Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-28
SENATOR BENTON

"a CONSCIOUSNESS VI MS iva irdillies should hay
admonlshed him AGAINST ascribino imp!upcr an
unchaTilablc motives 10 those WAC titIer in upin
ION with him, as wen as 10 hose whu do not lee
hound 10 follow him in his efforts 10 sacrifice IN
rights OF the slave holding SAFES Sensible =
The difficulty OF sustaining himself BY t,ir a,pu
menl against The instructions OF his Ier;.la.ute
and fired with indignation 10 see that Ihe Nilsson
ii Legislature hid the ardaci,y 10 insl,rcl him
he refuses obedience, abuses he legislature ar,
sends forth Pronw eiamento against Mr. Cal
houn, whom Col. 3 obviously reea:ds as mar,
otous Than SATAN himself. Every an Of Mr.
Calhouns public life has projected from one o
Two motives, an eager desire Tor The Presi
dency, or dissolution o. the Union a.
the alternative; w1iie Colonel Demons puh
hc life demonstrates his devotion 10 Tho Uni. h,
AMI his uniform desire 10 avad he Presidency
This, in substance, IS Col Bsnlop's modes,
view Of The whole matter, 50 far as the parsl
lei between him and Mr. Calhoun fuos I'm dur
time, however, Col. Benton will fnd That the
people Of Missouri do not consider Mir Gallon,
responsible 10 them, or bound 10 obey their in.
sructions. Aud Col Benton will also learn
that lie cannot divert public attention from his
official acts BY his fciocious assaults uDon
others. No public nan p Jesse, to be more
consistent than Col Benton. lie nc, only adj
mircs consistency but claims 10 lave been con.
sistent from The commencement If his career as
politician In Is D. in The debate OH Foote,;
resolutions, Col Benton defended The institution
Of slavery, and quoted The Bible 10 sustain slave
ry. lie then said that the passage Of general
emancipation law was "0bSo'utsiy certain in The
event Of The sue. css # mersa,ts ten on ;ootn-
In 1880, let US remember that, in comma.
rison with the last few yeurs, there wa, no
agitation, no anxiety upon this subject -
10 1850, when The cloud vas no bigger than
his o.a hal d. Col. Benton expressed his ap2re.
tensions, anil Tel! b"atd 10 yirdcalc lhc morally
OF slavery upon lhc dor Of liz Senate Since
1880 the spirit oil abortion has md. rapid
strides and the signs Of The times have become
mere and m,ie omlnons every gear What does
Col. Benton say no"} II have made no say,
speeches in Consit IS ami do MOI intend 10 make
them Pro- sfii Is i'in.d, aud slave pforerty
above all. Il Is not ,shI IL dis,nt, he orieilac
ut tee oGncr-to haErass him with ernun,.iess
Il !, Wiyae WON. 10 disturb
a sing lr individual, by making him believe, un-
iTuiy, that his properly is iu.ac.i;e" How cain
and quiet has he become npon ihi. suhjcc. slice
i6SOl The dagger which he appteicna d in
1880, has, III his orinon, entirely vanisLci-
Since 1850 The Political supremacy has been
transferred f,cm Tic sIa.e 10 ile tee States Col
Benton has seen This wi!hcrl tie aid cl his specta.
cics, md he has accordingly lasen ncp Latitude
and d,pl:'ule. lie has ie.l the Democrats,
party, and if;cnts 10 support he Wi.mul Pro-
viso. The Wings need nc cxrccl o2po.i.ioE
from him II they triag iurwart nili 10 establish
. National Bank 4! III hex: session, thsy may
expect TO receive aid and comfort frog. Col.
Benton. Ii charged WI. :nccas, stency, Col 2.
may f,se an,, Icm!.d he SsGa.e that, ia liay,
1882, he delivered speech III he onatc, in
which, whlo lie dcnouaccd TIE thcn existing
Bank, nc brought forward hi plan. which ho
represented us a pat for three mo !erste Re.
publican Banks, in place Of the present gigantic
M 'nachical one" lie hen gave the ou,linaa Of
his plan. One Bank was 10 5e heated North OF
The Potomac, one South CT the Potomac, aud
one al New Orleans, al! With Lowe to establish
branches. The capital of each BAN: wa, no,
TO exceed live or six miiions OF dollars, and no
BANK 10 .ssac noics under tie lcncmna ion of
S2u. reference Is made 10 lhe speech iUr the
other features oi lhia rc:nara,hia Srhema
Col. Benton sid "hc threw out tho plan
Ter The consida alton Of the people, who
he hoped io0Ha BE- aiioDtd the 10 cofg.dtr
ill., In comparison with lia then existing
Bank, r. said his plan is cetany ianre ksPubil.
