Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-09

V'euons. He was allowed by his oath to sign only
such bills rs ne approved; and f he did not spproy,
" ne was bound TO return IL with his objections
| MIR w. referred the course of Air Madison In
signing the hank bill in 1916 not to the prnciple of
STARE d'e's.S, but to real change an his own opn.
MIR MCCLELLAN now withdrew hi, motion t.,
| suIse out the en'ctlng clause OF the bill.
| Mr. WISE objected, insisting that when MIR Me.
/ hoor. Wv
| The Reporter could not distinctly hear the deci.
| SION OF the Chair IN reply
Mr.. DEAN next obtained the n Dor an A renew ed
me motion To strike out. lie then went into a Ton
| sn'uuonal argument against the bill and concluded
ny a very vehement dcnunei lton OF the course of
| bill. rs ~"
Mr. THOMPSON, OF Indiana made an nrcu.
mentatNe speech, deriving the power from the Con.
S'ut'on itself, and illustrating this view by tracing
down the history Of the Executive decisions in its
favor tom General Washington to Mr. Van Buren,
and even he had not committed himself against the
consituuonality ufthe bank lie next insisted that
the People had decided the question, aficrw ards
discussed tho CSpedicncy Ct the bank from the eN-
iSunS condition Of the country and pnrticul,rlv of
| the great West. He comforled himself against MI
repeal by confidence in the People and in
the Judiciary.
! MIR ADAMS followed and detailed a number or
amendments, which. at the proper time he intend.
cd To offer: the last of them being u proposal 10
strike from the bill what has been called the COM
promise Clause, m the sixteenth section of the bill
which he opposed as unconstitutional inasnSuch as
u proposed tlat Congress should nbdicate a mower
Seariy conferred upon 1t by the People, and con.
tertlns on State Legislatures bower the People
naa never conferred upon them, VIZ TO assent or
uissent 20 q law of Congress The amendment, in
lhis respect, involved unconstitutional sssump.
ton OF power IL contained the whole poison Of
hu hhcation, and took the Government bnck TO tho
piinelp'es OF the old Confederation MIR. A. very
briefly disposed ofthe constitutional mower of Con-
"A n RaY ~.
mo review OF the former acts of Congress on the
su'Jeci, and dwell on the beneficial eff cts " hich
nII resulted from 1t, and the lesson fought by the
eNiIs which had ensued when the bank charter ey.
plred and was refused to be renewed
Mr. JONES Of Md succeeded and went into n
no'y 'ncid and conclusive speech on he consti;u.
uonai quo ton, after which, lie made some remarks
on the doctrine ofStie assent involved IN IN. com
promise clause, which he seemed rather to ineIinc
on grounds OF xpedicncy.
AiIer some pretty severe structures on the sub.
treasury he concluded ry setting a. deti ancr al At
tempts at repeal, certain TO rouse the same rublc
,"u'Snaion which had hurled the late A llEiuis.ra-
ton ON power,
Mr INGERSoLL followed in an ingenious
speech against the bill.
Mr BARNARD next addressed he committee IN
discussion, hrs', of the general principles Of bank
ins. MS evils, and the appropriate remedies; and
men me amp ca on OF these principles To the hnI.
"' NJ bK went INTO speech m which he
treated the suhJsct OF banks IN general on primer
'N'N' =, SH'hllI NttI tUtCt on lhe uiStTl-
button oi the points of production be w en- capinl
ana LABOR. Tie spoke then on the compromise
clause, winch he opposed with much earnesiness
Mr. FIoh EMS oh AIMED the Aoor but yielded it to
MIR UNDERWOOD, who opposrd IN. LiII.s,.
pressing hts decided preference Tor u b for au old
fashioned b,nk; conteuding thar, it that could not
now be obtained, It was better TO wait, lie propos
cd several amendments, which he explained
"a his reSumIng his seat loud cries tor the rising
OF inc committee were uttered, mingled with cries
of Mono"
Mr. ROOSEVELT obtained the aoor.
a division showed that no quorum was present;
where upon the committee rose and reported that
fact to the House.
motion was made to adjourn,
Mr. LEWIS demanded the yeas and nays.
which, beng taken. disclosed the same fact that
no quorum was IN the Hall.
And then, al about halt past ten o'clock the
House adjourned.