Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-09-30

mentioned III the dividends may he seiz4j 20 may
other rt'is OF the revenue, and 10 any amount. This
consequence is erpareut nor il il merely IDEAL II
Is hn"~n That collectors ct the aud receivers oil
OF The "ces paid in al the Isnl Offices often have
teast MAKE, claims the government vSiiuus
grounds and allegations. The ioin class OF officers
cias- numerous anlispo au bave often. be ON ned
had heavy aud j claims aii.ing on losses Incurred
through an sc'',e aud neii'orous disc barge duty in
tunes OF "bo'go. war. other p'ohbitoy pcn
gni"'ons tesrng uron commercial intercourse. These
Grains nave IN iI,qnent instances been paid
YET, Who ever h.erd al collector OF Boston, New
York or OF phiShe'phis. sriz'ng upon Ia bond. or
other funds ia their custody payment in advance
or even To h Ia in pledge un,il a decision The
principle is not To be tolerated Tor an instant. |
soy uo,'g OF 'c breach OF ust II woul carry with IT,
10y tie thus ee apply ing 10 his whit he manifest
iyfsceirss only Tor the use OF 20, tneni, hut il would
ohefmlse oNeset the Whole fabric ot pubic adiinsra.
ton This il so c-a that hardly like spend time up.
on It, hseems like going to work iru'.ns; but The
Bank has so torn multitude OF Irst principles from their
,ph mat the task must sometimes be ioed oi put
unS th'm BACK again The marvel Is, that Ills should
have 1een the case with an institution that h,rps upon
ecuve usutpa'ions; .ha, charges the President break
ing the lev! yes, and hose usurpaiiou aus soil, ly hat
he has doue in regard TO the Bank!
Congress, II VIII be remembered, make their annual APP
ptoPaions tor the public service all points, under anil
cipa'ed revenue om the three sources have named
The Bank dividends estimated let il be said a, four
hundred mud fifty thousand dol Laws are thence mas
sr,l an appropriations made absorbing this sum- not spe-
e'i my out as pat ." The general mass. la tle
time tic Bank lays lie hands upon such po ton Of IT, as
without jnige or jury, undertakes say belongs To the
Bank, as damages by ats assessment OF course tis
reduces the natOnsl funds upon for the ear y
tbr precise amount seized. IL is n IL had never come
into the treasury hat then becomes Of the nublr SER
vice which this would have covered? l. il not oh
vioiS that may suteI? III iDdi, duas or public off.
GERS or other corpo atoms in the country having or PIE
ending 10 have, claims against The government are To oi
the high handed and daring pie OF tue Bank; they
too. should in turn, seze upon the other of The
revenue, as the Bark upon the branch in 9ueson-and all
would have the same rights il not inevitable tina, Tia.
public service tcN suffer How far foresight can pre-.
Diet The pay OF the army might tie delayed or stnieJ,
tie supplies Of fleet on a remote and critical station
In a Sian
the most inispen. able This no exaegeration hui
natural n renee from The rule OF violence paced upon
by the Bank IL would be is practical, its unavoidable
result IL calls then, for indignant aud Mt rcruoi
IL should be irOwned down and forever as big with
mischief; the ioreiunnrr OF public confusion aud dis
may One oil our naval commanders once indeinni.
he'd by CengresS lar capturing vessel at sea, which
Turned out not 10 be siabie although cspiure was made
60nd jide, under is'rucions As WELL just well might
that gallant and veteran officer have srqucspred the can
non OF his ireaie in previous satisfaction or security for
s cllin As the Bank have seized upon the public dyi.
The naion has before received such an outrage
on It's r'shts such an airont to lis dignity, hands
OF any Of Us on citizens. AIR. fancy, in his late excel
ent address TO the ends aud associates oil his early lie
frtderickto"n compared the conduct of the Bank TO tia,
oil ioeign enemy. The comparison striking one
stid much did lac easier rail at than con-
lutte, to make good Pursuing its thread is Gu ious Ia
remark that the Bills! prc.s Isl speak OF the
with chic Nv was ed on their side ~ aiust ,
Jacobn aud tool OF BcapAir, james AIadison In 1894
Tie Bank by is naileso, wages against '.4,dre,o
'deFs0n. Here, certainly, the parallel runs close.
