Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-06-22
NO. AZ.

him rise in his place and point his finger at
the man, and not by sweeping, general in
sinuation, cast censure upon the whole body
OF which he is a member. Let us have no
warrants OF indefinite charges Suppose il
should turn out that member Of Congress
had borrowed or owes bank, does il follow
that 10 be IN debt 10 such an institution is a
crime2 Is il a crying sin 10 be in debt -
Ii II is an evidence Of corruption there are a
great many corrupt sinners in our country.
Whole States, even General Governments,
upon this principle, IRE corrupt and brbed
communities and Ohio among them. II
the Senator is for denouncing those who may
happen TO be in debt let him take the bull by
the horns, and denounce his own State for
| Ohio is debtor. | met her agents, few
weeks ago in Wall-street New York where
had gone on the same business for my
own State, negotiating loan for some mill
lions and with whom, Mr.. President do
you suppose they negotiated their loan p
They sold their State bonds TO Prime, Ward
and King, the money catchers for the Bank
OF England Yes, sir, with the lords and
ladies' OF Great Britain the same from
whom Mr. Nicholas Bddle obtains his loans
to feed and fatten his monster. Is there any
thing corrupt in this,-in borrowing money
OF a foreign bank2 Or will the Senator at
tempt to justify ii, upon the ground il is ro-
query and murder for an individual to steal
from or kli ~.e.h<-, L,s, :, 10 n, ~. 49,
and heroic, if a nation or State murders
thousands and robs kingdom 1t mus, be
justified upon this principle if upon any
Sir, consider il no crime for either State.
a Government. or citizen, who forms a part
of State or Government 10 borrow money
OF banks, or from any other quarter. Banks
like merchants, have their customers and
they will deal with them as long as it is
their interest to do so, and no longer.
Sir, many gentlemen oppose banks on
constitutional grounds. Those who bold
these opinions | respect, and, confined to
certain description of banks, am with them
in opinion. Their opposition is Of high
and manly character, and ELECTS respect from
every quarter. Others. net entertaining con-
siitutional scruples, oppose banks because
they are SO wealthy that they require no aid
from them. They are disposed to turn sha-
! vers or brokers themselves. and monopolize
| the trade in money at usurious interest,"
The banks are in their way, and hence their
opposition. And to those may be added an
other class, who are opposed TO banks
These are those who have neither property,
industry, nor character and, on these ac-
counts. are unable to effect loan Of a bank:
and hence they are found cursing banks.
morning, noon and night and if we look
over the country, we shall find that this lat
ter class frequently make up considerable
portion Of The antibank forces. There are
others, know. belonging to neither of these
classes. who are against banks upon princi
pie ; they believe banking to be wrong and
yet we often find that it SO happens that
some Of them find it convenient sometimes
to borrow small sums, for short periods,from
banks Are they corrupt2
| MIR. President, when came to my seat in
the Senate this morning, had no idea of
making a speech. | voted to lay the reso-
luton upon the table, and shall vote against
it on its passage. have troubled the Sen
ate longer than expected But when
heard the resolution read, and heard the Sen
ators speech, l thought it my duty to risein
my place and enter my protest against.the
inquisition ii proposes