The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-28

The following Is an extract from the
speech of Mr.. Moorehead one of kentuc-
ky's patriotic sons, on the Bill to ihcor-
porate the subscribers to the Fiscal Bank
of the United States. Delivered in the
senate of the United States, Jhly'27, 1871.
''But it is time, Mr.. President, that
should relieve you fiom the fatigue of
listening to nc. have endcavored to
prove that the power of Congress to esta-
blish national bank has been confirmed
by Il succession of uninterrupted prcce-
dents which ought not now to be shaken
and tlat the charter oithe proposed bank
is coniornable 10 the policy of the nation
during every period o! its exemption from
party dscord and strife, The Slightest
examination will show that its principles
are those of the charters of 1871 and
1916; and these the Senator from South
Carolina Mr.. Calhoun has declared to be
revolution AIRY. Sir, what are we to un
derstandf TO be the meaning of this dcclar-
atidr? 1t is meant that this bill contains
such IN assertion of 'law!css, arbitrary,
and unconstitutional power as to Justify
resistance by forcc2 Are we to understand
that Il charter, such as has been ON your
statute book for forty years-a charter
which will receive, il it become Il law, all
the constitutional isanCtions 'cl your Ia
tional legislation--will be met and rcpel-
led as no law2 Revolutionary! Sir, be-
fore the Senator from South Carolina re-
pcats that declaration, let him blot from
the national records the most enduring
specimens of his patrioisrn-the proud
est achievement of his public life Let
him tear rom his brow the triHmhhal
wreath, with which Il grcatlul country en-
twincd it for his efforts IN the great strug-
! gle for the restoration Of the currency in
1916. Let him dlsclam the companion
ship Of the patriots and statesmen OF that
,!ay-of Madison, Monroe, Gallatn, Lown-
DIES, Pnkney, Forsyth-men who have
been characterized by his eloquent and
distinguished friend, Mr.. McDullic, us
composing an asscmbiase "of higher to =
lent and purer patriotism tItan has ever
existed since the days of the Revolution"
lie! him do all that, before be again de
nounccS tho measure on your table Us I'M
constitutional and revolutionary.
Sir, the Senator is mistaken: it is h.
who is rcvolut o"rry. II is he who dis
carding the author Y Ola precedent Of
his own creation. would 1mscillc the ioun-
datlons of the policy Of the Government
Tor forty years of its cXiStencc-the poll
cv OF Washington. and Amss, and Sher-
man. and Madison, and Monroe, and Her
~. and GaIalo1,-in one word OF the
consrript fathers Of the Republic, If that
policy contained the seeds of revolution,
H." men OF the Revolution planted them
II it be war upon the Constiion, the faith
Grs OF tie Constitution themselves dcclar-
ed it. Fiji he the Path that leads to des-
poisin. TO resistance. to disunon, the sa-
gc' who consolidated the Union, who gath
cred the scattered elements Of the Conicd-
GRAFTON OF l776, and bound them up into
one great and harmonious system of Go
vcrnmcnt-fhcy have pursued the path be-
fore Us. Whatever may be the feelings
OF other gentlemen, feel that it
cannot be unsafe to follow where
such men have led. They were wisemen
and patriots. "honest cap bic, faithful to
the Constitution or the history of their
lives is miserable tale Of deception, and
!alSchuod, and fraud,
Yet gentlemen in opposition, announce
ftheir purpose to repeal this charter. The
Senator from Ohio Mr.. Allen leads off,
and tells us, it his place, with an air of
strong. but, he may be assured of mspla-
ccd defiance, that on the day this bill be-
comes ii law. he--h~ will lay upon the la
bic of the Sem'c Eli for It's repeal. The
thunders ofan inccnscd People have scar
cciy ceased to peal throughout the land
the gentleman and lis party have scar
ccly risen from Ne shock-ailu he is so
desperate as to provoke once more the
terrible genius OF the Storm Sir, when
, that Senator shall convince this nation
that Mat does, and that the Congress of
| 81 did net understand the true principles
OF the Constitution: when he shall con-
vince this nation that he is its only sinful
liblc oXpounder, and that Washington;
and Madison, and Marshall were dolts
and blockheads, do not say that the
days of the republic are numbered but
do say, that the period Of its decline and
fdcgeneracy will be at hand"
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