Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-09
The Beauties of me Win Oroau

Inc H. wing is clearly out OF lis wits. II has lost
the little discretion il ever posscssed-As for its fixed
principles 1t never had any.
1t goes for National Bank. il cares nothing what
sort OF Bank IT ls-upon what principle It is esta
blished-by what contemplate sophlsms it is recon
mended. The Petersburg Statesman, which has watch
ed It's eccentric course with more attention than we
think due to it, has article OF TIE 2nd inst, upon
"Ihe Wig and The Fiscal Bank, from which we
make the following extract:
ain regard to the argument Of the Richmond Enquir
err that las Congress has authority to establish
branches directly therefore much less il establish
them indirectly the Wing asks, scannot Virginia in
corporate Bank, with permission to establish branch
in New York.: but does the Wing suppose Virginia
one State, to stand on the footing towards New
York, another State, that which Congress stands
towards the States: Virginia and New York States
holding all the proper attributes of independent
regntes except far these have been surrendered
TO the Federal power. On the other hand, Congress
has no authority any State, except what has been
expressly granted what absolutely necessary to
the carrying out OF what is granted.
reconstruction properly leans in favor Of State rights,
and against Federal powers-can then the relation that
Congress bears to State, be fairly kened 10 the rca-
ton that State bears 10 another; But the cxtrava.
gance Of the Wing shines out more conSpcuously than
tins; for lie says, "lf Congress were 10 authorize Bank
IN the District (Which doubt it incorporate and
invest icit any poner Il may choose) to establish
branch in London or Pekin, &c, &c. Suppose Con.
choppng off the heads oa those That did not bow down
and worship il, would The Wing think that right"
The Statesman might have made its argument still
stronger, by showing that Congress cannot establish
any thing like National Bank the District, and
that when IL attempts 10 establish Bank there, il
act only the local Legislature Of the petty Dis
trict of Columbia, Upon this point MIR. Berrien, in
his Wednesday Speech, right though on the ques
ton of National Bank in the States he IS ontfagcously
wrong "On The subject, (says Mr.. b. Of the pro-
sent once given, he made elaborate legal argument
to show that no such clause could be binding, because
any subsequent Legislature would feel itself at liberty
TO annu any compact; made between the General Co
vernment and preceding Legislature. The United
States then cannot bind The States and, If they cannot
do this the mseyes, they cannot do 1t by agent In
reference the power of Congress TO establish IN
Stitution within the District oil Columhla nstitu-
ton which shall operate such an agent IN the States,
he denied that Congress had the power to establish any
such institution here but for local purposes-lrom the
provision the Constitution which had been relied
by the gentleman from Virginia. Admitting that this
power is conferred by this provision, Congress the
same authority might abolish slavery in the District OF
Columbia, and in what poslt'rl would tins leave the
whole Of the Southern States
But il is not only the subject Of Bank,
that the Richmond Wing is at war with the doctrines
81, the State Rights men of EirginIa (whcther Demo.
Gratis or Whgs) but its recent remarks on the Iariii
are portentousy alarming. No wonder the Wing Ia.
riff presses Of The North prasing this apostae Vir
g:nlan No wonder, the Philadelphia L. ) Gazette
IS crying ont ''Is Saul also among the Prophets aud
SAYS that the article from the X. Wing OF Wednesday
week, sis remarkable production OF that latitude
proof of the truth of Of those assertions for
merly made by the moderate Tariff men OF ISIS,
I-ay and 1880, vz:-that the South would ere long,
demand Tariff. Ii is n proof, also, Of the dis
cernment and candor of the conductors of the Wing
No wonder the n. Y Express euogiscs the whiiilng
Editor of "7Ac Richmond Wig and calls Il zone OF
the most liberal and independent papers IN the Union,
because il "uives uterance 10 some Opinions upon tic
subcc, of the Tariff which deserving Of all cons
deratiun. The Editors of the Whg) say that "though
Iona and deeply stepped ourselves in the popular Preu-
dice against the Tariff minds have not been entirely
sealed 10 the revelations Of experience We affect not
however. To have wholly overcome that prejudice
Pnt we have seen enough TO occasion doubts, where
brlore we thought there absolute Certainty he
holJ md confident predictions which were pronulyed
respecting the operation OF the Iarf by distinguish
ed statesmen have been completely iasi!ed by re-
suts. that the most unconpromsing opponent OF The
Tariff mirbt we'll doubt The soundness OF his conciu.
sons" lAnd then after reer.n. to some soPhstlcal
statements i; concludes -"Thcsc and such like facts
have caused us doubt the business OF oresonc con-
cIus;ons and we would not now-as We have done be-
Cronsscrt without qualification, that under the ex
;s,;nr commercial regulations Of the world, M3h
7ar;T mould not be ten,fciM to this country
Such is now the language Of this Wing Deiphc Ora
cle-,vb,se principles much opposed TO those
of the South, as lis ignorance is gross ana Us pre-
sumption is ridiculous
10 crown all II comes out yesterday IN rally Tor
NJ NJ Bo,ts-and in behalf Of the reception Of Abo-
l,;on Petitions Faulty and folly can go no further
Can The South stand by such an organ: