Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-01-16
Tw cnty-third Congress.--lst Sess.
IN SENATE.
Monday, January G.
REMOVAL OF PUBLIC DEposIrEs,

fence against the President was next TO occupy the
tention OF the Senate. The three resolutions adopted by
the Board 10 provide the ways aud and direct the
mode OF carrying that defence, briefly recapu
lated by MIR. b. from the FIRST one in November, $780,
which authorized the wide diffusion aud republic alton Of
Mr. Gsaiins essay on currency. TO that Of March llh
1881, which contained the dele CATION Of general
tborty TO the President Of the Bank 10 take upon himself
the OF its Defence and which authority seemed TO be
conferred in the equvocal words in which similar auhor
iy was conferred by the Romans when a Dictator
created that he should thai the Republic reeeiv
ed no defrnent, down 10 that of August 1888, which
confirmed and extended the former and gave practical
meaning no, observable upon the face Of the words by
hrmng all that had been done underh Mr. b. said was
not his intention 10 out OF the record present search
into the manner Of conducting this deence there
immensely OF matter beyond the record which might be
well used but there enough in il show the charac
ter OF the defence, and he would conine himself 10 IT,
He would not even daie upon the fragrant breach Of
the charter committed in the second and third resolutions,
which put the funds OF the stockholders, without lmita-
ton Of time amount, at The sole disposition Of Mr. Bid
e he would not repeat the contents OF OF the pub
locations made against the President OF the United States
IN the pamphlets handbl aud 6roadsides which
printed under these resolutions; he would refer the
newspaper articles innumerable the leaves Of the
which owed their origin TO the source; he would
refer to the relentless aud cruel Of FIVE years
duration which had been carried against the public and
private character OF the President his official and his
personaI conduct, against all who took his would
TO these things all OF which their origin
three resolutions for the defence Of the Bank by coinmu
ncating Information 10 the people; but leaving tem for
the present. TO the recollection the Senate and proposing
to pay some attention 10 them in another part Of his
record; presented 10 the Senate Ia q form which made
them the immediate of the Bank, in is most solemn
and official mode OF acting. and leaving upon the insu
ton itself the undivided and undputed responsibility Of
what snid
The first feature in the manner of conducting what
has been called defence of the Bank, but which
proved 10 be long continued attack upon the President
I" prevent his reelection because he opposed
renewal OF The ch rer Of the hank is the resolution for
the arrest and punishment Of counteieite
P.raded by the Bank in its report. and styled by them
kindred subject 10 the Presidents first assault They say
that the form OF the resolution, in the Of the
the the form oil another resolution on a kim
dred suecf namely, the arrest of counterteiers and
hen give the form OF bob that the simliinde might be
seem and that all America and Europe should that
Bank placed the Presidential the u States and the counter
letters Of its notes, level with other and ua
y affirmed relationship, Kindred between their re-
sPectve COZ duets. Both resolutions quoted in the
extract which he, Mr. b., had read and all the difference
that he could between them, the absence OF all
that vndicve feeling towards the reiiers which
was 80 venomously expressed towards the President
But it was not in the resolution Alone that the President
asila ed 10 the bases order of elons The delicious
comparison was too agreeable 10 be dop after using
IL SOON REQUIRED TO again. and the OF the Bank
sgeou,ly affirmed to defend itself equally agans iha.a
Who circulated false Statements and those who circulate
Jdfe notes to its pre- juice He, Mr.. b had all this
some months ago. in the press in the service
OF the Bank but had never into his head suppose
The directors had drawn such articles He had also heard
II IN The speech oil the Senator from Ky. (Mr Clay who
led oil the debate in favor OF the Bank hut
paratory notes had prepared his feelings The shock
which he felt at seeing the American Pre,e n assnaeJ
to band OF counierfeiters in official report from
the Board Of Directors and actually addressed to the mem
hers OF Congress Great his idea Of the holiness
oil the none yed power, this shot beyond all his an.
