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Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

KEEPING THE FURLiC MONEY! "
.,nc,h. following in relation to the
,.pr. Of the public revenge, from at
Ind. 10 Kendall's Exposition. Like
m Of the writings of Mr., Kendall, il
n5ojes a great many important truths
few sentences, and presents the sub
b ia 50 pam light, that the mos,
klm5Ie capacity can comprehend it,
|. not the keeping of The public money
I'm OFFICE? Call him what you will,
Arot he who has in his legal custody the
Atc money or property, in fact an AN
DFPICER' Is he not enc who performs
IN OFFICE for The public' The Com
shlugoO provides, that the President shall,
IA he advice and consent Of the Senate.
4RpOint al! officers Of the United States.
dose appointments are not therein other.
&c provided for, and which shall be es.
by law, adding, thai "Congress
~, by law, vest the appointment ofsucb
lale'Ior officers as they may think proper.
IL tie President alone, IN The courts OF
~, or IN the heads of Departments"
ActotalngIy the Office Of Treasurer was
'iso'd by The Act Of 1850, to be filled
Y The President aud Senate. and he was
Ne the Kt'Ftr 9fthe Public Moneys.
NR.y aoa Army Storekeepers, and
pmerons other officers have been created
law, IRON time time, far the purpose OF
Wang fhane- - -''- T-s--- - 80
1 whom have been appointed by the
esident or Heads of of Departments.
he Bank bill passes, who becomes the
!!spr or keepers Of the public money!
N perform that Office Tor the pubic, and
whom ire they to he appointed!
Tic Cashiers and TeIIers Of the Bank
A lis Branches become the actual keep
1cf the public money OF TIE u. S at4s;
N are to perform that Office; they are
Be in fact "ollicers of the u. States"
~, they are not to be appointed by tho
Iesdent, nor by the heads Of Depart
,nts, nor by the Courts Of Justice, but
Ethe Directors ofM Bank or Branches.
Here i'sn appointing porrer unknown
E,he Constitution. Why do not Con
'ess take into their own bands he power
appoint the keepers Of the public mooes
BAL would be pa!pabIe usurpaion IF Il
lFer vested 10 the Executive. But is il
" an usurpallon TO Great another up
'pnhng Powsr,-to vest IN corporation
pTer 10 make officers OF the United
|'eles to delegate to others a power
'plch Congress do not themselves possess
" strikes us, that if this were an origin.
question, The common sense OF mankind
pua pronounce such an act a palpable
PaN q The Constitution. 1t finds its
support in the practice introduced by
le1ander Hamilton, by which, while the
'ranas custody was in the Treasurer, the
0aa' custody was in the Banks; or ralh-
4 by which the actual, constitutional Gus.
~ OF The public officer was made nomin.
aho the money handed over to the
'pNS' not TO be kept, but to be lent out
AID Of Of trade aud speculation.
snail this departure from the Constilur
q be rendered perpetuaI2 Such is the
Iec' OF the Bank or Specializing power
l'cn now has the possession Of the Gov.
nment.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07
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Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

HE BOND QUEsTIoN.--We re-publsh
to-day, Governor McNutt's correspond.
ence with the Dutch house, Of Hope g.
Co. We set it up in large type that the
Old men whose eyes have grown dim may
read without pain. Let the young men
read IT, Let the widowed mother call
her children around her on the day Of
rest, and read it TO them, that they may
learn the history Of their wrongs, and be
prepared to resist the most oppressive tax.
alton that ever threatened q free people.
Paste this letter up on your walls; let ii
90 down from father TO son, as an heir
loom in your families; call in your neigh.
Dor and the way farer and read 1t to them.
Take it with you to all public assemblies
ges, and when some noisy whipper-snap-
per declaims about the honor and dignity
Of the State, and the necessity of paying
these bonds, produce McNuu's letter and
read it to the crowd. The facts cannot
be coatradicted. The argument is in a
nutshell, but all the hair splitters in the
Nbi III CAulIUt IC'ut6 IT, AhCdu ~ PSOPlO
of Mssissippi-young men and old-la-
theirs and mothers-Whlgs and democrats
- SCHOOL, masters read it to your pupils;
Bos workmen read it to you apprentices;
let them all memorlse it, and study it, d
then say whether you will surrender eve.
~ thing 10 tax layers and tax.collectors,
to pay debt illegally contracted, which
YOU never sanctioned, which is now held
by foreign brokers, and will be used as a
fund to hbera,e your slaves. In less than
five years we will be compelled to fight
for liberty and property, and this very.
money which they now propose TO wiring
from your abo,, will be used to recruit
armies of British AboItionists and Hes
slams, to make war upon America. They
played the same game upon our fathers.
They imposed eXorbiant taxes upon the
colonies, and rendered all the staples Of
commerce scarce aud dear. They drew
from US the means of making war, and
then tried to overrun US with the Hes.
SLAMS and Grenadiers. But we beat them
then, and we will beat them now. The
people of Mississippi have the spirit of
their revolutionary fathers, and will never
nav this tax. Free Trader.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

