Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-27
To the Editors Of The Enquirer;
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
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cd ON lis gross inequalities; he showed that il was
intended 10 protect domestic manufactures, al The
expense OF all the other great interests OF the coun
try-,hat i, operated in favor OF The rich and
aGaiust the poor for, under H. the cheap article
was taxed al higher rate than the fine article
Such. sir. was the force of The argument upon the
Tariff. that Mr.. Wiichcr was unable 10 answer
or evade ii, except by taking course which, II
the demands Of justice would permit, would
gladly pass over in silence. Mr.. McC. had QUO
led from Mr. Woodbury'> table No. 4. Mr.. Wit
cher, in reply, charged that Mr.. Woodbury. had
been guilty of forgery, and had been forced 10 adj
mi, j, on The floor OF the Senate, but when called
upcn Tor his authority all he could produce wasa
s1rech ofMr Simmons in which Mr.. WoodburviS
represented as having admitted that he hadcrTcd in
relation 10 some articleS-not one OF which was
included in the table quoted from. How The gen
,leman felt. know not. hit think lie was
ashamed OF the charge, FIR We heard no more oil
it What will they resort 10 next, 10 save their
party! Upon the distribution of the Land Fund
and upon the Sub-Treasury, Mr.. Nice. wascqual-
Is strong In fact, none OF his arguments were
answered: and manyo them there was not even
an attempt 10 answer But, Sirs, when Mr.. Nc.
G satdown. the old mhcci-horsc came forward; and
we OF course, expected that our Roanoke farmer
would be demolished; but, to our surprise, he
wen, of for about 40 minutes in abuse of Mr.
Van Buren, and Capt, Tyler-evidently part q
supraSe) Of speech prepared before the nonlna-
ZION ot Mr. Pok-and | suppose he was little
ab>rn, minded, and really forgot who was the
candidate But at last he came up to the Bank
question and located the rarroat potcer IN mat
clause OF the Constitution which grants the pow
er to Law and collect taxes, &c. He is the first OF
the Wing orators that has attempted To discuss
the constitutional question, that have heard, and
| think that after the complete answer he receiv-
ed he will be the last; al least until they find some
other clause of the Constitution 10 place il
u9on. For really. if ever an argument was
orerhrown. then was this overthrown by Mr.
Daniel II. Hoge, in reply lie asked could
j, b, possible. that the framc,S OF the Con-
>,itu,ion knew so little of The meaning OF the
language the; used, rs that wncn thev SAID 'to
lav and collect taxes they meant 10 incorporate
= company with banking privilcges2 Or. that
the power to incorporate 4 bank would be nece>-
sary 10 carry out the other! ms Mt ilo@e
showed conciusiycv was not true. and that the
only way in which the argument couid be suS-
,ained was by constituting ITO lay ami collect IAN
es" 10 mean 10 incorporate company with pow
ar - discount" &c The old wheel horse looked,
"a II no felt himself beat. and what is of more i'm
porancc Jus, now, the people felt 1t. The re-
,nainder of Mr. Witchers argument on the
hank. was the old argument, drawn from
precedent; inst j! was Republican measure &c,
In, forgot 10 tell Us that his whole argument was
answered b. Mr. Clay, before he made il. ON
the Tariff he took the ground as did the other
sneaker. that they were in favor OF revenue
Tariff. discriminating for the protection OF d0-
,acslic B,Oanf,ctarcS-that we have always had
Tariff. &c. and wound up his .wo hours speech
with telling rs something more about Mr.. Van
Buren,. (whal pity Van is not a candida.c!) and
q lutte denunciation OF Mr.. Polk.
