The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-25

Without attempting 10 trace the benefits 81 mo-
neyed institution with proper checks udfI me con-
troll OF the Government IN lis results TO the u"sefn-
ment down TO the farmer the manufacturer, The me-
chanic and the laboring man, hire close part OF
my for having voted for the Bank bill, which
has been recently vetoed by the President.
will now say few wor Is to my Constituent,
and pressing business on other matters tells me lhey
must be very few.
Constituent" labors il appears to me, to show, that
the election of General Harrison TO the Presidency
and Governor Tyler to the Vice Presidency, WIN the
overwhelming majority by which they were elec1d py
the American People, was test that the people
gave Their voices in that election, in favor OF the es-
tablishment OF United States Bank When these
gentlemen We're elected, our county, in the midst OF
plenty, was groanlng under the pressure OF sysem
VI measures which had been introduced under the adj
ministraion OF General Jackson, and his successor
Mr. Van Buren,. Tho,e measures various,
changeabe, and doubtful in their character commenc-
ing with The veto of the Bank bill by General Jack
son. 10 1882, followed by the State Bank deposit sys-
TEN, the Specie Circular, and closing with the Sub
Treasury system, the last of the series The people
had viewed felt and considered the operation OF these
measures in their turn, and when 1910 rolled round
they were by dire experience rresistiby led to con
denim them all II would be placing very low esti-
mate on the good sense Of the American People, who
have enjoyed freedom Of speech, the elective fran
chlse and all incidental privileges connected there
with for the last fifty years. TO suppose that they, IN
electing General Harrison and Governor Tyler TO
their respective high trusts had not looked for change
of measures, under their Administration, with all this
train of evils looking them in their faces.
Constituent refers, for evidence, that the people
opposed TO the establishment Of United States
Bank, 10 the action of their delegates, at the Harris
burg convention, in selecting candidates for the Presi-
dency and Vice Presidency, and speaks of the votes
of General Harrison, and Governor Tyler, given more
than twenty years since, incidentally against the U
States Bank, in contradistnction to Mr. Clay, who
also considered a candidate for nomination, and
was known to be in favor Of Bank, and thereby he
nfers that the people, in this nomination, expressed
their aversion to electing gentlemen who were Bank
men. will only reply TO my Constituent" by ask
ing him who were the delegates from Virginia.
State entertaining constitutional scrupes the sub
ject of Bank, TO greater extent than any other in
he Union in favor OF nominating at that convention,
for the Presidency Were not all the delegates from
that State, Gov. Tyler among them, in favor Of The
nomination of MIR. Clay and was not Mr.. Clay's
name dropped by that delegation with great reluctance,
and only IN the spirit of true Wing compromise Ii
correct in regard the feelings of Gov. Tyler
wards Mr.. Clay, at the Harrisburg convention, by
what process OF reasoning does Constituent arrive
at the conclusion that the nomination of Gen. Har-
rson to the Presidency, and Gov Tyler,to the Vice
Presidency, expression Of the people against
the establishment Of United States Bank
As the second letter of " Constituent" to me
published in your paper of this morning by publishing
| the foregoing hasty remarks you will much obiige
Your obcdient servant
J. RIDGWAY.