Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-08-09
VOLUME XXAys.-.No. ~.

States New York among the rest and By The process
have have JUS, described. And had Mr. C!sys land I'LL
become Law, and continued unfepeaIed, the people
would have been taxed tre"iynHc millions more, TO 90
through the process Such are the beauties OF the
practical operation Of Sir Clays Land Bill, which Gen.
Jackson So very properly vetoed.
We lave spoken Of alr Clay's 'tungererous and
false vfcauon Of General jackson. in the matter Of
pooketting The Land Bill" hir Clay spoke Of it as
an ''n'LTarg act; and told modification he felt
that the love Of country and regard or The spr, of
Constitution, did not npel he auou to rise in a
and rebnke this "oulrage' upon both. Now this is
"vil'fcaon, certainly, and the facts prove il TO be-
'ungenerous and false What viii he ihe surprise Of
many who heard that speech 10 leuln HAT the Land Bin
which General Jackson ''pocketsd. passed Congress
on thr I'd IF -Narca, tie day, that Congress
went gu, Of fxistence-thGt he provisions Of The bill
were not to as .ftct until month ct The meeting of
he Il e ngrrss;tha during The s.nie ccy TIT Gen
Jackson kept The Bill IN chs pocket, Il the extent Of
labor which perform. 10 read the bills
which pass Congress- and aff& his elguature thereto
That the Bill passed the Senate BY Of twenty 20
twenty, and that had 1t been instantly returned there
IS human probability that tiro.thirGs OF that body
would have waited for it--and That The Land Bill
| iemp!aed an entire charge in the hole policy CT tho
Government, for the past forty years, in relation 10 tie
disposal Of The proceeds Of the pu'c lands; What, &C
Csk. must every ingenious manwe DO not appeal 10
/ pary men-lhlnk Of Nj. Clays denurcations OF Gen
Jackson's in relation TO the Land Bill Of 1888,
WHEN he reflects uron the Senator's speech and lie
SIMPLE facts which We have presented: How illibere,
then. the treatment which the Old Veteran and Patriot
once his opponent, but decd TO political life,
crIred at the hands Q: Mr. Clay, on Friday And how
un5s coming the who told US he would again be
candidate, If The Opposition would nominate him, tos
the station Gen. Jackson wo.lhiiy end honorsbly
filled!
Mkt came the "cnnency question:; and here Gen.
Jackson was denounced in Mr. Clays peculiar manner,
Tor his WAR rPoS TIE U. s. BAsI, the Senator
termed Gen. Jackson answering hostility 10 that
stituon tie first had The story started by ir. Bidtle
aud The L Bank Directors, and go lrlumphanily
utsd By Col Benton, about the President of the branch
Bank at Portsmouth In this there variation,
which noticed. from the statements Of The Wing
newspapers Yet Mr.. Clay could not let the occasion
pass without charging Gen Jackson with "subbornness
and wIuness' lie said, The Bank opposed General
Jackson 10 his wishes regard 10 the presidency OF
that branch: and that he 'coud regard those iedo
d.Jsred from lin IN any o,hr hSht hGa tntmitS
He then said that when the waI''-(we quote The
Senator phrasr)-upon tie u States Bark
mrnced, Gen Jackson and his friends promised sound
cu:IeDcy and successful Management, O! the national
finances through connection oi HE General Govern.
with Stale Banks that after brief, and appa
fenty successful career, the ne" system was pros.
