Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-29
gbs Constitutional gHbtu.
NEDNBsDAY MORNING, JAN. ~, 1880,
" The House of Delegates was yesterday en-
pfoy-d in considering the Convention bill in Com
un'tse Of the Whole. It passed through the Com
miitee u the Whoc
EaR THE Wu1c.

EaR THE WIG.
AN etfort y now making in the Legislature to re-
neV the Charter OF the Bank of Vrgina of the Bank
e. the Valley, and of the North Western Bank -
Fkese three Banks, it seems by come singular con-
3qaction OF circumstances, have applied for renewal
Oh their Charters at the snne moment. In this at
tempt, am altogetherlt aoss to understand or to
orphan the cause of their simultaneous movement
HSss Charter ofthe Bank OF Virginia. expires May,
1eSS.-those of tho other twe, not till e35. am
c!ecAbiy intormed that the last named Banks had no
pea Of applying at the present session of the Leaislu
WIRE for renewal Of their Charters and the
eDofmaetoa OF this opinion consists i'll the fact that
the Delegations from Jefferson, Loadoun and Hsmn.
ahirc. where branches of the Bank of the Valley are
established, had not had the slightest .smaon from
Gny individual Whatever, pteres,edn this itu,ion
that such an application would be made. For the
CORRECTNESS of this assertion. any who curious TO
Know are referred to the gentlatnen in question.
. al what time, pray you, was the petition for the
Valley Bank gotten up. Pardon the term, for eS-
press myself as think and fsel assured as n that
not one Of those gentleman prepared say that he
nas received any instructions whatever, from hose
whom he represents. who have, or have not, an inte
rest IN tins subject Assuming this, then, to be true
am still ulore perplcxcd to account for this joint ap
phcation. Has there been any correspondence be-
tween the Bank here, or its agents and it's adju-
tors beyond the mountains. If SO, should like
the Arguments employed to induce the latter to Sec
dud, with SO much prompti,ude. the wishes of the
tbrmer, four long years before their Charters wero
limited to expire. Surely the gren change about to
bB wrought in Our Constitution OF Government &C ud
mt have had tba effect of influencing thela 10 sns-
tatn and counteuance the application to recharter
4hnk, which, from some strange Encouragement Of
as funds, is admitted to nave sunk more thin one
tenth of its entire caPtaP-shich will require two
years dividends to replace that loss. Sometimes
indeed,
'sA G1low- feniug urakes us wondrous Kind,
Rnt here the kindness appears be- grstutous Us
Il is mysterious.
But object to the log rolling character oG this ap-
pication. Ought not these Banks to DO dealt with
uUOn their 6eDarafe nv cinle
Involved? In all other similar cares, eachs canvassed
aud reported upon separately; in this the origin and
pogress ID fr1d juneta IN Indicating determine
ton to share common fate. While / ana unwilling
To question the motives to impeach the word of a.
ny gentleman favorng the pretensions of these Banks,
must exercise, my Judgment and make those infer
ences, that existing fncts, inevitably beges-For
am credibly assured, that fur the Bank of the
Valley is made to be concerned in THIS matter nne-
teen twentieths Of the Stockholders dreamt of
any spch application, and have remained ignorant of
1t even to this day unless appraised through the
fuednsa Of the newspapers AN OBSERVER.
GV IA Observer discloscs some singular facts in
relatinn to the applications for the renewal of Bank
Charters. Do not all the facts of the case, aud the
peculiar circumstances ofthe time, Indicate the ST.
pasior sxpedencyof referring these matters to the
Legislature Of the new Government, where the peo-
pies voice will be more equally heard, where the
cost will not be 80 heavy, and when the applications
Niu uo sIJIpt Vi WHICH uOW so fIeSlSL-
IDLY progresses the public with the ideas of coalition
log rolling and management? Fhis matter is begin
Ming TO be considered by the public, with no small
share of offence and curiosity There evident
~ expectation that the three corporations we're to
fSrce each other through, without reference to the
separate aud independent merits of the respective
applications.
= Gentlemen: wish you to publish the quotation
Whieh send you, from speech of Mr.. Calhoun,
when he Nvas member of the House of Representa-
fyes,i and which after having for some time, wished
TO see again. accidentally found in late number of
the Charleston Courier-yhere it appears have
been re-published for the especial benefit of the
Columbia Apostolicas, who at this moment, strebn-
ously promoting the prospects of Mr.. Calhoun
successor 10 Gen Jackson also highly enraged at
the application which Charleston has made to the
General Government for aid, in the construction of
the Rail Road to Hamburg.
My object In getting you to republish this extract,
il two fold-frst, to disseminate the potent and phi
insophical arguments which Mr.. Calhoun employs in
accommodation of system of Iaterna Improve
ments-second, to express my regret, that
who thought so profoundly conceived clearly, and
stated unanswerably should have proved recreant
70 himself and the he so ably supported. What
nre we think of his apostacy! Can his change Of
opinion be the result of conviction? Can be hones
Can man who has arrived at 40 years of age, who
during the whole period Of his manhood has enter
talHed particular sentiments, who has soemny acted
Upon them, whe has profoundly investigated their
truth, and sustained cogeDtly, that time Of
Efe resign them from conviction of their error
What mean, is, not that If convinced he ought nal
20 resign them but that know no case and believe
in the existence Of no case, where sucb conviction
las obtained. How much is s1sspieton not in
creased, when examine the time and the circum-
stances of the change, and find them ALL both time
and circumstances recommending this change of
opinion to Mr.. Calhoun, as matter Of inferesf2
Snch wac the suspicion, and from the same causes
that attached to John Quincy Adams abandonment
Of the Federal party % years ago, suspicion
which has logged him through all the walks of life
which pulled him down at last, and WHICH will follow
him TO the grave. MURENA.
Extract fro1p Dir. CGlhounS Speech.
Bot on this subject Of national power, what can be
more important than perfect unity in every part, in
feelings and sentiments? And what can tend more
powerfully produce it, than overcoming the effects
Of distancc' No county, enjoying freedom, ever
occupied any thing like great an extent of country
as this republic. One hundred years ago. The mot