AN IMPORTANT AND JUST DECISION
We call the attention of our readers to the
following decision OF the Chief Justice Of
Connecticut, and the comments of the
editor of the Pennsylvania. 1t may
starie our bribed swindling bond payers,
to find that in Connecticu, the majority
have not the power TO tax the minority,
and take their property without an equiva-
lent. 1t is time that our citizens were
inquiring into the power by which our
Demarara Team impose and collect the
mos; oppressive taxes, and to ascertain
what equivalent they receive. Our cor
poraton has become most odious and
lntolerable nuisance, and the sooner il is
abaled the better. Already our people
have been taxed within two or three years
$4,000 for engineering, and we are 10.
formed that there IS not ia the Office the
grade Of single street nor even any Or
rec; date to tell where all the streets ought
to be! while those vacant vistas which we
use for streets, are only q series OF pits
and ravines, dangerous TO life and limb.
With onstenth Of the money spent en- tho
"team," and the sineculists which il en-
ploys, the streets would be kept in good
order.
The people, it is to be hoped will take
efficient measures on the meeting Of the
Legislature TO have the charter Of the
city repealed, and our town again placed
under selectmen or county police.
~. Sentinel.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

As Ir SHOULD Be. At the late term Of
the Sangamon QIl) Circuit Court, bills
Of indictment were preferred by The Grand
Jury against the Hon. T. w. Smith. one
of the Judges ofthe Supreme Court OF that
State, John A. McClernand, Esq, Reps
resenta,ve from Gallatin county, and
DR.. Il. II. Merriman, Of Springfield; the
first for sending a challenge, the second
for accepting said challenge, and third for
bearing the challenge. II is to be hoped
thew will be convicted and punished the
same as sny other yioators Of the laws.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

"CREDIT OF CITIE3.-We have already
noticed that the Connecticut House OF
Representatives al lis recent session, re.
fused 10 pass the bl'l authorizing the city
Of Hartford to contract loan for the ben
eft of the Hartford and Springfield Rail
Road Company. This refusal, we learn
was caused by the opinions given by the
Chef Justice Of the State and another
gentleman of high legal reputation, that
the measure would be a violation Of the
Constitution of the State, which provides
that the property of individuals shall no;
be taken for public purposes without an
adequate remuneration. Contracting a
city debt, the learned jursts contendec
was thus taking the property Of private
citizens without compensation, and that
the majority OF the city could have no
power to take away any portion OF the
property Of the minority. We are told
that upon the opinions some Of the citi-
zens of other cities which have contracted
loans, intend to resist the payment OF the
taxes imposed in consequence.
il the above construction of the Consti-
tutont he correct in Connecticut, it is
also correct in Pennsylvania, inasmuch
as the coug tuition OF the State contains a
provision that the private property of in-
dlviduals shall not be taken for public pur.
poses without compensation being made
to the holders thereof AT every session
of our Legislature, grants are asked and
obtained for authority for boroughs anC
towns to borrow money, for a variety Of
purposes, but We have never yet heard o
the grant being denied. The decision
given above is one ofgrave importance
and is capable Of being extended far be
yond the case of boroughs and cities. /
it is unconstitutional for a Legislature tc
authorize a city to borrow money, because
the private property Of its citizens will bt
taken to paw the taxes incurred for thc
repayment Of the loan, is it not uncon
Isli,un0nal TO authorize a Ioan by the State
which will have to he paid in a slmlla
manner? We cannot perceive any DIFF
ference IN the two cases The question
as we have said before, is one of vas
importance, and if the opinion OF the
Chief Justice Of Connecticut be correct
1 it will make a radical change in the pre-
sent mode of carrying on improvements
and we are not sure that it will not ma
,ar,aIl,, ho,aGt Tho rnbIic penue,I rni1i
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

