Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-11
POLITICAL.

mas Cooper, Nj. d., President OF the Coegr of ColM
~ south Carolina, and until recently. decided adversary
VI e bank, has in favor of that institution with
pamphlet Intended for distribution among the nuluirrs
Is work oil little argument and much abuse-the 10
we ageu veteran appears 10 have exhaie,I like VIOLA
Tile gas in the Doctors own ,aory and le behind
mere eut mortuum of railing. Doctor Cooper tell. his
aesue .ns he mas iad aside the constitutional ohe con
against 'he oank, which he was known to hav. fn. y
entertained aud urged With grca, vehemence And WIN
mas lie done this! lie replies, to conteract The admins:
"anon VINO he suspects ready do the same hjn
and who he saws, plotting TO get up anohcr bank
oil Their own. This is like the Story OF the fellow
who, when apprehen'ed for picking another MAJ,
pocket said, in his defence tina, he did i, H. camso
The man looked like thief Another reason is ina,
he great hohy at The merchants, regarding bank OF
cono' AS absolutely necessary To the safety paper
currency, VIII pass over the iudebc faint OF une
""""h'y 'of TIA. sake OF securing .irien, regulator
OF bank issues Accordingly, part Of the Doctor pam
Pei isdevotsd 10 ns ing the or
me n"nk IN regulating exchanges, and euloges upon its
aumhls'r"to" or the benefits it has conferred upon the
country. mat certain pecunary coHveniences and adj
,an'ges DO arise from national bank will, branches in
regions OF the country, nobody undertakes to de-
ny, though they have doubtless been overrat.J rI.ir
existence is no new discovery The veteran n,,,nIIs
feer whose production j. before u.s. knew az much ah,
them, or ought To have known when he was hostile IN ,e
odhk as ne does now. AS TO the opinion Of
and traders, i, has undergoue change or if any, thai
rnange has been uniavorabe 10 the bank. II is idle
eo'e' Tor Doctor Cooper TO ascribe his conversion 10
these Causes The TO be inferred from ano
Tier part OF The pamphlet in which he tia, ",he
strongest objection against The Bank which he has SEEM
mas oeen The defence Of that Institution by John Quincy
A"a"s NOW, u the simple fact that MIR. Adams sup
ported the bank was AN argument against il so much
stronger IN the mind OF Doctor Cooper than all the acts of
Encouragement aud corruption of which has been puil.
W. requires no sagdciiy 10 infer that il General Jack
son, the object OF his supreme hatred the despo the an
ocfa', the man OF vengeance aud OF blood as he calls
him. together with his Cabinet had been i'm favor of The
,nsu'oh he would still have continued its enemy. lie
Is LOO mahesty convert TO the bank from passion
and prejudice and from desire war,iny those whom
he hates to render his testimony in favor the light
est value. D.
Doctor Cooper attempts TO make great deal of pam
ph'et published in this city containing plan of national
od"S 10 be used either modification of the charter OF
ne present Institution, the charter OF new one
ne plan was issued under the of Isaac Bronson
George Griswod, Daniel Jackson and John Bolton com
mitee appointed at public meeting An abstract OF i,
appeared IN our paper about the time ii published
Doctor Cooper has found the author OF this
no less parsonage than Mr.. Van Buren,. The Cabinet
100 are all IN the plot their object asten upon the
na'o IN lieu OF the present bank and Mr. Bronson and
MS associates are only the puppets who play before the
community as the wires pulled. There is not clerk
all street who could not have told DR. Cooper better
he members OF the committee not all friendly to the
administration The Chairman, Mr.. bronson, is an ex.
Peenced an intelligent banker, tool any party the
plan has long been favorite will, HIM aud The
meeting was got up principally 10y his excrliens and with
out the concurrence Of party leader Mr. Van Buren,
and the administration no more to do with the matter
than DIR. Cooper or DR. Coopers grandmother Aod "a,
upon such ilnces az these that he Pounds his attack
upon Tie administration, and his apostacy TO the
cause Of the bank.
