Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-07-24

CoNGREss.-Wc have dates from Wash
ington city direct, up to the 9th inst. The
bank bill was still under discussion in the
Senate a great many speeches had been
made, and several ~ordy quarro!s whlc',
were afterwards arranged by words, had
occurred, bat the main business, the poo
pies affairs, was getting or but slowly
Several attempts had been made to amend
that feature of the bill, bestowing on go
vcrnnent the power of locating a branch
of the bank, bon gre NAL gre, in each state;
yet none Of these had succeeded, and it
now appears probable that tho bill will pass
the Senate in its original form.
This bill, as is now known to our read
ers generally, hns occasioned serious dis.
sensions in the administration ranks at
Washington. Politicians of the Virginia
school, as the state-rights party is dcnomi-
mated, wings as well as democrats, have
strongly opposed a measure which they
deemed obnoxious to their views Of the
constitution while those maintaining the
liberal doctrines contended for by the au-
thors of the federai'st, have made this Il
point on which to Try their strength at the
present day. The question, then, no
longer appears under the banners of the
bank, or no bankites, nor yet under those
of whig and democrats; it is now a con-
test of construction, purely whether the
literal or liberal interpreters of the consti-
tuition shall prevail. The old battle-ground
on which Jefferson and Madison, John
Adams and Alexander Hamilton contend
cd, has again become the scene of action
for our strong men at Washington, The
force of the conflicting parties, in this
light, Is as yet but imperfectly known. In
he confusion that follows the breaking Up
OF cd relations and ties, and the hasty Or
raniz, ion OF fresh ranks, composed, for
the mos, art of recruits new to the species
of warfare 20 he engaged in, many changes
will naturally c%cur, which renders the
final result a ma,,tc- of doubt and uncer-
tainty. Yet it is by NJ means Improbable
that the majority will b, :ound, as 1t al
ways has been, in favor of tho old federal
views of the constitution; in r'E!ch case
the minority cherish some hopes lat the
President will coincide with them, anu rat
his cooperation will insure them an ulL-
mate victory.
This much, however, is mere specula-
ton VIZ give it because it is now the
gossip of the day, aud because it is gossip
of a serious character, in which even the
most grave and wise take their part. But,
tc, ourselves, we hardly think the apparent
divisions in the parties will be permanent.
Lang our opinion upon the fact, that
enc party, re democrats, still remains true
to its inveterate principle "~u1ion, and
triumph" In its ranks, there is no diyi-
sion, no discord, 20 plurality Of purpose,
man has the sane object, the saline
end, to which all move. They work To-
gethcr like wel-traiacd veterans as they !,
are, and their union Is. the sole hope Of
their opponents. Let the democratic par
~ new waver, let enc ray Of light dart
through its serted coIamns, and the present
whig party is gone, ~irretrievabIy, hopeless
" lost. New liens will be formed, new
principles cspoused, new questions of poll
cy invented or old ones conjired up, and
c : PF'z7-~c RnwGr will be the reward Of
fresh victories SUI ~ra~--Aack that ruins
one will ann,hilate both. Inc ~
crat cannot avoid the gulf which swallows
up the whig, and hence the probability that
both will remain a while longer as they
ire. /