Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-12

flNkNEY, ia iiicTnpreuie Court sneak.
INK on the snbjcct oF the right of the state
0i MARY land 10 tax The Dahk OF The Uni
ted Sid,es--l had anticipated much from
The tame OF TINS distinguished man, but
I've iar surpassed my utmost expectations.
Ills speech, OF ra,her his series OF speech
es. were The finest specimens oil Bar
Oratory have beard since have been
III the United Sia'eS--'ihe memory, the
fancy, anu the Judgment, were combin-
Ell la pour on tins lnpnrtaut question "A
aood of hight All SORTS of knowledge.
and an .mnense variety OF considerations.
"ere brought To bear upon IL Mr.. P's.
siNic Is very peculiar and otiginal--li is
moi Irish, nor is il islaiic, sliiiess Attic
II iias not tue imperieciUns of The two
hisi, nor does II. IN general, aim at the
severe beau!les o..the laiier-N Not that il
Ii, as some have represented, mrieirici-
GUS, and Ornauenic,i with iawdry meta
pho Sit Is, indeed, highly hsmraiive ::
hui ihry are figures that adorm, and Illus
iratc, anu diynliy-it is not the sti lc of
Socrates or OF i>acus, Of Curran or Frs
kline: though u has much OF The facility
and ftoniuS ampl,ilva!iun OF The latter,
yet lis phrascology is very ditiersnt-li
excels IN variety, felicity, and appropri-
afeness OF diCllun-it Is The Severes logic.
clothed with The mos, Observation-Disclosures
what Cicero requires from the accom-
pllshed Orator, Mir. +. possesses-lhe
subili,y of ii Logician, the science of a
Philosopher, ilie dic,ion Of Poet, and
The voice aud grst;res of the greatest
Actor-tbe matter OF his speeches has
been worthy of the manner--Iis has spo.
Ken con ana0re, of the Constitutional Co
vernment of this Republican Empire, and
IL, II 4 4
hearers, that il cannot be practically en-
forced so as To secure the permanent
glory, safety and felicity II this great
country. but by fair aud liberal inter
probation Of It's powers-That these pow
ers could not all be oppressed in the Con-
s,ituiional Charter-mamy of them must
he taken by fmpticatiOn-Thai The sove-
reign powers of the UNION are supreme !;
anu, wherever they come In direct con-
Met ana repugnancy with those of The
Stale Governments, the latter must give
way-fie proved, To demonstration, that
his was The case us to the institution of
The Bank of the United States, and the
general powers of taxation possessed bv
The states He showed, that this power,
unlimited and unchecked, us il Unnecessarily
must be by the very nature of The subject,
was absolutely inconsistent with, and
repuSnant 10, the right of Tho United
Stales 10 establish "a National Bank, If
Tic power OF taxation was applied TO the
corporate property, or franchise, or ia
Gully OF the bank-He illustrated this by
supposing, that state should presume
TO tax the judicial proceedings of the
Courts OF lie United States, or their ships
OF war, or any other of their great imsti-
tulions and establishments; and proved,
that the whole machine of the National
Government might be arrested i'll lis mo-
lions by the eXertlon, in other cases, of
ihe same power in The states, whicb was
attempted to be exerted Ill The case of the
Bank.
=" But should. in vain, in Inc compass
OF "a letter, endeavor to give AN adequate
IDEA oil the impression made by this con-
Siiiuilonal Lawyer, ~ eloquent Orator, on
my mind, and on the minds ofhis numer-
GUS auhltors-l must, therefore, defer, till
we meet, more particular account of the
various topics he touched upon"
Bah. Aaaericaa.