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Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-07-25

III Tho principles of the Democratic party are
now being assaulted Win an Tire vnuIcnce OF the
opposition. Misrepresentation and falsohood,
their usual weapons, arc resorted to, and most
foully used, to dctract from the good name which
the democracy have with tho people, whose
rights they have thus far aimed to protect. But
in the face and eyes of oil thoir donunciations
the people are able to see, by referring to the
acts Of the democratic party, that to ameliorate
tho condition of the laboring poor--to give that
class of our fellow beings the standingin the Re.
public which the constitution of the same guar.
antees--and, to render equal and exact justice
to oil men,, has been the constant care and wish
of the democratic party, and so long as this con-
tinues to DO the case We shall have no fears foI
tho success of their ticket.
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Defiance of Lao.-When the specie
circular was repealed, Mr.. Biddle saw,
"what he had not seen before" the way to
resumption. But he did not resume. In
the defeat Of the Sub.treasury the gentle
mans eyes will be opened to see again.
But will no resume If Mr.. Biddle is able
to resume, and will not, what is his charac.
ter? II he is willing to resume and not able,
what are his merits?
The following from the Harrisburgh
Reporter may throw some light on the sub.
ject:
The tenth section of the law charterng
the Bank of the United States enacts that
"the said Bank shall make, to the Auditor
General, monthly returns Of its condition,
showing the details Of Its operations" &c.
1t is well known that during the last year
the bank, in violation of this solemn provi-
sion of the law, failed, for several months TO
make any returns. The bank is paying
the same game at this time. We applied
at the office of the Auditor General yestcr.
day for certified copies of the statements Of
the Bank, for the months of April and May,
and were informed that they had not been
received. The reason is obvious. The
RaaL IF tho IInitad S,~.a~. L~~....ey :s~
dition, is determined TO keep off resump.
ton of specie payments TO the last possible
moment, and, notwithstanding its boosted
accumulation of specie, ii shuns an inpeS.
tigation Of its cfairs.-North Carolina
Standard.
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~ The following from the Buffalo CONNER
cial Advertiser, wing paper, does not toll very
well for Biddlc, the great Regulator" We
hope itmay be read by those of the opposition in
this quarter, who are disposed to give Biddle all
praise for his efforts to resume specie payments
"The Bank Of the United States has
commenced issuing its own notes instead
of those of the old bank, which it has here.
tofore paid out. Tho course of this insti-
tuition in regard TO the resumption Of spe.
Gle payments is severely censured at Phila.
delphia and elsewhere. 1t processes to be
very strong, abundantly able to resume,
yet thus far has steadily refused to do so.
In his famous letter to Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Bid
die said it was the great prerogative OF
strength to do right. To apply this maxim,
what must be thought Of Mr.. Biddle's
strength, when, in his official capacity, he
is guilty of that which. in q private indi.
vidual, would be termed gross dishonesty ~
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~ A man somewhere in the vicinity of
Washing ton, advertised in the National Intelli.
gencer, that he intended to have great times on
tho 4th Of July, as he had received Green 1'ur-
tie neighing one hundred and fifty pounds,
from Charleston. The man must be foolish
they beat that in our own state. Our friend
WALES of the National Hotel, Detroit, lately
served up Green Turtle, toeig hing tho hun-
bred and twenty-five pounds, which he received
alive and kicking, all the way from the West In
dies-and the Niles Intelligenccr had it, that il
weighed six hundred pounds--their information
however we presume must have rubbed against
little Patriot news in the mail bag, on th'
road, which caused an expansion of about three
hundred and sevonty-five pounds. A Turtle
weighing sir hundred pounds would be ,ohap
per, indeed.
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THE TABLES TURNED.

Mr.. Biddle once had the grace to speak
of the men in power as "fugitives from the
penitentiary," and o. the people who placed
them there, as "rabble rout," destined to
be "scourged back to their dens," in his
own good time. The same Mr.. Biddle is
now classed, not among the Jugitices from,
but the inmates of the penitentiary, and by
the recorded vote Of decisive majority in
both branches of the National Legislature.
