Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-23


'r,.y are well aware ta! II those general eia'S'' -
the Constitution which have cited sss''''l '' ~"
srs of Congress in the District, 50 a,o NUS w
cl,usc Of the lih amendment ! nal cause S"ss, ~
shaH prtraic lropfty &C '""'" .;' ~, u,;,i car
Shall came am, our morals shall have So.'' a'''
lao. and Constitution are orcniy v'na'ed, no ueiii'
man, of the Government can ever cease |" '.r"S"'"'
slaves 'prva,e property hfv a. ''"u'. 80
,,t under Tins clause, slaves could not h. taken if"
theIr owners at all, but ior " pubic use i"rs WI.
not admit any more Than Others, that lie hove'ii
can make any 'pabJc use OF them; ana nehce' :
eouccsSfs the edSuS tcdcrtS Tor the exercise :" VIZ ~
;u,, pvrer cannot arise They see t"", that II '"es
could be dedicated ;'puIic nse, II could o"'y "
,ler ss;ust compensation had been PAID TO Tue ."
,r IN other words the full rc"e at the slaves ~ ue
,,ncd 10 "paLe use-and the Constitution WIZ ~,
the most searching scru,ini:s to ina au'i"i'y .s
approprla,e the nation Icyenu: 20 an o'ys
no scone Of It's powers. Hence II Is the uhMafr'"T
49, r ,ba ,l,o,,,,oris;s 10 take away the bcncht OF
In. conservative provision from tie c'u@si's " e
District; and hope il will be the Tesou''
ton Of their opponents TO secure inose c@es ~ '"'
endowment Of II at all ha1afas, No., ma, gov.
n, l.t ma return TO the Bank. dehy, that ,o'-
'a', .ro,te ,h;s or anY other Bank, III the Dis
,,;c, or out Of the District deny It, because naN
- c,rncraon and IT cannot create corporation any
whe-e deny it, moi safety that the power Is not e.
prcssIu granted hu, also because !. was expressly "P
rpjI G and ,lpyc.siy rtfused Mr.. Clay, observe,
r. -; reverence for the dectStS places great rei'-
nas an ho decision OF the Supreme Court, IN favor q
,be cons,itutlonality Of the late Bank we o"gn 70
know however, that, when that decision was mau''
,L. sccr,i Journals and debates ct the Convention,
L;ch formed the Constitutions, had not been Pr"'nugcd
Tho very important fact, which those Journals d'scirse
ina, corporate and banking power had heeh i"ice ashr"
III The Convention, and twice refused, WAS uh1no"n
or FORGOTTEN, at the time that decision Was i'o', q,
certainly not brought 10 the notice o lhe eohit.
wos present at the urgumcnttook copcus notes o. "
uarl II
circumstance should have deemed 81 DECISIVE "l Tue
cause Ii am RIGHT III THIS, (and feel very sure t'i'
any the whole force Of the precedent - des'i'y'"
Whilst give inv hearty applause TO the c"is"iiiae
ability with which the late Chiei justice reshe VIZ
cause cannot persuade myself, but mat le a"se
| circumstance If known 10 the Court, wonia nave
brought down its Judgment against the i'shA' S"P
nose otherwise, is IN suppose thGt ms .o"'e o0"'"
same 10 Grant po,ccrs to Congress- m"" me o""fe"''
| Ind d,u;,d 4 This would cloliIe the JUDICIARY wan
o.ars :, has meyer claimed, though II may have un-
conscionsly exercised them. They would RAISE '"'
Judiciary above lis very ere"ior, ta eo"St'"'fo' a"'
abov. also the CoGsiit.i,onS ert"tor, Tie 0nfth'f
/ hay. hoard il assigned 4 reason why some OF
10 f,o,rsnonists resisted the conicrring Of Baking
orors on CONGRESS- was The fact that IN rehasyiyah'a
md some other Of the States, much oGuni existed
AGAINST some Of the existing banks, ana uic'f sue"
circumstances, confer cGTpordfe powers OH r NJ"
Government would leopard the ratification ~ INC
Constitution Of the States have 10 interest ~ CON
,,ov.r,nr this statement Neither have any thinT
10 do with the reasons which may have swayea tr
members minds At lhs day, The caH>e "hj i"e
mower was not granted Of little mo:c but In, jsf'
That il apyfed fer, and The jaf 'iia u 'S
have a sirnlfcapi bearing on the present iSsue ne
hmentad Decatur under the glow OF an eNci'ed love
Of country exclaimed "ORr country T'SAt or rF0"s
The pure morality Of this sentiment has heeh 'in'soeu
But II American citizens were II declare "i liie S't
Constitutions "'rHESE arc hs charters y oar ~
BERTlES"-and Of the Constitution Of The l. ),
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