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into cooperation which restricts he
natural night q any ciiixen. Is vronE.
Catsfelly avoiding TIE infrinKcment 81
The natural rights Of Others corpora
lions may 30 msdo The parents Of ,
progeny o. blssaing., which Otherwise
never could exist. They make roads
and canals, build bridges, erect manu-
factories. establish schools and colleges,
aud fou1deharilies to teach the bind
and the deaf. 10 reform the wicked and
depraved. 70 auripre helpless iufsucy,
aod TO feed aud closbe hungry decsepi-
Jude. Corporations are The means me
cessafJ, and proper" to aceomplish
tbese great ends. and the experience
of the world proves that works Of mag
latitude can be aons. through the in-
situmeBiali'y OF wellrcEulaied cor
q2Talions, better, cheaper. aud more
permanently, ihan in any other way. Il
Con ress prohibited by The Constilu.
iioa 10 create It's own instruments. &c
collect 20 lake care Of and TO dishurse
the national treasure. When the Con
siitUiion expressly debates that Il shall
have power Ito make All laws which
shall be necessary and proper for car.
ryiag into execution the foregoing
powers. aud az other powers vested by
this Constitution IN the Government 81
the u. States. ~ in any department oil
officer therroiT' II The Govera msni
has any power al Oh. ., has that Of pro-
viding for the collection, safe keeping.
and disbursement of its revenues. Il
requires some law 90 carry this power
into execution. Now what law i mos,
necessary and proper" TO that end p
Certainly that which IS best calculated
to secure safety. cheapness. and de-
spa,ch 10 the highest degree: and that.
IN my opinion. is law creating ma.
tioaal bank. and pre- ,cFibiag the man
rer in which il sball discharge its du-
ties as the fiscal agent of the Govern
meni.
Party, raneor may abuse sach-a law.
and preRopnee a national bank 40 anti
democratic monopolizing monster
But, sir. hard names and abusise cpl
iheis are fast losing their power 10 de-
ceive. Iehave hong since learned 20
dlstrIst those who we're over-anxious
To appropriate 10 themselves every po-
pnlar name. and I have also learned
that good thing, good man, and-a
go.'dlaw, may be most uBjus:ly sbus-
ed. vilifed, and condemned. Lueien
BOnaparie tells us shat in the wors. DAYS
Of the French Revolution there were
in the South Of France bandi,ti OF
thieves and assassins who styled them.
selves "Companions Of Jesus" am
often reminded of the singular name
these CompanIons Of the Devil desired
10 appropriate TO themselves. when i
hear certain persons claim the title Of
Democrats, and certain Others claim
thai of Wings. | call upon my coun-
trymen TO discard mere party names,
and 10 consider the great principles
which are at stake. Let them decide
whether they will overiurD ell banks,
and the system Of Credit fCslered by
them. and come down 10 the use OF
gold AMI silver alone as currency,
and thereby reduce the price Of every
description Of property. one-hslf or
more; orwhether they will esdeavor
to reio.m the abuses Of the banking
system, and retain the good which il IS
capable Of doing under proper regula-
tons. | an Tor the latter course. |
appieheDd the Committee of Ways
and Means are Tor the former. backed
IN their opinions by the policy Of the
late and present Administrations, and
hence shalt vote against Committing
TO them that part OF the Presidents
Message relating TO the finances.