Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-18

aeni shOuil nave rcsignedf when the whole tenor
Of the Senator's speech Wis chara,t ,rized by such
pointed and significant reprehcnsons OF the Presi.
dents conduct. could the lavish and ostentatiouS
professions Of personal regard and respect. 20 which
'he senator now appeals as evidence Of the spirit Of
speech. he viewed in aay other light than rs a
mockeryI
The honorable Senator still nIists that the ques
non OF a bank was an issue solemnly decided ia The
election. ! thought I had shown. by
proofs from The the record, when 4 first
the Senate, that this ISSUE was not made
m the Presidential election. and. frnm tho well
known and recorded opinions ofthe candidates Sc.
lecied beth 6r The Presidency and The Wee Presi.
dency, could not have been intended Ia have been
made. But the honorable Senator tells me this is
all a sheer delusion on my pari. and arises from what
he Is pleased to say is the common error Of ms vir
ginians-,o consider the septimen nj prevailing i'm
Virginia as the sentiment Of The whole Union.
lMr Clay. ! spoke oIsome peculiar opinions er-
is'lns and IN o. Grafton aiming the people Of Virgin
ial
The peculiar e~piAions If he people Of Virginia.
continued Mr. Riyes,O | had hoped wou q never be
considered n reprooch by any native son OF Virginia;
mud the iauni, coming from the honorable Senator
from Kentucky, himself a native SON of our ancient
Commonwealth, is the 'unkindesl cut OF all" Now,
SIR, with all possible respect for The honorable Sena.
tor, ! will tell him, il he will allow me, what is On
error That he himself seems very prone TO fall into.
~ - " '""N "sa hs W. peTsoual opiniOIlS must,
Of necessity. be the opinions Of the country; aud be.
cause tie question OF Bank or no Bank" was the
prominent, and, as he says, vital issue in his own
mind, he concludes that IL ought 20 have been, and
was. The prominent and vital issue in the minds of
The People also.
| beg leave 10 say that my horizon in the Presi.
Dental canvass was mol quite 20 limited as the Sen.
aior seems TO suppOse-nOt confined exclusively TO
Virginia, "either above or below tide wafer" 10 adopt
ms political geography of our Sinie. l visited other
anu leading States, during the progress Of the can
NaSs, and sought iniOrmatinn from them all | would
remind the honorable Senator Of what passed onthis
hoor, a lev weeks since, IN this own hearing, as 10
the course OF the canvass in The most power al ard
important Of oil the States in the late election
When The honorable Senator from New York who
sits behind me MI WrighI) appealed to my honor.
able friend, his colleague, who sits near me, and
inquired OF him IL any thing was SAID by himself or
the opponents Of The late Administration generally,
IN the Presidential canvass IN that State, about a
Bank Of the United SIaIssl my honorable friend re-.
plIed' "No; We were 30 much occupied with the
sub-Treasury that we said nothing about a Bank OF
The United States" ! would appeal TO my honora.
BILE ficni now OH this point.
MIR Talimadge. attended altogether TO the sub.
Treasury
MIR RIves. That, 80 far rs tho financial question
was concerned, was every where. within the limits
OF my observation, the course Of political discussion
by our friends, who thought the interests ofthe conn
try demanded a change Of administration. "Sub.
Treasury or no ub!TreaSnry" was The issue, and
not Bank or no Bank" So odious WAS the sub.
Treasury TO the jealous spirit Of American liberty
and 20 determined was the opposition Of a republ.
can people 10 IL, that they resolved 10 pm IL duxn
Al all hazards. willing TO leave To the future. and TO
The wi.dom AMI deliberations IL would bring along
with IL. to decide which Of the various plans Thai
had been or might be suggested. should DO sui sii
IuIed in the place Of il.
