Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-06
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TO BENZ; WATKINS LEIGH.-[No. p
T6ou art the man. into Whose nol;,;co a0 cnmrso
duty to my country and its cause-its sacred Constt
tion requires me TO examine.
1.-The Developments Of this year NAV present vet NM
far vital question the people The uncs
ton whether and how this Union is longer to be pc
served mention twth feelings of trembling anxiety
ana awe Again let gentlemen remember the amount
OF debt due in the Western country to the Bank of The
u Statcs-and then let them ask themselves whe-
tner any people on EARTH WILL or can reasonably be
pected to abide with PATIENCE the sale of their proper
ty-of their dwellings, under the hammer of the auc-
uoneor when, for want of sound currency it must be
sacrificed in order TO pay debts due the Bank OF the II
States''- Extracts from your speech on M UeJsiers ma
ton 10 re-charter the Bank Of tic q. s.
Sir these paragraphs strike my attention with astonish-
ment You, Sir, who pretend to be Il Unonist and mem
ton the subject with 'trembng anxiety to bc the first
man who hints at disunion from that cause and
to the accomplishing West for the dissolution of
tins holy Union You, sir called OF talents:
must be permitted to doubt it-doubt it much am of
opinion that your intellect is far below that of Mr. Van
Buren,, whom you make out to be any thing other IA,
great man. Did Mr. Van Buren, ever 90 this way to
make portion of the Union dissatisfied with the other
portion? If he ever did, let him be "a,athenatiscd"
think, sir, your intellect must be of the mushroom
ordero"r reason certainty IS Cannot gold and silver
find their way TO the est well the North the East
and the South to cause sound currency in the State
Banks of the Vest, it does in the other portions of
our blessed Union and yet YOU sir hint dissolution
OF this glorious Union to the people of the UeSt-and
what for, sir To elongac the charter of the States
Banand yet and your friends you are an anti
Bank-nan. Alerciful Heaven Z.
And has 1t then truly come to this, that the Ho-
norable Bcnlamin Watkins Leigh really thinks end
he mentions Che subject % with trcb!ing anxiety
that the Union Of these States depends upon anv
monied incorporation whatever, and particularly that
corrupt Institution, TIC Bank IT, States? If So Won are
unfit Tor any Office in the gift of great and free Deopc
be il what it may. You unfit otlIv u,ft for these
tnicsand most OF all, you unfit for the Office of re-
nate OF the u States-which State is struggling for the
vital principles of the Constitution against HYDRA
The people OF the West, the far and gallant West
Will treat such an insinualon with and oontempt
with that ScOTa and contempt which such an imsinuation
against Their Patriotism their ''uncompromisng' pa
tIotism will also teach Won 10 know of
what kind of stuff they are made IL YOU sir arc vii
ling TO bow down and icOrShp he golden Idol the pco-
pie of Virginia and the far and gallant West are not
And what shall we say of sUcu SENATOR, the pre-
tended representative of the Old Dominion for max
ing sUcH a SUGGESTION? Sir, would you not see
the troubled, the bitter waters agitaed TO the very
depths OF the earth, and to the topmos cloud to get
the 9 Old Tyrant' in trouble-ayc, to get him in
troub!eto see him hung quartered and burnt and his
ashes scattered TO the four winds of the earth? Yes
you can have no other object in view, than an attempt
to lead the West to open rebellion and THEN CHARGE
the "Od yrant with all the blood that may be split in
the conflict. Why, otherwise such an nsnuation
Il is not pleasant subject, is it, You would then stand
ready to justify the odiOus roJeiionfor you ask chow
can any people be re0Son0dy expected to abide the state
OF things you before described?
