Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-01

this land Of blessings than the bies.nw Of -, h,
Eres. tribunal to which oil those perplexing questions
hnhhcailon and consolidaioDtbose conflicting princ.
pies OF State Rights snd Federal prsrogaiive NAV be
brought and settled without the least in defiance
OF conmon sense. and common words; this no, bv
TO The language Of the Constitution which all
acknowledge TO be led TO deceive and msead or
20 Tue feeble powers OF human reason, which, like tho
hefihg OF Jack-a- Lantern, only lead into ditch;
but by the simple ipse Dirt the Bank founded on iu
u,sious application OF the sublime rule of eontrares in
o'ner words Interpreting language in direct ADDICTION
10 us generally understood Gaming?
For example: The Constitution not only permits but
makes that the President shall place his refo
On al acts oil Congress which he may consider Injurious
TO the prosperity OF the People or in conflict with i,s Is
ter and spirit The Presd.n, is moreover bound by hi.
os OF once TO maintain and preserve invoIae both tho
Constitution and the Laws and conse his assent 10
any aeio Congress in his opinion conflicting with ether
nose no have not imbihed belief in the identity of the
great Bank and the great Sunmu,n Bonu, through the
's'""aUhg medium OF business loan" And yet nothing
ca" DE more ialiacious than such conclusion when the
proper and sale mode of expounding the Constitution by
inc RUE OF conrares, adopted by Ca,owe don't mean
Cato oil Utica but the Bank Cao-is properly understood
According 10 his logic-and who shall dare contradict
'he Representatives OF Capital of thirty FIVE millions p
-aesong TO his logic. the President ought be i'm.
Peaehen no, only for exercising his constitutional RIGHT
nut "hat Is lar more consulting his consc
'nce on The occasion 10 he had never done any thing
else, inns quite sufficient for his conde mnaton in
'ne eyes OF all true disciples OF the Summum Bonum,
who believe, both from experience that CON-
science unconstitutional We fobear TO enlarge on the
eehehs winch Will result from This mode of
from the miserable uncertainties of language and The
wu eccen'rries Of reason to the iniable STANDARD OF
irty-hve millions OF dollars which is graduated not onlv
by the weight Of exchangeabe purse bat
on me eternal and unvarying principle that i'm all doubtful
" cases. The true way 10 come at the aning Of
language Is 10 interpret by the rule Of conares Thus
among Tie other great blessings bestowed on us by the
great Bank are those Of standard paper and
standard exchange, which is every where different and
consequently every where the same; ,ogs thcr with
standard Tor interpreting the Constitution, which. II il
comes 10 be universally adopted fail of putting for.
ever al rest those metaphysical differences which me.
mace The Union with destruction.
Besides the achievement OF these wonderful things
which pretty clearly demonstrate that the great Sn,n,fn,
Bonun has been length detected we shall clearly
py putting on pair OF spoctaces bought with the Bank
money mat all the blessings which have beallen this
ION since the establishment OF the Bank of the United
States without doubt owing entirely TO that ns,tu.
'ion Iii the Prmum Mobile, as well as the Sunnnun
Bonum II would lead into great leng OF details
were we 10 set about proving. easily do by ap-
plying The principles adopted by Cato in bis
that the Bank oil the Unsd States is the bottom not
only oil our present prosperity hut OF all the happnes we
nave enjoyed since the Declaration OF pepdence
Our readers may perhaps think this rather bold assump.
hon. But nothing, in opinion is more easy than 10
prove the direct agency OF causes that have no existence
or The er post Jdeto influence of individuals and corpora
ons' previous TO their having being. Ii is, indeed so
easy we consider il worth the rouble leave
NO Cato who having demon rared the great priBci-
pies OF difference without distinction and an niepte
'aon oil the Constitution by the rule OF coprares need
nov ne ashamed OF the more insignificant task Of es.
taoishing the simple yetmporsn of the bearings
OF future causes OH past effects aud the retrospe Give i-
nuehce OF bodies that have existence. Enough has
been said 10 that the Bank of The IT, S. had done
what it has not done; that ii has performed miracle in
restoring public credit when had none of its own: Thai
II has established uniformity OF currency and exchange
on me OASIS OF eternal differences; that il has we'd Jun.
possibilities and reconciled con'raJicons short that il
not only the parent of all good bu, combines within il.
sell all the good that has will exist in this coun,ry; and
thai conse quen'y hc other than the great SUM
MUM BoNud that bocd the researches Of all the wis.
dom OF antiquity. Shall corsmit suicide upon our
ma iona happiness by destroying The blessng No-peh
legislative Pnrity-Perish the independence Of the Go.
vernment and the PeoPie-peIi-h State Reh's-and per-
Ism every other blessng-but leave the SUMMUM
BoNUM!