Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-04-21
VOLUME XXXgy.---No. re.

the S and o2e Of !iiese Sepat,rsrNr Cisyl had
charged ths 10 the base motive Of revenge because
he could succeed 10 his at,rnp Ia seduce this vir.
inoDs institution into The Sid OF politics and into the
Support OF his py.!l.cr! views The frs, remark
T.Gh haze 10 make -t,arIEs imputed war is upon,
the Gea winch II presents o.! the .,ght Of the bank
- De conliaIed - ~ existence, when oppose tina.
continuation Of existence d~rn'd "ioai!Dn Of rhnt
,tgtt and a commencement Of aostrs upon the in
situation. General Jackson made no movement oga!ns.
the existing charter Of TIE late blUh; made 10 at
tempt 10 impair. or In destroy, the exciting Charter
ihe extent Vt his action as recommend TO Congress
the renewal Of the charter and afterwards. To dis
approve the charter which Cor::ess bad granted
This was the extent Of his actIomdirecled against
non existent. and not against an existing chQTer. Ac
corGIng the Republican reading os the CONSTITUTIONS
the PTesden HAD right do these ilnIs nay, more,
that It his duty 10 make this recommendation. and
sxpress this dsa pprovs If lie thought the CoUS,tu-
on the psbiic good forbade the future existence of
the bank lie had CHAR fight under the Constitution
d. what he did, but according to the Federal reading
Of the Constitutions exhibited hy this OBJECTION he
had such right; bnt gr!tY'of Iaw!css violence
aud wagrd upon the i-n0toa. both IN III" recon-.
EIsndaton aud III the rZfciot OF The veto Tins - he
GI' ine:"Ucr esIlt.ny from he rsitipn SGch IL
The progress OF nnRe Publican IDEAS among Us ideas
whci ." to invest n"uryrd corporation with right.
ui ca,m 10 psrpeiuly Of existence and TO sg'na'ize
Icgr toe constitutions. e@e'3lse Of E=ec1iYe lights
aud Guies
With these remarks to show the progress among us
OF IDEAS o.gards the roy docr:Gr Of legitimacy. com"
70 The main lnCI,ry;hr truth q tie charge self Is
It true that General Jackson made upon the b1na
Of the United States IS il true that he was in ivUt Of
that institution an, only iu!GRt agars: after his cleo.
ton the Presidency aud after h. had a!'"d il at
tempt 10 conyt.i it INTO political machine. to sGbsrvc
ms uwn political purposes; These are the Questions
winch are uw D. answered aud. lpp':. .!sey w!!!
receive which w'l cUCsgn The charge 20 the
lowest piac" HE dr-p's! abb IS Ol pyHca cldInG.:s
rhrse churgcs rs, crrp, inl" dayhsh, ct The v'to
lion o: l-.i2 and attained ner !u torn ana sGape al
the famous panic session OF 1865 in boh instances
they elnanaed directly from the Bank OF the y Itself;
and 10 tie maurrd form wach tey received IN l-33 IN
eporl committee 0 That Bank approved by the MA
,rltv Of lis directory they imported THAI ia'pednteyeJ
tie eieraor u Gea JGckS"n 10 the P'Ss,GeHcy ns
ny h:G Of the pTi"ciya! eti'ts II consider If Mc
meunS Of p.ryetuutiHg Hsr Es| Gub3r': mad iae pas
s,Ssi0n ~ IKE Bank among tie oLi,cS q Hc pcrttS
os>smsied There ,rGS n combined cHo't 10 rsader Mc
pk ubserrsnt p0ii,'cIi purposes. ard 10 tTcak
il cD,dd MT /. Lsnt 10 t.sSs purposes. THIS lie
cha-re,ue very srec Sc and very pubic II proof
Il there wa5 any tfn,n IN II. no proof. however, has
ey.r been attempted b. those vino made u, AID o:Ie
specification under IT, bat the forty times !,drd ms
repre- senlulnn about jeremiah Mason. the President Of
the Portsmouth Branch Bank The Cabinet meeting,
ard the application for the removal n hr. Mason, arS
fixed !ur the spring nt le9, ani - the whole attempt
I'd .rducrior, destrucon, Of the Bank. was then
pla nned and Ear seduction was concerned, was
rE-n fully tried date hereby presents !ise which BE-
cures The loUcHslonr OF ,i!e alcus@i'"a Il Is IN the
pr
-uat!on and resolves bend the bank to tbs pug
o>as or TO brruk H. and IS IN June .! the year
IA, the vile s"uc'.on is attempted, AMI - 50 n"i-'
1amDiy rrpuiseG o. course, 'un i':ai ume I.;wnrc.
