Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-01

larN r,,tr H.
60, = ,o,ror III the ally WHICH we nave p
And who would ura'n venture ihe ueAH"'y " G
,iou mon tie :ttcgFy oi any '"'y =. ~ rh ,c;.e
associate caazci':, wi!' We nave v.
,,s ,,.s ri tie !:rblencss oil lhe ,'osl
III, ~ :,,;v,.a character, 10 resist 'h' 'eh'p o"
- - th. coulfri u! ciorn:;ls Ntait" H'- -,
din.,. mower. How can any a"V'in"''' 49,! G,c
N ,hus transferring /" coipoa'e ri Tie
lions with which il Is entrusted 'of .'s ID tho d;.
oo,,, nh, collection, the rre:etsat'o,'' u"' Wv ,h
h,ou, nc the rcjc re"enue Is Tic uus,es' " ~,
I:nnarnr,cni Itself through lis agenc;es WIN az ~"
,s,onsihi ICES If oiicc, and win The seeu''''' " '
hands and constant chsck and sup vision &c mo
/, MGR, will, equal prorue'y itiieVc ''s' " ,h
- s IS ,e,n,nr lis Territories, tY employing .iT
IS , ,no,a,ions ard the Post Oihce ana OUR
Ja.r,,,, n,ul,, Likewise be consigned 10 'i'e e4's
,r tho Government, is inadequate 10 the .''e
' ;,s cecal affairs SHOULD we not De better e"'
",ei'' o. 's 1, .,d proyioug the necessary powers
rot :, ., discharge Of its highest ou';ef' 'nam
W .,,bc,u, bodies 10 - oin tins same ane sun
III e.e"'''s ,ns, Lie cnlnIet? Ii there te oaneer
- tho rercise of such powers ny Tue ss.eo,u puD
,coo,s az HE peope, Directly asa le',"' apnd
- =, ,l,, ior nil their ac;s, is the CANCER iesss'
s''e :" -, their exercise with ;he secrecy "hicn
~ ,h, ~, uds the proceedings oil corpofauons' "
,,''". e NOT selected Ivy the people, ana not re-
sno,s,Ii ,n Them but who hold their Chartered iig"s
for longer shorter 'ein:; oy ~ Iescnd.
| even The vii oi the people cannot fescn". hon
l. ~, I'M. OILY plausible objection wh'cn mas wv ="
H., Fxcheoucr plan, iEen that 1t wlli ncrsafe
The mower of the Government, "no fal"e ".aiy
no rxecut;ye Department, un!ouhueu ""u ~
! An cover is Liable 10 pervsfsion, IoF 'iiP'op r.
-. h, SINCE IL must exist, the true question Isl
pta.a ~. !, he most safely lodged The America.
on,1 have answered this question, by declaring, "'a'
ile,r own representatives aud ci'cers, cnose" ~ wv
selves are the most safe repositories % ' ~ a
w,h wh,cb Government mus, he clo'hea, Tor '"c pr
,,n cro defence Of all. Ii the Constitution "'u'
ner,n The selection CT the experimenting oi.t'1 :.
other means than the appointing power wh," - "r
created let those mems be ad"p'eu' aes a,,,cd
,a,,n ,C The President Bat, until they can oe u'
49, ah,a;pcd Nv the consent Of the States ana 'he P
,le we ha ye the same, and even grealef ecuiy u.s.,
Inc abuse Of such powers, Than we nav. = 49,.
obnse OF any other power ves'ea vi the h" -
n. means Of obtaining tall and retiecl hh"w'euse "
:, lo,;ous Of The Exche Guer board aud lis o9eh
;as =, any time and at all times, by Congress- "nu y,
, | tho ,.onlr are provided. TIE system ~ c"P""'e
ony modification or Improvement, when eSprr'hoe
may suggest; and it, after all ,eais N''' 'e sa;
{ Justly anticipated, no vested r'ehs Vi any al \,
ccou bc inicrpuscd prevent It's instant 'eP'"',
!, | h.,n,, institution is or can be free from nao'y
nbusp: and the fair question is, whe'her ''e ~ -
; "a be gained by furnishing souha c"'ie"'y -
o country are so important as 10 ns''y vi. ti
IS tho movers given by the Consi'n'i"h' 20 oo'''
h, Tho ability of the Government iisei', 10 &C
con'nlsh his great object, has never yet Teen iu'i'
ha, dxyelt on this subject, my friends, because
has received so little examination III OF ou' "
al
= Ia the nation aud It's citizens. In the e'ee""h
Rgn;ese natives TO Congress, you are ca,eu up'"
Je;.,mne whether the Exchequer plan shhii pfrEa''
tho, National Bank shall be established, OF VIE
II WI. 49,, ah.,Ia matter shall remain unregnlaed an
! I'D for respectable portion OF your ieio"
c;t,zens nvoyy their desire Tor the iacorPora''oh u
p,nL orlbe u S and lave rallied uhosr Inc na,e a."