The III. Of r. on Saturday, among other
things, passed Mr.. GRUNDy's bill making ii
felony, punishable by fine and imprisonment
to reissue the redeemed notes of the defunct
U. S. Bank--a practice which Mr.. Biddle
has continued for months and months to
pursue in utter disregard of all moral, if not
legal obligations. The bill, having before
passed the senate has now become law
and that too, with the assent, tacit or o.
pen, Of some of his scrupulous abettors
Such was the general reprobation Of Mr..
Biddlc's course in this matter, that Of ull
his retainers and satellites on the floor OF
congress, none save such men as the bragg
CART Wise, S. S. Prcntiss, (the new momber
from Mississippi,) and Jenifor, had the cf-
frontery to attempt justification. On the
contrary, the Washington correspondent OF
the New York Journal of Commerce states
that "many wings did not think ii erpcdient
to oppose the BILL" Indeed almost the en-.
tire burthen of defending Mr.. Biddle and
his resurrection notes." fell upon Wise I;
who is reported to have threatened speak.
ing through the whole of the remnant of
the session, at the hazard Of defeating all
the bills behind, unless this verdict against
swindling and imposition should be suspend.
ed or laid aside And in this spirit he re.
sisted the bill to the cnd--voting in the af.
firmativc on its final passage, for the pur.
pose of moving reconsideration which
he did but without success--being voted
down in all stages Of the bill. after having
been repeatedly choked of, by tho liberal
use of the previous question.
So Mr.. Biddle stands recorded on the
journals of the national legislature, and by
the confession of some Of his own partizans
as guilty Of acts deserving The penitentiary,
in the reissue of his resurrection notes. f"
In tho choice phrase of Mr.. Clay, towards
Mr.. Speaker Polk, Mr.. Biddle, if not "fil.
gitive" from the pententiory, has only TO
repeat his fraudulent issues 10 be put "whero
he belongs. AN. Argus.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COM.
MITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE

N
MITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Democratic County Committees of Cor.
respondence in the several counties through
out the State, and TO our Democratic feIt0io-
citizens in general:
The undersigned, Democratic State Commit.
tee of Correspondence, appointed by the demo.
cratic State Convention, held at Ann Arbor in
Auguat last, in discharge of the duty assigned
to them, call the attention of the democrats of
the State of Michigan to the necessity Of vigil
lance and concert of action in tho approaching
election for member of Congress and men,.
bers of the Legislature, and county officers, on
the first Monday and Tuesday of November
next.
You arc apprised, fellow democrats, of the
zeal and presuming confidence with which our
opponents have commenced their operations
and in good cause, you cannot fail to be reused
to an activity and ardor which will secure our
success. A supineness on the part of our friends
in other states, has given to the opposition some
partial success, and they confidently rely upon
our lethargy, as the means Of our defeat. Let
them be deceived, as they always have been in
Energy Of action is all that we require in SIS.
timing tho cause of the people. Tho party OPP
posed to us, under all their varied Names are the
same body of aristocracy which wo have had to
contend with since the organization ofthe feder-
al government and the contest at this day, is
for the same principles which triumphcd in tho
election of Mr.. Jefferson. Tho questions of
present party discussion, may be resolved into
these simple inquiries Shall the people rule, or
shall they BIO subjugated by a moncyod aristoc-
racy2
At no distant date, fellow citizens, wo shall
the present wo con6ne ourselves to tho call for
org anization and action.
We therefore propose and recommend
LIST. That tho democratic members of each
township choose delegates to a county conven.
ton as early as practicable.
I'd. That each county convention meet with.
out delay and choose their delegates at least two
woeks Tor as soon thereafter as practicable be.
fore the meeting of the state conventon,) ma
king tho number ofdelegates equal TO four times
the number of representatives in the legislature.
Sd. That each county not organized send to
tho state convention two delegates.
4th. That the state convention meet at Ann
Arbor, on the llth of September next.
All which we respectfully submit 10 your car.
nest attention and efficient and active co-opera.
ton. ID. c. MokNsrRy,
GARRY SPENCER,
JOHN McDoNnLL,
ALEX. w. BUEL,
S. McKNIcnr.
Detoa, 16h July, 1888
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Public Erpenditures.---We have lately
seen nothing unfair and partaking less OF
the nature of meaness and littleness, and
yet nothing more characteristic of the whig
party, than the manner in which they at.
tempt TO turn the expenses of the govern.
ment TO account against the administration.
