Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-12-13
WASHINGTON, Dec. I, ISL.
UNITED STATES SENATE.

The following two Senators made their appearance
to day ior the first timc-Ncssrs W0ODBl Rh aud
pllIRt oi New Hampshire
The Secretary OF the Senate read the nam,s of the
Senators present Yesterday, with the Journal Of yestcr
day 5 pr, ceedings Mr.. BAY ARD, OF Delaware,
announced that the committee chosen yesterday hy the
Senate To wait tie President had attended 10 that du
tv and received or answer that the President would
this day communicate 10 the Senate message IN WI
ting.
The President then laid the Annual Message Eoiure
the Senate through his Private Secretary, Ronrnr lr
Lrn. Esq.
The Message was read by the Secretary of the Sen
ate. when
Mr. MANGJ' NJ, of North Carolina. moved that the
Message and occupying documents he laid On the table,
and printed The motion prevailed.
MIR SMITH, Of Indiana, moved that the usual extra
number be printed. which !. 200 copies oi the mes
sage alone, aud $50 pies Of the message and acecmpa
nyina do uments,
MI BENTON. upon this motion commenced some
remarks IN opposition 10 ii.
Mr. Benton said he could not vote for the
her while that one feature contained in 1t in refer
CnCC TO the currency He referred that Part OF the
message which relates To the Fiscal agent. Looking
over ii read he that the President gave the
outline OF II and then left Its details to the Secretary OF
/ the Treasury.
Iapprch,n nj said Mr. b that no details of such plan
meet in any part of my appreciation regard II as
lagantly unconstitutional and eminently dangerous To
the 1t proposes that the Federal Government
would issue paper money. As the constitution was
drafted ii gave Congress power to emit bulls OF credit
paper money. The plan proposed to do this
struck of the draft otthe Constitution aud II was
proposed here i.r the purpose OF making the Government
a hard money Government
Here proposition to do not only what was not
granted tut What denied 80 also of bills Of Exchange
To aid commerce. This was a new invention utterly
/ known to Gen Hamilton when he proposed Bank OF
the nitcd States. It was utterly unknownto hun and
them. Ii was plan invented hy Mr.. Blddle for the pur
pose OF making the Government aturnshcrot'ilsoi FIX
change MIR. Bdd hroug il rWard or this purpose
when in the city few weeks since utterly object 10
allowing this Government 10 become a iurnisher of EN
change The power Is To he found IN the Con.
stitution-nor is there word there equivalent it,
While then we are called upon to furnish exchange
for commerce. might be called upon 10 furnish drafts
for the farmers This utterly unknown to the cen
stl, 9tion and every way pCrucluus W hat II H. sad
Mr. Be-, ton hut the British ENchequor system revived?
Ii bcuun WITT tue first George, taken by the Sc
cond and fingered until now, and by II the Government
Of Great Britain has been cheated to the amount of e.,
600 900 storing.
1t had gone on from George the Second, who borrow
ed il from Sir Robert Walpole The other sytom was
borrowed from Mr.. Bddlr here few weeks age, and
by hun was furnished without doubt
But this is not the time, said Mr.. b. to discuss 1t
Funaorly the message gone into regularly, and
contributed to regularity of dictate afterwards but this
not the proper OCCASION nor would II be treating the
President with respect To do
But could not, he added permit the massage TO 60
through this Chamber without expressing my repug
nance 10 the system il proposed. and which | regard
emnently unconstitutional, We abandon in II the
hard money government OF ancestors, and back 10
the time Of Walpolc and the high Tory times of Queen
Anne Neao far beyond what Gen Hamilton adyoca-
ted in his Bank. Tor he utterly repudlated exchange
concur with him said MIR. T. in This. and these few
words upon this accession because | could The
proposition @ through h'rc to furnish this go'enncnt