Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-17
MIR. STUART,S sPEFCu


The whole of this very able speech will he for,J
IN this days country edition. L. places the soe,Ls,
on f'sh ground, as a man of fine sbitie,. and ,ve,
promise Of great public usefulness.
Mary OF the facts narrated by Mr. Str,r, =, .,-
nec.'on with the history Of the Bank Question are
curious enough. But there is not one more pre,.
nant with meaning ana characteristic than The fol.
lowing:
. "Iiefe, MIR Speaker, &c; me pause for moment to
ADVERT TO singular incident In the n. .;rf-,T bs,o,
I Of my beloved native State, which tends mo-,
strongly than any circumstance within NV Lno,y-
ccse lN prove the strength of hcr devotion IN yL
/ are mere termed Virginia distractions" In ISL
The Legislature Of Virginia instructed her ySc,,,nr
/ tMr GILES and Mr. BrcnD TO onross tho rons,y,I -,
/ NE CHARTER OF the Bank OF tie [ lted States. Mr.
G;.ts made speech IN the Senate T., resnor 40 10
we Instructions IN which he denied the right of the
legislature 10 instruct, but nevcrlhe css he yielLed
practical obedience to the legislative mandate nv,
voting against The Bank. Mr. Bent, on the o,bc,
hlno, promptly admitted the right TO give the in
SrHcuon, but practically Gsoucyed It by voting Tor
| lHe BANK! And strange 10 say, MIR Chairman MIR
IN Obedience To the legislative will lost caste as a
poHuclanj whilst his colleague, MIR Brent, who
admitted the "dbSt.actiOn," rad practically dis.
regarded H. retained his poau arity without the
shillIest u'minduon. These facts have from many
5oarces, and amongst others from my venerable col
/ league lMr Tailatcuo) on my right"
1t IS re principle hC.e sIaIowcd forth, upon
winch the vene able prostitute IF he ENQUIRER has
acted Tor forty years III is at all times ready and
willing to prcfsss any thin, which he may tbinI,
Popuar:-out ne has no scr. Of scruple to do any
'1Ios, which his interest PROMPTS however much in
conflict with his professions. Indseu, as general
I1ie the worse the act he designs psrpstra,ing he
'aoTe Oon'erous he becomes about principle. II he
would support the Proclamation, which denied 70 the
States ony rights, he iudites column after column
from the left bank of the Rubicon, in gorfcltion 0!
the mmoria. resolutions of'0s If he meditates the
acknowledgements ola Sovereign State lls in the case
Of Ne" Jerscy) the wc.kIn rings with the oxEorta-
tions-"siand 10y your S:nte Rights prncrples,-
never surrender one oi title oT the sovereignty
OF The States" &c, &c. No man has practised more
uniorh.y upon the saying Of IN, Frcnchman-tba,
The faculty OF speech was given 10 man to conceal
his 'houghts-and none understands better the good
effects TO himself Of assuming a virtue, which he
Lio"5 he IS particularly n.ing il. Under the
influence OF his dcJasIng system Of political ctbis,
the late OF Mr. Giles has been that Of many other
Virginia politicians, who had had manly frmn.ss
TO discard the slang Of the dcmagogus and tho b,-
po,rsy OF the trading partisan. this is passing
away with The waning influence Of thct corrupt and
m'rcenary press. The public mind Of Virgini,.
owing in great degree TO the mighty canvas or asst
Ia winch led 20 the dIsCnthraImcnt OF the Renubrr
us more enlightened on public matters than +, was
formerly, and with more enlightenment have come
more enlarged and JusIer views Of public men and
public measures