Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-05

occurrence of which, Mr. Tyler's Sentiments would b
been developed Under these circumstances the motion
to postpone the election indefinitely was made and th
vote of the gentleman from Frederick who now CON
siders this novel then recorded in favor of
the motion with those of fifteen other members of tho
present House of Delegates - '
MI BARTON asked whether the motion made in 1924
was Tor indefinite postponement and whether was not
ton then made was to post
IN was equivalent to an
as true that the motion
was lost put tiat uP the force of the pre-
ocucht or the eNap &c gentleman from Fredcr-
dr. w. SAID wish to disguise his object in
Sins ,or 'pe aent OF this question. IL was TO
uelc't inc eF Mr. Leigh, at this session be.
cause, from formation Mr. w. could obtain his
opinions 90 ord with the sentiments of the perplc
OF VIrgV his own part. he did not b r.
Lelgh >5utjudgmg from nj
PEA" III not) his
r. guIyoca and he was not the
"A opponent of the Bank which his friends
,.ied him tol9e In that speech MIR L. declared that
the Union could not be held together without unorn,
currency, and that such currency could not be main
tuned, without the nsruncntality of a National Pant
This was, he believed, the substance of Mr. LIS rc
marks, although he did not to verbal accu-
racy in the quotation. If this sentiment had bccr r
ported truly, (and Mr.. W. would appeal to tic friends OF
Mr. Leigh for its corrcctness) Mr. w wa moi nor
were the people whom he represented satisfied with
Mr. L.s opinions in relation to the Bank question
What course, said Mr.. w, did Mr. L. pursue in re
gard 70 the elongaton of the charter Of the Bank pro-
posed IN the Senate, at the last session Of Conrrcss,-
l)id he vote for It Some member have answered No
am aware that he did vote for that bill. I do nni
wish to do him nusce: But ask did he vote aga;nst
IT. Or did he vote at all on the subject Will his friends
answer uicse questions and explain his course ON that
subject 1t will be rccollcctcd that in Mr. Ie;ol,'s
speeches IN the Senate the subject of the deposites
there were some remarks the subject Of the Bank and
the future policy of Virginia in rciacsio that or SINH
lar institution, which had excited much attenos md Wv
en- rise to warm and protracicd controversies On hr one
hand, the advocates of tie Bank had drawn from Mr. Is
expressions the opinion that he was not fecid.d csl
TO that institution, and the more important coneo
that Virginia would ultimately decide in ito G,vor o.
the other hand Mr. Lcghs friends who are opposed to
tc Daiik, and contend that he with them in set
umcnt interpret those remarks differently and maintain
lhat his declaration OF hostility 10 that institution on con
suuuonai grounds, IS entirely satisfactory But prola
BY no better arbitcr could be chosen in This matter If
dispute. than the Bank itself-tlc party most flre -
tcrcstcd. ReicrrngNio the Bank as an ntcrprcor - Ne
l'.s opinions, how do VIC find its decison' BY whom
nave the speeches OF Mr.. Leigh been published and
circulated Ia Immense numbers to ali quarters Of
the Union Mr. w had publication in the
journals OF the day. Purpotpg 70 be part of the report
OF the BANK Committee, in the u $ Senate in which
among other items Of expenditure by the Bank for t,c
puDicahon OF Congressional speeches and documents
cfe rs ono Tor the printing Of many thousand copies of
MI cigs speeches IN the senate the subject of the
depositcs lie had this statement in the pnbiic
prints; he did not vouch for is truth: but he called
upon the friends Of Mr. cieli 90 s4y Whether Il ,s m
was not correct lie wished information ON this s,ib.
Jcctori Il seemed to him to involve an inconsistency
somewhat difficult 20 be comprehendcd, between Mr.
upon them by The Bank lie wished il explained II
possible. hoa, while Mr. leigh wac an ayowed enemy If
Tic Bank, constitutional grounds The Bank should
nave 50 ior msconceycd his sentiments adopt Isis
speech Tor publication along with those Of ts 6pcn and
ayowed friends and adhesentss
- been told, Mr.. Speaker, that the subject now
1ei g decided by tho people at the elections in
nut what were the circumstances under
ssshat election took place, An excitement had
Wen created throughout The Union unparalleled in env
country The fars Of the people had been ronsed by
fu