We thus find you ready 10 force us into civil war
with all its horrors in order TO lead your country TO ruin
and Andrew Jackson TO run-Cm BonoP for the bene-
the road and leads directly to monarch 1t is for such
all institution as tbs that you hint reJeiiOR and ask
how 1T can be Te2soa5 cPected that the people of the
West would bear it Ii the Bank then holds the KEYS
Of union or disunion at it's peasueif it can bind this
Union or rent it in twain at its pleasure, and you are
Unionist-then you are Bank imam Sir vour
friends deny that you n Bankman: They do this
in spite Of your open declarations the contrary-in
spite your deretopeeLs and SgHs and ,oondcrs You
you its frcnd-The friends of tic Bak k,ao,o uou
are ITS JTiond-and therefore, they ready support
you for any Office under the sun
But you say, ~ have only to add for Ry own part
that while continue representative of the sovereignty
of this State, in the Senate of the United States
shall nerer, even under the most imperious ne
ccs3ity, give my vote for any National Bank. con-
IraTy to t"StruetonSnor, indeed ,0i0m POsitire in
Str1icOnS-Or what Is, in my opinion, tantanount the
declared sense OF my constituents Those who dstrust
me, on this subject dstrus the State ITSELF Now sir
where is your oath Of Office? You first agree with the
gentleman from New York al am as fixed in the OPT
nOn that the present Bank or any other National Bank
unconstitutional the gentleman from New York can
possibly be-. Sir, did you take an oath 10 'defnd
and support the Constitution Of the IT, States against
all JiOtaOSP You certainly didand you are as liked in
the opinion as the gentleman from New York, that the
present any other Bank of the IT, States would be
unconstitutona-And yet you will yield to "insiruc-
tons to CiOGte IT, or b. the dcclared of your
stitGents' Mcrcifu Heaven have we come 90 this
that Senator ofthe u States should have such snp-
Pc conscience to be ready to violate that conscience
and mat Constitution at the bidding Of instructions p
Sir, would resign ten thousand tmes-and keep al il
until Eternity tscfolled over it were possible before
would thus e'otate my conscience, and my oOuntrys
Constitution.
u vArS MAv-Idlc were your dreams-rnore idle
eyen than dreams, your declarations and dcrcloDc-
DeHtS You sought, sr-you1had the vanity to thnk-
That your Speeches IN the Senate of the IT, Sates-and
dinner Speeches IN Petersburg, Powhatan Courthouse
and elsewhere, would have the effect with the agency of
the splendid (more splendid than wise0 talents
around you IN the Senate, TO change Virginia and the
South IN favor Of the Bank-and against General Jack.
son and his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is that you would first
instruct The people Of Virginia. how and in what manner
to instruct you and then you would be ready 10 obey re-
turn characterization sRch Legislature as we had last
winter And you heard, doubt that that Legislature
would be able TO stand the fiery trial before the upopo
They did stand at chat moment, until fic scales fell
from the eyes Of the people" They nrc now "instruct
which you had led tlcm 10 believe you were filing az
Sinte-Bghis Bid you at,cags ,oere, and olioqys
tcW be, M Hgjstocrai.
Sir, the people trust in man-be IL 49, w Iegh
OF any other man-wiO mas conscience made Of sgfcb
sfu-sO supple. chaugcable and dclnleable as to be-
willing 10 forswem itself and violate your country's
HuliO1rfd COpsfiiHfiOHP
On SIR Websers Bank BILL you sag--"But know
uiut all men are, less, the creatures Of circun
stlnces-tlat strong temptation, impcrous necessity
mas oien changed mems opinions, and yet ocner their
course Oi cOnduct-thcy may mount 10 a degree Of
intensity, which human hrnncss can resist" IL
were well, Sir, for yourself IL you were not the
creature OF temptation, impcrious necessity 49,
But undertaking to serve the GAUGE which You have
DONE the Of the Arisiocgacv n uon.ed povy
mpcrous necessity led You in the course You arc
pursungalike disregarding your conscience the Con-
stitutOn Of your country, aud the Interests" at this
particular juncture Of affairs Of your public duto5 both
10 yourself and the people.
Ny third and last Address 10 YOU will be on your Pc