Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-21

and declared from the very definition o
a'orp"raiion, that q being that IS thus IN
VISIBLE, intangible, having no soul, and IN
capable Of performing u personaiac,, ina
d 'hins "f tbs description put hun more
Ia mind ihe devil, than any tilnS ii'
could compare IL tot was. too, like The
"ilid, which is heard, but not felt-Slial
we multiply such beingst Was it moi
better To strike them about ofeAistencea a!
once.
Mr.. y. ri;.icaied tie idea OF the new
panhs beng s9ecie-raying banks lie as
ked u they we're cnlv TO have Il dozen OF
thcIn, with capitol OF 10000 TO each,
whence the specie vas tobe obtained, as
We had no mines OF orr own-and the
vaults OF the old banks are closed! 1t
must surely he expected to be done by
some supernatural means: by the'Philoso-
piers Stone, perhaps-but, the age OF mi
racles was gone--that Deucalion and Pyr-
RIA once gen rated men by casting stones
behind them, but that we we're not in pos
session oi such secret for the creation of
gold-He admitted, that Norfolk, and
perhaps Loudloun, might have it in their
power 10 raise the specie but, he con-
tended, that the other banks, like the
Frenchman's land, would be found only
on the parchment.-But, he contended,
that though they might originally pay spe-
Gle, they might not continue TO do SO /;
and rs To forieiting their charter, might
not the Legislature be called TO change
that feature ( He reminded the House,
that the Presidents of the two Banks had
possessed influence enough To bring the
Legislature together-and If = banks could
do IT, could not 20t
In reference to MIR. MERGERS compari-
son between the improvements of Ohio
and OF Virginia, III. b. contended, tliat the
progress ofObio might be ascrIbcd To u
Their causes than the multiplication of her
banks:-Ist, that her land has never been
cursed with the presence of negro slave
ry-and 2ndiy, that she had beenpcopled
by the men OF the Eastern States, the men
OF steady habits, whose industry alone
would make them rich without the aid OF
banks-besides, that The part of Virginia,
which MIR. Mercer at that moment com
pretended within his view, was spot
which nature had made wilderness,
sort of hmbcr-houSc, where she had put
away every thing else, which she knew
nothow else 10 dispose of-the mountains,
where the hcad-waters of many of the
Western rivers run ; would banks soften
these mountains, as they had leve.led tha
u u.
Ii. concluded, with warning the members
of the House, that if they did not avail
themselves of this opportunity TO strange
this monster now struggling into birth,
they would be shorn as Sampson had
been-he wished, that he could die Us
Sampson died; that some man would con
duct him TO where the pillars ofthe two
banks stand ,thathe might bow hms 'llWih
all lis might, " do more bv his death than
he should atchievc in his life-time-he
would Cheer!ully consent TO lay his bones
IN the Church-yard of this City.
Mr. Mercer (of L. entered into varie-
~ ofingenious remarks reply TO the diff
ferent gentlemen, who had opposed the
resolutions but, of tire rapid, various &,
desultory views which lie exhibited, we
are unable to present any satisfactory out
hne-Eut, among other observations, he
contendcd, tliatthe gentleman from Bath
had failed i'll hlS.stricfureS : because, tho
Ohio had no slaves, Pennsylvania, which
was another point in the comparison, had
them.-lie denied, that banks had any
political influence ; but, on The supposti-
on OF their having any, was il not better
to play OFT one against another that their
competition in business would weaken
their capacity 10 acquire any political in
fuence-for, who had ever heard OF the
political influence Of the banks of Penn
syIvania, or Massachusetts,? &c. &c.
On Mr.. Ms. concluding, he hoped the
House would adjourn, that gentleman o.
yer the way (Mr. TazcwelD might have ain
opportunity TO join III the discussion.
Nr. King consented to Withdraw his
motion-ald soon after The House ad-
journed.
TESTFRDAY, III. Scot from the Com
mittee OF Schools and Colleges presented
a string oiitesoiutions ON the Report of
theP. and ID. ofihe Literary Fund'-these