The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-05-05
fson sc RslsssA Register.
Whig State Convention.

on motion Of NJ. Eslon. Of Granville. the
reading Of ihs. Journal was dispensed
with.
MI LONG. Of H.IIIax. being nov
loudly called on 70 redeem The pledge made
this morning. be rose and spoke, ID sub
stance. IS folloss:
Il is not ms intention. Mr. President, 70
60 inlo general discussion Of poli,ics--;o
slanrh my l.llie bark. on The WIDE oeesu
ri nIiioasl tIaiss; but shall eonlins nv
remarks. prineipsliy. 10 topics. al abserb-
ing IN their nsmIe. md disnzcliaa ihs re
P,se Of tho country. The Pet Bank sys
tenn eKploceJ--ihe Sub-Treasnry repeal.
ed--the two Bank bills telosd 81 he lale
called session Of congiess-il.e question
very naturally arises. shat disposition il
% be made Of the moaey. which nav here.
after lios ialo the public Golfers. Money
is power. pisee ilse whole smoun. Of
tho vast revenue ~ ibis great empire IN
der executives coitroI, expressly against
The spirit anil letter of The constitution.
and who can calculate The extent Of The
mischief Which nay follow. The free
dom II The press sssa led--ihe indepen
denee Of The representatives Weakened
the purity Of The government eoRiamina,
Cd Al ils very foanisin--f these csll.,
rrieh are 20 darkly foreboding. should
unhsppily fall upon tie country. lhey
will Be traced 10 The ill-lsted measures
commenced under The sdminisraiions OF
Andrew Jstkson and Martin Van Buren,,
snd carried cut under the vi. omencd aseen
daney Of John Tyler. warn Mr.. Is Ter
t,psuse 10 the parlizin warfare which he
10 wigipg for The presidency. l,ell him
20 be unsninilul OF bis cl,ins, II any he
has-terge, bic supposed rival. Ne. Clay,
thar horrid phantom which dIslurbs Lis
nidaight slumbsrs--dsesrd such ensious
feelings from his heart. as unworthy the
President Of grea, people. snd act aIsne
ior The general welfare. regsrIleSs OF al
other considerations. II he does not. truth
will overt,ke hin. and sufficient unto
the day is she evil lhereol." Buiwhy tell
lin % pause--he hes slresdy struck the
fatal blaw, and tho county is now bleed
ing At every pore from The effects OF ,hs,
stab. I have no faith in the pfomis
ss Of John Tyler. Professions often Dc.
ceise factions rarely ever. The firsl
may be couched 10 henIed phrase. when
the serpent 10 concesisd. read TO infuse
Us p"ison--she last speak . language
which cannon be mistaken. ] ask then,
cir. iflhs acts Of our present Chlsf Nag
isirsts DO no, f4lslfy his professions! Let
us see. In his address to the people Of
che Uai'ed S,ales. subsequent - the death
nf The wise. the ,irluous and the pa,riolic
Harrison, he used The following mphsiic
language, which wa. copied for me to-
day, frsn he files 81 The Register, by an
in,elligsn. aud genuine Wing boy Of this
city:
81 shall promptly gvs nv sane ion 10
any constitutional measufs winch, oriei.
mating in Congress, shall have Tor rs OBJ
ject tbs restoration Of sound circulating
medium. so essentially necessary 10 give
confidence ia Ill the transactions Of LIE.
q secure 10 indusuy,,s Just and adequate
rewards. aud 10 re establish the public
prosperity. Ia deciding upon HE sJ.p
iaiion Of any such measure 10 the cnd pro-
posed. as we'll as Us conformity 10 the con.
stiluton, L shall resort 10 the fathers Of The
great Republican school Tor advice aud
instruction, 10 be dawn from their sage
views Of our system Of government. and
the l,gh, o. their ever glorious example"
Da,. sir. "a change has come over the
spiri, If his dream" Ne has los, sight
al the ever glorious example Of The fathers
of the great Rcpual,csn school. 10 whom
be refers--leileFsrn, Madison. and Mon
roc. What Vas The glorious example Of
those esor veaeraled father! Mr Jcarr-
sou, IN tie year 1891. sanctioned an aci
10 establish branch ofihc u. States Bsnk
At n ID,leaus. True. Louisiana was them
aierlrlry. aud Nc. Rises argued therefore
that The constitutional question was not
brought 10 bear--an argumeni which was
seized upon sl,b great avidlIy by the Van
hdtcn lscton. throughout the land--an
argument intended Tor tho weak aud ere.
tlulous; zoe dill mol tho honorable Sena,or
know lhai tie mulher bank was ultimatsly
bouui To redeem the notes OF IFS branches!
and that The mites OF tho Branch Bank not
nnI, circulated 10 the territory. but IN the
sIaleS; aud 4 these uo,es were not uncon-
stnuiIou.l IA the tetrliarv, they were 10 the
states, according TO the doctrines Of Vlr-I
gina ahs,racuonist. Consequently. there
should have been prnh,hlioly clause,
canliniug their circuiaton 10 the tCrfl,D-
~. In as much then, n ,hera vas no
such prnhlbilnry clause. the example Of
Mr Jeifee.an stands recorded on the side
ol The bank. Tie Argument OF MIR. Rses
70 the cnntraty notwithstanding. IL he.
JsIF,rspn thought the Branch Bank a,
sNe~sD tleSn, unconstitutional. lie molly
Yielded this oainmn. and with the feelings
~ p,trit, consulted the public good, by
sanctloning it, establishment.
Axain. IN 1897. he s,milied The power
1.-The ua'trd Si,ies Bank 10 issue NOTES,
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