Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-10

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ry otccs-to take the private property and dwell
lngs OF individuals for post-oiiccs-to change the
direction Of every water course i'm the government 10
,h' prejudice 81 the citizens who have used, and have
mao The benefit of from time imnc mortal; dig up
u'pIScs and rail roads and convert them to their
81 any other That they may deem necessary and in
snort II we 90 To Implication may consruc il that
congress are animated in their powers, and that the Con
Suiut"h is perfect nUllityh hat instead of having
government with lin powers palcd in BY the strong
barriers OF Constitution have whose powers
as unlimited space Itself with no controlling check up
on oar officers. neither legislative, executive judicial
Ou INC dictates of their conscience bat, for my
part Am unpTeparcd To give the Constitution this lati
tudnous construction; for ann well persuaded from the
onSIlnon from reason ani mature reflection, that all
The powers dclcgatedby the Constitution of States
10 uic FEDERAL Government are Defined and that
IuSuNe OF implied power can bc exercised by IT;
Tor believe II 80 be- against the Fundamental principles
OF th ana all free governments say that tie right
sovereignty con be taken away by mpcaDn-Andas the
power To establish Bank incident sovereign power
ana the States were originally sovereign and vet
far the Bank is concerned (as they have not xoss
ocS0eu mat power tn CUngrcs) inclined think
that the power establish Banks with the States
respectively with the People. But this the only
objection that have 10 the IT, :. Rank look upon IL as
an institution that more immediate y tends frauds PERU
RES and cOrrupOns, than other in the
an institution that tends to corrupt the morals of pri
vac cIuLehS ana the political integrity of statesmen.
Ana IN short, lock upon all chartered institutions. mo-
med aristocraccs avourcd monopoles and political dy
nas2s, striking the very vitaS of free Govern
acnt By the principles of democracy and
utterly subycrsve of the rights OF the American pcoplc
Therefore, believing that the Bank is Unconstitutional
and revolutionary in its tendencies and that Mr. 0h
is IN favour Of it, would think myself justified in voting
against HIM upon this ground alone But there other
and equally strong objections TO Nh Lcgh which will
hereafter mention AS to the other leading measures of
the present Administration have only to saw that can.
not believe as some do; or they pretend TO believe
ana perhaps they are scriousanong whom is MIR Leigh
That tue liberties OF this people, and the democracy of this
country, are hanging suspended by a single thread
and crngng beneath the rod OF Executive tyranny and
usupation. But Sir you will rocollcct that some of
these same men, r Leigh not cXcepted) who are run
ing up and down through our country, and making dim
ncr speeches at every village they towlio are
crying out = hoery and equal rights = violated laws
and broken constitutions are u set of political d,lna-
gogues: who are, and ever have BEEN opposed to the
present administration, with the vain hope OF putting it
down. Tor the pun pose oi securing their personal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aspantS Office, who would
Dc Wiling ~ sacrifice the liberties Of the pcoplr 10 yioat
the sake Of their political advancement and personal
emolunen This, SIR Is the principle that carried
out TO ITS fullest extent III all the leading debates during
the last session OF COngrcsswhich seven months
and which ces the people of the United States upwards
OF 3ooOUO dollars, IN paying OF their Representatives,
exclusive OF all other contingent and necessary expenses
winch were enormously arc-and more particularlv b.,
mat branch called the Senate, in their infannntorv
BANK ana panic speeches. made printed and circulated
at The expense of the Bank, we'll CoYarr ment
LOT inc sole purpose OF lnaung and mise aiding the pub
lie mind, and swcrve it from the old and venerable re-
publican doctflne, taught IN the school OF Tn ierson
and other sagcs OF democracy and which, for The time
%sng to very g gS., -. had .,sr
DahE, lhe merchant would have 10 lock up his store
that the day aborer would be thrown out OF employ
be
