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BANK OF THE.UNITED STATES.
MEMORIAL
, Emitted to Congress, Dee. 1*. 1810.
Stn»l( and Huu*« ol Representatives of the
cd States of America, id Cmigres* atrrm
; theauraorial of the Stockholders of the
; Bank of the United States,
f ; Respectfully Shewetk, ^ . ..
F * * That, by an act of congress, pasted on the 25th
if February, 17§l, tha subacriUm to the capita)
tff. *tock of the Bank of tha United Stales* their sue
keuors and assigns were incorporated lor a term nf
)«#*. which will expire on the 4th day of Morch
: w Seat. ,, .. «...
F Aw she of the evils which most result from the
|H'piiddtn termination of the rperations of an insutu
t"^nkion, intimately and extensively connected with the
Commercial interests uf the nation, with the puhlic •
^Credit and the fiscal conterne of the government,
c$';
•or memorialists submitted to the 10th conuress
ai application fir the extension of their charter.—
” e wisdom of'tongrrss having hitherto declined a
fe‘ on upon the aulijeri, it becomes the duty of
uPtWpiorialists again to subunit it to the legitls
ve cModeration, and to repeat their prayer, that
ibe charter of incorporation, under which they have
hitherto existed, may be renewed.
Had ypor memorialists Consulted merely their
•wn cuvenience am) security, uudr<r the uncertainty
in whwh the success of their application has siace
at time remained, prudence would have rrquned
|in gradually to call in tlieir funds as a. measure
precaution in rape of a dissolution. But cunside
tiana of pubhrlcdtihty, which have always inrtn
•ncedtha Conduct of this institution, and a belief
general interest r'qui redbud would.there
ttain,^a^|nnUnlllim e ofiu rnecirjK>r«th«j, hwre
n»<0fhrkidnption nf a measure/ in whatever
oner effected, productive, us they apprehend, of
public US well as orivale distress.
TUfc superior information o[ tbt legislature ren*
drr* ittmneeessarj for,yoor memorialists to detail
;*$$»***« general "benefits of bonking institutions. T he
experience anil tbe practice of all nations, iu modem
i tWie*. »ofVi«»ll> prove their Utility to trad*, llieir
•M ifPtWomagcmcr.t of the national revenues, and
■K^lbeir MlWuity ip times of public emergency ami
g, ■^B«X’ral calamity. In no country have these benefits
%*;1?St!eo more Horribly exempt; tird, nr more fully ex
*• ig&iencsd, I linn in tbe Uffiled States. The truth of!
’Wlli remark ja obvious, in the •mount of tbe pro- i
*'* iocbqBpipital of the country above the quantity of \
RWtui metal* ? in tbe rapid advancement of!
ntifar lures and commerce; the so
ar well as public credit; the ease
*hich the monied operations of the govern
societies and of individuals, to an immense
■ •mount, are carried on t the accumulation of wealth,
^nnd th^genml prosperity of the nation. It is not
intended to suggest, that the creation of banks has
i"*v:
v*f *%» prtMltocefi ties, eff,cts. The activity, enrr
• ****l*t*,Pt:!t* of the people, tinder the protection
*'* yen and able government, have co-operated m
« i ,.f ttbout site augmentation «f
HV *» the coantry, and tbe other fa
\ailitles tp>u*in»#S, pfo-l..f rd by banking mu, lotions.
tbal *<■»Wt)« *UKtty bnd enterrier, would have fair
^^gfcphl^ervtl-d.; That the public opinion, ibacor
aCbttM of |h# public interest,, coincide* with
: • V •• " f 7 .uMui mei W1|„
- that, of your memorialists, tp evinc'd fcy'tU* in
•Van's***'** ^ • * • . **j -*w. in*
atkulron ar* **■* -*■ j -
ntKuJron amj the Increase ol banks in every state
the Union.
