Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-08-05

pennsyvani have no, yet bent their neck the yoke
Many Of the other States wall not submit to It's INTRUSION
within their bordcrs-The following are the decided tie
solutions IF la:e Meeting Charleston, which 1t gives
! Us pleasure to lay before our readers:
PUBLIC MEETING.
! "CUAHLCsroS july 2S-Al very large and rcspeca-
HE meeting Of the Planters herchantS and other CIt!
Gems Of Charleston held Tie City Halt this day in
sance of public notice To take into consideration the pro-
prty of the establishment Of an Agency OF the Bank OF
| nsyivania in the city Of Char es"n:
"rhr Hon Edward ~. Morrill, lncndant OF the City, |.
was called The Chair, and Thomas d. Condy, Esq,
| appointed Secretary.
"John Robinson Esq, introduced the following Pre-
nmb,r and Rrs0uliuis which the meeting, after being
addressed b. Gen Hamilton, unanimously adopted: |
"WmEHEAs. have regarded with great surprise and
regret tie effort recently made by some OF our fellow
citizens procure the establishment 81 an agency oi
certain Bank called the Bank OF the United States, and
recently incorporated by the Legislature o Pennsyira-
MA for the purpose of completing her works Of Inter
nal improvements, and aiding her public charities:
"Be IL Rcsmrcd. That il is uncquVocaly the opinion
of this Meeting. tina! large maturity q the citizens ot
Charleston opposed 10 the establishment Ut any SUCH
! Agency in this State.
?Esselred Tia, we should consider this As
nothing upre nor less, than ci1rt to plant tie
Safe Of Soulh Carolina under the seductive Appreciation
of an Exchange :Agency, Branch D! the said Blns,
called Bank Of The United States totally iTresPo:sI-
bile IN It's corporate capacity to our Laws anu enjoying
in effect The highest financial privileges: without the
payment of one cent in the way Of Bonus to the lrea-
sury Of our own Stale.
"itrSDECG,
tabsnrnt Of this agency altogether erroneous and
unioundrd To wit equalization Of our Exchanges
with the North-f although in the first instance com
petition might produce this result tor short pcf YET
n the this agency backed Ivy the vast resources OF
the Bank OF The United States would PROSTATE tins very
competition. and after having crippled Tie resources Vi
our own Institutions il would then, on lis own terms,
enjoy an entire !nunopoy OF THIS business 10 say no.
thur Of lis substituting circulation for the notes OF
our banks rrcriIe alone a! Philadelphia: whilst the
agency in Charleston would have at all times, tine means
OF cocrcng specie payments from our Banks by present
ing their notes al their respective counters.
"RcsOrtd That should regard the establishment OF
the said agency, traugh with the most IN
furious consequences the Trade. Commerce and Agri
culture Of South Carolina utterly uncaed Tor.
as our own Banks incorporated By own Legislature:
responsible laws, and owned by our own peo-
pie amply competent 10 discharge The high ana oene-
fetal services for which they were created
.Rts0rld That The Chairman OF this meeting do nnml-
nate committee Of five persons. whose duty 1t shall be
prepare memorial TO the Legislature, to be present
ed for general subscription to our eilowciuzcns SUD-
hitting honorable body, both The policy and JUS
tice Of subeciing the sd Agency 10 prohlbtory taxa
ton in the Bank: called lhe Bank Of the States
Incorporated By the Legislature Of Pennsylvania, IN oP
position 10 the Of this connrlalir shond attempt
the rsab shment the said Agency IN this City Stale
Rcsoired That those Resolutions be published in the
different papers OF this city.
line l5!I1wins gentlemen we're appointed the Commit
,cc under the 9th Resolution john Robinson: Nat lay
ward, Chas Edmonstom, j. l.. Peigru: and Frederick
Scha:ier.
'Cn motion Of Gen. Hamilton
sResOirrd That the thanks o! the meeting be present.
cd u TIT o'''' EDW VA ". Morrill, Chairman.
