Mobile register and journal., 1841-12-18
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 give aid to the measures required by the crisis, whether they proceed from whig or Democrat io' m consistent opponents of the prevailing system, or form supporters upon whose minds experience has not been without its beneficial influences in correct ing the judgment.
 Nc think, our own devotion to democrntic principles, will nat be questioned in this state and we have nev- believed in the practicability of the State Bank s, stem-and have long since declared against It, as demonstrated to be inefficient for any legitimate pur- pose of hiking, anI productive of much evil from it's Incurable liability to perverson. fetwe do not hess itate to respect m the motives which led to its establishment, the recognition of facts which suhse- quent experience has fully veri6ed,-an ackns swledge- ment thai the prevailing system o banking had in 1t elements of injustice, monopoly and mischief, which il necessary correct by the application of new principles; and if the principles applied have failed the defeat it does not the less follow that the evils continue exist. Nor should il be denied that the experiment of State Banking is sign and mark .fPVs'-- T. @ of those costly experiments, by which all great discoveries i..o.o, inventons 'y science or applications of reason and experience to social improvement are invariably attended, before they reach settled form of acknowledged utility. We have paid very dearly, for the knowledge which the wreck of the State Bank system has brought home to the people of the state-bu of the points of that knowledge will be an increased conviction of the evils fthe old system, for which this intend cd n substitute, and stronger distaste of the whole fabric of fictitious credits, which every form of the banking system hitherto had among us, has contributed to build up. and make widely ruin ous in its ial
 Mir. N Sergeant of Philadelphia, was appointed Agent in Florida for public timber-wlich office he resigned as one which, having duties assigned to it, he could not conscientously hod and he accord ngly recommended that it should be abolished. It seems that the President thinks otherwise, for lears by the New Orleans Pickayunc, that John Gb- son. late of the 'sTrue American" of that city has been appointed to the as MT. Sergeant thought it.
 THEArRE.-Mr. Hackett is one of the few who have attempted the Fat Knight with any degree of success. It has now become of his grsat parts. He has so closely interwoven hls peculiar talent with the character; he has long made it his study, and so carefully and judciously considered it, il is not to be wondered at that many critics this side of the Atlantic persist in stamping him, the Falstaf of the day. Certain it is, that notwithstanding the nvidi- ous comparisons so often made between the Falstaf of IIackct, and that of Dowton and other great tors who have made this most difficult part the study almost of their ves-cerlain it is, that llacket's conception of the character is entitled to than ordinary consideration. Those who were present at the play last evening, must be impressed with the truth of tils assertion. It is not often that Sir John, and consequently have but few oppor tunies of criticisng the old reprobate, bat feol compelled say, and say it dispassioualey, and without the fear of old stagers before eyes, that parts of Mir. Hacke,ts Falstaf last evening, were performed in such manner as to disarm criticism. The lloary old sinner there in all his glory The selfish cralt, Dr. Johnson calls ii, "thc careless oiiy, the lazy luxury" of the old wag faithfully drawn. The rich, grun, yet joyous laugh which belongs to Falsiaf and to Falstaf alone, Mr. Hacket understands to q nice,y. To say the truth, gave ourselves up to the mischievous reves at tie Boar's Head in Eastcheap, and for time lost sight of the carking of every day life in the contem- plation of the jolly knight and his devil-may-care companions.
 IT Mir. Hacket has a fault, il is that he is suf icienty subdued at times. The tone of Sir Johns character is rich, humorous and racy He is not apt to indulge in the boisterous but for the most part quiet and refreshing vein of humor appears to per- wade all his actions. "Ie is not only witty himsef but the cause that wit is in other men.''
 IL is to be hoped that Mir. Hackett may again ap- pear before in this character daring his short gagement. We cannot see "sweet Jack Fastaf, kind Jack Fastaf, valiant Jack Falstaff every day, men by