Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-12-15
he single object for which they were originally

\ the edirectionof public affairs, ,jofthe community
\ at large, is therefore, in no slight danger of be-
ing sensibly and injuriously affected by giving
TO comparatively ysmalls but very efficient
class,a direct and exclusive personal interest
in soimportant a portion of the Legislation Of
Il Congress- as that whiclisreates tothe custody
| of the public moneys.ls Hllaws acting upon
4. private interests cannot alwaysbe avoided,they
should be confined withinthe narrowest limits,
and left, wherever possible to the Legislatures
of the States. When not thus restricted,
they lead to combinations of powerful assoca-
ltions, foster an influence. necessarily selfish,
andturn the fair course ofleg to. SIMS.
terends rather than to objects that advance
public liberty, and promote the general good. %
j The whole subject now rests with you, and
cannot but express hope that some definite
measure wllbe adopted at the present session.
twill not am sure, be deemed out of
place for me here to remark, that'tIe decara-
ton my viewsin opposition to the policy of
employing banks as repositories Of the gov
ernment funds, cannot Justly be constructed as
Indicative of hostility, official or personal, to
thoseinstitutions; or to repeat, in this form,
and in connection with this subject opinions
which have uniformly entertained, and on all
proper occasions expressed. Though always
}opposed to their creation in the form of exclu-
siveprivileges, and, as state magistrate, aim.
ing by appropriate legislation to secure the
community against the consequences of their
occasional mismanagement, l have yet ever
wished to see them protected in the exercise
of rights conferred by law, and have never
doubted their utility, when properly managed, 4,
in promoting the interests of trade, and,
through that channel, the other interests of
the community. To the general government
they present themselves merely as state ;nsti-
tutions, having no necessary connected with
its Legislation or its administration! Like 9TH
er state establishments, they may be used or
not in conducting the aaiirs of the government
as public policy and the general interests of
the Union may seem to require. The only safe
or proper principle upon which their inter
course with the government can be regulated,
is that which regulates their intercourse with
the private citizen--theo conferrlng of mutual
benefits. When the government can accom-
pllsh financial operation better with the aidl
of the banks, than without it should be at lib
erty to seek that aid as it would the services
ofa private banker, or other capitalists or
agents, giving the preference to those who
will serve it on the best terms. Nor Gun there
ever exist an interest in the officers OF the gen
emh.rrass &c or annnv tha 1 s,,ta IuuT .neln 20
than to occur the hostility of any other class
of state institutions or of private citizens. 1t
is not the nature of things that hostility to
those institutions can epring from this source,
or any opposition to their course of business,
except when they themselves depart from the
objects of their creatiOn and TO usprn no,yore
~ .S f..snI .nI .tn anu " usu,p powers
st nd.rd ae % .'Ji " ~ suo.erI .ne
,;"n 80 WH,o ss,ue eSta o,si1u py 'lle consltu-
.;on. INV oPpoal'Ii ,Ii ~ .ieir ieguiuI opera
WIS nanno' eNiss ~ 'ais quarter' reSstahceto 10
2 ~ ,nnn 49,, ~ GaN s"o goveri,'ehI uepeh-
,;on of Ill ';o sueoesei"l sal.iii's.ra
s u po' o i,'hs 20 .,a'ler oi outy as
from what motive or cons;dera, ,ion ,he m' ,,tennt
o'0 VI a'ioii 'iie a'teihpt
it Il o ;s g1 ruos. raoro .hon ...,
tba, ;n,ba 10 Jos. ~ .ne oaehs " suy'
~ ressted I tbe @ stronaest n,os; VI '.e f
tbair ma nor ;ss,,es q Ien ,I"on,l,i ,I ~ .n.s
IN s,,s spens;on NJ snoo;o 'ppu.ey Iu'.a h .,hi;u
opinion even tkouph IN some =. u 0 hv
legislative enactments ~ ,h;s honnrahis
,o,,rse aided bv the resistanco of Tho cana.aJ
Governmont actinr in obo,;onoa to ~, tba onnS,;
luton and;laws of The United states n the
of an rredeemaIia ] na.,cr um NJ
nav be attributed ii Great dearee prp the snsa
ly restoration of orr currencv to sonnd stote p
Ind the business Of ths connirv " f. % its wonta3 ]
,rosneritv TTbe ba Ms bava hit ~ cont;nna mun,n
n tbe same sn 80 corso a onI ayG b e ~ n,ue
nnronr;ate snbera - ~ III rvns ntnsfa f. ,mea
ipr rnm tba Cennrai 'uo.n u a. n't.'y,enee s
rom ,t @ I'll tbe nnS aaa 70 aelSe
,estows On III ltbar sssto as,nh,;"hrnu SI o "a 7
,sonla of tbe stotas IA ~ ,ha stats, VI sne
,elyes Intb;s tIa,. p .rl,o ~ ~ s'a,Is Nisn
,ot but secrre IT, r conferpo az pat, .n1y IN, Gan
he peonle and tbe Goysrnment 4 III ybnb Nhu, then