Holly Springs gazette., 1844-05-11

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we NAV add, where was the shrill CLARION
Of the Enquirer sounding To Arms" To
Arms l"-Al! was as silent as the grave F!
Is This the way Virginia meets the encroach-
meats Of federal power2 Let il not be said
that the proposition was suddenly sprung
on the country. and there was TO iine. to re-
monsiraiel II had occupied the delibera-
tions Of Congress during The sessions of is
"A and l5 and it was again introduced by
President Madison. TO the attention If the
National Legislature In his message at the
CONNIE encement of the session of 1916
The country was fully apprised of ali these
movements The Virginia Legislature
commenced its session on the day that Con
gresS assembled. Ii was 10 session when
the subject was first noticed and referred
when .,Ir Calhoun introduced the bill on
the 9Th January l8I6-during the greater
part, if not all the time IT was under discus
siOn-and yet not whisper of dlsapproba-
ton was heard, nor hand raised by way Of
opposition The opponents Of the Bank
are reduced to this dIemua-.hev must ad-
nit that Virginia, following the lead Of her
liusirious Madison, had "lcatred' her con
s,iturional scruplos about the Bank or that
the Legislature WAS grossly derelict ia re-
gard to rs highest duties They may take
which horn they pleasel
WevOuid advert 10 one or two other fact.
connected with the course of Virginia which
go strongly TO forlify the opinion that she
was no least NOT OPPOSED 10 the Bank of
1916 Ia ID cember 1919 a vacancy ac-
CURED in the Senate OF the Uated States bv
The resignation Of John w. + pcs and with
"a fall knowledge Of james Plrasauts votes
in favor Of the Bank. bat three yea Is bef1re
Firginil elected him N Gil the vacancy -
II the Legislature Of Virginia had deemed
Mr. Plea5aAtS guilty. Of violation of the
Constitution, or believed that he held poIit-
ical principles incompatible with those OF
Virginia, would they have rewarded him
for his Delinquency, BY choosing him to ill
the most dlgulfied and responsible office ID
their power to bestow2
But gain, for whom did Virginia cast
her Electoral vote for the Prt sidencv in
1921 Who was the avoFiie caaiidaie os
The Enquirer in that election VILLA N
II era WFOR - 2--.Craw ord Tie = tx
Taiemou ofthe Bank cause The nan
who never waveffd i9r moment 10 his snp
port oittat lns,iu:ion Who was FOR
DE BANK from the commencemcnt to
the close of his political careerl The man
who made The ab est speech ever made in
It's behalf and whose fame rested upon his
support Uf that measure, as upon a solid
rock This was the man Virginia voted
for, and the Enquirer supported 1t was
marvelIously proper to support a Bank man
Hent but il is damning sin to DO so Nowll
Then II was perfectly CONSISTENT with the
most strait laced Republicanisn, TO 90 for a
, p l,,fl let
date for the Presidency n0tg be even sus.
pected OF a leaning towards a Bank. and
s,raieht way the Editor Of the Enanirer
turns uphis nose, as If the whole political at
mosphere were tainted in an incontinent
stencil Of federalism
"Oh but the Bank was then chartered
Why make a fuss about thing that was
done. and could not be undone 2" say the
apologies otthe Enquirer and It's clique
Very true The Bank was incorporated
But suppose Crawford bad been elected, and
had served out his eight years from the 4th
OF March. 1925. his official term would
have extended TO 1888 or one year later
than the date Of Jackson's veto the Bank
Thus it follows. that if Virginia and the
Richmand Enquirer had been oratIhed. by
electing Mr. Crawford we should have had
a Bank man in office IN 1892, instead OF
General jackson And as necessary
of that state of things, the Bank
would not have been vetoed, bu, would, at
his moment have be- n in operation Yes, f,
the defeat Of the Enqoirer'S candidate lost
us the Bank If he bad been eIected, h
would have signed the Bill, and saved the
country from all the evils which followed
It's overthrow
Are we right in saying that Mr. Craw /
lord was Bank-man IN 1924, when be was
IN the eyes of Mr. Richie. the very imper 4
sonaton Of Republicans Let Mr.. Craw
ord himself answer the question. In Eis /
etter TO Mr.. IngersoI in 1881 be says:
"The opinion which formed ofthe Bank 4
If the Uni,ed States when | was member 4
If tie Senate. was the result of careful ex I
animation of the Constitution OF the United /
States. made without any preconceived o !
)inions That opinion is recorded IN two /
speeches which | made in the Senate IN 4
1911. Since that time | have had no occa- 4
ion of reviewing the question Ny 0pin !
on remains unaitered
IL was Secretary OF the Treasury more I
han eight years. and during that time had 4
ample evidence ofthe great utility of Bank
IF the United States. in managing the fiscal \
concerns of the Union am pursYaded \
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