The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-05-26
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WEDNESDAY, NOR MAY is4I.s
THE s.ExTRA SESSION

Z a. = THE EXTRA SESSlUN.g
The extra session % meet oa 4on
day next 10 pursaancs Of The ProclaMstion. .of Tho
late President. z e
The propositions which will se subjects Of
QUESTION and action before thai bod ays no
matters Of fconjecture. The Official osgsl
country. q 81
The following are the measures Swhich issaid
will be the subjects Of deliberation, and q conf
IDENTIFY anticipated that they win be adopted.
1st. The distribution Of the ptoceeds of tie ssles 9
Of the public lands among The several Staiss
2d. "A revision and increase Of 1dutiss On in:
ports. a 81 sSsssss
! 4th. The establishment of aN Nationai
5th. The creation Of public debt
These are the measures announced hand; q
by the National Inteligencer, the crganof tg
and CLAr. and perhaps of the President which
it is required that Co1grcs should j
The boldncss, with which these propa sssnf
yanced. and the reasoning BY which frey are sls
iained, cannot fail to alarm the true friends o the
Constitution. 1t required that only Should
have been added, TO have deyeloped, at once, tiae
,ohule polieyo the leaders now in power
the assumption of the STATE debtss Z Yhat tbis
lis : y darling project thcroS ean be- nos doubt
but the period has not yet arrived when IL esn be-
openly avowcd. The official 80 sfenneeto
the subject of thedistribution Of the proceeds Tho
sales of the Public Lands, points 20 TINS poHey
says: 1T is, nevertheless, great satisa
to know that this measure, which sejoity tia
States and of the People have always deemed sspss
dent as well as just, now recommended shy tho
additional consideration that It will yield
debted States (whom the general essiSn Of bnss
siness has involved in the emharr assnent, the
mcans, in part, at least Of paying the
their debts until they become abis tls princi
pal, and thus ayening the othetgise
ruptcy Of some states-.a little
be dreaded and deprecated than ths haakrlpt ef
the Union-and involving indeed the sgorst senae,
quences which would attend such q disasts Hap
py is it not for the country tint relief 6o
afforded 10 the debtor States without NclaHo1Uf
any principle, and especially sihout occurring ths
odurn attached to the idea of M assamp lks
General Government Of tie State debt! rs
"The oSium attached to the dear Ihsra+
odium in the ding, can be ase0np i =
only in the idea! The truth the too
sey, under which it Is attempted 10 the
measure which Mr.. WsBsTEn has at sheaff Iiict
the i'adsa Of IN assumption; is all which nny
odiGm can be attached is clearly sassered and if
his worsnppers can be bropgi into #ths
this idea ii may perhaps ssppsar lsss odicusan E
That the President fayofs thisdisuibution aeheme.
as we'll as the measure Of revision aud
the dutios on Imports we have the leasons
to fear. But The course he may pursue on the sab-
icct of National Bank is not 40 clear, though
opinion that ho would approve of snch 4 uaessurss
has been gaining strength for sons time past not
withstanding his former strong ir
surnountabIo objections. The sstsk !
discussing all the other
National Bank, and in conc!ud ding is this
subject says: Eve believe in the ediency nrd
indeed necessity, Of a National Bank to
the double functions Of a fscaI agept for eyeti
mcnt and regulator Of The currency the feopie.
This is the opinion Of the Editors of this per, M
repeating which now and here they do not Pgeto1
not being authorized, 70 represent the yelsa ts I
Executives s
So that we take It for granted TINT tho Editors
were aauthorzed to represent the yiessso Ex.
ecutiven on all the other subjects which
ed TO bring before the Extra Session Does
preston not afford a ray hope tint
LEa may yet defeat the object those who sdsocaie
the establishment Of . National Bapkl Bns dos i Il
no. strengthen and encourage. an equal degree
the expectations oi those who look upon tbc.d
button scheme as the entarng wedg % paasses
measure, the assumption Of the State asbss the
General government
We have before spoken Of our fears win respect
to tho deliberations Of the E.tra seasion We did
ticipate an angry, heated and en,bittered SCENE
party strife. The death Of Con: ,asIsos and tho
melancholy reflections which such an event wsH
calculated to arouse, may perhaps and ought, g
least, To- have the effect Of making the Session sss
angry than we had reason TO fear Tie ahessutes g
nronosed for the consideration Of Copsrcss anpf
most momeutous character, IND Soug 70 hare ME :
most careful and searching inyestigs siicn. The /.
Wings themselves, mot the Leaders, we know, are :
not prepared to act Immediately on these psasures
the people have not been consalted Cd saslocts
nor could they, were thoy BEE the whole scope and