Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-06-17

all restraint and moral principe soon gave wav and
the icW and the 'cdnfs aud the epdfy OF the deprcda
tors have alone governed the trent OF frauds commit
ted! Who make degrees of comparison such cases
asths without as great absurity MIR. Leigh COM
mitted. IN regarding unconstitutional measures as more
or less unconstitutional: when, ia his degrees were
only applicable 10 supposed effects more or less pern
cious Aud. in like manner, the quo amino the proiiga.
cy, remains the same, while the loss the slorkholers
aud the al effects upon the country be more or less
according TO the amount OF the money nisused, and the
address and industry with which il Is expended.
In The OF the Bank IL was found that The directors.
had placed the tchofe funds OF the institution under the
unlimited control Of President Bdds--wihout requiring
The exhibition Of regular aud detailed vouchrrs Tor the
sums he might expend! And what object conien,.
plated by this nagan derelcon Of duty aud of
trust on the part OF the Drecor.' On the Iiih March,
1881, afer Mr. BiddIe had made an expose of his
rtetos, and some oil his acts, they oResoired That
the President IL hereby authorised cause be PRE-
PARED and circulated SUCH documents and papers as
may communicate 10 the people Information in egard to
the nature ard operations OF the BAnk"-(And yet these
scrip nobemen would not let committee Of Congress
xHmne their books and refused to any questions
ABOUT the acts and doings oil the Bank y I,|oInafo,l
indeed! What sort of Conformation 2! About ,he ma
inre and operations of the Bank, orsooh Why did no,
King Biddie and Lori Sergeant OF the star Chamber
permit, the Committee OF Congress TO look into some OF The
BANK Books, snd condescend TO such questions as
hey thought .fit 10 be put to them.
But these directors subseuu ntly by reso,fou ex-
press their conviction OF .'he nectssifu of rene ed al
ten'ion to this subject and authorize and request the
President 10 continue his erertions What amount he
mas expended IN communicating Information the peo
pie in regard 10 the nature aud operations Of the Bank
nobody knows, and the public will probably never find
out Some time before the remov Al of the Iepostes Mr.
biddis had entered the expense book S58 265 paid
Tor printing and stationery When he ci- aus out his
breeehes and other pockets, and hi. poeket.book the
amount, u not entered under other head, will SUR
prise the greatest prodigai among What has been ex
pended at the branches WILL in the aggregate
swell the sum TO an astounding amount. There is good
reason TO believe that the branches have their orders also
10 cnfighten the pponle!
Blu, for the removal Of the Deposes the country would
have been able to get nd OF this con,roiny cor
loads stone nntI b.ra
with It's secret Vaccinations uu the char.
ter aud then have put forth all lis power and giant nu
ehoe 10 distress The country, crush the State Banks and
oree me feope not only 10 consent TO perpe,ua,e its
islence, hut TO compel the President sign the charter or
else be expelled from Office not oil
zen, already, have we heard and threats agsust the
NE oil Andrew Jsckon The public ,uise has been clt ON
that subject vain! Corruption not so rotten or gan
creme in the OF the People as TO Justify this
step But since the late nsolence Of the Bank TO the
Committee Of Congress, Mr.. Clay has given the signal
Imat new Efforts must be made 10 sustain the mammoth
he deposiie question, tho settled in H. of r. is TO be
pressed aresh upon that bsiied and in.ulted body.
IL the Bank is TO go down, the people have willed
and me Constitution requires, The depos,cs be made
elsewhere, ana Their early removal called for az a
measure oil precauion, 10 blunt the effect Of closing the
concerns OF great corporation Yet this measure could
not have bee" taken under the charter except for
sons, TO be judged Of by Congress. But the desperate
nai practices OF The Bsnki,s violation OF its charter in so
many hagran instances and its attempts contsol and
einbarrass the Administrations and 10 WELD political and
moned influence over the people end the government at
lorded ample ground 10 Withdraw from its use the millions
puunc money constantly accruing TO the treasury An
institution which had shown such desperate spr which
had launched out into the of politics. and scattered
It's iavos and It's luuds with prodgal pTouon and for H.
