Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-07-27

IN courts OF Justice, oalhs are not de,me.
necessary, nor are they alwa,s rcuuircn
The quaker swears not; vet ot,akc,.
speak the truth in evidence, as rryuis,..
al least as other people. AmpIyc,;..i s.
says, That all the moral writer's CONCUR III
speaking of Oaths OF office as necessar,
What they all say, know not; bui thal
Paiey, The only author quoted, does moi
say SO, is certain-nay, he says The con
irary. de protests against the ircquen,
reqnisition OF oaihs IN petty offices, as
having demoralizing tendency, aud so
tar, from speaking OF oailis generally a.
necessary, his object is TO sbew, Thai il,e
government in requiring them, docs moi
c0ntravene the gospel Injunction. to
swear not al all."-In the next number,
the application of the word accessory, AS
intended by the constitution, " III be dis
ilnctly de, eleped. ~
In the instance of the Post Office, Am
phyc,lon Is also mistaken. To call th.
punisbmentrOf mail robbers, a necessary
measure, is a p nv rs,on OF language
Let that law be repealed, aud let the
who'll revenue of the pos, u:iice. be given
to those who will undertake under a,,y
penalty 10 conduct the mail safely, by
means OF an armed guard; would not the
mail be carried would il -noi he safely,
more safely carried Then, how can pu-
nIslimeni be said 10 be necessa.y--a sine
qua non
Amply ction will indulge me for "A few
moments longer. do not distinctly un-
derstand, whether in his opinion, The law
under consideration, is constitutional or
no.. lrcgrei that he Was no, more explicit.
In one part OF his I'd No. he saws" those
governments (nedning the state govern.
ments) regulate the imiernaI affairs of
" the people: and banks not being neces
sary To enable TIN federal government,
either Ia collect lis taxes, or 10 borrow
money, their Incorporation seems not
To have been intended Ia be gwen, and
" was therefore reserved to the states
Here The writer assumes the position,
that d bank is not necessary to enable the
federal government TO collect lis lakes |;
and thence inierS that the power TO i'll
corporate, seems not 10 have been intend
ell 60 be given.
Am To- infer from this phraseoIogy,
thai il il can he proved, thai bank is
necessary meaning absolutely necessary, }
the Inference would be The other way Z
In fact do draw the Inference; | wish
TO have Amphyction on my side. In my
next number, | hope to gel The AnIphyr-
tonic council, on my side also.
In this idea am someu hai confirmed,
by what follows. Although the necessity
is not supposed by the writer 10 exist, lie
Is willing TO acquiesce In the charter OF
1875, while uDviolated, because il has
" been repeatedly argued before congress,
" and WAS not only in 1891, but in 1915,
" solemnly decided in favor of the mea
" sure. But ii is against the principles
(which brought IL INFO life, in the year
" 1901, and those by which it is supported
" nor M the supreme court, that protest,
" &c."-" There is supposed to have
been a very wide difference between
" the principles which caused that bank
e" TO he established in 1891, andltliose OF
1915" Against those of 1915 he does
moi protest. He then proceeds 10 state
that in 1901 The bank was advocated on
the ground, :" that il was conceived TO
Z" be conducive TO the successful conduct
" of the finances, and conceived 10 give
" facility TO The obtaining of loans. The
" reason, however, which prevailed IN
:" 1915, aoas different. IL was then con-
" ceiyed that the establishment OF d bank,
" was necessary mean for conducting
" the fiscal operations of thegnvernment."
Amphyction then proceeds to state that
in 1915, it MAS believed by some, that
hilnOu TIC COuNi
=" be collected nor distributed. THEY
" thought that The necessity which The
" constitution required, was now appa
rent, and under The influence of this
opinion, a majority was obtained, and
&" the measure WASH think unfortunately
ushcred into existence" take il for
granted that this language guarded aud
impersonal as il is, speaks The opinion OF
The writer, and that he would in 1915, or
at any time as a member OF congress,
vote for a bank, lie Was convinced thai
the duties or imposts could not be col
lected without a bank of discount a. well
as deposit. take il Tor granted thai he
would do so, for another reason. IL he
had believed tie measure demonstrations
"a, Notwithstanding the necessity which
called for II, he would have used the word
unconsiiiutionally, instead OF uniortu-
nately. hope am correct III these sup
positions.
That The bank was unfortunately usher
ed into existence, Is proposition not
only moi admissible, not sustainable, but
not consistent with the belief OF lis ne
cessiiy, announced by those who in def
ancc of public sentiment aud of their own
ayowed aud long and publicly maintained
opinions, voted Tor il and If possible,
more emphatlcally announced, ii il beDot
a contradiction 10 say so, hy lie silence
Of an Assembly, that ever has been, and
trust ever will be, the waichful guard
aus OF The rights OF The people. do be
lieve, that iiihe Bank of the United Stales
had mol been established, specie pay
meuts would not and could mol have
been resumed. Streams of worthless pa
per issuing from ten thousand banks
springing up with law, and without II,
would have formed d torrent, which be-
fore tliis day, would have swept away the
comfort, tile happiness, The independence,
the morals, OF thousands aud tens of thou.
sands, and most probably tie peace Of lie