Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-14

WIS satisfied this house would not bow t.
great Manassas for MIR. Madison he REGARDED
HIM as one OF the purest of men; he loved hin
from the bottom Of his heart hut on this sub
Jsct that great man had unquestionabiv err
ed. II kas been said, Virginia ought not 4
set the first eaample-but when did Virgins
ever shrink from doing her dutys In 'gS di,
she not take that stand, which with the assis
taDce of Kentucky, then called her chickeA
had worked AN entire revolution in the admin
iStrafion Of our atsrsI But would she sci III,
1rst example on this sublects Had not ia,
state of mississippi, the youngest state ~ ihi
Union, passed a law 10 forbid the admission q
an. branch into her limits? Had not ienncs
see laid tax upon IL, He was informed TO,
that Georgia and Kentucky had ALREADY adopt
ed the same measure.-I'his was The lime foI
Virginia 10 resist the chains that were forging
tor her-the United States are TO dig our canals
make our roads, pave our very stneets; and he
supposedin short time, they would take upon
themselves, to feed our poor, aud regulate
our schools. This state ought never TO shrink
from expressing her opinions on any great
SUBJECT IN which This nation WAS Interested
he had come prepared TO support some reso-
'utiohs calculated TO express TO the struggling
patriots OF South america oar auxl0ty Tor their
success; but he had not Ia ought them forward,
because he discovered that at This time we
couu not act adrisedty.-Mr. S. said he was
prepared 10 tax Tins bank, for two purposes +;
to assert our constitutional rights, aud 10 put
II on the same f"oiing with our state lnSiitu-
tons.--He denied that the bonus which II
already paid was sufficient to produce this
equality; and be drew comparison between
me bonuses respectively paid by each As to
tue georgia case, he cOntended from the dates
that the cause did not go off because the char
ter had expired, but because the bank disi not
conceive they could sustain The power 10 resist
the tax.
MIR. blackburn repeated his declaration, that
if he found the u. 5. bank encroachins on our
native institutions, he would be one OF The
hrstto shield them from its attacks but ex
pressed his doubts whether the gentleman
from Henrico was not altogether mistaken
about the facts which had been stated.--Ihe
gentleman from York had said, the language
OF some gentleman had changed but LET 9th
ers Change as they might, MIR. Il. said he had
not-he well recoliected the minority in Which
he had stood n ~ on that floor V hen he
poor lawyer from the back country, had raised
his voice against the great nabobs OF the land
but had lie changed! No they had come
round to him. He did not III '9S oppose navy
an army of6,000 Though his opponents had
since spoken OF establishing an ARM of 20 900 :;
thus stralDbs at gnat, and swallowing "a
camel. God forbid he should see such DAYS
again as were those OF '9s. There was more
harmony, more justice in Que day of 1915, than
IA all %. Then, he was almost GIstranchised
of his rights. on this floor bat now he
acknowledged with gratitude his restora-
ton to the rights of d citlzen.....He was
sorry TO see gentlemen striving 10 DiOw up
For his own part he had not been fortunate
enough TO see anysuch entertainments, as some
gentleman had done, attempted by the general
government; IL he had, he knew his cunrse
lie would not tread oil worm, but there was
not a monarch in the world, who shonId tread
oHhim. If tho United States have taken any
measures TO inlure us, why do not gentlemen
point II outS He was sorry that the gentleman
from York has had no opportunity 10 come
out W ith his views of =. American atlairs-as
IN min Ion. l1,s.s
no doubt that gentleman would have greatly
assisted nun from the stores OF his own mind
nut Tor his own part he was disposed to leave
the matter TO The government of the United
States they, and not we, he believed, being
entrusted with our foreign relations. Mr
Il. objected to the decision oftlie important
question before the house AT this hour of tie
session, when so many of The members had lcti
their benches.-He expaIiated upon the fisk
they ran otdrvlng this bank away upon the IA
cilities IT furnished for paying our taxes; and
concluded by repeating, that If he shoAid lind
them attempting to bear us down, he should not
hesitate 10 retaiiate, though il might have the
effect of driving them out OF the state
Mr.. Robertson (of X. )calied for the reading Of
the resolution TO shew that there was nUt Que
word in il about the coHstitutionality OF the
bank, or our right to tax il but that ii acre
ly asserted the eIpediency OF such measure at
this time.
The resolution being read; Mr. Chamber
layHe rose to make a few additional remarks
He commented upon the obscrva atoms made oy
the gentleman from Bath on the facts which
he had stated as to the present confront OF the
United States Bank ever our state banks. He
reminded that gentleman of the declaration
made III 05, that there was party in Virginia
who ought to be humbIed in dust and ashes
lie denied many of the advantages which had
been claimed for the United States Bank
for instance, its furnishing an uniform medium, ;
Tor let MS see the same times as we have lately
done when our state bank paper had varied il,
Its value; let Cockburn again blockade our
ports, and the same variation would be seen in
the United States paper-the bank of Phila-
delphia would lot receive the paper of the
branch at Richmond, and the last wonld he
cessarily fall, as the Virginia paper had done
during the late war. Mr.. T.. said in reply TO the
gentleman from Richmond, that though we
had revenue enough TO meet our expenditures,
yet this tax on the United States Bank wOnld
be very convenient to pay off our debts &c
The question was then put by ayes and noes
on the adoption of Mr.. ChamberIaynes amend.
ment, and lost, ayes u, noes I27-and the reso
luton of the committee of finance was then a.
greed to.
a CARD.
To c. F: MERCER, Member Of Congress