After dinner, Mr.. Daniel ii. Hogs replied
He commenced by stating, that he should conhne
hemselfto The discussion oflhe principles involved
in the contest passing b. all their denunciatlon oil
Messrs. Van Buren, and Tyler, because we have
nothing to do with them, they not being candi-
datcs-that he would not attack Mr.. Clay or his
par,y: but whatever might be his own views, he
would treat Mr.. Clay as The representative OF
great parlv-Thus disposing al one dash OF all
the slang and denunciaion that had occupied
one-half of the Pittsylvanla gcnllcmans speech
He entered at once into the discussion oil the
questions before the people; and after answering
Mr. VS. argument on the constitutional cues
lion as before stated h. showed clearly, that the
power to create a Bank was not either directly
niyep nor was il necessary to carry ont anv oi
The granted powers, and that ii was withheld hy
the Convention which framed the Constitution
He then showed that II was no, necessary 10 re-
culate the Exchanges that they were as low now
make money more plenty, for the State Banks
would issue as much upon any given amount OF
specie as the National Bank coud-that is, itthey
were confined 10 correct principles OF banking
JJpon this point the argument wa3 conclusive
but canno; repeat it, As 10 the argument drawn
from precedent, he commended that precedent can
not decide constitutional qustions but that II II
does then the decision IS against ihe BANK
This he showed clearly; and, also. that il was
history and upon principle; but canno.
follow il through il would take up too much
OF your paper Suffice il 10 say, that he SHOW
ed that the Bank was unconstitutional. mex
pedient ara-Republcan and dangerous 10 the
liberties OF the country, BY arguments that were
not answered, and scarcely attempted 10 be an
.wered. He then passed on to The Tariff, and eX-
amned it, in its principles and details and point
ed OFT lis enormities, as with pencil oil light
Here he was about to commence the Texas cues
ton. when the Elecior rose and requested that he
would defer his remarks ill morning; iha, he
wished the reply to be heard b. all who heard the
speecf and that they wonld allow him forty mi
nu,es in the morning. This was agreed 10, al
though there were repeated calls 10 80 or. blt
in the morning, "a change had come over The spI-
rit of their cream and they refused TO allow bui
twenty minutes which time Mr.. HoSc occupied
upon some matters that had escaped him the day
the Texas qucstion-only asking that as Jhcy
had Two speeches 10 his one, they would state all
their points so as 10 give fair chance upon them
One thing have omitted. Mr. Witcher had
said. that he was an old States Rights Republic
can Mr. Hogc produced an extract from
speech of Mr. Frclinghuysen, in which ne says
"Onc great object il framing the Constitution,
was to humble the proud sovereignty OF the
States" Il quote from memory J and asked how
Il 4 hut a Cill
Tine extract can be found in speech of Mr..
Poindexter's, | think, on the Force Bill. After
Mr.. Hose concluded, Mr.. 6. III. Gilmcr attempt
cd reply, but il was merely repetition OF what
had gone before He told us of Tarl,ons march
inc through the Carolinas and lille OF wv ood-
man Snare that Tree" &c. He did attempt an
argument, and that was. that inasmuch as Mr..
Hose had admitted that Congress had The power
TO incorporate 4 Bank in the District OF Colun-
bia-wh;ch they have donc-that, therefore he
had surrendered the constitutional question. ihis
was the only attempt at reply 10 The argument
against the Bank Is it possible that Wing
Eleeor is so uniformed as 10 the nature oil our
Governments, He made some remarks on Texas,
in relation 10 her debt but did not define their posi-
ton Mr. H1ge again took the stand in reply; and.
after calling in vain upon the Wing speakers 10
know their position took the ground that Texas
does not now and never did belong to the Stale
ot Mexico, and sustained II hy The facts but
that, il she ever did belong 10 Mexico, She is now
independent But will not attempt an outline Of
his speech. So powerful was it, that the eloquent
and ingenious gentleman who followed him CIV.
b. pre>tpn) did not attempt reply but declar-
ell that they were against Texas iorever-al-
though Mr.. Caperon, at our Courthouse, had
declared that they were only against it for the pre-
sent and attempted to show that the North was in
favor Of it, because they wished TO make it into
free States, in order 10 affect our slave porua-
iion-iorgeuing, suppose that the aboilionisls
were against it, This was the burden of his
>peech-iilled up, it is true, with grca, deal of
fine defamation, in which that gentleman has
few supcriors, and 10 rt,eh he oagh 10 coafnc him
@if He can say as many pretty things as any
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