Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-01-12

~'u nim-cno no trusted he might hail u as an
OF their recognition OF those sacred principles
.s"' anu Jasuee, whose claims upon them he had
a.e'o'eu earnestly, al least, however feebly, on
10y oesssou 10 assert.
o,su' '. oihfnksses, OF Tyler, said that whatever
I' soo' e"cos mis- SUBJECT might have, n he'd al
NJ LAWN from thc gentleman IRON the city OF
n,enmond the most eloquent speech which he had
III osu.ete1' and one OF the most eloquent which
IS nao ever heaid delivered on the hoor OF that
When ne TOOK part IN bringing this sub.
es' oeioIe inc Legsiature and the country, he did
s eonsot ms own personal feelings and wishes IN
VIC s matter nad ne been 30 eoverned-had he been
,nhueneeu oy prodentiai considerations, he should
oeen tne last man to have brought the conduct
VIC rtes'oent OF the Bank before the Legislature.
80 N"ew "hat IL was, oy past experience, 10 come
"eon,ac' win the powerful influence IN that cityi
ne hnew. moreover, that u any member came
ene1e wishing TO pass smoothly along his pubic
eouse' ne "ou'u take no part IN opposilon 10 the
"seenun inhuence, which, Tor the last ~ years,
o e "e'oeo SO powerful, ana hequentiy SO tatal an
% .', over the ocstinies OF the commonwealth.
ouu guy man couot Inc existence OF th's oaneioI
comforting not merely inc opinions oil the
- .s.,'s oet ina. Huequenty ehet'ea power
Noeoe' me ies'sauon OF tne country before
~ I'.. "e'e, ne NAG neatu o, TINS hest'ma'e pow
,h 'a ne never eo9'u nave imasuneo ,ne extent OF
S,' .nuenee, mao ne not seen us oishung eneets;
-. ' "au o'er hao uouots oeio'e uPoh tne SUP
;ect nos, 49,, ~ oeuons.,a''on s.n.e uhe SUI
.ra,;o s 'L 'nc'n was oI1usn, unuer 'he eohs'u-
I,"I, -, .ue neu nsu uennons''a'ion
,;csi ~ ~ souu noe 'al' 70 sslsIy 'ue mos. seeP
;r,a,s', S VI power ,nnhe INCA 70 ,ne great
,.n,;es ~ 'ne S''e. re "ou'1 Slsn 10 utee' at
s " VIC eo"uuet o' "c stoehhoueS WIN re-
msn ,..,a Wy. WY 1870" Si u!e. nese gen''e-
tina, ;ns,;, " uio =. .,'e S'a'e u.
of m, ofss. - 10y :..: N'as .,e NS 1
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n.onI.,r ''~. Su ~ VIC ee'o.'a .o"s VI uo
ceed.J - ~. si".;u uhey 'es ane u. on.e pro D,
that Officer y.hnss sud-, 80 ',,'Is ons;,.a,,',
and whom proh,hI,, = ,,,;or,,. 81 n. r,.n.I," :,
that House m;ebt decids ,nsh; no, 10 he ,c..is.,.
ed If there had ever hesn nn a., wor. on,r.s.o,'s
| Than ,h;s ~. J;J -, -. :, n III ~. -:
improneTiv 70 con,So, a.. ,o.Ltaii.s , ~. a
other hand he vas de,ernoed d, rn,;n,,in he ,;h,
| vested i, the r,co,l. Re kpeyv ,h,, ;hos. -.
