The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-02-27

= ting medium: we mus, pass q law :,
thorlzing this. money to be loaned, Il
interest will ease US Of the. spaymer
~ much taxes, and by circulatin
treasury notes or drafts drawn by on
}of these Treasarers upon another, "
VIII have a sound paper currenc,
, good every where ami bottmned o
i metallic basis. This doctrine wi
:. become the democratic doctrine, an
every man who opposes il, will I've d.
li'unced us blnt-bou5ht te isclisl
the law will pass and in due form "
; shall have the Treasury bank; an
whit then?
:; Inc purse an | the sword will be i
n I'll. AMI a power to increase III
! purse as need my require, not bv nd
ding eagles AMI hard dollars to GU
funds, but by issues of paper in sucI
Isllms as my be deemed .necessar,
AMI proper. This hank with It's pc
cunnrv means, and the credit and re
sources It will possess, can either de
Islroy or render subservient to the
views of the Executive any State
B'nks which my be in existence
The whole monied power, not only
OF the federal government, but of al
Estate banks being thus placed in the
hands Of the president, he will be able
tocnntrol the destillies otthe country,
His wiU becomes the law of the
land. He will never again have to
appeal to ':the sober secun. | thoughts
OF the people, to lrry any i;.vorite
measure. His first Recommendation
will always secure its speedy enact
lment into :, law.
In the views which | take of this
subject, MY BE- in error: but they
are sincerely entertained. In the first
instance, | placed my vote ayainstit,
un Ter the belief that sucn were the
sentiments of the p.ople | re PRESENT
ed. Afterward, | was instructed bv
the legislature to continue my opp.,-
,sition. | did SO from conviction
that | was right; and nothing would
give me more pleasure than to- con-
l"rm my vote to your wishes, If the
measure were an ordinary one, or if |
believed the error OF sanctiuniny it
could be corrected: but believing as |
do, that the power once granted to
the Executive can never be recalled.
and thati,s exercise will take from the
people that freedom of thought ana
70: action which alone entities our
government to be considered Free, |
most respectfully. but decidedly, state
that | cannot an wiH not obsy tile in
structlOnS Contained in your second
resolution.
Your third resolution unqualifedlv
condemns the provisions vi a bill of
the last session, entitled, i. bill to pre-
vent the interference OF certain tede-
raj officers in elections, declares the
same to be a violation OF the Consti-
tuition OF the United States. unquaIiti-
eddy condemns the vote gwen III tu.
vor OF said bill by my colleague and
myself, and ins,ructs your Senators
to vote against, and to- use all fair ana
proper exertlons to prevent the pas
sage vi the same, or any similar bill.
When my colleague and myself
gave our votes in iavor of that Till,
we acled under the same solemn
sanction Of an oath to support the
Constitution Of the United States that
the members OF your honorable body
did when they voted in favor OF
this condemnalory resolution. We
had the benefit OF very able ,aryu-
lnents both Tor and against the bills
We examined it with all the care we
could, and came to The conclusion
that II was not Unconstitutional, an n
believing that the prevailing practice
ot the President interfering in eiec.
ti'ns, both State ana Federal, through
the lnstrunentaltty OF officers, wno|
hold their places during his pleasure
called loudly fora remedy, we voted
in favor Of It's passage.
II Your decision Was final, ] would
not be $" childish as to ask OF YOU to
reconsider the constitutional question.
10 men of ordinary capacity, or|
equivocal moral character. l might
make such Il request, from heliel|
that the decision was hastv one,
produced by some extraneuus intlu-
ence, and that Il more Deliberate ill.,
vestigatlon OF the subject might lead
to different conclusion; hut when
reflect that the Lending members OF
that majority which passed the reso-
luton are men us much distins uishedE
by their moral character as bv their
intellectual attainments and deep re-
search on subjects connected With
constitutional law, and see that nv
vote is not only 'scondemned," butt
'unqualifiedIy condemned,n lcannnt
hope that one Ut my humble preten-
s'"ns could urge any thing which
would occasion even IL doubt in your
minds IF the f.nrrartnaS. ~ Y,,,r dol