Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-09-14

this Pssels If this place, ut the coul
House, on Wednesday the llsbinsh tn
Co.. ~ apparently 10 good health, but ',
ry low IN sPiti,s,tao alipsion to the gallo
law.) Ne was evidently engaged in a
uphill business; for his manner and Ar
pearahce gave indscatioEs that he kne'
he could not succeed, He spoke Of hi
belief ip the principles that brought Gen
jackson into power, but did not explain
why he gave his support to John @. Ad
ans; he said, however, that he preferre'
the man. But he did not once allude 4
the "Proslanasion and Force Bal," o
which he was jealous supporter. HI
eulogfsed Henry Clay and Daniel Web
ster, and scolded Van Buren, numerically
He read from the speeches of Bond, South
gate, and other federal champions; and
from the Richmond Whig,' Courier and
Enquirer The STAR and such modern
unprincipled federal prints, to show the
"proAigate expenditures Of this govern
ment,"as ne called them. The Col. han
cuttings from Wing newspapers pasted in
a book, which he uses for the purpose Of
quilting, but itdoes awkardly. He still hangs
with tenacity to his old scheme ofinternal
improvemcnts--to the banks, although he
acknowledged he knew when he was vot-
ing for them that they would produce the
effect they have!-he went for the Post
note system he said, but condemned the
policy! and spoke in complimentary
terms of Thomas Jefferson, but strange to
say, in nearly the same breath, declared
himself in favor Of United States Bank :.
The COL said he believed il both constitG-
tional and expcdient. Regarding the con-
stitutionaIty, we would refer the reader
to Jefferson's works, Vol. 4, page SOC,
where his opinions are expressed in the
following language:
among the enumerated powers given
% Congress, was one TO erect corpora
ions. 1t was on debate struck out. Sc.
'eral particular powers we're then propo-
'ed. Among others, Rober: Morris pro-
,osed to give Congress power to establish
National Bank. Go lernor Morris oppo-
ed it, observing that it was extremely
Iorbtful whether the Constitution they
sero framing could ever be passed at all
" the people Of America; that TO give it
is best chance, however, they should
make il az palPable as possible, and put
nothing into il not very essential, which
night raise up enemies that his colleague
Robert Norris well knew that ga bank"
vas in their State (Pennsvlvania) the We
y watshword of party; that bank had
,ecn the great bone ofcon'cntion between
he two parties olthe State, from the es-
Of their Constitution, having
Been erected, put d,wn, and erected again,
rs either party preponderated that, there
fore. to insert this power, would instantly
enlist against the whole instrument, the
whole Of the anti.bank party in Pennsyl-
vania. Whereupon il was rejected: as
was every other special power, except
that Of giving copyrights 70 authors. and
patents to inventors; the general power
Of incorporating b,iNs witttled down to
this shred"
No, no. say the Wings, we can't believe
Jefferson, for A. l.. Bingaman says il is
the very thing. Speaking of the ekpen-
ditures Of tina general government, be fer
got to tell us that
VT there have hsen unnecessary ex-
penditures by the Governmental g. when
were there not p the remedy is at all times
within our reach, by the selection of Re.
representatives. pledged to low tases and
moderate expenditures. The President
mas not expended, and cannot expend, a
single dollar, not directed to be expended
BY express laws of Congress. The heads
Of departments under his diFsstion, have,
aRauslIy, submitted estimates Of The me-
csssaFy appropriations. Congress has di-
rectsd him to cypead in the last 2 years,
thirtyssjy millions over and above the es-
timatss gubriitsd, With Congress rests
ths responsibility Of this increase, and
With our opponents In Congress the re-
pponsibiljty not only Of having unitedly
voted for it, and thus oysrborBe the great
body Of the republican nsmbsrs who stood
ont pgainst it, but Of hpving voted for a
still fOrther increase Of more than ten
millions, the vary laSt session, which was
prevented only by the uptiring and vig,
liant opposition Of the republican, pNEty.yr
Under thsSe oiraun stances, we can Judge
whatheF we ara likely TO gain any thing,
even In this respect, by taking power from
the party lsrgs majority Of which have
opposed an increase Of expenditures, and
giving 1t to party which has in . body
advocated the largest increase, aud whe-
ther the true rcmedy ID not 10 hold our
Representatives iadiridually ysaponsihIe
for tho manner in which they vote away
thsppblic wonoy,n
Wa hnw0 n few nofaa takau wh;l. -