Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-01


AIR Denny rose. and requested silence. "CaDnot,
he asked, .yerckeaS together for The transaction
ct business, aud preserve order and decnrum: Let u.s.
said he "iorgct al things else and attend 10 The bust
before us-let Us here forget that IS unp0pu
iar- elsewhere or in other things, and whatever he
may have to "er. submit 10 The Of the meeting
whether ii shall be adopted or rejected.
Mr.. Tappan again rose, and after further mani.
frsta,inns OF dsappruhailon he was permitted 10 read
the following resolutions:
Resotctd That while cordially approve the deter
mnarInn Of The banks tn maninn specie payments, We
confidently rely upon their drsps and intention 10
increase lileir discounts and otherwise affrd The
.iftc,ua aid in their power the commercial com
munity at this distressing crisis
ReSoirsd, That as The Interests of the merchants
ard mechanics, and the Banks, iden
teal reciprocal confidence and assistance absolutely
necessary to preserve moneyed institutions from dis
aste aud the Trading community from still greater dis
tress IL not ruin.
ResoIred, Ths, We depfcate all hostile feelings 10
wards any sister city. or between any banking insu
| TONS in CITY, and that lock for~ ard with
sanguue hope that the government the people and The
yed institutions Of this country will cordially unite
in placing the currency and financial affairs of the
| try in q sound and permanent condition.
/ Resclred, That recommend 10 every merchant,
and mechanic in the city 10 afford each
oihp The most liberal assistance and generous confidence,
and that it be the determined resolution of every one
long be practicable to sustain his credit
! and meet his Pngs gemenls-not TO gsce up Tic ship
/ Mr. Tsppan, alter reading the resolutions, remark
ed that as he coming TO the hall, he had met
friend who advised him not to attend, saying that nine
enihs Of those no did attend did Tor The that
ihey lahoring under pecuniary embarassmrn's."
This, he said. true; and wac not the whale
munlly sboring under the same difhculty' What else
! could bring together assemblage of The New York
merchants? Why else, he asked, should see here.
those with grey hairs. and supported by erufehes
(aIludng TO Mr.. I. Phelps who sal near him.) Do We
feel that need something mole than erutches 10
supper, in present crippled condition:
1.-THE resolutions offered by MIR TaPpan were laid on
! the table
Thaddeus Phelps next rose. He not in The prac.
lice of public speaking He had never before spoken in
public; should he have now. but that he had been
mus, unwarranlaby assaied. and alusion made TO
his personal deormily, sounds Of disaPproba,on with
cries Of go on-go n-order-appiause &c and that
too, by man IT, Tappanl whom he could not tolerate
or associate with o, any time He wished The meeting
to know shat him 10 whom this unsenerous alIu-
had been and who had been thus wanlcny attacked
i lChesrs
mr. Phelps about TO proceed, when slight crush
heard 10 par, Of the floor caused by The crack
| ing of small piece Of The fo"ring TINS caused an
alarm, aud the hail Instantly cleared. In few
minutes the alarm subsidized, and the people again filed
| the hall, end Mr. Phelps proceeded