Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-09-20
9TH con 4. u Il >.
FIRST SESSION.
spEECuoF MR.. BOLTS Of Va.

Will l'7'''
a. 10 present in 'sisublc claims upon III" 10 Pl'er
L,msef IN his nue. position aud Ia answer ne chtI-
I,uee al the cenll' men from Mdss1chuscHs III
('ssuiaGl ior argument.
Nh, Is. SAID he had applied harsh rpanei' % 1h'
P,e.,lent-hc hid charged him with rrthly AND
tr.acherx : aud having done So lie heId lh''s,
,,nde, oh, eazion TO maize gcod tie change anu II
moi cut oil Us the hour rule lie would maze god
On would take upon himself al The ohihm ol h"'ias
,adr a false charge. Il any disnietesttd person
.6,t heaf,r mhat he had tu brns forward, would
"a, thai h, bad not made 'od The ohalGe, he rs
,r.J, 10 take back esef, word and Ia maxi I" The
p,,.deni lI,r n,o-, ample aIonemtni aud apel"ss.
lie must first alsea q the character ol the mrs
sage Mi 3. II would be remembered. iad pr
dcted that tins bill would not reeve tie SANCTION
,f the Ptcst1rit YET he VAS n a l"s., al i9t'
srrone ,u.. =. = 10 what possible ground H. te-
tusal votiiu be piaecd upon. The b,b had come
bach rhoul the Presidents Signature, "ceocP1'
MED by shat The Pfesaieni chose 10 style us D.
irel.ts 10 The bill. but without oue sohlafy r'san
winch would operate iof single mo nent On any
iafel,eenf mind Nh. sad Ire lad tsnnlnfd
lie bill aud had taken Tom Itthr points. As the
tonsitfut on hunted The President 10 objections,
lie should CONSIDER all the points made ~ MN ~
40 man, items If constitutional objection 10 The bill
The President com neueed wi'h expressing Us
res,el thai he could Dol sign the bill. HIS second
po,nt was that tins WAS a bli ler Nallonal B1nk
per Sc. Mr.. 3. SAID lie had occaslon, q &c be
fore 10 tell the House ihai lac was no h"NeI nut
when he was \. school he had Learned lhiie Lain,
and # he DID not inlsandefsland, pr &c meant by
itseli." Aud what Naaoual Bauk MAS thete winch
va.no, National Bank b, Itself " hat Was fhe
Distinction between National Banh aud N1iiunal
Bank Parse
= The thlfd point admits that III" veto power
ought 10 be ,ety cautiously used. nc. Ga tins
point Nj b. believed all were agreed and he WIS
extremely sony The President had noI praeused up
on his own theuty.
L. The Presidents next point was that the veto
never could be exercised, save when bill had pas
seJ both Houses BY a constitutional majority The,
BIZ. Is. thought, WAS not very new discovery lie
cre,umed most gentlemen knew lha', b lure the
Prtsideut stated as one oil his OH L IONS TO the
bill.
s. Ia the Gdh point the President calne back 10
the pr e bill and objected 10 rs nile. The tile
Of the bin fotmrd one Of The Pc sldents cons an
,enai obi ecnous To- u /; aud his pnuclar objection
seemed ,lia II had The term public revenue III II &;
the word ''pnbllc' beng put IN Hales. "a It Al
pearcd that II It had been for pirate revenue, the
objection would have been obsalcd. W1s that the
Presidents mraalng No" Nh b. dad MOI kno"
IL wastrue but references were made 10 tunor
he did not speak OF that two.esgrd tumot
which sometimes salked about the Cdpnol but II
Tnmor with a thousand tonRues-but tumof sal
that tn very title IL thc Pes dents hand.
Wrtlng. and that It's terms were suggested by hIm.
self The President objected that n should be
denomnaicd -. bill lor the COLLECTION, soft kc, pug,
aud disbursement at the publ revenue = bui hat
bill ~ the name oil God. could we have passed on
the sui jeci winch would not have been tnlulcd 10
sush nile
G. The next obj ,cion was. that the provisions ii
the bill did contradict II, II lr. very strange
Sblectonl Fust The Pr ,dcrt oil leeIs The title al
the bill and then lh.l The bill does contradict
ns title
z. Has seventh objection was that il provided II al
Congress shou.d not charter another bank WITHIN
the next twenty years. So he presumed tha, #
Congress woul1 oHly pass hall d zen banks OF the
same character, II would at onee remove thts con.
snutional objection.
6. Bur the neM objection was, that the bdl
eluded the power II d.scoubts. Now LEI he borne
in mind that The strong objection 10 the first bauk
bill had been that 1t authorized discounts; but the
present, with an express view 10 meet aud remove
the Presidents otjecuous had been so drawn TO
exclude that power
These, he presumed, were tho constitute nal oh
jecioDs oil the President TO tins Ibh Alter stating
them thus generally, The President came down To
details and they were not Of such description as
recommends them to Mi B.'s apptobdiou. One
Of them that the bi did PROVIDE ior tegula-
ung the rates of exchange. NV Mr.. b. imagine
IL would somemhu trouble the Presidents lngrnu-
ny frame any bill thai would especially tor lwen-
~ years 20 oole, The Other most remark
able objection, JUDGED alter directing 10 the bail
because II excluded discounts, his last objection
was, that the bail did authorize discounts, M
the Distinct Of iumba Would the President :
objections to the bill be removed # Cunens should
pass bill TO charter second bank Nj. b, me IN
bered In have heard the project suggested IN NngI-
Ma, OF having tiCO ualion banks oue NuUhtil and
the other Southern banh aud the scheme was,
for lime, gfeat idvorte with the shy .sctapers IA
that STATE. la conclasion, the President begged,
prayed, suppcated Congress l1r lle more time.
The President OF Tie Chuei States; a man who had
hiied all the highest stations ia the country who
had seen Governor OF his owp State a Seuaiot OF
the Uned States who had, Ion siort time, I'll I'd
The OIL C ol Wee President, and wa, now the Chei
Magistrate OF this UniUn wanted further time to
CONSIDER The sui ect 81 diousl Bauk, aller hal
subject had occupied Congress aud the cuuutf, fot
these thtte months lie asked for more litne
more time 10 cunsummale his wicked tf lie had
sucb) and his mlscherous designs Nth the Oppo
silion par. The President spoke OF The pee ullar
lily oi his position. What was lis peculiarly The
President had c"me into power with Larger num-
Der vi votes than any man since The LIQUIDATION oil
this Government, save the To be lamented CHEF
whose name stood at the head Of the ticket. lie
had come 10 Congress aud told them lie was PFC
pared 10 give The Administration Of that an his
cordial supper, lac came backed by grcat and
Triumphant parry. with an overwhelming IN. my !;
but. iDspneJ by mad ambuIoD, that same man,
~iiiiin the short space OF twenty days, with view
~ secure bis own ne election, delach himself from
his friends and his parry, aud thew himself into the
arms Vi the Oi'pusiti d, fed all the obligations
under which tie Wings had come into power Ia
relation 10 the subject Of the currency inned wth
the mos! eager Wis rs OF lie nauD; .quivocaIed oi
sAsee nlSliiis add then al the close OF Tia,
sessior be asked the.r compassion aud forgive ness
Tie iopmd no con. passion IN Mr.. BIS bosom, n =
DID pc lb'ik he u,eriled IL from any man who In "
"lat his course had been. But the President S 40
NV de had signed all the bills TO him Tor ever,
otbef ObJec.-wby should his friends COMPLAIN be-