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^ . ^ . 10 producing these beneficial effects; your me
- Ttacorialiata rvftrrt with pleasure tbst the Bank of
United States fea« tonirtbuud in ah eminent
•'.<^gree. Its early institution, lts bxiensive and
*#>»*»*<* «'P* rations, and U,e weight of its eapiial,
fiwr that they afford ip the opportuni
Mr'> tfqum* sequainied With the trading interests
meansof essentially
Jt‘ wtrle It* disposition to do »n'has
^/i ^lvrey4 k^t jM,ce will, iis ability. ^ot rcstnrthd
0y utsf dittwti it ht. acted aa the general
w fotpjMpfiuI/nuljt, and geventing
l..nca of
staias, Iron
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m -••*wh wnold bare feed than*
, f*«*rtd. It h-ts £>ster«d.4snd protected the bank
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bta 9»»kpairte4? pressed. lu disposition towards
tn,i* manifested itonhe quantum of W* capital,
UkU ilgirb*** generallfhadthe w, not
•touch Jan in amount ttHia' on*
of
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In it* tecoguniMUlfons to individuals, it ha*
wen lil#>al, hut, at'th* lame time, discreet, with a
view as well to their safety as it* own. By means
.of it, the merchant tind the manufacturer have been
enabled to push their operations to an extent, far
exceeding what would'have been practicable with*
out it. . Judiciou* aud prudent euterprita bas been
encouraged ; raeb nnd prodigial adventure ba* been
disrountenanreo ; and, a sufficient fund being pro
vided, from which reasonable loans could be obtain
ed, usury has been prevented, and usurious lenders
repres»ed. **
I is importance in the administration of the finan
ces, and its utility in the operations connected with
the public credit, have been fully established.
It hat afforded a place of depoeit for th* public
monies,.without expense, and without baxard to the
government. • 7 ».
It has aided in the rnlleetinn of the revenue, by
introducing a punctuality tn the payment of duties,
otherwise unattainable, and by accommodating
with loans those who l ad such payments to make;
thereby assuming upon itself theorist which other
wise had been oorne bv the government.
It has, at ail times, upon its own responsibility,
and at its own expense, transmitted the public
monies from nne part of the Union to another, to
a* to* meet itfe exigencies of the government, and'
from the surplus revenue of one place, to supply the •
deficiency of another. By this means, the govern
ment bas always been enabled, with convenience,
to pay the interest on the public debt, and to inert
its pthrr demands, at such places, as it* engagement*
required: on operation which, without such ax
aid, would have been productive of trouble, hazard,
and expense, to the government, nnd would still
have been liable to disappointment.
It has, by ns loans, enabled the government to
comply punctually with its engagements, when de
ficient rs nr delays have orcurted in the revenue;
and has thus enabled it to inaiutain inviolate the
public ftith and credit, both at borne and abroad.
There have been periods, when the nation fpund it
necessary to borrow largely frnui tbis institution,
atui at o*e time, bad upon loan considerably more
th»n three fourth parts of its active rapital.
It has, for the accommodation of the govern-'
m<at, established branches at places, disadvanta
geous to us business, aud from which no profit was
expected to be derived.
Host of these operations have been attended with
inconvenience, and with expense to the bank, but
they have always been performed with alacrity and
cheerfulness.
While your memorialists thus recount the aids
they have afforded, they feel no disposition to for
get the advantages they have received from the
government in iviurn. The support which it has
given to the bank, and the confidence which it has
reposed iu it, founded upon a knowledge of its ma
nagement and conditio*, have conferred upon it a
stability, a dignity and* splendor, which have pre- j
served its credit from suspicion, and have secure.) j
to it the confidence oi Europe, as well as Aioc- j
1 hus mutually aiding and aided hjr the govern
ment, Las the Dank of the Uuited Slates for twen- 1
! ly years, continued its operations; end durjwe that
| time has obtained the general aeknowledgiiiem, that
! >t» affairs have been conducted with honor and dig
nity, with impartiality and Candor, with liberality
and prudence.
To the original motives f*r the institution of this
bank, the success of experiment is now added; and'
with the existing proofs of its uses and its services,
every consideration of policy and, of justice urge
its continuance. Independent of the positive evils
its dissolution would produce to the community,
the government would, at least, be deprived of those
advantages it has hitherto derived from its exis-!
tence, unless it could be supplied from some other
quarter, either by the bunks estabhsned by the se
veral states, or by a bunk upon a foundation alto
gether uew. As to the stait banks, your memori
1 alists are fully sensible of the benefits resulting
from their establishment, and of their sufficiency
lor the purposes of their institution, the local ac
commodation of the places, in which they exist.
But their capitals are by no means adequate to the
demands of the general government in a time of e
mergency ; a time when the ordinary claims of their 1
own state governments, and of their own particular
customers would be encreased and entitled to a pre
tarencu. Neither could the transmission of the.puh
lie monies, from one quarter of the United States to j
another, he effected with sufficient ease and despatch, I
or to the requisite extent, by hanks of limited rapi |
tal, having no connexion with, nor direction over,
each other.
