Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-21
An payments the T. 5 For the future the, Mr. h w.
opposed y lending the aid nf he Fcdnrnl r.err, q.

fall Let them blow up IL ilev viii ssvhigb ;ftbe,
please high enough ai back 90 The earth But
ws ennenfrng with the report n The fu,usc
upon Che se of transfer drafts he took the opporuni,v
most cnpiacaliy. to dissent from the censutc which
.ne hspo', by nplcltion, ii in words threw upon
MIR Fancy, Tor the lc made of these ,lra s i'm the
iai OF lsS lie defended that use lac justified N, Inc
eAtolled II; he celebrated it obcve all praise, What
was tha use II was 10 prevent the success of crime
and to compel the observance OF Justice TO fusraie
sie conspiracy OF the Bank of the United States
against inc local Banks, and to compel her 10 treat
ner own notes, and these of her branches as money
me case was -this Upon the removal of the De.
posites, many of the branches began io rcf,so %
receive from the Dcpositc Banks the notes OF ,Ic
other branches, of the Mother Bank which had Noon
received IN payment OF duties and which the Dcpositc
Banks offered TO exchange for their own Refusing tLs
exchange, aud demanding specie from the Denoeite
anks for all their balances, the design of the Federal
BANK was evident; 10 cripple and crush the State
Dahas, destroy their currency and upon their ruins
erect me edicc OF her necessity, and supremacy
ana re-char'er Mr. fancy incrposed TO prevent this
Gie TINS rum, and this result He gave drafts TO tho
Deposite Banks 10 be used upon condition. and nm con
duon only, that the Bank aud its branches should CON
thue TO refuse to receive each Others notes rrccvod
on public account, in exchange for the, notes of Tho ne
Poslte banks, and demand specie from them. and tho
exhibition of these drafts in Baltimore and il, No., VI,
hed the effect that intended il compelled the Bon
OF the United States and its branches 10 honor eel
others paper and to desst from that part of their afro
elVus ana diaboical plan to break Depostc Banka
and TO deraiige the currency of The coun,rv NJ ID
sad these were the facts which justified Mr. fancy for
@ use ne had made OF the transfer drafts; not only JUS
uhea num- ont entitled him 10 the highest praise lie
contenied himself with stating these facts: ON ,n
ther occasion he would prove them He had certain
remarks TO make on the Report of the Finance Commit
tee OF the Senate (Mr Tyiers Report ON the Pant -;
winch this proof would find an appoprinc nInco. 80
he certain that the Senate yyo,,I5 me-, pa, anu
opportunity OF making his Intended remarks LOOKING
at Mr. Tyler he repeated that the Senate would net d.
ny nm That opportunity; and Mr. Tyler was understood
10 say mat certainly he would not BE- denied
mr. D. came next to the proposition in the Renoyt 10
amend the Constitution for eight years To- cnnbIe CO.
d 10 MAKE Hssrlouton among the States Territories
nuu Disct Oh Columbia Of the annual surplus of puh
Tic money The surplus is carefully calculated nt nine
.mh,os OF dollars per annnm, for eight years and the
RUE oil distribution assumed goes divide that sum in
10 as many shares there Senators and Reprcn,a
nves IN Congress- each State take shares according Tn
her representations; which the Report shows yonId 80
Tor each share precisely $50 405 and then leaves 10
the State ITSELF by little cypherng in multip zinc Tho
aforesaid sum of 30, i05 by the whole number of Sem
Tors ana Representatives which it may have in Congress-
TO calculate the annual of the stipend il y,on
receive This process the Report extends THROUGH me-
oI ot eht years so that tie whole to be divided
10 the States Territories, and District of Columbia wod
amountto seyenty-two millions of dollars
vi all the propositions which he ever witnessed
brought forward to astonish the senses to confund
recollection, and to make him doubt reality of pas
OF present scene, this proposition said Mr. b. eclipse
;, M S.nces the Whoe WHAT! the Senate of the Uni
edStatesnot only the Senate but the same NOM
bers sitting in the chairs looking in each othcr
races remembering what each had said only few short
months ago, now to be called upon make an alterations
IN the Constitution of the United States for the nprnoso
OF dividing seventytw millions of surslus tnone in H.
