Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-30


Of all, the ''hranchng power - assumed. -
assumed to belong TO Co"grcss-eohsfrss s.a'''s
ins hod of il, til it parts with u, a"o 'hen - ~
su,ned aud assumed BY lar, thae y u"es ~" :. '.s
=, n oo,sss II l,k.s Congress Gnd me stat'S !" ="
I'll "a, co,rr,ss afoae iartcd WITH and what The
or. r., ,oss,sScG Il ~ do not have cafe, th'
80, ,,on,ress under lis Federal lead w'!i ie@'S"fe
,,srlf uoir oil all rs power to fcg's"te hffe"i"-
And # thu Bank ~ to ct what Congress l"sts, ana 10
,;a nprescriplthly what II GETS Tor this Is the doc
,,,,,-thp mamie w tind themselves greatly shorn oi
their strength ry tins fst"i Harot, when they ASSUME
the reus ut Government, as The "signs oil t'ie the'
indicate they shortly mean TO do
4 But the moment Congress takes individuals in'o
partnership, to share with 1t Legislature powers wiz.
the peop lie conferred on IL atone, difficulties ARISE
The Directors By ordinance, establish anu f"rae
Branch IN Sdtc. The State, by statute ioroas us
being established there. Here IS at once c"""'e' :"
Jurisdictions The ordnance aud the s'''"te can"',
both stand. One must give way. Whch sinll - o' :
St"r do s,o,s ,,uckle and succumb Are the idms OF
a sovereign State the scale OF supremacy oe"w 't
ordinances of Bank direction But oh ine h0a' :
constituted by lac of the United StatcS NO matter.
That only shows that Congress IS inc cream, o",
shows al the same time that the bah1 Is mourning ou'
The creature An Interchangeable inequality must ever
Wis, hs,wsan The creator and the created. IL IS SAID
t.onoress can create corporaOn lis IS all dssumP
nooSnotbinr less. But be 1t So IL Is past al Tue
yopers of CoRSresS 10 create o'de-a o"'e Is "ooee
ia creative facuy-but still It may create creature
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he urped that the Constitution declares, that TINS
T s,iy,;ou and the iars of the United States, winch
shall be uassed IN pursuance thereof, Nc, 'shai Or
the supreme lac Of the land. No one disputes IL
Rn, where is the lac of the United HafcS Tor when
snnrcmacvi claimed The charter. Well, assuming
IN, i i N "pursuancc' OF the Constitution, etit have
the supremacy YOU claim for it. Now lonk through
that charter and can find provision cStn3,Sh'ng ano
joca,ipr Branch at Richmond. J make turihei en-
ouir,es, and | ascertain that no subsequent fam
roaoress has established Branch h6re lndcfn, 'hu
in the charter that Congress has dprierd ,tse oil lr
rioht 10 establish Branch there without the "asse"
az VIRGINIA But shall be told the direction has pass
ed an ordinance 10 tina, effect. And then shall wan
TO know If the Constitution authorizes Directors " q
Bank To make a lac OF the lnslta os""S -, -,
s,d.-I shall then want to know where can hno ''''
Inn, Of the United States, which the D"ee0Ts nave
passed Is il IN the statute book, Pubi'snrH oV a"t
r,tys No. Where is II then: In inc pun" e. ".
Can have access there No. lheh Il c""hes 70 '"'
That sovereign States and Tree pe"pie "'e - "
hound nv laws which their Representatives have never
,assad which were made III conciare, were never
/ ,ubl,shed and which neither States nor people nave
ever seen No. no. Mr.. Clay Vast powers are "
vonr hands and weighty influences attend you on
those powers and influences combined, can never so
cheo, ms out of or our rights, that We WI"
surrender To your oney creatures, the mere DTfrtofs
Bank, the right 10 Judge Tor us-to ts'S,"ee 'ol US
n fterutc for us-tO make idrS Tor us. 10 h"' -.
