Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-07-06


ted by bank ia suspendins specie pay
mcn,s, *, in my estimation, not inier'"r
to that of fraudulent bankruptcy in an in
di,idnal. The right OF any Legislature
tn anihoIiZ- such n suspension rs Gucs-
,ionable, and tbe repeat Of laws express
Iy enacted 10 enforce the fulflmcnt of
contrscts, at the very moment when they
have been broken, - "A mocl cry os all
moral principle aud scandal 10 human
Legislation.
But, fellow citizens, indulge the hope
that the sutferings ol oH country, at the
present crisis, are like the paroyysm7 "F
a fever, efforts of nature TO throw OIL The
disease. We have tried the nostrum5
of euipircs, aud, NJ usual, they have ag-
grayatcd the worst symptoms of The di5
temper. fear we have not yet reach
ed the last stage of the pcsi'encc, and
that we are -iiil to be more severely
handled by the Doctor than by the Dis
eaoe.
But the patient has fun and sigor-
Gus constitution, and he cannot die
After suffering aSwe must, under the OPP
Grafton OF some other nolintebank ey-
pertinent, npon The failure Of which those
who ,r,m II upon as viii tell us, II is
what they alwals predicted, and then ot-
Ter another, perhaps the people them.
81 Ives VIII discover that they have been
led asiray upon wrong track, aud Will
return to the RIG ht one. Ibis has hap
p.ned IT, us more than once heretofore.
This calm and con .lderale return OF The
people, through their own sutierings, To
,nsi,ce, temperance and prosperity, IL
Que nf the greatest and best characi"riS-
ties of the nation 1t gnre Us an eNr"l-
lent Constitution of the United States,
Instead of National Palsy under the
nnne al Confederation. II gave us a
gallant and glorious Navy, instead of
dry docks and guihoals. 1t restored
specie payments, after they had been
suspended almost universally, and ,nGCr
circumstances of tar greater dIs'icriiy
and danger than the present ! trust 1t
Win restore them again. With regard
io the present administration, cannot
have much confidence that rs YOU sug-
gcst it will profit hy the errors oi the last.
The errors Of the last administration, are
IN the eyes Of the present, lis vir'nrs.-
The eminent success of The substitution
oi State Banks FOR Fank of the United
States, has crowned the late administra-
ton with So much glory, that nothing less
than hint from the people can ever
chnance the present administration that
/, was an error. The reform must come
from the people themselves
'THE DlNyrR 30 Nix. EwiNG.--Atthe din
rcr given at ChillIcothc, to the distinguished
ex-senator of Ohio, sin"ng other public men
Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Sergeant, and Mr.. Pond"x'er
were invited to be prrse ut. The respective
answers of these gentlemen to tie nGtr Of IN.
vita,ion by the committee, viii be tonnd be-
low. 70 the letter Of Mr.. Sergeant. we in
vte the special attention Of Mr.. Van Bnrcn
himself; for Wilde il may excite in his Owl
heart an emotion Of SHINE, mt his own ,in
wor,hness, it may possibly have the cfrc
OF srousing him from hi, "hwarii-hncs>," lnI
at least a portion of the time tiat is to re-
lapse, bct,,re he is "fornd To have gone To the
rear" and there to be reported among the
missing"
FR0M THE Hos. ITFYRY Clay.
.7shiand. May %, 1857.
Gen,lemrn: Esvc duly received the invi.
talion which Won dld ne the favor To transmit,
To the Public Dinner which the Wings ot
Ross county propose 10 give, Oh lelh pr"Xl.
,no, to their fellow citizen, Thomas Ewing
Considering his ability, las integrity, his in
detatiyabl" industry, and the soundmesS al
his principles, regard his recent loss to tlo
public service as one of tho greatest whlcl
has been sustained in these disastrous times
! should be most happy in assisting TO rendc
To him the honor due his merits, on the occa
sion 10 which am invited, and, at the snm
tlmc, to meet my friends al Ross county bu
regret Ihnt it will not bc il my power n al
tend Instead ct nry personal presence, OF
teI the following sentiment:
A return OF fsitltul public servants iron
Punishment. and exile from The public coun
cils of the fHIthlcsS
am, gentlemen. with high respect,
Your friend and ob't servant,
II. CLAY.
from Hon John SrpeCr,l