Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-08

am told that the Bank has spen, h, money only in ia NV
cause anu TO perpetuate Its existence Ii is only the
creature oil The government and what il go be
yond H. Tor renewed chare What has to tame,
WIN eiesuons-to influence the peope-,o ende aver to
game Congress and the Execu i've so to suit their
VIEWS anu hai, in defiance of ear an oi
p"o"c opinion as ever made in our country! II they
a 20 mus lar on the pretext Of rest self
V"uon may o the pretext be urged OH eyery other
'as,on Dat safeguard have WEI Are not its interest.
''neu aud CONNECTED with the great sgri.
u"'a'' and manufacturing interest OF the nson!-w
s "thces sc! IL rests on the union OF the States Now
suppose IT had taken up the subject OF and
'heiiered with thc mad career VI South Csrona on the
ground, That severance OF the Union destruction
NJ any rate had an interest in that question to
The amount oi its capital and its immense loans made nv
us Branch at Charleston! hat would Messfs C.lbo,,n
shd McDuile have said its arrosa
ayeu ITSELF openly against the Pesdep the late
aud was defeated IL is forming party TO oppose his
administration on Tie new ground that he has arbitrarily
"ihufa"h Tic Deposiies-and expects from local and
oner eA'em.t' get wo-thrds OF both houses Of Con-
gess 10 renew the charter This expectation is founded
Oh d" OF the virtue iirmness Of th. PEG
pc IL certainly has the means, aud shoxid il have the
oo'"ness 10 attempt 10 brbe the members of Congr.
mas ueeh suggested, IL ,ist fail in that scheme ai.o In.
"",,, "s passed vote OF approval on the Veto. aud
will be uspicious eS
Tho rapid strides which making in this country TO-
wards e system oil bribery aud corruption adopted in all
European governments, and especially In EneisnJ mus.
sare anu alarm every patriot What enormous exp noes
are incurred IN the elections TO Parliament and ma, too
when the members receive no for ,h. co.
vices: seat III that body has, late COS, from 40 TO 10
nousahd pounds! The evil has become so great, that
Iaament In obedience TO the will Of the yir,uo,is part
o the hauoh has been compelled 10 institute a public en-.
curry into the subject. The expense of oh aiding char
49,, 'o, poranon oil pubic utility, OF OF any oil
private nature Is oppressive in the extreme Can il he
doubted That votes are bought and sold in as
wen as al Tue h"s'ings! From the settlement Of our
country, we have read British Books-aimired and pro
hei by BRITISH genius and vcniion. We have stuaed
dou im'atcd their morals and manners; aud modelled
many OF our institutions alter theirs Aud to he ex
81,
inbibed many oil their faults aud vices, In 1891 Alex
us,,oh declared h" e" you purge the English Con.
uhon o, lis corruption and give to its popular branch
equay OF representation would become AN ihpracti.
cdote government: as it stands with all its sun
posed detects Is the most perfect government that ever
existed The Americansm oil Hamilton, need no, be
quo.uonsd May not other IN similar o,innns,
In Hamilion's ,ne lac had The aid of the old Bank and
managed that pretty much as he pleased Bu,his on;ns
WIRE "o' popular anu us young and then viruous D.
pie, put upon them the seal of their reprehension-bev
put down the old Bank, well the ground OF It's un.
