Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-08-05
80. ns. 49, 40 ARcMEn.

Bank Bill has created a good deal OF surprise AID
disappointment among potion of cur Wing bteih-
rem and although We viii rot attempt to JUSTLY
bc position Of Senators upon lha c0rrecthess Of
their Constitutional scfuples, this and other
questions yet the fact hat they do entertain these
doubts Is sufficient with uo, aad we hope with tie
Wig party generally, to paIliute wha' under diE-
afent cicumstaaees, would be an uuPay! Enable CT
ror.
Wednnoiintcnd tJbc uadefs-ood tic anolosists
# Msssrs. RiyEs snl ARcuER. But il - proper,
hat, before taess gentlemen are cried down trai
tors IN catnr, and as impiacticables, FOR such
htye heard worthy stauaeA u bigs Gull thern,) We
sheaid ecur the history of their connection with
t5e Wig party, and see Il here b. Foundation fvr
lie CHARGES Upon examination, We win not hhd
any pledge that Mr. Rsyps wouEi ancondiliona,
,upport Bank charter. lie did between the sub.
treasury aud a United States Bank decidedly give
his preference to the lstter:-BIt he had not, as
r4coiiect, given tangib,itty to his views
tia, subect, uasiI he declared them IN the Senate
on the Fiscal Bank We know his otjection te
thnt BIZ, to BE on lie Branching power, as itis
callcd-and here is The stumbling block:
and the said directors may also establish one
more competent eff es OF discount and drposite
Ia aag Territory or District Of tha United States,
md Ia ANY Safe, with the consent of such State
And when eslablshed the ssid Office q lices
hal be ouls wi,hdrawn or removed by the sud III
rectors ptol 10 tie expiration Of this charter with
the previous assent of Congress: Pr0vi2Fd in
pecl to any State " lch shall rot at the first see
sion Of be Legislature thereof, held after the Tas
sage Of this act. by resolution other Legislative
procee4iss, unconditonaly ascent dissent to the
esthb shent Of such ofire or tices within it, such
OF the said State shall hr thereafter Ffesu-
ed; IN provided, nevertheless, that Whenever il
s ulbecone ne cry and r5oPe FL carrying in o
execution any Of the powers graaled BY the Const-
t-ton to establish an Office or OH an, Of tie
STATS whatever. bHd tho establishment there Of
ha BE- sseie b. la%, il 5 all be the duty OF So 4
directors 10 establish such Office oices eccorlins-
T."
Now, although Ibis provision appears sufieer;
reconcile disco'dant opinions, Yet it failed TO
Dbria,e MIR. RS objections. The inserting Of Ibis
provision upon the sueg' slon of Mr.. CLAY;
who, though he beloved the Il ht OF Congress to es-
rabisA offices Of discount and 4, posite in the States,
gui;e p'ain stl for The sake # unity among Seaa
tors, aho differed only on the details Of tbs ulea
sure, he brought forward this compromise. Il did
no, SAT- g Nj RiyEs, and hence tic cause Of Ii.
vote on lie Other side.
While We feel regret that Mr.. RivEs could not
act Nilh the Wing patty on this popular sufjeci
and While yield 10 him the credit Of differing
honestly from us-yet, there is some ground f,r tho
cLa,ge Of Inconsistency (advaaccd by The Locos, }
~ acting with the Wings in the inception Of the
9,ii, End then 81 ing OF af.h pfoviso ong,afted
it, al is matufity-fqr say they, Constitutional
objections apply 10 tho BIZ ~ every steps aad Mr..
r.. quailns look too much Ike 'whippiag the devil
rouud the stump" Eeiein, We leave each to found
his own eoHclu..oas.
M. AkcHERb Ccutse was really singular and
uuueeountsbe TO u, until the shgit paragraph,
ALjch follows, met eye ia the Richmond Wing
Gus rrudefs will rccoect, that Cir. AEcHER was
originally Jackson man; but he !,ft laai party.
some years ago, Wien the OF its leaders we're
ie", Us compared with The legion that marbed lis
LATER days. Our impression has all along been,
,aa, he opposed to Unilcd States Bank. He
STATE Bank s,s.em and thu Sll-trea,ury took the
place Of Inc Bank aad, as lar we are i'd
Visel, Was 10, committed by sufrot Of either
measuic, against Bauh 70 that, we conceived
.,le only difficulty ia his wuy, was as to the neoes-
sly ,f such Institution carry the fiscal do
ies Of The ,yerameut. hls Objection NO con
csised - be demolshed, by the sad experience Of
,le laAt eight years-iienoe. we couated upon
him. 90 q vole in favor OF The Bank. Ia this We
were Disappointed. H.ar tie Wing:
Mr.. ARcHEn. HAVING voted lor tie repeal ofths