The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-08-12

his meia endesvor void he 70 shaw this.
Sams eenlleusn might be diseased =
ssk. Why take any tro1ble 10 establish
each posilioni Did not evrry body
kaae sn6 EEL and srknoalsdes ihsi ].
Hss . settled question. and had been Cir
ball esnnesyf Wee; Il mas very Hue
that Is bad tsfn treated. 10 point 81 rssPsei.
with - nneh regard - n q had. been
inserted in express serns 10 The letter 81
the CONSTITUTION. Bot this wss moi suf
fieieni: Car. whenever The question Has
introduced into discussion. il IVES cbFi0us
lhas there slilI remsinei slOikiag remnant
Of ske same dillisulIy uhIeh hsd farmer,
~ attended il. and ahsch wss more oF
lees PRODUCTIVE 81 enbarrsssmeni. He
wi-hed. therefore. 10 deal with The qOe.-
tim, and hoped 10 be allie 10 dispose Of
II 60 - 10 leave no Jenbl an sny mind.
TIE hn1se vas composed E.r ihe mosi
parl Of lawyers. bot Of lawyers sei:ng -
slaiesmeu. Andhe. lheseinre. should MT
deem il sufficient IN address 10 ll,fm every
argument which might be. rr.nred 10 10
professional enconnleE. There we're
questions which. though they nigh, seem
81 6rsi eight 10 be merely and siricily pro-
fessiahal. we're. nevertheless. founded On
considerations which addressed ihem-
selves 10 . statesman These we're
entitled 10 respect While there ~ere
others which spisng directly from The con-
siiinlinn i.sslf. and to selle which We
must 60 10 The constitution itself--an
sulhoriiy which must ever be admiiisd as
fnsl. % much By The statesman ss the
jprisi.
In taking an historical view ofIhe ques-
lion. his lne would admit merely that he
should prssenilhe poinls az the srgums nj.
and leave them 10 the reflections Of The
committee. s..
He should GO back. back. almosi 10 the
period when this nation first asserted iIs
independence. He must look al one 81
The gloomiesi periods in our whole resoln.
lionary hislory-he meant the year 1850.
when the representatives of The nation
having confrdersisd themselves by articles
agreed on inl716. ('hOugh not fully carried
cu, ull l7sl.l for the purpose Of carry lne
an the struggle agsins, the power Of Great
Britain. resorled 10 the very measure pro-
posed in The present bill. The ldes
orieinsied in 1850; and The Journals
would show that no sooner had !, been
conceived BY the patriots Of that day, than
u was instantly adopted by ConRnss-
viz: on the 22d 81 June. l7s0--si time
when Maryland had no, yet joined the
conlederscy. And in December, 1881.
il more openly espoused tie bank, which
had dene 90 much 20 enable The states 10
bring The war 10 triumphant conclusion.
There was an ordinance ol Congress 10
1871. Incorporating the hTsi Bank of The
United States, and 10 lis preamble thai
body employed these memorable WORDS
words ss ,me al this day as they hsd
been then. ard containing truth likely 70
be more especially appreciated in a Time
of war. viz: +" Whereas the exigencirs Il
he United s sies render ., indispensably
necessary thai such an act be immediate
W passed"
This was the jpdgmentof The old Con-
ersss---ii was one Of those historical facts
which one liked TO resort TO. for il cams
20 Us hsllowed by the patriotism OF The
cause and Of The distinguished aelors in
u. He wished The commiuee TO keen
this resolve in memory. Hsre, before
tbs adoption of that constitution which
was afterwards gisen Ia the country as
us chief blessing. sd by which its union
was consolidated, here as The confession
of Congress that an exieeucy had arisen
laud might arise again. in which Ma
uoasl Bankh had become essentially .nects
I cary 10 The public welfare. When the
constitution came TO be established, ihs
great ohert in view was to establish a
more inumale union among the states: and
il was Virginia which gaze the first Im
pulse in thai al important movement.
The imperfeclion ofihe articles Of con
federation became daily more apparent;
aud as il was but five or Elk years after
The resolution above quaieh. u was in
pnssihls thai those who framed The rev
constitution could have foTgotien this, aud
could purposely have dropped ouI oil Ihsl
instrument pow er b,ch they had them
selves derlsred to be indIspensably he
eesssfy; nor did they ds So; IN ih,
PROSTATE condition Of The country tn,
Iexigehcy did arise. and inc Of abe frs
scls adopted BY ,hnss great men. wh'
had framed that instrument. ahO la,
fought the battles Of The revolullnn, ant
who we're as fsmIiIatly acquainted viii
The journals aud proceedings OF line ali
Congress as gentlemen now. we're viii
their own, was To establish Bank If hi
United States. .a
| DIR. s did not say that no difference
IL opinion had Il that iime existed rs u
the power TO esisblish such an institution
but The ACT passed, spd.i received III,
highest sanction known TO the history o
this country in The signature Of Georg'
Washington; and il renamed The law o
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