ISL purposes, and 10 change the judy not 10 corrup
The nation was surely, safe depository Of SO many
millions OF annual revenue 1t had been seem from lis
own expose not many years ago, that this Bank had
become literally bankrupt from misInanagement And
were he guardians Q! the public money hound to APP
prehend the worst results from Bank that had so pre-.
sunp'uousiy ART aged itself and the influence OF its money
against the government and the recorded opinions OF the
people:
But the policy and propriey OF The removal of the de-
pos'es nave been too amply and ably discussed TO leave
any hing new TO he said the subject The measure
however has been eagerly seized upon by the Bank and
the Bank dspTdns TO office and honor; and acting in
unison they have exhibited 10 the world spectacle un-
paTaeled In the annals OF mankind. The hue and cru
has been raised against Gen. Jsckson he has pro
nounced by all The Presidential CANDIDATES in III.
Senate ruthless Iyrdnt-an UsWptr-a De,pot-eve
~ name OF approbrum has bee heaped upon him The
BANK hes sent forth its mantle has put in motion
every trumpet-iongued puppe il could reach all the
s'sesIevery stump orator-every venaI pess-every
coiee-bose gabbler-every ourder and whpper-in and
p'opaga.or oil misrepresentation has been busy Since
December panic speeches have been delivered in Con-
gress by wholesale and printed and circulated al the ex
pense Of The Bank, under the franks of Honorable
CoDgressmen.-Buti The Senate Chamber illustrated "a il
IS by Jour Candidates for the Presidency has the
ocus' whence proceeded the iverging rays of light and
instruction 10 willing pariizans and orators and
tiers in every part OF The Union. In aid Of these spirit.
stirring tongues and pens the Great Money King has pu,
his nnreiening Screws to the people The Bank el
u.s. that on the LIST OF October last the country prospe
rous beyond exsmPle-Tich and easy at home and its
mercantile affairs abroad, better footing than ever
But 10! the order OF Government that its future revenue
should be deposited in the Bamks has blebted Mi,
enyiabie scene, and brought upon whole people scene
oil distress and ruin, which, according pictures drawn
ny The Panic.painters Is without exampe None will
deny, but that the public councils and the public mind
have been wrought up into the extreme excitement
thai disrnst has taken the place of couGdence-partv
fury and Intolerance that OF forbearance and
that in tact "we are IN the midst of RerOution
But the great question is, will this Revolution be sue
cessluF Will the spirit OF free people be much hum
bed, and subdued by the power aud pressure of
the United States Bank, seek promised Temporary
relief by restoring the deposites-pe the ex
sence and crouchng 10 the power and the will of
mighty MoSIED CORPORATION! Shall the de.tinies of
this nation be surrendered into the hands OF of
Bank Directors? If dsapproved The course of the Pres
dent, and hated him with the burning rancour of the man
who has been Tor twelve his prosecuting but san
pointed rival, and who fomdy hopes with The aid Of
the Bank, TO accomplish his ruin and succeed him in Of
hceii felt the anxiety and animated by the same
party displayed by the other candidates
in the Senaeyet, in war between any government or
its administrators and Bank, any other corporation
should, like the gallant Decatur, 90 "lor mn counfrv
right ,cron And the more especially wouI ID
so, il thought that Bank unconstitutional and had wit.
messed The fearful and resisiless power Tor evil that i,
has displayed. But is IL not melancholy 10 see rallied
under the standard Of the Bank many men who have
pronounced unconstitutional and dangerous in its Ten.
dencies! Why is il so Do pcrn, their dislike of
Jackson 10 extingnsb the love and duty they owe the
Constitution and the government Of The country In
srctness, the Bank charter is nufy coUlers no law
u right oblig alton, though IL has been tolerated and
respected in consequence OF its having received the sane
Of The misguided agents Of the people who passed IT,
But do press This idea since it would probably lead
IL carried out into tie necessity and rroprey Of the abo
minabe doctrine OF MULTIPLICATION; and might seem
TO Justify inoritie in febelng sgaipst tie acts Of
lori1cs. This ", nevertheless the fashionable doc
ma of the parfiZsue Of lie Rank and IL ,lo