Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-03-01
POLITICAL.

GREAT MEETING in PHILADELPHIA.
great meeting of the citizens OF Philadelphia as
sembIed at the Exchange in that city, last Saturday,
to hear the report of their Committee recently scat
to Washington. From five to ten thousand people
were present.
We sublon from the report account of the in
tervew of the Committee with the Presidents
The memorial having been satisfactorily disposed
of in both Houses of Congress, the delegates thought
it respectful to call on the President of the United
States, and make known to him the condition. the
suferngs, and opinions of their constituents. This
interview took place, by appointment, at o'clock,
on the 1lth of February. The delegates having been
severally introduced TO the Presldeni were receiv-
cd with such polteness and courtesy of manner
to Justify the expectation of n patient aud
candid hearing. In this, however, they were dis
appointed The Chairman had hardly announce
ed i'm ono or two sentences, the general nature OF
mission, when the President Interrupted him,
and proceeded, in vehement discourse of more
than twenty minutes duration, to announce to u.s.
and, through us, to constituents, has opinions and
has determinations IN reference to the restoration Of
the Depositec, the re-charer of the Bank, aud the
future disposition of the public revenue In the
course of those remarks, (which as they were long,
and somewhat desultory, it is deemed unnecessary
to present in detui) the following positions were
distinctly assumed by the President:
]. That application for relief must be made to the
Bank of the United States and not to him that,
whatever distress existed in the community, land he
believed there was some dsress,) had been caused
by the Bank, which boarding its specie and
curtailing its discounts in order TO crush the State
Banks, end compel the Government to abandon it's
policy. That the Executive had no power to relieve
the disresses of the community but that the stock
holders of the Bank migh effect that object by elect
ing directors who would conduct its affairs konesly
and OH principles of Christian bcnevolence.
2. That the present Directors of the Bank Ind
violated its charter, by giving to the President the
whole power of the Bank; power to use its funds
without voucher or receipt. That such power in
the hands of one man was dangerous the liberties
of the country, and had been used to destroy the
elective franchise. That the President of The Bank
if an honest man, would not have accepted trust
unlawful. That for these reasons, he regarded
the Bank rs monster of corruption, which he was
determined to put down. That Il Bank so using its
powers, ought las he repeatedly expressed it) - be
robbed of those powers.
B. That the law creating the Bank of the u. S.
was Ill his opinion unconstitutional That no power
to create National Bank was conferred, or intended
to be conferred Ivy the Constitution That the provi
sion by which Congress authorized to re- ulate
the currency, had reference only to domestic and
foreign coin, and not 10 paper of any description.
4. That having made up his mind irrevOcabIy
upon all these points-.4ndreW Jackson never would
restore the deposites the Bank-.4udreto Jackson
would never re-charter that monster of CORRUPTION
That neither persuasion nor coercion, the OPT
Mons of the people, nor the voice of the Legisa-
ture, could shake his fixed determination. That,
sooner than consent 10 the deposites or re-
charter the Bank, he would undergo the tortures of
ten Spanish inqusitions; that than live in n
seek an asylum in the wids of Arabia.
S. 1t was announced by the President that he
meant to continue the present system of collecting
the revenue by the Stale Banks, until the expert
ment had been fully tried and at all events until
the expiration of the charter of The United States
Bank. That had he no doubt of the success of the
experiment, nor that the State Banks would answer
all the purposes of the Country: That he would
furnish the country with good, nay, better aud
more solvent currency than that of the National
Bank. That he had early foreseen and provided
against the inclination of the Bank of the United
States to crush the State Banks and that his inter-
position alone had saved them from ruin. Tint he
would continue to protect the State Banks by all tile
means in his power.
g. The President admitted that considerable dis
ress had followed the action of the Government in
relation to the deposites He had never doubted that
Brokers and Stock Spectators and all oho ,cere do
ing business upon boToioed cdpitni would suffer Sc
verely under the effects of the measure and that all
such people ought 10 break.
The foregoing paragraphs believed to contain
all the important ideas expressed by the President i'm
the first part of his discourse to the Delegates I'm
some emphatic expressions his language accurate
y preserved, while his numerous repeiiions of the
same idea IN different words which served unne-
cessarIy to prolong the interview have been avoid
cd once ortwice the Chairman took occasion 10
explain That he seemed to msapprclJend the position
OF The delegates; that they had not come TO repre-
sent tbe Bank or promote lis interests bur TO lay be-
fore him the condition and wishes of Citzcns az
Philadelphia, unconnected with that institution ami
engaged in the various Departments of commerce
and industry Such explanations, however. produc
ed no visible effect OH The tenor Of tho Presidents
discourse, nor did he allow opportunity 10 nnkc
those statements as TO the condition of ills com
muni'y which the delegates were especially charg-
ed
In reference to his declaration, that he would
commune Tue present system Of collecting the reve-
nue. through the State Banks. until the experiment
had been fairly tried one Of the Delegates injured,
whether nc had determined upon any plum by which
the country might he relieved, in case The ex-
posed to be candid, and would explain his views ON
that point--Tbat in arder to restore the currency
to the condition intended by The Constitution. and
place The moneyed concerns Of the country where
me sages OF the Constitution found and left them
he proposed TO put out Of circulation all notes ~
hvc dollars and under, by placing the public money
~ Such State Banks as would issue no notes below
ten doIIars-and by forbddiug the receipt, in pay
hiont OF he revenue, OF the notes Of all Banks which