that hattering JUNCTION TO your soul KEY upon y
mic IN the exercise Of those sovereign powers WINCH
they have reserved OF their grants oil power, rs III
once the pledges and the munmenss oil Their freedom
and Independence, will not submit To f"nG att"ts""
nor Bank interference, and that they VIII laugh 70
corn all your npotent efforts To give Banh ordnanc6S
n controlling supremacy over their sorer"Sn rf", an"
lans and Constitution. Whenever you haii have thc
will and the influence TO induce Congress 10 es'aosh
branches in the States, they Will deliberately CONSIDER
and mparally decide whether the law 'aey max" Tor
- Of. ha nm 81 nttnn
4 they believe it is they viii say 50, and submit II
h v believe it is not will then become them to weigh
g outrage upon the Constitution, against lhr'r love
of peace and their hope of remedy, and as the balance
of good or evil shall sway the scale, to choose between
them. -
) have said that concurreI with sr. Clay in
think nu that the sasseut of the States can contribute
nothing the powers OF Congress 'Tcept IN the cases
specfed in the Constitution, where th STATE consent
is made consutonay necessary To the validity {" an
act Of the General Government: but part company
with Mr. Clay the moment h. asserts, that Congress
can exercise the braRrhjng power cip" Their c0aSrnf
and il seems 10 me-, III he must encounter lhsnpe e
obstacles IN MAINTAINING that proposition Let me t.
neat, what have already adsanced that he has ilrslt"
assume that the Jraaciag porer belongs to Congress
that he shows from his b tia. II IS his Doctrine
that the establishment and ocaiipa If the .N"h.r BanE
require an act Of irris0 ion.hat h. SLOWS iro the
"a me bill that the branches when established and iot"ted
are rasi pO'rerS with rs hrnry reSg"nS''eS
as those possessed by and drvoving upon In" l1her
Buab: aad he forces il the deduction ut rea,
san i common sense that II I'll. establishment and To-
cation OF the require act of rg'S8i'On, so d. The
0thcrs-,hat he boldly deputies Legislature power be-
longing Congress III comtcrred tdH) 10 the Drec.-
0rs Of Bunk b. exercised By he and through their
ordnances and he thus gives these ordinances that si-
premacy over the ia,rs and C"nsiiiuionS OF S0rcrrga
States winch belongs t. use CcnSunf'"a and Consttu-
fona a,rs oihe Union atone propose 10 make stand
at tins spot and al least hold him NJ bay Tor time
But really after politician has ridden rough sod 80 lar
and wide over the Consultation n. ms country, he may
be expected 10 snrmount rather to level all other
constitutional distractions winch may he raised up ~
his way, and stride unchecked over It's inrsak.n and
defrnceess ramparis However, it may be scrvlcea-
bic /, trace his progress notice the bastnns where he
encounters the braves resistance and where the most
vulnerable ou,posts of the Constitution are, that
may be the better defended hereafter, when rs CALM,
hut dishearened yeomanry shall once more be rallied
to The rescue.
The 9TH section of Mr.. Clays bill makes the Bank
capable in lac to hire purchase, rccers possess
ion and retain, &c, &c "iandS. rents, tsatmentS,
hereditaments goods eAcues, and Effects, Of 'rdaeer
kind, nature, quality" There IS n" restriction OF
place or time OF course, the Stands and hmtmenfs,
&c. NAV be-, either in the District, II the TirrorcS,
or in the STATES. Bat MT 10 rob the bill 81 any If
the qualifications which limit THIS power, winch IT m
trinscay possesses, think il proper, or 9tbto j"Sft-
ta quote from the 9TH nn9amcntai rule al the llih
section, what is further said tins subject 1t de-
ClrtS, tnat " ne fdHHS, ieHeWrHS, ana H'TEH"HcWa,
which shall be inrjut for the SAID Corporation t.
hod-shall be only such shall be rtqnisic for lis
immediate accommodation, in relation 10 the convr
nient transaction Of business, and ch shall have
been purchased up on Judgment aud duress which
shall havt. been obtained for debts, &c.
Now, when these Islands, tcntmrnts, and hcrcdiia-
1neats shall have been acquired by the Bank, in the
several Seics they will belong Of course to the stock
holders and tho share Of each being in proportion 10
their stock BY the hill, the Government IS 10 take
$40 900 600, one-tlird Of the capital stock, and il
will Of course he the and koider "f an mndivdrd
third o all the stands feacmtnS and Entertainments
o,cncd and holden by the Bank md that without any
regard to the circumstances whether they
CURED Cor the special uses Of the Bank pur-
chased under execution in discharge Of some nt its
iudgmen, debts. Now, the Constitution Of the L s.,
Article l. section : paragraph 10, III giving Congress
the right OF erIarc icSisat0n over the DISTRICT where
the Seat " Government = located, provides also that
CongrcSa 'suav hc anhor,fa all the placcs
purehaS,a bv hc II c LSisia'are n ~, SUITE
IN winch ti., shall BE-, for the erection of ntiS
magazines. erseaa!s, dock-yards, and other meafai
k,ll ,n,,