Southern telegraph., 1837-07-11

ad haPpyi ahc Pe"eriui leel'u'-
hen Hon. BAILm PEyToN, of Ten
ssed through AladisonvilIe, in this
bis way to New Orleans, a few
%, ihe citizens ofthat place tender
honor Of public dnuer. The fol-
iphis reply. Mr.. Peyton uigs men
places without gloyes-I pshes
merited severity:
Nlw-ORLRANs, June 6, n.
en-I have been unable, VI an
ind, owing to my hurried travel
md steam, 10 acknowledge the
vnnr communication inviting
Of The citizens Of Madison
alge Of public dinner. | am
bic Of the honor conferred on me
eided approval of my course,
resentalive in the Congress of
States, in support Of "liberal
ID a pure administration Of our
rs, = by the intelligent and pat
IS of Mtdisonville. And, gem
would be proud and happy in the
of ameeting them and YOU at
b0ald in the character,of per-
political frienls;" but tho late
season and tho calls of business,
OF that pleasures
lns through your in'efesting, fer
hishcrtn prosperous State-a re-
0liarly iilyored by Providence, but
pressed; temporarily distressed by
ywardness and folly of your ru-
by the selfshncss Of mon, and wick
Of party spirit have boon sensi-
pressed with the gloom which clouds
brow-with the Widespread ruin
cpvers the land. And yet in his
FL address General Jackson is made
gratulatc the country upon the sue
his Shamble effarts TO restore the
sniional currency" aud to declare
e leHves the people "prosperoas and
W. II his confidential advisers
men who then welded, and who still
81 The Tesistlcss engine Of executive
81, for pariiZan and selfish purposes
simuIated Gen. jackson to march at
aad Of an Invading army from Boston
y Orleans, putting 10 flight the cili-
and laying waste tho country with
sword, ! doubt whether he would
icled 50 incurable a wound on the
sFlty and happiness Of the people" :"
lix,of Mississippi, as has been done
fate Executive proceedings. In
case. the patriotism and chivulry Of
country would have been sufficiently
nscd 10 afford instant relief But now
are stunned; all arc paralyzed and
He'd. III the seliShness Of despair, ma
have clnched the fragment in their own
ch, while they cast plrcnzied look
N friends sinking around them, afraid to
end hand, lest all 60 down to indiscri-
late ruin. Ii any man thinks this is fan
and npt melancholy truth, let him ira
and mix with tho people, as | hive re-
lily done, from Washington TO New Or
ne. Let him recount, il hc' can, the
slbar of traders, merchants, blnkers,
iers, riined-of mechanics oat of en-
alent-laborcrs out Of bread. Let him
8 up, if he Gun, the mrss Of suffering
9ngst The laborinI class alone, all OF
pm were prosperous AMI happy before
.ronsumn ltion of those ''hunblo eGrls
rcsivre the constitutional currency."-
him 60 to the high-sonlcl, generous
|hnmlne pl,n'cr of Mississippi, with his
'lreds of h1nd', whose word bat yoster-
would have stood with the world for
Aisands, and inquire the cause why he
not provided more abundlntly for the
hts Df III re humu beings VIII? are ahor-
10 his service, AMI he will say--"WitlI
nv estate, am poorer than the tenant
the log cabin on the frontier. Tho val
Of my labor Is deslrIyed-my credit is
ned-ny money is refused, aud specie
nahdod for provisions, and That Is no' IN
c)unlrv. Ny slaves arc earlnSnp elcI
|eF; as | am compelled to sacrifice one in
nerket to enable me t. feel the rest
week to week"
gentlemen, h1s the country beon
q into this Unparalleled disrcss? -
cries Of measures, all originating in
sise Of Executive power, which have
ed tho laws, SET at doi'nce the will o
nation, the rights of the Legislative dc
rlmcnG Of the govornmen',tra led under
i the constitution, and usurpod powers
/ conferred upon the Executive.
This course of things has MT only dcs
we'd the Bank of the United States, bu
cwise the State Banks, the currency, thC
mmerce, and prosperity of the country
le government has not only bankruptef
,asands Of or most cnterprizing andpat
tic citizens, but has bankrupieI itself
bile possessed Of the richest treasury
hich any nation ever enjoyed. We hca
uch Of ovcr-trading and oyer-issles 0
NIX money: truc--but how WIS through
'oulg BY the policy of the Government
he Banks were not only supplied wit
E means, but they were stimulated by di
Il appeals, to issue their notes freely, an
bark largely in the business of doInesti
ehapge, to save the goxornment from tn
redit nf any injurious consequence