Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-05-08

dollars of lie value 60 them BY THE election
eprlng Of the President Of the United States,
mcaiVIst the Bank and for himself. Twenty
ave Dollars share, upon seventy thousand
shares, is one million seven hundred and Afty
thousand dOllars-and this is the sum which
the President Of the United States has levied
upon the people, by the electiOneering against
the Bank. and for himself
Thus, then. stand the comparative accounts.
The Bank has cost the people Of the United
States in elecIioReeriug against the President
and for themselves twelve thousand dollars.
The President has cost the people in election
eering against the Bank, and for himself, one
million seUen hundredand f tay thousand dollars.
And in this same contest of elrctionprring.
while the hanks have expended $4,000 0f
the money Of the other stockholders. the
President of the United States has taxed
them to the amount uf seven millions Of dol
lars. Eight millions seven hundred and if
" thousand dollars, is the sum levied by the
President 0f the United States upon the
Stockholders Of the Bank, f"r the eleCtioneer-
Tags and the Secretary of the Treasury tells
Us that $4,000 expended in the same c"Test
by the Bank is sufficiently startling"
Extract. from the debate in the Senate on
Wednesday last, as reported by the Gl"he.
Mr.. Clay said" We had heard much "f
\ a panic, hat Il WAS a hard money panic-tor
/ when the President read his paper ia the Cab
l met, there was aoahsag in Il about hard mon
eys and L was the panic for hard m"pey
! which had driven the people to the Banks to
get specie TO heard up; and this Was one OF
the Consequences Of restoration OF hard
money lines. Oar difficulties ihickened up
GA Us. Sut the spirit of the couOtry rose amidst
them. Mr.. G. said he understood that 10
conversation once held between the late King
of Spain and the present Chief Magistrate.
| the President intimatad to the ex-King that
he had made his brother Napoleon his model.
| There was one act, a; beast, Of the Emperor's,
which Mr. C.trustcd would not be initiated. He
trusted he would not initiate the First Con-
sui in7t the dispersion of the Council of Five
Hundred. He did not despair. however,
The army and the navy we're SAFE, hut he had
heard that the clerks in the public service
had been required tn take new oath. and at
all events, If the President should have any
such purpose, he would want gems d. armes
to effect it; and If they should come. he
thought Mr. ShackfOrd, and Mr.. Tins would
he able To give COED account Of them. and
thus enable us to preserve our liberties. and
our situations here"
O0CklUk UUks-A
upon the unwarrantable nsurpatiOD of An
drew jackson in taking 's,he responsibility"
of removing the depOsites from an institution
10 which they had been placed by law Of
Congress, cannot be found 10 all the imputed
vituperation Of the Wings, than is contained
in Mr.. Folks report. to the House. on the
29d inst. Without directly adverting to the
past, It proposes to legislate for the future in
such tsay as TO protecs the people from
recurrence Of Jacksonian misgoy ernment.---
In the very outset of their Report the Com
mitiee undertake to prDpitiate public senti-
ment by the assurance. that although they
desire to confer the selection. Of state hanks
TO receive the deposifes; on the Secretary Of
the Treasury, yet when once selected they
would put il out Of the power Of the Execu
tive 60 discontinue such depository without
The sanction and approhation Of Congress.
Put IT out cf,she poseer IF the .Ereeatite -
What wonderful rev fation is here Scarce
a week has rolled away since we were told
[ that" Congress cannot take cut Of the Erecw-
tive Department, the custody of The public Prop
eYty or money trithout an assumption Of Erecw-
tire po,oer. and subDersiOR Of the first princi-
pies ofthe Constitution" And now it 10 grave
~ proposed by his own satellites to deprive
him OF the very power which he asserted to
be his, and Of which be could not be- deprived
without q subyevsfOh of the first principles Of
the Constitution. With such debasing vas
cillation as this. the administration Of no 9TH
er government could be sustained for week
NOR in ours, with any other human being
at the head Of it, than Andrew Jackson.
Commercial Advertiser.
Singular n fhir.-The annals of matrimo.
ny seldom furnish a more romantic incident
than has recently taken place 10 this city.
respectable mechanic was married about six
months since to the lady Of his choice; and
rs they were Of corresponding age, tastes and
| dispositions, the match was pronounced
good one by their friends and acquaintance.
Every thing. went on tremendously and hap
| PLY, until one day within the last four weeks.
when the wife appeared before her husband
dressed apparently for walk. She stated,
| in fcw words, that she,was then TO leave
him, and foFever-said she could give no rea-
son Tor her conduct other than that she dislik-
ed the married hfe---she had always been
treated kindly and affectionately hut that her
determination Was made. and nothing could
swerse her from il. She then retired 10 the
residence Of her mother, and has since resis-
ted all persuasion 10 induce her to change her
purpose. We think il would puzzle the WIS.,
est head to account for this singular freak;
especially when It 10 considered that every
thing present and III prospect would natural
| ly tend 10 strengthen the connubial relation
Enhs O~nA Al.