Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-04-26

- dangerous 10 none, ANA stlnliry 10
chine never works well when the South il divided,
10, badly when IT Is united. .t- -.
The Senaor next tells ia that declared would
march off undo, the Sate.rghfs banner, when no
>eiged on 10 inrugn my patriotism and TO boast OF
bis own. ltisnn easy task, hs lllsslang ar 2hblng
10 dslotl the most elevated ofeorrect sentiment. IN
tins the Senator. b, selecting siage member OF
tn sentence, 4 throwing strong emphasis on on,
gave meaning directly Opposite oi What uiu say
but IT afforded him an opportunity oil representing
me rs abandoning the cause oi the Constitution ana
country md himself ~ being their champion, WHICH,
II seems sufficient for lis purpose. The decls-
ration Is taken from my opening speech ut the extra
session and that tho Senate may judge Tor Itself
snallpNc the entire passage: ~
We ne about 10 take a reah start move OIL
under the State rights banner and 20 IN the difse'
ton IN which have been SO long moving seze
the opportunity thoroughly 10 ,eiorm The Govern :.
nent to hring IT back to lis original pin 'rlfs 10
re1ench, eeonouiAe and teidly TO enforce aseoun-
liability. shall opfose sllfnuously all sacp,p'sto
originate deb. create national bank. 10 re-
uae The political and money power, tmefc dangerous
than Church and Staie.) IN any form OF shape.
This ~ hat did de- clare, aud which the Senator
represents deserving the onstitntion and county;
and ths ia the way lam usually answered. kno"
un whether have greater to conn lam or ir-
ioiee NJ the fact that there is searrsy An argument
CT srgncai Of miGc, which is attempted Ia he met.
that - not emhled, fnssiattd " have reason To
complain of the injustice, | have Ut the sane TIME
the pleasure orcfect that II Is high implied COM
plment Ia the truth aud con eetncss o What say.
There still remains an important chapter 10 com
pleie the conpar son betwreen { puhhe cllatneter
of The Senator aud myself mean Tie part which
took in the late war hrtween Great Britain aud
Tins country. intended ohe tin,c 10 enter on II,
and 10 trace the rise and progress of the war, with its
various vicssitndts ri disasters aud victories, and tho
pan winch the Senator aud hts political associates
acted al thai important period bur tliesc are by
zone cvcnis, belonging to the historian, IN whose
hands am content II lenvc thrm. md shall NOT fernr
10 thent unless the Senator should provoke me
hereafter by renewal al his attack.
Having despatched the lersonahues OF The
Seualor return neNt to his afeunetii, which. IN |
have stated, consists ot lArer parts the preliminary
discourse ouoied,l aud banks the discussion OF tho
question at issne and the iep, a. my remarks AZ
tnls aud The extra session. | shall consider each
"a have brenn, in the reverse otdrt. The arsn-
tnent o The Senator - mise eaurous aud lnosely
connected, thai II j. matcr III but lille lHponance
ia what ordei Is considered.
When he announced h,s intention 10 reply 10 nv
remarks both nj this aud the extla sessinn auiic,-
ralrd that they would be met fully, II moi sarislacto-
IDLY, poiut by point. Guess. lhei my surprise, On
ndtte hun pass by. without t,en attempting IN an
swe, tothc numerous objections which made loths
untpu ol the political and money power, rs affecting
the morals the politics. the currency, the industry,
aud prosperity OF the county, which, II the fourth
pat be rue y decisive OF the question, ald noticing
butlwo out of The long list, Ia his reply il We may
judge Of the strength 81 those which lac has passed
over " his incnncusiye answer las slGll presently
show 10 the two Which he selected, my argument
may be pronounced To be nnrfegnabe. shall be-
gin with his reply my remarks nj the iessn, SEES
sion. '.ta
II will be remembered, among other objections
against the eo6nrxlon with the banks, urged that
the Government had no righl 10 make general de-
posile in banks the notes OF banks IN pay
meni OF pubic dues. | placed the first on tho
ground, thai when public mpnes was placed IN de-
poslte banks and passed the credit OF the Gov
eminent, II # ever, IN the Treasury ana That
It could not be drawn ont and used Tor any purpose,
unless under an appropriation made by law. without
violating express provision al The CONSTITUTIONS.
which provides that no money should he drawn out
OF The lfcasnfy, but III consequence OF appropriation
hv law. ! then urged that To place money IN gene
raj deposlte IN banks, with The implied understanding
always attached to snch transactions, that h,y
should have the ,Ghi to draw ont aud Use II as they
please. all called Ton by the Government. MAN.
fest yoIntrouofths provision olfhe Constitution.
In support oil the other objection against receiving
of bank notes m the pubic dues, lad down the
known and fundamental rule OF construction on all
questions touching the powers III Tins government.
that had no right 10 exercise any but such as are
expressly gwen by the Constitution, or that may be
necessary 10 carry into effect the granted powers.
| then insisted that M such power was granted nex
lis exercise necessary To cary any granted pewer
into effect. and concluded. that the power could NM
be exercised unless comprchended under the
other head. To Which added the lutther objection,
that II we had the ,ghi 10 receive the notes OF State
banks ~ our dues rs cash. 1t would necessarily in-
volye The right OF taking Them under onr control aud
regulation Which would bring this Government neces-
sarlly into conflict with The reserved rights OF tho
STATES to this added, that the receipt II bank notes
by the Government tended To expel gold and silver
from circulation, aud deprechle and render their value
more fuctuating and Of course, could rot be recon-
Cilrd nlth the object oil the express power gWenio
Congress 10 coin money, aud regulate tie value
thereof winch 1t is repugnant in It's effects as
the dcbasing Of the clipping the current con would
be. J. ut the same time, conceded thai the PRACTICE
of the Government had been fc Opposite from us
commandments Such are nay rcasons, aud how
have they been met
The Senator conmcaced by stating that he would
consider the objections together, as they were
connected but instead of hat he uttered ano-
thcr word in relation the right oimaklng gener-
al depostc. That surrendered without an at
tempt 10 meet my objection, winch at least proved
his discretion. lie underiook TO show that pre-
ccdents IN favor OF receiving bank notes. which
| had conceded, and no one disputed. Among 9TH
things, he stated, was the first tn authorize tie
receiving Of bank notes BY law, and, in rioof reered
to my amendment 10 the joint resolution OF 1916,
which authorizes the receipt oil The notes Of specie
paying banks in the dues OF the Government. He
stated, THAI the resolution. as proposed by himself,
provided that nothing bnt gold aud silver and the
notes of the Uuied States Bank should be received,
and that my amendment extended it to tie notes OF
truth. lie forgot inform the Senate that, tho
time, the notes of non spccie-pasing banks, as we'll
a. spece-ia,ing, were received IN the duesotihe
Government. and That my amppiluett limited