Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-05-15
from KsndsRs EIpos,Iof, Exual
THE CRISIS.

!, he President of the Unred States;
B. The Prsndsnt Of the U. States Of .imsrieG.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas sundry important and wslghty mat
,,,, principally growing out OF the condtLon Of I
!. revenue aud finances Vt the country, appear {
!. ma 10 call Tor the consideration OF Congress Sl
!, ..rlet day than us next annual SESSION. and
IA, form an extraordinary occasion, such as rem
I,rs necessary in my judgment, the convention
oflhs two Houses IS SOON as may be Pracncable'
la. therefore, BY this my Proclamation, convene
b. Two Houses Of Congress, 10 meet IA the Cap
tol 9, the CITY Of Washington, on the last Mon
dy, benz The lhrty-hrs day, Of May next And
IfsouIre Ihs respective Senators aud Rrptesen'
,,Iyss then and tLere to assemble, III order 10 re-
cave such information respecting the state oi lhe
liuloa a. may be gwen to them, aud to DEVISE
and sdoU, such measures rs the good oil lhe
,Oun,rv may seem 10 them, in the exercise OF
lbsir wisdom and discretion. to require.
IN issmalony whereof, have caused The seal
The United States 10 be hereunIo affixed, aud
,isnsd the same with my had.
Done 9. the Cny oil Washington, this seven
tseu.h day of March,n the year OF our Lord
fts1 one thousand eIgh, hundied AID lory one
and oil The Independence OF The u States
the sIxty'hi,h. -
By The President:
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary Of State:
Thus, in time Of profound peace, immediate
/, after The close oil regular session oil Con'
stsss, the United States aio 10 incur the expense
n a soecial session, aud several Of the States
vh.re members have not been elected, are to be
quito q similar expense by calls OF their Legs
lure. to pass laws providing Tor elections oelore
bs regular periods.
When II 10 rscOllected that the necessity oil :
speclsl session was announced IN Kentucky last
fall: that the Governor oil that stale anticipated II
in bis annual message to the Legislature laSl Ds'
tembsr; that A- Legislature actually passed a"
.et providing N election OF members oil Con-
> April ~ncn the regular time Is III Au'
j, ..a. NJ, Clay announced IN the Senate soon
alter the meeting f Congress, that there would
DO called session ant repeated II just before tno
sdlournment;thal Gsner, Harrison SAID the saTe
thug in Baltimore. and made no secret ol al
Richmond, before his inauguration; I, cannot be
doubted that this measure was resolved on before
tho President could have had any knowledge oil
those "weighty matters principally growing out OF
the revenue aud finances OF the county," which
hhas been since alleged renders necessary this
extraordinary measure.
This conclusion Is rendered irresistible by me
additional consideration, that @hen. during me
late session, II was alleged that speela! session
must be called 10 provide means TO Keep me gov
comment IN motion. the aew administration, upon
ibe suggestion OF some Oi It's own iHendS' l'h"ue
for The purpose OF obyIaltng The anticipated ne
cssslt ! was authorized 10 issue I'VE millions ol
dollars IN Treasury notes beyond the sum whIcN
Secretary Woodbury. had estimated would De ne
cesssry Tor that purpose. The appearance Of '0s
Proclamation since this provision has been MADE
10 conclusive evidence Of ptedeierhIha'loh !,
have special session for objects nol Officially d's
closed, but having nothing 10 do with The oId'l'a
~ provision Tor The supper! OF government uh''
The next regular session.
What are those ubJecIst
The only one distinctly avowsd by the organ
Of The administration is, TO ABOLISH lliF
TREASURY.
The Constitution made it necessary that Con
Rrsss should establish Treasury, aud PROVIDE
that no money should be drawn from II but =
pursuance OF a., .sprialIons made by law 10 IN
Organlzatlon OF the government, Treasury Wa
accordingly established, and a Treasurer prov
ded for, whose duty it was to keep the money
Of the United States and pay them out upon VA
rau,s drawn for appropriations made by law
wa not long, however, before the Treasury wa
supsrcsdsd by A BANK, from which the publ
moneys were drawn out by loans, or Olhef"iS
for private uses, and the restriction oil the o"''s'
tuition was entirely eyaded. La the Practice
the government, Treasury was tnenceiof"a
knOwn only IN name, untl the suspenslo" o. 81
Gle payments by the banks in 1887, when the Of
gnal establishment under the Constitution was
ameasure revived, though III adapted 10 me
tered circumstances o(the country. he
Whicb il is now proposed to repeal, IS an ACT
execution OF the constitutional provision adaph
the Treasury to the condition ot The county, a
imposing heavy penalties for drawing any 'DOil
from !! tor private purposes, Ut o'uefS'So 'Aan =,
pursuance Of appropriations maae W '""'
only openly avowed object oil the spec'u' sessi
% abolish these penalties, 70 remove ,ns'V :,
gal safeguards for the public money'o P'".' - :.
mun.u IN situation lrhsre IL can be go! ., ~
Out responsibility, FOR PRIVATE Loho'
get round direct and psrsmpt0ry Ploh'o""'
ofihs Constituiion-in etiect,to ABOLISH -
TREASURY! ~
Whether this be legitimate object Tor ca'
special session Of Congress- let an hO"ss' p
plsiudge. e,h. -,
This, however, is but one feature oil Inc gu
schsme, which, Il we DO moi MISTAKE 'ne s's"'
The times, has given birth 10 this measure
In the tremendous ehutI 10 tun down '"e
adminisu alton, there we're two pFed'ihlha""E
csnllves viz:
/ OFFICE-SEEKlNG.
2 MONEY-MAKlNG.
One or both Of these motives governed MOI