The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-06-06

So the President announced that that E.
PHRAIM BANKS, of Miffiin county, was
duly nominated for Auditor General, and on
motion, his nomination was unanimously
confirmed.
Mr.. Frazer, chairman of the committee
on resolutions, then made the following re-
port:
That the federal government is one IL
mited powers, derived solely from the con-
stitution, and the grants Of power shown
therein ought to be strictly construed by all
the departments and agents of the govern
ment; and that it is inexpedient and danger
Gus to exercise doubtful constitutional pow
ers.
2. That the constitution does not confer
upon the general government the power to
commerce and carry on general syste m OF
internal improvements.
3. That the constitution does not con con-
fer authority upon the federal government
directly, or indirectly. to assume the debts Of
the several States, contracted for local inter-
nal Improvements or other State purposes
nor would such assumption be Just and ex-
pedient..
4. That justice and sound policy forbid
the Federal government to foster one branch
of industry TO the deuiment of another, or to
cherish the interest of one portion to the in
Jury of another portion of our common coun-
try: that every citizen, and every section of
the country, has right to demand and in
sist upon an equality of rights and privileges,
and to complete an ample protection of per-
sons and property from domestic violence or
foreign aggression.
5. That it is the duty of every branch of
the government to enforce and practice the
most rigid economy in conducting our pub
lie affairs, and that no mofe revenue ought
to be raised than is required TO defray the
necessary expenses Of the government, and
for the gradual but certain extinction of the
debt created by the prosecution of a just and
necessary war, after peaceful relations shall
have bee,r restored.
g. Tnat Congress has no power to char.
fer a nationa, bank that We believe such
an institution one o. deadly hostility to the
best interests of the country, dangerous to
our republican institutions .nd The Liberties
of the people, and calculated to place the
business Of the country within ihe control OF
concentrated money power, ana above the
laws and the will of the people and thai the
results of Democratic legislation, in this anG
all 0ther hnanclll measures upon winch lSss
ues have been made between the two politi-
cal parties of the country, have demonstrated
to candid and practical men of all parties,
their soundness, safely and utility in all busi-
ness pursuits.
7. That Congress has no power under the
constitution 10 interfere with or control the
domestic institutions of the several States,
and that such States are the sole and proper
Judges of everything appertaining 10 their
own affairs, not prohibited by the consttu-
tion that all efforts of the abolitionists or
others made to induce Congress to interfere
with questions Of slavery, or to take incipi
ent steps in relation thereto, are calculated to
lead to the most alarming and dangerous
consequences; and that all such efforts
have an inevitable tender cy to diminish the
happiness of the people, and endanger the
stability and permanency of the Union, and
ought MOTTO be countenanced by any friend
of our political institutions.
8. fhatthe separation OF the moneys of
the government from banking institutions is
indispensable for the safety of the funds OF
the government and the rights of the people
o. That the liberal principles embodied
by jefferson in the Declaration of Indepen.
dence and sanctioned ig the Constitution. |
which makes ours the'land OF liberty, and
the az ylum Of the oppressed of every nation, !
have ever been cardinal principles in the