Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-06-18
To the PRKslprSr Of The United States.


WAsHINGToN June 1.-The first business of the bo-
DIV o-day was the consideration OF the resolutions in
relation 10 i,r death Of the late President. II
solved that the usual badge Of mourning he worn hy
the members, and resolution of coincidence with the
family of the deceased President was supcradded -
Another emblem Of grief ordered, which, we
fear, future will associate with the misorunes
brought upon the country rather by the present act
the than by the fate Of the regretted dead
with whom il is designed 10 connect The presiding
tribunals in each House are to be- shrouded in black
during the present session. THIS presaTes wo 10 the
country lll.boding augury attends every step in tie
Vaccinations which the extraordinary call uf Congress
intended to bring head before the popular sem
tment could be arrayed to arrest them.
After the presentation of these resolutions, Mr..
Clay Immediately proposed another, calling the Sc
cretnry Of the Treasury for plan Of Bank Of the
United States
Mr.. King Of Alabama objected 10 this form of call.
In this he was supported by Mcssrs. Woodbury., Cal
houn Buchanan, Benton, Wright and Rives The lat
Ter moved an amendment TO enlarge the call 50 as TO
embrace not only that Government Fiscal Agent, IA
Bank of the U. S.,) for which the Secretary of the
Treasury indicates his preference Cor deeming cons
tu,onal; but that which, s presumed from the reser
vaons made in the Secrearys report the President
is inclined to establish which viii no; be liable to the
constitutional objections heretofore urged By him 10
such institution
This amendment Of Mr.. Rivcs, makes it the duty of
the Secretary Of the Treasury 10 report that plan which
lections which have heretofore been insisted upon hy
the President of the L. $, in common with all the op-
ponens Of National Bank, and 10 which reference is
made in the lac message, as having been confirmed BY
the voice of the nation, sustaining the OF presi-
dent Jackson.
Under the standing rule of the Senate election Of
officers then entered upon, and terminated III The
reelection of the former officers Of that body
Mr. Clay next laid before the Senate his protocol (as
he called D of the matters 10 which The discussions of
the Senate should be confined. They embrace it will
be seen, his system, his whole SYSTEM and nothing hut
his SYSTEM FIRST the overthrow Of the Constitutional
Treasury-next the establishment Of National Bank
then Tariff to fill lis Golfers with deposites'a tenn
porary loan, las he calls ) but really TO begin ma
tional debt enduring than the Government, which
will exist only in form under the proposed establish
finally distribution Of the public domain
TO make the debt Bank, and Tariff, the ndispen
sable-to nure the Stales to dependence the Co.
vcrnmen and the national Government system itsell
on The new system proposed II viii be observed tina,
Mr. Clay excludes the bankrupt law from the list OF
measures to be acted at this session is reserved
until the pressure Of the great Bank the minor ones
shall make The bankruptcy more universal than IL Is,
a:d then probably II viii becoass element IN future