Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-05-07
Eagehela Court House, Sc, May 7, As4o.

4 auu W Which,, tIt tAeHpuO
from duties is more beneficial TO them tina
to us.
What are the oplnions of MIR. Van Buren, o
this subjecti No one knows. say no ou
knows what are the present opinions Of. MI
Van Buren,. We do not know what his pas
opinions are; that he voted Tor the bill ofabom
ilutions, the tariff of lSzei and that lie boaste
at Albany OH his return from Washington. in
public speech, of his unvarylng support ofth
tariff. Ii was then SAID ut the South that IN
gave that vote usaiilst his own opinions, AM
under the coercion Of the legislative ilIstruc
TONS. This never believed. and it has beel
lately charged, and Mr.. Talnladge oftlle Sen
ate referred 10 asauthority, toprore lrom unde
lie nunL OF tIr. V. Buren,. that he wrote to hi
friends III the N. York legislature, that lhuse in
strucilons were only III conformity to his owl
fixed UllInioIis; and II las no: been denied. Al
10 Internal improvements, Gen. h. hu:d:
precisely the opiuuns of Gen. jackson, ihu
Congress possesses the power TO appropriate
muney 10 works Of national character.
; dissent from that opinion. But he is at the
same time opposed tu the exercise of the pow
er. MIR. Van buren processes TO believe thnl
Congress does no; possess the power. hut hab-
itluiy sanctIo1s its exercise. More money
was appropriated for internal improvements in
tue trsl ar Of his administration than was
done IN the Whole four years Of the administers
liom OF Mr. Adams. Now, Iwould rather have
u President VINO admitted the power. but was
hpp"sed To It's exercise, than, one who denied
ta,. power. but habtuailv exertrd it. AS tu i'll
lcrlIal nuproycnts. il is no more Il practical
question itInI would be The embargo, excepf rs
to tile Cunloe land road .ulld harbours. Mr..
| Van Duren sanctions both, OF these / regard
this as sine very worst form in which the power
! can Dc exerted., It is not only Hecesstfily par:
tai AZ ii Is confined in its benefits To the sea.
boa,d but that Is the very reason 'vhera, ,4iroln
vicinity to markets, these improvements are
nol needed, and If they are, the people being
wealthy Call make Them for themselves. 1t is n
ihr reulule interior where they are needed and
where Inc people are generally too poor To-
make tleui.
y Naliollal Bunk-Geu Harrison denirs the
power uutler any express grant in the colist-
liIon, b,p.says, that It.it shall he demonstrated
that the pubic reventrs caumot be collected
without surh an Institution, he thinks that Con-
sress nlay, i'll that event, establish bank. /
nave never sren any man, even Of the strictest
sect who denles the power thusqnnfied. No
Government can exist witIlout rrvenue-i
would not, in such Il case, be question of con.
reLicice, but Of necessity. absolute, imperiluns;
and lnvolsing tile very existence Of the Gov
ernncnt. II Congress Inny moi, in such case,
cnurter Il bank that Cause of the Constitution
Which gives .lll powers, necessary and proper
I" ,hs eSee%or gT1nied n9WeEr' 10Y, ,. h"jv or
sages tnat we have supposed them. 1t was on
thls ground that the charter OF bank in 1916
received the support of Dallas, Crawford.
Lowudes and Calhoun, and the republican par.
ty oil that day; and at u later day il was on this
ground that the consttutionality Of u bank has
been advocated by Mr.. M'Duffie, aud every
leading politician in South Carolina. | ex-
presseI these views I'M letter, published during
my last canvass. / do not, however, think tn"
establishment Of II National Bank within The
powers OF Congress, as no sllch necessity ;.as
been demonstrated; aud do not anticipate any
such. But AIN lot disposed to dcnomnce those
as either KNIVES or fools who think differently.
when | remember, that the first charter was
siSlied III l79l. iuur years alter the adoption q"
the CONSTITUTION, by Gen. Washington, Prrsl-
dent oil the Convention which formed that in
strllnielit with all the debates fresh in his mem
ory-aMd The second ny the great and virlu1l,s
Madison, who was its great architect Nor
nave uny such apprehensionS US some express
OF lie dangers of su III all institution, when re-
member that Of the fity-lhrre years of our nu.
tlunul existence, we have had national bunk
Tor trty years. and that our Ii ,ertes have not
only survived 1t, but no injurious influence was
either exerted ruttrlnpted-and that those forty
yeurs were precisely the period of onr greatest
prosperity and happiness ami ofudyal.ces IN
civilrZalion aud power, unprecedentedsiI the
history of the world; and TINT the 13 years when
we have no such institution, were years of u
niversal stagnation of all the euIploymeuts ut
liIt and ui that sufferings and distress which
| results irou deficient or a vitiaied currency.
do moi doubt that u bank, not sufficiently
guarded, may becomes a dangerous engine IN
| the hands oil corrupt Government, and that
it may be used injurluusly to the South. But,
properly guarded, hayeJust as little doubt that
The chief benefits of such all institution will be
To the South. for the simple reason that the
South is The paying, not the receiving sectioni
aud is therefore mainly interested in having q
uniform currency.
But whatever nuy be the dangers. real oil
supposed, of u NATIONAL Bank, they .sipk into ut
ter rinsigni6cance in compari1onIHltll those o
d Government bank. and that such is The alter
native contemplated by Mr.. Van Buren,, l dc
not tIii..k any longer doubtful; and / think
| have heretofore proven it.
! But it is said that Gen. Harrisonis is an aboli
zionist, aud that il was for that reason that he
has been nominated over Mr.. Cluy-who wa.
so op,,oxiors to the aboitionists, that none
them would vote for him. You cannot have
lf;rsct,en that the very men, and the very press
es, who now tell You this, up TO the very mo
u,ent of the Harrisburg nomination, said thu
Mr.. Clay was an aboIitionist. Now you are
told tIlat he not only Is moi, but is especially oh
iec,ioiable tn the uholi,ionists. Both callnul bt
true. What is it that has so sud 'enIy trans
formed Mr.. Clay from an abolitionist 10 un enc
| my of ahoition3 Twill tell you. He.is III
longer candidate for the Presidecy. He is i,
10 bodys way -and has therefore respite
from calunny. He is now marvellous pIop
er man. But let that llustrious ci'izen-ilus
trious for every great quality That clevales ou
nature, he once more brought before the coun
try, andthe same war of calumny and faIsehoo
will be ugai,i wusrd against him. @