Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-29


bound 10 give GU, in turn for their notes.
Whenever demanded. But although spects
Is the thing represented, and not bills, vet
the bank and It's branc hes are wiling.
tbeiug hrst made secure from loss, 10 take
the trouble of drawing bills and replacing
specie. (Which their bills NAV draw from
them,) gs6tiS. And this is certainly a
public convenience. But they are snwii-
ling TO do more, beaaiise, 10 do more, inn
plies not only The labor of the transaction.
but Toss also. Is il just 10 require this {?
NO more than bare equivalent ought
ever TO be received by the United States
Bank Tor the possible rise in specie. But
this viii regulate itself. The exchange
system will lie well organized, no doubi.
But security will be found i'll tile bank
aSains, the extrayagani exaciions of ili,li-
ViuuaiS-each, IN fact, will check the 9th
or, evsn II the hank could conIescend 10
make II source of profit. The comma.
niil are better of, ilicr, fore, than be fore
the u. 5. Bank existed-for then brGkers
rioted unch, cked, anj drew away much
that The state Of The currency did not ius-
uiy. Hut then there was no opp, siiiui,--
and II was easy for brokers' 70 aoconimo-
date their views. The one To Tie oihcr.-
Now, the bank wfU rCgafofe theme ALWAYS
holding out The option 10 tax specie. IL
10 be, or Is more than The party concern
ed may feel Hing 10 allow.
am moi sure that am understood: for
the thoughts that have occurred 10 me are
very hastily and Clumsily given out and
tte terms used may not be altogether
technical. But if ~, meaning be ia k,nit
is all desire. Wr,le 10 be understood
b! tie people at large.
have endra,orsd 10 show.
firsi- I hat the refusal on The part of
the u. =. Banh, and lis branches, 10 re-
ceive paper, except at those points tckere
a as made paaa5te, anil ,Cliere means hare been
P'ctt"ed to reFrem ii, is polIcl, wk.ch, in
JNslice 10 Ice syst IA, ought not H. be eX-
copied agalnSi-becansc an obligation 10
pay am Wherc ana ec1y mhere would tend
necessarily toembarrass The bank
Second-I'iiat refusal on the part of
The bank, and lis blas ches, 10 give bills
OF exchange al par, is dictated by tie
JnStice, WHICH the directors owe the stock
holders, be, ause such accommodation.
must, necessarily, bring IA tax upon the
bank, which II would be improper for TO
bear. involving, as il needs must, great
labor and risk. lin addition to the isA : In
the pro, urem M OF specie, which such a
system could not fail 10 ob!ige them 10 as
sumo. JUSITFIA.
In the Sacketts Harbor Gazette of tie
25ih August, we linda detailed account of
the tria! OF Mr.. GourIay al the late a>sizes
IN Kingston, u. {. Tor a libel on Tie gov
eminent III The Upper Pro, ilice, ane for
attempting 10 SOW stdltiun among tie peo-
Pl &c. Mr.. Gourlay addressed the Jury
III ins own behalf. Tie judge (CampDelD
leaned rather hard against the prisoneri.l
his charge; but III jury soon returned
with ,erdict OF acqUiiial, which Was re-
cenod by the audie2ce wiii. ii ilunttr-
peal OF accldinatIsn. The morning after
The verdict was announced, "GoWiay Jo,-
eUer, Was touuoinscribcd On almost every
fence and corner posi- ~ Kingston. Next
day MIR. Gourlay paltoek OIL dinner CIV
en- by the cilIZtus
The principal grievances complained of
by The " Gourlay lies" are i.eieiussl of
lands and compensation promised 10 Tie
C!sDauded sOi'lierS q! HE pro, nee and 10
the eHigrants who arrive there from the
mother country.
Mr GouilaS came 10 Canada, as an en-
igrant, 10 make d selection from he pubic
lands set apart by lie government as in
duCeIEC;iis 10 settle III The province: but
lie was treated with beg lcct, and failed in
ms purpose, as lad many before him. lie
demonstrated, bun Without effect; and the
ptOpiS WHO SiitllaTlS imposed
upon, aud were silent, perhaps, Tor want
"i person sufficiently bold and capable
10 take Tie lead, have array Ell Themselves
under his banners. lie writer IN Tie
Sackeli's Harbor paper thinks, noiwitli-
standing lis present popularity, that Sir.
Gourlay -" does mol possess those great
and attractive qnalltl,s " hicIi insure TO u
man the admiration of iiie multitude an
connected with lis situation" But adds
he is doubtless, how ever, Us popular
now III the province OF Upper Canada az
ever man was III any country"
Tie writer above quoted, who speaks
with cantor, and seems 10 have tho
rough knowledge of his subject, liners,
that nothing like rer0intiosl need be an
tlcipaled the remedying the evils above
cited is the only aim; aud these tie mo-
iIler country will remedy, ratherilan have
business carried 10 cxlremes
Rochester { ". Y. Gaz.
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