Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-01
ruE NEW PRESS .

.",n,ra,c any thing like model Institution
ai ~, ,hs Scottsville Bank will soon be blown
d: = water. ,,-,----,.. . -,
;sed more ssiast ,oordS TO the "e'a.es
We Republican" We saw from one o, us "''u.
we knew from the character oil "s Iu,. ,,a 20
the generous course oil us iacles' 'ial W w.
,,,,,n our motives and mystity our course, we
u"'" il. Mr. Fisk is one of your regular 'p'ea
h.,Yers. who attack you BY iberal 'nslnna'''n'
! ~ Generous suspicion. His paper al saturday
NV ust was our remark, that ne has "a Dram
,-anderfnl inventions of fact, or r'ie IN Tue
,oo o. the worst of motives As We ah''S'
~ the Saturday estates hish's nc p" u
sSs,,n;s,,aemsnts. Once more we snail conoescenu
\ u % mi correct lis misconceptions, touching the
nf ,hs paper In its desperation, 1t has drawn
~ a,. on an inventive mag lnat,on, not very over
,I,ns IN detailing the truth. Let US, IN a lew
,,, The case. and leave it to the Republicans
-, mn, 10 decide between Mr.. Fisk and ourselves
,ts second OF last February, alter The people mao
,hly oc,,a,ed the subject, aud had deliberately
- m 1.-THE States Rights Republican party
- de;eca,es of their free choice, assembled IN
- ,.ycnt,cn IN this city. In an able address,
'' - alep,ed with unaninity, they promulgated
a..nc.nlrs-raled their party, aud appealed to the
| a,s a. Virginia. Soon after their ADJOURNMENT,
Il i / ,r,,essn, to b. a champion OF the same party,
I'M cry against the delegates of"Bank pensioners
Ill
& ,,-n Of tbs Democratic Party, as having bAse'y
Iyno,,;ca!iy betrayed their cause 10 the Banks
ue,oal 10 iniure the Banks, he exaggerated their
easements -insnul;ed the insolvency, ana Tor
III ,be ruia II tie Bank Of Virginia. As devoted
ths-s ii: the Republican party, who have battled SO
and = sincerely for lis best interests, and against
= fss opsn as we'll disguised we felt ourselves
,d /, repel the aggression at the threshold and 10
~, 10 our fellow pubcans the true action ct this
~ DETAINED Convention, and the sinister attacks OF
sa,fcoastituted patron Of their holy cause As
Il, Ranks. We have admitted the miserable sys-
, II banking, which had inundated our coun'
insisted upon lis earliest practicable retorm-
m,,h view OF erresting the panic, already
| ..nl; alarming, and OF saving the Stockholders
RASH sacri,ice and too extrayagant depreciation
.sr stock, and Of preserving for the temporary use
j. PEOPLE the best circulating medium, which was
r, ,hsa We cautioned the community against all
excess on the part of an Ultra Press-and stated
,,,ae o! the Virginia Bank Stock al - 10 S0 per
: this interposition, we have been most unlustna-
assa,Isd in Saturdays "Republican. The Editor
aat Journal as ignorant and reckless OF the decorum
,,yate life as he IS fanacal in his attacks upon In
,.oas which have been long and 50 closely (too
.-.l interviewer with the policy oil the State, as
!, l.. violently handled, without shaking The mo
interests Of the community, has, with rare I'M
aeace thrust himself into our private AFFAIRS, and
tempted, by low inuendoes, 10 show US OF as orioed
he BInks and a., through fear Of them be,raylns
,rea, interests OF our political party. lie has plainly
ND at oar Indebtedness to the Banks, rs having made
..verye rom the true principles q! the Democracy
h. j, once oin issue with him. and defy all his iillberai
4snua,ions Since his total disregard OF decency
hurried him into an attack into orr private con-
s;n> we cheerfuliy seize the occasion oil explaining
/ tins public manner, the 'baseiess fabric OF ms
,-res |, true, we are indebted 20 the Banks, and
T,rf In mr.
