Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-29
FOR THE ENQUIRER,

| CASHIER OF THE sANK OF TIE UNITED STATES.
| SIR-As you are the organ of The views
! Ot III. mDHIed ariSt0cra:X which is So has
| lilly striGing 10 powet, aud whose obi cts
| are TOO near Their contamination 10 adj
mt OF longer conceaimCnt by vain pre-
fences, take lie liberty, Gam! hope TO
stand excused ,hcrefoi) OF using the same
! channel, 10 communicate. with the direct
ors, through whch they have promulyat
| ed ,aei: ia'e dicium tn The public Ii was
| hui Yesterday, when a committee, select
ed IN Philadelphia, sailed from The hauni,,
o. kindred snirifs 10 obtain from c,.uuress
"A renewal OF Tie cIaricy Of the old Bank
al the United STATES. This maCiinaiiou
against the political integrity OF snmc of
HE members G. congress, was defeated.
Happy would II have been for Ibis renub-
| he. SIR, bad ihe Phoenix - incl, rose in fr!l
pinmage from the ashes offs sire. by Tie
| fromciheau zeal O! Tie 18th congress.
bceh allowed Che privilege of Tie gravel
! To continue a part %! the monld ~ thai,
whose extinction EHgiIslmcn lanenied IN
ccpmon with the adm rvrs of MIR. liamii.
tons reasoning o.; the constiutionaliIy of
! a. hank chartered by congress. Already
| has time shed such lights into The dark
recesses Of conspiracy, as 10 display visa
ges distorted in he agony Of conflict,
between The honorable discharge of Tie
| Junction Of hank dircclers, aud the sur
render Of every purr motive and correct
| nr!nCipie 10 tie divinity O! mammon.-
Time has tecn, (' and Row mary sorrows
crowd in Two short words ~ when this
country was mnrbequered nv privileged
| associations. What aspect has II since
sunrd II place of HAT smooth surface,
that equal Foundation upon which The GOV
eminent was originally framed. what has
succeeded contemplate in eiismay the
change see in This reverse tie elements
at liberty and the vital principles OF arts
tocracv. closing IN fierce conflict see
monopo'v. with crest tar prntrudrd above
Tie eGu3!iv of the peonl" crashing with
irvef|raCy unknown in generous war, tie
Welding antagonist In this c0mmotion
OF lio tile elements, sec he rcCn!ss wise To
the Top. view with indignation The SUI
prcmacy Of si,avprs, stock iolhers and
brokers. Will sickness ~ the heart, see
i've honorable, the disinirrcsied, the men
who never fell q lie 10 gain an eighteen
pence on a hank share, The tributaries
and supplicants to these WHO find hal
sar in money Tor the dPcnrst wounds OF
rerufa'ion. 70 il,r conclavcs oi tive bank
Of which Won arc The cashier. must the
rccr'e Ofthese Niiiherto) free states look
ihcm. Already do ] hear the murmurs
which are soon 10 ilickem into shouts Of
victory. when ii'ecPn'inci repeSes some
modern Ulysses, with meil true 10 the
canse, shall seize thu tn'vers and subdue
these they We're erected to protect
Such leiharg, las DESTROYED enc nation
so lorg past that the vicissituic is now
the subject nf poetry Let the American
republic look 30 i'll There are those alive,
who sboru of their republican charter
may read thc history Of their los, rcl.ts
A crisis arnro2ches il may have arrived
when HE friends OF tbcronstiiHtnn, are Ia
fall i'll their defence The Struggle is moi
between arIsiri>t@crai and democrat, fe-
deralist and repuhlican.-No it is be
tween the love OF country on one side,
and love Of money on the other. The
branches of The tank off United States
are so many recruiting rcuhezvous, in IA
vor of \ system, Of which vou are secre-
iary ri head quarters Posspssinga lever,
reaching from tie Threshold Of The mar
bic palace at Philadelphia, 70 New Or
leans the directory Of your bank raises.
and GPprfsses f!Ie productions Of The
south 10y a criterion wiiicl the public is
AZ no loss 10 conjecture. This work shop
Of great wages, and over grown fortunes,
is incompatible with the order OF things.
as ii existed before congress chartered il.
But vet IN The gristIe. and stranger in
the land, II has set about TIE means of
putting down The state institutions. The
people, sir, have not forgotten, Cor il HEY
llavr.) there are iloae who have nos. that
The BIuE Of HE United States. has. from
tle frat hour tia; II transacted BUSINESS
till ths day, been an engine, whose ma
| cllIncry has been worked IN such mar
To, oil hat lie J,o
'i'he quotations of the present price Of It's
stock, shew, thailhe directors, (who were
the largest stockholders ,)usedGverv means
TO raise Tie stock. that they night scii
ut. They succeeded so we'll, as TO give
II at one time, The epIemfTal value Of
l5f. This was done by forciRg divideRd
Of eight per cent. the first six months at
ter IFS operations beguB-- and by securing
pledges Of lis stock al i25 per cent. a
case, believe, as unprecedented as It's
real design was tlaGiiious.-Now, in all
haste they are circulating its discounts,
no doubt with policy which prefers self
Va the public, aye ten pubiics il il could
be so multiplied. The nation will regret
It's existence but once; aud thai will be,
I'LL, the extinction of the corporation.
When look ibro' this fair hemisphere.
" with Paradise OH lis surface and TIE
wealth Of worlds IN IFS bosom. with
laws sOmlld, and principles efgovTnmeut
so pure, | mentally cxclaim, =" liberty
hath here her ieuplc, and a Gaser mansi-
on WAS never raised by nation, TO- the
divinity 0f her adOratiOn. When pass
the Threshold, adorned with the emblems
Of freedom, and inscribed with the char
ter Of equal rights, am delighted
advance into this tabernacle, constituted
Of lle most precious attributes o,the head
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