Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-10-03

very sort. ! here openly and before tbc World declare =
hat l Will use all the rowe and influence vested va
Office of President Of the Tuiuu TO abriige the
power and influence uf the National Executive! Ot
~ impossible % describe tho sensation produced hy !
this declanton) 4 this federalism (Cues ct no, no
ios several srconds) la the Constitution. that clori-
Gus charter -four liberties. there i. a defect. and that
defect j., the Term uiservicc of the President was NOT
limited. This omission j. the source of all the evils
under which the country IL laboring. n the privilege
If being President oi the United States had bccnlimited
to one term. the incumbent would devote all hs time
10 the public interests, and there would be no cause to
misrule the country. I shall not animalvert on thu
conduct of the present administration lest YOU may,
IN that case, conceive that | am aiming TOR the Presi-
dcncy. 10 Use ior selfish purposes. should be an in
teresied witness, III entered into IN. subject. Bat 4
ELeigs myself before Hcau ~ aad ca IN. If Eccfof Pre-
rtdeHt 81 these tStfof STATES, 10 LIT d0un az ne nd Of
The term JditJuuy that high trust al she Cctof he PEG
PIE Clierc the multitude was 80 excited as to dely
dc-cription) go farther. l here declare before tins
vast assembly OF the Miami Tribe (grcat lauehtcrl
that i'll am elected. no human bcin, shall ever know
upon whom ] would prefer To see the peoples mantle
fall; but ] shall surrender thIs giurious badge of their
authority into their own hands To bcsiow Il ~ they
please (nine chcers) l. IA : federalism tnu. no. MOI
again. m relation To- the charge of beng 4 icdcrlisi.
! can refer 10 the dongs previous To, aud during. the
late war. The federal party tpok ground against that
war, and as n party there never existed n purcr hand
OF patriots, for when the note Of strife was sounded.
they rallied under the banner of their country. But
patriotic rs they were, | do know ha, I traS nat one
Of them! (cheering) Was denounced in unmeasurcd
terms rs one of the authors Of that war, and was held
up by the federal papers of the day a. the marked
object OF the party. | could here name The man who
came to me, nnd a more worthy man never lived. to
say that he was mistaken in hs views Of my policy,
a Governor Of Indiana. when | Was charged hv the
Gederalsls as usele-sly involving the country in an In
dian war. lie told me that I acted rightly in that
matter. aud that the war was brought on by me as a
matter ofneccssiy. (Cuesof-name him. name him
Il was Mr.. CASTOR .fNurh Carolina. CThroc chccrs)
l. tins n proof that | was "A iclemlisi' NO. no, no.
I have now got mi, INV fcllow-cItIz. rs, of this
baselcss char-c,-nO,-l have not. There are a few
more a'lcsatous 10 notice. I am not n profession
al speaker. not n studied orator; but | am an old
snidlc aud \ farmer, and as my sole object IL To
SPEAK whatl 'hInk, YOU will excuse me, If | do II
the old soldier ami farmer for us)
1 have said thatthcre were other allegations 20 no.
tcc. To prove that was n fcderalist, they asserted
that | supported the alien and sedIuon laws, and in
doug so, violated the principles and express words
of the Constitution ! dad MT, fellow citizens, ev.
er parucipatcin this measure. NhtH those laws pas
sei, was a soldier IN the army OF the United Sta
tes! tApplarse.l
Again, they censure me for my course in Con.
grcss when L.served YOU IN that body as a Icprescn-
tauve % the North West Territory. And here |
will advert To the fact that | represented, Al the
Time, a territory comprising now the States of IN.
diam, Ohio, II inOis, and Michigan. | vas the sole
! reprc sentative Of that immense extont Of country.
! CA voice here crueG,-"and YOU are going To be again."
Tremendous chcCrngD As I understood federal
ism To be IN ITS origin. so I understood il TO he
nav. IL was and - the accu nulouon of power IN
the Executive To be used ana exercised for its own
benefit. Was my conduct IN Congress thea such
as 10 entitle me 10 the appellauon Of federalism
! (Cres OF no, no, no, and cheering | hal the
honor rs Chairman ofthe COMMITTEES ia the year
1907 10 devise a bull which had for its 'b-
rect to sliaich from the grasp oil spectators
all this glorious country which now teens with
nch haTNgsts under the hands oil the honest, ina -
tHous aud Nirtn!us husbandmen. NmHI"nso cheer
ing Was ] a FederalIst thcn2 (Cucs OF 40, me-,
no) When / was Governor OF Indiana. ask how
the unlimited power bestowed upon me, was 'Ner-
ciSed,-a power as In IN As that exercised by the
present President Of the Ut Itcd Staresl | was
| their sole monarch of the North West TvrntuTNi
(Laughtr) Did ] discharge my duties as Cover
nor OF that vast territory ia such a way ~ To show
that / was IN love w,tu the tremendous powers in
.estsd IN mel (Here some 1000 persons Ia one
quarter Of the crowd raised thCi mats ln thc air and
rent II with shouts os-no, no, NJ. They were the
rom 50 many persons Produced great sensaupn.)
