The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1843-1852, 1849-02-06

ascribed To Il in the gentenhfass secon1b beso.
intion. On the contrary ,Emy opipio}Dis Is,
founded on all past expetieSce in this ftste,
that the public treasury, land the 4 pub
lie faith,'' are safer in the Eonds Of Bank
of tue State, than they probably wour be, In
any otherfiscal agent, Whatever, to Yhomswe
should be compelled to eRrnst le public
monies, and consequently, to dkree, the
public faithsof the State.
meet the questions in reference to fthe
Bank of the State, practically, talHng things
as they are, not running off upon a theory
which may or may not be correct. Whether
a Bank of the State, as an original measure
Of State policy, ought or ought ilst toSbe es-
has, lsconceiye, noa 70 do with
,lic rgeseisk disc qssion. si 50
Hons Rrntfetdnn's third respiution, to- wit !:
fifat tittis ssiiIexpedienr TO telchorterahs Bank
Of the State ''-the ba!larcc Of the resolution
is only fair and proter indNciionof the
first clause. Now sir, Iayow mall ssnceritv,
that am wholly Hhpreparsd, eight Years in
advance, TO make a deciaraions shfhr nlaiively
ar. negatively, UPON this prpositiohs dare
not say it is true or untrue; butNHhen the
proper lind xromes TO decidea Question of so
much Importance as / coneivf this 70 be, L
shall be rs ready rs any otlHr tnag, whether
on the floor or in the ranks,toFisE my voice
and vote. This much wiltsaysdere, thatit
is ntterlyindifferent TO me, Yhat fybiicy or IN.
terest may require then, i'll lafl satisfied,
the honor and the faith ofSohff Carolina,
requires n charter of thdBtqS, Until the
public debt falls due, / wd yote for such
a rc.charter at the hazard &ffsery thing l
hold dear inlfc. Sir, Y6s old enough
mot learnea enoi,gN feH he. enough
not poliiician enough f6s what ough,
10 be done eight years b rare PC / live, and
bave avoice in the coupe4 kuth Carolina
then, s will do as tpl&I8 s1ber have done,
give ny voice according Bmy best Judgment,
Irrespective of popnlaII Ikor, OF popular con-
tlemnation. 49, 3 80, ~ a. .4e
! 4 Mr.. Speaker, I an, no prophet, nor the
son Of a prophe,,Y td8eS common clerical
;phrase--bat ], an, a 1fetsAat weshave had
prophets, more ar les bpirea, since the days
OF fniiain. But thdFcat difficulty is, and
has been, 70 know De her BailaIn. or his
Ass spake.ss 1t very enyhappens chat the
.assinstead Of the fr: lnims 10 speak.4-
Sir,I admire and hoi int esesA SO f@ asmy
iiiniteda aeapacify pef| s ts1ts toijudg but I
have never felt incl down 70 she
ssImal s'1! ! who 4 !, ssss Ren sIs oss & y
\ M. Spcask i,bfFe giyex 1fonse slia
pfof rot fllgf fi3enI III sSsk k&SS<ix;
bowers ca:,. Is iss<E tx itsE5p iieai
hitof9 IL he's non siss cikt sfSs4 dosus
eaetlaty or paroleS @ lkvnotfk q nm free S6
ss9s {lAAf an osc apo;a5 view, lie oteht u
3}n1(e zlisnited sx st, j, solirical cl,istory.
ltis pn sllis12 & Il, on taisfloor OF be.
for the public, 70 tlisciaisn ni an xny lshpnS
tation upon The persotsl cl liatncter +, and per.
sonal honor Of those 10 VI OH the admins.
tratiori of thea faiss q { tie Bank are entfiste
cd. They mast feel anil dahbtles do fcei,
that however insiduous the oftack,, that il is
intended tc operate, and does Operate person
ally on those gentleRens, ~ Is ctargeli that
the Bark is corrupt Rnd corrupting-Ai il
,'surps sovereignty, E,rbSyond The power ofthe
Legs;aiurc-that it is partial in its discounts,
and ndnlgcnccs, unsound and rotten to the
core. Ii this be true, then say again, il is
utterly impossible to discriminate between
the Bank, and the men selected to manage
u. a believe none OF thesc charges. although
believe it will be useless TO challenge in
Vesfigafion. The Bank ought to have polit-
cal history thus far, that those who represent
., ought not to stand still, and fold their
rnls, and suffer themselves and their friends
'triken down by an enemy, who gives no
l'"'N'S. II 10 uhC W tnc pcOpiC, ihos tit
Bank side Of the question should be fairly and
lilly heard, and no one is more interested
hat il should be so done, than the officers
md directors Of the Bank andAiis branches.
The cry of political influence and interven-
ION in matters Of STATE, cannot well be loud
,r and more confident than it has been--nor
would the p,o ,oo5 thai gentlemen assaiIed di-
'ectiy or indirectly, thought proper to defend
themselves before the public, avail the assail-
,nts anything before an intelligent popula-
iron. But the Bank has moral history, sir,
TINT, upon compari son and. Investigation,
won,o shame any private banking insntutlon
in the State, and put its occusers to the blush,
if their object was only the truth, the tehole
truth, and nothing but the truth. IL has done
more to prevent emigration, and Keep the
taxable property Of the State wIthin',ts JurIs-
dcton, than all the laws upon our statute
books. 1t has in innumerable instances, act
ing upon the benevolent principle declared in
its charter, saved from bankruptcy and ruin,
planters, farmers, mechanics, merchants, tra-
ders, and all classes of the community. Is
this nothing, sir, in the estimation of this
body or the people? s@ H@
It's snceringIy asked what BUSINESS has
the Bank TO inicrpose to save one man, whilst
o,bcrs fall into irretricvablc ruin 2 SIR, this