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

accountable for their future conduct! Is
not every gentleman accountable for the
honor anti good couduct of the man he
introduces into society To show we are
bouii for those banks, and that they are
dependent on the state Tor their credit &
Importance, sci. the State shares in the
Virginia and Farmers Bank, and pro-
ncunoe the stock will iiu inone day fall
60 per cent. and fer thus good reason, the
State would moi be bound by It's Repre-
sentatNes TO protect them.
Must the STATE. then, give the breast
10 TIL. litter, this firroH OF banks; which,
like the vul;ures OF Prome,heus, are in
ccss;.ntlv preyihg on her ,iials, which are
constantly Increased or renewed, that
they might have the pleasure Of asting,
am. he the torture OF laceration
We have how two twins cancers, if YOU
p!case,l deiogm:ng the fair face of The bo-
dy polite. and nine puStules have appear
ed on the body, which, although net in
on eqnal state of putrescencc with the o.
rlginals, are yet wei knows 10 DC of the
same species, and are considerably inila-
med. VIII YOU, then. add II more, and
produce tile most frighiiul & formity
Did you discover Il cancer fixing on the
wife of your bosom, or the child OF your
Y ~
wears to mature; that lis roots might sink
deep into The system, and possess them
selves of the sources of life and motion,
or at once apply the knife and caustic {?
Ii this would lie your course with your
wife or child, icanlure you by the God
that made Won, 10 be equally faithful to
yaHr country.
III object 10 tic bill. because the most sd
Mtary measures have been rejected, and
fiat with contempt, as from a source I'M
friendly 10 Tire bill. had always thought
the maxim snund-qni. fact per alum .facit
per Sc--that *, lie who acts By ano-
iter, acts for himself The amendment,
then, offered by the gentleman from,
buckingham, (Mr. Austin sul,jecting the
stockholders to individual responsibility,
Ill proportion to their interest, ought to
have been received-the directors are on
~ the agents intruSted bv the stockhold-
ers tomaIsge their concerns, and no truth
is less deniable than that The principal is
liable for the acts oi,his deputy. Great,
sur has been my regret and modification
10 find Il strong current in this House TO
protect the banks and debtors, in defiance
Of the Just claims of honest dealers and
creditors.
The Literary Fund and of Internal I'm
prnvement ought not 10 be identified
with those banks. Oh save them, our
country's last, best hope, from this unhal-
lowed embrace, this sacrilegious touch,
this incestuous intercourse THE issue
must be monstrous, beyond poetical l.
imagination. WIFI YOU embark in the sane
boat, and trust to the same winds. the
honest earnings otindus;rv, and the I'M
gOdly gains of the usurious, gambling
spectators, living i'm wait foi, and proving
on thcnecesslties ofman! Can YOU serve
God and Mammon? Can Won draw sweet
wafer from a bitter fountain, or of BRAN
bles gather figs?
The country viii be inundated with pa
per, without calculation, on which have
little reliance, on practical subjects-sav
- miilions--Ilow to be employed. What
to be given for ii ? And how did we get
along before the institution OF banking
capital!
But people have petifioned- ?
Where is the petiiiouifo the great coun-
Ties ofSheuandoah, Rockingham, Augusta
Potetourt, Rockhridgc, Grrenbricr, Mon
roe, Montgomery, sc. &C.? rs or - conn
lies, out of l1a, or thereahout, have petit
oned. after every meihodhas been adopted
tolash them into the IN ssure! Are gentle
men In earnest do thew expect 10 be be.
lieved, when they talk of dis being the
wish OF The people No, Sir, it is untrue
a few little arisiocraticaI communities.
wishing TO aggrandze themselves, atthe
expence of the many, have brought for
ward this business and in contempt Of
truth and decency, arrogate TO themselves
the privileges and prcrogatives of the peo-
pie, when iii fact there is not tliree-tcnills
OF fhe people who have peiiiioned, or ia
ken an interest in tie measure.
Bat we arc told tie people are dseas
Ell their remedy is banks.-A man in n
burning fever calls for water, more wafer!
Does his physician indulge him Not un-
less he wishes to kill him.
We want capital cannot contend with
other States, who are orr importers !
Will banks alter ille case ! No.-Subiect
real estate TO the payment of debts; wine
offtie stain ofslutting your courts against
the recovery of British debts, and my
hand for it, ny sort ifyou please, and our
merchants will import on equal terms
with those of other States. But still YOU
will not be able IN send The productions
Gfthe Shenandoah, Appomaltox, and their
adjoining rivers and counties, TO Rich
Inond, while those rivers, the roads and
the distance, point ont different drecti-
on.-Trne, indeed, Mr.. Jefferson, when
Secretary Of State, justified by most elab-
crate reasoning, III his correspondence
with the then British Minister, tie Justice
Of VirginIas policy, in the oCclusOn of
her Courts but it is equally true, at
subsequent treaty, this cObweb system
was abandoned our courts thrown O.
pen ; The debts recovered and this base
less "a bric with fhp whims of fgun-boafs