Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-03
RICH M n ID.
SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 3.
Startling Discovery

o'WHihg btScOCpy!!
When we read the following article, we felt dis.
treSsed at the effects which the intelligence it COM
municaIes, must have upon many worthy men
MIR. Jefferson Bank man! Shocking thought
II will unsettle all the conclusions of all the venera.
bic sages, who gather their scraps Of wisdom from
the Enquirer. They will never DC able to put two
ideas together again Thomas Jefferson a bank
man! 1t so appears, whichever disastrous conse.
quenees may ensue.
From The National Inf.l frsHetr.
Ma JEFFERSON AND Ma. MADfsoNs SIGNATURE
OF THE BANK BILL.
The opinion expressed by Mr. Jefferson, in yind
ting MIR Madison from censure on account of his
signature to the Bank hill in 1916, to which had
occasion to refer few days ago. is likely 20 have
90 much influence with those sturdy politicians who
repose implicit confidence in his opinions that the
fact Of his having uttered opinion favorable TO the
course of MIR Madison is questioned, by those who
have nothing but their ncredulity to oppose TO
it, well as by those who doubt it because OF its
supposed inconsistency with opinions expressed by
Mr. Jefferson At other times Writers in the Enuu-
and other prints Of the Judge Roane school OF
politics. show great anxiety to ward Off the force of
this new testimony to the IndispensaGity of a Ma.
tional Bank as fiscal agent.
Our business is not with the eOnsisleaeV of Mr.
at another though III we may be pardoned the in
truson here Of an abstract senttmen) We would not
give fig Tor any politician that has passed fifty
years of age wIthou! finding something IN his youth
full opinions TO reconsider and change; and we
know not why Mr. Jefferson should be denied the
benefit OF privilege which almost every other man
IN the word has found cause to claim and to exer-
cise-the privilege Of being "wiser to-day than we
were yesterday"
Wchave stated fact on authority upon which
entire fglfauce Dilcpd Y hat yvh NJ
Mndsons signature of the Bank bill Of 1916, was
condemned 10 conversation IN his presence, MIR
Jefferson with great emphasis vindi:ated Mr. Madi.
son, and said that the General GOpsrnment must
hare Bank 50 long as the States nero suG,rsd 10
have them, for that me General Government could
not get along i1ihsm one.
We are now enabled 10 present evidence Of a
nature TO satisfy every reasonable mind, that MIR
Jefferson did, three years at least before Mr. Mad.
sons signature Of the Bank bill declare the cOnsti-
tutonalty OF Bank OF tho o. States to be a settled
question: Ivy adjudication Of Congress the Judiciary
and the People, 10 iohich he 0iHing 10 gsLd hs
own opinions On The subject
The writers Ire subjoned letters are most re-
spectacle Nrgnlans, resident IN The adjoining coun-
~ to that OF Mr JgiIers MS residence The wfi.
ter Of the first letter hal filed many honorable
stations, and was on Intimate terms with the Sage
of Monticello, as his statement shows. That he
made the statement u Mr. Jeltcrsnn's opinion IN the
lifetime OF that eminent man, shortly after the con
vesatIon TO which he refers happened aud Wien
the parties present might have contrndicled il, is
proved by the second Of the subjoined letters The
high character Of the writer Of the first letter. who
has long ceased 10 have any thing to do with public
affairs, is, however Of Itself, sufficient guaranty
Or 'g @eraci,y. The writer uf the second letter Is
in the opposition to the present ruling parry has no
nducemsnt to favor It's views, and gives his testi,
mony when called upon, purely out Of regard to
truth. The reader viii perceive how powerfully
this testimony IS cOuOboratcd by Mr. Jefferson's
subsequent vlndlc,tOn Of Mr. Madison's signature
10 the Bank bill.
THE EVIDENCE.
COPIES OF TWO LETTERS, (sTCSATUREz EvcrPTEDO
-, fLoUTA CoUyTT) Va. JuNe 10, IslI.
Dear sir Have you any recollection Of my
mentioning toyou mlnyyclrF since, the purport Of
conversation OF Monticello, in my presence between
Mr. Jefferson and William a. Burwcll, Esq. on his
return from the session Of Congress NJ which the 70
chirter Of the fret United States Bank had been
rejected, IN which hlr Jefferson expressed the opin-
ion that bad he been a member Of Congress, he
should have waived his constitutional scrupes and
voted for the rechaer In consideration Of the great
eHpsdiencY Of the measured ! should be pleased TO
have your answer by return mail
Very respectfully, your Obedient servant