Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-11-05

,-sI,N 5 oFcoIumn Q, Of the reply. We I
g N ~, take Judgment by default las the
" y -, s = 10 the decision Of the Su.
prtne court upon the cons1I1nsionap'y %
= ffnitsl States Bank. [See paragraph ., Il
ofFoIJnn 2, of,he roplyJ We are also
eo';,Ie 70 Judgment on the argument
Trbyiry the FIRST Bank Charter constilu'
,s;anal e showing that It was necessa' ny
.roa,,en:,t according 10 the authors un-
derstading Of those words, lnasmucn US
he has,ot replied thereto. Inc wri.ef
has in tho 5th, 9th and 18th paragraphs,
colnmto Of his reply, fallen into sad
blnude. He pretends that we used the
nya,mia &c the first Bank Charter to
nrove Ant the Bank was necessarily con-
renientif he will give our answer Sc,
cond reding, we doubt not that ne VIII
pereeig that the preamble was used by US
solely or the purpose Of showing the
,alsav ri his assertion that ''there was not
! clans, nor n word in the whole charter
of the fst Bank from which conjecture
could 4 drawn. that it was created 10 and
the goprnment in its fiscal operations. =
That II. preamble is the place to ascer.
! tain th:obIect for which law IS created
is know 10 every tyro in the law, and the
very optatlon from Kent made by the
wri,ef hows that the 'scope and Purport
of the at and the inducements winch lea
to its tnactment" must be ascertained
| from th,preamble. When the author OF
the pam,hlet, therefore, asserted thai there
was nota word 10 the charter from which
a CONJECTURE could be drawn, that It was
crea,el.o aid the Government in It's hscal
Operations" we showed him that he erred
by retiring him to tho preamble. But TO
prove hat the first Bank was constitution.
/ al. onhs own ground Of its being neces.
sarilv convenient, we used the argument
alluded % and misappled by him in the 9th
paragraph of column 2, of his reply.
The writer instead of answering oul
argumelts, has chosen to perycrt anc
6 misappk them. An abandonment Of tho
, field of Jain and honest argument is tan
, tamountto confession of the untenablt
) nature Of the cause espoused-and cling
ing to aposition after its falsity has beer
) shown proves the overweening influence
of prejudice.
/ In the next place the author meets wit
: our refttation of his notion that the Ban
! of the United States was an officer. Lik
a skilful General who makes an unsuccess
full attach upon the ramparis Of a fSrtifico
!. ton, he haagos ms position and endeavor
J. to elude our argument showing that tn
!. Bank was not an officer, by endeavorin
r to raise anew question about the power {
e Congress 10 lend money. When We 81
G out in fnnt for fox we cannot conser
o to end the chase by catching rabbit
n The writer must either stand by his pos
@ ton that the Bank was an officer or giN
il up as untenable before he can divert OF
o attention by starting new questions
q When the writer asserts that We have sd
j. ''that Congress shall have power to lay ar
5 collect taxes, &C., in order to lend Il
V money arising tberefrom TO Bank,
e asserts that for which he has no authorit.
The writer's instance TO show thatthe Bar
e is dis5ursing officer in paying off ship
II crew in the Mediterranean, betrays the po
erty of his resources. lis feeble efleC
). standing upon his bare assertion, ought
e remind him that he has planted his bate
h against another part Of the fortificatIC
a from which he ought TO shift his posltio
D In the second paragraph from the be
e tom ofcolumn 2, the writer holds over
II the terror of his threatening wrath. 1
e declares that If we will come out over o
. Town signature and ayow the opinions co
If tanned in the paragraph, in the third &C
v umn Of the second page of our answ
!. beginning with s'the author asks in Il
e 1mph," he viii make us sorry that we eW
IS offered 10 represent this county in Il
I'll Legislature" We would be pleased
d know why the writer wishes to hold
I" up before the public as the whitening Vi
IS tim of his vindictive vengeance. v
:. would also be pleased to know wi
}. it is that he makes so loud a threat al
I'll yet las not ventured to attack solita
r. position in that part of our answer. II
o Wanting spirit of this paragraph won
e come with better grace from the king
o of the closed vizor.
We regret that for want of sine, v
V cannot travel with the author through b
J. reply. We have yet to notice the writer
{, hard money laws Of 1889 and 1890; b
d before we breach that favourite suble
e we must give the writer credit for his ne
IF idea of circulating medium. We Col
fess that the idea of sending cotton +
l. ceipt from Charleston South Carolina,
o Columbus 10 buy house and thence
) Kentucky 10 buy cotton bagging, al
IS thence to buy for the manufacturer OF Il
5, bagging a new supply of hemp is ono
= which we have never before dreamed.
e the writer should favor us with anotl.
essay upon commerce, we will be pleas
IS to know byiwhat means the man in Ke
: lucky would get the change if he wish,
e to lay out only one half of the cotton I
d ceipt? Must cotton be packed in lar,
h bales and little ones, in order to answer
;. value to our dollars, bits and picayunc
which the writer declares in his pamphl
IS are not essential 10 commerce?
. Now for the hard money acts of It's
r. and 1890. and the glorious gold and silv
]. clauses which, like jack. wiih-lanthern
j. a rainy night, have led the writer into SUI
id bogs and morasses, swamps and bri
er patches of justification, that he cannot
ID tinguish a skeleton from living ma
d. nor the dead statutes Of 1889 and II
to from the living actuof 1899.
Of In the FIST paragraph Of the wliter
e. reply he betrays some faint concepts
90 that the acts of 1889 and 1890, have be