Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-05-17
must submit TO the Inconvenience Of having

must submit to the Inconvenience Of having
them refused.
find, too, to my utter astonlshment, if
the report of the Secretary be correct, as OF
course it must be, that thepretext set forth
in the circular Of the Clinton Bank, tor this
unusual and oppressive cxaetion, is unsus.
tanned by the fact. The circular represents
that nearly all the money of the United
States received in that bank has necessarily
to be transmitted to the Eastern cities.
The Secretary says in his report, that no
more than $40 600 of that received in the
whole State Of Ohio has been SO transmitted
since the lst day Of June last; and ii !
recollcct his figures right; he makes 1t
2531 part-or one dollar transmitted outpt
253 dollars received. can say no more
upon this brunch Of the subject than this !;
that justice requires that it should be dis
tnctly noticed by me; that the incorrect
statement contained in that circular, which
| implicitly credited, led me, when, / first
addressed the Senate, to suggest a censurc
on the Secretary Of the Treasury for with
drawing from the State Of Ohio funds which
find, in his report, he has not in fact with
drawn. But it now remains for hirn TO
determine whether he will permit his fiscal
agents, on representations such as this, to
establish brokerage upon the funds Of the
United States; and while they must them
selves in fact infict upon the community all
the mischief which would arise from an
actual transmission and distraction of the
public funds.
One other thing l wish TO notice. 1t is
that the Secretary or tie Treasury says in
this report, that exchange still continues
easy; that 1t has never been moro favor.
able. This is the idea; l have not his
words. do not propose to contradict this.
merely call the attention of the business
Public to the statement, that they may see
what the Secretary Of the Treasury says to
Congress about the exchanges. Every
business man in every portion ofthe United
States knows whether this is or: is not the
| fact.
May 9.
The bills from the House for the relief
of the city corporations Of the District,
and for the defence ofthe Western From
tier were taken up and referred. The
former having already passed the Senate,
it was referred for the consideration Of a.
mendmeuts added by the House.
The bill from the House authorizing the
President to accept 10000 volunteers for
the defence of the Western frontier was
taken up aud fecommitted.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
May the 5th was principally spent in
! considering the naval appropriation bill
and the bill for the relief ofthe DistriSt OF
Columbia. ..
May 6.
The bill for the relief of the District, was
again taken up, and after various amend
nnnts. the consideration Of which occu-
pied great part Of the day. ispassed its
third and las; reading. Ayes lo2. Nays
60.
The bill provides that the Secretary ol
the Treasurer shall assume and pay on
behalfof the United States, the entire debt
due in Holland by the cities of Washing.
ton, Georgetown and Alexandria with the
interest; Provided the corporate authorI-
ties ofthcse cities shall transfer to the
sSecrelary Of the Treasurer for the use oi
the United States the stock held by them
in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal COM
! pany; which stock was purchased by the
money borrowed in Holland and assumed
and pa:I-by the United States.
May 7.
The bill appropriating one million OF
dollars for the defence Of the Western
Frontier was taken up, incommittee ofthe
whole, and a long debate ensued on the
subject of our relations with Mexico.
Some seemed to apprehend that there was
disposition on the part of the President
to make war upon Mexico for the liberia
ton of Texas and addition tothe United
States. MIR: Adams expressed a suspi-
cion that the design was to conquer Te-
xas, ..sto re-estabiish that slavery which
had been abolished by the United Mexi-
can States" and then receive the terrific
ry intothe Union. Messrs. Peyton, Bell,
and Thompson successfully rcbuked Mr..
Adams with some severity for introducing
the subject Of slavery into the discussion.
The Secretary of War in report made
to the House few days since, said that
Gen. Gaines had been authorized to oc-
cupy Nacogdoches for the defence of our
Frontier. This is disputed territory, and
it was contcndcd that the occupancy OF
disputed territory by military force was an
act of hostility and tantamount to decla-
ration Of war. 1t was contended on the
other hand that strict neutrality was en-
Joined on Gen. Gaines; and that it would
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