Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-03-14

Of the court delivered laundering harsngue Of full four
hours duration. will notice this pressing and noisy
effort farther than to remark, that its aim, 90 Tar
eonprehended was, 10 establish ls the following prepos
ferrous assertion: advanced originally by parasite Editor
Of New York, next by the ad cdpfdndn orator, Clay,
end those who take their from him. Apenly SUR
rendered by Calhoun too silly for ser isidera ion,
and now laughed at even by chdren) tina the Secreta.
ry OF the Treasury sort OF nond. script being belong
ing neither TO the Executive, Legislative, nor Judicial
departments Of the Government 2njly That transfer
OF the unds by the direction of the Presi
dent from Bank which had corruptly and dishonesty
squandered them, to others consentng to hold them in
good faith Tor the nation, appropriation oil these funds
Bank agents, ian union ~ the purse and the stc0r 3ily
That recall OF its own money by the Government from
the a"k--money which the Bank could properly hold Tor
safe keeping merely, aud could not WITHHOLD with
out actual dishonesty the sole OF great pecunary
distress throughout The country; and lastly, by way is
presumed, OF establishing Implicit confidence the sound
OF his Judgment especially in the sounness and
purity oil his political morality. the whilst he de-
ella ed hi. opinion. formed upon deliberate reflection and
JM enquiry TO be against the consitutionai,y Of the
Bank, also declared, that acting under his oath TO support
the Constitution, he would, nevertheless -charter
cere belief This Is doubtless morality which would be
current at Bank shs leave il TO the casut by whom
II proiess.d, To sustain it, and make free with his
science as hes, he can My purpose. at present. Is to
make known the scaniaious prostitution OF official deco.
rum, aud The hunilaiing party subservenry Of which the
court have been guilty VIVA, would the dignity Of
the Judicial Office, conscientious regard 10 duty, pro-
per serespec, have dictated. even had the been
solicited to permit an inerrupon OF business for the
prompted 10 an answer like the following:
We with impaftisliiy, and diligence aud
fidelity. TO administer the laws high and low, rich and
poor-From junction sacred, the heats, the parisi
ties, the antpathie engendered by party strife should
z" be put Tar away I'VE cannot permit them either min.
gle in or interrupt the discharge OF the high obig
Z" bding upon ms. They must be transferred a totally
" different place and time. And now, fellow
contrast the aud lofty spirit by which such Iebuke
would have been dictated with the temper aud conduct of
the county Behold that tribunal Into the
machinery OF csba See the partizsn declaner
nnceremonousy into their circle him greeted by
them. as II he had come TO bring honor, instead Of disgrace
aud reproich upon them by making them joint ctors in
his own excuses. Behold him fro,ing with parzan
fury, and yelling forth unmeasursd under
country had commissioned for speci. duties Of good
order, temperance. and mpartiaity. Yes, Fellow C-
zens, contemplate these things aenveiy aud should
they fail TO the blush Of ingenious shame in you IL
will present melancholy proof, that in you too the
downward Influence OF party excess is great has
been found in those whose station instead of proving Sc
curity against improperly oil conduct, has served 10 ex
pose IL in stronger relief Ii may indeed doubted
whether the conduct Of the county has
its impulse from examples which have been furnished
from higher in our State judiciary.
We have beeld two OF the Judges OF the general court
disciples OF the old ede al School, tho one Of them IL
in party meetings But weak iitaors are ever apt
go beyond the oles and vices of their models
the justices OF Hcnrco have stopped short of permit
ting the Court itself TO be used engine the fierce
conflicts OF political warfare. Let the People apply the
proper rebuke such abuses: they alone do this e
fectnaliy DEMOCRAT
March 10, 1884.