Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1838-12-01
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THE PRINCIPLES WE SUPPORT.
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"The sober second thought
always efficient"

4 and stability Of our political institutions.
While the former is to the nation wealth,
t. strength, and the source of happiness, the
latter is the sheet-anchor of their hopes,
I and emphatically the palladium Of their
liberties"
George Clinton--on giving his casting
pote against the Bank.
sit cannot be doubted that congress
may pass all necessary and proper laws
for carrying into execution the powers
specifically granted to the government,
or to any department or officer thereof;
but in doing so the means must be sui
j ted and subordinate to the end. The
power to create corporations is not ex-
pressly granted; is high attribute of
sovereignty, and in its nature not ac-
cessorial or derivative BY implication,
but primary and Independent. can
not believe that this Interpretation of
the constitution will, in any degree, de-
feat the purposes forwhich it was form
ed; on the contrary,it does appear to
me, that the opposite exposition has an
inevitable tendency to consolidation,
and affords just and serious cause of
alarm.
ain the course ola long life, have
found that governmsnt is moi to bestrcngh-
enea By an assumption Of doubtful pozoers;
but By a rise and energetic erccution Of
those achich GRE incohtestibe. The for
mer never fails to produce suspicion
and distrust, whilst the later inspires
respect and confidence. II, however,
after fair experiment. the powers
vested in the government, shall be
found incompetent to the attainment of
the objects for which it was instituted,
the constitution happily furnishes The
means for remedying the evil by amend
ment, and l have no doubt, that, in
such event, on an appeal to the patrio-
tism and good sense Of the community,
it will be wisely applied"
.4n1reO Jackson--Vcto ofMe Bank.
sit is to be regretted that the rich
and powerful too often bend the acts
of government to their selfish purposes.
Distinctions in society will always ex-
ist under every just government
Equality of talents, of education, or of
wealth, cannot be produced by human
institutions. In TIE fHenjoy',ent Of
the gifts Of hcapcn, and tho fruits of su-
pcrior Industry, economy and rirtue, erery
man is equally entitled 10 protection by
lar. Bu Dhen tie lars undertake to add
to these natu-al and just advantages, ar!i-
fetal distinctions, to granttitles, !gratuities,
and erclusire pririlegos, TO make tie rich
richer, and the potent mare poperful, the
, humble members Of society, tie turner's,
mechanics and laborerS, uho hare neither
the time nor tic means Of securing Ike ia
rors 10 themselves, hare right to complain
of ttc iaiustices Of their government.
!. "There are no necessary evils in
government. Its evils exist only in its
, abuses. If it would conGnc itself to
equal protection, and, as heaven docs
its rains, shower its favors alike on the
high and the low, the rich and the
poor; it would be an unqualified bills.
sing. In the act before me, to renew
1 the charter of the Band of the United
r States there seems to be n wide and
: unnecessary departure from these Just
principles. Nor is our government to
a be maintained, or our Union preserved
4 by invasions of the rights and powers
g of the several States. In thus attemp-
ting to make our government strong,
we make it weak. lis true strength con-
s of IL .a1;u.J,,Io AZ
: much as possible 10 McmsclreS--in making
! itsclf fell not in its potccr but in its beaeR-
cence, not in its control but in its protec-
: ton, not in binding tie States more closely
: to HE centre, but leariag each TO more IN
0 obstructed in its proper orbit"
Mr.. Jefferson the Bank.
"THlS INSTITUTION Tthe Bank
of the United States1 IS ONE OF
THE DEADLY HOSTILITY EX-
!, listing, AGAINST THE PRINCI-
. PIES AND FORM OF OUR CON
a STlTUTION." ~ deem no govcrn-
+ nleht safe auhich is under The vassaIage of
: any se!fconstituted authorities, or any 9TH
G er authority than that ofthe nation, or its
b regular fiInctionarics. What All obstruc-
d ton could not this Bank of the United
States, with all its branch banks, be in
time ofwar2 Itmight dictate to us the
peace we should accept, or withdraw
: its aids. Ought We then to give furth-
!. er growth to an institution SO powerful,
so hostile?''
Q Coz. Marcy- Of Gen. jackson.
0 "When the passions cngendered in
VI our late and severe political conflicts