Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-29

while the one gallon contains 292' cnbical
inciies aud the dollar c7i grains iroe weight
OF pare SdSer, ~ = pr1pnstFrpas 10 say that
the onr OF the otbet - variable. an any other
way Than a. the laws MAY xsry them TO inn
prove OF change The standard" 4 almost
scoin IN answet this cyuisocetion. IL was
PLAN that Was speaking -ntiISS az tte ra,iig
interchangeable vaine, ot money; the power
OF purchasing which it conveys 60 the owner (;
bni what does the AURORA Change the teams
OF Tie ~ opposition alioge ter aud NY oil 10 the
H. tSH, Nc. OF the com. might "a well have
sdib that gallon was variable medsurc. be-
cause the rdine of a gallon Of mUia>ses, or the
rdfae OF a palioD pot warned from time TO time,
as he 10 say. tnat the tame OF coin was in
Variable, hscause II had always the same weight
and hneness; for, il he eau shiit the teiins OF
the one, can shit those ct tie other.
lie says that have confOunded MoRcr with
bullion. did not l distinguished between
them; hut i stated, that Ia value they 80 Tar
csrieSpOndec with each other. tuat u bullion
INCREASED ia value, 50 would the money mat
was made of a that a. To tuition 70 vatird its
eauc, thrOu.hUut the whole coiutnerciai wGria
al different times and occasi onaiiy IA ditfri-
en- places Ut tue same time The urora SAYS,
ought la nav" confined my proposition about
va,ue) To button but not extended Il to niuuey;
that iS,he confeSses the raiue OF bullion "a mer-
camille article of exchange tu vary, according
T. us quantity, but tht ct money does not
Marx again the tquivocatiOn IN speaking OF
b"ilonh he d,scards all ideas ct usight ,iiuen.s>,
as IN speaking OF money, he discar.is nv own
i"ea OF money (asan aitIcle of rdttp) and cOn-
iioeN himself euIireiy To its standard weight -
Now, contend, that the raiur vi money and OF
hrii'on varie, th,i an" varies with i0e other,
though not exactly in the same proportion
Cfor part of the increased quantity OF buiii-
on ~ melted INTO plate, Instead of coin y com rs
frequently Slapped As " ell as Duiii N, when n
y worth ieSs ~ the country that ships than III
the one which imports Il, aud when the ini-
poi tiiiS country uses II as com; (aS the East In
dies Use the Spanish dollarS.)
In fart thr m shoni the Whole Of this discus
S'ons, tie Aurora seems to have clear idea
ot roWe. az the rdiDe 81 money, or the saine at
Duiiloh III rel lion 1" that at CON. lie uses the
WORDS rdhue 0f NANCY as SYNONYMOUS with mint
prtce that rs the number OF pieces of given
uehomInation into which a given ,rSigat OF
sthncard bullion ~ coined at the mIGt; and
confiring his optics down 10 this one idea ne
is even incapable of noting thar the mGrLef
prtce OF cola varies; that may be more or less
Than the mint rice am >ilit more that at diff
ferrnt tunes and places TIL raiue of cCin, as
wen as bullion, is liable to variation that
though gold aud silver for reasons whch
nave aready stated are subject TO Slnwe r.,
more gradual and uniiOrm variations than any
o'her article, and hence are the best standards
OF value that could have been selected, vet
thai each OF these metals varies in value, aC-
cording to different circumstances.
But am disguised with the task Of posing
ignorance 80 shallow, as Ii manifested III The
PSend0-econoInicS' OF the Aurora. | leave
nun with the remark of Fielding toy way OF
ADVICE: mat "a ndn sometimes wutCS bet
ter by understanding Lttie Of the subject on
which he Whites" ECONOMlCUS.