Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-04-04


egard which the citizens Of the several States pos.
,ess FOR each oherAahd that, as the Union was eff.
ected only by spirit Of mutual concession and for
so only can it. be preserved" political
creed more truly Republican and patriotic than this,
think you will agree with me, has never been sub.
nitted to the American people; and it was deli
vered to the world wherftke experience and reflec
ton Of life then but little short of fifty years had
impressed their seal upon his opinions it must, in
candour, be presumed to form the basis Of his pub
lie policy and conduct.
we neN$ 'ember to have perused
touching Wi51 Beautiful a sketch as mi
thsfen erab ~ LIVINGSTON. Good old n,
how'we vsHxate thy virtue how W,
TEEN and a,As to the others, what more
has Gen. Harrison done than Mr.. Van Buren,! Mr.
Van Buren, voted for the worst OF all the Tariffs
the Tariff of 1923, commonly called the Bill Of a.
nominations. Very gross and wanton injustice has
been done Gen. Harrison, BY perverting passage
in an address delivered by him to an agricultural
society in Ohio in 1881, so as to make the impress
sion that he would not be willing to relax or aban
don the Tariff policy ''tii under it's operation the
grass was found to grow in the streets of Norfolk
and Charleston" The truth is that this expression
was quoted BY Gen. Harrison from an agricultural
address of Mr.. James NJ. Garnett of our own State
who had argued that such was the actual effec: Of
OII lll6 NreN I1dTTtSDn,
ding to the argument, declared, if such were really
its effect, then "he would instantly give his voice
for its modification or entire repeal" The senti.
ments of Gen. Harrison are known to be those Of
distinguished iberalty this subject; for in his
Cheviot speech he declares, with much business
of thought as elegance of expression, that seven
in cases where the injurious operation of meas
ure Of the General Government is confined to few,
and it is beneficial to large majority of the States,
he af I,tt1o ne
al rectude in the latter, to countenarce the injury.
On the subject of Internal Improvements, General
Harrison, | apprehended, never gave so strong n
vote in affirmation of the power of the General
Government, as Mr.. Van Buren's vote for the cree.
ton OF tullgatcs on the Cumberland road according
to his own admission was; and if you look into the
recent Report Of the Secretary Of War, you will
find that that officer, the organ the adnIniStro
ton in this branch of the public policy, distinctly
asserts the constitutional power of Internal I'm
provements in the federal government sin regard
to such works are of general utility" while his
statements and remarks show that appropriations
for works of different character have receiv-
ed the official approval and signature of the Presi
dent. Gen. Harrison, in his letter to Sherrud Will
liams, Esq, declares his opinion that mo money
should be taken from the Treasury Of the United
States to be expended on Internal Improvements,
but for those rhich are strictly National, and ncul
Gates with great force, the propriey of orbearance
aud cancellation in regard to power, the exercise
Of which, had produced, and would, doubtless, con.
tinue to produce jealousies and discussion"
Let us now see what foundation there is for the
assertion that Gen. Harrison is in favor of Natl
nnal Bank We have already seen that, in his adj
dress to the voters of the Cincinnati dis riot in 1922
he expressly declared that "he believed the charter
given to the Bank Of the United States was nncon.
stitutional" In his Letter to Mr.. Sherrod Williams.
dent, he would sign bill with proper notifications
and restrictions for chartering Bank Of the Uni
ted States" he replies in the following very spe-
clic and guarded terms-"I would, If it. were clear
y GScsrtainea that the public interest in relation
the collection and disbursement Of the revenue
would materially suffer without one, and there
unequivocal manifestations Of public opinion in its
favor. ! think, however, the experiment should be-
fairly tried to ascertain whether the financial Oper.
atoms of the government cannot he well carried
on without the aid of a National Bank. If it is
not necessary for that purpose, it does not appear
to Inc that one can be conStitnOnally chnrtered.-
There is no construction which can give to the
Constitution which would authorize it, on the ground
Of atfording facilities to commerce." 1t is to be re-
marked that Gen. Harrison here speaks. not Of
what he would recommend. or is personally in favor
Of, but what he would DO. in the event Of bill for
chartering bank, under proper notifications and
TO him for his signature; and even in that case he
says he would sign it only under the special con.
tingences lie enumerates, to wit, that it had been
clearly dScortatned BY experience to be necessary
for carrying on the financial operations of the gov
eminent, and that there were nnqrivocal manifesto
tons Of public opinion in its favor" and, he add>
emphatcally, that unless il should he shown 'tO be
necessary for conducting the financial operations OF
the government, he does not think one can be con Sti.
tutinn, Ilv cha rlered Cynnectinp what Gen Hnr
rson here says with the declaration in his address,
to the voters Of his district in 1922 it is evden'
that his own leaningS deciaadlv against Natl
onal Bank. While this is Gen Harr$0n'S positi.
on on the question Of National Bunk, Mr. Van
Buren, is, we know, actively eXerting all the inll.
ence Of his high Office 70 force upon The country n
great government bank, (under tho disguise of hi,
Subtreasury scheme.) controlled entirely by execu.
tive agency, and thus efactng in the hands Of the
President that union Of the moneyed and political
power of the government, which has ever been he'd
fatal to the liberties Of free people.
This question of Ecs:u,ire Po'osr is, after all
the great and paramount question o' the day,
threatening. as it does the existence Of that civil
and political freedom on which all our institution
repoSe. We have seen what a rapid and alarming
development, by means of party discipline. the
abuse of official patronage. and the new aud extra
ordinary pretenSionS put forth by the President and
his friends, this power has recently attaine! till
the Government has been warped into praclim
monarchy Of the worst sort, in which all power i,
centred in one man, to be used not for tho good of
the people, but for the er:luSiue benefit Of a party
70 correct this prpcedure"-to " restrain Eyecu-
tive power" within its Legitimate bnundS-to bring
back the " administration to republican forms and
principles" and to protect the "purity and indie
pendence of the legislative department" should
now be the object Of every republican patriot, as it