Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-11-25
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FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. %, 1925.

and Georgia, arc before us, both resembling in tleir
wonderful length political treatise on Goyorn,,cnt al
large, rather than plain ication ON business
the fast Use Of such Messages, and both partaI,po
largely OF that social excitement which u,happily ex
ISIS III both States. That of Governor TIoup is pub-
hshed al length, distinction Give So call III which
want OF room, and our receiving it late prevented us
from oestowlng ON Gov. Dcsha's. The following ex-
tracts from the latter embrace lis principal topics.
Having remarked tat the encroachncnts of the
edcrai Tribunals formed prominent object Of atten
ton ai that new causes of alNrm and agitation had
arisen which demanded instant and serious attention
tue Governor t4ns explains what these cases are:
III n several years since union of local opc
rating upon the public councils, directly or silently
tolerated the location OF branches of the e. States
Bank within our borders. 1t apparent that those who
eoultenumced this measure did duv consul, the pop,,
lar will the Interests aud sefety OF the Sntr Snou
after their location, the people, Justly alarmed or the
rights of the State and the purity of republican iu
tutnrs were heard through their representatives demand
ing that those institutions should removed from Tho
State least be :adn contrhgte towards the s,ppot
the State under which they had souo nro
lection BIZ! the Judges of the Federal Court assuming 10
themselves the pref"sative Of restricting the taxing power
p Ibis State, which had been in the adopor Of
the Federal Constitution, in wholly unlimited
issuod their order ami restrained the collection
which had been rishtfuy and comstuIionaly muosc,l.
aud majority OF eur late COu.t of Appeals ttcr cmpbo
tjcaIy maintaining that the Bank of the United States
UNCONSTITUTIONAL and the taxing power Of the State
had constitulonny exercised the act LEVINE the
reiuseH 10 carry it into effect because Supreme
Court Of III. Uned states portion Of the very govern
which had made the lmcnt had exnessed i'm
relation the state of Maryland, u contrary opinion
this surrender of the vedse rights Of the State
by those who were made their special guardians Uni
ted States Branch Banks exempt burtens mposed
the wealth of oar own citizens have proceeded to pnr
chase up the real property OF the country and fill it with
lenantry; thus and 10y many means extedinq their
influence and establishing their power.
idle suppose That institutions, sufficiently pow
ul 70 m
lucky defiance would their influence to pros
the state government render to their
interest 1t S natural that they should attempt 10
deliver themselves from all embarrassment arising from
State legislation, from the liability State taxation
Accordingly these institutions for series cf years have
carried systematic aack,upon legislative vcr of
the State for the double purpose of cutag sphere of
exercise, and rendering themselves wholly independent
Of its ,hority Every proposition to
stitutoma whose principles been sanctioned
nv all authorities, State and Federal, the date of the
constitution establishment of these
mas come their innedia tc lends I'm both
aud the Federal courts were made upon
the validity Of these laws. In the latter, the Bank con
tended hat admitting their validity they not binding
upon tire Federal courts and could not affect any
which might be- sued upon those tribunals TIL. Banks
were completely triumphant in attacks Our own
Court Of Appeals decided statutes were uncousti-
tuliona and void, and the Supreme Court of the Union
decided that, admitting their validity, they bind
Ing upon the Federal courts They further they de-
cared Federal had right to make cxpcu-
for the regulation OF their proceedings with
asking the sanction OF the peoples representatives,
State General governments; and the Federal
Judges for the Kentucky district have actually their
code aud Put il in operation, by which citizens are
imprisoned direct violation of VS. and their pro-
pefy selzcd aud sold modes not provided in their
bnuk. The power thus assunctan BIZ the Fctc-
raj Judges, is viewed both in principle and pr aclice as
nohiHg short Of dcspotisn power itself in
which deprivcs tho; liberty and
property Ivy arbitrary rules o which they never as
srne either in proper person or through their repreyena
tiyrs, in their legisIa ! that Of the Union.
The Federal had before decided that they have
jurisdiction of all suits brought by the United States
Bank; which decision, connected with the power they as
sumo making their execuiinnInw, their
p1ration wholly Independent of State laws State tr
bunas. Thus, the institutions, located in our BOSOM
owning considerable portion of our soil, controlling
citizens their tenants, influencing muliitules by
tho ties OF interest voting through their off,
GERS anl l,p,n ia all elections and holding in
their hands tho acquiring almost unlimited power
have rendered themselves Irresponsible to government
and defy its authority.
This seems rather al old cause With new aspect
but the dangerous tendency the T. States Bank With
referenccto State intcrests--s exemption from the
fiscal burtlens Of socioys nature hostile to that har
rnony which should pervadc COMMUNICATES great
and dangerous accumulation of real cstate-and its
perior ability 10 command success over the State Banks
to say nothing of its original uncoDstuonay, all
render in our opinion fully as unsafe ncighbor TO
the Conrsopv eallh Of Kentucky as Gov. Desba seems
10 think it.
We do DOT 50 fully syopalbise with tie sentiments Of
she next paragraphor in palmer terms there is much
uutruHi If not conscious dupiciy in the Governors
view Of the occupant laws These "peaceabe," 'ho
nest citizens" whom lie complains are eyicted from
their possessions by the decisions of the Federal T-
buuals, truth land pirates, who seized upon the
property Of obers in the same spirit that the Buceau-
GERS deprecated on The high seas,
"The wrongs suffered by this Stale from the decision Of
ihe Supreme Cou Of the United States declaring,
CupaEt laws be UNCONSTITUTIONAL have not been redress
sed. The remembrance of former General Assembly to
fhe Congress Of the Unted States has been considered by
that body, IN which many found who acknowledged
wrongs and The consequent duty Of the general go
venme1t 10 graat redress; have witnessed pac
teal result In the time the injurious decision is
sDre aiding its banefnl influences At every Of the
Federal held in this Town, Numerous judgments and
sccoes obtained against peaceful citizens, for the
lands and houses which they have honestly purchased,
7 end approved, and orders gveD for their execution