Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-17

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time, when the Department of the 'rro,,,,r i ,,
como out in their favor. 1t would have been veal
ness IN them to have associated themselves will
the political party alluded to. Ii had boon :y
that this measure had arisen from circums,,nno
which had occurred within these five weeks Ud
not all which then happened been known of n;no
months ago! And were they, the president and
directors of the bank so weak, so untrustwor,L
that they had so long neglected to avail themsevo
OF tins, II they had wished TO do so. Besides ;f-
we looked further, we might it would have
oeen forlorn hope. 1t required all their united
power TO come within distance of the powcr Al
drew Jackson holds, and, to supuos- th,i bc;n Il;
,iooo' 'hcy could stand against that power, woud
Do species of dotagc seldom euualled Uo ,omid
i hoI "sN .ne gentleman the meaning of what no
had asserted, as to tho influence of nolit;c,I -
ment IN the presentation of :his memor;aI rro,n
the bank? "ofia' from
Mr.. WAYNE sad, he must first understand tho
"ii.''.'es 70 Wiich inc non gentleman had alluded
winch authorized him tn ask that question
Mr.. SUTHERLAND said, he would put the oue.,io,
tnch IN another form, and ask him, u gentleman.
ms meaning in what he said.
Mr.. WAYNE said, that he could eos;Iv ,r.uor
this but 1t was not his purpose TO let the INGENUITY
Oh the honourabic gentleman bring him into COLI
sion with persons for whom he had n biyh esteem,
MIR. SUTHERLAND said, Inc satisfied: the GEN. Z
tiohah had gwen reason why he did not answer
his question. Mr.. $. proceeded To- saw - 80
ProDabie, that IN his section, the present Chief
Magistrate would, at the next election have a.
whole vote. Those who telta wish to go with the.
present administration, to give il their s,pnor,
could mover assent to the dreadful policvbn
would call it the suicidal policy-wLch had bean
that day proposed, as to the memorial before them
After some further remarks, Mr. S concl,,loJ hr
hoping the House would meet the President in tho
same manly, honest way, on this question nc bo
had met them-that they would let him have tho
credit OF putting his veto on, or giving his appro
patton TO, bill on the subiect.-We would wrong
the President, and wrong the Govornmor, ;f Is
three successive years of asking wo depv him m
opportunity toa act on the measure. Above all, he
wished the country relieved from It's SUSPENSE. II
had been truly SAID, that the rise or fall of stocks
depended every year on the Presidents messoro
Something should be done on the sub;ect";t va
the wish of the President the wish Of the RonL
and IT was the wish OF the country In justice to
one and all of them, they could not refuse 10 act
to act now, and to act defnitvely on this matter
MT BATES oil Name, and afterwards Mr.. WAYNE
Intellectually moved an adjournment
| Mr. CARSON said, mat from the cours, the d,scusio,
had takem he felt It necessary to saw a few moo vorJ
When up before on the subject he had been anx ions IN
hsce,'ain ae course .ie Question had previously TAKEN
nut napPea's that now the subject made 10 resolve
itself into party quesor aSd tina, those who uare or
Posed TO me Bank, WIZ vote for select Committee If
the question were hor To be called up for tho
bank, he r CO. should probably yo,eagains, II bur r The
consututonaity and expcdency the bank were moved
he should certainly yield the opinions he Their held and
vote for it. He observed thai he had heard with rsge,
the gentleman from Maryland, (Mr Howard s1a,a
ua' ne should vote or The bank, benefit hon might
The gentleman from Pennsy lvana also (NIr Sutherland
had said that his opinions net known and indeed
many persons opinions known pending an cleo
were convinced OF tie unconsutionalnv Of The banl
Charter, they would violate the constitution by re-.
