Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-03-12


Believing. as he did, that the vote of no mem
Der would he controlled by the proposed ipy...
,isation. let it result as it might: and fur,be,
satisfied, as he was. that the President Of h.
United States would put his ueto on any BIZ
which might be passed by this House, and thai
il was ut,etI, Idle To believe, in the event Of i.
being thus Re.ativad. that constitutional main.
rIty could be- obtained in lis behalf, he deemed
il best, in every point Of view, to quiet The pgb
lie mind by a prompt and decisive action Sut
a course is due t0 The large class OF our fellow.
ciIzeus Interested in the Bank Ii is due to HI
nation. He vas not one OF those who beievei
that the President Of the United States would
shrink from responsibility. No, Mr.. Speaker,
viii! do him the justice 10 say that never knew
him to shrink from his fail share of respon.ibIi
~. But. sir. | cannot say as much f"r hi.
timid cOunsellors behind the throne more pow
erful than the throne itslf.
Close Reason,ng!- writer in the RichmOnd
Enquirer, on the subject Of Mr.. Van Burrnt
rejection, asks, with apparent earnestness,-
Had Mr.. Van Buren, been the fawnins svct
plant, "prostrating and degrading the Amen
can Eagle before the Bri ish Lion." as is attempt
ed to be represented, would he have been d,r.
guished by the honor OF dining with Queen AIDE
Iaide, IN company with our fair ccuntryNcmsI.
the accomplished Lady Wellesley and select
party?
This is, no doubt, considered as poser!
THE aid Dominion. The Fredericksburg
Arena, remark,ng upon Mr. CIayton's lniamml.
toy language used in the debate on the ChelOks.
Memorial, says
Mr.. Clayton must speak for his own State. and
not vouch for others. We are happy TO naw It
in our power To assure him that there Is at rss
one State ..south of the Potomac" which i. not
in the conbustible condition he imagines. Viz
gnia does not like the Tariff, but she is certainly
not in thigh state of excitement" nor are ha
people "rlslng against oppression" There ne
yer was time when the Union was dcarer to
Virginia than at this moment. There never VA
time when the reckless schemes of the nulJf |
ers met with eXecrati0n more unanimous an! F
cordial.
! The Royal Asiatic Society. as it appears from |
their January proceedings, have elected Mr.. Van
Buren, member of that learned body Not
word is said Of his having presented theme up +
on the occasion.
We know, says the Lynchburg Vrginian, thf
many of the shareholders would consent to I'VE
up their slaves on any terms. provided the me'
sure could be universal, and they could beat
once removed. Strange as this may sound to
the ears of northern fanatics, it is true.
United States Bank.-The unreasonable ci
NOR raised in this country against the Bank "
the United States, stands in curious contrast
with the praises bestowed on that institution
Europe, and especially in England. The follow
ing paragraph, which we have extracted from
late number of the London Times, shows 'h
estimation in which it is held BY one Of the mo-
able and Independent Of the London papers;
"Here is an institution which, by being fouDs
ed on correct principles Of banking. and BY
ing managed on the system of frank and unF
served publicity, has fulfilled all the objects
its estabIishment-has purified the local cure
cies Of the different :states-has gwen unliof''
ty to the exchang es-has enabled the genera
venue to be Transmitted to the general treas
without deiay or Ioss-has aided commerce y.
greater amount than any bank in the known N"I
has given security against the dePreea'ISJ,a.
the local cufrency-and has never beea laO'
be abused for political objects" N
Newspaper Borrowers The PFiIadelPh'
qulrer says. many Ofits subscribers complain, n
terly of the annoyance of borrowers-se'er" IL
them stating that they have no service oil toel,
pers, for from the moment they are receive"
til the news becomes stale, they are IN inc "4I 81
of friendly neishbors. We may say 10 a'' :.
guage of the patient man-"all a's "4" ~.
heard BEFORE" and in cases more near y eO"''
ing ourselves.
Guarantee Companies. Petitions are nU"
fore the Legislature Of Pennsylvania tor u' l.,
corporation Of Guarantee Company IN r'n'.
phia, whose business it shall be to discount "
on the faith OF the drawer, only-chars''s
fourth per cent. per month, for the guara"',"