Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-20

psn,ing with the signature Of the Pee,.d.u, 10 III
no,es-,hu., by an ingenious device, a,.umipg a pcw.r
which they had In vein asked Congress 20 extend 10
'h,rn, Is new using al he agency OF the Peess to re-
gulAte public opinior.-When 90 I siitu,ion 10 con.
r"fy to the Constitution OF the coun'ry-so alarming.
from ,s immense and cSrcentrated power, 10 the I. h.
rt''cs OF the People, has rec0urse 10 its large fund. to
operate III Oh 70 Iies. snd TO CIR ula,e articles got up
Tor IN, ruspcse, 1t /, tire or the people 10 awaken q.
TIN cooceins-and TO a why ere these Ting. DON +,
An, &C "e'St' against he nnence Of sueh a gg an
lie isI"iai!
" " ho pays "A few DAYS after the passage of the
y. = b"nk r.stiu len thr, ugh the Assembly, each Mem
ner received ~ mail "A copy of the Best, "a Evening Ga
neu. vAla' pe'hE am ehtte ncwsp per, filled with ex-
tracts from MIR Gala ms articlc on the Bank of tic ",
81 published IN The las, Anerican Quarterly Review,
and the sixteen Nos. OF " AliaJin,' on the same sinh
ject. II was no fault OF the persons who furnish these
paper arguments, that they were not received before
The passage OF the resolution - Snch vas the DESIGN ~
The contributors. Put the movements of orr f.p.is,a.
'ure were more prompt than they had expected, and
thus the an munition, for this occasion at least, was lost.
But harmless as are these attempts to influence The Le-.
gsIaturc, by such means, th v nevertheless show the
extent to which means OF eve.y sort are trough, i'm 10
anu ,e Bank THIS single fact, pursued through its
raInihcations, is well calculated TO arrest the att ntion
oil q. rejecting. il not a jealous people. First. n N emil
nent citizen, the weight of whose name, the friends of
the Bank believe, will draw Strength 10. their cause. is
employed TO write an .rliclc on BANKS ard Currency"
\ respectable Quarterl- Rryiew-professing 10 soea,c
me lang age OF true criticism. and TO be beyond tho
reacn OF lavor or the hope of rev ards employed To
publish The article of the eminent ci izen alluded to-o
thus FAR, the design is TO reach that class of readers
NhodhaNe leisure 20 read most, and whose TASTE direct
AMI whose means enable them TO read the reviews and
the higher perio icsls But the review is too elaborate
'or newspaper publication and for newspaper readers.
and forthwith the editor of the resp.cfoJie Ouarterlvis
tmpfoyef 10 " give a curSory view of the PRINCIPAL to-
pics of The article the publication Of which. i'm his
own daily journal, follows as a matter o. course. Here,
Notwithstanding the employment OF an eminent citizen.
n review, and a daily journal, the latur of emploup,e,,t
hss scarcely C mmenced for then follows The issuinr.
through the various presses, in all Inc larger towns, at
points distant and diverse from each Other, erfras, con-
tanning p" the cursory views and other such matters.
And This System ot tnlpin5m,Ht is pursued i'm all it's
branches, extending thu rou; III country. and reach
ing, wherever IL can be made to reach, eye,y press
aud reader. However Intellectual such efforts NAV
prove 70 be, they serve TO show that this monied com
blnauon reaches Our most distinguished men. and n
most elevated publications; and that there are no means
the renewal Of the charter" E9Lfany .4yo,,s
There were, as we are ilformed, $500 Copies of the
Evening Gazette extra, TO which the Argus alIudcs,
printed-and a broker, a supposed agen, of the bank,
procured their circulation to the subscribers of several
oil the opposition papers in This city, and other COM
mercial places in the State. Tho proprietors of the ma
pcrs were paid or circullting them.
onc hundred thousand copies cf MIR NcDuGi.'s -
port were printed in This city, and circulated gratui.
icnsy, as We have always understood, AT the cost of
The bank. II would be well Tor Congress TO institute
an inquiry INTO this subject, AMI ascertain If tie Bank
should presume TO use the money of the public for such
Illegal and INV ARA, table purposes.
The oh rter, however, will never he renewed: moro
than three -iourths Of The p rsons who will be voters az
the expiration of the present charter, were minors when
me chatter was granted. Its not TO be supposed thar
NY hdFHS 'He power ~ tlelr own hands, VIII renew
a charter, by which a previous generation had bartered
'her tights for less than a mcss Of pot,age. The more
people investigate this subject. the frmcr " in be their
purpose 10 LET the charter die by is own limit"
Boston Salesman.
|. u a Comm dnication from MIR. George wash
lnston Passett OF fredericksburg, was received bv
lat evenings mail, too late for this days paper-But it
snail certainly appear in our next.-He o. iects to the
removal OF the remains OF Mrs. Washington for any
such suppose as is proposed in the late Memorial of the
Committee OF frederir kburg-Hea ffirms that the reIa
lions OF Mrs. w. will not consent 10 such a measure
anu suggests that an appeal will be made by them TO
the munitlcence of their c~ounirymen for tie mean,
OF erecting a Monument on or cat guous TO the spot
where her ashes now rest-ihat such a suSscrip4
non has been literally supported, by the citizens of
johannesburg, Falmouth &c. that such an appeal will
he made TO the liberal citizens OF Richmond &c.-Iti il
TO be regretted that any diheI ence or views or feelings
shou'd exist on a delicate Tuesiion OF this sort We had
mol me most reno o concept on of any such contrarie-
tyol views AMI wishes. Anxious as the citizens NAV
o. Tor erecting such a votive monument TO the remains
OF Mrs. W., we presume tha, the " ishes of her reIa.
ives VIII be fully consulted as to The moie of doing IL.
The n. Y. T.. Post says it has treason to know-that
Mr.; V. Buren, has no intention of leaving the country
on the LIST OF June"