The North-Carolina standard., 1838-07-18

ears. at HaIifax, and avail myself Of the ear
Iiest moment to respond to the enquiries you |
have made, as to my opinions on CERTAIN Po-
LiticaI matters, of high import Having for
more than the third of century contended |
for q strict construction of the Federal con-
stitltion. and believing as I do, that the ex-
istence of our Southern Institutions vitality
depend. on rigid adherence thereto; Ihave
no hesitation in frankly avowing to you,
and through YOU to nv fellow citizens of
North Carolina, that my opinions have un-
dergone no change; but on the contrary
have been confirmed by time. It follows
therefore as a matter of course, that amnow,
as ever have been, opposed todfcO1POr
a United States Bank. For which opmlon
will assign but one reason. 1t is this, that
the power to grant interpretations was ex-
pressIy withheld, or denied by the convention
which made the constitution. All OF which
will more fully appear by reference to the
Journals. will 60 further, | am equally
opposed to the exploded deposite bank system
nav more so. Hence you Will perceive,
that must be in favor Of Constitutional
Treasury. Could 1 believe that the banks
were calculated to make men more honest, i
mipht be induced to think more favorably OF
their agency, or could the ingenuity OF their
friends satisfy me that they, possessed less
patronage, or influence, than individuals,
might pause and e-examine the subject. But
it seems to me that no candid and intelligent
man will affirm either proposition. mus
much for my political sentiments. AS to
men, 1 feel that |" the price of liberty IS eter-
nal vigilance" and wish it to be explicitly I'M
derstood that / commit myself, In advance
for, or against no man, further than ne can ne
made useful, in perpetuating the great prlncl-
pies to which trust have ever been sincere
iy attached, and which am now Overlook
ING all personal considerations assisting to
re-estabiish. For Governor Dudley l enter
tain personally the highest respect and esteem,
and nothing could induce me to oppose his re-
election, but the paramount considerations a.
bove alluded to.
/ am with much respect.
fs Yours &c.
JOHN BRANCH.
To Messrs w. WHITAKER, VIM. w. WHITE,
and WILLIE PoPE.
The Committee need hardly to express
their entire satisfaction, at the candid and
patriotic reply of Mr.. BRANCH. They be-
lieve the same appreciation will pervade the
whole Democratic Republican ranks, to whom
an appeal from any quarter can be scarcely
necessary to move them to decisive and unit
ed action.
Mr.. BRANCH is with the administration
on all the leading topics of its policy, on
which rest the hopes of the friends of equal
rights and universal suffrage.
The present is crisis of vast moment
to the destinies of our Republic. Let the
FEDERAL Party now succeed, and our con-
stitutional freedom is gone forever. The in
tentions of that party are too apparant to es-
cape observation. 1t is no less than the die
tum of the BANK Power in all the public
concerns, whose despotic will is to declare
what SHALL and what SHALL NOT be done
by your Representatives. This Power al
ready sits enthroned above the laws, the con-
and the people, and even now retards
the operations of government, in every case
where BANK INTERESTS are not made the
rule of action.
A Despotism more odious and unprincipled
never reared its hydra head, in defiance of the
popular will, in any age or country 1t has
embarrassed our commerce, deteriorated our
currency, and crippled our trade; and while
it has Knocked at the calamities of the people,
it has falsely and basely charged the conse-
quences of its own abominations on the Gov
ernment of their choice. This Bank Power
has declared that the people shall be brought
by suffering to submission, and by coercion to
bow down to the moneyed Moloch. 1t has
enlisted in its cause every element hostile to
freedom and the rights of our citizens, partic-
ularly those of the southern section of our
Union and has advanced to degree of power
calculated to produce alarm.
Our country looks to the DEMOCRATIC
PARTY for succor and salvation.
The friends of liberty throughout the world,
watch, with intense anxiety, THIS LAsF,strug-
gle for the rights of man. Let us not disap-
point the hopes of freedom but on the pre-