Stockholders wr,c ever rsadv IN val, mos, L,,,h
the action of that House when !, would sn, ,h.;
purpose To do So and tL.t thew we're n, IN.
time dependent for exis,encr ,'non ,beir ,oIc "n
Uberalitv and yet they embraced an. frs o,,r,,,
nifty 10 insult them in The most ,sront uanps, A..
another instance of the overwben,in, central ma,
ence Of which he complained he would cali the nj,
tention of the House 10 the curse nu,s,.d ,, .o,
\ Editors in that city. They vonld find ssn,en,en
who did not entertain one sentin,ent in common
who did not even recognize each other in the streets
and yet they found all these gentlemen bound 10,
sether in the Charms of the same influence ,nd
coming there in the face of nil ,be;r ,,c,,,s o,;
IONS and lending the power of their names e., Oh
purpose of influencing the debetat;ons of ,h,,
| neral Assembly How was il that rbere AID >, i,
throughout the State a great dis,rust of The fnop-
cia a6iliies and of the watchfu zeal of the Pres;
dent! Was il not because n leading nolit;c,I iour-
nal had spread far and wide the imprsssion ina,
mana cement existed, and that a searching enouirv
was imperativeIy demanded and now had su61enly
turned round and was using its influence TO chance
the wayering and br,ns Them to onnose tbcso 80
| lutonsl He alluded TO the Editors of the Whiy
and he thought that under all the cireums,anceS
! those gentlemen might have had the deliracv 10
withhold their opinions upon the subiec, Tb,,
paper had in one OF their articles spoken of nor
ton Of the Wings as being actuated by ptop.r mo-
tives, leaving it to be inferred that the remainder
were influenced by improper motives He would take
this opportnnty before The renresep,otiv.s Of ,L.
people 10 rebut this SANDER and woud tbe,e a. ,
that the Editors OF the Whiy were end.avorinc IN
exercise an improper interference in this ou,st,op
He threw out these remarks. not as imnngn;ng NJ.
motives of The Editors OF the Wing butto Show the
existence of that cSntra influence of which ne com
planned. This dangerous power must he supnres
sed, or the voice of the peopie would be heard in
tones which woulI shake that Capitol from i,s ba
sis-lhe people would ultimately find !, N Ie ,bs;,
duty and their interest to cree, another Capo eIse
! where in a region more congenlal TO The heaIhr,I
exercise of the duties appertaining To the character
OF a representatives, but on that subject he wonld
say yomethiIc at a more ting time
The first question now before then, was as n rho
character ofthe resolutions IL was said by his friend
from the CITY of Richmond that thew were os,,r,
ing TO exercise powers which did not belong IN
them that the character and ope alton of the reso
lutions was an infringement upon the poW.rs Of
the Executive. That was not the character of the
! resolutions, nor did they assume 10 do any such
thing as 10 take from the Governor of The Common
wealth any portion of the power which he possess
ed. They did not seek TO control him at ALL II the
I resolution adopted IL would leaye the Goyernor
perfectly unirammoed; was neither more nor less
Than a simple request. Was il possible that the
Governor was so elevated, so far above the law so
unerring in his judgment, that he could not be in
formed Of the wishes Of the Representatives of The
people7 How was he to know the public sentiment.
except by reference to the opinions of tina, House
Ought not the Governort TO be guided and governed
by the feelings and wishes of those whom they here
represented Whom did the Governor represent
The people. Whose interests was he bound 10 con-
sultf The interests of the people. What was it
IN tct Lhat they nIended to convey to their Cover
nor Ihey proposed TO state 10 him TO whom they
mad lntrusted portion OF their welfare, that the
puONc ofhcer at the head OF the Bank Of Va, had
not performed his duties, aud that IN consequence
hereoi, heir constituents had suffered serious loss;
lhey Claimed that he had been uniaithiul, and they
ASKER me Executive, who was the appointing pow
e. 10 take the necessary steps TO remedy the evil.
ihey assumed noihinsi they proiessed TO dictate
nolhingi me resolution was neither more nor less
than simple, modest request TO the Executive
aho'her argument OF the gentleman fom the city Of
richmond was, that action IN the matter would be
an infringement OF The Bank charter; but that very
chaLlef gave oy implication, the power OF advising
tne governor, "hich they now claimed TO exercise.
~ "yu'u oe I1uhu on reference 10 the 9th section OF
Inc enler, thal that oody had the nower TO appoint
az . 70 eHaihe INTO inc atiiIs Of the bank,