Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-10-05
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Courl IIou.c, on Wednesday last The number ol
hs audience was no doubt increased by is having
been ann1aneed far some days Previous ia his arm
va, that Mr. Reuben Davis one Of tie WING can
dda:es lur Congress, was 10 reply TO Mr.. Blown.
Al the hour ol eleven, the tavern bells having gyon
ile customary notice for public meetings, we repair
ed 10 The Court House. where lpr the first time we
had The pleasure OF seeing Gen. Brown, with 81 hose
appearance and department, We were equally wei.
pleased, as with the very able, arguuenlatyr, and
| eloquent speech which We had ,he pleasure Of hear.
ing hm deliver. The GEN commenced by ewing
his audience dcla Of historical facts counccred
with the HrmOtun Of our Government and If The
Convention that framed The constitution. He shaved
from documentary evidence uudcu,auc HAT. in la-
ming that instrument, (Which every hover 81 his
country ought to assist ~ preserving iugi.alc llon
the unhaIlowrd hand, those who would peryeil It's
meaning by forced ana atdHduous constructnu.)
tiluse win cherished monarchal principles, with
Hamilton ot their head, cudcatured To tneral on it
the power, 10 The general government, OF creating
cotporatons, which was in every Instance, and IN
every shape that It was presented, voted down by
the almost unanimous vote Of the members OF that
august body, and that IN consequence Of thai p.opo.
sllion having been rejected by the Convention, Mr.
Hamilton retired from il "in disgust" as Ire himself
expressed IT, lie then read extracts from The first
laws Of Congress, IN 1859 and 90 10 regulate Tie
collection Of The duties imposed by law on tn ton.
mage Of ships and vessels. goods, wares aud mcr-
chandzc imported into the Uniltd States, in which
i 10 expressly stated that all tees and dates due to
the government Shall b. paid in gold aud siirer com,
proving by the clause Of the constitution which
makes go and silver coin the only legal tender IN
payment IF debts and aSn hy the FIRST statulcs
passed under the Administration OF Gen Washing.
ton, dat the trainers Of the Constitution and Of tie
first statutes for HE collection Of the revenue, were.
(as Mr. Webster declared N 1916, when opnosine
National Bank onConsitulona grounds "haid mo-
hcy men. lis argument against the constitution
atty Of National Bank was as ubIr, clear and
Conclusive, as any we have ever heard. ln addition
TO the many Arguments which have been used by
Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Van Buren, Benton.
Sc, Mr. Brown advanced one which is 10 us en-.
| lireiy new, aud which we think must satisfy any one
'hat IS NOT biased by party prejudice that a bank
created rs lcca agent of the government is pa'pa-
| bly, unconstitutional; II is as follows: Congress can
create offices bal not officers; Congress can declare
that The public MONEY shall be kept in any way o.
N any place that it may deem proper; bu, congress
cannoi say, Nat any Bank, (Which is beng knowf
To the aws) or that any Individual Whatsoever, slal
be the officer to Gil that office, because by doing So
provsmn If the constitution which expressly saws
Yah officers nr agents of the government SHAH lt
appointed BY The President b, and with the advIc,
and consent oil the 81 nate" We ask, then, if Con
gress should create Bank TO act as fiscal agent o
he government, fit would not usurp the power
vested by The Constitution ii the President and Sc
mater
The Gen. explained with mitch cearness and fore
the hghNng Influence which National Bank h
ever had upon Southern Commerce the meyjtlh b,
tendency it must have 10 concentrate trade d, III
the north, and thereby cause our southern cities
auGuish as they had done during the existence OF
, bank. The great argument in favor of Nations
Bank, Z" that ol controlling and regulating eXchar
: gts, was met by reading a comparative table
exchanges in 1895 ten years after tie Bank wei
into oprraton) and 1855, which showed that Il
average rate orcNchangcs between the several stat
was altogether N favor OF the latter period, altloul
= the currency Of the country was then N nut
;, more dcranGed condition than ii Is at this day.
| a ~,
y ahty and eNpedency he (Gtn, Brown took up t
v mach abused, because little understood sub-lrtaS
bill, he showed that Il was not "the horrible ih,ac
which Wig orators the day would lain make t
world believe it To be, for as il happens, il Is onl,
remnddlhs ol ihe very same system, a Separac
= of Bank aud Sat) which was adopted by e.
OF Washington, and his administration mmcdat
0. after the adoption Of the CONSTITUTIONS; that as
economy, safety, sc. bank bad no advantage %
il, but that the sub treasury had The unquesliuna
/. advantage ol being ~ strict conformity with Tie
ter and sp,rn Of The consultation. That as 10
Il cry Ct itr uniting the purse aud the sword, i, was
:, >enSeesS II was UNJUST for the president, or
o.her officer Of government, could not obtain
doi,ar out OF The Treasury, whether The funds "
" kept BY bank, ar N possession Of officers known
O. the government, as in either instance. law ole
e. ar,ss had to be passed making the appropriate
;. before one cent could be touched.
II The next subject touched On was our local c
IN reucy, he said that the eSeSscs Of blinking il
.n winch the state had run, was not 10 be altuhu
q. 10 cher wings or eemoctatS exclusively; tina
=, ,hls policy they had all been at fault, nor sand
can tie people blaine their representatives. ior CT
ting banks, Tor il is well known that IN days gone
a candidate avowedy against creating banks, ST
NC bu, little chance Of being elected; let Us mol then
a. Oh crimnatiug and recrmna,ing each other, but
r. rs ar act like men, andacknowIrdge we were wto
d. m supposing VIC could bank the state out Of de
es , ~ return 10 honest industry, study rigid eccna
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