Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-09-09
10 the Editors oftas Cohmbus Dcm5erc,

the much brmted and highly c5mphmcuted letter
OF Gen. Haml,on's offs, c. To n. BlLdlc pyesi-
dent OF the Bauk OF the [. $ at the time of
my reading II, am candid 10 say. that | formed
an opinion, entirely different from the one which
has been formed, by many OF my political friends:
many oithem, though, Il an able defence of the
late administration; among thai number Is our
present representative in Congress. Juo. T. II.
Claiborne Esq. who saws, that be speaks from
hasty pensal 10 him, and TO all Of our political
friends, | must say, read It again; y should they
do that, they will ind, that It Is cot defence If
The administration but that it is one of the most
insdous, and loul attacks upon II; and studied
panegync upon Nicholas BIdd,e and "his Baak'
But let Us refer TO the letter.
After stating that the banks IN Charleston had
directed that their several presidents should cor
respond with the officers OF other banks IN thc L.
States. Tor the purpose Of fixing upon some day,
upon which specie payments should be resumed,
&c--Gen. H. sets out by saying that 1.-The con
ilct, which has been gong on for the last SIX
years Re. must be compromise or composed"
or "t vail end lnthe un OF the country" sc, He
then steps aside from has subject, to pay homage
TO \. BidIlg, and the Bank T.. States, and SAYS
Il have not the slightest hostility to your Bank
lie then SPINS ont long sentence IN praise oi'the
great llhefalty and public Spuit of uccommoda-
ton ottfo Bank United States. lie then savs,
a,tbo, be 'aclmes to the ria.d school al coasruc-
uon' That he Is "w,i,ng 10 consider the question,
as to the power Of Congress to charter the Bank.
as thing settled, under The decision Of the Su-
premo CONT bat hear him, "to consider the
whole matter as res adiidicGta point definitely
settled for the public tranquility &C."
Gen. II. next enumeratcs the causes Of our
pecunlary cmbarms,ments; ana IN that have no
doubt he Is coucctln ascrbmg them u over ban
king and over uadng; and by the bye, he gives
MI Bldd.c wrap over the kuucklos. by telling
him, that MS bank had contributed is share, in the
arrangements OF the currency bu, in the very
next sentence aooogizes by saylng, II am sure
your own magnanmJly and iianIncss Will induce
YOU to tolerate this remark" He then condemns
the cXltayagant spirit Of speculation, as manifest
ed by the Legislature of Penn. in chutcung Mr.
Bldde's Bank; bat IN the next sentence (as If
afraid to offend Mr. HdIlc,l he says, "lc; Il, be
Just fore we are severe IN our judgements. -
The whole country Is ia blame by Il direct agcn-
| cy N bringing about state Of things 10 which
! the measures of the government may have eff.
cldntIy contributed, bat which these measures
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"lhat he endangered lis best interest, by his nj
tachment to futile hypothesis, &c. THAT as in
one OF his early messages he waived his conslltu-
llonal scrnpies to the charter OF bank Of the L.
States, Bank totSc he ought to have gwen his
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