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zeal mon.Snt the Senator lell Us; he left " fol
tho very purpose Of preventing the success o
the common cause. lie took up has EpUskei
knap.ack, and shOt-pouch, aud jOibed the
other party. lie went, horse, foot, and dra-
COON, and be himself composed the whole
corps. lie went, a. his present most disiin-
: gsisbed sIly commenced With ~. sNP1BE ins
resolutions. sciiia.y srd alsns. The earliest
instance recorded IN history. within my rtcol-
lection. Of an ally drawing og his forces from
the combined army, was that Of Achilles al
the siege Of Troy. tie Withdrew With Mi h,,
troops, and remained ia the ueighborhood, IN
sulle. and disnifed inaeuViiy. But be did
not Jon the TTc ian forces. aud When, during
the progress of the Siege, his faithful friend
fell ia battle, he raised his svengiug arm,
drove the Trojans back into The gates Of Troy,
and satiatCd hts vengeance by staying PTiam's
nobesi and dearest son, the finest hero "a The
immortal Had But Achilles had been wrong
ed, or imagined himself Wronged. ia the per
son o: the fair and beautiful Briseis. We did
no wrong to the distinguished Senator from
South Carolina. On the contrary VIC respect.
ed him. eoufdsd IN bis great snd arknou-
lodged ability, his uncommon geLius. his ex-
iensiSe experience, his supposed patriotism;
above all, we eOnhded IN bra stern aud inhcXi.
BILE fidelity. Nevertheless, he left u, and
joined our common opponents, distTusiinE and
dsuusied- lie left u, a. he tells Ne IN hfs
/ Edgeheld letter, because the victory which
our common arms we're about TO achieve. was
not 10 enure Ia him and bi, party, but exclu-
siveiy TO the benefit u his allies and their
cause. Thought that, aelustcd by patriotism,
\ (that nobhesi Of human virtues, We had been
cObtending together for our common country.
for her violated right. her threatened liberties,
her PROSTATE Constitution Never dad / sup-
pose that personal or party considcrailoaS IN
tered into our views whether II victory
shall ever 1gain be about 70 perch upor TIE
standard Of the spoil. party, CHE denomiun-
ZION whieh tlis Senator from South Carolina
has 20 often given - his present allies he
will not feel himself constrained, by the psin-
ciples on which he has scisJ, TO leave them.
because It may mol enure to tho hene.t Of
himself aud bis party, leave TO be adjusted
between themselves.
The speech of the Senator from =.
Carolina was plausible, ingenious, al
stract, metaphysical, aud gcneraliLing.
II did not appear TO ne TO bc adapted
10 tie bosoms and business Of human
life. II was arial, aud not very high
up in the air Slr. President, either, not
quite as high as MT. Clayton was in his
last ascension IN bis balloon. The Sc
nator announced that there vas a sim
gle alternative. and no escape from one
or the other branch OF IT, lie stated
that We must take the bill under consi.
deTation, or the substitute proposed by
the Senator from Virginia. ! do not
concur in that statement octhe case -
There is another course embraced IN
neither branch Of the Senators alterna-
i've; and that course IL TO do nothing.
always tia Wisest when YOU are not
certain what you ought to do. Let Us
suppose ihst neither branch Of the al
Tentative Is accepted, and that nothing
rs done. What then, would be the
consequence There would be res.
toIalion Of the Law Of 1889, With al it,
cautious provisions and securities pro
yided by the wisdom Of our ancestors.
which has been so irsmpled upon by
the late and present Administrations.
BY that law, establishing the Treasury
department., tie treasure Of the United
States il 10 be received, kept, ana ui,.
bursed by the Treasurer, under bond
with ample security, under large pc.
nalty fixed bylaw, and not lefi. as this
SIll leaves u, 20 the uncertain discretion
.of a Secretary Of the Treasury. II.
therefore, we were 10 do nothing. that
law would be revived, the TIeasurcr
would have the custody. as be oushtto
have, Of the public money, aud Doubt
less be would make special dcpositc.
Of u 10 sll Instances with safe aud
sound State banks. a. IN some cases the
Secretary Of the Treasury is now obliz-
cd 81 -. Thus, We should haze IN
operation that very special tepoHtc sys-
TEN so much desired Is some gentle
men. By which The pubic money would
remain separate and unniNed with the
money OF banks. There g. vet smother
course, unenbraccd by ei'hcr branch
OF the alternative presented by ihe Sc
natOr from South Carolina. aud that ISL
20 establish . Bank of The J0lted States
constituted according % the old and ap.
proved method Of forming such an in.
sliiulion, tested and sanctioned bv ex-
poncncc. a Bank Of ibc CGitcd States
which should blcrd public and private
Interests, and BE- subject 90 public and
private coniioi omitted together in ouch
manner as 10 present safe sad salaisry
cbaks agains, 90 abuses The Sena.
tor mistakes h,s own abandonment n
hat institution as ours knov that
The parts in power has harucaded itself
aganil ihe establishment of such
bank. q, adopted. ai ihe late extra fes-
sion. tie extraordinary ard uuItece
denied resolution. that the People a.
ihe United States should not have such
q bank. alihough t might be- manifest
thai there Uas dear msIouly ol Them
demanding d. Bot ihe tly maY come
and ! trust ~ MOI distant. when ths will
Of iho People must prrs 90 10 the couB.
cils n their Own Government and
wheo 70 does arrive a Bank aiil be cs.
tabiishcd
The Senator foui South Carolina fe Z
minds rs that wc denounced 'he rcil
bank system and ~ we d3. and 40
vc 10. Bot does 10 therefore hlIoa
ihai. bad 81 that system vas. Ne musfI
BE- driven in'o ne acceutance Of q sys. !
fem infinitely worse De tells ui ta'.
ihc hiH under c1nudcraiion takes fhs