Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-18
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and come at once 10 the important par, Of the
proceedings.
The Address is an sble one-bu, il is Jus, as
well adapted to the meridian Of hlassachusets as to
that OF Nssinii; being. with brio; exception, al
| most exclusively devoted TO the Genegal Govern.
| ment Were Il not Tor few short paragraphs, We
should no, know that there suel. State in the
Union MS Virginia; nor should we suspect, but for
these exceptions, that there oil t,iOIm
needed IN this Commonwealth. L. uliudes tn the
bankrupt Banks OF this State TO be sure-anj that
nearly oil the attention that IL paid To Old Virgin.
| N. u speaks about resumption, the same as the
Legislature has spoken for three or four successive
sessions-hx'ns certain day, aud then fixing
an0the' Jay certain, arI Ihen- doing the thing
esain' aud hnaliy adopting what amounts to the
samo-ume or.never princip Can the people be
.onger nuped oy hxing esriabi days at great d s.
lance Gil, that the Banks regard no moro than they
do the man in the moon1
As soon rs the address was read, MIR @. b. Wa
se' :" 'S"1s'a 'ose ana oisred an amendment to IL,
N tsauon 20 inc resumption Of specie payment by
the Banks, which he supported in a most happv ana
powerful speech We never listened to any sneak
er with greater pleasure. He stated that he hmsel,
was Bank stakeholder and Bank Director. bn,
| he believed that the Banks were neecing the people;
that they were swIndlng shops, and SHOULD be cosa.
! ncllcd to resume Immediately or wind up The
Bank pensioners usro taken by surprise aud for n
While we'o paralyzed with ns,onishr,en; they soon
recovered aud with admirable tact succeeded In pet-
| suading Nc Wager to withdraw his amendment.
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then read; motion was ma &c TO insert a recommen-
dation Of divorce Of this State from all Blnks
This brought mp DR.. L p Scott OF the Senate. who
strongly opposed the measure a! present, as the
Btnks were IN n critical condition. This we con-
sdcr the very beet in the world Inv the State
should dissolve the co.pactner hip that exists be
tween them. His speech would have thrown DIR.
Brocke"hrough. or any bank president, into n per.
iect exiaoy OF delight. The mover OF this ann nd
ment was also appealed 10, and it was Withdrawn
being the second vitality important dcmocra,ic
measure to which the go-by was given by this
\ Democratic Convention.
From some unexp'anable cause, impossible even
10, fankee to guess at, the Commit,ee ON Re.
solutions had NOT said one word nbout a resump-
ton OF specie payments by the Banks-snd ve,
great stress had been laid uron the fact ,bn, Tho
resolutions must respond to the Address The
azores had s1'd soasthiny about the Banks and
Mr. wager proposed an additional resolution 10
remedy the deficiency, as follows:
R-sorei, That the continued suspension Of 81. 10 nav
mens large portion OF the banks OF ts country IL
crest m lona Calamity, which tends degrade in lie es
tmaton Of foreign naiions our national chSrsc,, re-
ari The Development OF the our country 10
and TIA, tho ish 10 tho ofevery citizen 10 OPP
this evil ais utmost e"''''' tho longer continuance OF
Upon this MIR r T Moffatt, one OF the Delegates
from Norfolk County. arose and inquired of the
CHAIR whether Il would be in order to offer m
amendment: The Chair, upon being pulled 10y
the leg Of his pania oons by the Sectet,rv sudden
y lost all recollection OF the rules Of ORDER hemmet
once or twice, looked down, and gave 40 answer
again the question was proposed in more deter
| mined tone, and the Chair answered "cou!d ro
! tU;' Mr. Moitau then put the question Inc third
fime, and the President last succeeded in nscer.
| tnHlns TINT t would be in ordcr-upon which Nj,
| Motatt moved 10 strike out from MIR waset's
solution oil after the word "ealamiiy," and insert
the following:
THAT any further extension OF the time bcyoni villa
prov ei by law, when the Banks this state shall
1e eompcetto redeem their obligations 60 la lda
ton would be to DEFY the WILL nnd Ills, eraid The
80 OF inc sovereign people OF virg uis subvsrslve 81
ysce Aal 10 tn rcacc snd -pcr and inr,i,s n
the dignity II the Commonwealth and h. effect 10 sci ihs
loot OF the Government the nocks OF the nron,
| the money power" " '"N '''''
Dir Wager was after some time induced IN with
draw his resolution. Mr. Nioffatt then moved n,
amendment, MS an original resolution; which brourb,
up speakers from various quarters that we little
expected ever 10 lave 10 tho advocates of tho
Bi KS. MIR Moiiitt's resolution wac on not;on
o. Gen. Blyy ~ laid on the table. being The ,brd
| the finishing blow struck Ivy this Convention nj
the true principles Of Democracy.
| u may be asked, how that We believing that the
majority OF the Convention were ant. ID smoerntic
IN 'he'F ptineiples-how We can Cooperate with the
party 10 which they profess to be'ong1 We nn
sNer-ihev nre not the true representatives Of ~ .
p1tty m this Sta'e-they 10 not repre-ent the vi,,s
ana PRINCIPLES OF large mai iiy of The Democratic
| party IN Vrgna-if they did, we would denounss
ana ecandon Il to morrow. As il H., we shat
aIow the powerful catch words, union harmony
"don'. olv'de the party" to hold Us in their com
pan'onsh'p at least, until the spring elections are
over. "
We have thus given n brief outline OF 4 body
which, taken Tor all in ALL we hope never to look
! upon lis like again.