Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-09-29

i"As car"rtng Thpuyh AYERS" irJn pledges OF
every Sort I hcte or~vly and before The world declare n
that will use I'll the r-,Ncr anil insccnce vested N
the oihcc ut President OF thc Union TO ubrrdgc the
power and influence of tkc National Executive, a.
~ ia. oSS'hlc TO dcscuNc iho sensation Produced 10y /
his declar,ito,l T. ths. federalism, lCrics OF no, 40
fnr sevcni s"rcnJSA In the Constitution, that glc,t !
aus charter crou, liberties, ,hcsp Is a defect and that
defect j.. the tern ofscrvicc of tho President was no,
.unitcd. THIS omission - the source Of all the evils
utrlcr vhich the country h laboring. IL the privilege !
OF bcinC President Of tMc United States lad bcculimitcJ !
tn one term, the incumbent wpuld icVote all his iissc I
To the pnhlc Interests, and there World be noscNt,se to
nisrHle iSe country. l shall not animadvcrt on tn
cusdgct 81 the present administration lest you mRy.
in thai case, conceive that I am aiming toe the Prcsi-
lcucy, ~ Use Tor selfish T"prpaSrs. Shoald he an IN
,cresicd witness. m catered lnto The subject. Fat 4
kdgc myscy bqJrc H,dv n Gvi c1-ts. n cicct~i Pre-
-,dSst ofhesc United States. o. Lgy dorr a. nc md of
de term Faithfully h1i high trust AZ ne Eocfof the PEG |
PIE. (iicre the multitude was - excited ~ Ia def !
descriptiun) Igp farther. here declare before this
vast assembly of ,hc Miami Tribe (gteat ~lsushtc)
that IL an elected. no human being shall ever knpN
upn whom | would prefer to see the peoples monte
alt but I shall surrender tais glorious badge OF their
authority inO their own hands icirsiow Il n they
please. (nsne cheersl Il thsie h'i.m! (uu. mo, MOI
Again. in relation TO The charge = beng n fcdcIalsi.
can refer b. the doings previous to, and during, the
late war. The federal party took ground against that
war, and rs a party there never existed a purcT band
Of patriots, Cor when the note oC strife was sounded,
they rallied under the banner OF their country. But
! fAAtA'atN as 'NNN WIN 4 W. NINN tNhf 4 ~ 80 wv
Of than! trhccnng) | WAS denounced IN unmcasurcd
terms - one of The authors OF that war. aud Was held
az by the federal papers of the day "a the marked
object %! the party. | could here mime the man who
came To me, aul more worthy man never lived, tO
say that he was mistaken ia hsyiews OF my poliey.
as Governor Of Indiana, when ] was charged Toy the
frdcralisls rs uSclc,sly involving the country in an In
dian war. lie told mo that acted rightly ia that
m1tter, Sul hat thc war was brought ou hy IN" rs n
matter ofncccssity. (Crcsof-name hun, name him
IL was Mr. Gistpn .rNorh Carolina. CIhree cheers
l. To-. n pruli that l was a felculisii Not no. no.
I have now got nj, nay fell0w-CIuz-ns, of this
hi-UlC~s charge, -uO,-l have not. There are n few
more allegations TO notice. ] avn not u profession.
1 al speaker, not a studied orator; bat | am an old
speak what 'hInk, you Will excuse inc. II | do n
in my own way. tSh,uts of applause, and cries OF
have SAID that here were other allegations to no.
tce. To prove that 4 was a federaist, they asscr,ei
doing 81, violated the principles aud express words
uf the C,nsri, ution' 1 dti MT, fellow citizens, ev-
or parttcipatcia this measure. WhtR thosslawspa pas
sed, was a soldier IN the army OF the United Sta
{ tes! (Applarse.l
Again, thew censure me for nv course in Con
Sress whel IserNed You IN that body as a i,pTescn,
tattve o. the North West Territory. And here /
Will advert to the fact that | represented, Al the
une, n territory comprising now the states oi IN
= dam, ONO, III inois, and Michigan. | vas the sole
"a YoicdsIere cried,- 'aniypuare gong to De again
Tremendous cherTng1 As 1 Understood federal
now. IL was and Is the accunuiation OF power az
the Executive to be usei ana exercised for Is own
4 benent. Was my conduct m Congress then SUCH
as TO cattle me to the appellaiiOn Of federalism
r (Cries OF no, no, no, and cheering J l hal the
honor as ChaITui'n fthe COMMITTEES ia the year
IsOh 10 devise a bill which had for Its 'b-
: iect TO snatch from the grasp Of speculaior-
2 MI this glorious Country winch now teens WITH
rich hlTvests under TIE hands oil the honest, INDUS
trious aud NIrtuyus husbandlncn. upniE"rse cheer
I'nG) Was | a FederalISt thenl (Crss of no, No,
npl When I was GOvernor OF Indiana ask how
{ tho unlimited no ver bestowed upon uic, was EScr-
/ cIsed,-a power ~ high as that exercised 10y the
= present President Of the UIitcd Sta'esl / was
!, their sole monarch of the North West TcrIItOTI
U.aughtcr) Did, discharge my duties ss Cover
nor of that vast territory IN such q way a. To show
that l was IN l)yc with the tremendous powers ia
c vested IN mel (derc some Io0l persons IN one
Z quarter of the crowd raised thei hats IN the AIR aud
o rrn' 1t with shouts Ono, no, M. They were the
4 delegation from Indiana. .his prompt response
II There ~ an essential difference between the PlesI-
dcnt of the United States add me. When he was
Ia the Convention which re Modelled the Consutu
ton of New York. he was for investing. the Cover.