consututonaiity as OF its corrpiing aud dangerous ma
ture, then sufficiently eloped But, since them. we
have grown in population commerce. we luxury ami
nave acquired strength at home, aud high reputation
abroad English taste aud manner aud luxurious xtr,
vagance have gtown among us and particularly in IA,
great Cities, to neatly the point of exact imitation
10 me uncontaninaed portion OF people, the con-
uuct OF me Bank must appear exceedingly reprehens
ble We ought TO congratulate ourselves that we have
oeen ea led by the rness OF the President 10 know as
uch oil as we DO; and to look to Congress WINTER
or the most naked aud full exposure OF all
Thanks TO the peto power in the Constitution. which
Patrick Henry and others contended was lead letter be
cause no President could be got firm enough to WELD il
against the will OF Congress Thanks to the man who
mas done SO; and to the virtuous majority of feemen
nave sustained him and proclaimed 10 the world well
done, thou good aud faithful servant Thatsame ueonIe
WIZ not be slow to applaud his 10 the Bank De-
posites. ~ ~
The removal OF the deposes seems 10 me- TO be
oo'h oy principle and expectancy II the Bank for
ieited the confidence OF the government? If So would
mol Inc administration be its duty 10 con
hde in IL The large amounts of public money in the
Bank are to remain, and be drawn out according o ill.,
wants oil the public The sudden transfer of them nioh
pou"ee some embarrassment; aud their safety qes
oned present There TO be doubt tina, the Bank
to exist. little than hence Is il, then
not high time, that the had the
pemeh OF some other machinery, for collecting dis.
nursing me revenue! Time necessary TO perfect any
system that may be adopted. The FIST attempts ma Y
prove Intellectually and that case the agency of the Bank
might remove temporary difficulties provided its officers
he "c'ued by an accommodating spirit The President h
imed, and been sustained, in the responsiili,v nj
veo'ns The Bank lie owes it, therefore, himself and
to the country, to take time prepare and give eicrn
cy TO some substitute for it, Ii nothing but national
Bank vii! do, the Constitution ought TO be amended on
that subject and time allowed for to be done with pro-
per restrictions and limitations. The P edeni once tire
out the idea OF Bank, The details OF which
were not explained The people considered it, but they
could not Tree II objections That scheme is prob
bly, wholly abandoned and the State Banks are now to be
used. Should they not answer, some other exoedi.ut
must lie devised. Surely those who clamor against t
Bank Veto, ought TO allow the President the opportunity of
showing before his OF office xpires that the Bank
not necessary 10 the successful operations Of the
were 10 put on Tie removal oil the
.nn the Bank charter expired, he would have time TO
justify his Veto by actual Practice which he ought and
probably does ieei bound 10 do. submit this p ain vie
oil The subject to the Candid consideration OF eyey i'm
partial man. The theory Of the English Constitution is
that the King do wrong the ministers ara made
responsible Here the responsibility rests upon The pre-
sdent, who, according TO thousands among u.s. can do no.
thing right
But, Andrew Jackson has nothing 10 expect from the
bdR, nor from iS numerous enemies. They have oppus.
ed him in every form and nanuer and lie has had the
proud satisfaction TO triumph them the most signal
manner. Experience has ready said TO them,
~. Cease NipcIs, you bite a fle:'
iney are, however, Determined not 10 relax in Their
efforts
The Bank chartered under circumstances nsv and
extraordinary III history. The war pressure on the
government Tor money had been by an ADEQUATE
system OF taxation, because Congress were afraid of los
ing their popularty-the paper of Banks aud rea
suy NOES had inundated the country with an uneouai an,
deprecated currency including floods pr yae bills am,
tickets The false value OF property Keeping ,ace will
speculation and the unresrained bill
involved mems affairs The operations the ire Asury A,
become uncertain and un aie Some expedien was &c IN
interest Republicans no had been previou y opposed
to n aiionAl tnk thou! ht they saw in this state oil
ihgs, necessity Tor such institution and Xie led M
their Constitutional scrup!es MIR Madison himself sur
rendered his long cherished doctncs 10 the adjudication
oil The two other departments OF government the iulicar,
aud the Legislature, anI signed the charter portioI
OF The Republican parry throughout the nation
in the apparent necessity OF The whilst the rest
theIn admitting aud regreng the state of things, nsi
upon The papable umc0suionaly of tile measure ait
the dangers to be aPpehended from such pow cflu cor
poraou And, have not their fears been realized! Suci
State oil things may, probably, occur again.
approximations he enertDed begin in time, aud prepare
remedy within the Constitution, or anne nd that insiru
mehi in The amer pointed out in il and not leave it L
veer about with circumstances and the changing opinion
| OF a changing Congress.