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= - vi as ePprqoqu1n or felecuous mu'
~ necessity 5e. is his Bill consiilrtonali b.
c@gfess lhe right 10 pass il and have 1.-The ,irI
e tpprove IN The Question can't by anv 10,
a9slsiy be avoided. Tosmake the maller plain
1e.tf Cand mnsi be very plain 70 beat any thin
- ,ae orains Of '0ne Of the CommilIee,5 Sup
Pose congress. in Us madness, had a few year
80 incorporated an Abolition society ID he eli,
% " ashingion, and al this session Law ha.
passed thu body Authorizing he e,,abli,hmep
o. branch Of that interpretation ID he city d
n'chmond, and such BID should be presented 4
ar Tyler fOr his appreciation. would he not say
as once this bill IS uneous,ilutional--I reject ii
he eases are precisely similar. Does sOne y
me Commisiee' understand il nowi ID order =
getrid Of hcposiiive authority Of Sir. Madison
One Of the COMMITTEES, attempts 10 degrade him
70 she level ofan IDIOT. He asks, with an air Of
triumph to himself. aud Of degradation 10 Mr..
sadlson, what can they say, Who press SIR.
Alpuisonb example npon Us. and call upon Is %
r-spect Y, when II IS remembered that he vetoed
one Bank because the charter required he paw
meat Of lis notes in specie.' / have taken care
70 quote the identical words. Could any human
beIng who had the least respect foE The character
! and public services of Mr.. Madison, venture
tins ridiculous assertoni Nows6ank notes must
oc paid 10 something What did Mr. Madison
propose they should Be paid in, chips or whe,-
I IuuHuUCe
which seems % be natural to- 'One Of The Cos
miuee ,'and say this is "a base Islander and ca
lumny,s but will venture 10 pronounce il to DE
great mistake. Il certainly appears 10 be
somewhat ridiculous 10 see such worms Of the
| eaEih as One Of the Committee and Mechanic -
t1e one making an assault, and the other defend
ing thai great and distinguished statesman. -
His fame defes the base temper and blunt edge
OF the rfdicule Of t0ne Of the Committee. and
stands in no need of the defence Of Mechanics
Pqny arm. Mr.. Monroe's authority is passed
over withou. one word of notice. | suppose
One Of The Committee takes him 10 be another
fool. II is denied that Gen. Jackson ever ad..
united The constitutional power OF Congress 10
Charter Bank. One Of the COMMITTEE disdains
10 examine his Veto Message, an official docu-
ment, in which aver wilhout The least fear of
apy respectable contradiction, that this power is
admitted 10 50 many nerds, He chooses to rely
Tsiher TO pm unofficial letter which Colonel
benton says he received from the General. Is
net his official document better thhn The letter,
!. such a one really exisisl And Tor nv own
part, would not have much confidence in any
lhiEg that had passed between the fnges OF Thai
dl,hngrishtd gentleman, Col. Benton. .One Of
The COMMITTEE knows to what allude. What
has 5ecome Of that long list of vorthies, whose
whole lives had been devoted to the preserya-
ihey are all point blank against One OF The Com
miltee,' if he means those Il have spolen Of
Mr Jefferson and oilers. But hehas found one
Aud now, induleeni reader, can you conjecture
Who that ISL IL is Henry Clay ! No other per-
son. He applauds his vote in 1911 against re-
char:erlpg The old U. s. Bank. Something Is
gained lhep for gallant Harry Of the Vest
Well, I will advise One Of the COMMITTEE TO
tread closely 10 his steps, and will assure him
he will always be found 10 The road OF houored
patriotism Next, an attempt is made TO dispar.
age and degrade the Supreme Court Of The U.
States. Every thing must be Frustrated by the
giant arp of this man Of the Committee. Hs
asks unsupported the judges OF this Court
answer, George Washington, with the advice
and consent Of the Senate, appointed the Judges
who hFstdecided this question. But this was an
impure source, because George Washington was
Etderalist. One Of the Committee' speaks Of
the politics ofJudges. This is most detestable |
doclriEe. Does he not see TO what il would lead
To the contempt aud subversion or all judicial
respect and authority. A more licobinica. doc
Urine was never brosched in any country. Let
him look at home. The Judge or our own cir
Gull, gentleman alike distinguished for the So |
lidi,y and extent Of his legal Sltainmenls and !
the elevation and purity Of his private character,
is known 10 be of the Democratic parry. Would |
undervalue his decisions, and despise hs aulhor-
W Away with such shocking, designating |
principles. #.
beg pardon for my sllusion 10 this gentle |
man ; my pep had written the lines before the |
thought occurred to me that there might be some |
improperly in il, but viii not blot out the |
words--the expression Of respect was meri,ed, |
because il rests upon solid fabrick. IN
This writer speaks Of the loose and arbitrary |
opinions Of The Supreme Court. This IS respect |
lu language, indeed, ID be thrown 10 theface Of
as high and elevated judicial tribunal as there
is upon earth. He, himself, is certainly above |
every body and every thing. He denies with
emphasis, that this Court ever decided that Con-
gress had right TO charter Bank, to restore
ordep/to the currency. and to regulate exchan-
gesI He says allit has decided Is. that Congress
might establish Bank as fiscal agent Of the
Treasury IL necessary but that necessity iras 10
be judged or by Congress- He then very wisely
draws the conclusion that Bank Of Deposte is |
ell that is necessary. Most learned Judge J. |
The logicians, think, herald this non stguifur.
Congress has the power 10 charter Bank, has
II, but no right to say what caPscity Of useful
ness il shall haye?, II must only be asBaDk Of
Deposite. This is certainly the pinnacle Of
nonsense. DO you not know. though you disin-
geniousy conceal the fact, that the very Bank
hO9N
a Bank Of discount and circuIstioni And this
is fair specimen Of your ean5or. and the pow
er Of your reasoning faculties. You are a@man
Of liberal education, SIN certain, and no doubt
have studied the art Of logic lfupon the reel.
talon Of Jour lesson in that study you had given
such specimen Of your stuticiiy Go coin
word) your teacher, no matter what might have
been his patience, would have boxed your ears.
and made you take Jour seat for a duh boy
Add now what has become Of The mighty argu-
ment Of this writer upon1he cos,iiutional q1es-
Of q vision III w MECHANIC.
We are under The necessity Of PosiPoning the
remainder Of aMeehanic'sn communication,
which will occupy about as much space as tina,
already given, until our next
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