nor with the appoI Itncnt OF the SAcTIhs' When j
! Xas Governor of Indtl1a and possessed the power
= Of appointing all officers, | gave II up 10 the people!
i | n'ense excitement aud great chcGnngJ ! never
u appointed any officer whatever, whl'G Governor of
= ~indItna, whether sheriff coroner, Judge Justice Of
r the peace or ought else, without hTst consulting and
/, OBTAINING the wishes OF the people, CShouts Of AZ.
( Tal-t! NNO, no, naD
tnlnk Iha,e now shown Won, follow citizen
b. cOnclusIyciY, that my actions do not constitute me
a f,I-raiI-t; aud II IS to Them that | proudly Po'nt
as the shield against which the arrows of my cal
uunntLtors wall TALL IN vain. udnInense chcernS).
MethiINs, / hear a soft voice asking are yea ia
e fIvor OF paper money! l AN. (Shouts Of APP
p.dufCJ ii lou "bulu hnoW way a a"l Ut ~ VI
a democrat. ummen sc checuuSl Tine two sys-
tsms are the only mI cans, untcr Heaven, by which
4 a poorun iastripas man may become a rich man
II without bending the SIhee To colossal wealth,
n man, Once in my life WAS, and thea they cheat
. ed me out of every dollar I placed IN their hands.
{Shouts of ~laughIerl And ! shall never indulge IA
4 TINS way aSaini Tor II Is more man pro1a3Ie Ilatl
q shall never again have money beyond the day
4 ten for the s,m aHe re reasno. that tRs snare OF the pre-.
c cious metals, which in the course OF I ade, falls to
: our iot, Is much, less than z Circulating medium
which our internal and external commefc demands,
10 RAISE our prices 10 n level win the pricrs OF Eu-
rope, where the paper system does prevail. There
0 m"st De some planto mnlhply me G2ir ana sllVsr
? which our industry commands; and there - no 9th
n Z: way TO do this, but by a sails banking system
(Great applluSc) | DO not pretend To say that a
perfect system Of banking can be devised. ,Ihere
: IS nothing in the offspring Of the human mlnd' that
D does not SAVIOR of Impericeuyn' no plan oil HnVcTn-
. IN mt or finance can be devised free from defect 90
, After long dcIIbcratiOn, have 10 hopes that this
country can ever 20 on TO prosper under a pure
Z pdor poorer. AMI the rich richer properly devised
> banking system alone, possess the carabillty IF
. br nslng the poor to the level Of lhe nuh. Gre
m"udJJs cheCung.l
= ( have peculiar notionsof government. Perhaps
! may err. / as no statesman by ploiessipn, Tut as
] have already said, ! am a hall solder and n half
{ farmer and il may be, that, # 1 nm elected to the
e first office IN your gift, my icllOw-ciizens Will BE-
y deceived IN me, but | can assure them, that n, IN
carving o their wishes, The head shall err the
heaTt - true IGrcat huZZainG.I
. Ny opinion Of the power Of Congress 10 charter
!, 4 National Bank remains unchanged There Is not
NJ ne CONSTITUTION any express sIdl' u po"oI ipI
such purpose, and II could never be constitutional 10
exercise that power, save IN the event, the powers
{ granted TO JougIess could not DO carried into effect,
n without rcsOrtIng to such an mstHuIon.-IAp -
pianse MIR. Madison signed the law creating O
National Bank, because he thought that the rrvc-
Z MUGS Of the country could not be collected or dis
$ bursed TO the best advantage without the I%ntcfpOsi
= ton Of such m establishment. ! said IN my letter 10
u Sherrod Williams, that, II u was plain that the rev
cnues of the Union could only be collected and dis
hrsed IN the most eh5ctual way by means Of a
? Bank, and II I was clearly Of opinion that a majDri-
! " OF the people Of the Unit0d States desired such
j. an institution, then, and then only would l Sign a
= bill going TO charter a Bank. tSnouts Of applause.
I, ! have never regarded the Office Of Chief Magistrate
as comforting upon the incumbent the power OF
mastery over the popular will, but as granting him
. me power to execute the properly expressed will OF