Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-12-11
No. 13-VOL. III.

Hut above all, its most important effect " ~
he found IN its Influence upon the character
! of the Government. BY couhning its action To
those objects which viii be sure To secure 60
It the attachment and support Of our fellow
Il uizru..
Circumstance make IL my duty 10 call thu
attention Of Congress Ia the Bank of the L
states. Created for the convenience Of Gov.
crnmebt, that institution has become iL-
seourge OF the People. Its interference ~
postpone the pigment Of portion Of the
I tionAt Dc Ut, that IL might retain tho public
money appropriated for that purpose To
strengthen Il IN political eontc st-ihc cx-
traordiuary extension and contraction of Il,
accommodations Ia the community its Ger
( rVpt aud partisan loans-hs exclusion of tho
J pablic directors from n know ledge OF its most
I important prucecdIngs--the unlimited au.
thOriiy conferred on the president TO expsnd
: It's funds ia hiring writer's, and procuring tho
execution Of printing. and tie Use made OF
that authority TeieEtion Of the pension
money and books after the selection Of uoS
Z agent,-thr groundless claim 10 heavy dana
ses, IN consequence Of the protest Of a bill
drawn ON the ftench Government. have,
through various channels, been laid before
Congress Immediately after the close Of he
/ last session, the Bank, through its president,
announced ats ability and readiness TO aban-
don the system Of unparalleled curtailmrnt,
which II bad praetised upon from the 1t OF
Z August, 1888, TO the 30th June 1884 and 10
extend It's accommodations To the commuui-
'y The grounds assumed IN this annunc "a
4 ton, amounted To an acknowledgment that
the cutiailmtnt, IN the extent to vi Inch II had
been carried was not necessary TO the safety
Of the Bank, and had been persisted IN mere
iy to induce Congress 10 grant the prayer oC
/ the Bank m is memorial relative To the reno
a fteg aud To saN.
charter. They were substantially a confes-
sion that all the real dI,ires,cs which indi-
VIduais and the country lad endured for the
preceding or months tad been need ess-
" produced by ~, with tie view OF ahrrtinr
through the sutrrings Of the People, the Ie-
gisiatiSe action of Congress. IL Is n subject
at ccnsraiuiatun that Congress and the cOuu-
try had the virtue and hrmness 10 bear the
infection; that the energies % our people
soon found relief from OIis wanton Sranu,
ia vast imPorisuons II tie precious metal,
from almost every part Of the world aud
that al the close Of this IRENE ndous Effort 10
control our government, TIC Bank found Il.
SELF Powerless, ant no longer able 10 loan out
IT. surplus means, The community had
learned to manage it, aGl,rs wiiLoul u, assj,.
lance, and trade had airc 1dy found new auN-
diaries. 80 that on the first Of October ID.
the extraordinary spectacle was presented Of
NluOGai Bank, more than one hail o.
whose capital wa. either lying unIrDdG-ti,o
IN Its vaults, or ~ tie haads VI foreign bank
ers.
To the needless di,tresscs breuch, on tho
country during the last session Of Congress,
has SINCE been added the oPcu seiz1Tc OF thG
dividends 90 the public stock, TO the amount
OF si1O,Oil, under pretrncr OF paying dana.
Ges, cost aud interest, upon the protested
French bhl. This sum constituted "A portion
OF the e,timaied revenues for the year I-JI,
upon which the appropriations made by Con-
gress were based. IL would a. soon have
been expected that our collectors would
seize on the customs, or the receiver. Of or
land office, on the money arising from Tic
sale Of public lands, under pretcuce, OF
C!lims against tire United States, q, that tie
Bank would have retained tie diSideud,-
Indeed if the principe DC established lhat
any one who chooses - set up a claim
against the Ubiicd States, uay, without au-
thuTty Oi law, seize on the public propsft,
or money wherever he can find IT, to my
>uch clam, there Will remain ~ assurance
that our revenue will reach the Treasury, OF
that u Will be applied, after the apprt ora
ton, 20 tie purposes jcsisnated an tie Law
The paNma,tcrs Of our army, aud the pufser.
T OF our navy. may, under ike preieucs>. az
ply 20 their own use none, appropriated To
set IN motion the public force, Iud ga time ct
war leave TIE country ithom delcn,e-
This measure rcsOried 60 by the Bank ., DIS
! organizing and revolutionary and e general
~ rc,Oried ~ by private citizens "a Ike cases,
: would ali the land with anarchy and violence.
u constitutional proti,tor that enc
money shall be drawn from the TTrasur, bot
~ consequence OF appropriations made by
law Tic Palpabie OrJcct of this proyi.ian
- to prevent tie expenditure of tie pahi.s
money, tor Any putIV-e ShstsocSrr. Whi.l
shall not have 1crn hr.t approve b, tie Re.
preventative, OF the Pcoiir. aud Tie st,t,.
90 Consrtss assembled ~ vests the toM,r
81 declaring for what PURPOSE, the pubI.c
money shall be expended, 90 the Legislative
Department of TIC GoNcruncnf. a. the ca
clusi9n Of The Executive ard judicial aud Al
- not within The constitutional authotit, Of
either oi those Departments 10 pay q a1s,
Without Law. Or to sanction 81, paymsnt -
According to ttts PLAIN CONSTITUTIONS pfott.
sion, The claim % the Bsnk rsn never lr
pad without an appropriation Nv az sst of
Congre.s Bot TIE Bank has never a.tri
ior an appropriation. ID ate r pts 10 defeat
TIC pTO,i-ion &C tie cousUtitipn. aud obtain
payment without an act ol CDrft g..
stead e awaiting an appropriation passed ~
both Houses. AID approves boy tie Fttsiiei {,
q makes an appropriation far dstif. snd Co.,
:, titss IN sPpssi o. ne JUdtsIsfy Go sanction
o. That Tie n.Insy bid not o. q hniralIy BEEN
PAID INTO TIE Tfrasury. duss not affect g.
rruripie intended % De established by re
constitution The LXecuhve shd Ild.si,r.
have ~ bite right % sPpforr sfe anI eStrid
The public money without aiib0Ut, 81 Inv
before q s plsced 70 the credit 81 lie Tfe..
sufy, - 10 take u from The Tfessury Inra
annual report ~ the Secretary 81 uo 1ffs.
sury, and IN his correspondence - ith tte Pre..-
dent ~ The Bsuk, and the opinions ofibs A.
torney Geusrai accompany ing a.. yOu Will Eni
[ q further eNamtuattun 81 thr claims Of the
Sank, and The course % h1s pursued
n u seems due a. che ssftts e The public
funds remaining 10 thst Bsnk I'D o. TIE ho.
nor n the American People. thst measure
be taken ~ separate The Cover nlsft entirely
from an Institution ~ mischi v0us a. ffs
public ?rospsrfy ard - regsriiss. Of n.e
Constitution sbd laws. By ifansfsrtios DEE
public dsP,.itss, ~ appointing other Psn.ioa
agents, - far - Il bad ihs power by order.