Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-20
all courts whatsoever," by Designating the state


ton to the state courts which in some cases had
refused to exercise, he thought properly, and the
ofwhich was very doubtful.
Mr.. We6ster said the question was an impor-
tant one /; bun this was not the first time Con-
gress had legislated on it, though the courts of
Virginia had resisted their jurisdiction. With
out however ,discussng the question at present,
Mr.. w. said the bill was just as bjectionable as
it stood. because il gave the bank the power to
appear in all courts whatsoever"
After some further discussion between Mes
srs. Calhoun, Wright, Wilde and Grosvenor on
the propriety OF granting jurisdiction to the state
courts specifically;
The question was taken, and the amendment
adopted.
Mr.. Root then renewed the motion he had un.
successfully made in committee of the whole, to
reduce the rate at which six per cent stock is
to be received in subscriptions to the Bank, from
par to ninety per cent Mr.. r. repeated briefly
his reasons for the motion, already stated, and
Mr.. Calhoun his objections to it; when, after some
remarks in support Of it by Mr.. Ross,
The question was taken and decided in the ne
gative, as follows:
feds.-Mcssrs. Adgate, Baker, Bennett, Belts,
BirdsaA. Brooks, Burnside, Caldwell, Chappell,
Clopton, Comstoek, Crawford, Crocherton, OAR
lington, Desha, Hahn, Hall, Hammond, Halves,
Lyle, Mayrant, MLean o. Root, Ross, Savage,
Smith Va. Southland, Stanford, Throop, Towns.
end, Wallace, Ward Ny. Whiteside, Williams
.Nays.---Messrs Alexander, Atherton. Baer
Barbour, Bassett, Blount, Boss, Bradbury, Brock.
enridge, Cady, Calhoun. Cannon, Champion, Gil
ley, Clarke N. c. Clark XIV Clayton, Clendennin,
Condict, Conner, Cooper, Creighton, Culpepper.
Cuihbert, Davenport, Edwards, Forney, Castor.
Ghoison, Gold, Goldsborough, Griffin, Erosve
nor, Hale, Hanson, Hardin, Henderson, Herbert,
Hubert. Hungerford, Inghan,, Irv.
ing Y. Jewett, Johnson Va. Kent, Kerr Va.
hlns Ms. King c, Langdon, Law, Lewis,
Love, Lovett, Lowndes. Lumpkin, Lyon Marsh.
Mason, M'Coy, MKee, M'Lean XIV. Middleton.
Mlnor, Moore, Mosely, Murfree, Nelson Ms.
Newton, yes, ormsby, Pickering, Piper, Pit
KIN, Reed, Robertson, Ruggles, Sergeant.
Sharp, Smith P. Smith Md Stearns. Strong,
Sturges, Taggart Tallmadge, Tate, TAYLOR N. Y
Taylor ). c Telfair, Thomas, vose, Ward Ms.
webster, Wendoyer, Wheaton, Wilcox, Wilde.
Wnkin, Wlliaughby, Thomas Wilson, William
+" ,ison, woodward, Wright, Yates--106
MIR HdH then moved new section to the hill
the object of which was to apply the bonns
arising to the government from the INCORPORATION
OF tne Bank, to the ints.nal Improvement of the
country; and to avoid any contention about the
part OF the country at which to commence the
work, Mr.. III. said he would leave that TO the de.
cison Of future Congress The bonus. he
tnouSht, would afford from year to year as much
as Gould be easily employed, and by the end of
" years, when the charter would expire, the
proceeds would have accomplished every object
pf improvement which would be proper for the
general government to attempt.
Mr.. Calhoun declared his appreciation of tbe
'pJect, but feared the adoption of the amendment
nlght drive oil some who would otherwise SIM.
port the bill Unfortunately for us, he SAID. there
vas not unanimous feeling in favor of internal
Improvement, some believing this not the proper
time to commence that work and such nro.
VISION might deprive the bill of some friends.
iicitude. - NE so-
MI. fiat thought this the most proper moment
or commencing the great work of internal inn.
'royement; but if he thought his amendmen,
Vneid draw OF any support from the bill. he
would not urge it He believed, however. Il
you'd produce adIfferent effect, and would gain
lnends for the bill, who otherwise would not vote
or u: Ills principal reason for wishing TO Dro.
ue Tor ms OBJECT IN this bill, was that it would
tnen be sanctioned by charter, aud not reyoca.
bic, &c 'N'o."-
Mr.. Grospen0r had no objection to the applica.
ton OF the bonus III the way proposed, but he
n,sapProved OF providing for the object IN this
oih Government might hereafter wish. for va.
rious reasons, to get rid of its stock in the ban
but 1T would be precluded frorn doing so. If this
amendment was adopted There was no good
'eason Tor attaching it TO this bill, because If
majority OF the House were, as he hoped thew
we're, friendly TO the internal improvements ,hey
could act on the subject separately.
Mr. TTght and Mr. Wide, SUCCESSFULLY ofEsr-
ed some remarks in favor the motion.
me amendment was rejected by considerable
majority.
Mr.. COndict proposed TO amend the bilIbv snb
stltuting New-York' for Philadelphia in the
clause which fixed the location Of the bank. II
was Mr.C remarked, unnecessary to say any thir o.
- 20 me considerations which ought to prevail
IN hXing bank for commercial purposes. He
would merely remark, thut in addition to the SUI
perior commerce of New-York, the bank in that
city would serve the financial purposes of the 90
yernment, as well as it could at Philadelpha'-
In the latter city he believed yvas
already plenty Of bank capital, &c
Mr.. Calhoun observed, that this was a question
On which, he presumed, all had made m tbe;r
minds; and it would be superAuoussto saw snv
thing on it. He hoped, however, the motion
would not prevail. The old bank of the United
STATES was established at Philadelphia, and he
would prefer that city for the present institu.
ton.
Mr.. Robertson said that Mr.. Calhoun's reason
Tor preterrlng Philadelphia, if it had any weight
II all, operated against himself; for the Old
bank having been fixed in PHILADELPHIA WAC an
argument for placing this bank in some otber
city, that the benefits might not be given N ons
place alone besides, if the bank was taken from
Inc seat ofgovernment, to place it in a more com.
nerciai situation, it ought to be fixed in that 81.
" which was most commercial. But he had an.
other digestion in this case to PHILADELPHIA. and
with him, the strongest one this was, the hos.
tIlity OF the representatives Of that city 10 ,he
bank itself He would not consent to iynpose mn.
On place an institution which wAs so oh;ou, =
hem, &c. ON'Ou' 70
Mr.. Wright alsospoke in favor of the motion
'nd Iheid5eually urged the high claims of Balti.
me Reporter prevented his being understood