Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-10-23

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not within the competency of Cohgress.
because not expressly GRANTED. ss,, : eo,l.
sta that there is not fnl riQ1eii that BODY
q charter a National 1an "a the fiscal
agent,of the Govemmmt. RFanted
powers 4 10 borrow muuay.,s 4 % 'lava and
collect taxes, duties andir 8sts, 2 s.to nav
the debts Of the United ates, /" and. ssto
coin money and regulate IS value there.
of" are all ends fopthe pnOlion 81 carr
fying into eject of whicttlse charter of 4
National Bank may Be- iecessarv and
propeF, aud therefore eonsitniional means.
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II viii be seen fran the maexed axtiele
that one ofouncitizeus has had personal
hlfaFcation with tie great Ifish AgilatOr
0'ConneiL ~ d hgg eg,'
Fromlke Gal Bi's Messenger.
In O'G0NNELisBA9R spERcR AT Bin.
AtfNeHAM.--We~ hasten at the request d
the writer, to insert To following. The
speech TO which it replies appeared incur
journal on Tuesday lasis aa
Tie notorious Daniel O'ConnelI in q
-speeclf deIiVeredat Birmingham at the cell
ebration Of the negro emancipation in the
West Indies on the Isl inst., smong other
things took occasion 10 make the following
statement. :" | was going INTO the House Of
Commons the other eVeHing, when tai
gentlemanly looking man, lean, and lank
addressed me-'sSir, am stranger, and
wish TO see the HouseOf Commons. re.
piled, i will do what can TO aecommo
date stranger. You are an American!
Yes, from Alabama. 'And sIaye.owner
i presumed? Yes Then / will have
nothing TO do with you.' Now, scarcely
one word of this is trues and I.hasten tc
clear all Americans, especially Southern.
ers, from the gross aspersion which il i'm
Piled in the statement, that any American
could for a moment so far forget himself
as to ask Of this reckless calumniaior the
slightest favor. This think the greater
duty, as the above, statement is published
in all the London and Paris papers, and
displaying as it does a species Of malignity
entirely novel, is read by all. The oc'
currence which he pretends to relate, and
which he has so grossly mis.stated, hap
pened to myself, and is as follows:
1t was on Saturday eveniny succeeding
the coronation Of the Queen of England,
when supPosing neither house Of aria
ment in session, had gone down to the
House Of Commons, intending to look at the
interior Oft and theHouse Of Lords. When
| reached the door of the House of Com.
mons, the door.keeper informed me that
the Commons were in session: at the mo-
Raent he 9pOintedaout Daniel 0'Connell
;. ,----s..s,, 1lrllr
give me an order to hear the debate if
would ask him. i had hardly time to
reply that should do no such thing, when
having arrived, the door-keeper said to
him, 4Mr. O'Conneil, have you a spare
order for this gentleman Remembering
as | did his former calumnies upon the
Americans, / should have forgotten both
the respect to my country and to myself
if | could have accepted an order from
him; and 4 at once said TO him-'Sir, an
an American, and a SoutheFnor. This
intelligence which / gave himhe has made
his own. sagacity supply.) He replied
You are then from a Slave-holding state
yes, from Alabama. You are slave.
holder yourself / presume? 'Yes.'a'Ther
/ cannot give you an ORDER :Sir,' / re
piled, sit was the door-keeper who asked
you; no American would ask or receive
one from vou
The character of this man is held il
very much the same, estimation in Eng
land and America. Ia proof of this
could cite MANY facts, some of which oc
CURED under my own eye; but have NJ
disposition to add to that weight Of ipfamy
which time and his own exertions are 81
rapidly accommodating upon him. Certain
it is, that this gratsiitous insult and outrage
upon the feelings of a foreigner, must add
to that infamy, and be doubtless regarded
by all enlightened Englishmen with thai
disgust which oss al-bFeeding is at al
times calculated to excite; and were any
nation to avow the principles upon which
this man processes to act, # could be con
>idered in.ho other light than nation q
Savages. The opinions of such man
America, know, regards not. 10 say
nothing of his moral reputation, he ha'
shown himself totally unac4uainted with
& utterly incapable ofappreciating the M
meTous and important considerations ap
pertaining to American slavery. Still M
duty and my feelings urge me to disayoV
/ an bahalf af all Americans. even the possi
bility that any one Of them could 50 fal
forget himselfas to seek the slightest favol
from this slandererof our common com
TRY.
H. JsIlARWELL,
Of Mobile, Alabama.