Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-09-05

' And let, The authority exercised by General Jackson,
IN directing, as the Lsu itself expressly authorized the
Executive TO do, a mere change of the rlaces OF deso-
sit for the public monies, has been falsely represented as
en- assumption Of authority opsr the public freasnre.-
This soon extended Itself int a violent clsmor about Err
ecufire Usmpaton"- the "Ution of the Pufse and
the SHORTHAND all that.
ri, Ii Is by this isiIseions view Of tho subject, and by
the clamor founded upon IL, tina, many a sound Republican
has suffered his confidence TO be gradually Withdrawn from
the AdmiDisuaiion-and he himsrlf has been enlisted, If
not ia heart, yet, still 10 ah practical purposes, on the
side oil The bsnk. Let bin dispsssionslcly review the
course oil us opinions, AMI many a rnsn will become son
sible. that it is from tho effects oi this charge, and this
charge alone. Che uniounied charge OF having usurped
authority oyei the public monies, 10y selecting oiler places
oil depot, than The u. 5. Bsnk,l that lac now 6nds him
self arrayed with the yindicii,e opponents VI the Ain,i.
mis- ration.
81. From This step the ariful parlisans Of the Oppose.
ton went another step. Those Of The Republican Patty,
who saw into the faliacy Of the statement OH which all this
clamor was founded, and who could not see la the mere
removal OF the public money from one Bank into another,
("here IN fact the President had no more control over ihe
money than he bad in the fast Bank any usur patton owe
tue pubic ressurc,-aH such were described and assailed
as recreants from rcpublcan principles, as abetiors OF usur-
patton, as mar, worshiPpers, sc, &c. Even MIR. Jener.
cons name WAS invoked by the modern Wings, Gas the
leaders OF the discordant factions ar,ayed on the side of
the Bank called themselves, and all who were BETRAYED
INTO alliance with lhem) nay, all who would not yield to
principles.
4ni. But let the honest Republicans, who have suffer.
Ell themselves 10 be coniouudea by all this din and clan,or;
some oil 'hen even, whose very devotion 10 sound princi.
pies and whose confidence in Mr.. Jefferson as their best
~cHposior, have been the very Cause Of their b, ing beirsy-
ed into a course which may prove favorable 10 the mon
sirous Corporation which he regarded as the most deadly
OF all The enemies 10 our Liberty; let them. turn to the
above Document, and judge Tor themselves OF Mr.. Us
application Of his own principles, 10 The subject OF the De
po,iies.
5ih. They will see, from the above document. that Mr..
Jefferson thought himself authorized TO distribute The De-
posi.es among The State Banks, without ever dreaming that
lie was thereby "uniiiug the powers Of The sword and the
purse" thai he proposed making arrangements with The
STATE Banks, whereby their opera ions and the state oil
Their affairs should be made known TO tho Executive, as a
condition TO their receiving the Deposites-and that ne
proposed 10 do, without any suspicion that he would there
by enable his enemies 10 make the People believe that he
was violating the Constitution, and establishing a wide.
spread system OF intrigue aud corupiion-ihe very thing
which Gen. jackson has done. Ii appears, from this docu-
ment, indeed, that MIR. Jefferson thought that he could or.
der his Secretary Of the Treasury TO regulate the Depo-
sites, and TO distribute them among the several Banks, &C.
cording TO his views oi the public interests, without
uniting, in his own person, The powers OF the purse and
the sword. Not so, however. it seems. could Gen. Jack
SON DO! IL | am not mistaken in the documents which
were produced by MIR. fancy at the last session, Mr.. Gal
latin did act on the policy here laid down Tor him by Mr..
Jeiieis II. Why was no clamor excited in his case, against
the abuses Of Executive potUer CivIS.