Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-19
"Mr. Galla,ip. 100, in his pamphlet Of 1851,


on the Bank, says: (page )
THE prov isions OF the Constitution were UNI
vcrsaliy considered as atiordins eo'i'Pie'c se'"
ritz against the dangerof paper money;
aOn page IS, ne inclines 10 metallic curreh-
cy, as preferable 10 one consisting OF bahk nue.
ii the other system were not ALREADY es'aolis'eu;
With the additional light OF more than oo yeaIs
experience, he expresses the same opinion with
the sagacity of Washington led him TO entertain.
On p. 81, he says:
".Bui i, is a great error 10 suppose that II IA
Bank Of the United Statcs) can afford gene,
rally uniform currency, or one Whlch shdi,
at the same time be OF The same value III all
places. ,,oo- .,
with respect 10 The Acts OF 1901 and 1897, al
ludcd 10 by Brunswick, Mr. Clay says, IN his an
thank speech in ISL, oo- .,..,.
'Now the acts OF 1901 and looi relied upon
as pledges for the rc-charterlns ms co'hPdn!'
passed not only without any DISCUSSIONS =. wla',
ever Of the constitutional power oil congress 10
establish Bank. but, | venture to say, without
y single member having had his attention drawn
10 this question. had the honor oil seal III thc
Senate when the latter law passed, prooaDiy
voted for il. and declare, with the utmost SIN
ccri,y. that never once thought OF that point
and appeal confidently 10 every honorable mem
bcr who was then present, 10 say II tha' was not
his situation"
States 10 charter the Bank of America, was COM
piled with, only by Pennsylvania and Delaware.
"We return onr sincere thanks To Mr.. Goode
for those of the foregoing addenda for which we
arc indebted 10 him. They add another to The
many and great services he has already done the
Republican Party"
HENRY CLAY ~ FAVOR or UNITED STATES
B,SK-keep ii before the people, that Mr. Clay,
in a public speech a, Macon, Ga, said
lie was in favor OF Bank OF the United
States. All nations give us the example"
Again, Mr. Clay, at Charleston, S. c., was
equally explicit. The Courier, of that city, in
noticing his speech, said:
"AIr Clay assumed that Banks and the Bank
ing Sysem would continue 10 exist under the aus
piceS OF the States, and thence inferred the ncces-
SHY of National Bank 10 regulate and control
the >vstn and keep from explosion and mis-
chief He also insisted on "A National Bank as
necessay 10 secure a National Currency" &c.
MORE LIGHT.
The Wing thought to kill or neulralzc, by
rccklcssv Genouncin9 il IS ian airocious caluE-
ny and lumbus" The evidence in the Dallas Ga
zcrtc, Of highly respectable gentlemen, that al The
White Sulphur Springs Of Virginia, Mr. VIM.
c. Preston heard Nh. Clay declare, that il was
true. Congress could not free our slaves, but that
they could, bv high duties on imports makc them
so valuecSS that if they did moi run away from
us We should be glad 10 run away from them:
and that that was the great object Of the Tariff
system To substantiatc the charge itself, we have
nolr the powerful corroboratins evidence Of Geo.
McDnlie OF South Carolina. In last Tuesdays
number Of the able Augusta Constituencies, we
find the letters copied from the Dallas Gazette
accompanied hy the following editorial:
I'VE copy the following letters from the Dallas
L. AZ. .l,l ~
WIN. C. Preston Of what he heard Mr.. Clay say
about the future condition Of slavery in the South,
was stated in our CITY ON Thursday, the Sd Of this
month. by Mr. McDutiie, at The Wing barbecue
In our sketch of the speech OF that gentleman, we
said that Mr. McDuiiie observed that Mr.. Clay
had declared 10 Col Preston in 1927, that one
design Of the Tariff and other measures which
his party would pursue. was 10 gradually render
our slaves Of 10 value 10 us and then we would
free them ourSelves!" II will be seen in The fol-
lowing letters. that Col McCord heard himself
Col. Preston repeat the declaration OF Mr.. Clay.
Comment on this declaration Of Mr.. Clay is I'M
necessary with SO intelligent people as the peo-
pie of Georgia"
What excuse or paliation will the Wing now
find for lis idol? If the charge he true, and il
now comes in an imposing form, can The people
of Virginia and the South cast their votes Tor
man whose moon-reachn"' ambition would
vitality stab his native South, in order Ia make
himself President, or 10 fasten upon us his favo-
rite american system" with is train of evils
There is one variation between Mcssrs. Me
Du;iic and AIcCords statcments-ihe latter is
said to fix The conversation in 81; and Mr.. Nc
Duilie in ~. We shall make free, however, to
write 10 Mr.. McDullie requesting revised state
menl of such facts as he feels himself al liberty 10
state.