Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-24

| te with pleasure uiNuo knoWnN tuat ue army 6 satisfactorily Nlalllng tAeCr engage; meNts Co the country and that AarmoRN ana proper seal pFevails. The rank and hlo w nearly complete, and although desertIon haS mt entirely ceased, yet lt ls less frequent than heFeSufnFcs The Fleld eraetioWs of tho law, ln reference Go this crime, G believed Co carry tOO great severity for state Of peNce' and should bo msllOTated Into something better, corresponding with the magnitude Of the ot- fence. h ls not the QUanlUun, but the cer. talNly Of punishment, that ls calculated to deter offenders and Ns no soldier tN peace has been executed under the sentence of a court martial, if has accustomed the impress sion that 50 severe penalty wlll most prob. ably not 6O intNrced, and hNnce, disregard Ur It ls entertained. would by no means be understood As recommending . return to the lnillctlon of stripes: lt is punishment alto. gethsr too degrading; It strips the soldier of that proud spirit md of those lot(y .Jtetings ot honor, which sOiN teMd Co preparc htHs, tNAe.l saieobts occasion mGy cDer, Co becOsRe traitor to tho country that has branded him with in. fanny; the stigma Of which, no Future good conduct, on hts part, can rsmove."
 It cannot be believed that the Secretary of War intended tO maintain that soldiers proud spirit, and lOlty feelings 0t honor, tend DFGNeNwO ~ country. Yet such b hts positive declaration. We know not whether, as one of the Minis. sers Or the Cabinet, he claims the authority to abrOgate and aNnNl, that rule of the grammar of MII languages, that "the verb shalt agree with lts nOminative case," or whether he con- siders 1t the privilege of so high Nn office to disregard all such rules. Whatever may be his Orinion, or that of the President and hts confidential advisers on this point there Cer. tainly are many people in thet tcOmmUnity who are decidedly of the opinion that this old rule ought not tO be dispensed with, and that 1t is as binding on the highest officer of the government, as on the humblest citizen.
 Boston Daily Ado.
 The part of the Presidents Message which relates to the Bank of the United States, has been referred to the Committee of WNys and Means. We presume it was considered as a matter 0f course to refer it to some committee, and probably this was the proper one. But it is not easy to see what is to grow out of this reference, unless it be m object to obtain n report, which shall contain some general principles, and lay down some abstract prop. Osi,ons which will be likely to produce an effect upon the public mind, and upon the price of tho stock. It Is very certain, we think, that no conclusive, or effective legisla. ton, relative tW the future interests and con. diliOn Of the Bank, can take place under the present circumstances of the case. It Is nearly seven years before thU charter expires. Until the Bank makes formal application for its renewal, Congress cannot take any meas. wres with regard to it. It would be . strange, and certainly an absurd thing, for them to say, ! Nt the present time, that the charter shGN not be rtnesced. It will bc time enough to say that. when they are formally requested to re- new 1t, by those who are interested. What ever act may be passed at the present session, must, in the nature Of things. he perfectly that the charter sk0N not be renewed, the next Congress, or the next Congress after that, may say that it sk0N be renewed. There would be nothing in a negGiiUe stat1te to pre- vent the passing positive one. Indeed, negative act, like that alluded to, would not even require the f0rmality Of a repeal. There will be uO less than three elections of the House Of Representatives bef0re the expira- ton of the present charter. Two thirds of the Senate will be changed within the same period and one presidential election must also occur. Under all these circumstances, we should think the Commi,tee Of Ways and Means would Rnd but little OccUpatoU. dur ing this session, under the reference Of this specific subject, unless they shall be unwise enough to speculate upon the question of constitutionality and UnconstitutiOnality.- They cannot even recommend "sqtety ind."
 In our judgment the whole subject has been prematurely brought into review. It would have been time enough to place t before Con- gress, when application Is made by the Bank fora renewal of their charter, which would furnish Congress with specific object for consideration, and legislative prOceedings.- Whatever may now be done. as we have re- marked. may at future time be undOne. by another Congress, and under the auspicrs of another chief magistrate. The character of the institution, the price of stock. and the stability Of the government, arc the only things that we are aware of, that will be like ly tO suffer by the present agitation of the subject and one of these, the price Oi the stock, ought not at this time to be seriously affected hy extra-legislat;ve, or extra-execu- tive Opini0ns.-N. r. Adv.
 From q Correspondent ef the EveHiHg Post.
 There are few subjects Of greater interest here--Or, indeed aiter the grand measures Of public and national pOlicy-of more real in'- purtauce than the filling up the vacancy on the bench of the U. 6. Supreme Court. made by the death of Judge Washington. Many suc- cessors are talked of. Mr. Binny. of Phila-
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