Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-08

final passage when for the first we Mr.. Holiday
asked for the reading of the bill, ADD finding the
name of Clay in it, moved Reconsideration of the
vote, ordering IL to its ensrossment with view 10
change the name After some discussion, Mr. Arm
strong moved the indefinite postponcpent, which
decided in the negative, ayes IA, noes a. The qnes'
ton then required reconsiderng tie vote, and was
decided in the negative ayes So nays 6l, and then the
bill passed.
Several members voted against the reconsideration
moved by Mr.. Holiday, and against the indefinite
reinforcement moved by Major Armstrong, because
they were assured bv Mr. Jackson of Wood, that the
name "CIay' would be stricken out in the Senate
But for that assurance feel confident the bill! would
| not have passed. LoohER-oN.
I II IS therefore decided party movement, which
passnc over the names Of departed Governor, and of
the ustrious dead whose ashes are deposited in our
own SOIL and whose lives devoted 20 the principles
Of Virginia offers this tribute not to the memory, but
10 the ambition Of Mr. Clay. We must speak plainly.
We speak from a sense of duty-for, we have pri.
vate Gries 10 crafty There is no Wing in the Union
who has given less cause to wound our feelings,
toexce resentment than Mr. Clay. But bel ewing that
he employing all his talents to PROSTATE the principles
Of ,-99-and that this is party movement for the
promotion of his views, we feel ourselves bound to
ter our protest against the bill We pray readers
to read the following lines from the ichmond Shield
of Thursday lastand then doubt if lsy can, about The
character Of this new movement:
"TuE LEGIsLATURE-CYuy C0unfy.-Yesterdav :
proceedings gave some insight to The feeling of the
i House We regard it omen that the State OF
Virginia will yet get right as to and things. The
word Clay is not SO odous as formerly -and however
much Loco Focosm desires to continue the hostility
with which it has hunted and abused the statesman
bearing that name, il mpotent yesterday to succeed
| in its object.
"a bill has been passed, notwh. landing all the ef-
forts of the Locos 10 defeat il, TO form county,
with the name of Clay.
"We done for the Virginia House Nof Delegates
Stop not at this-take courage and goon-the Wings
have maorityand Mr. Clay is entitled to still great
er honor. Why not present him to The people of the
U. S. with all the soemny of Legislative nomination
as proper and fit candidate for the hext presidency:
Proper and 6t did we say. No-as he only man in tie
country fit for the office. The people o. Virginia and Of
the whole country will sustain it. He the anchor Of
our safety, and where and by whom could the nonna-
ton be appropriately made. lie Ia the fruit ol
our own SOIL and shall we not ene ourselves 10 the
credit of being the first honor him. Why delay; j.
he not the choice Of every Wing the breadth
and length of the land To whom besides him can the
Wings look TO this Government from the reas.
tendency Of Loco Focosm and the corruption and vain
aspirations of the present Chief Magistrate: Others
nav and 90 aspire the Office, and oI TO reach it By
extending the IMPRESSION that Mr.. Clay has no chance
Let him be brought forward by the legislature and pre-
sened 10 the legislatures Of other States and the ex,n
rusher will be put over the aspirations OF all others
The attention Of the people will be called 10 him, and
ample time allowed to repe the attacks that Locofoco
ism has and always will make against his integrity and
honesty. He is known TO be the choice of the Wings,
and BY postponing the nomination, the doubt and I'M
certainty which will therefore hang over the subject,
only tends enhance the prospect of others and faer
the hopes of the Locos Give no longer time for div
sion in our ranks-t is what the Locofocos desire
concentrate by nomination the Wing party, and the
country from end to the other, viii respond, he IS
! The
| Here we have the whole matter, as large us life
The Wings are conjured not to stop at this point-bu
to push their victory, and bring HIM out at once as
the accepted candidate Of the Wing party-"as ne only
a.
Of the House of Delegates called upon TO bring his
claims before The House, and proclaim their candidate
sto the People of the United States with all the So
lemnity Of Legislative nomination Aye to throw out
all the resolutions against the encroachments OF the
Federal Government; to stop all deblte-and yet bring
an ambitious candidate Lefore the House, and let this
sales.--future present him TO the Legislatures of other
States Such movement would, indeed, cap the cll-
max of Wing discretion. But shonld they decline this
further step in their ssPotcal Progress, the Shield
has said enough TO satisfy oil the character Of the
present movement, and to the determined oppo
si,on of the Republican party
THE FISCAL. sCIlIME
| The Madsonian is kind enough tn devote nearly
column to our article Of Tuesday last 1t would seem,
that one of its Amanuenses has slept forward TO WELD
| the pen for our edicaton.-We are almost sure, we
could lay our finger upon hn-for, can track him,
as Gbbon says through his SHOWS His researches
in the letters Of Mr. Jefferson, and the Messages Of Mr.
Madison point him out, clearly if the inscription
were under the portrait, "Ths . MIR. -. We
take the criticism, however, in good part for there Is
nothing of very acrimonious character in it; and its
arguments such they drawn from the errors
of very superior minds indeed;but minds, in oil their
power that were liable to occasional errors
! We can assure the Madisonian, that We were per-
fecy familiar with all the authorities which it is
pleased TO quote. We have, but few days ago, read
the whole of them, and indeed, much more, which we
will produce in due We had read MIR. Mad
sons seventh annual Message in CLARK u History Of
!, n, IL, he nj r..
AlcDufie Of the House, and Gen. Smith OF the Sc
nate against any thing like National Bank. We had
seen also the error which Mr. Dallas as Secretary Of
the Treasury, had fallen into about bills OF credit,
issued by the United States. We had seen, I'm the
4,h volume of the Jefferson Correspondence with some
surprze aud much regret, the propositions MADE ny
Mr. Jefferson Mr. Eppes, not on the 2ith June, ISL
Tas quoted by the Madisonan] but in June, l5l3 after
war was declared, and every politician was uneasy
about raising the funds for conducting it, In this con-
dition Of the public mind, the judgment had scarcely
full play Who does not believe that !: this usrious
man among us,with all the lights which have
been since cast upon the subject with strict reier-
ence to the Constitutional question, he would be
the first to condemn the scheme! Even Mr.. Jefferson
himself in another letter to MIR. Eppes OF November
1919, when making similar propositions Tor The issue oil
Government paper conesses That ne had 10 pseter-
NIT the Constitutional question on The authority OF
! Congress-
We bow at all times too with refrentlal feeling to
the memory of Mr.. Madison But aft he had proposed
10 establish National University ouYIf the public lots
in Washngton-after he had relnqu! his Constitu-
tona objections to a National Bans, both of which
measures we found our duty to combat it can scarcely
be expected that should consider s opinions as IN
fallibe. Does the author Of the Madsonian article
himself subscribe to all his Constitutional opinions !;
We are satisfied that he does not
The scheme of Gen. Jacksons Message of 1880 is
not exactly in point Though liable to "serious objec.
TONS we then declared, yet it dia no as Mr. Ty:
ers scheme propose to paper for the purposes of
general circulation On the contrary, it proposed TO
leave 10 ,ie States the means of furnishing the local
paper currency through their own Banks" General
branch Of the Treasury Department-and proposed to
endow it with the function of receiving individual as
well as "publio deposes," upon which it might 'sei1
bills Of exchange TO private individuals at moderate
premium" But it is question whether such an IN
s,,uton can be called Bank-nnd whether such a
scheme though worthy oil the most serious don,ts,
/ 800. Lie on The OF