There Is an essential difference between the Presl-
dent OF the United STATES aad me. When he was
hlhe convention winch re'nodeiled Tue Conslltu-
ton OF New lork. he was tor investing. the Cover
nor with the appointment o! the Snentts' When |
was Governor ul lndiaaa and posse SD me power
OF APPOINTING all officers, | gave ltup to the people!
In'ensc excitement aud great chceHnEJ l never
appointed any OilceT wnaieNeF' VINE governor Of
Indiana, whether sheriff coroner, Judge Justice If
the peace or ought else, without hrst consulting and
obtaining the wishes Of the people, lShOuts II ap.
piause) Was this an evidence that / was a tcde-
raisul no, no, no
I think have now shown YOU, fellow CITIZEN
conclusIvciy, that my actions do not constitute mc
a federalism aud II u To them that ! proudly pornt
a. the shell against wnicn the arrows of NV ca
~. - '"AA ~ ''ths '''''' ~
Methl1Ss, ! hear n soft voIcc ASKING are yru ~
iiv"r OF paper money! l AM. %N>houts of ap-
piaure) tyou would know why | am m favor Of
The credit system, | can only saw, It u because | am
a acmOcrat. Immense chccnngl Vhe TWO sys-
ems are the Only means, unler iel'eh, by winch
a pOoTun iusirOus man may become a Ttch man,
without bending the kneo TO colossal wealth.
lcheerng.l But with all this, an not a Bank
man, On-Cln my life ! was, ana inca they cheat
"a me out of eycry dollar ! placed IN their hands.
,Shouts of laughIer) And I shall never lndulg, IN
tnls wiy agaIni for Il Is more Than probable hat
snail! never again have money beyond the days
wants. Bat 1 am IN favor of a correct banking sys-
TEN for the simple reason, that he share of tie pre-
clous metals, which in the course Of tade, falls TO
our lot, ~ much less than a circulating medium
which our internal and rXternal cymuner demands
To ratsc our prices 10 a level with the prices Of Eu-
r0Tc, where the paper system does prevail. There
must be some plan 10 multiply Ihg, COLE aud silver
winch our industry commands aud there = no Oih-
e. way 10 do this, but by a safe banking system
NIreat appI1usCl ! 10 not pretend 10 say that n
perfect system Of banking can be- devised. There
; nothing ~ the offspring 81 the human MAD, that
does not SAVIOR Of InIperecu1n' No plan OF govern
m mt OF finance can be devised free rom defect -
Ailcl long dciIoer1tIon, j nave no hopes that THIS
country can ever 20 on 20 prosper under q pure
specie currency. sub a currency bat makes the
pGOr poorer. an the rich richer ApTopCrly devised
banking system alone, possess the ca ability If
br nginE tie poor 10 the level Oi the nch. IRE
ncud0Ts chccrIngl
/ nave peculiar notions OF government. Perhaps I
may err. ! ar2 no Statesman by profession, but az /
have already said, am a hail soldier and n half
farmer and q may be, that, II i am elected 10 the
Irsi once IN your gift, my iellow-ciuzcIls will be
deceived IN me, but | can assure them, that II, IN
CdIISlnI OF tlclr wishes, the Hedu Sldll err, lHc
heart Is true. iGrcat huzZaIngl
Nv opinion Of the power Of Congress TO charter
a Nauonal B.nk remains unchanged There H. not
N he Constitution any express grant Of power for
such purpose, and 70 could never be constitutional 20 /
exercise that power, save 90 the event, the powers
granted Co { OugIess could not be carried INTO effect, /
without rcsorunS 10 such an nsutu. MA !
ptause.|-MT. Madison signed the law creating a
National Bank, because ne thought that the rrv,-
rU's Of the country could not be collected or dis
.urscd 10 the best advantage without the intcGpusL I
ton Of such an establishment. | said IN my letter TO /
SherIOd Williams, that, u u was plain that the rev.
cnuss Of the Union could only be collected and dis
hurScd ~ the most ef'ctual way by means at a .
Bank, and II | was clearly Of opinion that a wairrI-
~ of the people Of the United States desired such
an institution, then, and then only would / -Ign n
PHI S'In- 10 charter a Bank. lSIOuts Of applause
l nave ncy.r regarded he Office Of Chef Magistrate 4
as cOnierring upon the incumbent the power 0t
mystery over the popular vii, but az granting MIN
tIe powrf 10 exe-ute the properly expressed will Of