» Nor would it be prudent in the government, to i
truet the deposits of its funds to the extent to which
they sometimes exist, in a variety of institutions,
united by se common bond, and in uo degree res
ponsible for each other; over whose conduct the ge
neral government could batie no control; into
whose management aud condition, it could not le
gally enquire, and which those institutions, eveu it
deposed could not legally communicate. Indepen !
dent of the hazard to which the public monies might
be subjected by mismanagement, a power would he
placed in bands, which, front want of rciponsibi ,
lily, and want of control, might be used to injuri
ous purposes. ' * ‘ ’ _
■ In addition; the dignity of the government
seems to require its fiscal operations to be conduct
ed through the medium of an institution organized
by itself; of whose ability to answer all the puipo
ges of revenue and public credit no doubt can ex
ist; of whose situation end proceedings a compe
t'nfkhowltKlge can be ha(d i over whose conduct k
j euflicient degiee of control, to prevent wilful mis
1 conduct, should exist; and upon whose disposition,
• to assist the government in times of exigepcyj/Tf
! liance may be eotflbleotty placed. 'SUeb an* institu
tion is the bank of the United States, and stfcfiu
will remain, if continued m its present form. The
amount of it# eopital gifts it sulhrient power. Its
situation ii periodie.ifjy communicated to tbe trea
sury department." Ow |ta proceedings the gov
tfUmcut posseeteara. powerful routiod by the ex
tent pf its deposits f »f it# disposition to yield eve
|ry legitimate assistances the government'.-it has
‘given tboftrengeal evidences; and 3» ensure' life
e anti nuance of’thi# disposition, iti iaUmtand it*
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rM of tin (oomtnitjr J|il j)f importance to lh*
government, no cbvioas motive suggests itself to
jfooV memorialists, against the continuance nf.gte
pretent bank. At any tine, endespecially atrylil,
present, when to large a poriiua of Ataericanp?#
periy remains unproductive in Europe, »o great #
reduction in the amount of the active capital of the
country as the dissolution of the bank would occa*
•ion, muft be attended with great and general injflfip
ry, from tbe depreciation in the value of property,
tbe stagnation of business, am) the check to com
mercial enterprise which would result from it: And
in stopping the operations of Mgb an engine, one of
two consequences must be produced ; either that in
discharging the debts due to the bank, great saciifi
**• must be made, and every reamirce of the mer
chant drained, or, ia the failure to pay them, an
irreparable blow must be given to commercial cre
dit and punctuality.
Nor is it easy to calculate tKifeffects which the
destruction ol the bunk would produce, in tbe lass
it would occasion to the public revenue, to charita
ble inslitutioas, widows, children and others, inte
rested in tbe stock ; from the pressure to which tb«
other banks must be inevitably subjected ; from the
want of confidence it would create in the stability
of our institutions ; and from tbe general derange
ment of credit.
Under these views and impressions, your memo
rialists Solicit .he renewal ol their charter j and
upon the wisdom and justice of the legislature, and
its regard for the right* aud interests of its citizens,
they rely for its conc< ssion.
Signed on behalf of th» stockholders.
DAVID LENOX, Pies’t.
Philadelphia, D«r.-10, 1SDO.
OUit SOUTHERN FRONTIER.
* Natchex, Nov. ip.
By a gentleman from West Florida,1 we learn,
that un election, under the new constitution was
held on the 10th inst. Our informant only heard
from New- beliciuna, where the following gentlemen
were elected:
Senator—John Rhea.
Representatives—-John H. Johnson, Wm. Barrow,
I-ewellyn C. Griffith, cud John Scott.
Friday last, six gun boats, under the command
of lieut. D xter, liuvmg on board thiee companies
of tbe 2d regiment ot infaulry, commanded by col.
Cosbing, Sailed for Fort Stoddert.
We understand, hum a source that may be relied
on, that orders have been received by the comman
ding officer at C’antnnmeat Washington, near this
place, to hold tbe army iu readiness to march at •
moment s warning. The order, we learn, enters
into such details as to indicate a speedy movement.
Bostqk, Dec. IS.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
[From the Repertory ]
Yesterday the brig Pauline, capt. Gray, arrived
here in 41 days from London, with London dates to
the 31^t #ctoL-er. They contain nothing new froor
Lisbon.
The king was confined with a febrile affection,
and so much indisposed, that bulletins were daily
issued by his three attending physicians. His life
was not supposed to be in immediate danger. Ti t
princess Amelia remained veiy low, hsr dissolution
evidently approaching,
The papers are four days later than have been
previously received. They contain various extracts
from French and German papers, but no intelligence
of important. We can find nothing relating to A
mericun affairs, but some extracts fiom American
newspapers.
