Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-09-14

,ury to subscribe his to National Bank charter
The argument of the Veto Message, given in CO.
lumns shows how little Federalism has thought fl
to bes,ow in Disgusting The new scheme, contryed I"
draw the President into the shame OF be,rayng HIMSELF
his avowed principles, and the Constitution The letter
Of the late President Van Buren,, makes il still! more
manifest than the veto ITSELF that changing the name
of tie National bankin. machinery proposed TO that OF
"eorporatton our latter day Fedcrailss have made
expressly obnoxious to the declared purpose oil
the Convention which formed the Government, lhan
the old school Federass, who constructed the hTst IN
stitu,ion 10 evade the Constitution
The old school Federalists avoided the word "eorPo-
rdttoH because the grant Of power 10 create any suc
national establishment had been forbidden To Congress
BY the rejection of the application tor /, under That
phraSe. Now the word "Bank has been us absolutely
put under the ban by the votes OF the people, aud the
vetoes of the successive Executives placed py their
sufaues al the head Of the Government, us me word
sscorporation'' was by the vote of the Convention
And again the Federal party go back TO the term cor
poraon which they first sought III VAIN 10 'nterpolate
III the Constitution.
The tenacIty with which Federalism adsrrcs TO the
su!tance Of the thing, whether called bAsh or l"R-
poRIr,os results from the fact that 1t IS OF the
sence of all their political doctrines To get some
thing 10 cling in the Government, which IS out q!
the reach of the popular suffrages, was the labor OF
their leader, Hamilton, throughout the deliberations
of the Convention. lie endeavor@d to get Pres
dent and Senate for life for the Union, and Govern
nors appointed for the States by the central power
Failing in this, he abandoned the convention for some
time aud last returned, in the hope OF accomplishing
his object by construction. vi all The instruments
which could be conceived of to effect his purpose, that
which would be invested with Government rights in
the shape of a corporation, which venal Congress
might make perpetual under the preext OF contract
like that insisted upon by Legiimatiss, existing be-
tween hereditary monarchs and their subjects, was best
suited to his purpose A BASSISG CohroHA IioST
holding power currency and commerce, with all
the means of the Treasury at command, and authority
to levy all universal indirect tax on the people, pos
sessed at once all the OF corruption IN It's hands
10 spread out the powers OF the Government oy inc
false constructions of the periodical legislation while,
BY the perpetuI,y Of ITS OWN existence eouiu aPPfo
pirate and prof, by them all.
The last veto of the President, are happy 10 per-
ceve, confirms the Inference drawn by Us from the fsl
that he will sanction no CORPORATIONS which, accord
ing 10 the construction ot the Federal partly can AFRO
gate supremacy the power which gives II birth,
and abrorate the naenabe attribute oil slave au-
thor,y which is essential TO MAINTAIN the sovereignty
of tie people, because III preserving al us own pow
ers unmpared successive generations can act through
IT, But if one Congress can grant privileges ahd IN
corporate them and exclude successive Congresses
from, repeaIin the acts BY which they conferred
the result would be that the peoples representatives
might strip themselves of ali power by conierrng IN
privileges on classes and bodies poiItc
| and, in the end, Government would become mere
confederacy OF the moneyed classes, who would first
buy their pre roravcs and then n,a:n them vest
ed rights. 49,
The present veto is a perfect guarantee We think,
against any rrepeaati Fiscal 3sent, and II We do not
mistake tins point, then HE President has cut 'ie
Gordlan knot of Federalism. He has escaped lis mesh
rs and all the insdious guile with which the people
have been approached that the tolls OF Bank ogar-
chy might be- thrown them, has been pract'sed IN
vain That Mr. Tyler has been the instrument OF tins
great deliver of the people must be looked upon
as his greatest good fortune, and he has always been
Fortunate Gtobe.