MIR Tnllmadge. Although I did not discuss the
matter myself. still The newspaper organs of Ihe late
Administration displayed al their head "lndepcndeni
Treasury. and no National Bank
Mr. R.ves continued. ! know iull well ihni our
adversares were eager and anxious 10 force the /,
sue OF a National Bank upon us. But we declined
y. i had the honor myself of being in The empire
S'nte, In the very crisis Of that great political contest
which had broken mp the fountains of that mishiv
deep No long s~ayed by the leaden sceptre of party
discipline. | met my honorable friend there in a
noble ~nssemblnge Of his counIrymen. embracing ~,
thousand enlightened md gallant freemen, cc,.sc,o,
from every quarter Of that great Slate =, delib.r,,,
upon me des'InIes OF our common corntry:and- ,vh,I,
all voices wer" raised IN unanimous rrptobaIion ~
the odious subTreasury system, not n solitary wor
vas uuer"u pleading The me.Ils ola National Bank
II The history Of the laia canynss ,ould no ;unor,;
ally and faithfully .rrirlen from -on,emnor,neor'
"I'e"'s' suc'. 1 am convinced. would be iount
20 nave nSefl lis actual course in, al least. three
'ourIhs 81 the Slnies OF this Union.
ne senator from Kentucky has reminded me
ralher ungraciously, / think, considering how Ian,
ne LOOK shelter with me under The same roof
me humble hay udy house, hs State banks } 70
Nhlch ne snPpJses me still to retain a prelerence
For four long years did tie honorable Senator him
sen lhhaoh THIS haD-oaV house, yaliantly defendin,
u WIN All The vigor Of his prOwess and eioouence n
gainst the fierce assaults of The forces of the late Al
min's'ra'loni aud, i'll nmnot greatly mistaken ever
Us laie as his celebrated Hanover speech last sum
"e'' ne recognised II To be n fair competition ofbi
own preferred e~IPedientk "A National Bank) for IN,
public favor. declaring Thai the choice between ,beu
should be leit TO the future and deliberate iudgmeu
Of The people.
lMr Clay. No; you are mistaken. I recognise,
IT only rs a piS oHerl
Mr. kiyes. A pis aler is about as much ns 4. lef
o". MOI having The speech Of The honorable Sen
Nor before me. I will not now comics, The m,,o
with him, thought l may take occasion bcreaGer =
refresh the recollection Of The Senator'S Wb,, Al,
was The bill Of the Senator which was sent IN IN,
Tresihent but n pis alert According To The Senator;
4 own statement IL was very different hing from VII,
ne "onid have mode it. In lis location, II its nam
ana character and especially in the 80 called com
promise section which The Senator tells ne no IN
Hoduced IN a srint Of The EXTREMIST concession. h,
agreed to make 1t avery different thing from m
old-iashloned Bank OF The United States. Inc B,o,
io'0t OF currency md finance m the eyes of ,be Sen.
alor. The Senator's own bill. then. was but = ID,
GHeT' aud there eannot be much choice. I presume
between one PifaLey and another.
eve it TO myself, Mr. President. before 7 clos.
20 say one or two words ia regard to this rorgon Of
a caoal' which the Senator tells Ne. upon the author
ny Of dame Ramor. has been former 10 break nm tbs
Cabinsiio dissolve The Wing party. and IN form =
nc" or ihird party. Although The Senator wn. pleas
10 ocquH me Of being a member Of This suppo.ed
eaOaI' ne YET seemed TO have some lurking Jealous.
les and suspicious m ms mind on the subject. will
tel ne honorable Senator, then. that { know Of m,
such eabal' and ] should really think that I WINS be
Ia'' man NAT ought 10 be suspected of any wish or
ue'lgn 10 form snow or third party. I have shown
myself NJ all times FESTIVE under mere p,,ty q
enee and control from my quarter. An psrtv. !,
my humble Judgment, tends. in is Modern dozen.
eIS'y, 20 tyranny and - attended with serious bsz
aru ~ s~ncrhciug on honest sense Of duty. and tbs
gfeai interests Of The county. 10 an arbitnrv lend
olfeeied ny other aims. ! desire, therefore. 4, 81.
upoh 'ny.en no new party bonds. while 7 am op,.
lous 70 ipihl, TO the fullest extent that n sense a A.,
70 lho country will permit cvc,y $500