Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-06

" to conciliate the favor of the incumbs,,
MIR. Van Buren, had said, that it was hon..
enough for him to serve under such a Chief"
MIR. L. agreed with hint uds honor enouOb
for him to serve under such a chief-and ,Ss
proof of il was, that he had given utterance !,
such sentiment. Independently of the Pres.
dents good will, and the influence of his bonn
iarity, Mr.. Van Buren's hopes of the suffrageor
the Southern States, and especially of VIRGIN,
and North Carolida, rested on his uncomnro'
missing hostility to the Bank ofthe United Statesn
He had voted, in the Senate, for the Tariff If
lS2S-he had voted for appropriations for In
ternal Improvement-he had gone for the las,
extremes of the American Systematic onIv
Southern ground he could take, was that Of hos
tility to the Bank. Whoever understood the ar
guments in favor of the implied powers of the
Federal Government to appropriate money for
works ofinternal improvement, and the implied
power to incorporate national bank must
know, that the two powers were vindcated BY
exactly the same system of reasoning; and
would find it extremely difficult to Understand
how any man could entertain both opinions
that the power OF internal improvement is con-
stitutional-and that the power to incorporates
national bank is unconstitutional. The soph
try of the passions might reconcile the two
creeds: but they seemed to Mr.. l.. so garnplv
inconsistent, that he could not help thinking that
MIR. Van Buren's opinion on the bank question
might have been somewhat influenced by the
known sentiments of Virginia and North Carol
ma on the subject, when, in 1882, he was can
didate for the Vice Presidency-and that the in
consistency ofhis constitutional doctrines would
strike and puzzle his partisans now, if their zeal
to elect him to the presidency had not conlound.
ed their Judgment unless, indeed, he and then
were only hostile to the bank, and not to bank.
Mr.. Van Buren's hostility to the bank might
have been little influenced too, by the known
opinion of the President-by the confidence he
reposed in the wisdom of his chief and the re.
spect love, admiration, veneration and loyalty
he cherished for him. And Mr.. l.. added that
(recollecting the language and conduct som,
of Mr.. Van Buren's partizans in Virginia, dur.
ing the late contest for the Vice Presidency
when Mr.. P. P. Barbour was, here his most for.
midable competitor-he did not mean all Of
them, or even many-he should be understood
by thosewhom it concerned) ne could nothelpbe
licving that to them, chlei Recommendation
Of the bank question, as ground on which forest
the pretensions of their favorite, was foundina
consideration of the use which might be made
of Mr. Barbour's conduct in relation 10 pro
posed charter of bank, in the Congress Of
lSl4-15. That Mr.. Barbour's conduct that
occasion, whether judicious or no, was cOnNt
entious and honest, Mr.. L. said, he never doubt.
ed, and, for more than fifteen years, no manev,
err doubted Yet the memory of it was instant.
ly revived Mr.. Barbour, in manner, with.
drew from the contestant, henceforth it might
seem to be forgotten-but. in truth, it was only
laid by for use whenever occasion should re-
quire Only let Mr.. Barbour be, as probablyh
would be, nominated for the Presidency, and
Mr.. Van Buren's partiZans would instantly raise
such cIamor about his "dodging the bank
Question as would stun his sense of hearing
and those would make the most noise, who have
the least knowledge Of and the least care FOL,
any constitutional question-who, in fact cons'
der such questions as OF no value, except to-
pics of reproach to others.
ITO be concluded in our nert)