Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-01-13

,..o. tAeir pleasure ios the enjoyment Of q con.
eiifu,iouai currency. One word n to national
honk: If b were to admit that . bank OF the =.
0eases was necessary and usefu! IN regu'aune 'ne
enrrenev. land that il was, could not be denied)
ves "a you'd saw, that he "would rather bear the
H. 70 have, than fly TO others that We know MOI
ofp Such ON institution, with . capital Of one
Nm lced millions, branching out over the coun-
erv. appsarcd to him dangerous to the ioortics OF
the coantry.-Mr. b. was much pleased at the
Kind sympathy Mr.: Clay had expressed 10, inc
Secretary If the Treasury, and &c bad no doubt
but that he would carry it out; and If that gen
,leman should come into any difficulties by the
oneraaion Of this bill, Mr.. C. by his well known
abilities. woul be able defend him, and EXIT
cato him from tho fangs Of tho law
Mr. Clay would say bit ono word. As 70 'ne
Secretary. If il should DO tho last cause he ha"
uoon earth. no would not risk his reputation }"
=, de.perate n case az in the defence Ut that gen
tlen,ao. In reference to Mr.. Bachana"'s onso1-
walton about the beggarly account oi empty W.
e., Mr. G.. would observe, that perhaps IN '"e GU
Of war and in the echo Of the cannon tho nonor.
able gentleman might not have UNDERSTOOD VIVA.
80 *. eel no;ot Of attack. Now he (N1r. ~
,vo,,8 beo leave TO explain that a htte 10 tnc
ho,o-,,,ie gentleman. This little bill was inc
GRAND result Of the great remedies ana hea'," :,
mcaeures Of the Government ny ui's ii'''e o,''
thew wore experimenting how to restore or es'ao-
I;.h their hard money plans, beginning Win the
paced az Columbia There we had the great
national mountain in labor-fhe country was
.nx;ously looking on to see what great remedy
was 10 bs brought forth, when 10! OUT crept ,,,
lie mouse in the shape Of this little bit on Oil
The Chairman Of the Committee on FINANCE
fdr. Wripht.) whose stores Of knowledge were Sc
xnst. vhssc skill and sagacity excited the great
est expecsaaio6o, whose financial abilities were
the theme Of every tongue, whose cooincss ana
statesman-!ike bearing was above all Pfaisc' nao
raised tho expectation Of an ANXIOUS community
% tho utmost pitch--somethng was now gong .
be done for the country-relicf was at hand, anf
MA vere going to have end TO all our trouD
ies. vhen instead Of all, out comes this ittIc Oh
of hill 10 nut down shin-plasters in the LIS
irict. and 30 to begin the establishment OF Tue
genuine hard money currency throughout '"e
Union! And VIC were told ''oniy put down tncse
.iious shin plastcrs and the hard money wall De
-, a. c;rc ni,tc If its own accord" Such were
the promises, but the country had been icd long
cno,vh with kind promises and visions OF pros
pectvc prosperity, till they had all ended In the
utter explosion Of the experiment and all ITS prom
iscs.
f-om the member from Pcnnsy lvanin (Mr Buc-
hanan) that no was now no hard money man
L,, a. IN his fear. Of a United States Bank, how
wa, +, when he had experienced ats dement's 1or
more than forty ycars, the dangers which inc gen
tleman professed 10 apPrehcnd had never pee" re,
.i;xcdf And while he (Mr, BIchanan) Profcsscd
~, oo,cr,ain such dreadful alarm against a''at'on-
al bank which the country had safely and secure
Iv .n;ovcd for 80 long n time, how was 1t he nad
=, fear, whatever against a great Executive
bank. not in the hapds Of the People, rs the Tor
uocr "a. and rs another might be, but bank IN
ahc hands and under the powc! and control OF inc
Executive alone, and Of his servants a"a agents.
Nov va, il the honorable gentleman had no Leafs
h.r. in view Of scheme SO fearful, so dangerous,
m aiarmipp9 Mr.. G. would regard with tar less
.I,rm a war with tho most powerful people on
earth, than he viewed such schemc, such sub
..;,u,;on for n national bank.