Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-12-18

BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

With some knowledge Of the untiring
assiduity with which The President has
been wont TO pursue any object which has
incurred his hostility, we anticipated in the
| Message a new edition of the tale Of % the
| Monster" with some additions and embel
| llshmehts, such as the ingenuity and ina
| gination of Messrs Kendall & Co. might
| supply. But we confess we did not ex
pect such a concoction of bitterness and
Observation-Disclosures as has been poured out
upon II. We are almost led to doubt
whether the President ever read over thai
part oil the message before he put his name
to It; II he did so. it only establishes be.
yond doubt, if doubt yet remained, that
on that SUBJECT he labours under that sort
oil mo"onsdhia which sometimes affects
minis otnerwlse intelligent, and even phi
iosophIcaIly inclined. Every one has with
10 the range of his acquaintance or obser
vaion some one thus intellectually spell
oohnd and, whether that affection of the
NINA he evinced in the pursuit of the per
petual motion, the philosophers stone, the
trahsihutatlon OF metals, or any other Wis
loaafy project, or in running tilt against
any particular usage or institution of soci
ety, decent regard to the intirmites of
our nature requires that those so affected
should be dealt with tenderiy and forbear-
inely. When we read of Don Qnixotte
eouchins his spear against a WINDMILL, in
disnation IS certainly not the emotion
which his instructed chivalry stirs up in
the mind. When, in congress, the part of
the Presidents message containing vehe-
ment denunciations against the Bank Of
! the United States was read, though the
members looked grave enough on proceed
ing parts of the message, a visible smile
rellxed the couatenances of the greater
portion OF them. We believe the least in
du'gent OF the opponents of the President
hardly hold him morally responsible for
the TRADE against the Bank, made up as il
IS OF The od'ous aspersioEs ana iuipatattons
reta'led by the Kitchen Cabinet through
r The columns OF their organs for the last
Two years, and which. assuredy acquire
no dignity, emitting them to serious re
spect, ny being, as they have been, conglo
: 0ated Tor the message.
AS component part Of the message
= however, the Administration is RESPONSE
Die Tor ali the absurdHies Of inference, a
= wen as errors OF fact. which are incorpo
!, rated IN that division of it which concern
! Inc BANK. as much as they are entitled L
:, cFeuit lor other parts of The message. G
y winch we shall have pleasure, by and by
; IN expressing our appreciation.
! In inns view, some Of the points Of th
-, DIVISION ofthe message invte a few brit
(as they are necessarily hasty) remarks.
:, vi the whole category Of charges again:
= the Bank for alleged misdecds, long ag
!, made, and long ago reluted, surely it car
: not be worth while to consume time no
in review. Combining ourselves 10 what
new, therefore, we refer oar readers 10 a
i; article IN another part of this days pape
- for sufficient reply TO the vehement de
- nuncIation of the Bank for claiming dan
~ ages on the protested bill upon France. =
a As TO the law argument which is interwt
ba ven with this part of the message, we Ieav
- II 10 the court which will have eventual
TO act upon 1t. Sufficiently out of pac
:, where 1t is, It would have been well indee
/, haa The administration paid some respe,
- to ITS own doctrines, as therein avowe
- whilst the late treasury circular TO Il
land Offices was on the anvil. Well won
III IT have been, had the late secretary of III
treasury been mindful of the constitution
al provision, that "no money shall
ed drawn from the treasury but in cons
of quence OF appropriations made by law
nd when he lent half million ofidoliars at
IN time out of the treasury, for the pet banI
NO TO discount upon; or the present secret
co ~ OF the treasury. when he lately directt
he the receivers OF the public moneys at Il
.ns land offices to pay any accounts again
the government which they have GOO
di reason 10 believe to be due, whether liul
as dated or not. and without iaquring whet
er any appropriation has beeen made
for pay them or not The theories of the Or
its sldent and his secretaries are sometimes
lal good, that one wonders how they ha,
come to act so directly as they have dor
Nv IN the teeth of them In the close of Il
at very passage on which we are Temarkin
ms we have singularly curious instance
,e, this Inconsistency. The power of congre
to direct the place and manner Of custoC
Ii OF The public money is unlimited, saws Il
ed message; II is desirable that as little pos
10, er as possible should he left to he pre-.
ye dent OF secretary Of the treasury over II