Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-16

Royal too, wants a bank, in which every |
thing has the appearance of age, desola-
ton and decay; Old Sarum, at once
There must, Mr.. Speaker, be something |
magic in the word Bank! ls the season !
dry they must have bank TO buy plas- |
ter: plaster produces moisture lis the |
season rainy we must have bank, TO
buy stock TO cat our surplus forage;-
does the frost Kill Our corn, we must have
bank, at al! events. to restore the losses
of the season! for one, have no faith in
Banks.
The gentleman from Loudoun, has been
IN London! that we have often heard
and there saw 6G00 males or females. ]
know not which, in one grand dome, and
the ceiling of that building rcnding with
the shouts ofthose innocents (which had
been collected from the streets, 81 lanes, u
stews of that country. in ny of praise
10 their Maker, and of gratitude to their
benefactors II enter into all the gentle
mans feelings: /; was sight would have
made any human beiug-a God, more
happy l-nut what is this to the question
Did that institution grow out of Bank
Did the Mag,aleen, The Founding, the
Invalid, the Marine Hospitals, and other
national Institutions, which neither time
nor information, al this moment, enable
me 10 enumerate, aud which, perhaps,
have kent that nation aRoat: for charity,
we are told, covers multitude ef sins
originate, or were they founded on
banks Far from it; the opulent, the
great, the benevolent, the good founded
those institutions land II the superstitious
loan their aid it Injuries not my argu-
ment.
But the gentlemen from Loudoun ap-
+i,,t
such class ofpeople in Virginia or Ameri-
ca as he has seen and described--We ac-
knowledge not the La-aroni of Naples, or
the ott-scourings OF London or Paris-it
will be long, very long, before this coun-
try can exhibit sight, so much enjoyed
by the gentleman, or so disgaceful TO our
country-Poor.schoo Where is the Vir-
ginian, who would brook the idea ofsend-
ing his child to be brought up on cliari-
ty?
But what becomes OF those children at
last ? Are they in any manner better of
than ours MALE and female, after la
king this course, are distributed among
the manufactures of thr neighbourhood
and of the balance, the boys are put 10
trades, and the girls 10 service, where they
have still! TO struggle with the hardships
ofpoyerty, the seductions ofihe devil, and
the innumerable misiortuncs incident 10
humanity. | shall not be understood as
hostile tothcse institutions, hut deny they
originated from, or are allied to banks
We have some in orr own country. ona
small scale, TO be sure-I have examined
them with critical eye, d aheartoverhow-
ing with gratitude, that it had pleased
God lshould bean AmericaL-a Virginiam.
There is IN Russia too, country not ia
y, 4
an institution of this kind, founded and
patronlzed, think, by the dowager OF
Paul, more amply endowed and diifnsve
in IFS blessings than any of those above
mentioned, or on the globe--Bnt be il re-
membercd, and beg the genilemanfrom
Loudoun ALWAYS torecolect, when he in
dulges himself and enchanis the House
with his riSions, his pleasing ,ereries, that
none of those institutions in Europe OF A.
merica owe their foundation, support. or
existence, 10 his tayoritc system-B
are out OF the question.
If(said MIR. B. thought with tie adj
vocates OF the bill, wasa firm believer in
the Justice aud efficacy ofthe bankingSys-
TEN, would esteem il criminal to leave
this House without asking leave to bring
IN bill, establishing bank for the pro-
pagaion OF the Gospel that the " Sun Of
righteousness might arise, with healing
under his wings, upon the darkest corner
of the earth; that the knowledge of God
should cover the earth as the waters do
the seas; that one should not say TO his
neighbour, Know the Lord but that ali
should know him from the greatest TO the
lcast''-that the diffusion Of the word OF
life should be c0-eXtensive with the habi-
tation OF man-Yct, would not the propo-
sition shock This House? Would not be
Kissed for making it? 7 shuddered, when
the idea this moment struck me Be
lieve me, Sir, with my present feeingsand
sentiments, would Just as soon steal the
coBsecraied vessels from the holy altar, as
make til intreat gentlemen of honor, of
religion, (for of those descriptions know
my opponents consist,) 10 test by this rule
the proprlety of their teneiS--l conjure
them 10 look forward TO that hour which
awaits US all, that sober hour, when all
the yanlties, the wealth, and spIendors of
this world will appearlikea meteor which
just attracted the eve and vanished forev-
er-whcn this world shall have nothingto
charm, and wien the only consolation will
be, tlieretrospcct of liz we'll spent-Un-
der those impressions, let this vote be Ia
ken, and cannot doubt the success of
this opposition.
Are gentlemen prepared toincorporate
gambling houses i'll the cities, towns and
hamlcts of this country, and invite those
birds of night, who have been (by the
joint efforts of our Judiciary. the Legisla-
turc. and all good memo confined tO the
gaTrcis and TO the cellars. tO apDear i'm o.