Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-20

Ill, Bank questonand 10 the eonsc. usnees which
tho establishment Of National Bank unLrr an; form,
| ! destined 10 rroduce
And first, SIR, ns 10 this comprcrgisc about which
~ have no information from friends hG, about
wch 80 mnch in the Wing presses Far in.
stance, they tell us that the Bank b. H. uu,y hepIg liz.
Senate mol 10 he acted for ten DAYS and the base
inu 81 the 0ln bill seems 10 coGnruauce ts surnsi-
i.n-and that The other House is /, pass their bin in
the mean time, by the power al. the gag law |; is
SAID that this bill is 10 he reported by the Commi;,e
oil the Currency, Mir. Sergeant al the head Of ) and
ila IL will attempt 10 Spit bireca the bills of bessrs
! Ewing and Clay We the Washington Cores.
p,nden Of the Baltimore Patriot thus under
d,ir of July l3lh:
a plan 81 compromise talked Of which il hlicve, ~l
r. ,nr,,e MI differences all the friends OF r Admins;
hon Houses 10 un"n u Is ~ ,r, !" auhnr'Ie tl'
4. ut,al Rank hel. establish ancs IN tie different Sa'cs
win tic il assent: expressly I" Congress the power
establish branches Mc;ra or anu ~,r"sh' '' ny, may
- ,l,r ,cnd. Of National Bank together on common ground
ndS wh" were l., ginning arrrelIcnl thai the se''
Ion would heak up The cs,ah ,lnent oil an! IahN'
The Y Y. Express Scr,bbier mus dcscrloes the ho1
ble and cunning hair splitting PROJECT
81 wrote YOU last night that there romd Oe eomPro-
mise and tLaf romproist coud be necessary to me sue
ccss Of ann Banh EH b.ore could recetre ne "",fea
approval Of Compress and The ELecuttre' Today nus
confirmed that opinion and the evidence Of II VIII be
forthcoming A Bank Bill wi, be passed, ana II WIN
he CLAY Bill with immateriai amendment, so lar
rs any principle IS involved. The States asking iof
Branches Of the maer Bank will have them OF course
and IN addition ths, predict that power VIII De CIV
rm to Congress to establish Bank where Sons'e''
may determine 10 establish IT,
Who is the author Of this limsy, SUBTLE nsidious
scheme, we know not-but We shrewdly suspect we
could lay fingers upon hun Al all events ne is
the Prince of Cusnsts and of Sophists lie ought 10
take patent. right for this invention oil his ingenuity
Such a genus ought to be encouraged. He might
well employ il in manufacturing traps 10 eaten NICE
- The pin. : The thing , 49, ,.;.n
Wherein I'll catch the conscience OF the Ming.
| We saw Il hint Of such proposition thrown out VI
the New World, some three weeks sncc-and Il was
then said tina, Mr. Preston was 10 bring forward "a
SANDER be hoped, upon that gentleman name
And is your understanding 10 be ;nsulted oy oHrr-
lna YOU this new political amalgam: But 1t IS I'M
possible Sir that yuu stoop to such an aitliice
as tins subtle suh.crfuge. straw may be dar,ed
through the cohweb. II i, rs one OF these wing
ncwsmonrrrs says "C!ays bill with an 'mniaff''a'
rmendment 50 far rs any principle * involved sup
pose you to haze opposed nlr. Clay b, because II
does not ask the consent oil the States, how, or can
YOU Get o:er tie crlpc by signing piil, "hic" ~
lows Congress- whenever The States do refuse 'h'S as
sent 10 force Branch upon them If Congress (noteveh
non consultrd) please 10 decide II 10 be neces-
1 sary Necessary when there IS not iupio'u-
ed Wing III Congress al thus time, VINO IS not .eh"
to frit,er away The constitutional power "i ur
term "neccssa.y INTO something that IS 'coarfhe"t,
..eynsdi.n, :" "conduciye TO fiscal facilities and esa-
hlisI Il mammoth Bank at once over tic Union ana
viii YOU submit your better judgment to sich mar
splitting Device We will not believe IT, way, or %
Won moi see what mockery IS this:-lt IS rs insulting
10 the sovereignty of the States rs 1t is TO The under
standing of the people. What Congress first aJeffS
10 ask the Of the States, on the 'dsa OF course
that lieu have right 10 reuscliut, IN the very next
breath Congress say, II you do refuse, we care ~!
