Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-02-11

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sustain that vctos The election of 1914 ems
wers that question. say to my friend from
Tennessee, the bank is NOT dead. The gem
tleman from Pennsylvania mr. Stewat,I
watches beside the tariff of lS42, and admires
ats beauty--to him lovely in death-ard hopes
Tor the day of resurrection. But tell my
Trend they are not dead. The serpent is by.
oernatng--benumbed by the chilly influence
Vi democratic rebuke; but under the genial
'"ys OF Wing sun in the ascendant, it will
co"1e loF'h; hlled with vigor and with venom,
reaug lot The work of ruin and destruction. -,
heVlNe ms gigantic scheme for internal inr.
provemenls, saddle the country with debt Of
S2oo'oOo.OoO' impair lis credit, and YOU will
hear from one end OF this Hall 10 The other
the wing hanner-cry, "a great regu,ator"-
a remedy Tor the dlStresses of the people-a
United States Bank! | recollect the spasns,
the dying throes of that monster. Whatever
might be said of General Jackson, the glorious
victory of New Orleans was small compared
with the moral courage with which he seized
by the throat, and, with his own right han,
brought the death .screech fromit. In the bat
tle-tleld, he, in common with others, exposed
has person 10 IFS dangers. His bosom was ba-
red, Ii Is true, 10 the enemies of his country;
but so ever those of the gallant soldiers who
followed him 10 victory. Had he fallen on
the field, he would have slept in soldiers
grave, with his war cloak around him. The
shout of victory would have cheered him, and
lis thrilling peals would have been the last
which sounded on his dying ear. But who
can estimate that iron nerve, that unbending
will, which, amidst the dismay, panic, the yells
of agony uttered by those who felt that the
hour of retribution had come, the profound
stress which invaded every village and ham,
Net in our country, and the artificial horrors
created by capitalists and corporations 10 en-
force their demands-moved steadily and
strongly 10 the great purpose before him, and
laid at his feet this great enemy to our peace?
Our Liberties survived the shock, it was true,
but am unwilling that they should be again
subjected TO so severe test warn my friend
from Tennessee, lest this should have been for
us barren triumph, not TO introduce and re-
establish system by which debt after debt
is 10 be accumulated, and such burdens as
high tariff and United States Bank re-impo-
sed
The great maneuvre Of capitalists is, 10
create pecuniary panic and pecuniary distress,
real aEi artificial Men, under such a scourge,
look with intense anxiety 10 any promise
which shadows forth even temporary relief.
The men who would march up 10 the lannon's
mouth, or stand unfinching the shock of char
glng sQuadrOns, has been known 10 Weld I'M
der such pressure When the officer with an
execution invades his house, and seizes the
last comforts of his family; when he looks at
weeping wife and beggared children, the
proud heart has been known to bend and the
ntimation that his distresses would be relieved
by change of his vote, has been seen 10 rev.
olutionize his political opinions Such causes
have produced more than one political tri-
umph and if those causes are re-created, will
again produce similar result
Sir, can | forget the disgraceful exhibit
made before this nation, of the individual
members of Congress indebted near half
million to the United States Bank Can any
man, who knows the influence Of a creditor
over debtor, be willing 10 see the streams of
legislation again polluted Is any friend
willing 10 aid in thus piercing the centre of
our victorious band by this legion of reserve!
Is he willing TO favor policy by which we
may have TO submit TO the rule OF a bank with
$4,000, 900, and fifty years to run? at the
termination of which charter, the bank will
have nothing to purchase, for the people will
have nothing 10 sell. Does he wish to see a
tariff, at the highest revenue point, to pour its
millions from the taxation of the people into
the treasury, and then a system of internal i'm
prcvementS, to lavish the Corrupting influen-
ces OF that money the length and breadth
of our land Has he brought himself to con-
sent to the erection of a grand laboratory of
moral m!asma at the seat Of Government TO
dlfuse its noXous and destructive influences
over and upon every institution Of our coun-
try Let him for a moment reflect upon the
! power 10 corrupt legislation, to control cleo
tons, 10 disarm State sovereignty, which will
be created. He himself, in his remarks on
yesterday, acknowledged the proprety of this
suggestion, when he told US that he voted
(wrongly, perhaps) against the lighthouse
bill of the last session, because he did not be-
leve that the West would get an equal share.
What has operated on him will influence 9TH
ers. With such moneyed influence at the seat
Of this Government, does not every one per-
ceive, that if 4 State shows any symptoms of
resistance to the will of Congress, if strug-
Cling minority, coEtending for the true con-
sruction OF the Constitution is likely TO be-
come majority, Congress can still the COM
motion, by pouring its millions into that State,
to be expended on its roads, its rivers, and ca
nais lisa State laborIng under the parayzing
Influence OF State debts, improvidenty contrac-
ted for internal improvements Congress- as
serting the power to make. can purchase i'm
proVements already made, and achieves party
victory by the lnsidous power of gol!. Is
Presidential election likely 10 come 10 this
House, and is Il small State doubtful-is it
shivering in the wind The will of Congress
decides the doubt, and the Goriian knot is Sc
vered by golden sword. ] mean no disre-
spect 10 the small States | speak Of human
nature as it is its infrmities we dep!ore-but
it is not sound philosophy to deny their exis-
tence.
The gentleman from Tennessee MIR. Stan
, toni has asked, by what authority are buoys,
piers, and light houses erected Where is
the grant in the Constitution | refer him TO
the eighth section defining the power of Con-
, gress. The authority is there given 10 pur-
chase, by the consent of the legislature OF the
State in which the same shall be, territory for
the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals,
dock yards, and other needful buildings; as
, also TO lrovide and maintain a navy. The
t light house is a necessary appendage TO the
I power of providing and maintaining navy,
and is one of the needfuI buildings referred 10
o in the Constitution. Congress, by the Con-
ST t1tion, may, and has often, authorized States
. t. levy tonnage duty on shipping, TO improve
heir harbors-a resource ample for the pur-
pose. and which will always be secured from
, abuse by the interest which is felt in avoiding
the loss of trade by excessive duties on ton,
mage. Strange that my friend could see no
grant in words so pain, so pregnant in mean
ing, and can, without difficulty, fix this alarm
ing power by inference alone. lie says, that