In 81 TINS debt, as is well known 10 this community
~ contracted by Others without our knowledge, and
ans, our consent Saddled as unwittingly were,
n tins heavy liability, have, Ike honest men, Sc
ad the Banks by the endorsement OF one oil the mes,
ss,antia planters in Va while, at the same time, we
,e pledged ample property to him, sulnc'ent TO ans
-.e al these liabilities. Neither the Bank, nor Will he
one cent by Indebtedness, incurred without cen
aud involving suspicion of our character or oil
~ credit. This gentleman is the first, who has at
mated to convert what ought to be with oil liberal
matter OF sympathy, into subject OF the most
generous suspicion. We shall make arrangements,
n the sacrifice Of property, to pay up AL the cur
men,s, which shall be called for by the Banks. we
. ,hls truthful and gen,lemany Editor TO the OIL
s o,he Banks Immediately opposite his own office, to
bow Il We have not punctually redeemed our Bank
[.ees,, not rs he nsinuates, "by deirauding party
/ nc DE, but ~ bona tide payments: We have no
l- u ask OF the Binks, nor have we received any
aayy never consulted the Banks about the course we
got . pursue. We ask tnvors of them which they
III. not - grant others. We need make no sacrifice
am Of orr principles FOR they have no motive 10 cut
from ell pro per accommodations, which are extend
!. other customers Tsy dare no. LAY tliSit hanos
n tie Press. They dare not dictate, suggest, liint
m a, any thing, winch looks like an atempton the H.
..Yot he Press 1t was our misfortune from no
,l-ement Of own, 10 stand also a oeo;or 10 the
..ael .; he u S Bank in this City-but no consde.
lad hn limit rec
determined onslaught upon that institution. We
d IL. Directors the justice TO say, that not Tor one
-ment did they ever presume 10 daily with the liberty
\ siis Press The common sense and the just feeling
this community would not tolerate the slightest al
np: Of any Of Banks upon the Freedom OF the
- They cannot seduce US by brides; they cannot
Is Us nv intimidation. Why then should we tcdr
sm. We ask Of them no new accommodations. We
II he prepared 10 meet their stipulated curtailments
ity Jfcqr them Why extend improper tavors to
-a.' II public life of = years is insufficient 10
9iec, Us from such al imputaton upon our integrity,
alye indeed lived in vain. Fortunately for rs, this
'aci has been for the first time seriously made upon
: y nr. yheophiias Fish
We are as Jealous of corporate powers, as MIR. Fisk,
any one else. We have warned the public against
multiplication We have told them that the coun
g might be so shnred over by charters, that, to adopt
memorable words of d'Alembert ton Fondatious,)
Whole country might be covered with thenl-and
.in Ike manner s.itevery man VINO died, had monu'
ut erected over him. should have TO disturb the
s Of the dead, - fad subsistence for the living.
10 was i, that, years ago, insisted upon
;'a; net # Incorporation should pass, which
&c ~. reserve the power to the Legislature, OF
.'riT,. modifying, revealing the charter Of thu
Eray: /. was this Press. Nao insisted up
/, thai 10 Railroad Charter should be granted,
aa-' sipuiairg for impartial umpire TO regu-
.,r, IN al necessary cases. the qaantnm .ierut for
AIRING The mails nc? Il was this paper-and hap
these provisions now part and parcel Of the
'si1;e iaw II State-We believe, and have often
'.2*ed that the present Banking system is radically
'2at, essentially isclicvous and that II ought to be
'9'ousaiy reformed. We have declared, that every
IN "ho comes gu; with proposition for new BANK,
'"a!d % forth, dixie the AhenIans when proposing 10
nge the Laws Of So.an) witha rope round his neck.
o. AlE" denounced the new Sco,tsvil.e PTojcct-and
"ac upon the Legislature to arrest ,t-But We are
Wiling, Ike iaad-nen, to lay violent hands
" existing Banks and if they are solvent, to
them II once IN runs, and destroy the interests Of
SAFE and II individuals, under the hollow plea of
= .oT IT, Commonwealth We have said, that our
~ rms - tn lions man'h, and that mus. draw it
Is g'a'ly as could In what have we shown any
~ iaGni EeTcc tor The B,nk-2 Was the Enquirer
st paper that, during the first suspension Of the