"cpaions, and he read and re-read with silent and mex
p'essibe Indignation, the outrage which offered not
much TO the President as 10 the people who had elect
ed him, aud the republican government of which WIS
the Chief Magistrate. But his attention not permit
ted TO remain hxed his ind gnaion exhaust itself
on this zng and almost incredible outrage; cloud OF
other passages and cpl heis, OF the and temper
presented Themselves TO his view, and claimed share OF
his feelings. luxurious caIumbes; ''-"ealuni
dot0n epreseD aiioDs; ' "sdcri fced 6y false
h0ods;'-Sucb are the ephets applied by Board OF
Rank Directors against the First Magistrate of Repub-
liza esldent no had bceniwce he might say, three
times, elected TO that dignity by the people; and all ause,
in message to Congress he had disclosed the fact OF
his unwiDgness TO their Bank chartered. Well
might Jefferson call the institution an enemy TO the forms
aud principles OF institutions; well NIGH he say
would labor 10 destroy the confidence the people in their
public funconsries, and seize critical momen to upset
the government All that he said is justified and more
than justified by this official Of the Bank; and that all
persons might know precisely who did IT, he would read
their names from the minutes of the Board that sanctioned
the report and ordered 5000 copies Of 10 be printed The
names Of those voting Tor the adoption Of report were
MessI willing, Eyre, Bevsn. White. Sergeant, Fisher
Lippencou Cbsuncey, Newkirk, Lewis, Holmes BiddIe
Q2) Those voting against it were Messrs. GiIpin,
Sullivan, Wager. g. After reading these names, MIR.
b. said that he did not deal in epihets, neither the
ioor oil the Senate. elsewhere He did not permit
himself TO describe by any form OF expression tho charae
ter Of the act that he read, much less 10 sneak of
those who did it, They were men ina high s,s,ion, and
inhabitants oil city whose population had vinicate their
right TO the beautiful nsDe,-nore beautiful in its npor
than ia IFS 'oundwhich its benevolent founder bad be.
slowed upon it-1hcy were welding mass of tbir-
~ five millions OF dollars, Of which seven millions long.
ed TO the people whose Chei Magistrate had thus been
siignalzeJ by them. They were mon who Joubtles.
goried in their act or they would not thus publicly have
set their TO it, and ordered 5000 copies OF IL 10 be
printed IL was not for the purpose of an OPT
MON Of their conduct that he had read the from
their report and spread their names before the Senate
He would lcave that task all that portion of the Amer
can people, IN whom the moral yet extinct
Far Different and mmessuraby more exalted was his OBJ
Jcct IL was 10 invoke The attention OF all the friends
free government, Tor he wouI limit himself 10 the
friends and supporters Of President Jacksonit was 10
call The attention OF all good men, Of Whatever party or
country, TO the abuse which Iaved upon the Presi.
dent OF Republic by The dire OF great none yed
institution under the assumed protest Of defending itself
against his assaults hut in truth and IN fact, because he
was opposed TO the al Of their cbsrer Having got
the attention oil the people fixed upon this great fact he
would rely upon their Intelligence say IL this was not
ELECrIoNEERING, and upon lbsh patriotism 10 say
whether moneyed institution which THUS elcconeefs,
is not incompatible With the existence of Tree aud popu.
lar government aud ought not 30 be put down.
Mr.. Il. had now examined the Banks plea under the
ihreelOld aspect; its rgh; its truth; s manner lie had
showed That II had 40 right make W that its pretex
untrue; and That its Of making IL revolving
aud aifocious He had few oiherremaks OF dctsched
character TO apply 10 this head OF the argument after
which he would di miss H. The fret the expense of
the printing arcount which, for Of particulars, he
would only judge comparatively, that Is TO say by con.
irasng the period OF the Banks eeciOneeGng with the
Penod ~ which she was attending 10 her business.
his contrast wonld present the following result that
IN live years OF clecioneeting, namely, from 1929
10 1888 inclusive, the printing account vas about % O0O
while Tor the hole w eye preceding OF the Banks
existence II was only about 200, being at the rate OF
Sl6,OOO year while electioneefiug, and 81 900 year
when not. This statement would sneak for ifseIl