Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-20

established. and which resisted the his' Damn
Tb,n ro 10 ,le celebrated John Marshall, and nc
will !e vou (in his 9th vel. OF Lie oil "ashlhs-
,on ,h,, his Rank was - great and r0atcaf d.
Vision &C o,,iuion. wlich would necessarily GGeci
ercry oncstion al Mc authority oil the Nauonai Lc-
cislatrre"-and that this measure made Z "eeP
impression on many members OF the Legislature
ami contributed moi inconsi!crablv 10 the eom?'ce
creaaioot.oa NJ Mose d'Siiae' ""a r's'"'s p"Ff"S'
which in heir L,,n and GaJioEs conflict for pow
cr have since shaken the United States 10 their
centre" Consult also, the speech oil II. 'ias
himself in 1911. when he resisted the rc-chartcr
of,ac first Banh-and Insisted that the measure
had drawn the same paIiF lines.
II there he any document in the Union, which
has received in more marked way 'hah any
other. The honor of dtscrfmtadfihg between 'he
Republican and Federal p:,'ies. II Is Mr.. Madi-
sons celebrated Report oil 99-lS0O. 1t Is oil the
highest authority before the tribunal Oh public
oninion. Ii is every where Acknowledged by the
Republican Party as containing The true articles
Of their creed Ii was opposed Ivy Mcssrs u.
Il. TAYLOR Lee, and other Fetcralist> in the lc-
eislatuIe, which adopted il. IL has since hcch r.
dicul,d or rcprobated bY the Fetcral Parry. Tor
s,itntion. Yet in this memorable paper The Bank
otthe United state, is held upa> 'ueeons''tnt'onal,
as striking The attention with AH@rlr fofcc as
resulting from forced construction, and As cal
culaled 10 enlarge the powers OF The Fcderal DO
vcrnlnc.l' The Bank was thus considered III
30 a. Il Federal measure and has been held 80
IL the present day, until some rcccn; commeEla-
tors have arisen 10 ;osl the chih!ren of Ictc1ec
upon the world as the legitimate offspring ol Mr..
Smith
WHO put down that Bank The Rcpnhi-
cans-with old George Clinton OF New OK nj
their head by his casing vote, III which lie denied
tina, The Federal Government had any authority To
establish ,hc Bank The same pcoic. WAS made
nv virginia in the following resolutions OF Feb
rualv. ISL
The General Assembly of Virginia view,
with the most serious concern, ihc late attempts
which have been made To obtain from Congress" Il
renewal al tire charter Incorporating Eank ol
the United States. This Assembly are deeply
Impressed with The conviction thai the original
Gran. OF that charter was unconsililllonai-that
Congress have no power whatever Ia renew Il
and thu, The exercise of such power would h.
not only Unconstitutional hut dangerous en-
croachment on the sovereignty 81 Inc >taie>-
Therefore
Rsolrcd. Tina, the Senators o! his State in
The Congress OF TIC Un;lcl States, b. instructed
and our Representatives most e"itcstly requested
in the execution OF their duties IS faithful repre-
scnaiivcs oflheir country, Ia use their best ell
forts inopposing. by every means in their power;
the renewal OF the Bank Of The United States.
Examine the votes upon this resolution III
lSll-see who was lis a,thor-who supported,
who opposed it. and see whether i. was not then
considered a Republican resolution. supported by
The party, 50 called at that time, ana opposed ny
the then Federal children. Zebcdee stood ~ the
Bank rs his own child. and ii was then reput.l2-
ted by Mr. Smith.
Another Bank was established in lSli-Mr.
Madison 1rqiriag lis constitutional Objection
hut he mels'rj. not cknrgrd his opinions. His
original objections Ia the con>itni:Gnaiily OF the
Bans underwent no change al the Gay OF his
death (This is fact known 10 his iamily) Up
on that question the Representatives. from Firai-
mia (calIcd RepIalicansl were nearly equally di
vidcd on the measure Those who did vote for il
had acted first under Tie im2ulSn .. the war pa
nic-ard then oithc war Debt, vi,ac,l currency
&c. Their Judgments had not iair play Il is
true, too. that the Federal members from the
State did vote against il. "a they made a point
Ia bc caf,sis;en; in their opposition 10 any pro-
posed measure Of the Admin>,raton-hut not
man of them voted against il, on c0aS'd"ftoa~
grounds IHerc too they were consistent in
their faith.
