Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856.

DEBATES OF CONGRESS. 401 JANUARY, 1834.] Resignation of Mr. Bullard. [I. OF R. House of Orange, an early statute of William evil for two years longer. The storm must and Mary reversed the judgment as illegal and come, in which every one must seize such plank arbitrary; and from that time it has been the of safety as he may out of the common wreck; opprobrium of the bench, and the scorn of the and it is not the part either of true courage or profession. of provident caution to wish it deferred for The account of it which is given by Burnet is a little time longer. thus: "The court, finding that the city of Sir, I have done. I have now closed my London could not be wrought on to surrender remarks upon the question of the public depostheir charter, resolved to have it condemned by its, second in importance to none that has oca judgment in the IKing's Bench. Jones had curred in the course of the present administradied in May; so now Pollexfen and Treby tion, whether we regard its relations to the were chiefly relied on by the city in this matter. public faith, to the currency, or to the equiSawyer was the Attorney-General, a dull, hot poise of the different departments of our Govman, and forward to serve all the designs of the ernment. It is with unfeigned satisfaction court. He undertook, by the advice of San- that I have raised my feeble voice in behalf of ders, a learned, but very immoral man, to the amendment offered by the gentleman from overthrow the charter. The two points upon South Carolina, whose enlightened labors in which they rested the cause were, that the this great cause, through a course of years, have common council had petitioned the King upon inseparably connected his name with those a prorogation of Parliament, that it might meet principles upon which the security, the value, on the day to which it was prorogued, and had and the enjoyment of property depend; and taxed the prorogation as that which had occa- it will be sufficient reward for me if I shall be sioned a delay of justice: this was construed to thought not to have impaired the effect of his be the raising of sedition, and the possessing efforts, nor to have retarded the progress of the people with an ill opinion of the King."- those principles to their ultimate establishment. "' When the matter was brought near judgment, For myself, I claim the advantage of saying Sanders, who had laid the whole thing, was that, as I have not consciously uttered a sentimade chief justice; Pemberton, who was not ment in the spirit of mere party politics, so I satisfied on the point, being removed to the trust that my answers to the Secretary will Common Pleas on North's advancement. not be encountered in that spirit. If the great Dolbin, a judge of the King's Bench, was found and permanent interests of the country should not to be clear; so he was turned out, and be above the influence of party, so should be Wilkins came in his room. When sentence the discussions which involve them. It ought was to be given, Sanders was struck with an not to be, it cannot be, that such questions apoplexy, upon which great reflections were shall be decided in this House as party quesmade; but he sent his judgment in writing, tions. The question of the bank is one of puband died a few days after." As the only pre- lic faith; that of the currency is a question of cedent which the books present to us of forfeit- national prosperity; that of the constitutional ure of charter for sedition, or an interference control of the treasury is a question of national with political power, it is not without instruc- existence. It is impossible that such momenttion. ous interests shall be tried and determined by Sir, these reasons of the Secretary being one those rules and standards which, in things inand all insufficient to justify the removal of the different in themselves, parties usually resort deposits, the question of remedy is the only to. They concern our country at home and one that remains. The State of the country abroad, now, and to all future time; they conrequires the return; but the question of return cern the cause of freedom everywhere; and, if has nothing to do with the renewal of the char- they shall be settled under the influence of any ter. If renewal were the object, I should say, considerations but justice and patriotism-saDo not put them back; leave them as they cred justice and enlightened patriotism-the are; make no provision for the future, and dejected friends of freedom dispersed throughout see, at the end of two years, to what relief the the earth, the patriots of this land, and the papeople will fly. But, sir, let us save the coun- triots of all lands, must finally surrender their try from this unnecessary suffering. Return extinguished hopes to the bitter conviction that them, and the mists will clear off from the the spirit of party is a more deadly foe to horizon, and the face of nature smile as it did free institutions than the spirit of despotism. before. Return them, and make some provision for the day when the capital of this bank is to be withdrawn from the country, if it is to be WEDNESDAY, January 8. withdrawn. Provide some control, some regu- Thef lation of your currency. The time is still suffi- Speaker of the House, read, and ordered to lie cient for it, and the country requires it. If, ke House, read, a ordered to lie indeed, this bank is not to be continued, nor another to be supplied, nor a control devised to HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 8, 1834. prevent the State banks fromshooting out of their SIR: I have the honor to inform you that my seat orbits, and bringing on confusion and ruin, then in the House of Representatives of the United States, I confess that I see no benefit in putting off the oever which you preside. has become vacant by resVor. XII.-26

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