Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-18
Form The Columbia ChrOaiele.
COLUMBIA, Nav II, Is4I.

Form The Columbia Chronicle.
CoLuMBu, May II, 1871.
To BENZ Y. Martin, Esq.
SR,-l have had the honor to receive your note
enclosing TO me certain resolutions passed in meet
ing OF portion the citizens OF AJbeville.
The temper and language of those concernins
myself, SAVIOR so much more of personal bitterness
than of political discussion that should hold my.
sell discharged from any obligation 10 notice them
hut that ieelit due to the public to permit some
assertions contained in them to pass without contra
diction
In the fifth resolution, being the first in which nv
name is mentioned, am denounced for acting with
party whose principal objects known TO me- tho,
not publicly avowed, were National Bank a Pro-
teetVe Iarf and the distribution ofthe proceeds Of
the public lands.
IL is not the fact that the Wing party had any oh.
lect known to me and not publicly nvowed. IL
could not he the fact for the Wing party CONSISTING
OF vast majority Of the United States must of ne.
cessty, act upon publicly avowed principles, and
consisting too OF great majority of the Southern
Suites, II could not be implicated in q conspiracy
against Southern interests.
Ii is not the fact that the distribution of the pro-
ceeds OF the public lands has been considered
Wing party measure.
tits not the fact that in any lust meaning Of the
phrase II comes in as the high Tariff party-ether
secretly understood or publicly avowed-for il is
notorious TO the country that as for as pledges could
be made by, political party-the Wings were
pltuEtu W compromise Act oil 1873. Their
candidates for President and Vice President were
deeply, repeatedly and publicly pledged TO il, and
the most leading men Of all the party bound TO its
maintenance by every possible charlottesville on
the other nd, the candidates Of the other party
for President and Vice President and their most
leading and able partzan (Mr Wright, of New
York; were Mt all tunes the advocates and suppor.
ters OF the most extravagant system of Protection
The vote of the antl-TariiT States Of Georgia and
north Carolna-and the presen, attitude Of Virgin
in nHt 10, 4
IL Is not the fact, that was elected Senator AS an
opponent on constitutional grounds Of National
Bank Or distribution Of the proceeds Of the public
lands-neIther OF these questions were agitated or
thought OF the State at the period Of my election
II my sentiments 10 regard TO Bank Of the United
Stntes, were an element in that election-it was
known that was Of the Republican State Rights
School Of Madison and Crawford-and had never
denounced them or the whole body Of the Repub-
can party who followed their lead in the financial
emergencies Of 1916. My strong aversion to Bank
OF the United States, existed then and exists now
neither decreased diminished, by the recent fail
ure OF State Corporation OF Pennsylvania, an
aversion which could yield only to paramount ne
cessity, such as Ovor-ruled the objections of wise
and patriotic men in ISl6--whose character and
fame must be aspersed, before denunciation can
reach me for following their example.
So lar from this question entering into the consi-
deraiion ofmy constituents at either Of my elections
the notorious circumstances then existing prove IL
TO have been impossible.
was elected shortly aftcr Mr. Calhoun, who had
been the principal agent IN establishing the B INK
OF the United States, md who IN the session sub
subsequent TO my election, declared this fact in the
Senate Of the United States, accompanied by a
strong panegyrie upon the Bank. lie did not for
ieit the confidence Of the State thereby.
The immediate representative Of your own dis
tuei, Mr. MDufie, always the jealous parlizan Of
the Bank--had OF the moment Of my election sig.
nazed his advocacy Of il upon every ground Of
eonstiiuiionaty and eTpedieney-h eulogizod its
conduct and lis conductors-and proposed its re-
charter in an elaborate and powerful document
lie neither forfeited the confidence Of Abbevills DIS.
trct or Of the State 10 the highest office, IN which
he was subsequently elevated.-Allhough did not
and do not concur in al the views and conclusions
OF that celebrated report, do not believe that
was elected to the Senate account Of my dissent
from them.
And ] cannot refrain from remarking, that in the
proceedings Of the meeting al AbbovIils there IL
striking iorbeaance Of expression Of any opinion as
70 tho oonstitutionaIily ofs United States Bank
the objections 70 Il being selected from tho frghtu
exhibitions made in the PennsylVania Bank, and
other topics Of policy, entitled unqueslonably to
the very highest consideration. The meeting seeks
70 bind me while u cautiously keeps itself unfet-
tered and holds me 70 an opinion which itself does
| not entertain.
During the period that had the honor TO serve
the State m her Legislature, DO not remember that
| the Bank question was agrsted. Engaged as we
we're in the prosecution Of great enterprise, in
which energy and concert were necessary 10 sue
eess-vhen IL was known that many Conspicuous
| men deeply devoted 10 the maintenance Of the prr-
clples upon which the State vas acting, ebtertain
ed various sentiments upon this subject, Il would
not have been prudent 10 have agtalsd il; and this
., perhaps, one reason vhY g vas not sgiisled at
that time. NJ course upon the high questions then
lsef,lsd, undoubtedly procured me the honor Of an