Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-12

condemned he de-
cared his " qualification enhanced in being first nom
mated by Ohio State which had taken strong ground
against the Bank of the United States and Is con-
sdeedby the Sun 6io tie soelare of sis
Ter STATE IL is clear then that Judge White is the
vocate of the Bank of the u. S. established We
beg the people of Tennessee TO remember that this was
predicted in the prospectus of years Extra Globe
and The circumstances arruyed which impressed the
vcion upon mind. II is rendered nnque stion-
able, by numerous articles favorable the Bank being
introduced into the SUM- and this last editorial notice, d.
the Bank and upplaudng Mr.. Webster, who its great
champion-U.
THE EXPUNGING DEBATE.
The speech of Mr. Leigh, taken in conjunction with
tina, Of Mr. Porter may be assumed placed be-
fore the public the defence Of the Bank whip senators
and exhibited the upon which they mean to rely
The defence consists of two parts, the first which
was we'll known before but the second must ex-
cite establishment every where, and especially among
the unsoPhisticated, and must now be permitted
TO say, the deludcd followers of these Bank WING
senators The first point is to raise panic about
the destruction of the Journal they please to term
IT. although there is destruction of any thing; and
the second is, to take refuge under the nnocency
any offence crime whatever imputed to him -
This annunciaon will doubtless be received with total
incredibly by the Bank Wings throuyhot The Union
but the publication of Mr. Leigs speech will dspel in
creduty, establish the fact, leave these Bank Whgs
the melancholy alternative of following example Of
The Bank Senators in eating their speeches and charges
or OF abandoning leaders who have wonderfully aban
doned their followers, The speech of Mr.. Leigh will be
published; and ironthat speech will be that
innocency of President now the sole refuge shell
ter and reliance Of those who denouncng condemn
|
isinnocen achat syP If they admit him to be in
nocent what do they themselves been
Certainly they deprive themselves of all excuse of all
Qualifications OF all Defence for their conduct two years
ago they exhibit themselves the able point
OF view that ever body of public stood in To admit
the Innocence OF The President proclaim guilt of
themselves, only towards the President but towards
their country, and TO that God whom all moral beings
accountable; and IL is 10 admit themsel the authors
OF all the calanites inflicted upon business part
OF the consmaaity during the panic and pressure But
this is the fate Of faction. The President was accuse
/ uenONncec, The
the violation of the Laws and Constitution
of anry scene of UNPARALLELED
prosperity into of paraeed distress This SEN
ence Characterization, untrue in ITSELF unconstitu-
,ionaly nronounced; and now TO extrcate themselves
from the appalling condition which they are caught and
which the cxpungng process compels them answer,
these furious assaiIauts Of the President 90 who
hen deemed him worthy of "a scaifold vert them
selves into his apoogists, his defenders his cuogsts and
crouch themselves under the mantle innocency Not
only the sentence of condemnation which they passed as
they aiegs contains no impuiaon OF criminal intent in
the President, but it is denied that they intended in
their hearts to charge him with any bad intent whatever
and THIS incredible declaration is forced of them by
the deplorable dilemma they in; for if they ad.
init that they intended to charge the President 10Th any
offence ehateoer that moment they have TO admit that he
entitled TO trial for that offence; they in
proceeding against him, without trial. violated the
Conssniion subverted justice, and disgraced the Sc
nate They obliged, then, the less odous part of
the two, to deny all that they did, and eat up all the
speeches which they made for six months; they are
Obliged 10 deny that they either did charge, intended
to charge, any offence whatever upon the President
They have go their sentence of condemnation
which they altered and e.atered and made more and
more ambiguous till they can deny any thine and af:
firm any thing under ii, and then excISiIn here is no
charge of evil Intentions which only makes the thing
worse for they themselves subtley conrved these an.
bguous phrases in order like cunning attoTnes to avoid
committing themselves; and then they have to denv
that the charge in their hearts, or in their mouths
or on their tongues; for if the charge was in their
hearts, IL aggrayaton of their offence 10 leave il
out OF the record Therefore, they driven to deny
that IN their hearts, they ever charged President Jack
son with any offences and, of course, they have to ad
mt that oil their documentary speeches false and
factious. MIR Leigh has delivered several speeches
and not published them; but this one must published
The public must have it, and it must be had in form
which will stop the denals of the Bank Wings Hisa
speech 'chich 10iH DlSBAND THE PARTY! That part
OF towards the end, which declares the innocence of
the President, which absolves him from all offence and
all crime whatever, and in which Mr. Leigh solennly
declared that if he then sitting in a court Of inn
parchment upon the President, he would return YER
diet Of NOT GUILTY; this part alone is enough. 1t
will DiSBAND the party! II will ill with shame and
indignation the one hundred and twenty thousand peo-
pie, who sent on memorials here against the deSpot
a% anu %sss b @ TO ray ms o1on sndietiss
Constitution usurped all pooer produced revolution de-
sroycd all confidence, and struck dOon the country from
state If unparalleled prosperity TO state o unparesL
ed distress These hundred twenty thousand
petitioners, who only followed the lead, and re echoed
the words Of the Bank Wing Senators, think them
selves bewitched. At first they will believe word;
at last the speech will come and, like frghtfu uppa-
ron, oyerpower their Then the storm of shame
and rage must break forth; and all who themselves
innocent of designs TO ruin President Jackson must
parate themselves from leaders who have been unjust
10 the President, false their God, so fahless TO
their followers, fatal to their country SO shame
less in the face of the world AZ for President
Jackson, bis measure of content must be FULL he
the assaiants who, two years ago, tearing him TO
pieces, meek as doves, gentle lambs IGNORING
bis motives dc nding his and crouchinp under
the mantle of his innocence to themselves from
ing convicted for violating the Constitution, subyeTne
justice, and dsgracIng the Senate.
AS for the panic about the destruction Of the journal.
IL is destined to evaporate in the vilcst abortion which
even this age Of Lilpulian and sphenera panics has
ever bcheld A light has broke out, which con-
the whole into rdicule These original manuscript
journals, which Bank wing panic Senators, and Bank
wing panic JUDGES, would have believe were sa-
cred and intangIbleneyer TO DO touched in letter
under the penalty OF sacYilegc and felony these sacred
journals, IL is now known have been considered and
treated by the United States House Of Representatives
for TiIIRTY-FlVE YEARS, as waste paper and as
such thrown away and destroyed Such the fact for
from 1889 TO 1S21 there is not leaf of any manuscript
Journal in the House Of Representatives. This fact was
brought by Mr. Ryes in bis Specc and here are his
, ! remarks upon It
fact, rnal manuscript Jour,
the House
tho the
gfes ls a. AZ the journal printed published
supposed there Longer Practical retaining
caro- Of ptescsyd such the practice during The whole
Of
there accomplished clerk, and but cw ADLER
ihnfe De Wopfey the esnb crcd4dI
such practical construction Of the Constitution, regard
b. With his business uust be admitted
= I titled slight consideration"
Where now the panic SENATORS and the panic
, JUDGES Ifwriting line across entity, and draw
ing circle round it, Is sacriege aud felony, the desruc-
ton Of the Constitution, perjury, &C. &C. &C. what il
throw away and destroy ia toto the entire journals
Of the branch Of Congress for thirty -hyO
years. " hat words hsve they got for this sacfIlego
and what excuse have NIessgs Clay, and Calhoun and
Tyler and Souhard e id genus, for sitting BY
Houao Of Ecprrsentstivca willie escrfIooc