Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-05-28
STATE POLICY.

BIATk POLICY.
An effort has been made to direct public attention cx
clusvey TO national measures. Among the candidates
for Congress, the Public Land Bill OF Mr. Clay and the
the Charter Of the United States Bank are
aengossng topics OF discussion, wherever the
have been able render them So What are we to gain
by the direction thus given TO public Inquiry This is
quesion worthy oil very serious consider
which the people OF Kentucky will be found very compe-
tent to snswer previous the August election They
have prayed long enough to Hercules will now de-
termnc to act for themselves, TO become the masters Of
their own resources, the guardians OF their Industry
and the regulators OF their currency and CONNIE
In the tate OF Mr. Clays Land Bill Kentucky feel
little or no interest Suppose Il would give us one hun.
dred thousand dollars yesrwe would gain no hing by
it-no' cent, The sum distributed under the land law
would have TO be made up from the imposed on our
commerce We should only be receiving from the go.
vernnent an amount not quite equal chat would DO
drawn from us in another shape should be pa yinp
through the customs more than would receive under
the Land Bill. The government must be supported A
certain amount will detray the national and
the pledge Mr. Clay gave in his tariff bill, that more
money shou De raised than may be necessary to the
noiniedt administration Of the gorennenf cannot be
honestly redeemcd if surplus be collected in any shape
land question as they may, Mr. Cays followers can make
OF nothing more nor less than his proposes to draw
lew millions per anum from the pockets OF the people for
distribution among the States How can such an
prove bene fetal 10 the community Arc the people in
competent to take Of their money Is not hi.
carrying National Republican doctrine little too Tar
we are TO have too much money in the asury under
General Jackson's administration, why not reduce the
taxes! Why collect from the people than NAV bc
necessary 10 dciray the ordinary expenses Of Govern
ment But, we not disposed discuss the Land Bill
nor shall we now undertake 10 show why the of the
Bank OF the United States ought be renewed tits
only present. 10 assure our
the Bank Question was SETTLED by the result tho late
presidential election. We reason on this point as MIR
Clay reasoned 90 The subject of the a, General Jack
son staked his election two questions-the moc alton
OF the ariIi and his the bill to renew the charter
oil the Bank His pronounced by Mr. CLAY
an unerring demonstration Of the hostility Of the Ameri.
can people TO the lao tariff This the reason ASSIGN
ell Tor Offering his compromise bill. In obedience
to public opinion, Mr.. Clay yielded enough to satisfy
the Nulifiers OF the South, declaring ar tho s,ms
me that the result oil the late presidential caused
him to apprehend the next Congress would make great
er inroad OIL the American System than his bill proposed
unequiy ocaf and decided expression OF public opinon in
favor OF modification of the Tariff which had becn re-
commended by the President previous to tho election
Let The same argument be applied to the Bank Question
Cen jackson vetoed the bill 10 the charter of The
Bank, while he candidate re ctiop and with
fun knowledge Of his sentiments the peopie ced
MN ny majority that may he emphacally termed ov Err
wHELMING. His popularity was increased his n,a;ori
y augmented the sentiments and opinions advanced in
his veto on the bank bill Well-wba's the reason Nj
Clays friends have followed the example of their lead
err Why do they not honestly admit that the Bank as
Well as the miscslled American System, received its
qnie'us IN the late presidential election why do they
not canddly acknowledge that the Bank and Tariff Dues
iiohs were both settled by the reelection of Gene
raj Jackson Ii the success OF General Jackson prov
ed that Congress would be forced 10 modify the Ia
m III pursuance OF lis suggestions why should il not
be received as positive evidence of the opposition of the
One
thing ispeiiecty obviou- Mr.. Clay reasoned correct
~ as TO the bearing OF the collection the President on
the tsr' his followers are practising incxcusabc fraud
on The people, by pretending that they EXPECT renewal
oil the charter of the Bank. The gentlemen have our
permission to choose either horn of The dilemma Tbev
must admit that Mr. Clay advanced faacous argument
10 induce Congress 10 pass his compromise bill or ac
knowledge that the Bank Question was settled by the late
Presidential election IL Mr.. Clay acted wisely IN urg
they should be suddenly repealed by the next Congress.
in obedience to the decision the people in
the reelection Of the President his friends can offer no
apology Tor pretending expect of the charter
OF the Bank. The truth is, they expect no such thing
No reasonable man expect of the charter
IN It's present shape If renewed at ALL il will be so tho.
roughly modified as 10 make the Bank, effect ne i'm.
slution The foreign stock will be Topped off, and TO-
reigncrs will DO rgidy excluded from holding stock
This must be done 1t is also probable that the capital
may be reduced TO twenty millions; that the Bank viii he
rendered sueabc wherever she sue that she will he
restricted In her power to hold real estate that the provi
sion in the charter which renders the privilege of banno
under the authority of the General Government ercItsips
will be expunsed; that the partnership between the Bank
and the Government will be dissolved Congress be
lett Tree TO establish other Banks should the exigences of
the country require them These hints are thrown ont
merely TO point OF the notifications that yyouId he
required oy pubic opinion should the charter be renew
ed-but, we again say, it lyill not be renewed Tho
people have decided the question: in the re election of
General Jaclson-"veio, veto'"bank or no bank
Is ii not absurd, under such circumstances for Mr. Claw
friends 10 pretend that they expect il elected TO procure
renewal of the charter OF the Bank without amendment,
Have they so grossly deuded themselves or are they
P'SSS' 'o dscehutncy III fNentucky by de-
ceivng the people? This question of more immediate
interest than that in relation the much Land
Bill We call ON fellow citizens to reco,Iec that MIR
Clay pronounced the ction of General Jackson
inerrng indication that the nation required modGca lion
OF The tdrffand, let them bear the fac in mind that the
Bank Question was as fully decided by the result OF the
same CONTEST The recollection of these facts will
partIsans irom practising political fraud the community
But, the reader may Inquire, "why is so much said
IN reference to the Land Bill and the Bank when YOU set
nut to discuss State Policy We answer-to make The
people sensible OF their condition. by contrasting historical
truths with the arguments advanced by the oppos
on-and thus illustrating the insincery Of their leaders
who have become boiserous advocates OF the United
States Bank for the double purpose, OF osng
INTO Office, aud eectuay smotherDg the question as TO the
cxpediency of establishing STATE BANK
Let us inquire, then, whether we need State Bsnk?-
how establish such institution so az to render il
certainly sound and useful to the community! re such
Bank can be creaiedand entertain no doubt on the
subectlet 'the line be drawn throughout the State he
tween IFS friends and opponents. IL question of vital
Importance Let be fairly met let be fully dscusseJ
let engross public attention The people NAV RELY upon
IT, that the advocates OF Mr. Clay who are so xios 10
make the United States Bank the leading topic of discus
sion in The eleciioneerDg canvass now as they were
last winter, OPPOSED STATE BANK
1t now as important to the opposition as il was Las.
Tinter that the proposition TO establish State Bank shall
be defeated independence of the United States Bank
on the part of the people, fail TO render them :,
Tho same ine Independent OF the National Republican
leaders by the establishment of a solvent and efficient
State Bank, the federal party convinced that their
'scendency must DO destroyed in Ken,uckyLouispiIie
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