The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-04-06

cessary, IN my opinion to make il compatible It'll
justice, with sound policy, with the constitution
/ of our country"
"Thai Bank of the United States. competent
to all the duties which ma, be required By Govern
ment. might be 80 organized as not to infringe up
on our own delegated powers. or the reserved
rights of the States, | do not entertain doubt
Had the Executive been called upon TO furnish
the project Of such institution, the duty tcouid
hare been cheeJutiy performed. In the absence Of
such call. il is obviously proper that he should
coDhne himself 10 pointing out those prominent
features in the act presented. which IN his opinion.
make Il incompatible with the Constitution and
sound policy"
President jackson, admits. in the citation which
has just been made, that Bank Of tie United
States is, in many respects, convenient for the
Government, and reminds Congress that he ed,
at an early period of his administrations called its
attention to the practicabiliiy OF orgarzing such
an institution 10 secure all ITS advantages VITA
out the defects of the existing bank Il is perfect
~ manifest that he aiudes 10 his previous recon-
meDdaiions OF a GoyerDwent--a Treasury bank.
In The same Message be- tells Congress, that il lie
had been called upon Ia furnish the project of such
an institution, The duiy would have been cheerful
y performed. Thus /; appears that he had not
only settled IN his mind the general principle, bot
had adjusted the details Of Government bank, 10
uD 10 LAttutFe Chnlfolj ana 1ONuTttS
is even ehided for not calling upon him to present
them. The bii. now under consideration, hey ond
all controversial is the very project which ne had
IN view, and is 10 consummac the work which lie
begsn. think. ~ President that you must now
concur with IN considering the FIRST proposition
az fully maintained pass 10 the second ard
third, which, on account of their intimate eonnec.
tion, will consider together.
,. That. with view of establishing a Govern
ment back, il the settled aim and intention OF
the laie Administration 10 overthrow the whole
banking system Of the United States, as existing
in the United States when thar Administration
came into power, beginning with iht Bank of the
United States, end ending with the State banks.
3. That the attack was first confined, from cou-
sideratious of policy. TO the Bank of The United
ates but that after its overthrow
pllshud /, was then directed and has since been
continued, against The State banks.
We are not bound to irqnire into the motives Of
President jackson Tor desiring TO subveu the es.
Iabilshed monetary and financial system v hich he
found In operations and yet somo examination in.
to those which probably Influenced his mind is
not without utility. These 10 be found in his
peculiar constitution aud character His egotism
aud vanity prompted him 10 subject every ,niny
TO his will TO change, 10 remould and retouf ev.
cry hing. Hence he prescription which charac.
tcrized bis Administration, the universal expul-
sion from Office. at home and abroad, Of all Tho
were not devoted 10 him, and the att inpt to
der he EAt cuIve Department OF Government 10
use syorite expression Of his own, complete
unit" HtRce his SEIZURE Of the public deposites
in the Bank of the United States. and his desire
unite the purse with the sw ord Hence his attack
upon ell the systems OF policy which be found in
practical operation-on that Of internal improve
mopts. aud On that OF the protection Of national
ind 10 afed he, he 81
ambition which induced the master mind OF tho
age, Napoleon Bona parte, to impress has name up
on every thing in France. When was III Paris.
the sculWors we're Gusly engaged in ehiselling nut
The famous n, odious 10 the Bourbon line,
which has been conspIcuously carved the pal
ace OF the Tuileres aud ON other public edifces
aud monuments in the proud capital OF France.
When. M. President, shall We see efdced all ira
ces Of the fayages committed b. the admirisira-
ten of Andrew Jackson! Society has been up
rooted, virtue punished, and vice rewarded, and
talents and intellectual endow ments despisee btu-
tality, yulgRrism, aud loco. focolsm upheld, cher
ished, and ceuntensnccd. Ages will roll around
before the moral and political ravages which have
been committed will, fear, cease 10 be discerni-
Bile. General JackSoa's ambition was to make his
administration an era in the history OF the Ameri-
can Government, and he has accomplished that
object Of his ambition but trust that will be an
era 10 be Stunned sad aud lamentabe, and no,
followed and initiated as supplying sound ma1ms
and principles OF administration.
| have heard his hostility to banks ascribed TO
some collision which be had made with Of
them, during the late war, at the city OF New Or
leans; ard il is possible that may have had some
influence upon his mind. The immediate cause.
more probably, the refusal Of that pervcrse
and unacconmodstlng gentleman, Nick Biddle, to
turn out of the office OF President of the New
Hampshire branch of the bank of the Unlied
States, at the instance Of his Excellency Isaac
Hill. in the summer Of 1899, that ciant-like per-
son. Jeremiah Mason-gianl in body and giant in
mind. War ard strife, endless and strife,
personal or national foreign or domestic, were
the aliment of the late Presidents existence. War
against the bank, war against France, and strife
and nitniion with countless sumber of isd-
viduals. The wars with Black Hawk and tho
Seminoies were scarcely luncheon for his vora-
clous appetite. And he made his exit from public
life, deuouncing war and vengeance against Mex
leo and the State banks.
My acquaintance with that extraordinary man
commenced in this city, in the fall of 1915 or 1916.
Ii was short, bu, highly respectful and mutually
cordial | beheld in him the gallant and success
iu general, who, by the glorious victory OF New
Orleans, had honorablv closed the second war of
our Independence and psid him the homage due
10 'id' eHiuthl seiNce' a Iew years aiter, " De-
came my painful duty 20 animadvert in the House
Of Representatives, with the indie peadenoe which
belongs to the representative character, upon some
of his proceedings in the conduct of the Seminole
war, which thought illegal and contrary to the
constitution and the law of nations. A non-in-
'erccurse between us ensued, which continue un-
al the fall OF 1921, when, he being a member Of
the Senate, an accommodation between Us vas
sought to be brought about by the principal par.
Of the delegation from his own State For that