Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-22

-, . 1''en suives 10 frrf HissELr-to lead his pco.
~ % pefng the recipient of their will aud wish.
es-to become the tcneacfoT yea ;efgfor ;os,..J =,
e agent oil his constituents Ii is this which e,,rses
ny country with one of its worst curses too much iey,s
"f.on- As general rule, il would be safest most :,
Puocnh 10 vote against every measure Of GENERAL
ir n,i on. OF the ordinary routine of Legislative du
u'' ,h great body of the people shall have clearly
"cateo 'not iey need, and in favor of II N t.y
Iay need and desire any thing at the hands of their
'Se.'"'Vss they viii leave room for guessing or
s upon their sentiments If the people cannot
e nna o" not make known their Representatives The
"a o' 'her aeton let the representative be assur.
s MY Is IN TACT no necessity at all This no siton
-. " oe SOUND ia general There may be exec ::
out The creation Of Banks ought not surely 10 b ,na.
an exception. - " W "'a''
The power to charter companies Is one oc In, mos,
exalted acts Of sovereignty. So said Mr. Clay in his
nePuonean days in 1871. The power 10 charter Bunk
g companies mas, IN practice, proven be a power TO
transfer me sovereignty of The people to most fearful
A"h'' 10 irresponsible boards of Bank
of The neo more power over the pecuniary interests
Vi .e people than our Legislatures themselves conld
e@e. IN ordinary cases. the bunders and misdecds of
one year may be corrected by the people the next An
uhsc Oh uniatbiul Legislator may be turned out. An
obnoxious law may be repealed Not So with an A.,
OF incorporation Our hands are tied The public fail,
- puugea' ne corporation, with all its powers and
oSNe privileges ~ fastened upon u.s. aud is eyer
prone to entwnc itself about the Legislature and CON
M " aeuon, IN all cases involving the interests of the
NO, ,i,h,n interests OF The people to the contrary
;n,'..ns,ahding This is no hcorsing. We have seen
IN Practice There is fear that we shall soc
-, 'nat Corporate power, and corporate influence
20 oe placed above the rights interests of the mas,
the people Will our Senators and De ntes PERM,
themselves 10 he carried along in wild Tn;nn,s ad
az, % course OF legislation, by small mnori-
vi ,ne people, welding and seekinr corporate now
eIs ana exclusive privileges: Shall LOG RoIliNo''
between pampcred creatures of the Legislature be NOR
S" 10 hrow INTO the shade, the vital interests of
nose, whose industry sustains both the creatures .nd
The creators' Shall the scheming noisy speeuat;ng e.
'o' the honest industrious manyP ''Nous cerrons
,ee 'hose VINO tuin up their the very sour
OF thc word dt'Rocrdrywho ha Iidden and wish 10
haunt others with the ghost of Agrarans beware of
the mschievous, demoralsinc te ndencv of Cornor,,
arc thp i,,n
winch every sober-mindcd man. whether rich or Door
ough. 10 resist; Extremes beget each other The
more paipaoe the partality shown by Government TO
the interests of aroycd eto the more reckless violent
and intolerant, will become the toiling mann Nothng
out my views upon this subject but poorly quail
ned 10 enter the of such theme-nor is il
saIy 10 my purpose Plain dealing my object main.
tain that no more banking capital ought 10 be ncorno
rated until the great body of the people cali for il do
,hat icy hare called for IL ard if the matter be left
TO mem, do not believe they will call for IT,
1t rs by all parties that there too little hoyd
money in the country sustain the MINER ,orcy o,r -
crculaton so as to preserve sound currency that anv
oil the paper tends inevitably produce all the
evils OF unsteady, unsafe Deprecated and Jenre;
atng currency, unless the proportion of god and silver
increased and that the creation of Banks upon
present SYSTEM will hasten and increase these wis
ne Legislature, then, cannot without reckless disre
gard oil the best interests of the country create any more
Banks, until the peope-the bulk Of the people-calI
for them Do our Senators and Delegates act for the
oody OF their people, do they the men of
schemes and stocks in the tctens /?
Our Governor leans in favor of more BANKING ca,,o,
lie is haunted by the awful which he apprehends
from the going down of the National Bank The va.
euum must be filed. If do not fill IT, bv creating ,nor
Bank paper. il will be filled by the Bank paper of
other SateS No good, but ultimate mischief is to result
from hng 1t with paper But il must be filled with
Bank paper So thinks Governor TazewelI
Gentlemen of the General Assembly. beware how vo,
permit yourselves to be med by big men and bio names
NO prophets ought to be conded in in these our davs
ana more especially upon such subject as this Rene
dies IKE the Governors, for apprehended evils have
Deen tried over and again-they have nvatiablv
done mischief ! think the Governor himself admits il
"hether he admits 1t or not experience and common
sense teach it. ~
Suppose you stand stock STILL determined to create no
more Banks, but 10 watch and reform those we now
nave: And suppose other States should travel the road
TO ruin over again, and should attempt TO flood the conn
uyto NIL the Governors awful vacuum with their de-
Preciaung paper-what would be the result What in
lew years, would be the comparative sition of Vi
gina, and the other States? Let those answer who
Few years ago. got premium OF 80 per cent in Kenfe
~ upon virginia Bank paper Let those who would re-
iy upon paper, take warning from Kentucky
Governor 1azewe treats with contempt The idea that
a hard money currency be established Not word
In favor OF the suppression of notes and supnvn
Their places with gold and silver This he knowss orac
tcable This he knows would 90 FAR 10 secure the nte
rests OF The people against the certain evils of circuat
ing medium OF paper alone. Prejudice. Party prejudice
sealed his lips, as to this reform Too much Jacksonsm
In itNo faith IN tit will be effected and hav
ing Prtdiced that il ,cH not be. he is determined that
sh"H not be- If throwing cold upon the proposition
can dccatit More hereafter
a DEMOCRAT OF ROANOKE