Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-16

thtr interest - have sustained rather than CeTHc.
hcr paper"
EfpcnssS and DcfItcaGoRs.
We have promised some lisht Upon tins sU' ret vi
commerce r"-day with the Speech OF Murray. the oa
Democrat IN the Congressional y, sgaom o. E"n,g..
1t Is a long Speech; but It Is Gin" ~ vn!GlJ~ a
II shows nov the hrgs have IIIsr"pr' s"urG the
cubic, Of TtGtral Expenditures. We brg The h.
10 read II ca;riuIiy-We are compelled To give il g.:
lsch"d portions; but perhaps in hs form II may r.a
a mere general reading
Mr. R'yrs has acce pI"d invitation 10 y Public ! q.
ncr, 10 cornc off Charn',csv,iic 'Ac 2J!h asa
FOR TEE E.vQuyhf4
10 TIE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF ).
"FJIaciPil non hOHiIcS
Republicans "i Virginia! f"g have witnessed VI
VIA G. RI-rs's late t. iu-ri,ti- c'rriuct towards
Administration OF your choCe-aud 1t h"hooseS I.
examine lnio this man PAST and present course, 10
1" mn!.e IL clear frtn Ia Tie LtiGG that he h.'h =.
gully "a: base GrserI!on 81 his former principle,
dscilDt'"n-, puhi'ciy progressed by him M Ion rrr
i've Yeas ag"! LIT us GAGmiH' irtO M':e things.
He prelrnds 10 Justify his cesert"n Of Demrcracyr
hostility Ia the present Administrations the g!vu
That the Sub Treasury viii have tie '.!"Ct e un,'..
tie purse and the sword in The hands n The P'c,,G.
Sow. tiIs Sub Treasury is composed # two 6i-uur
propositions ls,-I pyrp0SfS 10 c0NGrt he ICgcnH
rcnr, IN :ptcr nog,ikry AFTER ccy!sin HHDb,r cj I
Aud 2+ty-E yr0y0sSS 10 tntrVSt E,cping caf Ga.'
H'pi II The sa0acyS tiGS COccrd 10 EJsratre G.shs !
Wrh regard 10 the lst proposition, wha! ibis cou.
enl imaa told us IN 1884
EXTRACT cfa Spc'th dfhrtrrd by lin { Eir.s
jaunary l7h. lc24
'Sir, Of all tie reforms, socis! political or sconorn~
required by hr great interests Of lie country, that
is urgently Grn.and'd, and which promises %
accomplishment The largest r,sus of utilly. stra,
ard public benz fl. is, hey ord comparison, the rest
OF the Government iD what II va. intended 10y IT.
crs Of the Constitution I" be- HGTd .ioHcy Gorerr
We too much in the habit. Mr.. President, OF r..
ing the evils al the paper system rs 1T crssGry
rab!". and rf tcirg content with he decisive p4a,
II these evils, supported 10 BE- derived ron The conf
Ing supremacy OF National Faux. Nothing, 10 g..
opinion. is more Gemnnslrnble than that the g;tail5 Z
that sy.iem. i's runGuS fluctuations arising rum a.
nate expansions and coniac;I"rs ui Bark issues
n bitter" IN Cif-ct of private lOitunrs aud cnnvefu.
prospective contracts and transactions INFO s7rCns
gnn5iirgnp'hing can b. mors ce;tlin, than inst l
In"us luc;uaIIGnS inc GeaseG instead OF hing dtr.
I-' d. Ivy The r@is;ence of insttuin Of such abs
nScenGanry, Inst when 1t expands The State BlUks
Pand with l.; when It cnG,facis those Banks force.
I" contract also. Whatever Influence such an us,G
may hc surD"s"d "a fI'rt, III preserving TIE sOUEG''
al the that object wouG he much r,Dr" III
italy promoted by n return 20 a METALLIC C!Ett
LhTiON. The first step tnw -rCs tha, rrIurn IT, 10 -
the Bank Of the L ) go down lis notes being ~
oTa~', the cJnvenenc" Z" travelling alone wup,d ir
mt dat'Iy create e. land for gold Cuius snJmu
and rn''c" !he Necessity of CORE ctng HAT uGtrr e
'na'i"n Z" hPri CT The mat, hch is SAID To- have
N'''Pd l" 'Ecir dSarped rarce. In Concurrence Eai
ihs' iet measures hc taken il is believed 81 Gu
measures may ~ taken, 10 discourage and suppress 81
ri'cu'hion al i;-k notes UNDER certain dpHuInIGi
o. whcn, the tit'u would lie 20 produce aa"'r nee"
SION I" he metallic circulating T.dGum The c;crr.'
thah" Is "' rrSnial'Iberg thus supplied IN god e.
