Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-05-19
From, the Richmond South.
RlcHMoSD, w, 1
. April 9th, 1857 !.

i 4s4= RICHMOND, VA,
April 9th, 1858
4 70 tie Editor of.s The South ~ III
4 S1K- In your paper Of this morn
4 inc. under The head Of "Fallaeies OF
4 the Distribntionists, j" you say: !.
4 ssThe first objection the South
makes, is one which did not occur TO
Jefferson, or Jackson, or Calhoun, Or
j Buchanan, or Wise. when they favor
4 ed the policy of Distribntion, Chief
4 Justice Marshall, whose Opinions
4 upon constitutional questions we're
l onceF thoughtto be Of some authority,
i aid not regard it Unconstitutional
4 Neither did Daniel Webster, the first
and gpeatesteonstitutional j4rist the
country has YET produced. -.
4 I'VE are by no fpeans- certain
Whether Mr.. Jefferson, GeHs . aekspn
1 OF Mr.. Calhoun ever, at ang TINE,
/ favored such proposition as is now
advanced by the. Distributionists II
This rauchfwe do know, that PrtBi-
4dent jackson vetoed Mr.. Clay's IA
Einons Land Bill in 1842, andfthat Mn.
Calhoun has. left onDrecord 1.-THE most
concise and perfect argument against
| the constitptionality Of Distribution,
which the discussion of that subject
I:.has let elected, ..a
| Tie reference to- Mr.. Buchanan tthd
| GOV wise ayu;zs the OpDositipA
n0thfag : ut oh1u died ffus d,t,
i.oa1orttsa;;fv TO shog Motthose d:s
itfitl0u;s1ed aenaemeu are 1clser u65lc
ithGm the1 mere fifteen o7 tere,ttg
I,jears ngo lieu haze ses,s 5pf9pell
Fso cIange ths;r opi;aai;onsI OK. Ills
subject. i;ust as m. CtayEopposea al
National Bankin 1S11, on constitu,
tional grounds, and in 1916 advoca-
ted, with equal zeal, it recharter and \
just rs almost every other eminent
statesmen Of this country, has at some
period of his life, changedshis opin-I
ions upon fundamental questions of
constitutional constructioll.p'
beg leave to withdraw from the
defence upon which your kin inessH
has placed Elm the foregoing aftleH
-cle. Ihave. aeuer ''seen proper toll
change my opinions" on>the subject
Off Distribution or Deposit. When
the opinions of a public man are
dealt with, for the purpose either oil
attack or defence, they ought tobeI
correctly stated. During my time I'M
Congress from 1893 to 1914, this
question arose but twice, in two
forms. The first was the act of JRne1
1886. called the deposit act. -(Senate
bin No. 43, entitled San act to regu-I
late tile deposits Of the public
,rnoney.p)
At e 81 staoe az III iii to1
amend nsrfect ~ nass n II votadI
against it-lSee .Ionrnal Horse ~
Rdpresentat;yess M sass;on o1h
CONGRESS ~]-}1 sa5 "A nae,es 1oee
1862 1o6s. f10ea 1910. 1031 t107o Il
/ [ was tbe |onlysWhio "A tbat dav3 |
in the Honse, Who ala yote aaaEns'
=
it, on the main question, with ash
Democrats, ard OF, the question II
...shall The bilI pass 4" with 81 DeEno. |
Gratis In tie Senate an tha ouesti6n III
s.Shall5this bill pass ?o III Mas d'ter24
mined III the afffrnatiye-yeaas f3a. /
NAYS 81. u IHe Hrst THO aaass an790ul
.3keN geas oss Noaeys Rucba I III
-Caz6ou1. d.e 1see Senate Jonr,,at ]
LIST session 9th CONGRESS 1s35. 'B6 II
i "a CAIN tlTe cu1estioT95 ivs.as nrrosottad1
in.the form of the Diatr;hnt;on bIl |
tast Il. was called. of sente,nher is4I |
/ voted aeainst the Xii h fthe Hoi,sa
AT eyery STAGE ~ ia nrbgras9 hi
finally or if nassaoe ana snoke9 offar
and urpentIg. aga;,,stl + GSaa
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