Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-26
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In auVorting To the instructions the other day,
proposed by Mr.. Wickli,Ta to the Committee OF
ways aud Means, as to co.taia notifications in
Tho new Charter of tho Bank of the u. States, we
oi'red conjecture that they might perhaps, con-
stilntc the middle ground, upon which the Prcsi-
Gent wished 10 tho question placed How does
the President stand in reference 10 tho Bank? ,Je
mas IN two messages, most solemny denied its
conSttuiionaty, and in his last refers to- and by
implication, rciterates the objection. His position
az 4 regards that institution, its application for a
new charter having bscn iudicousy made before the
election, is 'not only critical, Lpt per.!oysr With
Pennsylvania, renewal OF its charter is known tn
be well nigh the unanimous wish of her peoplo
and to be alike demanded by ercry party, oyery no.
Auelan, and every newspaper in tho State In vir
g'nia, on the other hand, the Bank is obno xous and
so obnoxious that Mr.. Madison himself was scarcely
able to sustain tho shock which his popularity re.
ceivcd by approving the presen, Bank in 1915. Hero
then is an exqusite dilemma for the Here To Penn
syrania he has given secret pledges that her wish
es slioi! bo paramount with him--ste is the maker
OF his Presidential fortuno-ths very cause with
out whose efficient and early agency, Jacksonism
had not existed. Again-To Virginia ho has
been lavish of promises TO brins the Government
back TO tine simplicity of the Jcfersonian era-he
has pretended conversion to her doctrines Of strict
conatrucon--he stands pledged upon this very
question, that he regards the Bank violation of
the Constitution. 1t i, difficult to conceive of
narrower place than this in which the President
has got by the prosecution of that corrupt system
of tactics, by which he has so long duped he peo
of tho U. States and induced two States and two
whole quarters of the Union, holding doctrines
exactly opposite, and with interests requiring as
thoy believe legislation exactly different to sus
tain his election with equal unanimty and to yoei
terate for him with equal oudness and pertinacity
n system of electioneerng SO hollow and treache.
Tous, was one day to be exposed IN its deformity-
and thatday has come. We have already seen tho
Presidents Juplicty exposed in the case of the
Veto. We have seen him, to fulfil his obligations
to Virginia and the South, pat his Veto on the
Maysyillc Road-and in few days afterwards TO
win back those whom tho act offended, sign bills
OF tho same nature, appropriatng moro than
Sl,2O0,000 to Improvements. This did not unde
COVE the peoplc-one act was insufficient to over
throw their confidence in a man whom, they had
worked themselves up to love in the inverse ratio
TO his want of merit Subsequent events however,
hare shaken that confidence. Jacksonsm has cuino
down from its high pressure, to cool perature
1T can now SEQ and hear. We ask Jacksonians to
mark tho prcdicament in which the Hero stands
10 remember by what disingenuous arts he has boon
brought into ito remember his repeated denun
Citations of the Bank as observation-disclosures
finally to mark how he will escape from his present
difficulties. If he signs the J what will they say?
What will Virginia do2 VIII she persist in her
support of one, thus fathless to his declarations
and to his oath, oxpoundod by himself? To
one, who lavish in his promises, is ever bankrupt
in his performance Will she not enquire at last,
what have gaincd--what hare l to gain, by the
support of this mani
That Gen. Jackson pW approve the new charter,
we do not doubt, and have never doubted. The
reader will please look at what follows:
The Now York Courier in late number, holds
this language:-"Do the opposition think that &C.
neral JACKSON will veto bill -charternr the Uni
ted States Bank? Do they desire him to DO go (?
10 both these questions we answer No-they nei-
Their desire nor expect such result. But bciev-
ing that it is his intention TO approve ola modified
re-charter, and well knowing tina. he cannot be
driven from his course, they now seek TO produce
the impression that he has fully committed himself
on the question of rocharter, and cannot sanction
bill without manifest Inconsistency. 1T is hardly
necessary to say that this is false as the object
in view is disrcputable They know, aud the peo
ide know, that General JAcKsoNs hostility is not
to a United States Bank, but to the United States
Bank, as at present organzed'and his giving his
-
1aing the powers OF the present institution-would
not IN any way compromise his consistency. He
himself has recommended a United States Bank
and thereby distinctly announced HIS opinion of
the necessity of such institution; conseuuentlv
ms approval or disapproyal of bill re-charering
tho present Bank, will depend exclusively upon
the provisions 1T may contain tending to restrict
the powers granted to it, and not upon what
the opposition may say in relation to his consisten-
cy.'
Will it be supposed that tho Jackson Press in
Philadelphia and the Courier e. Enquirer, the Ad-
mnstration organ in New York, all in constant
and conf Dental communication with the Govern.
ment at Washington, would hold language like this
would day by day, assert and rc-assert that the
President 'pH sign the bill, unless we'll advised OF
the tru tn of what they said? Loyal those prints
to him who has deluged them with patrons ca
would they expose his popularity to the rcvulson
of expectations disappointed, and hopes un fulfil
lsd7 No-thcy are too wise They understand
the ground upon which they tread. Has our Enqui-
ror been fed with other hopes7 We do not doubt it
That paper has proclaimed as much Jackson
will keep up his favorite judicous' system to the
Last. 1t the worst come to the worst and the
PRESIDENT is forced to veto or to sign, Virgnis
will, as usual, so to the wall--as less powerful
than Pennsylvania-as less unanimous against the
Bank, than Pennsylvania is for t-as less likely
TO be driven from his support by his signing the bill
Than Pennsylvania by his yctoing it-as having from
Sher Southern relations, stronger affinity to a
Southern President, than Pennsylvania.
Ono word as TO this article from the Courier 6,
Enquirer. 1t dscloses what is manifcstly the 1ls,
play which is left the President TO esca pc from Tn,
dilemma; and his and his friends as manccet MIR