Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-09

....s ma, he could And nothing in The Acts
t'"'i ;nst,fy an unaForabe report against nun
&H HS ~, +, think that MIR. Stevenson mao Done NO.
EM ssne" h, give a true account of the posture OF
EX nae rorr much interested in knowing 1t, tor
EH ~ and that Of the country and that there
&N - ~ .nre aensible in the course resolved on ny
~ tore. under the information so gwen Inc
ia II questionable character connected with
81 ~" ,et,rred to tn committee, was the conduct
Isl g., yho commanded the frlgate Brandywine,
III .asa thing nquirable into elsewhere.
& - r'a, Of Alabama in few pertinent remarks
Isl n, proprie.y OF giving in report wh'.n '"s
MI 49,. authorized Mr. Magum to declare ou. as
III i,nr too mu h Justice TO an injured "a'' Wa
NJ IN iec!iued It. ..1 Oh,
WI IAN proposed a resolution moving iorwa'o 'ie
81 Meeting to IL, now 10 O'clock IN Tue ,"o ',.n
sas 4 n,,nded il as advantageous TO the heai.h o'
IA -. ,nd as consequence, to the transac-
$e t,.,ess lie insisted that the protracted ses-
N .nsory an hour as ten, TO a late dinner honr,
80 TRY season, in crowded chamoer, was Dan
II h.,lth lie looked upon It, that giving the
Il hours 10 exercise, and to the transaction OF tne
n Of their constituents al 'ne pup',c oee' 49, ~
n f,.,n;snt sautarv, and add to the capahiiity oil
NJ 80, discharge their legislative duties; anu tor
81 , ;b,s of all who desired useful performance
-" i before them. Mr.. Clay of KY, opposed the
Ma I'D several of the Democratic members nc
1 '' ~ him. alleging that they would not, oy any
II uISpoSltlOn
has heen allotted TO the discussion oil 'he great
" h;ch had been pressed by those III power
{ u ,s''V.,Y,-,,rd,nary SESSION. They wished theh-
hs fnllest opportunity, unrestricted oy Tune "
Hs,ss 10 discuss the grave and aii-impo''a' suo
1 ,,o,yinr the destiny OF the 1o'e'hme"'' -
=, before Congress, and they were Wiling " ."
Il "a a. loun as circumstances would permit, W
al ,hs measures submitted, to prepare them Tor
sso,l arbitrament which they must at last unae'-
n :, ordeal before the people.
Ga:, Inns proposition was dlsasreed 10.
s,ac,, order, the National Bank, was then re-
MIR Berren made an elaborate speech aSa'ns Isl
,,r5,nen, proposed by MIR. Rlves. lie began ny
-, question. or, as the Federal party have H.
Ss.. that the constitutional power to charter
~ = .,<f,,lsd" MIR. Clay, in his report, mas se'iea
;, least as point OF policy that all his party mus'
Il =, I'm, the nsltu,ionality OF the banking power
n .,,u,ely settled. This course - not only eohse
n =, - SAVING very difficult portion ot the iaoof
4 Il b;s f,;.nds would have to encounter on lhis
n :, bnt il is indispensable to himself, us ne never
II - IN, one argument on the subject, and that was
. ,blest he ever made-one which he IS sure u "o"u
,os.;ble for him to answer to the satisfaction OF
~ intelligent and honest man
T. R.rrisn, therefore, made his greatest effort 10
$40 rather that the constitutional question was set
Il s. ,b,n cons,itutionallv settled To take the rgh
- ,,a people 10 consider al all, the Interpolation
.b Federalism would fasten upon the Constitution
Rank Government, is the most ANXIOUS w'sn ol TUX
4 ..y "A power They know by fraud and blinking Inc
I ,,on m the late elections before the people, the,
=. The power % force Bank upon the nation; hu
make ii stick is the difficulty; and hence the iaoo
r,ke the impression that all is settled, and so take
y. sxposi,ion Of the Constitution at once from the
yeop!e,
Il, think there never was technical an argument
:.,ned as that Of MIR Berrien on this point lie De
>. by insisting that one affirmative decision IN iaE" "
=, Bank should outweigh multitude against H. hha
4 Il. anon the ground, that, although many voting
,,n. might do so on grounds of expediency rs wen
! Is uacJnstitutionality, none could Voie LOT WIZ
ssyrG 10 be that CON
SECTIONAL scrupes mgl be conquered by corruPton
N the people have right TO look into all the motives
ricb eute, INTO decisions of Congress or court,
nam question involving the political rights OF the ma
I'm and whether they consider them honest or cor.
