Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-23
ROBERT CRAIG. ESQ

This gentleman Who was lately nomi,,,,
candidate for Congress, IN the Rockbridge d;s,a.,a
by the administration party, not satisfied ,.;,1
address of the Convention which put him - ny
nation, has issued Circular TO the peonls Of ''n'
district 1t will be recolected thai he 49, way
ascribed Mr.. Craigs vote for the rechat,e, ~
U. S. Bank, 10 his modesty-a ground wb,,G ~, ,,s
Craig perceves IS as unlcnablf as it is lud,a '''
and he therefore assigns quite another reasoSs
H. lie says" voted 10 recharter the II G y w
because at that time thought il 'necessar, a VI,
proper to support the fiscal operations of tho a'
neral government, and deeming i, NECESSARY .'',
proper TO do this, thought II conslu,ions wv -.
cause the constitution gives 10 Congress eyn,a..i.
all the powers necessary and proper to carr, -
effect the powers which ii had preyous,v na. 1'',
by specific grant" Well; this is all onoL aass'a
able so far as it goes but how did Mr. Crn,o ~,
on, that it was unconstitutional He shall ,aa.-
speak for himself: 4" now think i, uncops,ne,.
al, because lis manifestations, in my iudon,,,
have demonstrated its utter incompatibI,v w,
popular government and because state of h;a..
MAINTAINED recently against the most yisorou, .
erlions Of the Bank TO produce contrary ea..,
justiffs the opnicn, that National Bank y \.
! indispensable 10 the preservation Of the ps,;on
credit and sound currency" The frs, reeso, :.
cvidt ntly illogical: for, what has the miscorlgs
Of a corporation 10 do with the constitutional mn
er of the government TO give previous ty.
ence2 Mr.. Craig might as we'll say we had \.
right 10 put General at the head of the Nom
western army, during the last wnr, because ,f. ,
his appointment, he trcacherously SURRENDERED b,
post INTO the hands OF tie enemy. And the sem,
reason, far from having been demonstrated IN h
true Is yet in the course of experiment" which +,
will take years satisfactorily to test. Besides could
not Mr.. Craig have ndyer,rd with as much rronr.
! ely, to the Bank interregnun from 1911 to ls1e
in order to show that such an institution if no, "a,
dtSpcnsi5lc, which IS not the Ian u,ge of the con.
stltuton is, in the words Of that instrument hoh
"mecessary and proper" Unnecessary, in ordt to
save the public treasury from those casualties and
losses incident to multiplication Of public asen
cics and proper, to secure uniform and safe cur
rcncy, throughout the Union
y We insert, in another column the procc, j
| ings Of the Congressional District Convention la,
ly held at Franklin court house by the friend, A
the ADMINISTRATION, for the purpose of bringing
| out opposition TO Col. Nathaniel H. Claiborne !
| Mr.. Stuart, the gentleman who was f1nnrqI
! enough TO obtain the nomination, is said, by bns
| who are acquainted with hun, TO be gentleman
talents and fine character-but, there is no pobsb
lily of his success Col Claiborne's political coQr,
is doubtless acceptable 10 large majority Of ii!
constituents, while his personal virtues link hid
friends to him with "hooks of steel" The AddftI
with which the nominators of Mr. Stuart epforc]
The pretensions Of that gentleman is mere repet
ton of ad captantum uulgns denunca,ons of nd
Bank, which can be purchased at either the GlOJ1
or Enquirer office, for sxpencc per Thousand 1
the present representative meets with no more ford
midable paper bullets than this in the progress i
the campaign, he may blow them all into shreJs b.
a puff of his breath.