Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-10
CONFESSIONAL ITcuISos

| The Correspondent Of the N. Y. Star in,rodu
ees two or three distinguished member, Of the House
of Representatives to the Acquaintance Of the pub
| lie.
| Ccrr'spOrGeneec Of the Tunes ard Star.
wAsHIsGros, August ), ISIi.
| To-day the Bank question WAS und, Z discussion
IN the House Of Representatives. A promising
scion of modern democracy, from Maryland, n,m.
cd Mason, edited the House with his notions ON 8
variety OF subjects. Although barely out ofhis ma
Ior'iy, he talked quite esrnedly the question Of
Banks aud banking privileges, and denounced the
whole as mater rlonSirortp," to use tho expressive
language ofEis friend Benton. He also loudsd the
POT METAL rARrI-, and all but deihed Martin
Van Buren,. The ub.rressury was the thing
the grand panaees for the nations troubles With A
little more schooling from his great patrons, Benton
and tenPenny Buchanan, Mr Mason will perhnps
be enabled TO banboOils wide Bentons a,es, ,dtionl
the democracy somewhat more elIeciually. Atpre.
sen, he is rather green.
Alter Maryland's brilliant gem had seated him.
set, the hero ofths Buckshot War" presented him.
sc to the notice Of the House aud the eomplas,n,
chairman quickly announced It TO the House: "The
gentleman from Pennsy lvania!r lie poured the
ouek'hot' and grape and canister in terrible style
INTO the wings and rung the changes with awful cf-
feet on the words Bank "Monster," "Robb.rv "
Swindlns," Rags" and "Sub. Treasury" "II.Td
Money" &c., sc. Poor MIR Brown is sadly trou-
bed with what the members call the diarrLa,
anu ie'r IRON what have seen. that It is utterly
lncuTaoe. II am correctly informed, symptoms OF
ms PAINFUL disorder manifested in his case MT
harrisburg nearly three years since, and regret To
say mat The maIady is foarfully aggravated since
ne Inquired IN The capitol With handsome figure
ana most fascinating countenancs, nnl fine pepper
and salt locks on his cranIum MIR Charles Brown is
the very beau ideal Of elegant ex,rac: but the
NhVIe Is spoiled by his voice, which, it seems, got
eIseSsu ~ ths ouek'shot war at srisburg. Il re-
sembes very much the notes of Nantippe and oc-
casicnalIy 10 q good imitation of hurd v.purdv
Mr. Brown must nurse himself and his Resources
ese he may furnish another illustration of the case
here. '
Alter Mr.. Brown had made his bow. Mr.. Wash.
inston. frsm North Carolua. arrested the sttenron
OF the House tor about forty minutes lie spoke
TO the point and with great modcs;y. He proved
that not only was the Eubrreasury discussed in hi,
Stn's, but the question Of "Blnk or no Bank W.,
put br' ably before the people. This in reply to one
OF ms colleagues Yesterday. He briefly argucd the
e'rs'Itunonallty of the Bank, and showed conclu.
sIyely that Congress had the power 10 chartsr one
NJ sooner had this gentleman f"ishcd than tan
SooI looking young gentleman from your city
caught tue eye OF the Chairman. On enquiry |
i.und mat It was the Honorable FERNANDO woop
~ nam STORY memory! Gathering himself To his
ti height and after gulPing a mouthfu oT:vo of
cod wafer, TO clear hs throat, he cummet csd his
hnrhnSue. II was truly a splendid effort, and al
though occasionally IN n MelhciIstical strain, lie
evidently made u uscp impression on the IIuuSs
IL very ndIyely said that he was n, Iswvrr nm,
nevertheless, expressed very decided on Mon ,hat
the Bank was unconstitutional. lie dgscsnted on
The memorial of your Chamber Of Congress and
denounced II as being the production of a cnnmit.
tee OF British bankers, and one merchant. lanes
u. King was British banker; MIR. Jar,os Rrovn
also, MIR. }. DePeyster Ogden also, Mr. John 4
hurd, President of an Insurance Comp,nv. and
MIR. Aspinwa, merchant,-the only merchant ON
r;aI
but merchants,-it was prompted only by a regard
TO British interests. This fell upon the ears of the
House with great effect and coming from the lin,of
the Identical person who had FIRST charged the wings
with being corrupted by British gold, every one
was satisfied that It was true and that indeed the
veracioGs Mr.. Wood was another Daniel come 10
Judgment. lie gave the House a pc feet o!io, ike
his friend Mcclellan from Coumbia County. lie
praised the suO-TTeasury, condemned the Rank
and insisted that neither the Bank nor the sub-Tre,
sury had been made the issue before the people Of
the State Of New York. He evidently for ,ot the
visit OF Sins Wright to the city in September,
"hen ne dScoursed TO assembled thousands IN Wal
street, unCeT sea OF umbrellas. Sub Treasury and
Bank were not forgotten then and there.
MIR Wood treated his auditory to sundry extracts
from essays on the subjects Of the currency and
banking, with running commentary on both He
touched them with i masters hand and 1 couId nnt
help thinking how we'll and admirably he could FAR
Iher have illustrated them by his individual expe-
renee M financial operations His friend, the for
Thsr cashier OF the Merchants Exchange Bank IN
your city, might Il to.d) have lent him a helping
hand, II his own illustrations were not lucid enough
on these interesting topics. lie has uniformly been
strong and consistent advocate OF the reno.
val OF the depostes both public and private and
admirably does he understand the art OF shetering
the creditor side Of an account, while the debtor
presents rather Flemish account OF dollars and
cents! The city OF New York has reason 10 be
proud OF her commercial representative in the per.
son OF thus distinguished gentleman who is so fi-
nj ~ IA he aTHaV 49,. III. II
as with the mysteries Of banking. II is hoped here
that he Will not hide HE candle under a bushel -"
but that for the benefit Of the nation, he will con
Linue ever and anon to give the results Of his pro-
found and sintesman-lIke lucubratiuns. Adam
Smith, Ricardo, and Joseph Hume may rs well
hide their diminished heats, for a greater Iumlnsry
than either has come TO Cnsh;en US in reference 10
those dogmas and theories which have from the FIRST
bewidsred our wisest men and greatest statesmen.
MIR Wood gored in being the hrst from the city
of New York to sound the cry of ",epeAl, repeal
reueNa' O'COnnell.like, they were he said DE err
mined IN sound the cry OF repeal until the Bank
was forced TO surrender its charter. lie has taken
leaf out Of Benton's and the arch nuliifei's book
Hnd well does he repeat the parrot notes they have
taught HIM. LIS for the country to deal wi'h these
Jacooins according to their merits and II is Cspo-
clally Tor your city to take care Of her juvenile
representative. lie needs talent, and | fear he
needs principle.
| must not forget to tell you, MIR Wood distinct.
" charged that the petition which brought to
Washington 10y Mes'rs Clark, Robertson, and Cush-
man, from the Board of Trade, in favor of Bank,
contained no more than | 700 names, and that the
mostoi these were ollers picked up at the corners
Of Ihe streets at four cents piecG What think
you Of thisl
MIR Bolts has the floor for Tomorrow. fls Is an
upright and high minded man, and well does he
sustain the true Virginia character in the House
lie IS decidedly IN favor Of Bank, and vii! strong
y advocate the bill before the House.
The name gwen to their party 10y locooco member Of
Congress.