Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-01

The molten to strike gut s?r.m,
eeii was then rcjee'el. y ay.s aaj
noes-ayes 81. noes Is;
Various other mDiiOns were mad,
TO strike OUT different items in tie re-.
solution, all OF which were lost.
TIE question was then taken Ly
ayes and noes on agreeing 10 the re-.
solution, as reported by The commit.
tee Of the whole, and it was adopted
ayes rs. noes 81.
The House proneehed to consider
the remaining resolutions /; but before
any fnal decision took place they ad.
iOurned.
FRIDAY, Oct. 20.
Mr. TroupL. from the committee f
conference appointed OIL the dlss, reeirs
vutss OF the t"o houses relative to the
resolutions expressing the sense Of Con-
gressOf the gsllantry OF Gems. Brown,
ss. presented report on The subject.
This report proposes tk,t the house con-
cur with the Amendments If .Ls Senate
T. the resolutions They we're sg eed
to By the house. So the resolutions
have passed both houses.
The house agsin ,onk up The unSnish-
cd business az yesterday The ,uhjecI
under consideration wss, The 9Th and
last resolution reported by he commit
tee Of wavs and mrans re commenting
the establishment of 4 Natia'at B-nk.
Mr.. Cl,ptsn spoke sgain,i The re.o-
lufion. He was clearly Of opinion tina,
Congress had no constitutional power
TO establish such an Institution.
Mr.. Epprs said hat a!th ugh he bad
reported this resolution in obedience to
the Instructions Of The Committee OF
ways and means, yet bis sentiment, Oh
the subject Of N-tiopai Bark. remain
cd the same as they had always been.
Although il was evident that some eir-
culs,ipg nredism which should obtain
public coIhdeRcs, was absolutely neecs-
.ary OF this time, he va, far from be-
ing willing 10 re.ort TO measure which
he believed was forbidden by tic Con.
stitution.
Mr.. Wright moved to amend the 70
solution, so as to eoniinr the National
Bank 10 the District OF Columbia. This
you'd remove the doubts Of thcss who
believed that Congress had no conNI.
tution,i power to establish such 40 III
sutton as he che proposed /; and no
man doubted the su,bsri,y oil Congress
TO cree, . Ns,ioaal Bank 10 this Di.
strict.
Mr. Burnell opposed Mr.. Wright,
M ton, on the ground that Bark c.
established in hi, District, with brunei.
es elsewhere merely depending On lhe
csp'icc OF other corporations, would
render very little aid to the govern-
a'ent. He expressed decided bSstl-
lily TO the principles Syovcd in the re.
port 81 tbs Secretary OF the Treasury,
as the basis on which il was proposed
10 establish National Ba',k. lie did
lot wish 10 see the government con-
nected with such On institution If C.
established, it ought TO stand upon its
"aD intrinsic credit. He sdrcrted 10
lie banelul effect the pr posed plsn
would produce upon the pnbiic stock,
by Causing 4 very considerable rise in
tie pcicc, to the exclusive advantage
Of SPECTATORS.
Mr.. Bay csn,cnded that Congress
had Goa 'i;utional power TO establish
NalioIal Bank ond in addition to this,
he belle ed III t the states had no ri ht
to e.tablish banking situations, in sup
port at which opinion he read IN ex-
tract from the constitution which prohi-
bits tho states from emitting bills Of
credit aud bank notes. be soid, we're
certainly bills Of credit Of the first or.
der, as they circulated with almost tho
same iaclii'y as gold aud silver. He
believed that tho state legislature. had
mad ertently assumed this uncons'ilu-
ton | power, for tie purpose Of their
own agsrandizcmcnt.-lie iptrea.ed
gentlemen not to Lc ihnuent ed on this
subject b. former and erroneous pre-
JUDGES, but TO give W the p'idc Of o.
PM to tho public good, which impr-
riously called for the adoption of the
proposed measure. The great man, he
deserved, who h,l deliberately given
IBIS Sanction TO former institution CT
this kind, was probably at least as good
. Judge OF It's censGiu,ionalily as airy
me mbsr e ,his bsuse
Mr.. G osvxno said il would be ri
together tllaeious TO establish a Ma.
,enal Bank in this district. unless
were established 10 the sever
i states 1t could be OF Nd use whate.
yer In the fiscal operations Of the GO.
vcrhn'est. As TO the cunstitutionslity
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