Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-08
tSicI,naomsI, Thursday, Jan. =.
.MR. (I4YTON s. DOCT'RJN-C

This gentleman made the following cxtraordin,rv ar
gunent on Saturday last, upon Mr.. Gamblcs Rcsolu-
WILDE ccoleesd that OF the opposed to the
,e ,a grounds aud indeed ii mus, not be forgot
ns Eona ou. principal Argument is. tina, this
& we eon,Sn ha, ccnsTes: ha, right to do that rcey
BANK r given law,
I & ~ aohe. d,Iimt e3yernmcni for the Identical object
sanno, establish Bank Philadelphia any where csc for y sSo
by the Constitution have s, of ncorro
GS her side Of the qussiiop that YOU may take
~ Tor the panoc of coes M, @ au'hoI
ae by oT e e" .s S 'fs0ns,ed Is not this
direct saoni which enact. TIN, Se Charter SS done .r
FEDERAL s &c G a taken as the
po%e psS ' p %fss%s S%s of is Toso
so lack dsccrnmcnt, be made there is any
We had expected n better argument-even from JUDGE
Clayton Does he seriously mean to maintan that 10
create and TO use are the things The States have
rgt TO grant charter of ncorporatonCongress have
no such power The States may establish Banks-Con-
gIess have no such authority under the Constitution
DOCS Mr.. Z. mean TO contend, that to const,u-
tiona Bank. is indirectly doing the same thing as the
creation OF an unconstitutional Bank would be doing d.
drccdyP
IfCongress were to establish mammoth Mother R,,L
in the District of Columbia ,oiht pricegc of establish
ing Branches in the States, with their own consent
TINS would be to do Indirectly, what they would have no
right TO do drectfand this, therefore would be clear
~ unconstitutional Bnt surely this is very different
affair." from nsing Bank, which The State authorized
not so lack disccrnment not the difference in
the cases! "
Let us extend Mr. Clayton's doctrine TO other cases
ana see TO what absufdities IL conducts Mr. Fill
more OF ~ Y. said, g We might employ company in
inc transportation OF stores munitions of war-does
1t therefore follow, that Congress has the power to nooy
P0Tate transportation company Congress may di-
rect the mail to run State road up State Canal
does 1t therefore follow, that they have the mower IN
make roads cut canals? The operations are essen
tally distinct And yet the of the Bank and the
eoaa are analogous to each other Congress may
State road State Bank-the establishment of both Of
which is clearly within the range of the constitutional
powers OF State-and yet who but MIR CLAYTON woud
contend that Congress is but exercising i'm either case
he same power indirectly, which they forbidden to
Is one thing To use either of them, when constitution
ally created, Is another and different purnose
It's pity that such profound discovery shonld have
occn reserved tor such men Judge Clayton-when
mad escaped the vigilance of Jefferson in his Cabinet
Report and Madison, in his great Anti Bank sneecb =
BANKS a substitute for the establishment of n NatoyoJ
Bunk "
The Judge equally unfortunate in his views of the
SPedtenry OF the substitution. How does he argue;
fact that the United States Bank twenty nr acs s
to the fiscal operations Of the No, from
ncsses, fiat contradiction idea; hui because M -
moneyd power is dangerous the COUNTRY Now
the fiscal functions ofthc Treasury, will he yc
~ sound argument sganst connecting with and
applies win MS much force against Bank
four whclps.' : ~ 49, '"'"'S-
Does the analogy really all tours On the ono
manu. we nave one mammoth Institution chartered with
enormous powers armed with capital of 81 million.
a''' No.. ~" of Snte control; stretching it's
old"cneSi n and perhaps
'wo vi ''rct bringing its
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