Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-19
No. 56.--yOLUME XXXvliI


scheme of relief which the nation at large required,
" and met from Wing Congress that support OF
which the chief argument and highest value are de-
rived from the respect which every felt to be due
I" to comprehensive policy, whose scope should IN
cude every interest in the nation All that was
wanting to complete the series was National Bank,
upon which the bankrupt might lean, that IS, borrow
money 10 set up in business again; and BY borrowing
te the more clectuay able 10 conceal his fraud, u he
had practiscd one in his bankruptcy Such are the re-
lief measures Of tie late brief Administration: | sly
late Administration; for The old ministry has gone out
and new one has come in, leaving the President with
Mr.. Webster alone in place.
No National Bank was chartered and tic President
is entitled TO The lasting gratitude Of lis country which,
as one of her citizens, cheeriuly award to him, Tor
arEestlng the dominant ma joy IN Congress IN their
mad and saving his country from the dominion
and political incubus OF the money power IN the form
Of National Bank For this patriotic act, Mr.. Tyler
has not only been treated with tie grossest contumely
hung and burned in ciigy, but denounced as traitor
10 his party by those who, in the naddencd excitement
Of 1910, joined in the chorus or"Tippecanoe and Tyler
too, and elected him TO oifce-and why is all this
Did they not know his former expressed opinions upon
this subject when they voted for him: DID they not
declare that the slime :cr reasoning is past, and not
only justify, but require their candidate Tor the Pres
dercy and Vice Presidency stand mute and declare
no opinions for the public eye And yet We the
very men who promised the people in this, and some
otier States, where they supposed Bank was POPULAR
That II "Tippecanoe and Tyler too were elected they
should have Bank now denouncins him be cause he has
aced consistently with his old opinions and because he
mas heen patriotic and onest enough To refuse to per-
Jnre himself, and has burst the patty trammes with
which they sought to bind him. The honest people
Tho were deceived by The false promises Of leading
the have much more cause to heap upon their leaders
now ligni;ies and dennncaiions which these leaders
men in tnpt 10 cast rpcn Mr.. Tyler. The leading
I, selves ! State strangely inconsistent with them
drnounce Lli burn and hang Mr.. Tyler in eiigy, and
vetoes when il al that base, because Of his Bank
ported Judge WI not been six years since they sup
they proessed, they ar the Presidency because, as
knew that Judge White his principles, when they
Ter upon the Bank quest,, only agreed with MI ~
+ Congress upon il. They knobnt acted with HIM N
ca was more decidedly consshat no man IN Amer
,ional Bank, upon const,tu.iona.y opposed 10 Ma.
grounds, than Judge White. They wen as o,hef
they supported Judge White he had pue" lhat when
in debate The Senate and other public declare"
not only "the Bank, bat Bank was unconsrs, mat
unwise nexprdent and dangerous To pubic liGo'a,
i cannot upon this occasion 20 INTO any discuss:
Of the Bank question All the other rniro"s and Oh
noxious measures and policy Of the Extra Session can
be repealed and reversed BY the people, when they
will IT, In reference the Bank question, w'li only
say that one great pont has been gained by what
has occurred. The party in Congress stand commit
ted to definite plan Of Bank q great d'Eicni'y
which we have heretofore had II encounter ~ Tie
discussions before the people has grown cut Of the tact
that opponents have, vague and general Terms,
declared themselves favorable Bank, without Civ
inc the character or kind OF Bank they wanted IL ID
lar, they declared they opposed 10 rechar'cring
! that Bank without amendments or notifications oi the
charter; but what these notifications were, ihry drd
not and would not specify or reduce to form MASSES
Of people had an idea that IT, ) Bank would be own
ed by The IT, S. and would furnish good money, and
beyond this many did not enquire. Tie leading men
Of lie party are committed IN favor oil the t"a
Bank charters for which they voted IN Congress, and
which were vetoed by the President and led 10 the DIS
solution Of the late Cabinet They committed also
in favor of the plan reported TO Congress by MI E~-
ing the late Secretary OF the Treasury VIII mol de-
tam YOU Mr.. President and gentlemen, by dSsecun5
these several plans, and exposing theH ooIcc''onapa
features They will readily suggest themselves Many
Of The former dyocates of Bank OF some kind know
disapproye and condem them
\ Ihaye thus briefly reviewed the principal measures
and policy Of the late memorable Extra Session OF Con
press have gone into the discussion ni then Tor
neither time nor the occasion would allow this
After session Of more than three months Congress
adjourned, and who in his senses, win the cviaehces
of the rubc sentiment before hun, believes That
If manifesto had been issued and sent forth 10 the
pecple by the nominating convention At Harrisburg III
December 1885, seltiag forth The measures ana prin'
cipes developed by the late extra session. as 'he inca
sures and principles Of the party, that ihey coud ever
haze succeeded; Since the adjournment the rally
inu crv for CLAY and Bank, and war upon the Con.
