Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-14

!. to the bill
the p, Sc bill, aud objected to its title Tho It'll
OF the bal formed one of the Presidents eonsltu
uonal objections to it, and his par ocular obiectio
seemed 10 oe that It had the term "pabhc revenue
IN 1t, the word public being pu, in italics. So
"ppcateu tnat u II mad been for private revenue Tia
{ olDscton would have been obyiatsd. Was that tn
ireSidenPs meanlnsl Now, Air II. did not kno,
II II was true, but references had been made I
rumor-he did not speak OF that two.legecd rumo
Nnlcn sometimes staiked about the Capitol but q
! tumor with thousand tongucs-but rumor sal
mat this very title in the Presidents own hand
T wrl;IEs, and that lis terms suggested by him
sell The President objected that II should DE de
nominated "a oI'l Tor the collection, safe keeping
ana disbursement of the public revenue;" but whn
oN, IN the name of God, could we have passed OF
'ne SUBJECT which would not have been entitled &
such title?
.; The next objection was, that the provisions o
INC DIN uld not contradict its title. very strans
ohJecilon FIRST the President objects to the mi
OF the BILL and then that The bill does not contradic
its title
=. HIS seventh objection was that it provide,
'hat congress should not charter any other banl
within the next twenty years. So he presume,
'hat II Congress would only pass half dozen bank,
OF The same character, it would at once remove IA
constitutional obiec ion.
;. But the objection was that the hill exc'pds,
the power of discounts. Now, let It bc bone N
mind that the strong objection to the first bank bi
hau oeen that 1t authorized discounts; hut the pre.
cent o with an express view and reno We the
! RESIDENTS objections, had been so drawn rs TO ex
clude that power.
THESE, he presumed, were the constitutional Oh.
Jeciions Ot the Preldent to the bill After staiins
| mem thus generally, the President came down TO
uetals, ana they were not of such desctiptIon A.
i recommended them 10 Mr. BIS appronation One
o. them was, that the bill did not provide for rcgu-
| latnS the rates Of exchange. Now Mr. b. imasi-
ned u would somewhat trouble the Presidents in
genuity to frame any Till that would, especially for
twenty years 10 come. The other was = most 70.
markao,e objection indeed; after obiectIn, 10 the
oil because Il eI :ludei discounts his asst obi.etion
was, mat the bI dd not authorize discounts IN the
! District OF Columbia Would the Presiic on.
lectienS 10 the bill bs removed f Congress shouId
pass n bill TO charter a second bank2 Mr. r. "a.
membereu 10 have heard the project suggested IN
] Virginia, OF having ticO national banks, one A Nor
/ thcrn and the other II Southern Bank: and tI,
scheme wos, for time, 4 great f.yos,ts with ~
skv-scrapers IN that 5 ate. l. couc' SION the p.
sdent begged, prayed, supple ,t.d Congress for A
lIlte more time. The President OF the Unuec
States, man who had filled all the hishes, stations
IN the country; who had been Goyerno, Of hi, own
State; Senator OF the United Ststes who had for
sho time, filled the office OF Vice President and
was now the Chief Magistrate Q: this Unpa want
Ell further time to consider the Subiscr ofa Nator,
Bank, at CT that suole-t cc-uptG Congress and
the country ios these three months past! rs asked
ioE more iTe-mo:e time 70 cons inmate his wicked
ct he had suchl and his N sch cyols jss sns With
the Opposition party. Tie 7. cs5denI SPOKE o.. the
! ' y
| ty! Tue PresISeu; came INTO power with 4 larger
number OF votes Khan ary man since the foundation
OF th!s GoVvgGneu'. save Inc ever 10 be .amer,gc
chei whose name s-onc II the head OF the ticket.
lie had come 20 Congress an tod them he ~ 5
prepared 10 give the Aumu'sirsti OF: ;aa, man MS
coTda. supper; he came lacked " srea. and trI-
umphAnt party, with an ove-whe MN. M lrI,y: but
| INSPIRED UY mad ambition, mat same man, within
the short space Of tweG;y GsyS, with WV 10 secure
ms own reelection, detached himss L from his friends
and ms party, and threw himself into the arms o.
