Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-30

opinion, It was contrary to the Constitution Of tina
State. Aud have heard, and, from the ereditab oil
nature Of the source, | am Inclined to believe al
though will not voueh for the fact, that towards
The close oi the charter of the FIST Bank OF the Uni
cd States during the second term of Me Jefferson
some consideration OF the question OF the renew a o
he charter was entertained and that he expressed
wish that, II the chatter were renewed, 1t might b,
effected by the operation Of the ten DAVIS proyision
and his consistency thus preserved.
Ii Il were possible to disnter the yencrate,l re-
I mains of James Mhuison, reanmate his petshipg
iorm and place him once more IN that chair OF state
which he 81 much adorned, what would have been
his course, n thus bill had been presented TO hun
even SuppO,ing HIM never to have announced IN,
ocQuieScence m the settled judgment OF the naton1
lie would have 'aid, that human controversy IN re.
gard 10 single question should not be perpetual
and ought To- have a termination. This, about the
pONer to establish a Bank OF the United States has
been Ion: enough continued. The nation under
all the forms Of its pubic action has often and de
hOcta'ey decided It. Bank, AID associated Il
! nlnCOl and currency questions. which had long
! Slept were revived and have divided he nation du-
ring the last ten years nrduous and bitter strug-
! gle; aud the party which put down the Bank and
which occaSoned all the disorders IN our currency
! and finances, has itself been sisnaly nut down hy
one ct those great moral and political revolutions
which a fee and patriotic People can but seldom
arouse itself 10 make. Human ntalhbiIity has mo-,
been granted by God; and the chances OF error arc
much greater The side Of one man than or that
Sve Legislatures during long period OF lime.
yield TO the irresistible force OF authority. will
/ not put myself IN opposition TO measure so impe-
I ratIvely demanded by the public voice and SO es-
Seniia to elevate my depressed and suffering eoun-
trymen.
And why should not President Tyler have sui.
tered the bill TO become a law without his sigma
ture1 Wlihou; meaning the slightest possible dis.
respect to hun, (nothIns - further from my heart
than the exh,6ron OF any such feeling towards that
distinguished citizen, long my personal friendly II
cannot be forgotten ihat ne came into his present
Office under peculiar Circumstances. The People
sid not toTcsec the contingency which has happen-
ed. They voted for hum as Vice President They
dad not, therefore, scruunIEs his opinions with The
care which they probably ought 10 have done, and
would have DONE # they cuuL have looked H. D tU-
turty. V the resent state vi the act c-Ii have
been angcIpais--ii at Hlrr S5urs, or at the polls
Il had bt,a iOresecn that Gen. Harrison wUud DIE IN
one short month 9ierthC commencement OF his adm
nlstratioa; that Vice President Tyler would be ee-
vatec TO the Residential chair .hata DILL passed by
decisive ~aloriles OF TIE first Wig Congress char
ierlLS National Bank, would be presented Tor his
sane on; ana that h would veto tie bill, do haz-
ard any thug when express tn conviction that
c would not b. Z received solitary vote IN the
nominating Convention, nor one solitary electoral
yo,e IN airy State IN the UuIOnl
Shall be told that the honor, the hrmnesS, the
independence o.: the Chef Magistrate might have
been drawn IN question u lie had remained passive,
and 80 Permitted the lIIl to become a law an
Il
and exalted trust, created and conferred Tor the b,
neht OF the nation and not for the private advan-
thse Of the person who lis Il. Can any mans re-
putauon Tor trmness independence, and honor be
Of more Importance thau tie welfare OF great
peors1 i here IS nolhnc, m my humble Judgment,
on such a course, Iuc tupaubie with homo, with
h;nnrss, with Independence, properly Understood.
Certainly must respectfully Think, IN reference TO
a measure Ike this, recommended 10y such high
anc,lnrS-by five Congre sscs-Jv tie authority of
r nsff nj he
preme CoGrt-by the ACC usscencc and Judgment OF
the People OF the United States during long periods
oil timely ITS salu--ry operation on the interests
OF the community for space OF forty years and
demanded bv the People whose sults:es placed 7
President Tver IN thar secont Office tom whence
he was translated 10 the foS', tNIt he might have
suppressed the prOmpuuss % all personal pride at
private opinion, u any arose 10 his BOSOM aud yIt ID
ei 10 the wishes and wants ct his country. Nor DO
believe That, m such course, he would have made
the snla es, sacrifice, IN Just sense, OF personal
honor hrmUess, Or Independence.