extending H. go OF 10 say, that il hostile squadron
hau suddenly IN time OF peace levied contribution OF
hundred aud Ily-cigh thousand dollars upon one Of our
towns, II would not have been, essentially mere violent
and ruthless act than tina, of tie Bank, which have been
considering. Ii is remark o Bmkes alike proiounJ
aud tue that tour IDEAS OF justice appear lie fairly
conquered ana O'eipowered by guilt when il is grown
gigantic IL Is ouly 30 that this ac not
having drawn down HON every party and individual of the
nation the most unqualified reproductions IL is of n,,ure
not only 10 sound the eathknell OF this Bank but To
ring through the land warning ae ans any naoia
bank whatever In all time TO come II was probsbly
Il A q -lUl nt Snr. fill.
nave lately bust upon US, that led Jerson adson
WIN other names iiislrous among object originally
TO bank upon any erus aud il seems mat every rr,
ueh, american must come TO that as the only Of
safety for the future, whatever may have been his former
opinions It's appalling evils all sense OF ITS be-
nehis Dsobediehce usurpaion of the law where il
may impair the ia,h palsy movements Of tie ptea,
body corporate OF the state IL in elect treason aga
the Staic.-The present Bank has fallen into this h.l
Irangfession-a trangrcssion which, although has mo-,
incucred the legal quit OF those who show blue lights
IN 'e east to an invading Toe, is fatal in principle TO
! Tue safety oil the State--to its very existence.
What shall say OF the under another aspect? In
What language develope the dArg bound IN with in fl
sol The Bank am sil speaking, the pretended guardian
Of properly; yet, has this institution done de ed, ten.
dencyo which is upoo the securities of oil property
Ii has decided ciaim in its ayor by the summary
mole oil laying hold OF The thing claimed. II has violated
the bfst rule OF justice implanted in mans nature Lat
which should forever preclude him from being Judge i'm
his cause; since he ne, or can be an ,pa;,i one
tits not likely that lac will be righteous one Ii has ap
gravaed the improperly Of own favor
by deciding at the same time against tile naon to which
tees oil social orde; but the DEGREES OF whose tribunals
IL 0s rudcy ioresiaed the position OF whose ee,
iave authority ii has indeceny condemned All Ills il
has VIGOROUSLY done. il has seized upon money moi
dndreO Jdckson'S," although hostile passion iowa,,
him may have been the inpeiug motive TO the deed
but belonging TO the nation ia it's sovereign dignity and
owner-ir; and which never ought have been touch
cd. LOT idrthing Of IT, Tor this or any other claim,
until the established iugctonares of the land had mn
der every required srm aud solemn adjudicaton given
The warrant Tor touching il. In the bold aud conpl
Gated Violations which all This implies, precedent of
characterization has been by those claiming Influence
ami sway in the wod which, unless the great body Of the
people be reused to proper estimate of cnomity will
III lis lnae effects, be- fatal social order than
any thing perperAied within tie last lew months by any
OF The moos Of our towns all OF them put together
HE principal OF these, however mistaken the means
aimed only at checking what believed 10 he the evil.
OF misguided iana'icism; but the Bank by its conduct,
would loosen the bands OF society in its whole ecn,en.
tai structure. Ii would siyer pieces what alone can
cement IT, IL SCOTS at the law IN deliberate resolves:
rampes upon il boast; makes ar and grasps tempo.
rsy victory ny spufning II as pert oil SYSTEM and would
thus Us FAR as the most preWedtaed deadly docfine
no less than example from high can CO. substitute in
every force for IL decrecs /orce! when
the King Of Prussia marched upon Dresden he surrounded
the exchange with his soldiers Combining the merchants
TO straw beds aud naked apartments he obliged Them
WIN ms bayonets IN view, draw bills large sums on
their foreign correspondence aud in that re
ed lls Military chest. This force according TO the
isshon oil armies; but ii in substance and
results not whit more FAR al proslra.ion Of law and
OF our Constitution concerned. than when the Bank
taking advantage offs power seized pon the Public Reye
nue. O the Umied Saes TO saisy, secure lis sun.
posed claim for dsin,ges under the French bill Of ex
change.
What have said, regard a. first truths beonpino n