Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-02-22
roR TIE ENQUIRER.

nc. 8OlDEN AGE is6S come; anu very
few seem conscious Ui its presence. The
Gotta of February, the day ofthe resump-
ton of specie payments, has passed the
day, which so many had expected, go many
feared, so many had hoped for the dav,
~hich some had anticipated as BIZ with
rum 10 the Banks, and ruin TO the conn
try this momentous day has passed, ard
lstrange;O tell y has brought with itncih-
ing worthy OF remembrance or remark
what, then, has become of The predict
ons, which were uttered by men Of talents
on the tiOnr ofthe Legislature Where
one of them declared, that there would
bea mob on that day around the door of
the Bank; another compared the con
course ofthe people To a race but there
ms been no race, no run ON the
Banks, no concourSe o. citizens, anx-
ious To catch the Golden shower; no
mob, 10 police-otiCer called out 10
keep the peace ofihe City. The day has
come, II has gone "a second day has pas
sea away IA Tie utmost tranquility mot
drop OF blood shed, not = nose broken,
not coat torn, IN the scuille small sums
otspecie have u>eu drawn from The Banks
Tor strangers or for change; a few chill
dren have sought to tickle their ears
with the IiuglIng ofdoilars-Somc specie.
general spirit OF confidence begins 80
pervade the community, and every one
begins to find that the nnte he has in his
pocket Is rs good, and more portable than
the specie lie can draw from The vaults of
tie Bank.
The members Of the Legislature will
oppcrtuney scatter these tidings into the
remotcst corners Of the Commonwealth.
and VIII satisfy the people from their own
observation that the age of specie pay
mems has again commenced. They
bave seen, and sure they ought 10
know"
Let these things teach US all little
humility. Il is moi three months since
one of the ab!cst meta 5ers OF the pres INT
or any other Legislature, publicly de
claTed, iii'l Iie expected 10 see the Jav OF
Iudgmentas soonas he day % the resunp-
ton 81 specir payments. -I'liat day has
passed. cIcrmer comcth, we know not
Whem!
~ We learn, since our last. that Il is
believed al Washington, the deDarhacn;
ofwar has been offered TO MIR. Clay, and
that he las refused it-as well a. the mis-
sion to London, as successor To MIR. A.
dams.-li Is surmsed at WASHINGTON.
that the department ofwar will be len
dered 10 the venerable Shelby cot Ken
luckv.)-li is also said, that Mr. George
w. Campbell (ofTennessee) Will go out
as Minister TO London.
Mr.. Monroe will certainly take every
pains 10 get the best and ablest men 10 aid
him-Ihe success and glory OF his adnii-
nlsiration hang most materially upon the
appointments he is now casting. Que OF
the purest and most ilinstrious men Who
iiiicd the Chair, which he is about TO as
conG, was more hampesed by certain APP
poinimcnts, i'll the early stage of his ad-
ninis'railon, than by every other circum-
stance pgt together.
True; MIR. Madison has finally triumph
ed above every difficulty orb, which
rose III barrassment, is now about 10
set in an esfaigence OF gIory-attended
with the respect and gratitude of the ma
ton.
Let others hail tie rising SIN.
We tor totfat, 0csoSe course IS ,rul.