Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-01-23

they have patiently taken the insuIt AMI ,hs
~os,, o .n,s scheme were tree from Political and
moral objections. would still fail IL is inpracticabIe
we have more than thousand miles of studded
WIN eiues anu towns which made by law, ports OF
anu III "hch duties on imporiaions paid These
duties by law are made, aud must be made equal In al
anu yet Is notorious, that In of these multi.
J" cues snd towns. the value Of the local circulating
g inherent from Its value in all the others This
seneme OF relying the State banks has been tried be-
10Y anu e result was total los the people, by
sou OF fraud and insolvency, OF one million four hundred
thousand dollars IL Is lsble to this further objection
"ese banks, IL they receive the bounty are in yea,
al tue mercy Of the Secretary tho Treasury and
s agreement TO receive their notes la payment OF due,
20 NE United States, will subject them to his will
alone. The Bank Of the United States, on the con
via owes i,s existence to the will OF the whoe peo.
PIE, expressed through their representatives ia
anu those existence only be continued by te s,,
power Ia the case Of the latter. favour to be received
oy faithful discharge Of duy In the former bv .oh..
vlency 10 the Treasury Department.
The cxpedency OF national bank. under nron.r Im;
,u anu conceded by large pos, on Of
moe no oouo' its constitution lily, and the al
Ns necessity Is 20 strong induce them 10 WV he;r
10 confer the power on Conpres, bv an amend
cs sao 81 ons.'uhon, while We contend that the con
s, " aegfee oil necessity strong a. 10 induce an
enu'en to tho Constitution is this particular case am
s"1m's'on mat the power already exists.
ncsc resolutions present two questions. The 6rst IT,
snail the will Of the President Of the United STATE.
sai AMI shall ours be government Of I.x,
... ms people decide In the affirmative. all IL lost The
second question s shall the Bank Of the United States hs
ues"oyed HE latter 10 OF but little Importance com
pared WIN the former; but, believing as do tina, The
,hs Hon. 1e 'a' resolution will embarrass the action Of
s s rouse ~ me member from Berkeley persists In His
.Uon or Indefinite postponemen', shall vote for il
view Of presenting the questions separately to lhe
cons'ueraiion oil the General Assembly " ~
Mr. Coson observed, that as he found mucb .o,;.,.
expressed on all hands that he should ,vi,r.v hi; ~
",rv s II%naernS that tho motion to postpone inde
eou'a DC made at any time, he would withdraw h,
re requested the gentleman from PETERSBURG nor 70 -
us proposed resolution Tomorrow. Mr. c. confessed he
was one OF those who believed in the constitutionatv of
Tue Bank OF the United States but he was NO, -
10 20 into the discussion Of that question to morrow
IL, WILSON, OF Dotetourt renewed the motion for nde6
MT stevenson remarked that the gentlemen fion Am,
ners. seemed 10 think there Tale snr;t Ia
,my MT; .. thought the compliment high for
any gentleman In this House. But there was time when
me gentleman from Amherst, in some points resen,bcd
Ty more than any other man he had ever known
sonality OF his remarks. " '''' PER
NAT stevenson resumed. The gentleman from Iou
doun said that he Mr. S. had dropped the sweet in Tho H.
ter cup preparing for the President of the u y NJ g
thought this rather compliment He did mi Ino , %
'her tue Old man who had done SO much for his counr
oua consider so bitter as the gentlemen here thought
as 70 nimse, gentlemen ought 10 thank him for DIV
ing them the opportunity and privilege of discussing h
SUBJECT as the discussion seemed TO them go de.r.hi IT,
Tue action OF the Legislature had very properly
oeem hsde 10 embrace the whole subject He h,d h.sn
willing to vote for the censure OF the President. h,
was not ALL IL they were to open books with the FeIa
Executive, he did not the Justice of writing nm ,,;
side alone Let open the credit side also anil p M
PRESIDENT credit for what he had DONE so far ss i, 90
Eoou ana oenehcni Gentlemen were mistaken IL tbev
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s,ood on The contrary, he thought the con,ct or ,h
PRESIDENT had been censurabe. But where the Viin;.
sho",% ~ " WIN him. was proper that they
snoau give MIN the advantage Of that concurrence H
wished that Virginia should De consistent If I'VE a
20 ueclare our opinion that he has done wrong in re-
moving the deposes, give him credit for tSs W. Ct
The Charter Of the Bank. II gentlemen will 6. .o .,
INTO the consideration OF the acts of the Pre.;,, j.; |
'e,aon 10 me Bank, he ought to receive the coun
Bank is unconstitutional, goes. WHY should NO, w"
a decare her principles, when the occasion offered ior
Of the d.pos 50 apparent they took the question
as looking 10 virginia Tor declaration OH the NJ
would be blinking the question IF
o.uay these subjects were separated thew would n,d
"hat they did yesterday, and force the House me- 'n
emPesuous sea of Federal Relations They kns'Y va,
,o.g ey might De engaged in it, But il all other
lily predicted that Y Would no be briict Or cold
bate The principles Of Virgisa, having once been ex.
pressed, ought to remain untouched and he trusted
emen would be convinced that they could not escape
Mr. Janney said, that the withdrawal of the motion Inv
NE genFm from Berkeley and its wal by the gem
emsD from Boteour had tally chang ed the ground
he motion.
Some conversation here took place between Messrs.
Wilson and Janney.
Mr.. Garland of MeckIenburp asked the attention e
House Tor few moments have moi often, Mr.. Speaker
said Mr. g., obiruded my thoughts upon your
not often inflicted on you the painful necessity
however trivial 1t might be. have thought it duty
which owed TO my country, to my consuen s and to
myself not 10 make speech, may please your honor
but 10 hold my tongues to reflect upon every subject that
might come before me; to examine all the means of nor-
nation within my reach, both here and in my chamber
that might be enabled to give an enlightened and Judi
cious vote This, sir, is the had prescribed for
myself and 10 which l had vowed right adherence
throughout this session-but thrown in
10 situation so critical amid circumstances SO dref
In their consequences, that silence no longer be
virtue. There may be time, sir, when TO hold YOUR
peace Is TO betray your that time greatly
Tear, has already come. In that question now on |
your table for discussion, is involved the fatal poran
Knot which must be gently unraveed by the hand of
reason aud oil argument or it must be vain by the
keen edge OF the bloody sword Let not deceive
selves with the vain idea that engaged in trivial
or transient thing. Has il been already announced
revolution! Yes, sir, revolution which mus. termi-
nate III the restoration of Government TO its former
practces-pain simple aud rcpubIican-or il must end
by PiungiDg us in ruin, and overwhelming our ted
country with all! the horrors Of civil comoon And is
il true that in the midst of a revolution Have
not the wAtchmen the walls been crying peace
And was there peace? Did they tell us that all was
well-thst the danger was aud gonehat gadness
aud property again ed TO the land Sir we
have been cheated with tile idea that all was weIl-we
have been listening to that syren's voice which charms
only TO destroy-and while siunbefed and slept the
enemy nam crept INTO our camp penetrated into the very
citadel OF the Constitution and hi forces
Tor the last and fatal conflict Do you not see hem-uen
who have been hostile each other years. now
Ing under the same banner? Men who have been striving
by sl the aids Of genius and OF learning, Ivy all the arts
Of shill and OF satesnsnsp, TO destroy your CoDsu
iou-io oyerrD this Federal Unisnby com pounding il
on the one hand, into solid, iIppenerable indivsbie
mass aud by rendiDg the other into hundred inaig
Dicant particles? These men are now uniting their cou
sesand Tor what They tell YOU for the Of