London, Ort. 31.
; X’l-gociaiioptfee Peace between Russia and Turkey.
A Gottenburg mail arrived yesterday, which hts
brought intelligence of considerable importance. It
is said, in a letter from Petersburg!], that fresh
overtures of peace have been made to Turkey, and
that gen. Kaminky has even received orders to con
clude the point, which caused the rupture of the last
negotiation. The point was understood at tire time
to be, the demand made by Russia of the cession of
Moldavia and Wallacbia. If this statement to well
formed, we may hope tbut a change is about (flake
place in the political system of the cabinet of Pe
tersburg, and that the enfyeror Alexander,at length,
perceives the dangers to which his alliance with
Buonaparte exposes him. The idea ol theestablih
rnent of a kingdom of Poland, with Berthier for its
sovereign, seems to have given the alarm to the ca
binet of St. Petersburg ; and it is said that several
corps under orders for*|'uikey, hava been directed
to march to the Polish frontiers.
Prince Bernadotte has arrived in Swrdea, after
niuamg some risk from the English fleet in the
Belt.
\Fretn the Palladium.]
Capt. Gray, igho arrived yesterday, left London
on the 1st. Nov. at which time the orders of coun
cil bad not been repealed, and it was not known
what was the intention of the British government
on the subject.
We rercived Lindon papers to the 31st October,
four days latest, from which the following articles
aie copied.
$L»ndoi), Oct. 31.
The king has been indisposed C>r several days, in
consequence of a cold. The loilowiog bulletins w«i«
published by bis phy sicians yesterday and the day
before:
Ort.2$, 1810. “ The king has been indisposed
for a few days past. His majesty has had a fever,
and bis nights have heeif leslless: bat he has had
sevtral hours sleep this morniug."
.vs Oi t. 30,10 o’clock, A. M. “ The king bas pass
ed a restless night, and bis majesty is much the
same to day as yesterday.” ' ■ /
• It is again said that Austria has made a treaty
with France, andengaged to assist her with 80,000
soldiers. » ; • .v', t. Vv' i
v, Russia lias proposed to nsnew negotiations with
fcejk#nd.' ##. ■ tberSmin points in dispute,
-ftp. the possession of Moldavia and Wallacfita.
Tbit is thought|*» liisMtfring to tbs Russian jv&lousy
of France. "y \
An alien*pt has been mad* on tb« life of Gusta
vos Adolphus, tlielate king of Swed^.
, Bernadotte, the French Crown Prince hf ^weden,
hot arrived in Zealand* and one letter #*edtiont
i*M lie landed et 1 Msingburg, in Swtdee.Oct^O,
under a sqliite of ail tlie balUnet. . . '
jf- The adcnlrahv having made known to the mcr
•hgut's of Lloyd’s Coffee Howe, that the memos e(
. i. **> a.*1 • Titiz **• . • — V. • v >f
aswacft*
r'«.«-«». JLpSRjSffijjS -
;»y «rf Bttia*rand »trttnPPt Maifcterttiocfl.
““Wjf " <*»e Vessels and penARraa,.,,.^ jB_'
f^1*1^4^ ^w C^funna to tbe StHWitb place*-■■$
“*M by tbe French on the Bay. ‘ > i-:
Let ter i were yesterday obtained from Bonrdeaiutf
of the date of the 17tfa of this m|nth. Bv jm£d&;
we learu. thwt 5,0^0 troops, S.Ot^P^KenilJplMfcW
hud eoterfcd that place between theLab Ocl.llibd
. . . .---<A2th
tbe day on which the letter was wriTten, »
/There is a rtjmrt. that since the Oegotiatmo Tb» jj
the return oi Mr. Canning to tbe cabinet failed
overtures have been made to lord Sidmqiitli and hi*
frieuds to join the present administration : and eef- '
tainly a friendly intercourse subsists jbetwet
Itm.
It
is expected that lord Sidniou^|feitill
tho
place of president of the council, Wtl
the- rnfttn of ;
eatl Camden, and that. Mr. Bathurst will succeed
Mr. Ryder as secretary for the Hgpe depaWmen,. €
l he earl of Buckingham will also, it, is said, b*
placed in a conspicuous situation.