The Union and citizens Bank Of Louisi-
ana have positively refused to take the
notes Of the Bank OF Orleans. Az the
other banks in that city still take them,
we advise the planters to lose no time in
sending them TO New Orleans, and it
would be quite as well for them at the
same time to send along whatever notes
they may have Of the Mechanics & Ira
ders, the CarrOllton, The Exchange, I'm
provement, Canal, and the Citizens itself,
anG exchange all either for goods or sPs.
cie.-Y. Sent.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

"a Independence is The locomotive which
tAres the car of society over the rail-
track Of success. The man that jumps
is utteriylost. Hold on toyour hair whom
the rateis rapid, but never loose your seat"
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07
NO. 80.
LET 1T BE RUNG

From one end of the country to the other,
that the federal party before they ATTAINED
power, called rotation in Office proscrip.
ton, and after obtaining power, made 4
general sweep Of Democrats from Office,
and rewarded the most noisy and reckless
partlzans.
Lett be rung all orer the Union, that
the federal party, by their " Hard Cider"
carousals, have done more to encourage
intemperance and demoralize the country,
than has been done in any one year since
the formation Of the U. S. Government.
Let it be-rung from Maine TO WiScon-
sin, that The federal party promised the
people that when they obtained the con.
troll Of the National Affairs, the currency
should be regulated, and the country re.
stored to a state Of prosperity never before
known.
Lett be rung from 81. Croir to the Sd
bine, that the federal party promised the
farmers an increased price for their pro-
ducts, and the mechanics and laborers
higher wages for the labor, if they would
lend their influence to put out Van Buren,
and put in odd TIP
Let it be rurg from the center to the
circumference Of the Union, if the federal
party build National Bank, the people
will pull it down. q Il
Let it be rung all orer the country, that
the federal party pronounced the U. s.
Bank the safest and the best conducted
institution 10 the country, and sxtoIled
Biddle as one of the greatest financiers in
The world, and that now this institution is
as rotten as punk, and Biddle is dsgraced
as a man well can be, who swindlsd the
widow and the fatherless cut Of their hon
est pittance, and plundsrd the community
by wholesale,
Lett be rung in the ears Of the uholc
people, that the federal party have rp-
pointed to responsible Offices, men who
have been guilty Of aiding IN frauds upon
the ballot,box, ard Of stealing market.
mans poultry.
Let it be rung in the ears of the Feder-
alistS ereryrchcre, that one of the new fed
eral officehoders in Philadelphia, has
been turned out Of Office on the ground
that he was a thief--lhe public indigna-
'yiin4ant a',hie Observation-Disclosures Vsat
PEELED, though reluctantly TO dismiss him.
Let it be rung in erery State and all
parts of the Union, that the democratic
charge of the U. s. Bank having inter
fered 10 elections, purchased presses and
bribed members Of Congress, is now ad-
mitted by the stockholders Of the U. 8.
Bank themselves KEEP 1T RING
ING Bay State Democrat.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

REsrGNATIoY.-On the 10th July, af-
ter Mr.. Freeman concluded his
speech at Augusta, William G. Crawley,
Esq, Receiver Of Public Money, Cash,
Ter OF Branch Of the Union Bank, and
nominee Of the Whig Convention for State
Treasurer, publicly announced, that he
,eas no longer a candidate. Free Trader
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

