Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-11-25


RICHMOND, NOVEMBER 25, 1879.
rae .sI,4TES.
! Tenn sste. Tie b.ii g io amend the s.ve.
ria! laws regulating proceedings ON executions
MS ~ last passed. with much oppositiDn
ms hili Is framed with IA design of eyading
th'' decision 0i TIE Supreme Court, that The
ehunrS"tic,t laws were uncon iiiu'innaI and
void III provides, that If the execution should
Dear upon II Tie cndo,sement required by the
prectd'og laws; why then, the sheriff may
l'r"ce"u la sea- the property agreeably 10 tn.
rvs n"'v IN iurce. But, il the creditor will
not summit Ia The endorsement laws, THAT is re-
ceive the current bank notes ofthe STATE. lund,r
an execution, The she. iT is 10 sell no propertv
Whatsoever, but for3 4ihs offs ,alnc. A. esma
ted ny three di-'ntrrested housrhnlders of IN.
nrig1hnrhn"d Their estimate of course. will
DC III The current bank notes !)-The PROVISIONS
Oh 'his act are not 10 apply To Gases, where the
c"nF"ct Is mace Tor the payment of specie or
The mites of the banks of Virginia. n. and s.
Carolina, and Georgia or to aoy cas-. in which
a hank Is the defendant; or To any case of
contract entered into after the LIST day of April
n"xt.--To such absurd Consequences does the
iirs' false step conduct a temporisng legisla-
| ,ute. Excessive banking was the first error {:
hepie'iu and endorsement laws then follow
III us rain.
hentuc6y.-T The neighbour of Tennessee is
sun more embarrassed by the effects of her
Experimentation banking system has not only
oeen pushed In greater excuses; but her oc-
chPyng cta,mdm td,cs have brought down M
%" he' Inc bolt of the Supreme Court.-The
evils are great: the remedies appear difficult
! indeed.
1. Mr.. II. Marshall has laid series of reso-
lu'Ions before her Legislature, to cancel the
charter of The Bank of the Commonwealth.
Which ought never To- have been created: To
| transfer all IFS concerns, books, notes, &C. on
Tie lst January, 1894. 10 new officer of the
slate To be called the commissioners of
bank accounts !" aud Ia direct that he bus
ness of said bank and branches AS soon as
'actlcable, consistent with public faith AID
propricty, 70 he gradually wound UP, and f.
naily closed MIR. Ms resolutions do not
stop herr. He proposes To re-organze the
Bank oi he",uCky; to abandon all the con-
troui exercised by The Legislature over its adj
mlnIstraion, save only AN authority TO be con-
,eyrd L" the public Treasurer TO vote in be-
nall of the state, AS stakeholder in all e.
iecfions oil the President and Directors - and
10 institute efficient process for compelling the
nanK 10 redeem ITS notes with specie under
me penalty OF paying the execution in double
Tue amount "i every delinquent nore.-These
| resolnions have moi been acted uuon.
9. The decision OF ihysSupreme Co"rt ofthr
u. >. IN the case of Green and Biddie. seen 9
10 have struck even upon a tendrrer ner, q.
The agitation annDg the Iandhnlders has conn
municatcd hs'-it To their representatives. Va
rious remedies have been suggested Mr.
Marshall has submitted Resolnlions-wbicb
afier ,declaring. that Kentuckyjis now re-
duced Ia The alternative of submission or re-
sistance; )" and thai "ihe mildest course" for
obtaining redress, (which combines with I'M,
pr"bahiiity of success, is the most eligible"-
propose Z" carry before the Supreme Court
w 'n'l session, an address of Kentucky in her
| constitutional character" demonstrating a
saInst their decision, and petitiouing for its
ioAl and deinti'e reversal upon an explici,
abandonment of The grounds heretofore taken
ny me COURT proposition has also been
made 10 amend the constitution, aud strip the
Federal Judiciary of this branch of lis iuris-
dIction.-No measure, howe, er had been a.
dopted at our last accounts
The Sketch of the Debate, which we This
day lay before our readers, gives but faint
view ni the excitement which Gov. Adair's
Iniiammatory Message has produced Some
OF the members of the Legislature strongly
dlsappr"ve of It's tone and trnonr Some of
the public papers JOIN in this opposition The
Kentucky Reporter laments the introduction
OF this very cxcepiiOnahle clause" Prospecting
the General Gorernmnnt)-and asks the Co.
vernon whether he "can think SO uDwOrthiy
ofour happy conlederacy," as To put the peac, =.
the Union OF these states, at the mercy. per-
haps OF the smallest of the 81 PIT emphati
caiiy adds that this clause III tend to give
countenance In charge once made against
tInyprnOr- 4 10 ~
cause of our Occupying Claimant laws"
Surely Gen. A dair could not have maturplv
reflected upon the import of his expressions.
need not be told Says he,l that the General
Government IS authorised to use ply slcal force
10 put down iDsurrectlon, and enforce The tx
eculIon OF IT'S laws. | know il but know
TOO, 10Th eqltnt certainty that the dav when
the government shall be- compelled 10 resort To
the bay0net to compel a state to Submit TO lis
laws, will'not long precede an event of all 9th
ers most TO be deprecated"
Could Gen. a. he serinusy prepared 10 put
tue peace OF this Union ip jeopardy UPON such
question-upOn what he calls {" this new doc
trIne, and To say the least oft this douJi|L con-
Sfrncf1on given tu the constitution of The IL. s. 90
The occupying laws of Kentucky are un-
just. They violate private rights. They vio-
late her compact with Virginia. An impartial
community would SD pronounce them. But
ADMIT maj these quesilOAs were even doubtful
nay, admit that she was right, does il there
Tore follow HAT she ought to draw the sword !?
Resort To every peaaeahc eXpedicni that yoil
please. Appeal To The Supreme Court. APP
peal 10 Congress Tor such an application has
bren suggested 10 Kentucky. Appeal even To
VirSiDia Go farther, aud appeal to all the
states. Slfive to amend the constitution
W e SUSPECT ali these rxppdienf. will br ma