Bur, sir, there was stu. tflrd alternative, 10 /
which u.iudc, no. because mean 20 intimate that |
It should be embraced, hu. because | am -emindel |
OF II ty memorable event u the lie Of Prssld,u; .
Tyler Il viii be Iero.ecrcd that, Rf'e. the Senate
hdn passed the Tet1uton declaring he remova. Of /
the pubic cepos;es from the ATE Bank IF the L. :. 10
have been Gcrusa'oTy from The Constitution and .
laws OF the United States tor which resolution Pc
s'jen', then Senator Tyle~, had voted, the Genera.
Assembly Of Virginia instructed the Sen-tOIs from .
that S''s 10 vote for the eEpurgug Of that rlso.u.
ton. Senator Tyler declined voting IN conformity
with ina! instruction, and resigned his seat IN the
Senate OF the United States. TINS lac q because
he could no, coGtorm, and dId not thiuk 10 right to
90 counter 70 the wishes OF those who had placed
him IN the Senate. II, when the people Of Virginia,
or the Genera. Assembly OF NIrs MA were his on
ly constituency, he would not set up his own par
ucu.ar opinion m opposition to theirs, what ought
10 be the rule OF his conduct when the peope of %
StAtCs-a whole naton-cUmpOse his constituency
Is the will OF the constituency OF State to be
respected, and that of 70 20 he wholly dsgegardedl
Il obedience due only TO the single State Of VTSn,a'
The President admits that the bank question deep
~ aClidtcd and continued TO agtite the nation. IL
IS IncOntes'aJe that IL was the great, absorbing
aud controlling question, IN all divisions
and cNerilDnS. ] am firmly convinced, and II is
my deliberate Judgment, that an immense majority
not less than two-thtis OF the nation desire such
an institution All doubt IN this respect ought to
be Glsne'Ici by the recent decision Of the Two
Houses Of Congress. | speak OF them as evidence .
OF popular opinion. in the House OF Representa-
ives, The maIorI.y was l5l TO 100. II the House
had been iu'., ond but for the modification Of the
lb'n Fundamental, condition, there would have been
a probable majority Of ~. !, to be believed that
tins large majority OF the immediate representatives
Of the peopc, fresh from amo g them, and to whom
the President seemed inclined, IN his opening mes
sage, TO refer This very question, have mistaken the
wishes Of their constituents
Fass 10 toe sixteenth fundamental condition, in
rcspscl 20 the branching power, on which | regret
O. feel myself obliged 10 say that think the Pre-
s.dent has commented with uncNlmp.ed severity,
and with halsunsss OF language not fivorlble 10
the maintenance Of that friendly and harmonious
intercourse which Is 50 desirable between co.orIi-
nate departments of the Government The Pre-.
sI5ent could not have been uniformed that every
one o. the twenty SIX Senators, and every one Of
the hundred and tIIrty-One Representatives who /
voted Tor the Ui|, % len 10 his own separate wishes
would have preferred the branching power 10 have
been conferred Internationally, as % was IN the .
charters Of the two former Banks OF the United .
States. ln conscntlng TO the restrictions upor the /
exercise Of that power, he must have been perfect.
y awure that they were uctuated by friendly 7.
spirit Of compromise and concession. Yet nowhere
spirit Syg king Of tue assen. or dissent which .
the clause requires, be says "Th5 iron rule s o .
give wy 10 no c.r--ms'anccs-Ii Is unbena.ng
und Irl-Ugs. il is the language u rbe master u .
she yass.I. An unconditional answer IS c'araCd .
fOrthWiih." The "hgh p .i.cgc' Il a Submission /
Ji the question, vu the part q. the State Brp.ssg
tatgCg, 10 ihcr constituents, according Il tie mes
sage, IS dcust. lie puts the cases o. the popular
branch Di O. State Legislature Cyaressng ils dis b
sent "hy unanimous vol, and - resolution may
'pe debated Ivy no. vote Iu the Senate and
"BO.n DnncIes Of tue Legislature nay concur IN
"a reso HtOn OF decided dissent, EnG yo; the Go.
'Vgrn.. may exert o.. veto power conferred ON him
10y iuD State construction and their legislative ac-
SION be da.e1'l "Ine STATE m,y arcrward-
protest again such unjust inference, but IT'S au
'.hou.y is gyEs" The President continues: "1o
'rinrcncss sp VIOLENT and as they seem 20 mr ira
tgH0i cannot yield my consent So cour. oil
Justice would or could sanction them without re-