can, Tor /. avoids nipGcru!: AID exclusive priv
escs and dili.ss: isci! o.. lie great sections Of
the Unon, in,.e:d oi h ing cuohnfd To 4 single
cig 81 then p,occrd;.d IL aigde il further sap
ror' -. u, irje. witt .. lnuca 2esi a. Il: usual
y EXHIBITS. he ,2fIc,ssd NJ cors.ilr ;unai
sCfupcs IS to l'it rover II Gangtcss 10 ircorpp-
rae .',rse Etahs a. time, although NJ holds that
ii is palrahle y,uali"n u tie CONSTITUTION 10
create oniy one Bank! II he Federal Wings
should concIu!e 10 retain ihe ricseni Sub Fiea-
sufy system, instead uf challering Bank, CVl.
Bca,un may say aereed-a! right. he MAJ then
rise ani say that ue h!waYs WAS in favor Ut l.r
Snb.Tfeascry, a'pi Il consistent .d'oca'e III har',
mohey. In prof.4i his lccia,l;n he may read
TX racls from hiss, sch il The Senate on The 2lst
of March, 1884. In that speech h. said that he
"bclieved that tt Government CT The U. STATES
was Intended 10 be a lard T.onsy government
lha. il was The irler,ion :.d The ceclaIalion al
the COhs'Eulinn ~; The Federal currency sacul..
consist ci gold att SILVER; 'ha' there is no power
in Congress - isur or 10 authorize any company
oil individuals 10 issue any species Of FEDERAL
paper currency Whatsoever; hat god ard 81 rer
is the only hing ,e;ocai=:I jor N my II is The
,ney an4 fhs 0nly money Of the Coaa.thttos
II. however, IN the OneE hand, the parry rcW
in power Should conclutc ii dispense VIA he
Sub Treasury aad National Sank also, anu
desire 10 leuln % lac use of the Slate Backs, a.
dcpusiloIies Ut The public money, lhcy need not
despair Of receiving the aid OF Senator Benton
lie may remind The Senate inst, in his speech ol
March, 1884, he used lhe following language
"Mr. u. deprecated the spiii! which seemed To
have broken OIL against the State Banks i rd'
sp.rd Which acquired bad q for he ,igats Of hs
STATES. Those Banks were created by the Safes
and the works o. The SlaleS ought to bc res.
pec.ed. Seine q
these Banks had been selected icr dcposiie
bal ks, others not; but mere vas 10 difficulty IL
making 4 selection oi an ample number. Tine
spiri; Of hostility TO the State Banks was OF &c
cent origin, ami seemed 10 keep pace with la'
spirit oil attack upon The pGlacal rights OF IN,
S,a!es' lie then informed he Senate that, in
1891, Mr.. Jefferson preferred Ike Sale Banks a:
dep lsilorics and That "Mr. Galiatin deposited a
part OF the public money in The Stale Bani;s dn
ling the Whole OF the long Tune lhaI he Was
The head oil The Treasury" We here find lht
Col. cspousing the cause 81 the state banks, ant
saying they fought TO tie respected" NuIkWhh
sanding all this, in his speech in The Senate OF
The 27In OF May, lctH, he advocated an amend
ment 10 The BaEkrupl Bill, the ayowed object .
which was 10 subject these same Bank to TIT
stringent provisions ot the Bankrur, Law !!
LuSo aHf bSHoSidt s''os ~.
wIl oppose an augmentation Of The Tariff /
With the solitary exception o. the Sal
tax, whcn has he open'a his mouth in hi
Senate, OF elsewhere, within The last 2
years, 10 opposition to Protective Tariff w
find that lie fought yaliantly asalns! what h
called The monster, q. e. The National Bank an
then desired 10 create three smaller monsters II
its place. A, one lE.c he announced the use q
STATE nanls. and al another recommended them; a
one time he insi,ie,! that the government had Il
right 10 use any moaey except gold and silvc;
a, another time he insisted that we needed thrc
National Bank; in 1899 he thought The ms ~
lion oil slavery vas il danger aid h. Fu, fdrt
hi- powers in is d.lcnce and suppor; in Isl!
when all Other sens he men admit TIA: The ins:i
tu,ions oil The South are rnncL more serious
threatened than iiey were in 1880. Col. behin
.clls US ;h.t ih,rs is no cause Ter anxiety All
assures US that he not only has n'cines in Ken
lucky, Gul even in Washington ci!y!
The Federal party can brig forward no fl
nanciaI scheme, whether it II; ina Sub.Treasu
rs, n National Bank, Or the exploded pet Bar
system, which Col Benton cinnot support, on
tcnons,ra'e his consistency, by quoting, as
his custom, some former speech OF his o@n !:
favor Of une or the other Glode OF keeping ~
public funds. lie has maize as many spcechc
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