The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-18

Ihe opinion WHICH uehefdi IAAn"'~oN ~N
tains on the subject OF National Bank is pre-
cisely that of JANIS MADISON, the Father OF the
Constitution, as expounded in his Message 10
Congress ON the 30th of January, 1915, in the
following pas age;
"WAnIse rng QUESTION or THE cossrnurIosAL
AuraosirY Of The legislature 10 sslabiia. iaeorpora
ted bank being preetuded IA nay judgment, BY repealed
rscogaiio,s under varied circumstances, 81 The paitdty
Of such institution, IN ae Of The Legislative, Eree"-
tire and Judicial branches ~ the Government, aeeopa
uied bg indications IN dersef modes u concurrence o.
the general ciH Of the nation the proposed Bank does
not appear to be calculated TO asoer the purposes OF
revivng the public credit, Of providing national
medium of circulation, and OF aiding The treasury
by facilitating the Indispensable antcipaons al .he
revenue and by afording the Public more desira-
BILE loans"
"Thus" comments the lntelligencer) "said Mr.
MADISON. And what says General HARRisoS! ia
1886, when a candidate for the Presidency, he was
asked by SHERRop WILLIAMS whether he would, IL
elected, sign bill Incorporating Bank OF the United
States He answered.
al would if it we're clearly aseeriained that the pub
lie interest in relation to the collection and disburse-
ment of the revenue icouid materially suffer .cahoM
one and there ,c1e unequirocai manifestations q Puo'o
opinion IN lis taror"
"And is not this" Continues the lntelliBencer)
" true Republican doctrine I General HAKRIsos's
own construction Of the Constitution, like MIR MADi
SONS construction of it, adverse to the existence
Of power under it to establish National Bank J
but, like Mr.. MADISON, he was brought up IN Po-
litica school which taught him that he was not to
sumo Papal infallibility and set up his own con-
structon against that which the PEOPLE themselves
had, on full dehberalion and by uneqayocal tokens
| adopted"
The Inegencer then goes on in its history
Of the Bank, and names, among others who
| supported it, ALBERT GALLATIN, WIN. II. CRAw-
FORD and ALEXANDER J. DALLAs-gives Jeffer-
sons advice to President Washington on the
subject Of signing the first Bank charler-and
concludes the 7th No of the Review by quoting
| the following passage from the Enquirer and
submitting few comments thereon:
give your sufrages to candidate for the Presidency
who is pledged TO sign charter for one for Bank
should bill for the purpose pass Congress. We in
woke your attention to this subjective appeal to your
aiolisn to your pride Vuginans not to surrender
your dearest pipiiegeswe call upon you IN the
Of our common coun,,y, Of the many battles we have
fought in behalf Of the Consiitution-of the trials
ded of the dangers ice haze escaped not to surrender
this great aud inpo tant question %
Here are the Inteligencer's comments on the
foregoing:
ave know not what effect, under the crcum-
stances, this pathetic appeal may have upon the
sibes of readers, but to us its effect is ire
sistibly ludcrous. What Support it'll all his pow
MIR. Crawford for the Pres idency and afraid OF
General Harrison on the Bank question! Really this
is too good 1t is not only funny, but larccal enough
TO make die with laughter"
| AT the close of the Sh No. of the Review,
the editors Of the Inteligencer make this en-
phatic declaration
| ave sly nothing be it observed, of the expedi-
ency OF Bank now, or Of its necessity at any time y
| Now, if the Bank gu, ston had been in issue
in 1910, would not the editors of the In,elii-
gencer have said so in their long and Iabored
r, view Of the "VIEws" of the Enquirer, filling
broad page eff their paper in various numbers
from the commencement almost 10 the close Of
the campaign2 Would they have ridicuied the
assertion OF the Enquirer, thar G n. Harrison
was favorable TO Bank, and pledged to sign
The charter for one if Congress should pass it 7
| Wcu.d MIR. Clay have proclaimed aloud to the
| People that there was no magical charm in the
name OF National Bank-nolhing to which
any need be wedded-and that if the Gov
eminent could find as safe and practicable an
agency in State Banks all ought to rejoice, and
hat none would more than himself2
Would the Virginia Wing Convention have
publicly proclaimed, through an Address, that
General Harrison was not only oppo.ed TO the
Bank but against any and epery kind of a Ma
| tional Bank, believing il to be not only u.con-
sf'tutionai, but inerpeiient and pe,nicious ?
No, no, no! the Bank issue was not made by
the Wing party, but, on the contrary, when the
Van Buren, men tried 10 make it against the
Wings, they were laugh at and ridiculed for
Their pains. Messrs Harrison and Ty err were
bolh known TO be anti Bank IN n, and possibly
were nominated by the Harrisburg Co vtntion
more upon that ground than any other The
Wings expected to cary Name, Connecticut,
New York, Michigan and Virginia at least by
the aid Of The Conservatives, who were know n
TO be strongly opposed to any kind Of National
Bank; and 10 do this, the Wing party were
willing TO sink the Bank question and let il 90.
IL was sunk every where except by few
stump speakers and editors, perhaps, in TWO or
three OF the Southwestern States. The e,eo-
lion was had aud Harrison, and Tyler, the an
Thank Wing candidates, were elect, d. The
former died and, Of consequence. the latter
became Pr sidenf. Congress, forgetful of the
Wing pledges of 1910, or in spite Of them
passed two Bank bills, DO h Of which, President
Tyler, true TO his prime pies, true 10 his whole
public career, true to The sentiments which he
aud General Harrison had openly avowed in
the campaign Of 1910, true TO the ground on