Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-01-09
FOR THE EToUiRxR.
"THE ISSUE MADE up

n.
Its apparent from the compile Of your Journal, that
you will he called on in few days. TO pass up the is
sue made up, between the Bank aud the Government
You will allow u.s. you please account OF the start
ling precedent sought bs established between the conn
Try and moned Institutions TO submit lew hasty ideas
" your dispassionaie eoi-idc ration.
IL IL, perhaps. than doubtul whether the Secrea-
ry ot the Treasury has not sconceved the fnaiifu of
his action, la removing the government deposit.s A. 10
he right. aud his official duty remove the depo.
strs whenever In the exercise OF sound discretion he
shall deem expeient. there canno, DO two opinions
but IL another s essentially different question, whe.
Their. upon the oil the compact the elton allow
ell to the Secretary not subject 10 the reviss Of Con-
gess as the umpie between the Secretary aud the Bank
THIS woulL be the sounder opinion; upon any
other ground. II would he difficult 10 perceive the utility,
or necessity of euonng the Secretary, TO report his
reasons forthwith to Congress Let IL then be taken
Tor granted. that the power Of the Secretary is potenfo
only not actual aud how stands the
Is cons nded. by way OF sofenng the operation in
favour Of the Bank that neither the constitutional ques
ton, the legality Of the done by the Secretary is
properly within the issue-that II Is question OF sheer
treated Now. il impossible the disguise un Ter
which the monster IL deavourng to cover It's r~rra,
from merted rebuke, and hedge itself again tor future
actonfo dnsir ifsey IL were, upon the vi,as of
Covernns that the Governmen get along With
Out It, But your country has the proud consolation
know, there is ia the midst OF YOU remnant Of the
old Spartan band. who need promper mind ,hem
that the costfufiomaify OF act is always within tie
ssue-and to .ny humbug OF that kind iii respond in
dgnanfty with the enquirer OF the 9th inst-"Th,s
ground OF the unconstfufionaiy oil the Bank, Is like
adamsnt-No republican can abanaOni,-he com.
promise IT,"
There is proposition in the Decalogue clearer than
ths-That, dispose oil the issue any way NAV
think proper, the question will up again in the SPACE
oil two short years. aud ia such shape there will be no
blinking oil the constitutional objection, or reasonable
hope of final unless tn: dirsul discovery be
made, that the Bank is strong Tor the
and must take precedence OF the peopIe.-Wbv then
should the country be subjected to double shock wi en-
one, why OF weather the until 10 blown over a.
ther than encounter second. which come with re-
nov"ted fury! Shall be any better prepared e,, than
fDfgI No 49,
earth are moved produce belief that the depression In
the money market, arises solely from the removal OF the
depos''e-and IL tina! be true wha, will be the
the country when capital and all are withdraw u? Why
Sr-, II IL 10, plain-he Bank Is playing strong game
can conquer the country no,o will be the stronger
to do Menand become fired incubus the BODY DO
lc This is no idle speculation srs but his.
tory-and your country makes solemn appeal to your
patrioismto throw yourselves into the breach and in
this known visitation, preserve her healthul Constitution
from the corroding malady which seeks destroy it,
If the Bank Of the United States has been guilty of half
the abuses ascribed 10 i-not aud denied but pa.
ated aud attempted TO be jusfed-you could not have
held the administration guess in not TO arr
rest the evil by all the constitutional powers possessed
II then, owing TO the peculiar state Of things produced by
the operation OF the Tariff Of 1882 the power of the
Bank OF it cho.e) TO embarrass the money Market the
unfortunate IN point Of time, that does place the
administration in the wrong upon that ground u
less it can be shewn that the was inc vae
ami could not be avoided by sale and liberal policy OH
the part OF the Bank towards those who had not offended
her-but through whom in the of her power
90 lar rom there being any plea Of necessity 10 excuse
justify the course, the Bank, whilst dealing out her
blows, boasts Of her hundred millions. and proves by
her own showing, she could have continued her di.
counts with perfect security. But again: il is a clear
proposition, that the transfer OF the effective
paI oil the country from place of depot TO ano
ther, does not diminish the amoun though il NAV pro-
duce temporary arrangement in the process of chang
ing hand'-but certainly no permanent dist ess, un-
less there be foul dealing where-so that whatever
may be the extent Of the evil brought upon the country
that evil will have been produced by The contumacy OF
the United States BaDk-and il il not her set pur-
re to place the country under her BAN she would have
accepted the liberal proposition Of the local Banks, or
hands c permitted them to the evil. Be this how.
ever as may the deed is done-snd 10 adudnce,
treat, the queson-To prove to the world that hold
our tree institutions. above all price that too ike
sheep IN the SHAMELESS, may lie bought sod-tha the
spirit oil insued liberty, demands sacrifice al hose al
tar we cannot worship that cannot, must not be-this
with eternal curses, who in the hour of aI shall sI,er
at his pos-and not go, Qke her galIan, Decatur
for his country-"right or ,crong"
There is subject should have left TO the Iucubra.
lions OF the "Whg, and the special pleading of "Pa-
munky"-had not Mr.. Clay in order holster up some
Sims over the same ridiculous absrdy That tohere.
Der the public money is there is the public Treasury
aye, even in MIR. Bidde's breeches pockets. Now, il
there be schoolboy OF fifteen, who unable to solve this
proposition and shew its absurdy, he will never make
logican-WhaH that treasure and Tteosuru are con-
verble terms-meaning the same thng and that to re-
more is to 0ppropriate-in the and well defined
meaning OF these esons? The question may be pu
to hundred men, and ninety nine of the hundred
appropriated to the transaction Of the financial Of
the naon by the officers of the Treasury Department
having charge thereof The treasure or public money
the object or thing OF which that has the charge
supposed TO be always in the Treasury
II may an Jdcf be in thousand different places This ia
the whole soutionYet, Mr. Clay by kind of poetic H.
eerce (o which Shakespeare the only exampe) reject
ing the common place, and conloundng the popular with
the literary OF the terms has attempted TO prove that
Treasury means freasue-Such bubble might be ex
cused III third rate advocate, but is wholly un of
the statesman anil the occasionhe design being TO show
hat the President OF The United States was endang
the liberties oil the people, by usurpaton of power 10
over the purse as well as the sword and the
ton OF all pocer within himself The plain and direc,
answer to simple question will Place this part of the
subject in its true light Has the President any mower
over the deposes that he did possess before the
removaH Certainly and PROFESSIONALLY no. Mr. CLAW
has therefore assumed false proposition TO sustain
charge OF despofic misre against the Chief Maqistra.
oil the DaoD knowing the be false and upfounded
to 9: inteDts and purposes.
The Bats has exposed her hand, and sbewn Won her
vast corruptng, and consuming influence she is an
unsuitable appendage 10 te ant institutions of the conn
try, with the political oil which she has jr,-
pous'y attempted to minge and in the arrogance of her
boaed pride, set herself up in opposition the consu-
tiona iunctonaues OF the Government, whom she des
pses and contemns With these pretensons inscribed ON
the Report OF her Directors, she has made her case
and committed TO The hands o! her friends not the con
script fathers and disciples Of the true Democratic Church
founded by Jefferson and Madison, but the puatye pro-
geny OF the old Federal Schoo-ihe Nationals and Nul
Ihers-be tag, rag and bobiail Of all parties These
are the friends OF the Bank that engenderne hot bed Of
Arsocracy IL Is, in fact, the Arisiocracy of the eoun
against the Democracy" The Constitutional Porfu',