Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-06-18


face of such statements as these
MIR. CLAY said he should not discuss the point
There was earthly necessity for any such provl
sion, and there nothing at all in the objection.
The question being now put on the motion OF Mr.
hickoberts, it was rejected by yeas and nays as fol
fses-sles Allen Benton, Calhoun, Clay Of Alabama, Ful
."n Ming cRoberts, Nicholson. Pierce Sewer. Smith Of Con
WIFI, sturgeon Tappan, Walker, Williams Woodbury.
fMes.r. Archer. Barrow Bates Rayar, Berrien, choae
huntington Kerr slansu, Mrrrck Miller Morrhead Phelps
rr,rf, rfen.s Rive. simmons, Smith of Indiana, Southland
iaIhaase, White, Wuodbridre-93.
The question was called for, and was about 10 b.
put, when
Mr. WRIGHT rose to address the Senate. lie saiC
he had not been disappointed after witnessing the
cousc pursued by gentlemen on the other side, tina
they had the good fortune to have the entire debat,
their side of the House. He considered fortunate
because they should be beaten by numbers
not by argument. Mr. w. was aware that pows.
usually more vigorous TO execute than to reason
and wise Judge had advised il TO decide without
son. THIS might might not be the conduct Of Their
opponents here, the present OCCASION They nigh
possibly have reasons enough 10 give though they dad
not choose 10 give them. They showed, at all events
an abundant disposition to act. Still painful as i
might be 10 others, and II certainly was 10 hun, he
could not discharge his duty without throwing himsel
before the Senate before the final question should bt
taken on the bill. He aware that IT was subject
with which the Senate were well acquainted, and in re
gard 10 which the country also supposed to be vel
informed. Stll there we're many things which 1t war
proper and necessary state for the information OF The
country, if no, for Tia, Of his highly respected oppo
nents The advocates Of this bill. 1t very painful
TO him to detain the Senate this occasion, because
he well knew the Impotence Of gentlemen on the othe
side and fully that they had determined on
their course and resolved 10 make no reply.
Mr.. CLAY. Proceed, Sir, will listen to you
with patience.
Mr. WRIGHT replied that he expected no less from
the gen,eman's courtesy. lie then proceeded To oo
serve that the argument Of the Senator from New
Hampshire, (Mr. Woodbury. had saved to HIM nearly
all the time winch the honorable Senator had consumed
in the delivery Of his remarks. He had anticipated
much which MIR. w. had intended TO say and he
should repeat little may be Of the remarks 50
ably made BY him.
fle should start with the metaphor which had been
employed BY the honorable Senator from Kentucky,
(Mr Clay) That gentleman had assumed in the out
Of his remarks, that il proper for the Senate 10
adopt the Of wise architect, who pulled down
an old bulid,n. ana removed lis rubbish out OF the way
before he proceeded 10 the erection Of new ediiice
Mr.. W. admitted that this course was sometimes ne
cessary bat asked how far such necessity could be
supposed grow of the present state OF the ques
ton He appealed to that honorable Senator 10 say
what he should think if he saw the head Of family
proceed to pull down old house III which he lived
and place his family the side walk which ran IN
front of it, while the timber for his new building was
its walls were to be composed were neither burnt nor
shaped but lay yet in the bank Of earth and while
the money which 10 pay for the building bad YET
to be earned or else be borrowed wherever II could
BIZ obtained. Would the honorable Senator consider
this Il wise procedure, Would such man tell ms la
my that lie preferred to do this the only way OF
bringing conviction their minds, that they wanted
new house; that his reason he knew that they
ne could be brought To that opinion TIL their old house
was knocked down, and the alternative lay between
new house and none at ALL then MIR. w could see rea
son Tor hs course But surprising that lie should tell them
that his house not 10 stand upon The old iounda
tiDn but to be erected IN another place. might they
not reasonably ask why, then, did you pull down the old
house before you had provided for us another dwelling
Just so in the present The gentlemen told the
Senate that their building not to stand on the
foundation Of the old. Be il Every body knew
that The old house called the Independent Treasury
rested the broad basis Of the Constitution. It's walls
were deep and strong and their resting place sure
but the new binding to be put up the marshes
of that sacred instrument. They were to rest on CUES
tonablc ground, al least, and not, like the SubIreasn-
nv upon that solid and mistaken rock, concerning
whose solidty no held, pretended TO hold, i
doubt. The necessity therefore, supposed by the Sc
naor did not exist The old building was not IN the
way and therefore first need not be removed out Of the
way The new edliice might indeed be more splendid
in its architecture, more serng and snowy in lis ap-
pearance let however, The old house still stand use
less though il might be, and untenanted as was the
practice oil OF our enterprslng brethren IN the
West who, when their increasing means enabled them
costly mansion, were wont to leave the
old log cabin still standing memcno Of their
humber circumstances Let gentlemen follow the
same course towards this SubTreasury; let IT remain
rs monument Of times of less splendnr and luxury
Ii could do no harm, and il only the annoyance
which the old building might present to the eye wnca
required that 1t should be taken down before Inc FORM
or even the location of the building was agreed
upon.
As il was impossible that the country should 90 on
wi,hou, some substitute Mr.. W. should assume that
substitute would be provided and that It would he one
in correspondence with the Senator avoweu wish
that was, a Bank Of the IT, States IN some form or
other located he cared not where. This substitute
be lis details what they might must possess, as none
could deny least these two distinctive properties
first the right aud duty of collecting, Keeping ana
dsbursing the public money and secondly, OF supply
ing paper currency, which should ny law DC re-.
ceIvable at the Treasury II the new institution was
10 possess these two qualities It was lnmaierla TO Ny
w ) argument what might be lis other Attributes.
Another reason given for the instant repeal OF me
independent Treasury stated to be The VIII OF t'ie
American People Gentlemen affirmed that tn" popu-
lar voice had this be DONE and that IN resist
ing the its opponents were resisting the man
date Of the people. Was this so: MIR. w. did moi
stand there TO ga that was not u II were so, was
not as truly in regard to the proposed SUBSTITUTE
What was the history Of public opinion on that SUBJECT
And what were The DECISIONS VI puoiiS seh'''.
far as sss Seud be Ga si l"" US
insisted ON by gentlemen as expressing deeis'oh =.
the people against the Ind'prndeni Treasury
r;rbi he so: but Mr.. w. would take th's occasion
- "a, ,ha, !, might as well be argued, and with bcter
that the decision of the reops due aa
hon The net Of the People had placed IN the speha,d
mansion the other end of the avenue tia, e snaa'a
obandon that dwelling too costly and masn'hcent,
ud oroc, far himself cabin of logs, such as might
be standing in some Of the streets ina. ne
should pu, of his possession the rich and esermg
furniture Of his table, and procure for himself horn
snoons and wooden plates. Would any man stand up
and say that this had been the decision OF inc Anne
r;can People. Mr.. Wright might apply the arsu-
mcnt 10 thousand other absurd and ridiculous things
which had been ngita,ed during that election ana eau
them. too, the decisions of the People Ana ne
would have more proof 10 support HIM than they au
who affected 10 consider the result OF that election
"a decision Of the nation against an independents
Treasury and in favor of National BANK IN w ne
course OF that election Mr.. w. had for the lifs time IN
his life, ,raversed large part Of his own state curing
which progress he had frequently addressed l4'se
semblages Of people, and he did not reinenoe'