The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-16
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of the disastrous experiment on the national cur
rency, has almost suspended the operations of in
dusty, paralized the energies OF enterprise, Civ
en- shock to public and private credit, and can
not fail to spread dismay throughout the land
Nevertheless the party press, and the creatures
Of the Executive in Congress, hail the act as the
harbinger of an efiectual financial revolution in
the country. Indeed, the empty demagogue from
Ohio denounced on the floor of the Senate yes
terday, all systems of Banking, and.plainly init
msted that his voice was but the breath Of the
President and his advisers.
And is 1t not humiliating to our nature to be-
hold statesmen of exalted public character, and
private worth, avowedly identified wit, all Mr..
Van Buren's measures and aspirations, who but
yesterday denounced him as an unchastened pol
itician, full OF sinister designs, the marked pas
sagcs of whose political life had been alike dis-
tinguished, for personal treachery, and unmiti
gated hostility to the best interests OF the coun-
try? The lofty Nullifer of the Senate but few
years since in torrent of burning eloquence, ar
raigned the predecessor of the present Executive
for a wanton violation of the national faith in
removing the public moAies from the Bank Of the
U. States, and pronounced his attempt, through
the Secretary OF the Treasury, to control tn;
finances Of the country, an exercise of power not
conceded to Linn by the constitution or the laws,
and in derogation of the rights and liberties of
the people. He, moreover, recognised the pow
er of Congress over the public purse, and conf
IDENTIFY asserted, it could not be exercised by
coordinate branch of the government without
compromising the dignity of the Legislature, and
openly dcfying the solemn provisions of the con-
stitution
The great Southern Senator processes to bethe
peculiar advocate Of state and popular rights
He holds that the sovereign power resides exclu-
sively in the people, and that the rulers con-
fessedly but trustees of the States the people,
exercising. delegated portion of their power,
limited strictly to the subject or object of the
| trust.
| think can explain the matter. There is
subsisting understanding betweenthe parties, that
after 1912, the tariff ON imports shall be utterly
abolished, and direct tax collected for the sup
port of Government. The Secretary Of the Trea-
sury, in his report to Congress, the speech of Mr.
| Rhett, of South Carolina, and the remarkable
decision of the Committee on Manufactures, in
refusing to make call upon the Secretary for
the adjustment of plan in relation to tariff to
| be submitted to the next Congress-all give CO.
lor to this general impression, and cannot fail to
arrest the attention of the people of the United
States. You viii also be surprised to learn that
Mr. Calhoun is aware of the extraordinary in
structions of MIR. Van Buren,, through his Secre-
| tary of the Navy, in relation to the black wit
nesses in the case of Lieut. Hooe Although the
'.Globc" and the ssEnquircr" are free to disclaim
all knowledge and responsibility the part of
the Executive in this matter, can assure you on
the highest authority, that JAMES K. PAULDING,
under his proper sign manual, as Secretary of the
Navy, not only approved of the introduction Of
negro testimony on the trial in Pensacola, but
especially instructed the Judge 9dUocate to er-
anime the negroes, naming them as such!!-
What will the people Of Virginia, and of the
South generally, think of this deliberate viola
ton of the laws and rules of the Navy If Mr.
Van Buren, can, with proprety, introduce black
witnesses to testify against white citizen, before
Court Martial, held in any of the Southern
States, he can also instruct his District Attorney
in that State to examine witnesses of like caste,
in all cases in which the United States shall be
party.
Every day furnishes new proof of the design
to concentrate all power in the hands of the Ex
ecutive. The Congress of the United States
have become the degraded ministers of his will.
and with the holiness of infatuation, he usurps
the powers and authority of his subordinatcs.-
In opposition to the views of the Secretary of
State, Mr.. Van Buren, supplied the vacancy of
| Chief Clerk in his Department, by the appoint
ment of pensioned party hack, and without the
knowledge or consent of Mr.. Lewis, the 2d An
ditor, he thrust INTO of his principal Clerk
ships, raw relation from Undertook. | be-
lieve Mr.. Van Buren, is the only President Of the
United States who has attempted to control and
advise the appointment of the Clerks in the
various Departments; and it seems to me sue-
cially degrading to Heads of Departments and
Bureaux patiently to submit to it.
| have watched with painful anxiety the dar-
ing movements of "the party" during the current
session of Congress, and have witnessed with the
proudest exultation the mastery efforts of the
opposition in both Houses, to expose the frauds
and corruption of the administration, and to vim
dictate the honest old farmer of the North Bend
from their perjuries and subordination of periu-
| ny: While listening to the powerful and patri-
otto appeals of the Wings, felt proud of my
country. For time forgot her wrongs and
her degradation, and was ready to exclaim-
ssNever will despair of the Republic"
Before conclude, pernit me to pay passing
tribute to the Committee of Claims Notwith-
standing the laborious and important duties de-
volved upon this committee, the members for the
most part during protracted session of nearly