They foot up the expenses ofthe last year,
compare them with the expenditures Of,
government ten years ago, and then cry
out "extravagance, unparalleled extrava.
gance !" They know, full well, the causes
that have necessarily rendered the public
expenditures greater, but they have not the
honor or honesty to admit, much less 10
publish them. They not only suppress
the truth, but give the utmost publicity to
falsehood, base uncalled for, and unquali.
fed falsehoods.
They never mention, or allude to una.
voidable, but extravagant expenditures on
Indian removals, and Indian wars. They
williully neglect and refuse TO state tho fact
that thirty thousand pensioners have lately
been added to the list of those supported by
the government, the justice and propriety
of which they dare not dispute. Nor do
they refer to the increased duties imposed
upon the Patent Office, by Congress.
They do not state either, that all these
appropriations are voted for by their own
party, and thosands Of others, suggested
and pressed upon Congress, and defeated by
the democratic members. II is a notorious
fact that the wing members Of Congress
have voted for the most extravagant OK.
pcnditures, and have been checked by the
republican party. Yet they have the Of.
trontry to charge their own faults upon the
administration. Adr.
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sxSSASANA

lished at Albany, has very extensive cir
culation at low price $50 cents year,.
THIS paper is we understand supported In
part by the voluntary contributions OF the
Federal leaders and men Of wealth.
The Albany Journal advertses ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND COPIES Of the speech
of Mr.. Bond-Biddle's Bank Attonery in
Ohio. This ia no inconsiderable item.
a. Innumerable speeches of Webster,
Clay, Legare and others, franked to every
part of the Union to the cost Of the PEOPLE
for wrappers, of thousands of dollars.
5. Profuse OUTLAWS of money, in various
counties in this state, to carry on the war.
In this county in particular, ample means,
have been advanced to establish one OF the
largest country papers in the state, and
every effort made to extend its circula-
ton.
Thus we have glimpse of part ofthe
formidable preparations of the enemies OF
the Republican ascendancy, and it is worse
than folly to disguise the fact, that if these
preparations are not promptly and energet
ically counteracted by the democracy
through interchangeable exsrtions, they will
at least deserve defeat. There is not ar
individual in tho democratic ranks-we
care not how poor, or humble, or inconsid
cradle he may deem himself TO be-bu
can at the present crisis, render himself,
essential service TO his country. Let eve
ry republican ask himself 'What can ] do
to prosper the cause OF Equal Government!
and ready -..--ore W i'll ~ him. hcsi'
correct political news himself, lend hi
newspaper TO neighbor who does no
take paper. Read Col. Benton's speecl
and Mr.. Mann's speech and then hand then
to his neighbor. Impress upon the mine
of Democratic electors the fact that tn
Aristocratic and monyed Power arc making
frightful progress against the liberties o
the land, and that unless they do their dut.
at the ballot boxes at the next great trial
and come TO the rescue, ALL MAY Bl
LOST.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-07-25

The statement of the Louisville Journal
as to the action Of the New Orleans banks
has aroused spirit of resistance which
cannot be alayed. 1t told the plain truth,
that the banks of New Orleans, looking up
to Mr.. Biddle, and corresponding with him,
unanimously decided not TO resume until
there is National Bank, or the fate of it
is known" This is plain enough. The
ant.resumption banks declare they will
never pay their honest debts unless the Go.
vermont be placed under their CONTROL
What say we, fellow.citzens, 10 this -
LousriNe Advertiser.
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From the Albany Argus.
TAMPERING WITH THE CURREN
CY AND EXCHANGES.


The irredeemable paper autocrat predic-
ted that the New York banks would COL
lapse in thirty days after they had resumed
specie payments. He has had desire no
doubt to bring about verifcation of his
prediction. 1t belongs to the school of the
bank 10 predict distress throughout its pur.
chased presses and hired attorneys, and
then TO put all its engines in motion to pro.
duco the results predicted and thus build
up financial reputation for the paper au.
tocrat by distressing the country as pei
his predictions: and these distress drafts
ase as much part Of Mr.. Biddle's fnan.
cial system as his penitentiary notes. The
principal resources within his reach are
fraud and distress.