IN, are not bound to yield up the ever enduring Con
s.u,on OF tue country, TO what they may deem an
,s,t or dshoncs, error the part of their tempora.
y agents. -,
The first Congress-, Mr. Berrien thinks, in making
,oa-ooa,ion, made it constitutional, although the Con.
yer,lon which preceded it, and made the Government,
REUSED the power and he quotes the decsion Of the mrs.
Congress as counervailing that also OF the Congress
. l-ll which also doomed the charter-the consii-
u;ana question being then urged by those opposed
,gl Mr. Clay among others) and those in favor OF
s:mti.n, that it fair ground OF opposition
.,lout pretending as those who now advocate II do,
Lat the ,r>, Congress had the right to settle the con-
sa;l.lonaI question for all successive Congresses
The truth is there never has been decision in favor
II me Bank which, f the doctrine of legislative pre-
c.sa,s could be admitted TO interpoate and trench or
Institutional rights, ght to be allowed the weight Of
:.sher The first decision Of Congress on th
INT. oye1rung the act Of the convention IN refusing
Congress the power to create corporations was made
s,a3ii consulting its consttuency-the constituency
me Government itself-the people. The char
like that OF Mr.. Bddles Bank of Pennsylvania :
-, tie offspring Of corruption After twenty years
-ultnuance and patient contemplation of its ope
:tun, IN connection with the principles on whic!
fs4s lnded, by both the people and those wh
.inIn stored the Government, 1t was CONDEMNED
N I'll The charter of lSl6 was the offspring o
eorrcou as the first was of corruption And, ate
twenty years more of patient endurance, Throughout
il- whole OF which time the constutonality OF Banl
vas denied by Democratic States and the Democra
&c party, generally, il again condemned as uncon
s,3:oasl by the people Successive Congresses since
~ vet of Gen. Jackson have pronounced emPhatI
c u, and the present President OF the " > ma
declared his late message to Congress, that the PEG
o IN the reelection of Gen Jackson, and the elecol
iMr Van Baren, and the support gwen TO their Ad
mnsrltlon as opposed to the Bank, have expressed
asIr deliberate and settled opinion against the Bank
We, against the settled opinion of the people, as de
ced by the head of their party, recently electe
;le Executive Representative Of the whole people
Nf Clay and his Federal friends in the Senate nsis
aa, the constitutional question IS settled, and 1t mus
stand against the will OF the people, as not open to al
ggm-n,
N Berren was followed by Messrs. Merrick, Bate:
Prsn,iss and Walker, in favor of MIR. Rivess amend
men, and BY Alessrs. Dixon and White againstit In
smendmen. was lost by vote of III to IS
Details.
FISCAL BANK or THE UNITED STATES.
The bill 10 incorporate the subscribers 10 the f'sc'
Bank OF the u S was taken up, the question being o
The amendment offered by Mr.. Bayard TO the amend
ment proposed BY Mr.. Rves.
Mr. BERRlEN spoke at length in opposition to tn
amendments and in favor of the bi ]. When he ha
concluded
Mr. CUrHBERT said he wished to ask slngl
question of his colleague lie understood him TO sa
that, the State Of Georgia, Mr.. Van Buren, no
supported 1886 the strength of the ntiBan
question. His object in rising 10 ascertain if h
had rightly understood him
Mr. BERRlEN SAID his remark was not that NJ
Van Buren, had not been elected in ls6 the strengl
of the Bank question; but that it would have bee
safe for his friends in Georgia to depend the sup
port he would get on that ground
Mr.. CUTHBERT would ask his colleague whethe
az meant to say that Mr. Van Buren, was not suppore
IN Georgia on the strength Of his known hostility I
the Bank question: and whether he was not aware ,ht
the Legislature of that State had repeatedly passed
s,n'ons against the assumed right of establishing