DR.. Co PEI has discovered that the Bank "bas been
conducted eully Tor the fiscal cons of the 90.
vernnen'. Very usei"ly nde' d. in the trick which il
payed the government, i'll the the three rer cent
Socbsi "hh W ry uetliy al-o in oil The Till
OF exchange On The Fr.Lch government i'm wL cb il
claims one hundred and fly eight thousand dollars ron,
The nation IN The name OF damages though nose were ac
tually sustained Bu sshoncsy" with wLicl, ia. at
ars OF the bank have been managed is the r. A. ,h,u.
oil Doctor Coopers euiogy aye, honesty that is the
"o'"' m"ch es may surprise aders. Pc does not
however, venture to cal rccty with The mass of lscn.
shres proving the enormous cOrup u the bank On
w que non he is as cautious as uselrr walking among
eggs, aud prudenly avoid any auson 10 facts In. fol-
lowing Is Ills course OF Argument La his thi leuer he
says:
The examination of Judge Clayton, Mr.. Cambreeng,
and The able opposed To the bank brough ont no pro.
minent fact to strike the public eyc-no TANGIBLE deIn
q"eney, nothing that coud substantially a6ect The cha
me public in any coy''
In the fourth letter of the pamphlet, Dr. Cooper pro-
ceeds to say that lie has already underworld TO establish
The following among other propositions
That alter minute and lsborous examination by able
men VINO were suspicious oil the conduct Of the present
pdk' no objection OF moment has been substituted
against it,"
This presume may be called the a, gu nemf,tm rene
t'OniS new weapon in logic, ctiod OF proving the
ruin oil an assertion by making the assertion again
We give our readers word that this is the only re
ing that DR. Cooper makes OF 10 establish" as he
calls ", the honesty and integrity with which the bank
has been managed.
An anthology oil choice and elegant passages might ca
shy be made from the pamphlet before DIR. Cooper
tells us lha "Ihe present admins ration aided by the old
federal party and the monoposs OF The morrill, have ac,u
ally and completely succeeded in ring this iscs,d
republic OF cOniederdted sfacs de
isn "The republic OF ie United SIotes is now Rus
sian Autocr"oy The man OF vengeance aud of blood
10 whose hands has been committed alt power over the
purse AMI the sword, tides triumphant the wiling
necks Of seIvie pcOrc." "Ihc Kitchen Cabinet and
The auXilIaIrs ~ Bun,LeT they are all kuou, md
al as accuia ~ described many rnnawsy negroes"
&c &C re IS III gr"a alarm es "New York shou Il
be made The money market ol the Union" The pamph
let was published before the depusiles were removed
and lac tells dat The Lover ineni will NOT renovc
item from JedT, uHddnLtT0fed (cor, OF The conse-
quences Mr. kcmdals negotiation with the loca
bank, lie says win 10 - aud that il the dy.
poss were tn be removed it would throw the revenues
and currency fno confusion within twenty four hous
But we tired OF this stuff We have read the p,mohlc
with mixture OF disgust aud rcgfe. reasons for dis
gust are APPARENT and regret from The fact t,a
" hose intellect have been
could have been the author VI feeble and ane prouc
ton
In the article which appeared in our paper Yesterday
DIR. COoper's pamphlet in defence Uf the bank we
omitted To quote passage iom the last letter but one in
which the author attempts kind OF apology the charge
lie has dde ~ the previous letters Vice Pre-.
sdent as the author Of suocr bank sccrae intended TO
supply the present Institution. We give OF tus.
shows how little real ground Tie has Tor his accuse
On and Is Tie unwilling testimony of enemy
IN favor Of the object Of his attack.
''I have used Mr.. Van Burens name ~ politician on.
y AMI argued from tie features o the proposal his pro
babe paternity in the offspring Of the New York meet
ing. have not particle Of pOSifce knowledge az TO
The ground OF these mpustions, any right speak
OF him except on behalf OF the public; otherwise Than
his known politics, his known talents his caution his
prudence, and his skiul management will render proba
BILE the reasOnings | have adopted respecting him lie
has lis own mode of pursuing his political interest which
think through tar The present investi.
cation is concerned. I may be mistaken; but Mr. Van
Buren, is public property. As TO his real motives and in
entons, whatever they may be, utterly discain apy
aud every Dpua,ion dishonest or Ia any way dshoDoufs