Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-07-16

OI metdilic standard, Tended tO encour-
age speculation. To cause over trading. Ia
| pronioie a spirit of gambling IN CONNER
cial transactions, To couniemance dealings
| boiiomed on no capital. anal 10 Justify
| every species of extravaganza" Lord
GrenSille too spoke of a drpreciaird cur
! rency M IA similar spirit. " For lime ali
seemed brisk aud cheering the vessel
rode along IN full saIl, and with iavuring
currents, but II never iAiird 10 happen
| that the calm sea became troubled, Ih,t
| the Haiterlng gale swelled INTO Il storm"
Ihe proceedings IN parliament had
| caused The greatest anxiety on tae stock
exchange. The funds mad fallen ia an
| almost uneXamplsd "a auner {: some OF the
stocks had sunk 10 per cent.
| Spanish Patriots. -rhe Briiist govern.
meht has all along permitted ia subjects
To assist The Patriots 10y men, vessels, aud
| arms. From soue cause or other ~ poll
cy Is about To be changed. The Attorney
General has brought in d bill making II a
felony IN amy subject fighting IN the Pat
RIOT cause, dctaiuing vessels vita persons
engaged In foreign service, iniiicing a
me Tor each person so engaged tour.d OH
boari, and declaring ii a m.saen-anor
TO nj out, without license, armed vessels
| Ia cruise against any power with whom
ms tialesty Is not al war.-Mnisters say,
tins bill Is To place the tno parties on the
same footing; that by the Y,h a;Id 2Dih
" George 2ud, British SUBJECTS cauuo,
| enlist in HE service Of Spaln, bni NAV IN
ihe service of The colonies against Spain.
But then IT Is asked, Why MAS not Tins
done before Why al ihls time Whx
should u. b obllyr Spain, al the very
| moment when size serves ,;s bv "A cessioi;
OF me floridas Why moi repeal the ACES
| OF Geufge %, aud i!now the field open
To buth parties II has 6eem aSked what as
Great B'1ta,n to get 6y thts measure! Is IL
Cuba The British merchants cuwagrd
la the South American trade, hdVc cone
| iormard with a vehement repciistrancc
against theproposed measure.
| Comn,srcafeJ for tie Fredericksburg Herald.
| Inc country Stockholders III 'hc TO state
| ba"ks, ana the country people constitute by
| lar the greater number OF SjockhOlieIs) are
| alarmed at the hiut given ~ tke last isnon
| that little or 40 dividend sill he declared on
| 'he Htst OF next moHSi. This hut, IL L. pre-
| ahined, Mas whispered rom the tanks in or
| der TO feel ihH public pulse. Ii is therefore
| suggested, as the opinion of many who have
oeeh Consulted. that n no dividend he declar-
| eu, proposition viii be made al the next
| meeting oi the General Assembly 10 uut down
| forever these unconstitutional mono poles No
! sH''itdr institutions, perhaps, were ,yrr more
| p'diN managed, III AL respects. than he two
| mother banks at Richmnnd. The brauche.
| particularly at Frederick sOnrg have hem
| conducted with prudence and Discretion: eN-
cept, PEI haps, at Petersburg and elsewhere
on james RIVER. n fatalit, has attended this
| river tor the last Ss\ty wears ENtr,v,sarrr
| dissipation aud profusiou, have been its cha,
raclrri>ics. ever since the wear 1915 when tb.
hrSt laws wete past TO JarVur debtors, which
laws nave been continued OF reuc wed, in one
, >hsre or another, ever since Ii was on tin.
river thai lie fII Rink =.
virginia was erected. This Bank issusd il,
""'eS paSabie TO bearer, by thousands ard
| injured vast numbers Of the too creduIous
! people. Ii became bankrupt and the Ieyisla-
tUIe passed the law. which is now i'm force nro
| hi"'ttng the cirrn alton OF notes ua,shIe In
nearer ms IL the history uf that law The
| sooner men the Two state banks are aboIiS shed
tne sooner our bleeding country will he .na
Dieu 10 ONE up aud TO heal the wounds 'Thnse
| bank, by giving 10 the towns a tnonoonIy NJ
| hahk dlSc"nnts, contrary 10 ther Charter.
| ""'ch ihey nave impIudently violated IN more
| respect. tran one, nave ruined the country Tor
Tue SAKE OF building town. This town has
heen made To draw like a vortex every thIrg
10 ltseH mas destroyed all the other towns ON
me rivers and by artificial mpa,Is deprived
the PeopIr OF those physical advantages be-
slowed upon them by nature. Form, rIy W.
had several respectable ditiie towns seat
'ef!d along the tan ks of our numerous rivers.
winch towns "tiered convenient and competing
na'heis 10 our planters aud farmers All
"O'c aie uesiIONeu and Richmond las i'm
s"P"e" every tiing Ii Is time now 10 recur
10 utN pTlhcIpie>-tO re establish the liberties
81 ihe great mass Of the conmunity and To
reclaim the rights OF mature. Lit every see
| cieS OF monopoly and eyeiy SppCie. of iucor M
ration tSiarlne and Fire Insurance companit $
| eAceptedD be forever abolished according tn
the spirIi OF Our constitution and the letter n,
our biils OF tights. But, il thesg banks must
%. Continued lei rettenchHIeDt be the order
OF ne DAY. Lei the example at the BamL Of
tne ohitef -iateS he initiated. Let the saIarie.
oil me ohicerS u the banks he immediately re-
| uuctd ana thr unnecessary ores abolished
me resident OF the Branch Bank of the
ohittd states al Richmond, rec ives s 1900
| Year; the president oithe Bark of Virginia
tue enormous S9ary of S 5000 for doug literally
nothing LET this salary be reduced to S 1000
/ a wear LEI lhe Cashiers salary which is now
5 200, be reduced 10 s 1900. Ter The first
couhIahts salary be reduced TO 5 1900 and 50
on III proportion. Let the cashiers clerk be
uispehsed WIN so too one accountant one
| iFher, ana The runner whose occupation is u se
enH' ~ Is u.s. less, because every man who
] ei'es MS note al sixty days gives himself NO.
| tIce and fine does not redeem or renp,y when
IL becomes hne, the bank notary shOuld protest
az once without further delay trouble OF
| eN'ehSe. Inc officers ot these banks at pre-
SEM Inn away with all the profits of the stock
holders whose mones has been most shame
| 'hilH sqnaBheied away IN banking palaces and
I'D Jobs tor friends and relations All these
th'nsS must aud shall undergo strict srtuti-
| ny al Tie next session OF Assembly when tIp
committee nope will be authorized TO exa-
mine private accounts. In public institutions
mere should be ioilIins priratp The hank OF
virginia. contrary to It's charter, subscribed
tor two thousand shares to the Bank OF ile
united States, and made by selling The stock.
when IL was at 80 one hundred thousand
a. lars. he stockholders and The people de-
hand 10 know what became Of thai money
n DELEGATE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
lri"ldt has pui iuiO nv hands Pet rs.
burg paper. containing piece published
III The " fredericksburg Herald" upder
Tie signature OF "a DELEGATE" The