Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-01-16

or and tends to the augmentation OF What IS d.
ready great enough. .e.o
Isay. in conclusion, upon TINS polnt II Iiese
qualifications are deemed by this House to nave
been unlawful, return the deposltes till the BANK
has been heard. Go to the scire tdcads; give TO
the Rank that trial by Jury which is secured by
;ts charter and is the birth-right OF ALL ASK the
unspotted and unsupported tribunals OF the Goul-
try for their instruction. Arralgn the BANK up
on the ground either Of sedition, or graspng at
political power. There was ample time Tor II,
and still is; and there is great precedent ool II,
which commend to the consideration OF thls
House. Sir, in the worst days OF one OF the WoisI
nrinces of England, Ct mean Charles the 2d) the
love of absolute rule induced him to MAKE Oh az
tempt upon the libertiesof the city OF LonoG Oh
whose charter he desired to oveflniow'
complained that the Common CouncH had TAX
cd him with delay of justice, and had posses
sed the people with an i'll opinion OF him; anu, oy
UNANIMOUSLY packing the Bench, having pIoilioG
ed one Judge, who was not satlSneu on tio poiiI.
and turned out another, who was not cleel, Io
succee ded in obtaining a Judgment Oh selAuio
under which the liberties ofthat ancient CITY re-
manned in his hands during the residue OF his
reign. and until the revolution expelled his sue
cessor But, when the principles OF the BRUSH
Constitution came in with the House OF orange;
an early statute of William and Mary reversed
the Judgment as illegal and arbitrary; and from
that time it has been the opproDflum OF the
Bench, ana the SCOTll VI pioiOooioii'
The account of it which is given by burner Is
thus
"The Court, finding that the City of London
could not be wrought on to surrender tnelr
charter, resolved to have it condemned oy
Judgment in the Kings Bench Jones hao aleo
i'm Nav; so now Pottenger and Ireoy were
chiefly relied on in this matter. Sawyer was
the Attorney General dull hot man, and for
ward TO serve all the designs OF the Court lie
undertook, by the advice ofSanders, learned
but very immoral man, to overthrow the chdf-
ter The two points upon which they Iesteu
the cause were, that the Common Councli nao
petitioned the King, upon prorogaton OF faI-
lament. that it might meet on the day to Whlch
it was prorogued, and had taxed the proroSa-c
tion as that which had occasioned delay OF
iustice: this was construed to be the raising OF
sedition, and the possessing the people with an
i'll opinion of the King"
&c " hen the matter was brought near ludg-
ment Sanders who hadlaid the whole thing,
was made Chief Justice; Pembroke, who was
not satisfied on the point, being removed TO the
Common Pleas on NOrths advancement
sDobin, Judge of the Kings Bench, was found
MOTTO be clear so he was turned OUT ana VIII
kins came in his room. When sentence was 10
| be given, Sanders was struck with an apo
| plexv. upon which great reflections were made;
but he sent his jud gment in writing, and died a
few DAYS after" As the only precedent when
the books present to us of forfeiture OF charter
for sediton, or an interference With polltlcal
power, it is not without instruction
Sir. these reasons of the Secretary being one
and all insufficient to justify the removal OF the
deposites, the question of remedy is the only one
that remains The state of the country requires
the return; but the question of return has no
| thing to do with the renewal OF the charter II
renewal were the object should say, do moi
put them back, leave them as they are; make
no provision for the future, and see, at the END
of two years, to what relief the people Will fly
But. sir, let us save the country from this unne-
cessary suffering. Return them, and the mists
will clear off from the horizon, and the face OF
nature smile, as it did before Return them
and make some provision for the day when the
capital of this Bank is to De WlhdraWn from the
country, If it is TO be Withdrawn. TIo'luc Soho
control, some regulation, OF your currency
The time is still sufficient for it, and the coun
try requires it, If, indeed, this Bank is not To
be continued, nor another TO be supphed, nor
control devised to prevent the State Banks from
shooting out of their orbits, and bringing or
confusion, and ruin, then, confess that see nc
benefit in putting off the evil for two years long
| err The storm must come; in which every one
| must seize such plank of safety as he may ou
| of the common wreck; and it is not the part Ell
Their of true couage, or OF provldent caution, &c
wish It deferred for a little time longer.
Sir, have done. have now closed my re-
marks upon the question of the public deposltes
| second In importance 10 none tHdt HdS OCCuIl z.
in the course of the present Administration, whe
Their we regard its relation to the public faith, tc
the currency, or to the equipoise OF the different
departments of our Government 1t is with un
feigned satisfaction that have raised my feeble
voice in behalf of the amendment offered by the
gentleman from South Carolina, whose enlight
ened Iabors in this great cause, through course
of years, have inseparably connected his name
with those principles upon which the security
the value, and the enjoyment Of property de-
ponds; and it will be sufficient reward for me i
shall be thought not to have impaired the eft
| feet of his efforts, to have retarded the pro
gress of those principles to their ultimate estab
| lishment For myself claim the advantage o
saving, that, as have not consciously uttered {
sentiment in the spirit of mere party politics, sc
trust that my answers to the Secretary will no
| be encountered in that spirit. If the great an6
permanent interests of the country should bt
above the influence of party, so should be the
discussions which involve them 1t ought no
to be, it cannot be, that such questions shall bt
decided in this House as party questions. The
question of the Bank is one of public faith-tha
of the currency is question of national pros
perity; that of the constitutional control of the
| Treasury, is question of national existence
1t is impossible that such momentous Interests
i sball no tried and determined bV those rules anC