newng the chareG To talk Of the constitutional rowers
The saying @! old MAJ hauel Macon WIN had ;IIey,,sd
ue new uocneOy taking leave OF tile constitutions as of
an old fiend whom he had long endea ,oed to rreseIve
and who was about departing fiom him forever In
the investigation of The bank question Mir Carson ask
ed they were not 10 look into corrup,ions w,ic,
night exist la or 10 he mode of manae mo its concerns
Would those who supported the bank siu, cut inquiry
aud for the bank right or ntouc, f. ,as nrcn ss1
Stp,b Me-,
thai he vas for ms country rght-I wrong: AID thai; said
MI C., am also If this we've ,na,7n = ,,., '
0n by voting on party grounds to select committee
he would no, tie pa.ticeps crim.ns He would not and
lie concluded by ema:kue that The part OF the Presi.
dents message ON The sUict of the national currency
was the chaiIr
MIR. ELLSWORTH said the sublec, the Bank had been
repeatedly pressed Gp"n the attention OF Congress- by tho
Presidents their Messages, and il was of great muor
ance to the nieeais OF The community that question
should he settled with all despatch compatible with
deI1Srauon. The gentleman from Georgia (Nlr Wayne)
opposed, It seems, TO the reference 10 the COMMITTEE of
/ Ways and Means OIL the ground that the memorial was
poI'ca' ana premature and again urged The speedy act-
| on of the House upon
Mr.. WAYNE rose III explanations He must have bee,
misunderstood, for he had used word that went to
argue that the memorial was premature. He had said
that The assigned in the memorial for its presen
ation, exactly The fact They intended TO avail
themselves OF particular state of public affairs coefce
the House into gaming them the chaerE lie had not
he repeated sand ldt II prenauTe; the CONTRARY
he thought IT was not so, and was prepared Tie
/ question
Mi DAVIS, OIL south Carolina said that, having failed
TO accompl sh his object, which arrest debate on a
question Of reference, he should Withdraw his proposition
TO Commit the memorial 10 Committee of the Whole ON
the state Of the Unon.
4 1t was accordingly Withdrawn.
Mi HOFFMAN SAID inc thought this memorial should 90
TO a Select Committee. No Sana ing COMMITTEES would
he able TO enter sufficiently the Of The case
whist the question was of public policy, ard the
Bank was Itself before The House, reference TO the
Committee OF Ways and Means well enough But
the matter was changed i he Bank came before
ihen, asking the renewal OF their charter 1t was now
their duty TO examine INTO The constitutionaiy Of tbs
measure what manner they had used their o.
vIlege-ii they had acted fairly and properv-if such
renewal would be OF benefit TO the at ag3 Thew
were not to take things upon tIh now, let the Bank
give ITS own character. They examine uapers
take the evidence oi witnesses upon oath and probe the
whole mater 10 the bottom To do all rhis tie should
wish COMMITTEE to he appointed. OF careful and judIci.
Gus men, VINO woul be able diVest subject of the
hctons OF interest and the false cooring of anger
MI H. CondiCt said, that, with view to prevent the
hDotion OF more speeches, he should The previous
{ question
The call for The prevou question was seconded by a
vote Of yeas Sc nots CT.
/ The nam question was then ordered to he nut
! MIR Foster asked for the yeas and nays on the ma iu
question, which ordered The main question was on
referring the memorial to the Committee of Ways and
| Means. Upon this the votes were follows:
! YEAs-Nesss Adams, Chiffon Ail6u, Nilsson Arm.
strong, Arnold, Ashley, Babcock, Banks Moves barber
John 5. Barbour Barmgef, Barstow, Isaac G. Bates,
Bell, Bregs, BUTCHER Bud, Burgss, COhoon boae
Collier, Lewis COndCt, SilaS Cou,i, Eleutberos Cooke
Bates Cook, Cooper, Corwin Coulter Crag Crane
Crawcrd Creighton, JOHN Davis, Dearborn Denny Dick
son, Doddn7e, dayton, Duncan, Ellsworth 6 Evans.
joshua Evans, r. Everett, Everett, Gilmore, GrennelI,