It is stated, in a ministerial paper, that the rain,
of Lucieo Buonepurte has been aubmitlgfj to thsF
lawyers, and the question put, whethef^dro the "
circmt,stances under which he Jell into otir bfiwer.
we have a right to constitute him a prisoner*of
war. Ibe lawyers have decided in the affirmative. '
and government have dctermed to act according* *
t« M "Pb**’ nc«» be*o sent
to Malta, to take him on boa#, and to »»»« to™
his fainil), andefl^ts to t! is country.
A paragraph in the Paris Moqiieur, state*,*,
gen. Drouet, with tbe troops under his cojImhIbh,
which is an entire corps of Uie French, is proceed'
mg to Almeida, to keep open Massena’. coin moo i
cation in the rear—m fact, to co-operate with Mss
sena in any m.mnrr he may have occasion for.
The Freuch emperor has issued a dome permit-'
ting the importation into Fr»nre of ftlontal pro
duce now m Holstein, which may be the cargoes of
vessels captured by the Dane*, provided however,
that on entry into Hamburg, the tttw dutjra shall
be repaid thereon : and the declaration of the fact
should be made at Hamburgh before November 1.
A melancholy accident happened ou
sen'nighi,f ,n board the brig Dart,of
ying at the dock, helUs*. The captain prejMou#
to saihng, having given order* to stove tbe Vessel
with chaMal, jfor the purpose of destroyitH
the rats, directed that none of tbe seamen shatfa
attempt to sleep m the forecastle that ntgbt, as tuf
focation would certainly be tbe consequence, .yfei*
Grenada, a seaman, disregarding, however, the *d
vice given, went down to his birth unperceived:
and the next morning when the male was muster
ing the hand*, search was made (or Gienada, wl.e*
he was found lifeless in his hammock.- -
It is stated m letters from Holland,%fiat no lets
than sixteen French couriers' were imprisoned at
Bayonne for having relosed to proceed to the ermita
m Spam and Portugal with despatches. Hardly
one messenger out of six, who taksa tha routs of
the western Pyrennees, is known to arriva a
destination.
An officer of high rank at Malta, i$ reported !•
have tailen in love with the tiileii daughter of Loci*
en Buonaparte. , _ ,* •;
Farit, October 21—II. Dubois, chief surgeon at
the hospital of the Shoul ol Medicine, has been ap
pointed surgeon-accoucheur to her majesty the em
press.
The following extract of a letter dated Mallei
Augost 20, was posted at Lloyd’s.
** The supercargo of the Giscut communicatee
in a letter dated the 12th, that be ia detained at
I.tssa by contrary winds, but that be is at lihei«£
and that all the Tuikisb vessels that were sequester*
ed in the Adriatic, have been liberated," i *
Falmouth, Oct. 27—The Queen C&rlntte pack
et which sailed from hrnce an the t5tb inst. with
mails for America, met « heavy gale of wind on
the g2d, in which she was dismasted/ and mit
with serious damage. > . yl
Capt. Mudge armed here this evening from
Mount’s Bay, with the mails, which must ha
forwarded by another packet.
For SALF. on board Palmer'* Packet,
Whiskey, N. E. Rum, and fres0
Family Flour.? i
December 38. ■ ;
Will be Sold at Auction on the Fna§
Day of January next, : *'* * *
Three HOUSES in Bank-Street:'^
The front one occupied by John Vqyet, subject tO'-sr**
ground rent of 60 dollars per anntnp and has renV %
ed for 30 dollars per month—The title will be war -
ranted ; Sale to take place at •ieven o’clock on that
premises. Terms, Cash. '
■ ■ v John Davje.^!',
December 21. : 4* ' • v V>i;
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Land and Negroes for
fc
On Tuesday the 8th day of Januari* *
next, (if fair, if not the next fair day) will be S0I4*
at the Ship Yard upon Chickahominy River,
25 Negroes, Men, Wortien& Children. S
., Alrj^ the Stock of
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Farming
Utensils, and the Crops upon the Plantation, , - *
which belonged to the late col. Samuel Griffin, dee'd, '
one half payable in cash, and the other half th »1*\ j
months, bonds with approved seonrity wili^ be re-;•
quired for the last payment, to bear interest front
the date if not paid punctually, and alUpsl t|Hr‘
count for prompt payment. ’
r? At tie Mfne time, Will be Sold, \ ^ * *«. ** , 4
■ The' said PLANTAlUON,
containing about 823 1-3 Acre* of Land, upo|1-'-■
a credit of twelve months; b$nd with approved-sc. -
0trlty, bearing interest from. ,th* date if oat'paid
Heirto Samuel
Williamsburg, PeCembef If.
v;.&.
s3 hhds. and 40 crates EarthenwafeC
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