Gen Jackson could feel nothing but resentment nrans:
the nnsetuc bic iir BIdde, and Mr. BIdGr couid ler:
no bir1 but ahhnreucc for the man that had attempted
his honor. Nov mark what havoc a few stubborn
dates and .w recorded lacrs will mas" 0! oil Ihis inc
romance The Spring OF lc29 Is tie cae Of tins fe.
rcious resolution OF seduction destruction, aud U!
y.y yEa q
rr.nr forth; nomination 10 the Senate Of the >
hy Gen Jackson ur this Nr. bdGte 10 he one g
lie Government directors Of the bank and nominated
at the head o the list, hic was an'lE'Jnt 10 n"l.
a5:nr him for the presidency "i Ii" bank In the s.
nate this nv.inatuW .s unanimously voted ~! hy the
friends Of Gen Jackson, and Mir Srcdr accepts the aa
continent thus conferred This Is date and one iact
What n,x,; Why. in January. lc3!, President Jackson
-pocas the same nomination. has lI.gnts IN The Senate
I'VE i the same unanimous vote, an" MI Bcd!- ic-
:ea;s his acceptance Of tbs repeated appointment -
This is secorI date, and second lIri IS there any
hing more; Yes. SIR. another nomIInliUn- arGthrr
unanimous vote for it-and another acceptance, ~ IA.
nunry ls32 So tba, three times, in three yra-s, "e:
resolving On the destruction Of r Btt'e and The Yank
after resolving 10 bend hr bank To s purposes. Or 20
break it. this Violent man. who VIII b!ooH 10 "ppos'I'A
TO his will. replaced thr same MI Diddr az Govern.
mon, director and indicated Elm for the head o. TIE
institutions and three times IN three years after h at
t,mo,ed seduction did Mr. Bdce receive appointments
Al The hands Of the whom. he M" gi?eS IS to ~"
-rstand he held in abhoe"ce or account OF That ~
tempt
MIR President there cGses in winch tie +" s. max.
inn. Of the aw-,he Mosaic. vel Is the civil smG
the common law-rsGTlr" an immediate" cry, and ~
NOT ,,ru 10 = stale -ccusarOn The 1>snc" before Us
y one o. ,ho-e cases The virgin 5Gw& should nave
.crcauef IN June l-:sJ II was tpp iar 10 heg.n idmy
n NAV l-:}2 after il knC" .. that t.r rc1 vas -
.olvri unuu md only t0an audible SHREK IN DE.
snhcr l2;3 after the deposltes had been removed -
Such long drlaysd complaint Of ""'rrg". and th"n Z
.ifnpiru and !l1ng compn'n. under such e'cn".'."H
,s looks E,U. Ike the accusation OF revenge, EItn l-
hr,rk Of injured in-oC.nc. !; looks Ike lh ac@Csa
.ion of PorPhar w.! against I">era. NJ. S. jhr &C.
usa,ion il a}se upon its face sProren'n De- fa By
les and cts bat the pro-" does not sinp her" ha'r
another piece Of evidence y puss~->Ion, q! r'aa"e.
m higher aud Of fleet still conclusive, - be Yo
tuced if the Senate prases tIs letter ifm Gen '"nN
"n himself; and being iicr. canHni BE- roc "Ece o.
he leave Of the Senate CH's 81 Ifa"", raf.' r''',
rom ditfrron, parts uf the thlmher Mr. 3 womb
avail himself If The leave which granted m: Wa9G
.ert the letter hu.hp frs! Ch.c TO explain tn circr
.rarces under which " came I" he ufui.n Ne nave
n,nv prnph-ls al this Hume. sId Nj Is bn' ih't 81
them are RI D0s frio performers IN the art "i dvn1'!"n
f,,r,liirp most accurately the wa"r event after II
mad hi Dyenrd !. the contrary. maze und'fsk"n 20
practice litIIe in The old waytn divine "head-to pro
ohprIza Of coming event; and 50, wren on my way to
CONGRESS last Fall. ! wrote to Cen Jac;sDa from nv
steamboat IN the Ohio river, 10 INFORM MN Oi TINS aiac"
which was to b. made upon him in the Snale. and 70
.av 10 him that il be chose To answer Il himself and
would write letter to that EJECT would cramst I"
.hr scene when the attack made. sY Introducing
aim To speak FOR himself. The attack nas been MADE
md here is the nnsaer letter from the Hermitage,
dated November 90 1897. all written in the old Gene.
ais own hand. and written with the vigor and rapdlt3
f an arm that was driving the British and the indians
before it. This is the !et,e;:
"HERw!rAoE Nov 90. I-37
sThe charge n,a1a Of nv being friendly The Hsn.:
# the United States until found 1t could rot be u1"d
to subserve my political purposes when turned agans'
IT, is one Of the tasest calumnes ever uttered Srch
must all pronounce II. who know ANYTHING "o'H' IRE
have ever opnns.a the establishment Of this bank
grounds Of both constitu;ioraity ard expectancy.
when the arstocrac few at Nashville htst made
royement 10 obtain branch there, they we're forssalFd
by law Of the Legislature, imposing heavy tine npo"
hank tina, should attempt to do business within the
I,3s NJ the State without being srsi chartered By the
en.larnre rhcrrof This provision Of the Legislature