We will force Baak upon The vrry States w!iich WIKI
ho!l Their assen The pirate nst trics seduction
ii he fails IN tia, he resorts 10 'aIc. The wonder =
indeed that any should ever believe, that Con
.rcSs las the right to establish National Bank IN
any form Whatever, :i;i without The consent ~ sn'
rIc States ~ q! MIR. Tyler Wing monitors ilEe
lyncburr Nirgin,an) says, Touching The amendment
itself MIR I;lyes' = 10 change Tie
On mon which have heretofore expressed, that wie
form IN Il seemingly cvades the constitutional scThpts
entertained is sonic 10 the power OF Congress =
incorporaie Bank, il is in fact mare traS'oa-- and
that there j., truth! no substantial reason Tor u
adoption Congress either Inns or has mol the consti.
tuiional power 10 incorporate National B"nh-"sci',
according 10 our understanding Of the term, carries
with il the power 10 establish branches-lor no one
vii contend that either Of tie i6cM Banks, heretoor"
cs,abl. he'd IN the District Of Culumbla or that any
similar institution which may hereafter be established,
entitled any such appea,ion, or indeed that u
can perform, the functions for which alone the Incorao
ration OF SatioaGt institution Is deemed Unnecessary
and proper" The question inay BE- tested indeed hv
/, hypo;heca ascone, i: is trne, not very likely -
napaen but winch may nevertheless occur and winch,
whether II mol may be icgilina;ciy enp!"r"a
IA expose the shallowEcss of that soph-try by "hc!
proposed amendment satisfied. Suppose the blil
passed in the shape proposed hy Mr.. E"ln@-ani
that rrery State should refuse lis assent TO the g.
adjustment nf a branch within lis limits what wnniG
,l, Nohc. BANK the District be bat 4 .""n>ftr
4 ndeed-a head without trunks Or ;im5s~iih ihc "a
cul,y OF rca sorng and Hing ui denied I'll" po"sr ~
aciing lfit be SAID, that II IS certain lei some I" tn
States and probably majority Il them, vii girc tir
required assent and therefore the symmetry 81 rs parts
viii be complete reply that THIS does not affect ta'
substantial cha o. the ctie c,lolf Congress has
the power charter National Bunk, II has the power
10 render il ,Tsicnt Ii II has not the pnwcr, the assent
arlhe States, the mode proposed, cannot confer II II
Congress mas the RIGHT To- make In, head, It has the night
also 10 alx the limbs necessary - is regular and
healthful action-and cannot be- dependent upon the
States, their individual character. 10 furnish arms an
legs for lis rickctty and ':li-madc GP Offspring IL.
deed we regard the proposition tscfas entirely at cap
tandu,n-d designed 10 furnish sort of Inclined pan upon
which few gentlemen, tramme!lrd, perhaps, by pre-.
vousv expressed opinions against the consnt"naIty
Of Bank of the Of winch experience has con
yinced ,hem while they have not quite the nerve 10
avow their change Of opinion, or II hazard a Nj ala.
olson DID, tic oboGuy and proacii winch that ayoU6d
change would draw duwn upon their leads may Side IN
10 the support of destgd 10 br clothed mtth
all The attributes and 10 perform al The functions Of 4
National Bank but to be rendered dependent Tor is
capacity to discharge its duties, not upon the power
that called lnto beng, bat upon the separate acton Of
twenty SIX other bodies.
= If the President is determined 10 veto
Mr.. Cays bill upon constitutional grounds, while he
is willing to sanction Mr. Ewing's, in our opinion he
splits hair t,ciIi south and southwest SHE. II one
CONSTITUTIONAL the other lfonr ~ unconstln!ion
al both unless, indeed, Mr. Tyler and those who
concur with him in opinion choose I" assume The rcn
strons position that powers can be conferred on Con-
rress by tie individual assent 81 The STATES winch that
BODY does moi oiirw p"Sse>sand iAt!s add another
10 the odes proposed ly the Constitution hy winch
that nstrnrnen, may be amended-a mode certainly
yer dreamt Of b. lis lfancrs and which viii not
he openly avowcd even by those Win propose cnYcry
TO adopt lt.--But if goa viii take ta;s ne'c"r chcmi"
of compromise, you must be prepared 10 split tie hair
still finer.
But if this har-splil!ing bill should pass with your
signature, do you think there will he an end OF the
matter: Believe il not Sr-Scc the signs gathering
all round the horizon; hear the trumpet tongues from
your own Buckingham and Powi'atan, in the Reso!r-
lions published y And do you think that thus de
fea,ed hy fraud and caiocry with the gag Law placed up
on the lips Of Representatives; with Mississippi and
Illinois wholly unrcpresenled; with the fantemcn'oi