Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-05

Tie words Of the law arc clear; the practice under il
has been uniform and uninterrupted from the date 81 It's
ssaHG 10 tic present day tor twenty years. and under
three Presidents all The Secretaries of The Treasury have
acted alike Zach has n,#Gc selections, permitting the
some spree paying banks to be received and Tor
b.danG others. Mr. Crawford did II in numerous staI.
ces; an! fierce and universal as were the attacks upu"
that eminent patriu during the Presidential canvass Of
lc2i, no h.G.Gn being thought OF charging han
with rga!tv IN tits respect Mr.. Rush twice mace ST.
iar selections. during The administration OF Air Albums,
ard Cir, r!icr in The cabinet with him. or out
oi lhc CLhiul againsl him, complained OF 1t. For
twenty vrnrs the Practice has been uniform; ard every
citizen % The Ncs knows that that practice was the &C.
ucrui, though mol universal exclusion OF the Western
specie paying bark paper from the Western land Offices
This every IL The AFesl knows, ard knows that That
general exclusion continued down To the day that the
Bank of the u. States 10 te The depository OF The
public moneys. 1t that event which opened The
uuur the recci:aby vi State bank paper, Which has
since been ENJOY ed
Mr. L then approached argument which he deem
ed authoritative in this il was the aih article of
the Rules aud Regulations OF the Bank Ct tic U. 5. Tor
The government OF their branches. II was made since
the passage Of the joint resolution OF l9G and related
the collection D the revenue OF the L. >. 1T made
short work with the nntes If the banks q!
the States excluding the notes ci the whole OF them
from all branches Of lhe revenue except vi such banks
as lgit be situated in tie place where the branch
bank situated. The notes OF these branches alone
were to be received in payment; il the Secretary oil The
Treasury required others be received they would not
be taken in payment but u"rcly noted special dc
posilr al the instance Of the Government lh!s is the
article:
"ARrlcLE xxIv.-The Offices of discount and depoSe
shall receive in payment OF the revenue Of the United
States the notes of such Stale banks redeemed their
engagements with specie aud provided they are the
notes of banks located in the city place where the Of
fee receiving them is established And also the notes
of such other banks special depos,e on behalf OF
the Government the Secretary Of the Treasury may
require.
ii.rs (sad Mr. is selecton-a selection by which
few State banks in event exceeding those IN TWEEN.
ty five Places for there never more than twenty-five
branches would have their notes received while the mass
of the State banks, amounting TO many hundreds were
entirely cut off TIE legality of this selection and er-
cuion has been questoned yet there are persons
who deny President Jackson the right OF making the
same selecon and VIII, most stand before the pubic as
denying to the President Of The United States the power
over the execution of the laws which they concede 10
The President OF the Bank of the United States
Mr.. B. said, that it might we'll be supposed TINT he
had now sufficiently repealed this charge Of illegay.-
tie certainly deemed the charge sufficiently answered.
but he had other arguments yet 10 use-arguments be-