-rhIes nfeBfes5H1auJsg Oh Hts reAFfotraarrc
state voted the present session Of Congress,
against the reception OF the abolition PEE
tiIlons. Her legislature has also passed
resolutions agaiasts the aboliiionsts, a
gainst the tariff, and the other wing
schemes; and moreover has passed, by a
large majority, the following resolution,
intended to bear upon the disputes between
Georgia and Maine, and between Vlr-
hinia and New York:
"Rasolyed, That the refusal of one
state to surrender person charged with
the commission Of Vcrme within another
state, and who shall flee from justice, IS
in open disregard of the plain letter Of
The constitution, subversive OF the peace
and harmony of the Union, destructive OF
the ends for which the Federal Consti-
tuition was established"
New Hampshire, be it remembered,
was spoken of with contempt by southern
wings at the last election as being deep
degradation and darness, because of her
faithful adherence TO state rights prlncl-
pies. Had she changed her rulers from
democratic to Nhig, would such resolu"
tons have been passed? Would she not
have rather sanctioned the course pursu.
ed by'whigs New York and Maine, in
refusing to deliver up the abolition ennis,
saries, who had violated the laws Of Geor.
gia and Virginia, by stealing slaves from
those states?
6 1t is worthy Of remark, that the wings
as usual, in sympathy with abolon, went
en- mdSse against the above mentioned
resolntlsn.- Vicksbmg Sentinel.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-08-07

Jefferson said the word Federal was sy-
nonymous with lie. Whigism is but an
other name for Federalism. When wings
cannot answer argument with argument
they answer it with SANDER and malignlty
thev traduce authors with whom they have
not ability to compete, and denounce all
who will not vote as they do to be either
knaves or fools. A case in point. Sen
ator Nicholson with Messrs. Johnson,
Tourney, Mcclellan, Brown,and Watterson
have, ia the line of the faithful watchmen's
dutv, respectfully submitted to the people
Of Tennessee a plain and correct view OF
of the measures supported by the wings
IN Congress-. The Nashville Banner
does not deny the truth OF their statements
but turns to abusing them IN a most shame
ful manner. after a long chapter OF mis-
erable epilhets the Banner says "they
(Niessrs. Nicholson, johnson, and others)
are essentially political hypocrtte', and no
good can come out oftIem orthe'r doing'."
We had thought that Whlggism stopped
low epoucht 10 conquer, but il stooP TO
maintain surpasses all past exPecta'lcn'--
Nash. Uhion.
a.
New-York tribune., 1841-11-08
Correspondence 'f the N. Y. Tribune.
felters from Gn9lano.-No. ii
DESCENT INTO A CoAL-MINE,

LoNDoS, Oct. ,, ISL.
On Tuesday last l went, by
invitation Of Mr.. c., a rich old collier of ST.
Heen's about twelve miles from Liverpool, TO
visit his Coal mines Ny friend S accompa-
MED me, and we arrived there at noon in the rail-
cars Our host sent US with guide 20 the office,
where we found the head agent with friend wait
ing Tor us So we Immediately prepared ourselves
to descend. This, by the way, no ordinary
task. as we were obliged 10 change all oar gar
mcnts, from head to foot. Imagine your humble
servant arraycd in heavy blue pilot-cloh suit
the panaoons made for a man at least four times
my size, so that they hung upon me like cloak
upon walking-stck. The arms Of my coat were
made of black linen which sat as snug as the low
er garment sat loose Ny head piece wa, glazed
cap, while my feet were securely packed into
pair of heavy shoes, with rooden soles at least two
inches thick good, substantial oakcn cudgel
completed the outfit
The party consisted Of the head agent and his
deputy, one OF his friends, Mr.. 5. and Hysclf, two
under Golfers and boy. We carried lighted tar
red ropes to enable us to pick our way down the
tunnel whi>h leads to the mine. These tunnels
are 50 expensive in their construction that they
are seldom made. except when they serve for
two or three mines. The descent from the surface
is at an inclination of TWO wards in every seven
The hight OF the tunnels seldom exceeds four feet
They are used merely for conveying ponies to the
mines where they are employed TO draw the coal
cars upon the railway from the works to the shaft
up which the coal is hoisteG. Our party com
mcnccd the descent and, accoutred l was, l
-toHowed The whole affair put me in mind
some Of S,cphens's vivid descriptions of some OF
erticn to throw back the fancy 10 the olden time
when fairies, hobgobns, and all so-is sf diablsrte
were so abundant on our earth. and when We GER
tainly should have been taken for assemblsge Of
evil ssrites benz upon deeds Of darkness. Surely
extremes do meet. What more matter Of fact
than this digging OF coal out Of the ground-out
VIVA, more ike the romance Of ancient fable than
our appearance when prepared to view the labor
Well. we started, our cudgels in one hand asd
,arrcd rope in the other-a ludicrOuS spectacle,
The path was very rugged and wet the water rolled
down, wearing away the stones into sing gully IN
which the p-nie, always tread, and which OF course
gradually becomes deeper and deeper We were
obliged to stop and walk sideways, (rememoeF
was about SIX fee, one with my wooden shoes) a.
ways feeling our way with sur canes before step
ping, as there safety without foresight or,
a, least, without foreihought. The pitchy dark
was broken only by the glare of our fambeauS
which threw bright blazing ligh. few steps
New-York tribune., 1841-11-08