! the Opposition; deGsi all the Obligations under
which the Wings bad into power in re alton 10
the subject OF the currency; ir "a with the most et-
| ger WISHES OF tie nation; tquiyOcatei for three
months; and then ust at the close Of the session
he asked their compassion and forgiveness. He
/ found no compassion IN MIR B's bosom; nor did he
/ think he metiied Il from any man VINO knew what
| his course had been. But the President SAID ths,
he had signed all the bills TO him for every 9th
er obl-cI-why should his friends compaIn because
ne differed from them on this one poor little trIRiny
insignificant question OF the currency True: he
did sign the other bIlIs-and whyl Nothing blr
the deepest, the most unq lifted commItta OF him
self, both ~ the Legislature and IN his opening Ad
dress, had induced him 10 sign the Land bi.l; and II
rumor spoke the truth, IN regard 10 that bill he he
, STATED long. The Message concluded IN the mosr
self-comp!acent style, tho President was entre!y
satisfied with himself, and confident that he has
followed the footsteps OF his god like predecessors
Z Who the sod-.ihe predecessors were TO whom he al
ludej, Mr. u. was not, perhaps, as well advised a.
some OLLtIs he knew lnCSCU VINO the two gOl-llKt
men were whom Mr. Tyler had referred TO when
attacking Gen. jackson for the removal OF the GeDo
sites; he then referred TO Jcff.rsOn and Madison
There Mr. b. quoted the language referred TO from
speech OF Mr. Tyler IN the Senate Ofthese, one
1 MIR MddIson) had been called 10 act upon a bill
Tor National Bank sent MIN from both Houses OF
Congress; and had President Tyler followed the H.
ustrIOus, the glorious example OF Mr. Madison on
that occasion2 No; lie had rsJec.ed il.
As to the style OF this message, God only KIN "
whether the President had written /, or not. Wher
Mr. 3. read some Of the passages in H. he mad
been ready TO suspect that somebody cOnEec d
with The Herald had had hand IN D.. BE that q.
II might, this lie would say, that It kls own boy o
fifteen had written him a letter with as much tom.
toolery IN Il, he should have taken him from schoo
and sent HIM TO the plough
Mr. b. said he should proceed 10 examine the
course OF the President win mldness let not gen.
temen laugh, as II that impossible; Mr. 3
could be mid sometimes. General Jackson USED
TO say It was sometimes policy to be rash q nd VIC
J lent, and Mr. B. did not know but this would be O.
III time for such course, but he should treat the
matter with moderation and mIdness. for IN truth
D he Tel: very little excitement rs to this Bank bill
he had watched It's progress as one friend watched
The lingering GeaiE-UgG VI another, until his excite
, ment had passed away; but his Indignation val
only Increased.
5 MIR b. said he would now lay down a prorosi.
7 ton which could not he denied and that was tina
: the great and all absorbing question which had dr
vded the two great parties IN this country for year
past was lhe currency question. THIS law tlt
foundation Of every other. MIR B. was not goins
to be 50 ridiculous to say that that was the on
issue made before the People IN all portions of tho
country during the late election The questions dis
. cusscd were various. This Of Bank was one
but u was not the only one. The sUb-Tgelsury
was another; neither that the only one. Tn.
| Distribution bill was one, but not the ONLY one
The H1oe case was one, but IL was not the only
one. The Wings had not deemed IL proper, IL was
not good policy, to drive from them those VINO ggr,
ready TO JOIN thor ranks on other questi0us
they did not agree with them about a bank brl, If
cynccd gross ignorance 10 aiirm that this vas mol
the great ana most important Of al. the ques'i1us
II The Wing party had then sent DELEGATES 10 H7r.
rs5urg, and hr Tyler went there as one a con.
hdenual friend Of his in the Senate tMr Rives} had
sad, tor Mr. y. had heard him, that the nomination
4, at Harrisburg turned on the question Of Bank or
10 Bankw and but Tor Mr. Cay's known commit,
tai 70 a Bank Of the United States, he would have
} been nominated; but that lllrrisin was no. s..
committed DE obtained the nomination Did On,
senator, IN TINT remark, express the sentiment al
his friend, the Presdeni7 Mr. 3. presumed he
DID. Aud II he did, IN what attitude did it place
the Pres dentl After he got 10 Harrisburg he re.
commended Mr. Clay and, II rumor again wal
uuci he We1t and cried over the result. Yes D.,
cHed TO thlnk the bank man nod been supcrscded by
the anu-hank man! Now, every bo1y knew tLf
during lhs interval between Gen Jlckson's veto o.
. the bank hI.l and the Convention OF Harrisburg
. thousands and thousands Of men had Cnurgsd tLe.
} opinion m reference 20 National Bank from tb,
results Oi experience which had passed under tbef
e eyes. Mr. y. admitted, IN rs Oroades, sense. tbs
from Mr. JyIefs first entrance on public life 10 M
% date Of hIs appointment 10 The Harrisburg Con
y ycnton, every sentiment u bis mind had DccnIuOs