Who put down that second Bank Gen.
Jackson and the Republicans ho favored Ii!
Clay and the E.deraiiss. Who resisted tie cs-
adjustment Of another The Republicans
Who concealed heir real opinions il lsi0-and
declared that Gen. Harrison was the ''or!hc-ox
politician'-thc ''oll-tasAioncd Republican, be-
cause lie went against 4 Hark a. unconstitutional
and who thus treated il as I Fedora! measure!
Why. these very Wings, who were irving 10 get
Ill ta1s MI
held up General Harrison rs an orthodox Repuo-
lean an opponcn! ola Bank. and held themselves
M likewise 10 BE- Republicans, because they
went against 4 Bank. And now, because they -
for II. Claw. and carno; conceal or deny the
broad fact standing forth as plainly as the sun
shining in the Heavens, they GOOD. easy, supple
souls y are coming oui openly for Bank too
and are irving TO salvc over their gross and
shameless Inconsistencies, hy saving that the
Bank is a RcpgJiicGn mo0SEr Who tTicd 10
establish another in ISL : Clay ANA the Fcde-
rals.S-and the Captains veto stopped II. Who
now in fact. ale for a new Bank a n part Of
their creed! Mr.. Clay and the Fcdcralis>-that
j.. the la;itudinous consirucionists. And The Re
pub!icanS ale opposed 10 it. Who then Is The f.
Their of Zeirdee's children? Surely not Mr..
Sn,tb-hut Zehciec hinsclf-:hc Fcdcralists
from The beginning 10 the end OF the chapter
Those facts are indispu,able. They could ne
yer have been controversial, bit BY Some irsd-
ous politician, as the author Of the Fair ProPo-
sion" ard men, who, like the Coon orators, are
hard rim for munitions Of war, and stuff for num-
bugs. But i, really does argue shameless want
If honesty" and "candor, for such men as
Ncgsrs. Stuart ana Janncy. lhe devoted disciples
Of the Federal clique, 10 chrisicn a National
Bank Republican measure, and 10 shove such
mon as Jefferson. Giles and p. p Barbour from
their Republican stools. !: is en- attempt which
exposes the desperation Of their party, not less
than the a,ldacily Of the Clay Party.
srWeh have on hand long communication
from an ALL, pen, showing the impolicy, mex
pedicrcy and dangers of Il National Bank
We have no room for il this morning. and lay
it OYER ill tomorrow.
ALL TIE DECENCY, DIGNITY, SC.
The r. Wing and its Correspondents have the
mack Of killing characters by epithcts. One OF
the most distinguished Republicans Of Virginia,
Ex-senator OF the T. S. is unhes;tatingly dubbed
an cold Granny"-Rohcrt G. Scott, Is 4 "Dema-
porucn-"Wolf Jim" James Garland, one Of the
"bases, Dcmagcgues, of This bascst of all parties
VIM. Smiths speech ian appeal to the igno-
RAM pieiudiccs of tic vulgar, with the cach-words
of pot-houscs and hlackSuards Baylv.
the Eastern Shore TwodGicr"-Major Charles
II. HYDE one of the worthie>t men in this City,
Prcsiden, or the Shockoc Hill Democratic As.
ISOLATION, in his recent correspondence with the
President of the United States, is Swallowed forth
in fictitious Correspondence between Joe King,
a b,sc fclon in prison, and Beau Hickman, a
loalcr, &c, SC, SC Is This The Press, and is this
the Party, who are authorized 10 stamp others as
blackguars. srannies, and iwaddlersl People OF
Virginia, Judge We of their taste, manners and
r-ctcnsionsl