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8.s.krept biz, called bg eay Or pr eminence
thS Demotiaiic bill, VAS before Congress az The
sasse session THAR III hiIl was passed. This
WIS u0t 50 il vas al rfefs5us session. This
Did 81 sir. Waits, ~ which believe every
D{uiscraiic mex15es Of The Senate Totrd, CON
faked every provision suhieh IS so much De.
ao.iucsd. 10 what Is called The uhig bill. The
reradialiuh fesluEe about With 0ae of he Com.
Distse i nov SO eIcqnsnf, was expressly advu-
ca:ed By AIR. 3enton, bscsuse il operated upon
past eentaels This bill, 100, coptained q pFc-
yisIon exietdingfhe cpefstio1 Of lhe Bankrupt
Law to all The STATE banks: Wrestling from me
cnbirol Of The States heir own instilntcps, and
sabtcsine she:n ioihs jurisdiction ii lie Federal
Cegr,s AaJ nhai, Ietme ask, would haye been
shE Consequences il ibis Democratic hillIhad pass,
! eds The banks al thai tiule South I'll " York
wessel All 10 STATE Of Suspension, and liable 10
Abe2prcceeded against AZ once, and flthey had
3tls lnpled a Resumption al that times An al pro-
kbashIly they ren6 nas have sustained il5cr six
ve:siss The inevratSS, ..le cersain coasernenee
void have been, that all he banks would have
been seized BY Commissioners in Bankruptcy,
speainted By the Federal Court; every note not
raid up al maturity put 10 suit; not one moment
lodulgenee given 10 single debtor; nothing bul
| specie received in payment IL debts, and The
property Ct every debtor forced toa safe al what
esef il would bring. What. let me ask. would
have been the condition Of Jefferson county if
this Democratic Bankrupt bill had passed. which
was advocated with So much eaTnesfness BY MIR.
WslL MIR. Benton and Others, aid apprpyed OF so
lar:ss khowor believe BY ALMOST ;he whole
/ Democratic party
And yeI, because this bill was not before Con-
gress al The very time stated. Oae Of The Com
mittee thinks himself al liberty 10 dispute 4he
| factS. Most diSneenucus eGuivocaticn. II is
said that politicians have one code Of ethics for
po,fiics and another for their privase contuci.-
! This opinion is probably true. For sincerely
Ebelieve thai ne consideration could have Induced
One Of he Committee 10 have skulked under
! thx sublerfuge 10 any of his TRANSACTIONS as a
| private gentleman.
One of The Committee is still opposed to any
lau, distributing the proceeds Of the pablo lands
amongst the States, and complains HAT in my
| asf number offered no argument npon that TO-
pic | will NOT be positive, as cannot lay my
hands upon that number, but feel pretty we'll
SatHhsd that an argument vas oteked, that
said then, as ! say now, that the proceeds Of the
LANDS Cannot with the least proptieiy. be consi-
defsd as revenue or taxes for the use hi the &C.
neral Government, that those lands we're convey
ed 10 Consfes in trust, cor The express use OF tie
Stays, and for no other use or purpose whalso-
eFts, that as the revolutionary debt ana the debt
q BE last war had been paid of and discharged,
the:Slaies ought now 10 insist upon receiving the
| 9fcSeeds Of The trust fund.- And caR!any thing
| be more reasonable or plain Than Ihisi
| 'ike objections Of your parry aIe, that this
wonld be making the States dependant upon The
FEDERAL Government fot their support, receiving
alms and gIaiafties- This is mol true, The very
re ysrse is true. A justsense of theirIighs and
Of Eheir power ought TO prompt them al once 10
detsapd Of Congress the property that belongs
to Iaem Of right. Is NOT this more manly, digni.
| ned andindependant than 10 submilto be swim
diel ourof yeur own inheritance; 4 seems 80 70
ues lain astuHrsuSu 1iiaI any man should OBJ
! jecl 20 This
fhe State OF virginia owes now debt OF
about seven millions Of dollsfs. TfMr. Clay's
Land bill had been permitted TO have become a
law, Virginia before this day would have re-
ceiYed upwards OF four millions Of dollars
Tbs would have SO far reduced her debt, that
our taxes might have been leesoned instead OF
increased, as they have been to large amount,
and 10 the worst Of times TO bear Them.
| those men are very proud indeed who reject
with scorn and contempt the use ofitheir own
property
one Of the Committee has assumed 10 himself
| the high Office and character Of critic. He had
advanced the doctrine that the decision Of the
! Supreme Court ought not 10 be respected on The
Bank question, because the Judges we're FEEDER
alsis IN political opinions. This Iehose. and
with the strictest propriety Of Language, 10 call
detestabIe doctrine. His literary taste must
Be refined indeed, who would object 10 The
word; and yet for using il, am told that the
animal that spoke TO BALKAN must have instruct.
ed me 10 the use OF language.
| The truth Is, that your readers are pretty ge-
nsfalls agreed, that in trying your hand at cri.
/ tlcism, you have given very strong eydence,
that you yourself have robbed this poor beast Of
| Balsam Of both is ears and stuck ope on each
side or your own noodle; and pretty figure
our accomplished critic cuts With bis pendant
ornaments. He who assumes the dignity OF this
high Office, must have pretty good opinion Of
himself--he ought 10 be ripe, and an accom-
plished scholar. If be be not, be = always in
great danger Of making himself appear ridicu-
lous and this has been exactly the case In The
i present insance--his high pretensions 10 the re-
6nements Of scholarship can lie compared 10
nothing more apuy, than the lubberly elephant
dancing minuet, or the stupid OK chewing j
cambria handkerchief. When One Or the Com
Inillee tries his hand again al criticism, he will
endsavorto assure himself that be stands upon
/ batter ground.
~ And now. Messrs. Editors, / am heartily sick
/ az this controyersy-for discussion Il can be
cslled no Ionger-shd | am truly sorry, that
ever engaged in il. To you. and all your Ie az
1 ers, il must be annoying indeed.