Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-31

exchange for the notes of the local banks tboush
In payment OF revenue and that, in consequence the
notes OF distant branches fell below par and were sold at
discount or lent for short periods without interest ON
CONDITION OF getting specie for them, and that this con.
unued TIL Mr. fancy coerced the Bank, by means of
transfer draf to cause the notes of her branches TO be
received and honored AT other branches as usual In all
ms Mr. D. said, the report of the committee was most
unfortunate and showed the necessity for new COM
nittee to examine that institutions committee consui
cd upon parliamentary principlesa majority in favor of
inqury,-lke that OF the Post Ofiice.-The creation Of
such committee, Mr. b. said, the more necessary
as one of the main guards intended by the charter 10 be-
placed over the Bank there during the period #
the pressure and panic operations he alluded TO the CO.
vernnent Directors the history OF whose rejection al
ter such long delays in the Senate act on their nom
nation, is known to the whole country
The next instance of wanton pressure which Mr. B
would mention the case OF an individual then a
member OF the Senate from Pennsylvania now Minister
70 S' petersburg, (alr Wlkins) That gentleman had
INFORMED hin CIR towards the close of the last ses
sion, that the Bank had scare fctas to be served
IN las house, to the alarm and distress his wife to re-
wve judgment against him, while lac here opposing
MIR. Ewing of Ohio, here rose and wished to know
OF Mr. Is whether ii the Bank of the United States
'hst mad issued this Scre fci0S against Mr. Wilkns1
Nlr H. was very certain that IL was lie rccolcctcd
not only the information, but the time and the place
wen ana where 1t was given It was the last days of the
last SESSION. ana al the window beyond that door pon
ing 10 the door IN the behind him) and he added
II there Is any question to be raised it can be settled
without sending to Russia; the neiaS if issued will
DC oi record IN Plttsburg Mr. ID. then said the cause
OF this conduct TO Mr. Wilkins can be understood when
IL IS rccoeced that he had denied on this floor the
eace OF the great distress which had been denoted nj
faitsburg; and the necessity that the Bank was ndr
der TO push him at that time be appreciated v SEQ
ing that twoandhfy members of Congress as reported
py inc Finance Committee had received 0cconi,noda-
ttoi from the Bank and its branches in the same year
,hat SENATOR and citizen of Pcnnsy opposed to
the Bank, was thus proceeded against
MIR b. returned to the resolution which il was pronos
cd TO expunge He said it ought to 20 IL was the roof
OF the EVIL The father of the mischief the source of the
INJURY the box of Pandora, which had filled the land with
calamity and Consideration for long months IL was
that resolution far more than the conduct of the Bank
winch raised the panic sunk the price of property crush
ed many merchants impressed the country with the ter
ror OF an impending revolution and frightened so many
good people out OF the rational exercise of their elective
franchise at The spring elections All these evils have
now passed away The panic has subsidized the price of
produce, and property has recovered from its
ana risen beyond its former bounds The country
quiz, prosperous, and happy. The States which had
been frightened from their proprety a the snrng cleo
TONS have regained their selicommand Now with the
total vanishing OF its effects let the cause vanish
Let inns resolution, for the condemnation of Preside MT
jackson be expunged from the journals of the Sc
Let II be eiaced erased, botted out oberatcd from Inc
ce OF th1t page ON which it should have been
wFitten Would to God it could be expunged from the
page oil all history and from the memory of all mankind
Would that, so far as is concerned the minds of The
whole existing generation should be dipped i'm the fn
lous and obvous waters of the river Lebe Rnt tbese
wishes are vain The resolution must survive and live
history VIII record 1T memory will retain it, tradition
VIII mana IL down In the very act of expurration il
iiVes; Tor what is taken from page is placed on ano
her An atonement for the unfortunate calanitous
actor me senate Imperfect and inadequate Expunge if
we can still the only effect will be to- press our solemn
convictions, by that obltcration, that such resolution
TO have soied the pages our Journal This
rs all that do and this much we are bonnd ,o do
oy every obligation of justice the President whose
name mas been aainted by every consideration of duty
70 INC country whose voice demands this PREPARATION; by
our regard to the Constitutions which has been framne
uder ioo by respect to the House of Representatives
whose function has been usurped; by sefrespcc which
errors and establish its high name for equity DAINTY
ana moderation To is human; TO err is divine;
TO correct error Is the work Of supcreninent and also
superhuman moral excellence; and this exalted work !,
now remains for the Senate to perform
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