Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-07-29

BANK OF THE U. SrATES.

we again assure the Philadelphia Sentinel that we
nave no design at this time TO go into the merits of the
Bank OF the U. S-lt less necessary indeed &c
take up the constitutional question, at present be
we shai IN lew days lay before readers, at the
suggestion oil arend in this days paper the profound
views OF Mr. Madison, in his speech and of Mr. Jeer.
son IN his opinion submitted to General Washington
Inc Sentinel is not sai fled with the extract we have
urnisheu oil Mr. Jeherson's opinions of the unconst-
nationality OF the Bank. IL is pleased TO say that ga
| feeble attempt is made by the Enquirer 10 marshal
Jefferson ssans' Il Wy quoting atlirge his letter OF
~ scember, 1903, to NJ. Gala IL. But does no, th e
Enquirer perceive that bis efFci,l signature a few
mohhs afterwards, 10 the &C, aulhorsinx br anch OF
o.ns OF me Uned States 10 Louisian contains Mr.
Jeherson' deliberate sanction Of DO the ton ali
~ and he exp'difncy OF the Bank! The fact of ,hi,
Jat rom MIR Jsh.rssn TIRES months after his letter 10
M Gala 10, provss 20 conviction exactly the "a
verss Of wha tho Enquirer would infsr from that fact
The truth il, thai MIR. JEFFERSON was no more oppo.ed
10 the Bank Of the United States ,h.o he was 10 ali
nk' Whatever. He though, them il furious 10 sound
cu'ttncy, by substituting paper for com. He wished
all he slate B.nks destroyed, root and Branch
ne A. Sentinel is yet TO learn the strength of MIR.
Ieerson mind and the profoundness of his views We
advise its Editor to consult his late and
TO study his opinions. Mr. Jefferson is not man to
nod serious opinion OF the uLconsiiutonality the
BANK In December, 1903, and in two three months
forwards TO from that opinion which is so per-
lecuy congenial with all the established, Republican,
State Rights doctrines which he avowed. Mr. j.
was always opposed to the atudnarian construction of
The Federal Party; and is by any man of
the least dscernment, that such deepgrounded opn-
IONS expressed by him in December should be entirely
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who thinks this is capable of forming estimate of so
great mind and stern Republican as Thomas
Jefferson 1t was from our knowledge of his charac-
Ter rom the uniform tenor OF the opinions which he
expressed from the foundation of the Constitution down
to the termination of his life from the deep impress
sIons which such opinions had made upon his mind,
mat we did not hesitate to produce his letter to nj r.
Gaiatin as the undoubted evidence of his hostility TO
The Bank of the United Staes.-It did not enter into
our imaginaons to conceive, that such a change of
opinions mad taken place in the short period Of three
months as the Sentinel is pleased to suppose Ii was
impossible not TO believe tina, his signing the New Or
leans bill was to be attributed TO very different conside
raons.
But hanks 10 the Sentinel for the discussion he
| mas provoked"-We have once more turned TO Mr.
S i Works-and find passage. which COM
Peeiy aPphes not only TO the general question of
suonality, but TO In very New Orleans BILL and to
Mr. Madisons late Letter. that we cannot forbear Law
ing 1t before our readers.
Ina following 10 al Extract from letter Of Me- f.
teF,on to John W. Eppe', Esq dated, when7 Novembe
rene wal OF the Charter of The Bank of The United aes
aud the grounds of that decision he tsant of coYsti
fWionGl pOwer) had imagined that question at rest
aud that no more applications ,cOld be made to them
for the Incorporation Of bGnks-The opposition on tina,
ground 70 rs first establishments, the sm aiory by
wn':h 1t was veibcrne, and the ans pracsod for
eoaipn Il, cannot be already forsoen-The law hav-
ioE pa'se"' however, by majority, as opponents
tte to the sacred principle Of submission to ,nojori-
~ su0tred ne Ia,o to foo through ats term tOhout
06sHucton During mis-, the nation had tins to con.
