Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1839-04-25

doctrnos OF VIrginIs-eeesuse ne 70 OPP
posed TO . National Bsnk--to high Ia
riffs, and to the power and expedisney OF
the General Governments engaging IN On
exiravsnt and corruptisg system Of Inter
aal Improvementt--beea use he has hon-
orally fulfilled the pledge be gave be-
fore his elseiion-beeause his messages
breathe the true spint, caught from the
Report Of our General Assembly 10 lsOo:
and because be has conducted Gus AFFAIRS
foreign sad domestic. With wisdoTo.
moders'Hn and Ermness. worthy Of all
praise.
There is, too, smother circumstances
which ought TO bind Southern men 10 hsas
BY indissolubls ties. We allude 10 the
stand he has taken against the insane and
miIohievous designs Of the Aboliiionists.
from the very commencement OF that
fearful excitement. He declared. before
has election. that II he came into the Pres-
idential office, he would feel himself bound
TO veto any bill v hieh interfsrrsd with the
rights IF slave holders ia the Ststes where
the Institution Of domestic slavery existed.
or ia The District Of Columbis. He did
not wait 10 see. whether he could derive
any personal advantage from that fasati-
cal spirit which was spreading so rapidly.
but with q generous devotion 10 tina obli-
cations Of the Constitution and 20 the rights
Of the South. DO placed himself q, once N
incorporating hostility TO . formidabls
and growing faction. and made them has
bitter. unrtlSnting foes. IRON that time
10 :he present. whist others halted and
fingered. be aud his most iniimsts person-
al and political friends, his 'depsndsnts'
and "vassAls" 'as they have been eallod,)
have stood firmly BY Southern men, IN re-
sisting al the attempts made u sgitati0a
by these misguided enthusiasts and their
political prompters, in or out Of Congress.
So notorious 10 this. ttat IL brought upon
him the reprsach from . Wing ex-Prssi-
dent, that he was n Northern maa with
Southern feelings" Thus an appeal was
nsde 10 the anti. slavery prejudices Of the
North SgSinst lie magnsnimous 500, for
doing nothing more. than what justice To
every section Of the Union strictly de-
msnded and we who owe 90 much 90 his
personal and Official influence IN check
ing an outbreak which might have dissolv.
ed The Union. fAlihoUgh It could not have
deprived Us Of our rights are 20 sbsndoo
him on account Of = single difference OF
opinion on point Of questionable policy;
and that. too, whilst The fires Of Adolf
tionism ere still raging Itdoss appear
to Us. that nothing would operate 90 injuEi
ouSly upon the arrangement Of ihis difh-
Gully nothing would tend 90 directly TO
inspire the AbGlitionists uIh hopes Of
eventual success; nothing would 90 sliaa.
ate and distSarten our fsithful DSmo-
cratic friSn6S at the North. who have
stood by US shoulder to shoulder" 81 tie
risk Of their own popularity at home, -
the desertion OF their candidate and our
own. At Tie PreSsnt joneiuts.
| There are persons, however. who insist
that the true isSuc nov 10. "Sub.Treasus
ry. or no Sub Treasury" and that ell
others are subordinate qee-'iong. They DO
not distinctly tell us " hat the other slseTns-
live is. included in the general terms Of
mo sub-TEsssury :" but judging from
y bat has occurred 10 ConEIeis. and fTom
the known repugnsnes Of Wings TO Whst
! they deSignAtsd as the Pet Bsnk system"
except ss "a good bali wsy house. Ws
are left to conclude. that the other alter
nsiive is q Bank OF tho United States. IL
this be so, We are ell prepared 10 JOIN issue
on that question. A majority Of the Goa
vention. indeed. approve Of IbS recon-
msndaiion ofths PRECEDENT 10 the special
session Of Congress. in September. 1871
and as they Tnsy be bfovghi to bear. how.
ever remotely. 90 The ensuing elsetioss.
We may be pArJoned fot ssyipg . few
words 10 their vindicsiicn. in TefeTsBes
70 The cirCumstsness under which they
we're hads. end as sGplsnstofy Of the
measures which actually grew o1t of
/ them.
when SIR Van Bu'en came ialo ofiss
in March. 1897. the Dsposits Banks we're
IN full possession Of the public money 20
tie amount 81 mofs than 80 millions %
dollars. using and dissoUnling il a. II u had
been their osb. They bed succeeded 10
thg trust upon The removal Of The dspos-
i'ss from The Bank Of lle Uniied States. -
No disposiiion existed ., that time. on The
part Of tho Administrator OF iis iIisads.
30 lsras We ever heard. 90 deprivs the So
lvetsd banks Of lhe custody u ibs Fsva-
Auss. although after Gen Cordon in 1854.
/ proposed en- alteration Of The system, Sc
vefal Jisiinguished Republicans express
I ed their hopes that The tins gould
come, vhen We should be SHE 70 6is-
pspso eth ihe agency Of Ell backs. esps-
eially thOss 81 circulation" Oa the cen
irafy. they usTe hssisd With FemsEkable
lbefaliiy and indulgenee, and The pfoba-
biliiy IT, that II they had eoniinusd 20 psy
tier E0iss promptly ~ spesis. The Co
ysfnmcnt weSld have eOntsnisd ilsaif
With recommending. e. Pre,idsnt Jaek-
son Rad done. that abe feleeton ~ tha
deposiisdss, cod TIE duties 70 Be per-
formed BY them. should noi be lea -
iMf Van Bufsa drulra fis gonsfiiationsl pow
ler 81 Congress 10 eaaliish q NaHonsi Baas.-~
De denies, a,so iis constitutional posef 90 sp-
pfOpHaf money for Internal improvements. o.
he i3h Der. seas. be oGsIrd arssoiohoa lhat
roads ard canaia wilh.n h fssraCuFs States p
De rppysrd every apPfopnaa0a f1f ifoag pur-
Posrs, Uh4u ~ was CD Can9faE sra ~ Fxs
lcspi.ou 81 oue % ne Culntrflsnd feat, etleh