Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This 24-page pamphlet was produced by the Nashville Banner in order to present the reply of Robert L. Caruthers to a previous statement by Cave Johnson. It offers a report on the public debt, a history of the tariff, a summary of Congressional decisions regarding a national bank, a reprint of Van Buren's 1837 message regarding bankruptcy law, and a commentary on public lands. The Nashville Banner introduced it by claiming, Its delicate, yet scathing and withering exposure of humbuggery,...