the taor prices would be reduced: that thS tover
would be unable to sell his beef and his pork that fc
farmer would have to sacrifice his stock and ali his
agricultural products-and IN short, that poverty and
famine would visit our land and abide our houses in
all the terror incident TO of wrechcdncss never
ty, starvation and dcgradation This sf,,r ~ III;
was predicted to tall upon the people OF the United
States, If they opposed this noncd aris,ocracv. and
was pictured out to them in its gloomy aspect
and imposing form, by this holy and sacred
Senate OF which Mr.. Leigh was a constituent mar,
and one of the principal actors upon this theatre NJ
political enthusiasm And now, sir, the Bank has
bcrh put down and discarded by the American pco-
pie, 10 an institution unauthorized by the Conetitu
Ton, ana at tends TO sap the foundation of our free I'M
situations And have the predictions of Mr. Iirb bec
Teaized; ihcy have, so far they could exist in th
dclusiyc theories of Imagination, and no arthcr-f,r
uloush there was stagnauon TO busincss for few
months, whlle the Senate enabled To keen IN the
pane by lncr miinnmatory Bank speeches; yet, sir tie
time and circumstances have passed bv which ,ro
uSH ts State o. hnss, and the people again cyrica-
yea from mat drlusivc labyrinth Of nlammatory uncer-
families, into which they had unconscously fallen i'm
consequence OF those Bank speeches and the dccl,,
uon against (imagncd) Executive usurpaiion The
phtre and sane people TO enjoy the BLESSINGS of Liner
y-Our mercantile part OF the community pruspcrous-
our mechanics growing wcalt!iy-our DAY -aborcrs i'm
lucrative cmPloymcntour drovcrs find ready and pro
htablc market Tor their beef and their porkor farmers
ma ready disposition for all their merchandise pro-
duclS-our States prosperous, ourisinr and GROWING
more wcalthythc Government Debt, which has Lrr
hanging over the United States Tor series of years has
at length been PAID olt and now have Government
our OF deDi winch no other government, whether De-
nocrahc ArstOcratc AIunarchcal IN II this (;Iobc
can sy-a peace with all n1tlonsand wauwing in the
injuries oil Tree, rich and prosperous government
ana are now able Through Divine PToyidcncc) To sit
under our own vine and hgtrec and cnioy the fruits f
liberty with all IT'S cOncOmltant variety O bcssnps and
have no tyrant to make afraid. Now sir. 1 ASK Mr.
lcgh ana ms friends, the Jealous and On I'm
siasuc o ueln to say whether his predictions and ur
phccics nave been fulfilled, have come to pass f.,
my opinion they have not. am. therefore ofosed to
giving the patronage oil the government TO Mr. LEIGH
or any Other man who viii make of il for marty ar
f11.p. -lf., It.ff..
nony Of society TO create sectional cuds ncirborlood
pudfrcs, idHhy chickering's, and political Cisscusinn
among or between the good ana peaccabc czcus OF this
commonwealth; ~ has Intamnatory and superficial oro-
toiical illusions, upon the violation Of tc laws" and
the "usurpatIom oil Executive authority" an, oppoard
against another (n political views to sour the mind #
eShbor aga iist ncghbOrj 10 Cmbtcr brother a0anst
brother, uud ldtcr against has been the case for
some unei ana, upon Tins ground deem it Ivy duty Il,
VOC against Mr Leigh; as look upon the hafnonv and
PacriuI tranquility of our citizens ile only pail adj.
uin OF oar Liberty We are furnished with inc m
De testimony by the pen, pencil, and vivid colors of mo-
lical and theological history, that political and RELIGIOUS
discussions nave aiJ waste, with one devdstanv sv3ee
so' 81 lhe most hoursnug empires KNOWN 60 rn',itc
Ana, % tue Same sPut 81 10 be tolerated by the citizens
OF tins government, why not look for the same effects
oih the same cause Them sir, il becomes US as the
representatives. OF the good people oftls Cr,,nonc,It
not 20 add fuel to the flames already su,dled ,,Ii
will 1t persisted in consunc tnu very vals Of our frcc
institutions, for winch oceans ol blood have been epilt lao
out lcVoiutiony veterans, ana leave as unworthy of t
inheritance OF freedom, t. b. carried down the oil;vious
tide oi tHc, no more 10 De- LcaId 81 Upsn the stori.s
page as noble, free, generous and patriotic Icoiic
bul as degraded people, Incapable OF
and te preservation Of t1t freedom inherited from en5
ancestors. Upon ts subject. 1 bav. ..iI ,,.,,..t