To fulfil the prediction of the irredeem.
able fnancier respecting the banks of this
state, demonstration was made a week
or two since to put up foreign exchange to
IL per cent. Mr.. B. had two objects, how.
over in this /; one was to make money, by
getting higher price for his cotton funds
OF credits In England, and another TO make
panic, by inducing shipment of specie. In
both objects he has completely failed. Elk.
change, instead Of going up TO IL, has
gene down to 8 per cent, being II pei
cent. below par /; and instead of creating
panic and alarm among the banks of New
York, the operation has given them increas.
cd confidence in their own strength to stand
up against the devices of the 'great regu.
lator."
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u Well done for Albany County, N. Y. The
Monroe Democrat says that " tho young wings
of Albany county have appointed one hundred
and eighty delegates to tho state convcntion."-
We would suggest that the whole business ofthc
convention be submitted to the Albany delcga-
ton, and allow them to hold their convention in
Albany; for, most certainly, one hundred and
eighty mon is just as good as a thousand. We
suggest this as it will be very great saving Of
expense if carried into effect.
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MORTGAGE sALE.-Richard Car

KE ORTGAGE SALE.-Richard Car
I'VE man, of tho county of Niagara, in the state
of New York, executed mortgage of real os-
tate, containing power of sale to Moses w:
Whiting of st. Joseph county, in the then terri
tory, now state of Michigan. Said mortgage
bears date the ninth day of June, ono thousand
eight hundred and thirty-six, and was recorded
in tho Registers Office of said county Of ST. Jc-
seph on the ninth day of juno. 1885, at thrco o.
clock in tho afternoon, in mortgage book A., Mt
pages 800 and 400, and conditioned for tho pay
ment Of eight hundred and fifty dollars, and tho
interest thereon.
There is claimed to DO duo on said mortgage
at the date of this notice. four hundred and eighty
eight dollars and twenty-five cents.
The said mortgogcd premises are described i'm
said mortgage as follows tho west half of north
cast quarter and east half Of north west quarter
of section no. twenty eight, and the south west
quarter of south east quarter, and the south east
quarter of south west quarter Of section no. twcn-
ty.ono in township no. 5, Qve) south Of range no.
nine west, containing two hundred and forty a.
ores. Now default having been made in the pay
ment OF the said sum of money and the interest
thereof, the above mortgaged premises will be
sold at public auction the thirteenth day of
October next, at one o'clock in tho afternoon. ut
tho Exchange, kept by James Van Buren, in the
village of Centroville.
MOSES w. WHITING,
w. G. MoNTRoss, Atty. Mortgage.
Dated at Centrevillc, the 9th day of July,
1888. 12wl03
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" Wing Consistency.-As usual, we sec
moro or less of wing consistency in every move
mont of late by that party. They are now de-
crying the democratic party for squandering the
peoples money-for oxtravagant appropriations,
and for using money without a due regard
to economy. And the way the opposition
seek to make out and sustain tho charge is easy
TO them but it does not stand tho test when
the light oftruth shines upon it. With their char
acteristic fairness they I'D the ordinary
and extraordinary expenses Of the government
for the last three years, and then compare the
result obtained with the expenditures, for tho
same period, under the administration of Mr..
Adams thinking, perhaps, that they may there
by be able to deceive the people but wo can
assure these worthy calculators that the people,
whom they despiso, are not to be Kept in igno-
rance of this manGuvre--of this devise TO i'm.
pose upon their understanding. Far be it from
us to so much uuderrato the intelligence of the
people as to believe. for a moment, that they can
be deceived by this hugh and cry of the opposi.
ton, about wasting of money.
We give the following table, which is taken
from an editorial of tho Monroe Times, to show
how fifty.ninc millions Of dollars of the public
money have boon used during the last three
years -
Three instalmcnts on the [whig] de-
post act, $4,000, 900
Florida war, which according to fed
oral statements, has cost SS20,000,-
600; (but on such authority, we
always allow halffor dodging,) 10000 600
Remaining in deposit banks, and on
removed duty bonds, about 100000
Increased pensions, 100000
do Indian annuitics, about 100000
Total extraordinary expenditures, $59, 000, O0O
So much for tho candor and consistency of the
opposition.
