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with Congress Of passing ne,c law, hut only |
that Of extending ihr existing Law, 10 newly I
SECURED portion Of he UaioD. He was not
called upon 10 do The ACT itself, but simply 10
widen The sphere Of is operation. He did not
sign Bank charter that had been dene BY his
predecessor. lie only signed bill that did not
require any new exefciss Of Constitutional pow
"a to give Il force And the Once wheh esIab.
Iished. derived its force from an existing Law,
The 23d Seetioa Of the existing charter before
created.
\ And when. pray. did Mr. Monroe adrccs,. .he
power Of Congress to establish !. Bank; You
have not eondeseended 10 inform Us. And am
not ashamed 70 confess haiti he ever was an
advocate Of that power, am ighorant Of it,
And yaekscp. TOO, yeu say, was an adyoeaie-
You win not take the acts Of his whole life upon
this subject+-his war siih the great monster;-
nor his recent leties 10 Col Benton, adding shat
you would not have much confidence 10 any
thing which had passed between The hngefs Of
that distinguished gentleman. and tharOne Of the
commtict knows 10 what aIluds-' Yes do
know that you allade With much apparfns plea.
sure, 70 loui, Infamous ealumny invented BY
some tool Of your party for political effect
ask sgain, have you Pressd that these men,
OF any Of Them were the advocates Of the power
Of Congress to establish Bank ! maintain that
you have not. And mo- greater tribute G. old
possibly be paid 10 tie uerncry Of those great
Republicans, Than these frequent as'emPu 70
misreplesent on the one hand, and The deceiiini
praise Of their admitted policy and opinions on
/ The other, which il daily extoried from modern
federalisiss These gfeaI Statesmen have render
ed themselves The immortal lavorHes q the peo-
pie, ard your party knowing this, DO nel hesitate
| il public 10 bestew upon them the most fulsome
aduIa,ion, whilst in private, as have frequently
heard them. they speak 10 the most chnteDptd-
Gus manner Or Them, and almost every act Of
j their lives.
The NEXT glaring miss,afemept which meels
nv observation is cantsined in the following
words Next an attempt is made TO aisparags and
degrade HE Supreme Court With the commu-
nication which yen were criIicising foil before
your eyes, il is matter Of extreme establishment
10 me how you could have permitted that SEN
Iienee 10 have escaped from your pen. II you
had set out with the fixed determination OF dis
crediling your own composition you could not
have done so more eTee,Bally than BY penning
such a sentence as the above. The language
which used in speaking Of he Slpteme Court
was Ihis-sThe men themselves who occupied
the Bench were entitled to all respect, and espe-
| cially he Who was chief among Them, and chief
! among all the men Of his day, for professional
/ ability, unambiiious worth, and incompatible
integrity. His authority is indeed ofgreat weight.
God forbid that should speak lightly of IT, /
was Sl1lculdrly c9Ieluls 10 uldW d u'SuuCuVh
between The meEs bars Of the Supreme Court and
The easrai Party Of that day, i5hc perf Afterwards
driven with scorn and disgrace from the service
Of The people And now, sir, where is the at
tempt 10 tdisparage and degrade the Supreme
Courtr And that confidence wiz the public
thereafter have IN any thing you shalfwrite, when
they have here snch specimen Of Jour cshdor
| and fairnessi. Yon sag One Of the sCommitiee'
speaks Of the politics Of Judges This is a most
deies,able doctrine What docirinei Oh thou
Solomon Of scribbIerst What doctrine IS 50 de
iestablef To speak Of The roliticsa OF Judge
his doctrine, is I'D Verify, verify, some honest
descendant OF the animal which spske unto Ba-
lam must have been your preoeptor when you
| studied The definition cf words fully concur
wiihIyou in-ttfe meriiec compliment which you
have bestowed upon the Judge of This District,
and yet cannot prevent the suspicion from in
| irudiug itself upon my mind, that YOU are one Of
4 those Wing admirers Of that gentleman and pro-
| found Judge, who refused through disreputable
party motives TO sign the Recommendation gotten
up in behalf Of one Of the most distinguished or
nanents Of our bar, when he received his sp.
pointment! , II your withersare unwfung. you
may smile at this, but If you be the CALLED jade I
which Suspect you to be, you must needs vince.
ONE OF THE COMMITTEE.
/ IcoNcLusIoN IN OUR MKT