Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-26

OF favored individuals taken from tie mss,
and invested with exemptions, and surrountst Ie
mun'ties and privileges" lid ,ou nots,v a.!
power TO charter companies is No., spec fed ~ 4, ''
and is OF nature not transferable BY mere ,, =
that ii is Zone 81 the most exalted ao,.. vi
| sovereignty that once allow this power I, r.'s
there was no limitation 10 II: AND dad yon
ther contend, that no precedent was bnting IN ~
case-that The whole "doclrine Of precoas,,Is 60.
TO the legislature Is raught with the mos, M,
! consequences"
.7aS. II IS true.
Cues And yet have you not Abandoned Ell,
objections discovered some vagfant POKER on
to quarter your Bank and are wiling to "lesy.
nation al The mercy Of (soulIess) corpora,on"
all the Tremendous warning, too. when the e,.l
OF The late Bank of the United States rings IN ,s.
of the people
But the writer in the Wing contends. in ~.
cond place, from the character of IN,
noes on the Bank bill OF 1874, tha, !, =,
then Il street party vote--that some Sl, w..
forwards Republicans voted for it W.
prepared any more than lie Is, to "class poli,,r.
who voted io., or agans. the Bank." We See eoon.
his o~n stiteDent 10 show how ditlcult rIs,
mistakes in making the analysis. lie, T., ios.,,
classes among the Other Republicans WHO yo,'
v, M
years after, act decidedly with the Reputle,n DIS
ard lie also names Samuel Smith OF Mary.,,a
Clarke, IN his Documentary History Of III. D..
says il was UUliam Smith OF Maryland and h. u
writer classes also with the Republicans y
Smith of South Carolina, decidedly one of III. ,.
b tier ederaiis's, and the rght-hand man OF Il. !.
milton, as Mr.. Jefferson represents him. and
subsequent course proved Some OF those WIG s.
for II may have changed their views, as Mr. CT
id alter ISL, when they saw stronger lich, a..
upon the Constitution by the documents which ,.
subsequently, published But decidedly the mos /.
Federalist,, mex. u Nj Ham lion, voted f,rr T..
died III the Federal faith Need We SPECIFY. b..
" Ham Smith Of South Carolina, the names Of f..
AIMEE, Of Egbert Benson, of iioudlnot of Lye,-,
Goodhue, SedgwIck, Surges, Thatcher &c. H..
These men alone, hy their talents, energies, aq:
vices in the Federal ranks, are almost suiic.,.
stamp the Bank It'll the character Of their po.re,
The bill passed under the influence oil the S..
~ ofthe Treasury, M. Ham lton Some. too. g
10 strengthen The Government by Fictitious pas..
TEN, because they thought II too weak. Oucrs
10 increase the public credit and to iacl tate r5s
rations of the Treasury II was passed too unc-
lEiluenc" Of strong considerations of interest. @
atose from uniting III its capital seven and hell
lions OF he public stock in the hands OF .pecur..
fundh Hers. 10 oog two and half m 1 oas Of sr.
OF some of tha members had 10 Ilitle influence
their votes-more perhaps with some of them. Tia, /.
arguments ct Mr.. Madison, o. the events OF thee q
vention Itself These 6st were not sufficiently
lectet--ot had lost much oI lheir weight m tie "a /
Of the reasons which were urged by The r.enuf. "a
Secretary. Madison, and Giles, and Jsckson o.. G. !
gi1, and Stone demonstrated IN eam. The vote. o!
latilud'nous constructionsts prevailed The bull o,..
both Houses.
Il was presented for the signature o. Washington
All the secret transactions OF that scene have b.
published, and perhaps never WI! be. We know
Gen Washington "hesaled TIL the last moment,
til The last day for sending in ms Signature, or
came) IL, IS also true, las Peter b Porter SAD
debate of l-ll,) tho. Gen Washington, in gvt.
sanction to that law, did il wilh more doub, and b.
tor than almost any Other &c, oi his admnisfs
Il has also been SAID, that Mr.. Madison protested
strongest terms to The Pres dent against signt.
bill-remDdng him of the power to establish c0's
tons being asked aud rejected by the Federal Co.'S
ton and that he al one time authorized 10 N,
a veto in case the President should take ihtt co..
Bat, passing over these more private transac
We know from the public records, that he sf
10 his Cabinet for adglcethat Randolph. (,le
torney Generally end jefferson, Qhe Secfe','s
State,) both Republicans, ADVISED most earn.
and soletnnly against it on Constitutional ,rJl
ing ihei. opinions before INN, eAeried j his vns'
nui,y i'll answering their arguments, and deve.
his own Federal opinions. Who cln d3ub, %
extent he then carried las views, whtn be- bad
;rw DAYS brlore he ssit ~ hs report on the lta,
Congress, conlended ~ arothsr paper, that It tt
10 the discrettca OF tie National Legislature %
nounce upon The objects which cohctra he eerr:
tarc, nnd u appropriate the money OF tn L
whut,yer concerns 'ike general II rest; of Ran /
Of agriculture, Of manufactures and of commefcr
his report OF 5th December, l19l)
The Bank bill became law. And no mcasa
ever much contributed 10 ";hc complete orga'll
OF the two parties. 1t is the measure, which Va T
Report particularly dcnounces, in referring 10
encroachmcnts as - from the circumstances Of
sage, we'll u iatitude # constitution o. whic
founded it strikes the attention with singular lcra
1t has been denounced by the most decided EcF..
and the mos: distinguished States. Pcunsyhafl
virginia united IN instructing their Senators t.
down in 1911. Hundreds have agreed with VI
Buren,, in regarding it as the " great pioneer Of
:ionGl eAcfoachacafs" II was finally cXiingli.t
the casting vote of old George Clinton. in that TIE
BILE address, which we published in orr FIRST No
has given the credit OF Tat paper To the pen Of VI
who has since abandoned all his early Rep
principles, aud now stands forth as the great c4-
of the Bank. lie forsooth is now wIn. TO
this aoti0A at the mercy Of ian unauthorzcdi {
ton And for this gracious condescenslon. be
tie honor OF being elected the Chief Magsir4e
Republic.