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Az
IA statement fromJ w. Cofiinberry, Esq,
Register of Deeds, will show to tho public how
Jonathan Brown obtained certificate from him
on the back of a mortgage executed by the
Browns to the Auditor General. us security for
the Bcrrcn County Bank, dated 28th January,
1888 stating that said mortgaged premises werc
free from all incumbrance, when at the same timo
there was balance Of mortgage on said pro-
perty Of $500, with interest and costs on which
mortgage 172 acres of the land described in
Browns mortgage to the Auditor General has
since been sold. And the following fact will
show how much reliance ought to BIO placed OH
statements made by Jonathan Brown, who, with
the assistance of Edward Pierson, has conjurod
up two columns in the White Pigeon Gazette
In Persons letter to Brown, and Browns CON-
mcnts thereon, recently published in the White
Pigeon Gazette, they unhcstatingly state sever
al times that Coffinborry said he was deceived by
the false statements Of Buck and Sherman, and
twice they state, G. said he believed Browns in
tentions were honest when he obtained said Ger
tificato. Now this is the first time that ever
hoard that any person had accused me Of ma
king false statements, or Jonathan Brown Of ma
king any pretensions to honesty. The Bank
Commissioner, after discovering Browns ankle
ty to become banker, refused to receive his
mortgage to tho Auditor General, as Bank secu-
rity. unless he would make oath that Cofinber-
RVS certificate on tho back of that instrument
was truo and correct. This Same Jonathan
Brown did make oath on tho 10Th of May, 1888,
before Justice Hunter, that said certificate was
correct notwithstanding tho same lien of $500.
with interest and costs, remained against the
property and still remains unpaid. If any per-
son should wish any further knowledge of
Browns character for moral honesty, or truth
and voracity, they can see Edward Persons let
ter to me dated at Detroit in May 1887.
BENJAMIN SHERMAN.
I'll, 1870
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North. Eastern Boundary The follow
inc are the resolutions introdO>ed in the
Senate on the 4th inst, by Mr.. Bcehanan,
with the report OF the committee on foreign
relations. They were adopted in the Sem
ate as reported mem. con.--and on motion
10000 copies of the report and resolutions
were ordered to be printed.
Resolved, That after careful exami.
nation and deliberate consideration of the
the whole controversy between the United
States and Great Britain relative to the
North Eastern Boundary Of the former, the
Senate does not entertain 4 doubt Of the
practicability with the stipulaiions Of the de.
finite treaty of peace Of seventeen hundred
eighty three; and entertain perfect con-
viction Of the justice and validity OF the
title of the United States to the full extent OF
all the territory in dispute between the two
powers.
Resolved further, That, considering that
more than half century has elapsed since
the conclusion of that treaty considering
the extraordinary delay which has hitherto
marked the negotiations and proceedings
Of the governments of the two countries
in their endeavor amicably 10 settle the con.
troversy; and considering the danger o
mutual irritation and collisions upon the
border of kindred and friendly nations from
further representation, the Senate can.
not forbear to express an earnest desire
that the pending negotiation should b.
brought unto close, and the final deci
sion of the dispute be made as early al
practicable.
Resolved, That, as it would be inexpedi
ent for The United States TO proceed, upol
their separate authority, to survey and mari
out the North Eastern Boundary, until al
reasonable means of efIecting that objec
by the consent and concurrence Of boil
parties shall have been exhausted, the "bil
to provide for surveying the North Easter
Boundary Line of the United States, &C
cording to tho treaty Of seventeen hundred
and eighty. three," ought not to pass; an'
it is therefore ordered that it be laid on tn
table.
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" A bill has finally passed both branches Of
our National Legislature which substantially
does away with the Deposit Law of 1886. The
law referred to does not allow TO the banks the
use of the money of the people, for the purpose of
extending their issues upon. The vote upon
the bill puts tho question of again surrendcring
the money of the people to the banks at rest, SO
far as the present Congress is concerned. This
result is indeed gratifying.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-07-25

u The fourth Of July, last past, has, we arc
happy to learn, boon generally celebrated by the
friends of American liberty, throughout the U.
nitcd Statos. This argues we'll for us. So long
as tho return Of that day cheers and onimatos
the patriot the philanthropist and scholar, so
long America may be said to enjoy the blessings
Of sclf.govcrpment.