stiIution as was made by our fathers, has been Iaseu
BY leading men aud leading presses throughout Tue
Jfuion war is TO be made upon lie veto power,
conservative mower placed the Constitution ny
WASHINGTON and Madison and the wise men who were
associated with them in the Conyentlon power winch
was exercised by Washington and Madison without
COMPLAINT, and by Jackson, 10 save Tie constitution
from the assaults Of its Federal opponents, VINO wou!p
have stretched the powers % the Government peyohu
the grants which it contained.
What is there in the veto power which should alarm
the country II is negative and conservative III 10
character By it tie President may arrest an uhcoh-
/, stutional unwiSc measure put he can enact
no Law By il lie says TO Congress let the LAWS io1
the present remain they are, and let the question o.
difference Of opinion be referred TO the people, our
common constituents. If they shall decide That an
wronr they will leave out al Tie next election, and
choose one Of different opinions IN my stead. IL thcy
shall decide lhct Congress wrong, they VIII return
other Representative Ill your sieai, VINO WI reverse
,h,t Won have done. The matter 81 difference ue-
tween The two coordinate departments Of the Govern"
ment is referred by the veto to the arb.tfameht ana
final decision Of the people And there never was
time in my Judgment, wien lie nteiposton OF i'i-t
novcr was more absolutely demanded than at lie la'o
rx,r, Session al Congress An excited party, flushed
9Th recent success called together out Of time with
ont public necessity and with prccptate haste, were
driving the Government 'mad'y from Ite sphere =
cd on By men If yaulting ambition, VINO Ms "ned
he character Of IN absolute dictator, and who seemed
/, command subseryient party at his VIII, II may De
REGARDED as fortunate for the country That snch power
"a arrest his career existed III The Constitution, and
that man was providcntlaly at the head OF the Co
veruren, who had the moral courage and PATRIOTISM 10
Il arrest him upon one measure al least II wouio Ha'e
ii been fortunate if the sa:e psw2r sa peen he'P"se
;, anon other measures OF the session.
If the voice Of the people recently expressed y"
many states, stall not lie wholly ds'cgarded The late
ruling majority in Congress will be stripped OF ilrr
= ,ower nj lie approaching snssion o. that body us
can scarcely he hoped for unit! Tie people have
o,her opportunity speak tone at
r. The bao,box in the election OF new representatives,
very LARGE norton Of the party in power composed Q.
~, e aJ FEDERAL principles deny The vital doctrine o!
N Re Rem Ca government the right Of ns.r"eon BY
d he constituent body and the duty OF the public ogen
Tue obov or resign In Ills State The pavy leaders who
u have i5ned them and struggled to identify our Repuh
=, lean people with the Federal party have no, IN pas
'e lime been bold enough openly 10 deny the right Of IN
n s,mc,on and il remains 10 be whether they vii
e. now conceal their opinions public subjects and
when in place practically deny and reject the right O
\ nsrnction ,-.
What las been the public voice since the measure