Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-05
ALEXANDRIA.
WEDNESDAY, FEsRvARr 5.
.poN OUR CORRESPONDENT
AT WASHINGTON.

lam is annihilated. apprehend, Tor
.vsr The bills for chartsring the
upehsrtered banks of Columbia were
:, motion & Mr.. Lewis brought UNI
,,or the consideration of the commit
,,e of the whole, and thrown out. on 4
not;on Of indefinite pos.ponement
made BY Mr.. Randolph.
owhat amount the District OF Co
Iru,bia may be injured by this une1-
Docted result I am not capable OF
,ndring; but;I have heard many OPT
Mons u;on the subject from the mos
favorable Of which can deduce no
fling but sad representations, and I
heard one gentleman, whose opinio'
,,,ght to be of very high authority oi'
II. occasion, because with a sound c
ramrerate mind well yersed from III
fancy in the history Of the rlace-S
possessing a great interest in it, he
expressed hiascli to the effect, thai
Cockburn With his myrMidons sweep
ing the whole clear, could not more
Jecply strike at the growing interests
Of the District than the decision
sneak of. Something of THIS dcspond-
ING feeling may certainly be ascribed
to the suddcnness Of this unexpected
stroke; but after making every rea-
sonable deduction on that score, C.
noagh remains behind to convince mt
that it will, for time at least. be a
heavy blow to this place. The idea
that congress regard the District
with no partial eye. has acquired AL
ditionai strength fram this business
vet. speaking from the impressions
made upon me by all that passed II
tn tebatc, I must say that the Dis
trirt made no part Of the Cireumstan
ces which influenced the majority o'
the hnuse--it was merely arsue'
as a question touching banking ant
the currency of the country. Ih'
whole may be comprised in a few
words said by Mr.. Calhoun. " h
would not agree to sanction the prin
ciple that an unchartered bank whic'
has refused to pay its bil.s in specie
should ever be chartered
The deadly opponent to the bill wa
Mr.. Randolph, who. in a long, AM
mated, bit discursive speech. tlE'cE
4 multitude of lights upon tie ab0se
of the Rag system. upon the misc!i:e
yous consequences oft to the pecnaia
nv affairs Of individuals, the danger o
it to the country at large, and Giti
mateIy to its government aud pabii
morals : and h2 drew such q glowine
hateful picture Of the denominations o
that kind OF fungus. aHstart monie'
aristucracy, which must inevitably D
created By such establishments, tia
the little disposition which fingered II
the breasts of the hearers to toierat
the agents in that system for Will
and then let them down gently, IN
tirely vanished. That Mr.. Randolph
did speak with very little reverence o
the establishment of this =" Ten Mil
Sluare," is certain, but then it wa
not with reference to the country %
the original inhabitants. but to tina
Fictitious compound who collect her
from al other quarters, to becom
suffers for government patronage
the solitical adventures, as he caiie
them, whom he traced in their success
sion. frsm G'eenlcaf to Henry an
Crillon. He took care however I
declare that he did not mean all thi
- imputable to the place or to its ma
tive inhabitants, for he was convinc
Ell that the evil would be precisely tn
same if the great fountain OF it, tn