Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-01-14
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ca 70 consider the Constitution their peculiar care They
sse"% 10 claim It as Propertyss heir loom, de-
'eenu'ng to them by Inheritance
r Smer here suge that the better course woud
;o inc gentleman to the reference of his resolu.
me speaker said the gentleman from Berkeley WAS
perecuy In order He had read his sou,ion. =. mart
s suen, ana mad the right pursue his re msrks
Mr. Faulkner said he no, particular a o ,h ,.
which should be taken with regard IN Nj. non";,'
he had simply intended TO submit his reso,a,ops In hs
remarks which arose from momen,sry t.s,n. an
not persist but he wished that the House miy, he I'm
pressed with the necessity OF action. " ~
MIR Wilson Of Bot, said he DESTROYS Of giving yen
.emen an opportunity Of acting; and the same ,soe
20 redeem pledge he had formerly given He would
NJ move me indefinite posponement Of the subject.
noes On n,. OF Elizabeth City, TO ask the ayes and
III, ~ ns SUI Jee,; and while up, he took ccason TO saw
maj IN ms opinion the removal OF the deposs. from th
n,,;onN,h, ~, STATES was an act Of deliberate usur-
us ELECTS had been most baneiuI 10 tbe most
cherished Interests Of the country: and ,ha, , .
Federal Government should order tho restorson NJ hs
would be the Of n,i;
calamity. e"'0u Puo''e
Mr.. McMullen said he should vote for the ind. s,,.
pos,Ponement While gentlemen complained OF the usur
Pauon OF the Federal Executive he could
leave the whole subject under discussion TO be A, r.
s sIeu by the body to which its decision legiImsieiv
oe'ogeu lie would not give his sanction TO the tole in
which The acts OF the President Of the u s. had Ibeen
canvassed With this declaration he was willing ti1a the
sense OF ,he House should be expressed by vote on the
Mr. Barbour said he did intend TO mipele in the ds
S9ssion until the question should drecy before the
r., oHa "men una. Tune arrived, he should be prepared
Inc 9ues ion was then put on the motion 10 pos,non.
anu s asslaeI IN The pnsEa,se by the following
Ian, TurnbuIl, Daley, M'Ginnis johnson Ste,hs,o
Helms Gibson Hale Of Giles, Watkins Hail of era yson
Carter, Duff. Hays, Kimbrough, Garland Of M Biino.'
~, Co0psr MCSuiey, Buck, Harvey Robertson, Adams.
Bare, Jones OF s., Ciemands George M'Coy M,r.,'
Hungerord and stanger-46. '' IVA NS''0eh'
81, % Cn. Banks (speake. Drummond, South
Mayse Pate, Faulkner, Colston, Cartmii Pseson Ro,
hurant; Mosby, Burton, Samuel, Christian Wyam. Bar.
B'li, Marshall, French Payne Hale of F.. Wood h.
,9n, smith Of f., Smith OF Gloucester, Bruce. Sims.
Vance; Bolts Graveiy. HolIeman Gregory Gaaker, Wa
harrison, May Smith OF NJ. j., Kennon, Alexander
Wsoo, CSheil, Waits, Collins. Dunon Epes, Psrrio,t
ehands Hooe, jr, Boothe, Thornton M Dowei, r. IT,
man. Waterman Griffin, Stevenson of 8 E,,,hh
DDrnmp, resrsm' Maybery, Cunningham, Brown and
The motion TO recommit was chem agreed 10.
MT Dolls then rose and presented the following rcsou
Whereas, the time has arrived when the If
'he country the safety Of institutions and the nre.er
State od, esfe' require the nteposOn of the
executive power, which, If longer submi,,bd to mn.,
,%s;r our ee anu happy Institutions and establish in
e,f seau' Government controlled by reckless and vim
dctVe passions without regard the laws The Con.a
tuition, or the welfare of the country-- ~ "
De ~ therefore resOiUed That the presep, C.,..., A.
semhy OF Virginia. view the conduct of the Presden, ~
The United States, in removing the public t.
Tvs ony saie AMI legal depository, hs
ze" responsibility, for the qualification Of his vjndicv.
ana unodied passions, alarming and unwarrant,h,
violation OF public faith and confidence and an unnardn
aoe nsurpauon oil powers mscbievous and uinous 10 the
BEST interests OF the country dangerous 10 the b
lies OF the people. which they would he treacheroms .,
themselves and their constituents not 10 condemn "
Resofred, as the of this General Assemble Thu,
10 submit iongerto the gigantic strides of Executive
p' wou'u De 10 surrender the rights of American ci.
ton. f eo"oi-
eso,o9a, ihai This General Assembly, sitting here as
81 guardians Of the rights and the liberties OF the people
% ngma, ana observing with the painful interest
e eo onthe partof the Executive to OBJ
.he absolute and unchecked over the syyor and
ne purse strings oil the naion-in short the concen,r,
uoh oil all power in the hands OF one man who /. in
rum the se'pdnt and not the MASTER of the people
feel mPelled, by the strongest sense of duv m nI,
heir Senators, and request their natives in Co
gress' 10 use all proper exeons procure an
, re OF the public dePoses thereafter to be made
70 me only place yet recognized by from which tbe
nave been so unwisey and unjustly Withdrawn
heSooed, also, as the opinion Of this General Assem-
the consutionaty Of the Bank Of the United q,
offer any instructions their Congress.
inasmuch as subject, not presented to their
consideration and not likely to be presented during
the time for which they have been elected.
Mr. Nash presented the following:
ReSoiued, That the removal of the federal demo-
sites from the Bank Of the United States and its branches
dent of the United States osght to be- and a.
an alarming encroachment Of the Executive upon tho
constitutional powers of Congress- and is seriously
e In me distress which its sudden and ope
ration ntlicts the community aud which, silently
submitted to- may hereafter lead to radical change in
our system OF Federal Government
ResoiUed, That Senators in Congress are berebv
instructed, and our representatives earnestly to
use all constitutional means, to- procure revocation OF
said Order and 70 the balances of the
ederal Revenue together with its future receipts to be
deposited in the Bank OF the United States there to re-
main, until otherwise ordered by the authority which can
alone control them.
1.-THE remarkso Messs Bo,ts aDd Nash in Offering their
resolutions, are unavoidably postponed until nextl
mr Hooe oil King George, submitted the following:
L. hesolued as the opinion OF the General Assembly Of
Virginia. That the President Of the United States in
claiming as his own the act OF the of the dspo.
sites from the Bank Of the United States and its branches
mas proclaimed TO the world, open and papable usur
Pation OF power which be tolerated by peo-
pie who regard The Constitution, The halowed buwark
and sacred charter OF their rights and liberty, with duo
and becoming solicitude.
RESOLVED, the opinion OF the General Assemble NJ
Virginia, That the removal at the time was made laj.
uniting II to have been the act of the constitutional aeent
oil the goyernment was iUudcous, unwise and prems-
ure,
g. Resoiped the opinion Of the General Assembly of
virginia That all future federal deposes should be noJo
In the Bank oil the United States in conformity 10 the law
and in redemption of the faith OF the governme n pede
ed in its charter
A. ResolUed, the opinion Of the General Assembly of
virginia, That no authority exists in the Constitution Of
the United States for the establishment of the present
National Bank.
D. Resoped, aso, The opinion Of the General Assem-.
bly, OF Virginia, That when the proper time shall arrive
when the charter OF the United States Bank shall have ex
pred that will be competent make such lie poes of
teal effect aud perfect facility all pecuniay govern
mental engagements or demands.
Ihe question on referring the resolutions offered by
Mr. Dotts, was put on motion of MIR. Watkins, aud was