Show THE republican CATECHISM VIII V III Q what was the bank of tile united states A khank A bank created by the act of if which thit that tile ho public moneys should he be deposited in thil thi ban hank subject to removal at any time on oil tho the order of tile the secre tarv of the treasury trea cury this wis was called the national bank system and was supported hy by the federalists present it II Q what sytse ii of banking 0 was supported hy by the democrats A the stac hink bank system ba 1 which the public moneys were to be deposited in the state hanks banks in strad of in one central hank bank Q did either cither of these systems prevail A no there sire are now nearly t alree i ree thousand national hanks banks that sue isue money besides a great number ot private hanks the present s steni stein is a L mixture of the rival systems the last atempa at empt to es 03 tb lish a unite 1 states bank was made in 18 1814 14 w wien ien tw two c hills bills for that purpose e were by tyler Q what kind of national ban banking ing did joseph favor A an entirely new kind chic which I 1 i he be described as follows lation ot the people eople in in cv en state and territA irv let congress in their wisdom by granting gr antini a nit nat 4 bial bank with br branches AuChes in ill each tate a nl territory orv where the capital capiti il stock shall be liel hel I 1 by the nation for the mother bank anti anil by the state and territories tor for the brandies branches and who whose e officers and directors shall be elected by tile alie people with ith wages at the rito rate 0 f two dollars per lay day for services ft inch several banks shall hall never issue any more bills than tile the amount of capital stock in her vaults anti anil the the net yain quin of the mother baik hall it r crip A to tile the national reve revenue time and that of the branches to the tates and add territories revenues and she alie bills shall be par throughout tile ria nation tion which will mercifully cure that faw fatal disorder known as brokerage and leave the peoples money in iii their own pockets A national bank ai 01 twenty millions and a otate bank in every state elate Q Is that like the national bank favored by the whigs A no it is somewhat similar to our present banking backing system with a good deal of democracy ad tied Q what did the democratic platform of 1841 contain A it denied the power of congress to carry on internal improvements to protect manufacture 3 to charter cliart cr a national bank or to interfere with slavery in the states demanded a strict constriction of the constitution and declared for the reoccupation occupation re ro of oregon and the annexation re annex aaion of texas Q 1 what of the whig platform A it advocated a national currency it had given up the na biond bank idea a protective tar ift id a distribution of surplus TO io denue among the state and was further known a a loose constructionist platform Q with which of thes thesa platforms did joseph argue A with the democratic except that he used the term national bank while advocating 0 in ill tile the main the democratic etite bank system Q dill did joseph believe in having a simple economical government like that of jefferson or a pompous aristo bralic government like that advocated hy by IIii A ire ile believed with all liia his heart beart in it 0 government of jeffersonian simplicity lie he said reduce Ke duce co cingros ayos 4 of least one half air to T 0 senators from a state anti anil two members or tr a million of lation will do oora business than the army that now occupy tile the halls halla of the national legislature pay them two dollars and ahil their hoard per diem except sundays sunday that is mor inore th than an tho the farmer gets and ho he curtail the offices of the ali government over liniment lini ent in pay number anil and awer 11 Q what was hn po on alic 0 of congress 0 to prohibit slavery in in flie he states A iio said to thein the habiL ants of the llie flave states 11 petition y our legislators IT latora to abali h elavery by the year yi ar ISIO 1850 pray con congress 0 res t to pay every man a reasonable price for hii lavar out of the surplus re revenue arising arimina from tile sale of public kallir lii lal nili lIR Q what of tile the reoccupation re rc oi occupation of 0 oregon regon and the le ie annexation of texas A lie ile said oregon belongs to this government honorably anti and when ne c have the red man mail s consent let tile the union spread from tile east cast to the west sea and if texas petitions congress 0 to lie adopted among adiong 0 the sons of liberty give her the right land hand of fellowship Q what of a strict construction of the constitution A k joseph taught that the constitution ution is an all in aired instrument that it would lie ho criminal to violete ViOlL vi olite tC or ignore any of its provisions and that the time lime would mould conle como when liis his people must defend it Q did joseph mako make acx any other r reference ef orence to protection in a addition to that before quoted in which lie declared lec lared it to be the highest point of subversion to protect the whole northern anti anil southern eastern and western centre and circuns circumference fer ell ce of the realm by a judicious tariff A yes in his reply to clay lie said the latter s words and actions all r go mo to convince I 1 the friends 0 of f freedom the golden patriots of jef jerson ian free trade and tailors rights and the protectors of person and property that an all honorable war is better than a dishonorable peace Q what other democratic doctrine did lie teach leach A lie ile quotes as part of his platform jeffersons famous democh democratic abic motto that there shall be no entangling tan tangling hinr alliati alliances ces other oilier nations M 0 Q was lie not i in ii favor ofa of a strong central government 9 A no liis his only reference to contral central authority watt was this give every man his constitutional freedom and the president full fall power to to send an all army to suppress mobs and the states authority to repeal and impugn 0 that relic of folly which makes it necessary for tile the governor of a state slate to make inake tile demand of the pre president ident for troops in cases of invasion or rebellion the governor fio vernor himself may ie be a Q would it not be a good thing to amend the constitution in this particular as joseph suggested A i it would but that point has never been made a party part issue and there is not nor was the there reever ever a difference of opinion as to the me meaning anine 0 of the laii language 0 ua M e of odthe the constitution on this subject the united states shall guarantee to each sl state ate a republican form fonn of government 0 cemment and shall T protect each of them against 0 invasion and I 1 an application of the legislature ur or of the executive when the legislature cannot ha ba convened against 0 domestic violence vio leuce Q did josephs democracy go right 0 to the root of the democratic theory like jeffersons jeffer sons did A yes noto note the following follos vins from his platform in ili tile united states the people are the government and their unite I 1 voice is tl the le only L sovereign that should rule the only power that should b ba obeyed anil and the only gentleman that thai 8 should hould be honor honored at ho home me or abroad on oil the land or on oil the sea ilis his whole platform is the democratic theory of reli religious ious liberty to which lie subordinates all other ideas idea hut but on all the minor points lie is democratic with the binalo sin le exception of a union of democratic state bank policy with the llie 1 national bank policy as explained above the man mail who says saya jo josephs platform anti and utterances are arc not thoroughly democratic does not know what democracy means |