Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-09-16


Mr.. RIvEs having concluded his remarks
Mr. CLAY rose in rejoinder have no
desire, said he, to prolong this unpleasant dis
cussion, but mustsay that heard with great
surprise and regret the closing remark, espc-
cially, of the honorable gentleman from Vir-
ginia, as, indeed, did many of those which
precededit That gentleman stands in u pc
culiar situation. | found him several years
ago in the dlf-,cay house, where he seems a
iraid to remain, and from which he is yet UNI
willing to go. l had thought after the thor |
ough riddling which the roof of the house had |
received in the breaking up of the pet-bank |
system, he would have fled some where else
for refuge; but there he stu stands, solitary
and alone, shvering and peltcd by the ptiless
storm The sub-Treasury is repealed--the
pet-bank system is abanloned-the United
States bank bill is vetoed--and now, when
there is as complete and perfect a reunion of
the purse and the sword i'll the hands of the
Executive as ti.sro u,,,,Of Con. J>el.
son or Mr. Van Buren,, the Senator's for do
ing nothing! The Senator is for going home,
leaving the Treasury and the country in their
lawless condition! Yet no man has hereto
fore, more than he has, deplored and deprcca-
pugnant to all just precautions, indicated alike
by sound theory and experience in free Gov
ernments. And the Senator talks to us about
applying to the wisdom of practical men, in
respect to banking, and advises further delbe-
ration! Why should suppose that we are
at present in the very best situation to act up
on the subject. Besides the many painful
years we have had for deliberation, we have
been near three months almost exclusively
engrossed with the very subject itself We
have heard all manner of facts, statements, and
arguments IN any way connected with it
We understand, it seems to me, all we ever
can learn or comprehend about National
Bank. And we have, at least, some concep-
ton too of what sort of one will be accepta-
bic at the other end of the avenue. Yet now,
while vast majority of the People of the en-
tire country are crying out to us for bank
with the people throughout the whole valley
of the Mississippi rising in their majesty, and
demanding it as Indispensable to their we'll
being, and pointing to their losses, their sacri-
fees, and their sullerings for the want of such
an institution.-ln such state of things, we
are gravely and coldly told by the honorable
Senator from Virginia that we had best go
home, leaving the purse and the sword i'm the
uncontrolled possession ofthe President, and
above all things, never to make a party bank
Why, sir, does he, with all his knowledge OF
the conflicting opinions which prevail here
dhave prevailed, believe that we ever car
make bank but by the votes of one party
who are in favor of it, in opposition to the
votes of another party against it? depre
tleman the more; Bse OF opinion from that gen
faDle sen ie PpeosfSfs Hn f.
out In the sequel that there is most remarka
bic coincidence between those opinions ant
his own; and he has, on the present occa
SION, defended the motives and the course OF
the President with all the solcitude and all
the fervent zeal of member of his Pripu
Council laugh There is rumor a.
broad that cabal exists-a new sort of
hltchen Cablnet-.whose object is the disco
luton OF the regular Cabinet-the dissolution
OF the wing par:y-the dispersion of Con-
greSs' without accomplishing any of the great
purposes oi the extra session-and a total
change, IN fact, Iii the whole face of our poll
teal affairs. hope, and persuade myself,
that the honorable Senator is not, cannot be,
one OF the component members of such a ca
bal; but must say that there has been dis
played by the honorable Senator to-day a
predispositon, astonishing and inexplcable,
TO misconcelve almost all of what have said.
and perseverance, after repeated corrections,
III Observation-Disclosures Will not charge
HIM with wilfully and Intentionally misrepre-
senting-the whole spirit and character of the
address which, as man OF honor and Sem
ator, felt myself bound in duty to make to
this body.
The Senator begins with saying that charge
the President with "peridy - Did | use
any such language Iappeal to every gen.
tleman who heard me to say whether have
in a single instance gone beyond fair and
legitimate examination of the Executive OBJ
jections to the bill. Yet he has CHARGED me
with "arraigning" the President, with ndictine
him in various counts, and with mputinp to
him motives such never even minated or
dreamed, and that, when | was constantly ex-
pressing, over and over, my personal respect
and regard for President Tyler, for whom I
have cherished an intimate personal friend
ship OF twenty years. standing, and while I
expressly said that if that friendship should
now be interrupted, it should not be my fault!
Why, sir, what possible, what conceivable
motive can have to quarrel with the Presi-
dent, or to break up the Wing party What
earthly motive can impel me to wish for any
other result than that that party shall remain
in perfect harmony, undivided and shall move
undismayed, boldly, and untcdly forward to
the Accomplishment of the ali-important pub
lie objects which it has avowed to be its aim
What imaginable interest of FEELING can have