Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-19

Eagand, wLere the pampcs.d Lord ,e,,
give thousands for a rusty volume, Will
the poor were starving HE said the
time might come wheB the EenbcrS OF tia;
House instead of being the independent
representatives Of The ianihoiderS, NIGH;
SINK INTO the tools y! ,nonicd corporations.
! IT, begged the House not 10 consider lis.
eftusIOns ;is the raviDgs of mon-s:rcck
madness, for he eittlem to be the in~pi-
ra'ions of prophecy -iheuga he feared ae
would STARE the fate OF Gassaas.fa.
MIR kaag ofDmWiddiel rose So address
TIE Commiltee-he spoke IT ccnsii.eia-
bic length but his elocuiion was so
flowing and rapid thaiwe cani,ot do him
any SORT OF justice besiies Mant OF iii,.e
forbids us TO extend LIS -cmarks.-tie
called upon the House not TO Iegisla:e
upon the principle OF coIapyo,:fise--Iut.
OF The public good, and on iiis pr,nciniei
OF The ccnsiit,tion-thai, when he voted
against these banks, he hoped hi; bre,h-
rem at the West would not regard him as
an Eastern-man, but as VirginiSn, as a
member OF that great family OF ireemen,
whose rights were then 10 issue---iIe ask
ed, when the people of Virginia had civ
EN- them the power to establish a n,cniei
institution to draw from them thousands
and millions of taxes in tie shane of bark
dividends 1t he voted for these irstit,,-
tons, lac should sill further increase that
monied aristocrscy, which was already
established upon tie ruin of the ririlfs of
the people. lie contcndsd, that the pow
er TO establish bank had never been de-
tegaied TO the United States: that il was
prohibited To the States, and was, there
fore, reserved 10 The people--,hat in the
made TO delegate il so the United States:
but, was rejected besides, IN what part
OF the Constitutions was itconferred Did
mere spec'alpower TO grant copy -rigIit
10 The humble author OF a book contertiie
power TO establish a great monied iiistii.t-
non 81 iiis power was prohibited 10 the
olateS, who had no power to issue " bills
OF credit II was, therefore, reserved to
The people themselves, tile yenmanry of
the counfry--Tlat hank contravened 2
OF the articles OF our bill of rights list.
I'm granting exclusive rights, but not for
public servlces-2nd. In making these
privileges discendible-tha if it be
said, this House might 20 on 10 establish
more banks, because they had already
established two, the same remark might
be made ofCOngress, who without any
right whatever, had created two National
bahhS, one unuer the auspices OF federal
ism, and the other under the auspi es Of
republicanism-that gentlemen had com
pared the animal and political pathology,
but had wonderfully failed, when they
came to prescribe the remedy-that, like
the nostrums of quacks, these banks had
been gilded with fine names, such as az
ricultural banks, manufacturing banks.
and he supposed, we should have our
Literary banks-yet, il was but avarice
after all under gilded Eame-he coniu-
red the House to throw away all these bo-
luseS, TO cast ali these paper prescriptions
into the fire, and restore the diseased pa
tientto lis former sound and healthy con-
dition, &c. &c.
The question was then nut on NJ.
Gravess motion, and lost Ayes 90, Noes
Allthe ether Resolutions we're then gone
through without opposition-whrn the
Committee rose-and on Mr. TazcwelFs
molten, the Report was laid on the table.
to give time for consideration.
Mir. Dcddrfdge gave notice, that the Re-
port on the Convention would he called
up on the first ofJanuary
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