trl,.d' We give The precise term used by the Sc
or THAT The Administration end lis friends
GdIned that they had mIsludg et ~ regard 10 the ca
pa ,y and ,cIency OF the Slate Banks 10 accomplish
What he FORMER had promised lie county. Mr. Clay
here, lie old hroug houl his speech, deprecated, in
his usual strong terms, the upon The Bcak Of tho
United States the cause Of all The eys financial,
winch, tor the past seven years, we haze endured; as
the most TO The country 81 a the measures OF
tie last Administrations. And 10 show the import
OF ''SfTUiafoT this side Of The water, he told
that sIuge act OF the Directors Of the Bank OF
England. a6ed the "'een ROOM, would instantly
Send dO"n the price n our great stapss-our cotton ana
wheat Without stopping 10 examine the foundation
tie cal merit of Mr. Clay assertion it cannot be out
Ct the way 20 remind not only MIN but the leaders who
support h, that the people VI this country would quite
pay asaX upon tea Imposed by foreign power
alrhout their consent. thry you'd establish tbs
uifyn bile vlF q n
h!iae the sources Of their prosperity However. 10 the
main extent Mr. Clay mny be ~ the wrong IN what tG
said on ihs point, either han pr hts friends,
that he not fortunate IN bringing IL forward as
Illustration Of the peycIseDcss o the Administration
party in an "uncomrt "tnising hostility 10 such ire
guator alr Clay repeated the old argument IN favor
OF Bank lhatits bil.s were otequa value through
out the country &c forgetting, probably that however
much he no be attached institution, the stern
Democracy Of The nation had thoroughly sed tie ques
tiGn that they had .couned the IF the lcGr, and
hat 10 the end they would PerseVere IN their opposition
green room dynasty within their own limits.
Yet in the face OF all this, Mr. Clay made the e2'raor
dlnay drclaraon that he would 60 for revival ct
The State Bank Dcposite System; and If, (sad he0
:: CONTRARY TO MY CONVICTIONS, it ahould
furnish sound and stable currency, and prove sue
cessu in The management of the national finances
would give it my continued confidence and sup
port" We can hardly express enlistment upon
hearing such decaration after what he had already
snrd, from a statesman wLo IL effect told that lie
dee med himself: III person 10 administer The afaIs
Of this great nation What can be thought Of q man
occupying Mr. Ciay's position IN expectancy, who
would pledge himself 10 go for the revival Of System
hlch in the breath be virtually declared 10 be
worthless and upon which disastrous experience
placed the stamp IN IndeiIhe ImPIess: lssuch
worthy TO be The trustee the agent OF ul!i!onc OF
frfemen?
Bu, let US listen for a momen, 10 hr Clay on this
subyct in the u 5 Senate, 2t.h Dece mber 1888 -
The design Of the whole scheme to have been
have united, in one common league number OF 10.
. cal banks dispersed throughout the Union, and sub.
. sct to ONE CENTRAL WILL" This cOn(cdcrq-
un Of Janhs will probably be combined in sympathy
well interest. and Will be always ready lO Fly
TO THE SUCCOR OF THE SOURCE OF THEIR
:. NOURlSH WENT "WIl the STATES SILENT
"LY ACQUIESCE and see the Fcderm authority ~.
= sinunting Itself into banks Of Their CREATION,
and su,jrct 10 their EXCLUSIVE COSTRoL:'
Here the reader will OF the arguments the
democracy ia favor Of the Independent Treasury
system and opposition to connection OF Bank and
State They the immense pylrtr and influence which
such connection gives the General Government and
is violation of State Rights doctrines Yet, after 1t IS
history that the State Bank syetem has worked inf.
1ply more evil than is here PR dc,ed OF it by Mr. Clay
N 1888 he told US Friday that he would, CON
rRARY TO MS CONVICTIONS" 60 for lis revival
10 connection with this speech we wish 10 show
,tIe mnre clearly Mr. C!ays position in relation TO
q :. Bank since HE suspension at SPECIE payments On
he 18th of September lc3 The following resolution was
reported to The Senate, in answer 10 J0' "a
,oaal Bank:
ResoIecd, Tia, the prayer of the memoralsls ought
net be granted.
The vote stood 81 10 Is Mr. Clay voting against The
resolution.
On the 18th Of February, 1S%S, Mr.. Clay held the
following language in the u. S Senate
Bu, The TErr and oSLY ErricAcIocs and PERMA.
NENT remedy sclemnly brieve IS 10 he found IN a
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES" .
On The 2.l May, 1893 Mf cay, IN written speech
presented plan for National bans o fy'y Millions
:. believe the ESTABLISHMENT OF A BANK
OF THE UNITED STATES is required by tie
common good OF the county"
Now mha. wish 10 state distinctly, is, that having
heard every syllable OF Mr. Clay speech Friday,
re hlr 10 say That be specl rrQeted any Thing