Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-12

o.hef capitalists or agents, giving the preference to
those who Will serve it on the best terms
Now We must premise, that this conclusive yindca
'on OF the PRESIDENT, contained in the last quotation
was necessary, by the reiterated caumnes of
.nr hEes and ms associates, that Chief Magistrate
Of the Union he was actuatcd by "a ruthless shirt of
determination against the Banking Institutions of the
states; with which, beyond their relations with the
fcderal government he had simply nothing TO do and
winch relations alone he was, in hs appropriate sphere
sHNing To abolish once and forever In all liberal in
expectations the spirit, the ono amino, the occasion,
The OBJECT the specific case, should be taken into the
account. But the President does not stand in need
OF this fairness which is not be looked for from
MI Rwes. The literal construction of his language,
does not III the smallest degree, justify the forced
ana lar-iftchcd Interpretation put upon il, by his
It" use the mildest term> disingenuous EXpounder,
not Expunger. Mr. Rives scizes upon the general
expressions contained in the last "a The preceding
tracts to place the subject fairly before the reader and
tearing them from their context, well straning
them from their obvious meaning, makes them the sub
ect OF predetermined perverson; say predetermined
because no ingenious mind even of the most limited
scope OF vision, mistake their signfcoton. Their
obvious intention is, not to point out the proper duties
or powers OF the President any other officer of the
Government in relation to the public moneys the
banks but to describe the general relations in which
the Federal Government itself should stand 10 these
State Institutions. The term General Government is
comprehensive sense including all its departments
whereas Mr. Rives, effect his purpose, to arrive
oregone conclusion, pretends to understand II as
ing the Executive alone The highest effort Of genius
IN this lamenable letter, reduces itself to poor qub
bic In the sense and connection have described,
and with the declared intent of repellng the allegation
that his opposition TO the employment of banks de-
positories of the public funds did not proceed from
50 unworthy motive personal official hostili-
y 10 these institutions, the President says, that,
GOrcrRneHt accomplish
operation better with the aid of the Banks than
without it, when, for instance, issues proposals for
loan to be furnished in the currency recognized by
the Constitution desires to transfer public funds from
section of the country to another and the Banks
offer terms good better than individuals il should
be at liberty to accept or seek their aid not, the
interests of the Government might be best promoted.
Surely there IS nothing inconsistent with the Presi
dents often avowed principles to treat the Banks on
the footing private bankers, and it would be
ridiculous in the extreme, not to speak of blind hos
tity to State institutions, TO exclude them from the
bid tor oan the purchase of Treasury note the
negotiation OF a Government draft the same, or
better terms, than those offered BY Individuals
Is il Mr. Rives and his party who cant so much about
estate Institutions, that insist upon such rigid and
unjust exclusion The officers by whom these fnan-
cia operations should be performed the responsibility,
occasions and manner should of be prescribed
by law has been and over again, recommended
by the President.
We refrain from repeating here the emphatic
remonsirance of the President against Executive
troll and discretion the public purse, contained in
the following remarkable passage from his message at
the extra session
"lf Chief Magistrate may be allowed TO speak for
himself on such point, truly say, that to me,
nothing would he acceptable, than the withdrawal
from the Executive to the greatest possible extent, Of
ali concern in the custody and disbursement Of the
public revenue: not that would shrink from any
sponsibty cast upon me- by the duties of my office,
but because it my firm belief, that its capacity for
fitness, i'll degree promoted by the possession of
patronage not actually necessary to the perform
ance of those duties
Ii is such slender foundation and in the face of
remonstrance BY the President earnestly persisted in
for three years and under the most trying crcumstan
ces, against the employment of Banks fiscal agents
Of the Government, i'll the face OF his reiterated
commentators to Congress, that the system to b.,
adopted Sh0ud be SUBJECTED to the fullest legal prOr
Sions 10 icare nothing TO the ErGcutire bat ~ha is
actually necessary to the Performance ofMe duties imposed
upon him. to have the whole matter. settled eTntdted
by iaW in the face OF his earnest renewal in the mes
sage of 1c3S, ITSELF of previous recommendation of
the 'spropreiy Of dcfning specifically, and Of
guioting by 0,c tho exercise IF the rite scope Of etiSt
ing Erecutire disrreon; that Mr. RivcS has the cmc
rity to charge upoa the Chief Magistrate desire and
design, to obtain the management of the public
nue. and to be left at liberty to employ Banks depo
STORIES and fiscal agents, hom legal regulation u0d at
his discretion. Mr. Rves cannot be devoid of or
binary intelligence, not to comprehend SO plain
of manifest pcrverson, the oblquities of
the heart. We commend 10 HIM the Divine commands
ment which says, Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy nsghbor Although he commenced with
this shallow sophsm, in s}S and has been nibblng al
il ever SINCE with pen and tongue he has not found
single respectable cooper to endorse the ptfu
Misrepresentation Republicans of Virginia. people of
the proud Commonwealth, will you not do Justice to
the illuminated and the calumniator:
Nothing is more amusing than the solemn confidence
Irh he nor
tenacy with which he adhcrcs to his brilliant discove
RES One would suppose from his sefcomplacen nj
the Divinity. He seems to resent difference Of OPT
err a heresy, a blasphemy We think, sometimes, we
hear him exclam-
| am Sir Oracle,
And when ope my lips, let no dog bark.
He has in this letter, even referred to the stale allega
ton of corrupt alliance between the Government and
the Bank Of the United States allegation absurd
and uufounded that Notwithstanding the solemnity
with which he forbad the banns and denounced the
nina connection, il fell sborn to the ground He
now reproduces the melancholy ABORTION and wishes to
palm it of upon the nauseated public genuine
birth. He chews again the rejected cud guid-
we write for the tobacco region-and rolling deli
ciously in his check, spurts the pale, diluted juice of
his cra,nbe rspctid into the faces of the sckencd by
ISLANDERS He affects ia look down from the height of
his fancied superiority, upon men mich taller than
himself and thinks that he has hut to pronounce their
rrevocabc doom. Hc puts US III mind of the little
nursery tale
s.Who killed cock robin"
~, said the sparrow,
ssWih my bow and arrow
corsrcros-The writer Of "vnde,' in his second No. has
of