Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-09-17

Brilliant mpulsive, and Gictaoral leader tho most
eloquent han o! ms Country, IA. advanced If, set
with all Tue ardent buoyancy u" YOUTH capable Ia
gue, ndoinahle with the most admirable talents r,r
followers; wiihou: iavar with the p.npIc
whose best argument was made against u. s Bana o
which he IS now, without msrcenary motive by far thu
most powerful advocate-ihc Atlas, or rather Samson
has, iur ten years past, been the hero of a political
HAD whose catastrophe through his agency thar
that ~ any other nd,v:dua,has proved the final doom
of The monarchy of American finance. Revenue bills
aud lax bs begun radically fecast III the Senate
the House of Representatives tamey waiting at all
tim,es Presidential recommendations of measures
which il ought to originate; Executive or Senatorial
imitation OF almost every thing alarming symptoms
of modern legislative degeneracy. Our Government
was founded upon the broud basis Of the House OF Re
presena'ves where It's organic acts lncndns The BANK
of the IT, 5 bcgcn and all moneyed measures belong.
But, under the cry of rally 10 the rescue from union
Of sword and purse, both have been arrogaed by the
two branches of the Executive. The Representative
branch, by srdrgradalion, stripping itself OF all con-
stiuonsi power and submitting TO be the silent slave
ot those who are lis constitutional interiors.
1t IS among the dogmas of party thus reyoiutlonz-
ing American Government, that the Supreme Court OF
the l. ) possesses not only absolute veto upon all
acts If Congress- but that It's constructions of them are
conclusive and binding upon all the other departments
Of Government, including Congress. Let those who
have witnessed the proceedings Of the late exiraordi-
nary session, ohedtent 10 that dogma, Imagine that
learned assisted By grave counselors, constituting
mean ng ou, of such acts Of Congress the machinery
befoa designated necessarily produces. 1t must be
much greater farce than the mposiure OF augurs pre-
dieting fu,urty from the entras Of slaughtered beasts
The .ase Interpretations incalcuabe 10 lie thus IL
tgalcd into law.
proceed 10 prove that forced legislation makes laws
according 10 the experience Of the hundred days as
much fewer they are worse President Madison
convened Congress the 2ih May, 1913 and they
remained that session sxtyelgh days, during
which time, with the usual freedom OF debate infinitely
more business done, and infinitely better done, than
during one hundred aud days Of the late rttered
s.on Tor members oil Congress, like other men, work
much better free than enslayed At that session. under
Mr. Clays excellent Spcakershp, all the eSigences
Of war were provided for notw outstanding the opPo
position OF an able, bold aud refractory party, when
party excieme nj greater, and prompt acticn muc
more nee. ssary than now No restraint put on de-
late All motions and speeches were perfectly tree
Resolutions were unrestricted. Petitions, public aud
private were received the people desired and acted
upou There committee vi rules, continually
iahricatng additional letters. Mr. Webster By So
rcs Of rcsoiuious arra,gned President Madison Tor CIT
n,na misconduct, and the accusation debated as
long "a yiTulent opposition thought proper. IL voted
Tor none OF the supplies. The previous question was
seldom resor!ed io-never without great OCCASION
Committees fairly composed. The maJorly ENJOY
ed every parliamentary privilege. lie committee 81
which was then, nov, member, WAS equally IL
yided between the parties, whereas am now put down
IN A minority Of thee TO SIX Now compare free with
forced legislation. During tie late one hundred and
SIX days but twenty-five acts have been passed, ali
;od uni the two which occupied two-:''r6s II lie
session frustrated b. vctoes During the former ses.
sion OF sixty eight days iiyiiec acts were regularly
elbe.a,rd aud enacted conprehen 'ng sre.! variety
If the most important avs, public ana PFisat. among
The rest 4 complete s:stem .; complicated lnieraa!
revenue, single one Of winch Tax laws, the !aad
tax Is as voumlnrus as intricate, ana, IN ever IT,
spec, as acu!, Of adaptation ~ general acceptance,
l,,r a. t..r nlpu piT,i h,r
Such are the fruits and proofs Of tree and forced legs
ia,on respectively. The method .: Il without
reference 10 The matter The natural reaction Of com.
press,on rendered enc hundred and SIX days almost
abortise, whilst sixiye.ht days Of freedom, nndrF
similar and stronger circumstances oi dhcnis, were
greatly productive.
