Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-29

tions aud whsperngs in the Senate The reason, sir
was THIS at the commencement oil the session of 1898
~ The Bank of the United States and the Senate of the
United States, appear to havc CONNIE attack
on The people, the property and the Government of tho
United States. The Bank created pressure; the Sc.
nate excited panic; and the Spring Elections i'm n York
and Virginia the first and principal objects OF both
The Bank sent out her orders call in debts and break
exchanges; the Senate brought in lis resolution to
denim President Jackson Tor violation of the laws and
constitution; and under the combined action oths double
process the price ofa property sunk and the public
mind agitaied and alarmed, until fictitious panic
produced The operation was kept up the Bank
ing lighter aud tighter alarm guns firing, aud
tile tocsn ringing faster and louder in the Senate until
the pressure had reached lowest point of Depression
aud the panic It's highest point Of cumination, and
the Important elections Of New York and Virginia
were just ut hand and every thing ripe for the final
blow The condemnation of the President before those
electIons and at the moment of their
was this final blow, aud the exact moment for
striking had arrived Friday, the 25ih day o March
nat was the DAY, Tor was the last day that IL could
be done III time to have its effect Monday the first
day oil April and the great elections 10 Begin il
therefore indispensable that the news of the con.
dennaion of the President should leave Washington q
lew days before the first of April in order to reach in
time the more remote election grounds in the great
States of New York aud Virginia. and effect
upon those elections. This is the why the de-
bate on the condemnatory resolution delayed pro-
tacted, prolonged, and spun from the goth OF De-
cember TO the 2ot!, of March, and then passed the
hurry and precipitation which produced that scene of
consultation aud OF whispering. Of running aud fro of
putting in and striking OUT OF Offering and Withdrawing,
ed In the engendering OF that unrivued specimen that
plus utra production that chef Gacre and everast-
ing masterpiece OF the non-comunaI policy, which now
stands upon your journal Judgment condo Inna-
ton against President jackson
MIR. B. said he enemy monopoles and must
express his dissatisfaction them whatsoeve shape
they were presented TO his view. Here u uonopo.
ly, new and strange monopoly; il was u monopoly of
committa and OF irresponsbly that by trends
present To the prejudice of their absent The
Kentucky legislative resolve all the State legislative re-
solves, all the resolves OF all the public meetings. and
all the petitions of the 10000 petitioners the
Senate, were direct aud SPECIFIC IN Their charges against
the President They all charged direct yo-
lation Of the Laws and Constitution, and all grounded
their charges upon the dismissal OF Mr. Duane the APP
pontnent OF MIR. fancy the assumption OF the respon-
sDilty The removal OF te depOsites aud the danger
the liberties OF the people. 1nry all specified these acts
and therefore fully committed themselves and
committed upon them. SO did their friends aud leaders
ON this floor All were at the start All in the
same predIcament to the memorable ih day March,
1881 Up To that day, all together the Cuudine
The leaders extrcated themselves; they uncoiniIed
themselves; they Gu, loose from he Bank and all its
griels and complaints They drop every thing which
could connect them upon The record, with the bank
Its cause; enscnnced themselves in the inysication of
amPhiboogical phrases; and stand uniraipnbclcd,
unpledsed, united, uncoInnitled and iiiltrd
upon single allegation of law fact which re.
sponsibty eau be incurred, OF an issue can ., - n
This is wrong. The leaders should never desert their
followers; They should leave their deluded assoc
ates III the lurch The military shares the fate OF
his soldiers; lac thcm ces with them! The DO.
Ilticlan should do The No of in
allowed 10 one any more than 10 the other. Here is
case for sympathy and relief inter and hello
The followers should be allowed escape wild, the lead.
ers they should be allowed TO loose from the Bank;
they should be permitted unconmit themselves and
for that purpose should have leave to withdraw and
amend TO amend, by striking every thing that re-
ates TO The depostes the Secretaries the liberties of the
people, the responsibility, &C. and float al arye mon
the undrhnable and intangible Remuneration Of q rus
LATE EAEcUTIVE PROCEEDINGS ~ RELATION TO rnE
REvENUE!!"
~ My fourth proposition applies to the doctrine of
legal implications, and airms that what has been with.
drawn upon objections afterwards understood
by mplcation remain part of the record The orono
sltion Tor It's better understanding, will be read 1t is in
these words:
forms OF the resolve having been objected
be insufficient charges they we're to
snd Lens well could be- obtained to Vote
o ne sai 9nd tho same having bsen actually
such and belief
Or mental To- '1s plra,lon secret
bs 49,, ,uI; ,sois r W nI continue part Of
and q 'hsy could be SO ndmed .ey you'll not bo suun,
The proposition contains three points J. An afIirma.
ton = rule of law 3. An issue offered The af-
hrnlatIon, part proved by the record namely that
the specifications of President Jacksons supposed illegal
and unconstitutional conduct, were all withdrawn and
the remainder Of IT, namely, that they were Withdrawn
because no majority, not party one could be rot
10 vote Tor them, can be proved by the Senators
and present. The rule OF Law IL too clear for ru
ment IT is known loevefy apprentice TO the law, that
what is gwen up upon the face of the record cannot be
retained, part OF the case by any fiction Of pleading
legal inienduent constructive implications mental reset
vatlOn suppOsltIous IcinegrAipm whaisoc,e err Tie
issue open aud bold that IT the spccIcatUns can be
saved by implications, they Insufficient to Justify the
condemnation; and the trial of this issue we cha
lenge and defy the whole power Of the Opposition
" My hlui proposition aiIrIns the total nproprPty
and tie particular uuconsuuOnality of The senate =
proceeding against President jackson 1t is in these
words:
And whereas the being constitutional tribunal for the
tal OF e PRESIDENT When changed BY The House prssona
tros win oaeoees against the laws a the Constitution, adop
unO we SAT- IeoFo before any IMP achVnl
iiSusc breach OF the privileges House. violation Of
the Cosuoa sGCyef''on Of justice piejudcaOr quos-
ton wi might legally come b'oo tue Senate,
ton Of that boy to perform ITS constitutional duty
TIE resident should thereafter DO regularly opca.
G" y 'r ii"use OF Representatives. Tor he
In this proposition, said Mr.. B take my stand upon
the same ground which took ia the Of MIR. Barry
ia February, 1881 and in the of President
ln January 1884. What said IN tile case of MI Barry
FIVE years ugO has beef read what SAID in tie case oi
President Jackson, two years ago, will be read now 1t
Is done iur TWO purposes jrS to show that stand
upon tie ground now, which we occupied then;
and ncTt 10 let II be that the erpungng process is
alter thought with US; and that gentlemen are not al
lowed 10 take distinction between rxpungng now aud
expuugng then; their power alone having prevented the
same instant, AT which the unjust aud unnghieous SEN
tcnce was passed.
MIR y. here read from the debate of February 1894
Ar Benton said that the first Of those c0uned ion.
the President lie
thsi tie President might be npcaehcd for ,reuso bribery
resolution caged both high cfo un amisdomeanof the
violating the laws aad Constitution % sezng upon illegal
public Treasury danger 6ft liberties
o the people, the nisdenanof IN diminishing tc late Secretary
the fcnsuy Office Mr. D. said vrms the resolution
were sufficiently explicit 10 dehne high crime within The
ole Constitution without having soeoutse so the
fosoon iustfaton or hi.
meanings bot any doubt icmained on that heal Il would be-
moved by the whole tef Of the asuucn and especially
part OF which oompaed she Pesios conduct that Of Ce