Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-07
fSGSrT-SEFENrd CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION.
IN SENATE.

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Also the proceedings OF the citizens ofNew York
al The Canal street meeting. IN behalf OF a National
Bank.
OREGON TERRITORY.
Mr. King presenicd n memorial from citizens OF
Nlnhaina upon The subject ol The Oregon Territory.
Mr. King said that at The next Session orConrress
he would ask ior legislative protection u.on the
subject OF The Territory.
MIR Linn was glad To hear The intention Of the
; nai"r expressed in behalf Of future acton. lie
would 60 with any Administration in the yiudica-
ton OF the people of Oregon. and concluded with
"iirring 4 resolution which lies upon the table Tor
one dly.
REVENUE BILL.
The Clerk Of the House brought in the BIZ from
the House IN relation TO duties aud draw. backs. and
the Ball which passed on Saturday in relation to
military land warrants. The bill in relation 10 do.
ties aud drawbacks. on molten uf Mr. Clay or XIV,
had It's frsi and second reading snd was referred to
he committee un Finance.
The Bill to extend the lime for the isne OF Land
Warrants to ohi,ers and soldiers OF the Reyolu-
ton was referred ~ the Committee ON Public
Lands.
Mr. Calhoun presented a memorial IRON, citizens
OF Cumberland county, Va, UPON the agiiating qnrs.
ions OF the day. The memorial denounced a Ma
tiunal Bank, and said it should be repealed as snon
rs ihe opponents Of The Administration had the
power Ia repeal. The Distribution scheme was also
denounced, and the Extra Session pronounced nm.
called for. The Bank Bll was declared unconsiitu.
ional. and ihe Di,irhuiiun plan also. he last par
tcuiarly for tie reason tAat "a The csiimsiion of the
memorialisls. II was designed 10 re-esiablish The A.
merlcau system.
Mr. Calhoun said he should only add TO Tho re-
marks OF the Petitioners Ihe opinion that the Bank
question did not enter into The recent contest wbi-h
resulted IN the election Of President Harrison and
Wee President Tyler. The mss OF The peopls did
not contemplate the establishment of such an insti-
luton.
The memorial & resolutions were read 6 laid up
on The table. Aher reading.
MIR Henderson ruso lo notice one fact m The me.
mortal In reference To a L ) Bank,-ucclarpc The
L ; Bank unconstitutional and appealing io the re.
cords and journals Of The Convention which framed
The Constitution of The United States. lie conicu-
ded that the uEcoUstrtuiionaliiy of the hank was an
assertion moi U ly not proved, tst not ATTEMPTED TO
be proved at The present extra sessio. of Congress
We hnd hdard the the assertion at the cross roads.
seen 81 Ia The public papers. Int il had Mt bsen
proved ~ cou d not be proved. Whenever il was nj.
temple !, he should undertake To show that The bank
I'd constitutional snd a measure clearly intended
by The Constitution.
Mr. Clay OF Ala, took issue with The Senator from
Miss. Tie contcnded that The question was lam lied
u Tue Convention House. The question rs To Cor
potaii"ns was discussed, and il was denied that the
pOwSrs To create corporaiions existed wish the Gen.
eral Government, and cigh; States 10 three voted n.
galnSi The power. lie Ihouohi IL most conclusivclv
maintained that there was no mower in the Co5s,;.
tuiion 90 chaTtera National Bank.
Mr. Henderson re-asseHcd what hs had before
.aId that the proposition in regard TO a National
Bank was never voted upon in Convention. The
record which The member from Alabama had refer.
red To. proved his. 10 proved that the gucs'Ina was !
MOI taken, and that no vn,e was ever takcn AZ
Henderson commended thai The Senators who opno..
FL me Bank AMI drew their authority from the PRO-
&c ding IN The Cunven ion IN re-ard 10 Corpora ms
'iolealed different questions every day. They ap.
pied The rrnciplc IN reference 10 a Bank aud viola.
ted IL IN all others.