L., rs contemplate, next, the strange and reyntnr
characteristics OF The laws made by d.agooning liz.
picate bank bills ono done, other come on-a Bank
rup, bill enacted aucyaace, Ike bears cub, - bc
licked future shape; Distribution bal, winch 4
er paltesng teus:on, mua,cd il, Of is produc-
tive faculties; Lean h the bass Of the bless.
i-s OF na,:onai Gto and new funding system; larger
loans ex;ciily announced b The lead OF tn. r..
nance Committee, and that head III he Senat. @iiict
IL IS impossible WAX hard not 10 must -
followed by direct taxes; Tor, Ike the de orabr State
debts thcv can never be redeemed By ether eageii-
emit, Revenue b.!!, @!ic taxes III the umr, tia;
nellie. merchant manufacturer possibly CON
prehend is cf.cuar provisions, incidentally declaring
urOhbitOfy hOslil.tltS H..U iaUEf, WIEN VIZ WIN
England - in.:nnci.'; the Post "i:cc put the
on.house for snpaort- require. the raging deTiaa
Of ustai ia.tY madness, = nausnratr such measures
Sot.in. b.t reiterated :ctnes sustaining strenuous
ard udIci"us m,n"fy Fr-gvni-d . a!y ore ni2y a.
certain by sp.e couI ua,on, tue cost .: The at !l'
cred DAYS msEuie L,lng unc:gG millions u dol!
lars million Of doiiars day would have been ii,r
pr ,cnl Of tie late q, nasiy, had u not been &C.
,brnTsd.
Nex,, lie, US see what !: has accomplished. II has
achieved the final extinction =! a.! Dinhs Of Tie l. :.
and unwlinrly rrs.ore; the custody Of the pullc mo-
ney to the Treasurer ci the | ; to "hom !, was en-
trusted by the or gnai act oil 1852 and not 10 the Sc
creary Of the Treasury, usurp'ns lis control Il has
wruny from the President his SO" leave 10 contingent
distribution act destined 10 b. repealed BY act 81 Con
gress at early day It has carried bankrupt act
which may have influence On tle Ia! elections
and ring the knell Of expiring banks hat which, Il
not pretended can be executed without fundamental
alterations So that loans, taxes, and IL" bis ton
insirn enumeratlun he poor ache scincnis
of the hundred days mis.u!e, frequently yaunicG On
the floor OF the Senate, aud ~ CERTAIN oil the pubic
presses as frightened children whistle n the dafk, Wien
courage is oozng out al every pore and ie s"eat 81
,rendaiion starting from the forehead. ins divinity
Of party discord ovesruled party combination, and
shaped us rough hewn ends The ci@ud, cn!; aS hig
as man 5 hand the Presidents message, increased
ill II darkened the hole horizon and ii rnE:t the
storm broke forth with Intensity OF waica, fellow
citizens, newspapers and .tier-wEi!ers can give ou,
FAINT impressions al a distance. The dstip gus-d mem
Der OF the ruPtured majority who Ta'n!y attempted to
reason with rage, truly said, Tint what large poT.
ton of did, arra'sn The P'cs'arn, or ms hosl-
l;tv IL Bank, the pivot Of all Their proceedings IS
better than io the Wing party 10 nave ,lsrd s"if IN
to power ~ conccang their designs and that ,eiT
party differences, # moi econc'ed, Will be become not
,n,sior,uncs but cr'mes, by their miscontuct
They never b. recLncIied because they are Guar
rcls principles The dssensons OF that party
eyabe consequences Of attempting 10 create cut
Of dscordant materials The Presidents first message
washed has hands Of the re;rbutlye lusc" ot IL
advised extra SESSION, designed 20 90 what human
power cannot effect. Yet. Throughout. the wao,e hun
dred dave Of viceroyally over han, party purposes
WIRE unrccn;;ngly pursued, in conunieous disregard
Of his warning and vews-un,ii he vas left as LIE
first veto with much feeling declared, with no other
option than object submsslon or tie exercise ci ila,
great ,bunilan potentaty the only safeguard a.anst
Legislative dictacn, and whch lie vas obliged -
.caias, laws forced through The Legislature rs
m.rrities whcl. mnoritles Of the legislative ho-
cY But for that appeal 10 The people the people them
selves would have Seen much caslavrt IS the Pre-
dent This Unian wcu!d IL governed By !lrsma!c
rereGcy ruling with upstart iriesponslb iltv Both