Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-05-06

found in he hiadranee heg trouid inferposs 10 onv
control Of Erecnfire oDieers. IL was objected, said
h'. H. to the State Bank Deposte PLAN that h nj.
lo"od the banks TO discount on the public monry
out MI X asked. what hindercd the hanks from dis.
counting equally TN tho deposites made by he Col
'ee'"f These deposes were sometimes moi rspor-
tea TO the rcasnry. only certain kinds being rsfnrn-
70 hhad been said that on some dej,osiies tho
."fe'or ma stipulated for an interest Of seven per
cen, Whi'e the President eountenances and up-
holds this loose Accountability Of public officers and
IN view OF recent daring instance Of insult and con
in"acy to both Congress, and his of6ea supetiors
oy ms very nv Hoyt, who was said 10 be high ia
the confidence Of the PRECEDENT ss this NJ ,i,no n,
MAKE 'hc pledge To sink or swim with him
Mr. Klscs said thar nj the last session of Com
M h'd not bonebi forward again What been called
The " Pet Bank System" but plan TAX en- from that
"ssn 30 successfully for 10 years in Virginia N
substance, requiring the government dues IN be pad
directly into bank 10 the credit OF The Treasurer Il
"hs intended 10 meet declration Of the President
'ha' me MONIES collected must, under any system
pass n, least through the hands II thu peblio
oihicrs II was calculated to preclude the possible
NY OF Declarations. which, as IN the Suatwout case
we've made practicable BY omission 10 nav money eoI
leetsd directly into bank This plan was voted dawn
because II would interfere with tho objec, oil tho nd.
mns'ra'ion 10 establish ia control over the money Of
the government, and over The monied interest. md
institutions OF The county. So likewise was reject
ed proposition OF his friend from N. York featIrinv
not that tho MONIES collected should be paid into
the banks bni that whenever deposited in banks l,
should be put TO the credit IF the Treasurer. Take
these facts said MI X. III eonncc ton with ihis 9th
en- that o 81 100000 IN The TREASURY ~ The date of
the Sccrctarys Annual Report. $4,000 900 we've ou
derosIio IN blnhs, and distributed among sxteeu
banks without the control OF legal enactncnts, and
what further evidence could be wanting 10 prove tho
design OF the adnInisfaon,as ready exposed in
gatd TO TIE money aud uoned Institutions and inter-
osls of the county Again, MIR. R,es asked. IL
tbs time Tor men 10 pledge themselves 10 +" sink
or s'eim' with Nj Van Butcnl
Mr.. Hives spoke OF another part of the policy Of
tho administration luminous of cvil 10 the free iu-
stutlons If Tho county lie meant that by which au
open aud systematic oueo engagement was gwen 10 tho
official corps 20 cfcin wh aud cunro the voias Of
oikeis lie alluded 10 the bl Introduced by Mr..
Crl'enden Of Kentucky, To picvcui the interference
OF obcets OF the government IN elections am, pro-
nounccd the report Of the Judiciary Committee To
which 1t han been referred. To contain tho most
daring aud aholnnablG doctuucs that bad ever been
brought forward IN any representative assembly. liz
was no advocate Of Nj. Citcudeu. bill He had
several objections 10 II and did Tor II. llo
had however himself brought forward a reso luton
eonchcd IN tho very words Of Mr.. Jefferson. whose
dlseil they mplopsly profess them elves WIN have
avowed on this sui Jcet such abominabe doctrines.
lie had been falsely charged with advocating IN lns
speech on tins occasion federal and ia0naichi-
cal OPINIONS but he Glo,cd In that speech. II was
'hr most republicans or ttthM tern WAS mole d.
efecabIe, dcmoefaG republican speech he had ever
made-nc was Wiling 10 sand OF fall mh The doc.
'rlnrs II contained. In the report of The Judiciary
committee, the Office holders were invited 70 inter
fe,e "nh. ADD influence The votes Of oIhers-uers
informed that II WAS ther duly Gcemcn. --not ex-
ercsirg tins right they traitors To Their conn
tfy-wrtr mutes. were slaves. IL the same report
II WAS asserted thai II such bin should becomes
law, the people, IN behalf Of this body vi flee hob
d,ts, would rise UP III rebellion against it, Such wa,
the doc'nne fvowed Ly those who claimed to be
tue followers Of Mr.. j,fson,yt Mr.. j.. fretson hs
Circular inhibited the Interference Of federal oliess.
N cleo on pain oil REMOVAL aud this on the pf.
cple That where the right Of election is in tho ham Of
The people they should he left TO exercise II freely
l his too was tie doctrine OF Gen. Jackson. Yet
when NJ Rpes' proposition in the very words
OF MIR. J'fersonwas proposed as test, il was uuhes
l'atingly voted down by the party
llthrp, said Mr.. Rivos. the President msans thus
TO carry out his measures against the opinions of
Tie people, let us not hear Of the pledge If o Cen
Iral organ al Richmond 10 sink swim" with hin.
Peremp'org mandarin, bad beeu forth by
the Judges Convention OF Richmond 10 tho tsopls
10 bud themselves 10 the fortunes OF Mr.Van Buren,,
yet themselves acknowledging that Mr. Van Buren,
was wrong IN many lhings. This Convention oil office
holders and irresponsible judges had been pleased to
say to the Conservatives we viii not prescribe you
the Conservatives might entertain their oplnions.
they would not be " proscrbeb," ioi them II only b
htywoutd consent ID rote for Wr. IAN Buren. What
''ghi have they, said Mr. Rive. 10 proseite! Who
'h'h i'r'hihh "ohlu III sIufh sucn u coon. ~
their pfo!Ieci cemeney. aud throw it back IN their
tech (APplause They did not question the
honesty Of the ConservaIives in the opinions they
sustained, aud did not rega,re" Them 10 abandon
them. No said Mr.. Riycs they don't require il Of
,on-you mas drink as yon please; they only re-
qRife' that You shall vote for Mr.. Van Buren,. >
(Lhnchler) This same Convention confess to the .
enormous expenditures of the present admnis ration
but while they do This they tell you Mr.. Van Burn
makes very far professions. 1t would be batter
that the administration should practice than preach
lie did sd, that the administration
alone was responsible for the enormous and ncroas-
ed expenditures of the Federal Governmenl-tls
fact, however, that the habual annual expenji-
lures of government had grown up from ID TO 80 mil
lions Of dollars. lftlic administration had spent
thhe OF the effort in attempting to reduce the ex
penses Of the government which il employed 10 CAR
~ tho sub treasury scheme II could not have fall
ed to effect reduction. Mr.. Jetie,son redeemed
The pledge he made by reducing the expenditures
one half in single year, sweeping away The whole
brood Of agents for the COLLECTION Of internal taxes,
DC. 10 regard 10 the Declarations which have thus
occurred under this ajunst ration. amounting IN
one instance TO 81 go 900 and by which the pco-
pie have been reused 10 inquiry, the Convention nj
Richmond tell you, said Mr.. Rives. that il is the du
ty the President dismiss laithiess officers wheth-
er Collectors or accounting officers. The Commit!
tee Of Congress acting under the sollnn responsible
iy OF their duty, in their report, concured in by two
thirds Of its members, declare that The S"artwout
deiacations were owing to the fauh OF the Naval
Officer the Comptroller, the Auditor, and The Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, and that but for The cuPabie
negligence OF these officers these deaicaiions conu
have been detected aud yet no removal oil them
had been made.
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