Southern telegraph., 1838-08-15


Would the great Virginia Sinle Rights, stric,
construction gentlemen sutIor bill to pass
which made so fagrant an attack on the |
rights ofthe citizens fan independent State 2 |
Would The gentlemen froA pennsykania1 !
stand tamely by and witness such an insult !
10 their Stale soyereigntyi This bill for.
bade one Ofiheir banks 10 issue certain de-
scription Of bills. Now suppose the Legs-
lature nf Pennsylvania should direct and re-
qnire the bank to issue that very kind Of
bills; whose viii was 60 be lawi Must the
State 90 down? Must she knuckle? Must
she sec her citizens punished for obeyng
her laws.
Mr. Prentiss was comparing Tie bill 10
Satan wading through chaos, when he gave
Say for motion to adjourn. The motion
not being sustained, some further questions
OF order were stated, when The interruption
ceased.
Mr. Prenlies again obtained the floor, and
went on with increased animation, express
ing his joy thathe had reused the game, and
called up the hunters, and that he noble
hounds 1ood on every side straining their
lips, and ready to spring. lie compared The
old currency before the experiment, to the
bread Of tie people, this the administration
had taken away, and gircn them stone.
Bat not satisfied with this, they now enyied
them their liue ginger cakes, ofthese poor
lfEe dollar bills, Chat were as good as gold
aud EelGr.fand wanted totake this last rem
nant Of the good tines away. itwas cruel.
Il was monslrous. lie could not but fancy
Fiat he heard in the language Of this bill the
last grovl Of lie old Tennessee hon. How
would make his eve flash and Tighten, to
witness this last attack on Biddle and Bid
dies Bank! II would awaken "gdUda Ger
tamiitis,'' the old long loved joys Of the fight,
and be almost equal to glance at the field
of New Orleans. This administration had
tried 10 WELD his armor, but they might as
well take David's course, and put It OFT, Tor
it was too heavy for them. They wanted
TO play the part Of Sampson, but they seized
hold Of the strong pillar OF the state amer
their locks were shorn. It was VAIN to
strive against the wants und will Of the pco-
pie. The Government might as well at
fompt 10 enforce an assize OF bread as to
control de bills Of State Banks. lie ap-
pealed to the compassion of gentlemen
lie n ped, ic they had any Of the milk OF
human kindness in them, they would con
slaer the slate Of the people Of Mississippi.
Whenlately travelling through the State, he
had discovered that silver ninepencos that
used to be hung around the BABE c nocksby
string, had been cut off and used up, SC
that the infants of Mississippi could not goi
one 10 cut their teeth upon, Loud laugh
ter.l The administration by this, we're pass
ing a tacit compliment on the dead bank; the
paper even Of the dead bank of the United
States was better than the paper Of this llv-
ipr Government. The dead Percy was bet
,sr than the live Falsiof. 1t was said that
when great juap drinkers died, the mint
was seen spriugng on their graves; it seem
cd so Of the Bank of the United States;
though it was dead its money still continued
to supply The people with their best cur
rency.
Mr.. Prrcntiss continued TO speak with
great earnestness for some time longer, but
lhe report OF his speech is here brought to
a conclusion.-Bo Boston paper