Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-18
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
up n r. COLEMAN

Sir: When General Jackson vetoed the MaysVlle
Road Bill and the bill rechsrterIng the United STATES
Bank he severed from his administration thousands OF
American citizens, THO were more attached 10 lhti
soo interest than they to the interest OF their
country They, to man, attached themselves 10 the
Adams, Clay and Webster party
When the Maysyille Road Bill vetoed, there were
bills resolutons petitions, and memorials before ION
press for the appropriation OF two hundred mons OF
dollars for Internal improvements; sum, equal to
nr o one hundred and twenty FIVE dollars upon each
man woman and child in the whole UnNed States.--
because General Jackson refused TO suffer THIS oppres-
sive this unconstitutionaly oppressive, ournen 10 oe
LAID pom the people, he was denounced a. "belng no
na,rio;" The u. s. Bank bill was 10 perpetuase a
we'd corporation of at least thiry-hve millions OF
dollars TO be managed by President and Directors,
ire sponsible to the Government or the people ihry
ya,a !, he cIothed with the power Of regulating the
currency Of eighteen millions OF people, and by ex-
MANSIONS and conrac,ons TO raise or lower The price Of
nroperry and labor For this heinous offence, he was
loaded with maoy malcdictions BY the same party
Bnt when he caused The depoa Of the public money
to be removed from the Bank of the United Safes, the
curses upon his devoted head loud and many. He
had deeaded their last hopes, a, least had lad the
foundation 10 defeat them. The party, calculating on
the indebtedness Of the ppop. and o! The State Banks
to the u s Bank and lis branches, dispersed through
out the dff.ren; States had determined upon stimuli
tauenus curtalment all of lts debtors, both IN
divdual and corporate, and at the same time to with
hold accommodation as Ia discounts, tnereDy pro-
ducing such general distesss throughout the length
and breadth of the nation, to compel The old patriot
TO come into their Such yelling and mourn
fully gevnus complaints had never been heard before
Special agencies sent from many OF the principal
ces-tlreais were made, and even personal violence
was offered but the old chef was not TO be moved
he was acting for the good of his country, the pros
perty and happiness of which were dearer to him than
life itself
By causing the public moneys to be deposited in The
State Banks he not only relieved them from the
of the United States Bank but enabled the State Banks
to relieve individuals by discounting freely the
new deposited with them But for this timely aid, the
distress would have been much greater than 1t was =
Their grand scheme failed in lis main design, but they
made some capital by the enterprise They succeeded
in inducing many honest to believe that General
Jacksons conduct had produced the distress in the lat
ter part of the year 1893 and the first part of The year
1884 when it originated alone from them. The DIS
tress truly great, but how much greater it wonld
have been no calculate had not the of the
Executive interposad behalf Of suffering people,
against cruel, nnfeelng moneyed arisocracy. At
the above time and under the above circumstances,
was the appellaton of Wing assumed This was among
the other which they cast 10 catch birds of every
feather" Were you, Sir, one who caught, or did
you aid in catching others Truth and candor ought
10 be expected even from a Wing candidate
Yours, VIM. CRAWFORD.
Louisa, April 9th, 1874.