Thomas d. COSBY. Secretary
Ii appears bv the following letter to COMMITTEE OF
gentlemen at Nashville t!a, Tennessee is not likely 10
BE- honored by The presence Of an Agency:
''B.SK or THE USITEn STATES.
July &, l-Ai. )
.Cr.r,ruES:-I have tie homo. Of submitting 10 The
Board of Directors the memorial! signed by you and
other citizens of Nashville and its vicinity, requesting an
Agency OF This Bank in that place. They reco!!ect with
great satisfaction the relations OF bIsnrse WHICH subsst
I'd so long and SO advanageousy between the citizens
Of Tennessee and this lnstitutIon-and they incline
checrtny and promptly to renew ihsn'-noFe espccal-
" since the has been requested " inc nighY
respectable body Of citizens whom you SO wortly re-
present. But they understand that such an establish
en might possibly be regarded conflicting with the
existing laws Of the STATE which they are ANXIOUS scru-
pulousy to respect While therefore. that obstacle re-
mains they to yield their own prcdi!ec-
lions to the higher consideration Of avoiding any mea.
sure which might no. be fully sanctioned By tie Govern
/ ment Of Tennessee.
With great respect, yours
N DIDDLE, President.
Messrs H. r. W Hill, & Co, j. 4 r. Yeatman, &
Co., Douglass, Wood, IL Co., Jno. Michel, While q
; Norvell, -fdshrihc Tenn.
Virpina too is likely to escape all visitation for the
presen-as understand the Bank as at present adj
yscL is determined to send agency amongst Us Il
said that the notes TO It would not De rccovea-
BILE under some decision Of the Court Of Appeals.
The States will yet be able TO pare the claws and ORA"
the teeth of the Ion
The U. 5. Te!rgra PHI whether under the old or the
junior Editor the ancient the nrw Tcglme IS true to
its VOCATION In Charging 'anoticr fh 10 'tie En-
uirer il makes four Tor Itself Il gives us the credit OF
not less than four paragraphs, which might have seen
with half eye the property ct our able Trend Inc
Albany Argns But the beauty the thing 49, that the
Telegraph IS thus guilty Of Justification al the very mo-
meni i, charges Us with classifying the article from the
. Argus-that is, merely changing the terms Of The
proposition, which the Arg had used about Judge
McLean-placing too: did before cur readers Doth
The words O.. the Argus and our own
TIE CRoP.-The Cincinnati Post Of the 25.h uI, imo,
says, that " The Wheat s full average crop, ana lhe
quality excellent OF Oats The crop is abundant beyond
" precelrn-Rye l;g--Hay very heavy crop: and ven
gotin-Coin. Hemp and Tobacco, never more promising
The former in Tennessee, was IN the SIX three weeks
ago. and the crop considered as secured Extensive
u peach orchards but no fruit Apples plenty.
" The Baltimore American states. that the Maryland
wheat crop has failed generally and absolutely es that
of Virginia. and that the sound advice given 10 the pso
pie of the latter Stale (by late Correspondent IN the
Enquirer in this exgency may he addressed with eqna!
proprety to our fellow citizens OF Maryland.
o We scarcely feel ourselves authorized 10 quote any
i price for Wheat Our n!lers doing but little IN their
IS line. We understand, that 81 % was refused 10 be
given here for mixed crop Of about 300 bushels some
good, baG-and that 1t has been Slice SOLO III e
:. tersburg III this price.
- We beg leave add that late letter from Petersburg
~ clears up the contradiction which has lately appeaIed
n about the 81 being offered for Wheat there turns
out that citizen of that town offered the 81 for e0tce
lot Of ,ehc Ucq for the purpose Of distributing II rs
seti Hhcut. The price afterwards n'entioheu win
is out these qualifying circumstances IN the
10 respectable gentleman, from whom our informant ue
~ r-ed his staIencn-und hence the general impression
at which they took up On The subject.
,r .=.E..,aH.e@-.zE.H
tie o. The Republican Corresponding COMMITTEE t9'
N the county of Southampton, and The irenos OF Inc Au
" minslraton generally, are requested 10 meet ID 1errsa
Sc lem. on Monday, 18th August, Court day
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