ideF the constitutional question: and when she renewal
was proposed they condemned IL, moi by their repre
sen'Aves in Congress only, but by express
iTom different organs OF iheir wili.-Here then zoe
might stop and consider the memorial as answered
6u, setting authority apart, will mine WIN her
had the pOioer " 49,"
| This extract is explicit. 1t shows that Mr.. j.
nine years after the Sentinel is silly enough TO say he
hal abandoned his original ground, still retained his
constitutional objections in all their freshness. Had he
vcd TO this day. there be doubt the course he
would now take lie would have yielded TO no sup
| In vnnInr hon
ar: Madisons, should have done For it amounts
10 this: that all limited government do is 10 trans
cehu us powers let the usurpation for
tam tme under peculiar circumstances and this usur-
patton Is TO consecrae itself The whole form of a
limited Constitution is thus to be enlarged and changed
rot by the parties TO the Compact, by the people OF the
Staies not by regular amendments, but by the force
nsurpatons, sometimes heedessly sometimes artiul.
~ introduced III you must have the power ask ii in
me only way in which it can be granted but usupation
cannot canonZe itself-and until the power can be pro
pefy conferred its exercise ought be controversial
ne adopt every word of " President Clinons opinion
When he gave the casting vote against the renewal OF
| the first Bank of the U. S.
The Sentinel is pleased repeat all the absurdesi il
has uttered about she tobacco party in Virgina"-and
the sneers ii has given to the lower parts of that an
cient and impoverished domiDon"-Wo cannot stoop
| 10 reort upon the authorize cannot believe
that The highly distinguished State, to which he be
longs, would select ibeTal an organ 10 EXPRESS her
feelings We will not for moment believe, that she
will countenance any such mputaong he has uttered
Pennsylvania, the keystone of the Union, will do RAJ
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form opposition 10 the U. s.. Bank, TO a tobacco inter
est OF local interest, any OF ialerest wbeieo-
eveT.-Wi;h this remark, for the present dsmi,s
the subj 'ct-Vgfis will Try 10 retain her PRINCIPLES
IN spite OF The viiupera!cn Of bsra scrbblers-Aud
'be II Iousng 10 improve her " impovefishsd cond;-
cn, By exsriions Ct her own.If che rival the
roads aud canals OF Penney vsna, che will at least at
tempt 10 initiate ser brighl example. :
word to two other Of the Philadelphia Journals-A
writer in the Philadelphia Inquirer who takes the sig
nature OF "Lucius." is pleased TO call us the erich
mond Fanatic, for no other reason that we can see
than because we still adhere the constitution of our
country, and will not sanction any usurpaon upon its
spirit In this sense OF the ERIN, Lucus may brand us az
often as he please5 with the name of fanatic His IL
beray in other respects, is only worthy of a man who
| may write himself down A s. s.
The National Gazette is pleased also 10 ridicue our
"pocal Experimentation. Ut says 'tha with regard
to the Constitution, the Enquirer often resembles pa
tent we once saw, who imagined that ii not law
ful for him 10 stretch out his arms or legs, &c. SC
The sphere of General Government is the Union
not the ten miles squdre;-s powers are correspond
ent; its march should be free aud wle its port upright
| and lofty"
| Nodoubi, these wide aud ample powers are perfect.
" eongerial with Mf WAlsh's bid federal ptincples-
strengthened ard rerefhed they have lately b. m
by hi. strong feelings for ,hs Bark OF tho u. T. Bu;
Mr. Wsh - the asl model we shall ever adon, FOR !
republican Tor politician. The very panoes of a Ii
Ike obsWdlties n bis esrs-Aod ne may saw O, bis DO.
liiical "eonscience." what Edmund Burke said OF The
moral conscience OF another Individual: "Tbe man /,
entirely paralync on TIA, sds--Hs eould no. il he
would, 10 not more true than he woulj no,il he could
THE VlCE-PRESI DENCY.
The Philadelphia Sentinel seems TO suppose, tina
PsnnsJ lysnia viii dcci The invitation OF New Hamp
shire 10 hold CJnv ution for nominanga Vice Presi
d. n D.; that Pelnsylvauia viii pr.Er making nouina.
Ia T. n