Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-08-14
VOLUME xxXrE.--No. seo.

IL" 'hc condemnation Of the President had ONLY repeat
ca what the Bank Of the IT, States had first chsrged and
propagatcd through the columns OF the newsnapes in s
interest The second feature lac would present was the
want of specification in the sentence II condennaion
~ had ocen hrst drawn up with specifications, which
Were struck out because majority could be found 10
sfoe 70 the and were then passed without specifca
uohs because no majority could agree upon any others
as substitute The result was that the President WAS
condemned for violation of the Laws aud Constitution
when those whn condemned him. could agree in tell.
e '"r wha nor name the act which Inconsistent
wltb Law or Constitution The condemnation was the
result not OF conviction but of compromise and the
SThote OF the United States the highest judicial power
known Ia the Constitution. had passed iudunent and
that against the President, under circumstances which
would cause verdict to be set aside and for which
petit jury would be rcprmanded and sent back To- their
Union. "
red 10 IA the proceedings which led TO the dinner were
naturally touched upon by Mr. b. He took some crcd
y. ana INDUCED IN some pride of recollection
no' so nch IN The fact of having moved the resolution
Tor enough would have been found before now 10 have
done mat but IN the time at which he gave his notice for
moving that resolution. II altcr-tbought with
iin bo originated at the darkest hour Of the contest
when state ALTER State, had given way when virginia
herself had quailed and atcred under the onble c6arg
cd batteries oi Panic and Pressure, and when the Sc
nate chamber Itself, sunk to election hustinps re-
sounded with the shouts Of Bank-whig triumphs and
heard the assertion untitled the dignity Of that
place that the last blow Of the hammer on the coffin of
Jacksonsm had been struck IL was at this moment of
aaikness ana defeat Tor democracy and Of Bank wing
triumph that ms notice had been given and that without
consulting with any human being. His notice them
given, was compliment TO the democracy of the u
Stats IT was declaration of his ABIDING confidence i'm
the justice OF the people and of his conviction that they
would never suffer that Notifying monument of bank
triumph their patriot President 10 ren,nn ,,non f
Journals OF the Senate.
The contest with the Bank of the United States Mr.
% SAID vas the great legislative of the age IL
had ocenped too large space in the public mind 10 need
extended notices this from him; but he woud
point ov some incidents which showed the peculiar au-
uIchy' ~ickcdnrss, and contempt of public opinion
which characterized the conduct OF that institution
Thus, at the last Presidential election the question of the
recharer precpitatcd upon Congress- and brought
forward four years too for the purpose of operating
upon the elections, and making the rccharier tef oues
uon, ana putting down all who were onposed to il
fang In mat open and daring attempt 10 curry tho
elections and To govern the Government, il Ind now rc
Sersed It's conduct, and pretending to be dead de-
clared every where that the question was at an end
that the Tcchartcr given up-and thus cndea-
vorcd to smugge IFS friends into CONGRESS- where
II would bc snrc of their votes in all subsequent con-
tests NE Is said that the Bank dead that il
mao only substituted fraud and cunning for auCacy and
violence; 'at was now in the political field, laborng
TO divide the democracy of tho Union carry the clec
ton oil President into the House Of and
to snngee IN lis friends at the same time where
II would be of all their votes both for the Bank
candidate tr President and for the recharter whenever
the monarch institution gave the signal for the rally and
summoned iei vassals to the charge.
ne pane and pressure which had been got up by
the Bank, Mr. s. looked upon the most stupcnlons
piece OF viliainy which had disgrscod human nature
since the time OF the Catliuaran conspiracy lie de-
scrioed tie process BY which that of panic and
pressure had been carried on and extoed the firm
ness of the President resisting all attempts TO one
rate upon him; and ascrbed to that frmness the sue
cess of the country yeathcring the storm of IN.
cUnsprators and anrmsts MANY good men" Mr. r.
SAID IN all parts OF the country we're overpoercd bv
tIc storm, and ready blame the President and
20 ye!d to the demand for the restoration of the demo-
SITES Of renewal OF The charter He did not censnre
citizens al distance tor yicdng for many stout hearts
eh at asnington, gave way and ii required the he
os oil president Jackson to hold them TO the contest
and make them achieve glorious victory in spite Of
themselves The condemnation of the President Mr.
Is SAID was paEt and parcel of the panic scene for
FIR
fabricated Pretrxt, which both false and frivolous
ue senate was condemning him without being able to
ven ioT what but he would not go into that condemns.
ton he had touched upon already and had presented
some features which displayed its cnorn,ty he would
only add, that, in being thus condemned President
jackson had shared the fate of the Roman Consul who
had also been condemned for violating the laws in sup
pressing the conspiracy OF Caine and in being denied
he privilege oi defending himself he had again shared
inc tate oi the same Consul who had in ike manner
orcn denied the privileges Of defence. He then men
he SAID that be rushed into the Temple of the Gods fol-
lowed by a that yiriuous in Rome and swore upon
The altar shat lie had saved his country an oath said
MI H., which President Jackson might truly have taken
when the Senate refused TO hear his dcfence-The an.
pause OF the company enthusiastically responded this
sentiment.
The removal of the depostes Mr.. B pronounced 10
be the most mastery movement in politics which the
age had witnessed. That removal had brought on thc
second Fight with the Bank before she was ready for the
bllle aud saved the country from the dangers of tn,
combat with her at the presidential election Of 1896 IL
was at the presidential election that this preat nonied
power chose 10 nave ITS cOmbas with the people, and If
had been permitted to pen its plans for the battle of
1886 not even Jackson himself could then have saved
the country. Her plan 90 on Strengthening her
SELF and getting the people and the State banks into her
power FOr this purpose the public depostes were in
dispensable to her. IL would have put all the public
money IN her hands; her resources would have
enabled her to draw all the silver from all paris of be
co0niFy into her own vaults; the community and all the
State banks TO be in her debt and notes were 20
CONSTITUTE the only money i'm circulation Thus fortified
for ihe struggle the Of The presidential Of 1876
would have been her time for throwing the signal for
bat L. 1t would have been her selected period for Panic
ADD Pressure Then would have been witnessed all thaf
the country e winter before the last Loans stoned
debts called in State Banks pressed for their balances
domestic and foreign exchanges broken up oil their own
notes Withdrawn from crculation and the notes of an
State Banks rejected and dcprcciaed at the same mo-
men all the Bank candidates for the Federal and State
Governments would be thrown before the people and
The cry Of ruin set up if they were not elected and
erc.vd they would have BEEN under the actual and dire
alarm which would have conyuIsed and dcsolated The
country. The Bank candidates would have been elect
cd and the year 1886 would have seen the whole poer
OF the people oyerurncd and not only the Federal
Government, ~ all its branches, Executive fegis
latiye, and Judicial but the State Gcycrnn,ents also
~ all Mcr branches, would have fallen into The
hands OF the British Federal Bank and would hove been
administered by the pensioners debtors and hrelinps of
THAT institution. Such would have been the fate of our
Amcrca, said Mr. Bcnlon, If it had not been for the
niasiery stroke at ihe removal That great movement
had not only brought the fight before the bank was
ready, hut II had weakened tho Bank and disabled hes
for tie fight, and at tho time strengthened the
people, by shifting the ten millions Of public deoo.
sites irOp, the assaants 10 the defendants by taking
them out Of the hands Of the British Federal Bank
where they would have been used against the coun-
Try, aud put into the hands If State banks, where
they were used for the country. These great move
meuts saved the country, and rendered impotent the