hrnsr of distinguished statesman VINO 10 Pieu9eu
"a etTac c, that object 10y ali The p"'ca p"".t VIZ" ~"
&c ,e n,aced in his hands. The appeal 10 inc e"c'ofs
H.. country 10 confer such power upon ,'i aus 'hos
" aI,o concur with him, is rlghuly ana 'a'''y t p
ADAMS, the creation of any such 'nsu'n,oh 'ne ss
- AMI and his Administration have commence - Ill 4
! =, contend until the recpie IN their wsu"" SIM =
: ,t,p or the mower oil further RESISTANCE Io"',
- N the intelligent virtue and iirmness e "a' ieoP
i. ,hSy ci.ecr.uily Gbde the ISSUE cp-;a,r, r, !
" ri, ,oI,cr of the administration oil fres'oei!t ),
10 j, further indicated by the sfeciai ~ DIV
te,i, 10 ,ha, body. The first Of Ties, Oh ee"s'
~ ,, related to the condition ct the treasury q
u,n ,,,nera,,ye necessity oil speedy provisions ios
il;r our obligations 10 the public CREDITORS ''r
d irqying the current end uha'o'oeo'e ,i,pysd for
:" G:yernment A loan had been au'hof'|eu ~.
y o,,,, scarcely equal to halt our ordinary "l.'
~ .e,,s mud this sum, relatively so ins'en,h'n ~
ne 80 been found Improbable to obtain, ! he re
dent believed tina. pledge Of sPee.c .a.es ,u
IS, fensury en,i adequate revenues should Le nrord
Is, ny inc passage OF The proper laws ia the praase
the sales OF the public lands he pe,ce;a p.eeeas
IS, at'eaoy provided and he -, ~,
a The ttn7otorr appropriation OF u 30 tue great pun
m "a genc9 winch presented Itself. lie was well ava
u of tie claim which had been nerposed in behalf Of Il
u States 70 distribution among them OF these proceed
of But examining the act o September lc4l provdr
r. for tina, distribution, he found the principles on wht
a. il should 4 mede settled by those who had been II
II ~armest advocates Of the claim. The Wing MAJOR
.e in Congress had by that act determined that such d
n. lritution should rot take place when the country
nd engaged il war with foreign power, nor when
q. mica administration OF the Government require
m the mpoeion Of duties exceeding twenty per cen,u
to The value Of the articles taxed Congress had hi
n. ~ accordance with the constant practice winch hi
Of prevailed from the foundation Of the Government, S
,e emhy asserted lis authority 10 control the dist'
I'd button Of those proceeds, and TO direct their emplo
at for the benz fit of the Nation, whenever lis ex
cencies demanded them. In his judgment that ex
ID gency had arrived and his recommendation was mac
n accordingly TO meet IT, The recommendation was d.
lie regarded and the loan is no, ye, taken.
(. These views Of the President were not new-Tn b
Of first message Congress- ut the extra session in Jun
II l.4l he sald "Among such distribution Of the pr
II cerds of The sales of the public ands provided
distribution does force upon Congress the necess
oil imposing upon commerce heavier burdens than thos
d r!aedb by the act of e33, would act ell
cent remedial measure by being brought directly
l. aid Of the States. These sentiments espresso
n 10 q Congress in which there known maj
l. ry in favor Of disiT :huiinn and AT time hen
= collision had taken place between the President an
that oriy. The doctrines and principles oil tina; me
sage, net win lie nnequvocGl favor oil he ing pres
ana exception nj the time taken to the passns
above quoted The &C, of September 1871 for the d.
,bution Of the proceeds of the land sales passed
e and embodcd Ike identical principle thus stated by III
l. President
If Notwithstanding Congress was thus distinctly ap
r, priscd Of the views of the President which they ha
sanctioned and adopted, and OF his determination
adhere to them, that body passed Two bills in success
SON. in direct conflict with the principles which il ,a
thus solcmnly recognized The last of these bulls Dor
: conclusive evidence lis face that the contiugenc
contemplated by the Compromise &C. of September
lSil had arrived hai rates of duties exceeding
per cent had becnmc necessary for economical al
rnisraon of the Government, and, therefore, sus
pension Of the distribution Of the proceeds of the LAM
i sales, for which that act had provided, followed as
necessary and inevitable consequence, and yet, the bill
directed that distribution TO be made. Could the np
i probation Of Tie President to such bill have been
pec,ed hy any rational man Nothing had occune,
between September lS5l and lnly $50. which could
. 49,. =