The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-03-30


pointed on the Constitutions submitted by
Michigan and Arkansas, was read, and
bills were submitted for their admission
into the Union. These bills were made
the order of the day for Tuesday next.
ErPunging Resolutions.
Mr.. Ewing, of Ohio, moved that the
Senate take up the unfinished business Of
yesterday, which was agreed to, and the
consideration Of Mr.. Benton's Expunging
resolutions was resumed.
Mr. Porter addressed the Senate at
some length, in opposition TO the rcso-
lutions before he had concluded, being
weak from indl sposltlon, the subject was
postponed until tomorrow.
The Public Land Bill was postponed
to y ednesday week.
The Senate were afterwards engaged
on private bills, until the hour of their adj.
journment.
HOUSE.-The motion of Mr.. Cam
breleng to discharge the committee of the
whole on the state of the Union from the
consideration ofthe bill to repeal the 18th
section Of the act incorporating the Bank
of the United States, which authorises the
notes of the Bank to be received in pay
ment of debts due the United States,com
ing up as the unfinished morning business,
Mr.. Cambrcleng called for the reading of
the section, " by which the notes of the
Bank were to be received in all payments
due to the u. States, until otherwise or.
dcred by Congress-" after which. he
said, that the Committee of Ways and
Means wished the bill to be taken out of
the Committee and sent to the House,
that it might be engrossed for a third
reading.
Mr.. Ingersoll said he had doubts that
the notes were a legal tender, and he rose
to protest against being considered as
sanctioning the proceedings of the Com
mitee of Ways and Means.
Mr.. J. G. Adams had hoped, he said,
that the war upon this bank was at an
end. He did not like to stamp upon the
bodies of the dead, and, if that was the
intention of this bill, he hoped an oppor.
lunity would be afforded for full dis
cussion upon the subject in this House.
He had heard no reason offered for dis
credting the notes of the Bank of the
United States, and, in point of fact, these
were the only notes to which full and
extensive credit was given. They were
better than gold and silver, and formed
The best sort of currency. What was
The necessity of discrediting these bills as
far as Congress could do it five passed
J the bill, it would have the appearance of
spitelul malignity against the Bank otthe
United States, rather than of measure
intendedto injure or cripple that insttu-
sure The public EVERY man in the
! United States who made use of money -
and what was the object "a little triumph
of the government over the Bank "a
newspaper flourish about the passage of
an act, by Congress, to discredlt the
notes of the Bank of the United States
-bn. the people were Interested in sus-
tanning, instead of putting down this in
stltution.
Mr. Brown made some remarks in
favor ofthe motion, contending that, if the
clause was in operation it would do no
harm to say so, and, if there was doubt
/ in the ematter, it was still more necessary
20 pass the bill. He odvertcd to the re-
marks of the President of the Bank, con-
graduating the stock holders of the nsi-
tuition that 1t was now separated from all
conneXion with the government. He
wished such n course to be taken as would
leave no doubt that ;he Conhexlon be-
tween the Bank and the goyernm mt was
dissolved.
Mr.. Lane said few words in favor of
the motion.
Mr.. Mckennan said no reason had been
given why the action OF the House should
be hastcued on the subject. This was a
question of so much interest that it ought
to be discussed in the Committee of the
Whole, where it could not be stopped by
the application cf the gag. 1t was ques-
lion of expediency, ard when the subject
came up, he would endeavor to show that
it was inexpedient to discredIt the best
and safest currency in the country. He
could not see the object ofthc bill, unless
treasury order, directing the receivers
AID collectors oftho public money not the
receive the notes of this Bank.
Mr.. Mann. of n. Y. said that, if this
bill were no, passed, one state bank would
be suffered to retain an advantage over
all other state banks. Could gentlemen
consent to give the state bank of Pennsyl-
vania preference over all the banks of
their own states He believed that the
clause was operative and binding on all
the collectors and receivers of the public
money, so far as the notes of the late
bank of the United States were concerned
but not in relation to the new issues of
the state Bank of Pennsylvania. The old