III conclusion he re-asscIied that the statement in
The memorial twice repeated was untrue. that the
question had been Pot in The convention and uera.
iiyed. 1t never had been put and never had been
decided.
Nir LAY OF Alabama, re-asseTied his position also
and interpreted several statements in Ibe Nf,Jis,n
LHpsrs 10 prove what he said. lie considered also
'hat Mr. Jefferson was some authority for the fact.
and read an opinion from Mr. Jen,rs,n. which lac
conceived It proved; he thought that the question
was proposed and rejected.
MrIendersOn said IN regard To Mr. Jen,rson's
opinion u was a record &C memory afer years inter.
vcnins lie stated "a conversation which ioos Mace (
ten years alter. and trusted To ten Years memory-I
lie might be mistaken. and Il be was lot mistaken
hs statement confirmed neither 10 The Journal of
the Convention. nor The Madison papers.
Mr. Calhoun commended that NJ lcas; II vos n cr
statement urat the rejection OF The proposition of the
power ~ regard TO corporaiions vvns cqniv,lent 10
2 rejection Of a proposition for a National Bank.
Mr. Morehead qloieJ from Mr. Gerry.a member
OF ihe Coavoniion. that no proposition 10 reject a Va. /
uoiml Bank or IN regard 10 a National Bank had
been ~proposed. This vas said in the hearing oil
Mr. Madison and uncOnimdicted,
Nj Archer SAID that a. the memorial came from
his own Stale, he ought perhaps TO say something
I'D reference 10 u. As The memorialsis bad. how.
ever chosen another organ, be should shy nothing
except on ono point IN the memorial. The people
OF virginia. he pledged himself. would never sps.
tam The doctrine Of repcal-never. ia Bank. was
he pledged himself that bat Stale would
respect The contract.
M Calhoun thought no had mistaken Virrip,
" n great majority of the people Of the I
Stale and Of ile Uaiied States would not contend
ior repeal before the close Of three years. lie
should rejoice 90 see pubic sentiment thus express.
ed, and no oct Of his life would give him more iy
lhan an Affirmative vote np,n the repeal question.
u was right hat there should be- rercal also f,r the T.
reasnn That ite Btnk was unconstitutional and th,t i
The people might Of ony time repeal an unconsuiu.
UOnal Act.
Mr. Archer further said that he Senator from
'''th ''rolila was most egTegiously mistaken n r..
gnfd 20 public 0pIutun 90 Virgins. Tfr would G1d
lhem more opposed 20 the Doctrines a. Repeal than
iN"'lh'alIpn. and ~ much uppos5d 90 slrh n senfi.
tnrni. 10 spoke Tor the Virginia poodle with bs
colleague. The petitioners chose an o-gap o,ber
u''n hc virginia Senators. That 90 least ysas ore.
N'N' iiAi tN' pfllIf0unre differed frYm 4
ne STATE which had given the two Senators their
place here.
hlrIupr1n. Mr Henderson and Mr. Benton said ,
'F0rd or w. u continuation. when line r,ow,,.t
ordered 10 De printed.
Ihe BIls mon tho table came up 6r y final ms.
'7ge. The RESOLUTION IN rellton r5 The D..f,i,,
ion o. Paioui papers was passed and sent 10 u,s
House "'
Also ihe 6Jl mr The relief Of fanatics IN the d..
nci Of Columbia.
nc voc upon Tho enRrossneni 81 he District f
5'nk bHl was rccJurfrrrJ hr The ro.-.o a. "a. b
additional au crdmcufs
FORrfGCNTON Bill. "
The forlhcaupn Bill was next couziJacJ mil
thc su'gect ofdisruS.pu +.
Nj Preston who bad charge " fr. bHI. p-,r,s.l.
20 amendment fr he purpose OF sgr,eyfp5 h. q.
ouu'y around New Orleans. i
mrfresion gave many reasons why the BIZ shooLf d
ass. on have before been consider.4 .b,I, a.
pc wv Was under consideration boz he House r
lhc following amendments were then coo..Js, i
u and arrccd fo. r.
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