Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-21

Z. aud that we could not vote for it was
ehis king weak ground /. And though
il IS no compliment to have done better
than the Aurora, yet that paper should
nave remembered. that while the war was
suffering for want of money. while the bank
was brought forward as the only means OF
raising il. .hile SO Macy men were giving
ground on tins account, while TIE Aurora
itsrit was declaring that Congress must
either establish such I, bank as viii aid the
,o"ernin M by loans OF otherwise, or lay
additional taxes To the amount at several
millions, or declare their utter inco.peten-
cy TO mnnage the aFa,rs of tais nation >
at this pinch OF the crisis, the Enquirer
stooiits gfccn'--aad proclaimed the tank
To be unconstitutional. And this is the fiex-
Utility OF the Enquirer
q But the geese at ihe cofifol caeklcl, and the
Enquirer took 1t .Ig,Ly--the bank was sal
iered To pass nneensui ed.''
Malignant misrepTe sentation Never
did the Enquirer labor with more zeal and
SO little eff CT, to arrest ary institution.
We appeal to our Numbers of March 9th,
March 30th, April 3rd, and April 1Oth.---
We denouncedit as contrary to the co;
st,tution /; that Congress had b.5un at the
wrong end-they were assuming power
which was never concede !. that they ought
first To beg it by an amendment to the
constitution, and then to exercise it. We
denounced it to as siuniag against all ex.
petiency as tarowing more paper INFO
circulation, when We were already deluged
by it and as retarding the State Banks
in their return tn specie payments. by alb
sorbisg the gold ard silver which ought to
go to repienish THEIR vaults.-We dill all
we could we did our duty ; we expressed
our sehtimentsin spite OF ali the glbes aud
sneers W. experienc d but it was pushing
bullrush al the ocean-the bank bill pas
sed.
We are sick, sirk. of this subject. We
have n with the senssless charges of the
Aurora We consign them and their au
thor to the contempt they merit...He is en-
titled to no further notice.
The New Brunswick Ersdonian. ash s.
"What is to become of the banks in Vir-
GINA, who anticipated 50 much good from
this meeting,' THE late Convention at
Philadelph, .l-The FREEDMAN had best
ask the Executive of Virginia.
The Convention Of Staua'on was to have met
on Monday l,st--Gen. X. rorterfcd and Chap
man johnson, Deputies from Augusta Elijah Ar
mold and VIM Ward, from Culpeper; Thomas
Wilson and John Steady, from Monongahela;
Messrs. Picket aud Chapman, from FAuquier
Mess-s Bnrwoll * Cook, from +, anklin; Mlessrs
G. Tucker & Towuss, from Piusylvaia III. st.
Il. Tucker s. Williams, from Frederick, &c SIC.
The Winchester Constellation, says, dat no one
in TIA section oithe chunry dreams of Corpe1-
zion ri tn Pc pie, lr t rugh the interpotiton OF
the Leg stature. The Constellation surely has
not read the Address If the Sub-Convention
Winchester nor the Clark burg Pirginia7" of
the 81 Inst which! states that it is rot the nb ct
OF the Stanton depu'ation Immediately to rev So
or amend the Cons tuition, but simply 10 devise
plan by which Convention will thereafter be or
gan zed by majority Of the people OF tn. state
Gen. Taylor having declined accepting the Judi
cit District OF Norfolk, sc. the Executive Coun
Gil have appoi ted Griffin stth, Esq. ofSouthanp-
ton.