Southern Argus., 1841-09-14

the ! Executive message, a baoL 60 =
)" t'Ss,seo o.s:l. which will afford any remedy
70 ! existing evils, and secure Ihe Pres;y
esnt uenL appreciation, let the project u
such a bank be presented. T. shalI
euooun'er e.;,' no opposition ifitshouldre.
ceive no support, from me.
De' what further shall we do9 Mo-
yer since | have enjoyed the honor y
T. iP'aluclPahng in the public councils Il
Tue na'Ion--a period now Of near tb;r
y-9ve years-have | met Concres.
under more happy or more fayorablS
auspices. Never have 1 seena Honso
Oh Representatives animated bv moro
patriotic dispositions-more nnited'
more N determined, more business-Iike'
lNot even that House which declared
war IN 1912; nor that which in 1918
10 iald broad and deep foundations
oil national prosperity, in adeouarl
provisions for a sound currency. oy
the establishment of Bank Of ne u
nIled States, for the paymey< Of the
national debt, and for tbr protection
oil American industry This House
has solved the problem Of the compe-
tency of la3e deliberative body to
transact tbepublic business. If hap
PLY there had existed a concurrence
of opiron and cordial cooperation
between the different departments of
the Government, and all the members
ofthe party, we should have carried
every measure contemplated at the ex-
ira session, which the People had
right to expect from our pledgeo and
should have been, by this ';me' at our
respective homes. we are dlsap-
pointed in one, apd an important one,
of that series erraeasures; but shall we
therefore Jespair? Shall we aban-
don .our,elves to unworthy feelings
sad sediments? Shall we allow our
selves TO be transported by rash and in
temperate passions and councils? Shall
we adjourn and go home in disgust?
No! No! No! A higher, nobler, and
more patriotic career lies before us.
Let us here, at TIE east end of Penn
sylvania avenue, do our duty, our
whole duty, and nothing short Of our
duty, towards our common country.
We have repealed the sub-treasury.
We bdve passed Bankrupt law, a
beHeficent measure Of substantial and
relief. Let us now pass the
bill for the distribution of the proceeds
OF tire public lands; the Revenue bill,
and the bill for the benefit of the op-
pressed people of this District. Let
us do all-let us do every thing we
c IN for the public good. If we are
linallyto be disappointed in our hopes
Of giving TO the country a Bank which
will once more supply it with sound
currency, still let us go home and tell
our constituents thai we did all that we
could under actual circumstance; and
hat, If we did not carry every mea-
sure fortheir relief, it was only because
10 do so was impossible. If nothing
can be done at this extra session to put
upon a more stable and satisfactory
basis the currency and exchanges of
Lhe country, let US hope that hereafter
some way will be found to accomplish
that most desirable object, either by
an amendment Of the Constitution
limiting and qualifying the enormous
Executive power, and especially the
veto, or by Increased najorlties in the
two Houses Of Congress competent to
the passage of wise and salutary laws,
the Presidents objections nolwitn-
This seems TO me to be the course
now incumbent upon us to pursue;
and, by conforming to it, whatever may
be the result Of Iaudable endeavors
now in progress or in contemplation
in relation to a new attempt to estab-
lish a Bank, we shall go home bearing
no seIl-reproaches for neglect or aban-
doned duty.