.c tionof their business b it itisdoubted by many and amongst tuein bv somr of our most enlightened men wh her the evils attending ii do not far t weigll the benefits they however are all questions of expediency mere ly they do not touch the real fun damental principle of lie imcunslitu tionajity of the bank let its advo cates first prove that congress his a ri k ht to establish a private corpo ration and t invest that private cor poration with the powers of the gov ernment and then it will bc time enough to enquire whether such an in stituti.in is or is not really necessary to the wtlfare of lhe entry in that event however it will not be dilli cult to show that an institution ol this kind is fare from being necessary to lite operations nt the governmenl aod i owe it to myself to state that i come before yni under circumstances very painful to tut and a relucliuct which iiuiliiny bin i f nn oi duty to y*ou and mysell could overcome among these circumstance is tb necessity nf being instrumental i dis closing in any degree what i deem 1st highly confidential us the procee dings of the cabinet and lor which 1 fill mysell justified only by ahsoluti necessity acting under this impres sion i have not felt myself at liberty to go even in self-defence beyond st.ict necessity and have accordingly carefully avoided speaking nl thi course of my ass 11 iin.-s iii the admin istration ami even of my 0-1 11 beyond what appeared to be indispensable i have not put even mr crawford smiemcnt oi bis course in the cabinet it issue except only incidentally ns bearing on his statement of mine i.i is no concern of miu except in this incidental way what representation [ be may choose to c;i ve of his course an to this subject now nr formerly r whether bis representation be correct or erroneous a sleigh load of persons in full glee stopped yesterday it a tavern m ihe lancaster road on their way to mwn io see the eclipse philadelphia citron hefon i conclude these prefatory obseryations i deem it proper torn ike 11 few additional remarks as to the commencement and motive of this movement against me we think this very likely : some of our oitzeiii invited their country friendi lo town lo see the sight — and some countrymen came uninvited a man " touched in ihe wits " not in his perfect mind has been preaching in the streets as we understand that the eclipse was a visitation of divine wrath for the wickedness of j',th_m j . and moreover he prophecied that th.t avhole city south of caoal st would sink on saiurday this was believed by some who actually decamped 0 bloomingdale and the fax ii.irl.iem i for security's lake the sure and firm set earth still hnlds its place to that ilv.se who took the bight have had their labor for ih i lure by-the-by we may as well n atlon that smoked glass wai in greal dr mand and many travelling n 3 1 made quite a profitable i v s work i it on saturday more 1 yes nere up turned to heaven than ha 1 been for a whole year past s mie thought the eclipse a very pretty tight some thought it a failure " i is noi half dark enough said ope my hens did not no to roost said another — our eclipses sa'ul the irishman '• an better than your yankee ones — ovr-i are as dsrk aaai night " i i n't like the 11 ion said a true jacktoojan i it is 11 1 a whole n'.g lll'lil " tli - man in llie moon has more sense t 1 1 i lh ught xe i td s.i'l a co in 1 croaker if be had a vou i hink j ne would give it lor hay or web ster " he is not mit-i a luna/ie as 11 that comes to retorted lhe jack son man v y mnrtiullle the origin goes far back beyond the dateol the present correspondence ind had for its object not ihe advan tage nl general jackson but my po litical destruction with motives which ' i leave you to interpret the enmity i of mr crawford to me growing ut of political controversies long since passed afforded a ready and powerlul insttument i.v which to operate and it was early directed against me with the view of placing general lacks in ind myself in our present relations i wilh that motive in the midst ol the severe political struggle which ended in elevating him to the piesidentiail ehair and in which i took a part so etulv and decided in bis favor a cor respondence was opened nt nashville unknown to and unsuspected by me in december 18*27 which commenced thut chain uf artful operations thai has termin if 1 by iov living general jackson and mysell in the present cor respondence .\ copy of the lellei which opened lhis operation has beet placed in my possessi n it was writ en hv mr crawford to alfred ll hit eiq i nashville and >. dated the 14th december 18 r that the nature and objects ol the operations igainst mc mav be fully understood bv vou i hereto annex the copy ol mr crawford's letter to mr b ich andla copy nf . letter from the hon orable wilson lumpkin a represen tative in congress from the state ol georgia to me dated the 27th jann rv 1836 m which it was enclosed with an extract i nm the letter of th honorsble daniel newnan member 0 f congrets elect from the same state | submit them without comment the movemcnlt.ius commenced l.<l not terminate with this inter it was followed by other attacks imm the .,,„„• and ' other quarters some ot which are indicated in the correspon dence now laid before yon it mav be proper to state that i re mained ignorant and un.us c.ousol these secret movement against me ill ihc spring of 18-8 when vague e bill t ■ 1 te widow ol thc gallant cnmmidore de catur and tbe bill in relation to the sales of public lands the former measure was brought forward by tho i motion for re-consideratlon submit ted on a previous day by mr d ul ilri.li it was disc issed at length and various amendments w ere off-red 5 but nlicrtbe yeas and nays had been la ken several times upon the question recurring of the engrossment ol the bill for a third leading it was dec led in the negstive bv a vote of 100 to jo the bill concerning the sales nf public lands ami providing against the frauds which mav be practised in such sales wa debated intll 9 lata hour but was not finally decided u on vniuig the preliminary business i aim nnt ignorant of the trying pm sition in wh'u.h i am plai ed standing unsustained except by the force ol tmth and justice yet i cannot but look with confidence m your decision tne question presented lor your con deration is not that of a cotitrnv rsy nl two individuals between « bom you are to decide : viewed in tl..t light 11 would bear the aspect ol a mere per sonal difference involving no pr'u'ct jile and unworthv ol vour notice ; bu regarded in a different light as invol ving the character of an olliccr occu pying by your suffrage . distinguished official station whose conduct in sn int.rcsti g public transaction bad hem imncacbed il assumta a laj more im excerpts the difference between rising at fivr mil seven o'clock in the mnrnii .; lor tiiespaccd forty years supposing a mall it go lo bed at lhc same hour tit night is n.arly equivalent to the addition f ten years to a main's file — doddridge good manner is the art of making risy those people witb whom we con verse whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred it llie company — swift tbere is not so variable a thing ill nature as a lady's head dress with in my own memory i have known ii