Canton herald., 1837-11-10

hra.s ul Nr. Senator kWs oI Dr1r
tia. at Mr. Denton and Mr Calhoun.
irc extracted fom thc Washington
correspondence OF tic Baltimore Pai
riot;
ale poured into Benton d tfcmen-
lous fire ofmillcry and sarcasm. Tho
Missouri Senator Is famous iof uaw
miag 90 use college rhrase) just be-
tole an orat0ricdl display, and then
discfareing right and left all the htc-
rary food he had eaten, hutnot digest
cd. lie boastcd the other day OF tiS.
Laolrlcdgc Of the history Of f7drcr.
from ne 1eginaitg Of tie corid! and.
referred To the practice Of these admit
rabIe collector, Of the public money!
the Roman QuUstors-0i that Illus
uious democratic republican, Nopo-
leon-and Of free and hourIshine#
commercial states, Spain and Turkey.
by way of argument in favor Of the
system analogous to theirs-the Sub
Treasury scheme Of President Van
Buren,. Oh! it was rare sport to see
the writings Of this pompous and pc
dantic tmaddler, when Mr.. King turned
against him all his learned and elabo-
Irate arguments. II there Is one fact,
said he, connected with the Roman
|Qunstors, more strongly impressed
upon the mind Of the student OF history
/ than another, it is their characters
of grecdy ertortionerS, fattening by the
thc poverty. and clothing themselves
Iby the nakedness Of the people. We
read Of their rigorous eXactlon, their
fragrant injustice, their tormentpg OPP
preston; and when their hard earn,
ings were wrung from the industrious
poor Of the procinssS, to support ko'
man heroes and armies il. piuoderina
and numbering the human race, where
were the sums thus arbitrarily eXtort
ed, deposited? In a Roman bank
! Are we to adopt this part Of their iinan
; cial system!
) Then as to the practice OF NaPo
ieoa-how did he fill his Golfers? lie
: his impoverished country--let the
/. blood and tears of ruined German!
answer! One large accession TO h
e treasury was made by the robbery o
: a bank in one of the freest CONNER
= o;ol citinc -, thn world
+ Mr.. King condemned the whoI
;, financial policy of the past admins
+ traton from the beginning; and espC
h cialIy the warfare on the United State
II Bank. He denied that that instltutio
a had ever interfered with politics, an
Ie he challenged Senators to the proc
a it was in connection with this topl
I'd he referred to remark of Mr.. Ca
ID houn, respecting the PennsyIyanI
e. Bank of the United States. In;
id distinguished Senator said he nevt
le would consent to the employment
that bank as the fiscal agent OF Il
d, Government, because it would be Il
m triumph of an individual over Il
pc Government.
ar Mr.. Kings reply to this was a pa
I'D sage of memorable eloquence oE
of beauty. Itproduced such a sensatlC
as in the chamber, that it was with dIi
nd Guilty many of the auditors refrain
,er from loud expressions Of admlratI
iat and applause. A triumph over t
de- Government, sir, exclaimed hc.) "
ofIand what is the Government? &C
Of eress has been regarded as one p'
NV Iof it. Is it not so? If the people
Ids the United States by themselves,
- through their Representatives in
hat National Legislature, declare 1t te
ire. their will tat the Pennsylvania Ia
shall be the fiscal agent Of the Cove
ment. how can It be said to a t1Un
;r over the Government What Cove
rne ment? That Of the Hermitage
na. that of the White House! Is The
tbe nate of the United States to be drl'
rsn- from any proposition whatever BY
,stv apprehension Of that kind! Sir,
not claimed Mr.. King, in tones t
Ir.thri!led through every bosom ii
ued chamber,) the spirit Of '76 must I
bar. evaporate! More gray hairs
nor President, have grown upon our
1njd public within the last four years. &
eve. ought to have appeared there IN c
ard turies.'
dne In, NEW DEMOCRATIC CURREN'
the Never have any people been n
for shamefuuy deceived, deIuded,
sure humbuggcd, than the citizens OF
! en-. country. For the last six years
aev?Ihave increasingly been told by the
# he cans of those in power, that the r
our of Bank Notes had ceased and
racv in few months, gold would over