ADVERTISEMENT. As the questions of Currency, and the renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States, have been particularly discussed in this Review, we have appended to the present number the three Reports to the federal House of Representatives, from the committee whom that house appointed to inquire-whether the charter had been observed, and the general purposes of the institution attained. We wish to embody in our work the history of what is called the Bank Question, because it is curious and instructive in itself, and connected essentially with one of the most important branches of public economy. The report of Mr. Adams is eminently worthy of that form and vehicle, in which it may be consulted and preserved with most convenience. It has a durable, intrinsic value, as a masterly intellectual performance, rich in sound constitutional doctrines. The article on the Tariff Question, in the present number, proceeds from a source of much authority, and conveys the principles and main reasonings of the Free Trade party. In the prospectus of our Review, we said "As the work is not meant "to be devoted to the views or favourite ends of any member or "section of the Union, neither will it be to any exclusive or par"tial doctrines in any of the admitted subjects. The utmost lati"tude of opinion and discussion will be allowed, that is com"patible with the limits, temper, and general merit to be required "in each article." The practice of the editor has been conformable to these assurances. On the tariff subject particularly, he has inserted disquisitions from each of the adversary parties. Whoever considers the text of his prospectus, just quoted, must at once perceive, that he ought not to be held responsible for the opinions expressed in any article not written by himself. Indeed, a Review of this description, should be universally treated as impersonal. This is now the case in Europe. No one there thinks of charging editors with all the varieties of theory and decision to which critical journals are open, or singling out individuals for special liability and retaliation, as the authors of particular articles. Dissent, blame, remonstrance, are directed against the production and sentiments, which are believed to be exceptionable-not against persons. CONTENTS OF No. XXI. The Case of the Cherokee Indians against the State of Georgia.-Argued and determined at the Supreme Court of Report (made by the Hon. G. C. Verplanck) of the Select Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the expediency of establishing Assay Offices within the Gold Districts of North and South Carolina and Georgia. An Historical Inquiry into the production and consumption of the precious metals. By William Jacob, Esq. F. R. S. De la Religion, considérée dans sa source, ses formes et ses développements. Par M. Benjamin Constant. Of Religion, considered in its Origin, its Forms and Developments. By The Elements of Mechanics. By James Renwick, LL. D. Professor of Natural Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry in Columbia College, New-York. Poem delivered before the Society of United Brothers, at Brown University, on the day preceding Commencement, September 6th, 1831. With other poems. By N. P. Willis. Poems by William Cullen Bryant. VII. MEMOIRS OF THE DUTCHESS OF ABRANTES, Mémoires de Madame La Duchesse d'Abrantès, ou Souve- nirs Historiques sur Napoléon, la Révolution, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire, et la Restauration. Memoirs of the Dutchess of Abrantès, or Historical Recollections of Napoleon, ART. Guatimala, or the United Provinces of Central America, in 1827-28; being Sketches and Memorandums made during a twelve month's residence in that Republic. By Henry Dunn. Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico. By G. A. Thompson, Esq. Late Secretary to His Britannic Ma- jesty's Mexican Commission, and Commissioner to report to his Majesty's Government on the State of the Central Re- PAGE. |