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committed the Act-to censure the Bank violently, yet propitiate its indulgence by throwing out hints that he was not implacable, & that he might, possibly be brought finally to vote for its re-charter. By such a course, he might keep in with both President Jackson, & Presi- dent Biddle, & receive from the former his expected rewards, and from the latter, some further extension of favors, He has perhaps not en- tirely forgotten his obligations to the Bank for past ihdulgences, & in gratitude therefor ·cannot utterly abandon it. We may have im occa- sion hereafter to remind him of the great affection which the institu- tion once bore to him; and this we shall do without hesitatancy, when- ever it may be rendered necessary by any unjustifiable course of Tiis . friends towards ours. One of our contemporaries has already thought proper to urge the solemn charge of Corruption against one of our most zealous & talented Representatives in Congress, in relation to the Bank-an accusation which can be sustained neither in a Court of justice, or before the tribunal of the people; and is made without the least shadow of evidence or probability of its truth. In defending him against a charge so vital to his character as a politician, & as an honest man, we may be forced also, into recriminative warfare. "To recriminate is just," Says Dr. Young; & however reverse we may be to strifes of every kind, yet we cannot see our friends assailed, without assailing in return; and when driven into such a course, we shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we were not the aggressors.- In reference to the removal of the deposites, the Democratic- Force-Bill- Republican- Proclamation- States-Right!,- Consolida- tion-Union-Party;•are placed in rather a singular, situation, & one that must be truly distressing to a people, whose propensity to :Mis- chief, & antipath)' to good, is as great as theirs have always been. They are exactly in that predicament, where they can do no possible harm, & cannot well aYoid doing some little service. If they oppose the De- posites, they contribute, in some degree, to t!1e just punishment of one of the most lawless acts ever committed in the civil administration of affairs; & if they sustain the Executive in that high-handed measure, they will still be doing good, by rendering assistance in destroying a monster, so formidable & dangerous in our Government, as a National Bank. To us it is quite a matter of indifference, which course they pursue-in neither can they do mischief; for they are compelled either to surrender their long cherished affection for the Bank; & go against an im:titution which they love for the injury which it is capable of inflicting upon the liberties of their country; or to abandon their favorite-policy of Executive Usurpation, & oppose another monster, the object of their idolatry, no less abhorrent & formidable than the Bank itself. Which horn of the dilemma these "most obedient, humble serrnnt'' gentlemen, will prefer, we can be at no loss to decide. As stron~ as may be their attachment to the Bank, their attachment to the Venerable usuper, ii-stronger still. With them, principle must always give way to men. To war against the powers that be, & espe- cially against a man who <·1m abuse authority so much after their own heart as G<>n. Jn<"k~on, woulcl l:e nltogethrr out of <:hnrncter_, & at \'ariance with th<>ir timc-~Prring and f:nbmissive pollicy. Tlwy owe the Pr<>si<lent too grrat a 1leht of gratitude, to <lcsrrt him in the pres- ent crisis; & they alt:o know too w<.'ll, that their own prospects of
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