first Of each month, and contains greater quantity
Of matter than has ever been given in any other
American Men,hly l, numbers among its con-
,rb1tor. many Of the abes, writer's in the country
and ha, honorably achieved prominent place
among our higher periodicals. We are glad TO
learn that it Is hencefor,h to be regularly for sale
in this Civ b. King & Co. 100 Broadway.
rug KxfcxeRnccKEn or New-York Monthly Magazine
November, i-i J.Bi.co. ia Broadway.
Our stauch old fayorte-now the eldest, we be-
Iieve, ofour Monthly repositories of Original Lite
ra,ure-wear. its years gracefully and with ruddy
coun,enance. No American periodical has ever
presented so grea, number and variety OF Litera-
~ papers, ranging from grave 10 gay, pathetic to
humorous, from song to sermon, poen to critique,
essay anecdotc. 1t has numbered among il
Editors and principal correspondents Timothy
Flint, Willis Gaylord Clark, (rhese two, alas !
rest beneath the s,iiening sod y Washington
Irving, Lewis Cas-, Prof Ware, J. G. Percival,
J. G. Whittier, &. w. Greene, &c. &c. None of
these have appeared casually infrequently on its
pages, but statedly and for years together. From
England, it has had original articles from Buwer,
Dickens, Sou,hcy, and many from Mary Anne
Browne. Beside these and some hundreds OF
lesser lights which have CLEANED ftfully on its
pages its immediate conduct has for seven or eight
years been vested in gentleman who cultivated
taste and experience i'll the field of letters has ad-
ded an engrossing enthusiasm and an unwearied
industry in the discharge of his duty which has
rarely if ever been parallelc2 There is no Maga-
zine in existence whose pages give evidence Of SO
much we-drectcd Editorial labor as do those of
the knckerbocker.
The number before US contains two Letters from
Rome, tha commencement of series descriptive
of The Eternal City, from the polished pen Ct
our Consul G. w. Gresne, Esq. These we have al
ready given to cur readers. There arc sevenie
other contributed articles, several of them of de-
cided merit, such as The Pioneers, a Sketch Of
the Remote West The Burning of the Ships,
The Nameess Craze by Mary Anne Browne,
and The Qlod Correspondence The number
closes with sixteen pages Of Literary Notices, Ed
i,or,' Table, &c. which are among the best por
tions of the work.
New-York tribune., 1841-11-08
yv-YO

suffice 70 say that il: the full ui'yneni oi both,
missed the train that evening i9r Liverpool
Tn. was rather awkward; and. what added 10 the
dilemma, We found on inquiry hat 10 post horses
could be nd ;hai night. However, We engaged
trem for the morning. to leave at hali-Past ,iN-
for was TO breakfast with DR.. R at a quarter
before nine. We found excellent q4arrer, AZ the
Raven. The next morning ne reached Liverpool
according 10 appointment. an! at hat-pasi ton
took the London train 10 yis;; sarpit, OF which
! will give voc an nrcnu-t hereaftsr