iaFeaso5y' wnen mat same Treasury proclaimed
anrmeo, Vatcinated, and proved upon calculations
Tor the whole period of the last session TO be sink;n
INTO bankruptcy that il would Le destitute of reveno
Dy the end OF the year. and could never be rplenisbcd
until the deposites restored! the Bank recbor
tered and the usurper and dcspot driven from tho b
place winch he dishonored and abused This was The
cry then; the cry which reslunded urou.,, His i,
Der tor SIX long months, and was waited uuon evnr,
breeze to every quarter of the Republic To- alarm ogi
tate' d'squet, and enrage the People The author of
TINS report and the whole party with which he norched
under the OrUamme of the Bank of the JJniteJ Stoos
nSu 'e Union w'th this cry of bankrupt Treasury:
"Nu Pfeaiced the certain and speedy downfall of the
Administration, from the of money to carry ON tho
operations of the Government
. mir alhoun here and wished TO know of Mr.
D. whether he meant TO include him in the nunnher f
those who had predicted deficiency in the revenue
,, ar. D. SAID, he would answer the gentleman by
telling him an anecdote 1t was the story of drnrnp,cr
taAen prisoner in the Low countries by the videttcs f
marshal SAKE, under circumstances which deprived him
OIL the protection Of the laws Of About to be shot
inc poor drummer plead in his defehoe that Inc was non
conoatant he did not fight and kin people: he did
nc SAID, but beat his drum in the fhe line
nut ne was answered so much the worse; that he made
other people fight, and kill another by driving them
on with that drum of his in the of the line and so he
should suffer Tor 1t. Nj b. hoped that the story would
be understood, and that it would be received b ;bc
enan as an answer to his question: as neither in law
Politics. war, there any difference between bo;
man did by HIMSELF and did by another Be tba, ne
Ut may, said Mr. B., the strangeness of the scene in
winch we are now engaged remains the same Last
year 1t was bankrupt treasury, and beggared rovcrn
etl now II Is treasury gorged to bursting with sur
Plus mliiions and government trampng down liberty
contamnatng morals, bribng, and welding vast masses
OF people from the unemployable funds of countless
treasures. Such the scenes which The two sessions
present and 1t is in vain to deny it, for the fatal speecbes
OF tSt fatal session have gone forth all the borders of
inc neptune. Ihcy were printed here by the nv
riadi ranked by members by The ton wegki freohiSd
TO all parts by a decried and overwhelmed Post
once; and paid for paid for by whom JbonLs
Tor one thing at least The Report of the Finance
Commttee on the Bank, (AIr 1yler's Rcport1 Of
leclea inc examination of mass of hidden and bu-
Iu PuF'1y IL was the printing account Of tho Bank
OF the u States for that session of Congress which will
long live IN the history of our country under the odous
aPPeiaon OF the PANIC SESSION That printing account
mas been dug up it Is the black vomit OF the Bank and
ne knew the medicine which could bring forty such von
lts from the foul stomach Of the old red harlo II was
.le meuc'ne OF Committee of investigations consf-
tutea upon parliamentary principles; committee com
posed IN ITS majority, Of those who charged mn condct
ana eVinced disposition probe every charge IN ill.,
Dolton such committee Us the Senate had appointed
ihe same session not for the Bank but for the Post
Yes, exclaimed DIR. Benton, not only the Treasury
was 70 De bankrupt, but the currency was be ruined
mere was To be no money The trash in the Treasury
What Ie there was, was to be nothing but deprcciated
paper the vie issues OF insovent pet banks silver
and United states Bank notes, and even good hills II
exchange were all to go oft, all to axe leave and mike
theif mouTnIGl exit together; and gold that was trick
unworthy OF countcnance; gull to baInoogle the sim
pie, ana 10 insult the intelligent until the fall elections
were over Ruin ruin, ruin to the currency was line
iuguDrlous cry oil the day, and the
OF the speech for six long months Vow, ON the contra
fy, 1t seems to be admitted that there IS Il be money
real good money in the Treasury such as Ie 6ercee
mol tue since ~ millions of SURPRISES ore proposed
10 DC dfawn from that empty Treasure in tho
Drlet space OF eight years. Not word aLort, nd
currency, now Not word about The currency itself
Inc very word seems u be dropped from the yocahnIav
OF gentlemen. An lips closed tight all tongree Lyse
SILVER currency doubled in year. four millions of gold
coined III af year. exchanges reduced TO fe lotCcs