SILVER, the '"Errnmfn nj would be rjepnre! without r
shiP ~ r pH0'ic r'tCHr To require pa yin"nt oi ~ Ga
10 - fI'r' ohn INES 'eaZ' reform. li,aG "hch no"
could b" more deeply INTERESTING IN every asGrc 10 a.:
SAFE1 Y and PROSPERITY IN, couur,y
'':;Ir, here 10 an otlrcl WORTHY 10 engq,c the mo-
anxious Iah"rs Of the patriot and salesman. and ,
persuaded that. with lhe Of the rlnf md rarn d.
" expended in The cphemeral con,ts, -, Marty 800
should see it happily accomplished | rn;ure GENT.
mrn, then, with abilities cmn'rily he'd tor e..
great w"rk, IN leave The Bank Of The T. Stlro - I'
ard to bring forward their powerful aid ia rrt
restore the Government TO lis true c"rstnnn' rha'
acter and destinations that Of n SIMPLE, SO!
HARD MONEY GOVERNMENT"
With regard 10 the second feature If the CONSTITUTE p
nj Treasury, viz: that which proposes 10 enrust Exc.
tive officers with the collection, keeping. and 6>bof
men, of the public MONEY this mo'hy p"tri"i a!'ho'-
he tells us. in his "Prncrp!cs ana Policy Of the 90
servaves,' that these simple functions constitute 81
"yoeer Of TIE pnrsc yet in le34 his patriotism s'en
To have been lu!isd into a pretty sound sleep on u"
snhi"c; for, in rGicnlng MIR CIays Idle cec'rinai
about the ''rnon sc The purse and the sword. htS )!
M Mrts then told most enphalcalv. that r.
po'rer IF TIC purse is HE pJ'rer IF 'ar1ion aHi apr
priGiiOn, uhieh Mc attributes ef Congress-. IL
him:
Extracts Grom I'm. {. Rices' Speech If l-2i
" The lien Senator from Kentucky aifrE!s, 'h''
what hns been dune with The regard 10 the tpmo':.
Tie rmhc d"poses, tie Executive has usurprG he 'f
er over the Treasury and the public pu,sr which r.
Constitution has vested exclusively in the L. an.
Department. In enforcing this position sir h" has T"
sen,-d 10 u.s. with his Characteristic eloGuence. r.
alarming Consequences Of an union Of the pow q"
the sword and Of the purse in the hands. Is 70
topic is better calculated 10 the ioaIous;f: !!
free people than this ii becomes 10 analyze :n;N
anime II, and 10 how far il has any just sppci
10 the suhjsc, under considerations Sir, it is :''
maxim of constitutional liberty in that country. + .
which we have derived many Of institutions. 1',
the powers Of the sword and the purse should be KY
separate and distinct; and The maxim comes 4 y
from thence, cannot better ascertain its scope h''
meaning. than by seeing how it is understood and p''
tised there. In England the power of the sword "
the hands OF The King. He declare make pra'
raise armies, equip fleets. But the supplies tor ns p
secution of tile war, for the support of the army a.
navy. can be obtained only bya vote Of Parliament a
thus the Po'o,r Of the purse is iodged IN the hands -
Representatives, Of The Peops This is considered the s
security Of English liberty-ha, The King who ho'G
power of the sword HAS NO POWER OVER ! u"
PUBLIC PURSE. But, what is this po~r Of Tie ps',,
which is thus jealousy and wisely withheld from
Executive Magistrates: Why. Sir, evidently the pow
Of drawing money from the pockets Of the people.
of designating The biects to which it shall be aPp"
"Jhe POWER OF THE PURSE, then, Of "hl Is.a,
have heard so much in the course of this dscu.
and much, must be permitted TO say that .
ard indetcrminate. is. IN THE TRUE Cons,111,Gl
TIONAL SENSE. THE POWER OF TAAA "a,
AND APPROPRIATlON-the pOrsr Of ro.'I 1,o ra.:
by lazeS. Of determining in nhat manner anu IIcy
amount ii shall be raised and TO nhat OBJECT S"a'
piled. This great pOwer, here, as in England