Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-03-18

Gen. HARRIsnN always declared that n Bank
unconstitutional, and no man can show line
from hun of different imp"rI.-Vd6dsh Express.
Our friend Of the Tppecanoe Journal publish.
cd the above with some comments which We gave
our readers last week We did not notice the a
bove expression 10 the Express, and had we no,
known Major Semans Of the Journal, personally,
TO be a gentleman who would not under any cir
cumstances misquo,e the language of cotempo-
rary, We should have doubted the correctness of
the quotation. Ii is to Us, singular, odd, and
strange, that friend Downing should have made
the assertion quoted above We heard Gen. iIar-
rson in his speech at New Paris, Ohio. at Green
vile, and at Dayton, and on each occasion, he
stated explicitly in substance 1t not IN the pre-
cise words: "that he had believed the old Banks
of the United States unconstitutional; but he
considered the question settled by the Supreme
Cour, of the u. States; and in he were e.
lec.ed President, and a bill were passed by Con
gress, fresh from the people, be would not feel
himself at liberty to disregard that decision, and
the opinions of those 'llusirlons Presidents who
signed the old Charters entertaining as they did
opinions similar to his own, but would sign a bill
for the Incorporation of National Bank. And
while he doubted the constitu,iouali,y of the old
Bank, We, he believed that n Bank of the United
State nigh, be organized on such principles as
not 10 violate the spirit of the Constitution
fringe on the reserved rights of the States. -
Friend Downing says that Gen. Harrison "always
declared that a Bank was UNCONSTITUTIONAL" and
then dares contradiction Of the assertion We
have here ,ofore looked upon even the assertions
of the editor Of the Express good evidence
but in this instances think the article ..a'' ha.
usurped the place friend Bowling designed for the
word ",he"-hence his error. In a celebrated
letter written by Gen Harrison, The following
language will be tound:-
That Bank of the United States competen
"to all the duties which NAV be required bv tn,
Government might be organized not to IN
'iringe on the delegated powers or the reserve,
.'s,ghts Of the States, do not entertain doubt
Ia the same publication is also found this Ian
guage:-
The question then for me TO answer, is whe tn
ser under the circumstances you state 1t electe
-'io the office OF President, would sign an act I
''charter another Bank; answer. trould, If cea
ally ascertained that the puhlIc interest in reIa
"tion to the collection and disbursement Of III
revenue materially suffer without one and Their
'"ere unequ,vocal manifestations IN its favor"
Ihese extracts require no special pleading
'hey speak 10 plain terms. We therefore ieav
the matter with friend Bowling and the reader.
A Heary Verdict -E'gh, thousand dollars dam
ages have been rendered by Jury in Tompkn
county. On. Y.,) circui, for breach of promise
marriage. The parties TO the suit were Mary Co,
rad and Josiah B. Williams. both of the village
Ithaca
tIrAta recent sale of the valuable library
the late DR. Thaddeus Mason Harris. in this cit
copy OF Elios's Bible sold TO Mr.. Wiothro
tor S39.-Boston Transcript.