Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-09-17
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CoJ5ctls Letter TO Daniel O'ConucU, Esq

Accept my tIankA, together with those Of
thousands upon thousands OF tho good and sensible
part o! the people Of England Ir your letter of tho
It'll June, addressed the sdtor of the Watcrfard
newspaper, r'comr hiding TO the irish people TO re
gold instead Of "wor HESS r7rs 50 called by + rbu
son hunScif when debating on the Drll OF 1890
Wh0n ~" sec he proud and rusorEt oiirarthy assuI
you for having done ycpr duty towards tue people
- he duty OF The people 10 rally round YOU ard 70
stand before you aud this yCr viii find the people al
EngIOnd 90 by you, long as you proceed IN tb $
course.
What! rou sec your country brought II an cup
Pro-cn'ng to starvation You hear law officer con-
Tess, that that Is Its state yon wealth drained
away TO This conI'ry You as did al BRISTOL the
Other day drovrs mud Il Lexis and herds without end
and hu7GrodS Of snp-luuds e corn and meat aid
butter you sec these Ginning INTO England and,
Whc you see this. and see those whose labou- Gre
a'cs this wealth and all these masses oc food IN I
state approaching to stGrvatlon' and while YOU sec
on the aUvlis 0f Downing street. new and huavv bur-
dens forging for the backs OF these vuur ,,!eers h,e
coin'rym"n; While YOU ali this. you, the rcpreecn-
;n!vc Of Irish county ere To sit and hear schemes
coo!ly prnFoundnd for Cffec,uGly keeping the NOR
lr.sh out OF Engl-nd, los, ny coming hi,hor thcv
should get into tksr s;urna chs sor = the oas hat
ct Of the food raised BIZ Themselves; Won arc "a
Sill, and 20 and hcar ali lh,s you ire To hear them
10 near y0uF ""n constituents, spoken Of as Il ihcv
we're oHastS OF ouTdca yon are, when they apply Tor
thn smallest pTotioD OF suScnancc them seized
and sent back to sargalun, IN prccrsrly tho SOC
manner us Grim 1als 10 the hues Won arc RI
see and hear all these things; YOU are 10 have n,
''SIu',H CoHEiciiOl, mat nothing do Nrhsrc
You are, IN the way Of persuasion. Will have snY IF
act you are 10 krow that this s,a,c Of nnr
country has been pr iuccd aud prrpciuate1 bv Inc
system OF paper money: yru to rercn Der tina. Tho
nrth OF Tins System the death OF Irish ferSo,,
and haPpncs'; y"u are remember that Protestant
ascendancy and the Bank aud the debt arose altgp,
or IN the sHrno reign fatal TO md; You are n
Kno" that your country can Ecver Gg1In Know free
dom or tranquility, rs lcES this system shall los,
and yon are 30 know that II rests molly ri -.
on the ""orthCes rags' and seeing heafinp all tbos
'aingS, you TO SIT and hold your tonr-n or ,e,
and be scofed at and you are not 10 write odv,r -,
your constituents, lest you should incur tho ds,a
sure of those who the upho!ders of the sy tow
because they profit By Il.
And, looking at the matter in a narrower nom. =.
''e" "ha nave yon done "eycnd your bound-H duty,
you saw the effects Of the panic IN Ireland IN a7i
and those OF that IL England ~ 1925. Tou GO
hundreds Of thousands of Industrious md ri,,uo,,.
ana frugal fathers and mothers berclt IN rno,,,r,
oil The means Of providing for children IN hn ohTa .
make PROVISION Tor whom bad brcn the hone OF ,b.;r
ahorious lives. YOn had soon that the bIrnk,nr, -,
only one bank, ~ Hampshire had caused % rsn ,b
words OF the papers Of that Country .'a- much ar
g1ish and lanenthton as # there hay bo,n 4o.a
cope IN every third house" You mad srcn .bo
poor. ha!d-wcTking man, with BODY yss,sd 2, tIo
go.;c Tor nc rake Of keeping q cot over h,s L,.L
stripped, 10 a moment, OF the mcs rs of onvir, he
rent. aad compelled 20 TO the poor bousp tnr ,hI
TER; and this IN thousands Of instances Viii. 49,
osbSHPt devastation continued 20 wa!!oy IN lnvu,y
Iou mad seen all tbis you bad oYcry cason n Ln
ISsc I11' these defoaiIng scenes uunt nran occt- -
Ireland - the eXtcnsIon OF The nuper money
checkcH: and, having seen al thi,. ana crirr,sr,r,
thIs OPINION as 10 the future. you were 10 hnd vn}
tongue I2~t your poor country should take ,yern,rc,
I'D lime and save themselves ny Legally derpand,rS
p7ymenis ~ gold; or. II you gay" tho varfinp yrys
70 be brow-bcatcd, builIcd md almost rn,1ocpd vb
punishment Wv"
Blu, above al these things. what hive ro, rc,,J
ana seen ~ tho parliament rsclf and that yr-v brso
o. "Drbirst assembly wherein vOu yycro tenr,,.d
ivr your conduct: You had 10 that houga. ha,rd ;,
stated ny the ministers lat, that tho small n,rn, ~,
neg mad boon be cause ID the pane ard fbc rr;, ~
IBIS %, that, as long this paper lasted fc,e ,y
10 safety Tor property, and M scCuri'v fer ,I,, ,
Of the country; Sd, that It gas nbsI,d - s,,....
That paper, Of the same denomination ,,.,,h III
would cir uIat" at par with gold dtb tLot ,,cL
paper could. IN such a state exist cnIy IA, ,.a..
chance; 9th thai any little accidents r,r,,l, 49,
u IN an hour; 9Th, aud that. therefore r., ,,,c,
having any regard Tor tbs safety OF private nropn,,
or Tor the preservation Of the public ,c,c, rr,i
,oc'a'o s"ch Pap'rmoney. Al this Won bcnrd - /
ma house, anc sou snw tho Chancellor If 60 -
c",fHcT come inio the housc, hold syuin ogtLor,"
'h uiS mana, ana heard him CHl tbc,, s,,,,,,kiaas
rag AEd thcn you saw tho housc pnss nm az, ., !
put an ono tO tbos" injuries and dangcrs 49, - ~
lnnd, ana 10 leuY" lrc!nnd stiI yroerJ ., 'E
ana you. are TO be rcVIIcd and Inc,,,I i az /
you endcnvnr by legal means 10 rrnard 60 o',,"lS'
WINE yet there IS time. HroIn.t tbe,e COLL '"y'
inc facts mentioned by Dppbertv 49, -
a.l doubt the sOundncss Of your adyrc ., a., ~ ooy'"
~ Ireland; for, what do these facts n,oyo, PTyTpe
not there rs not gold IN ireland whnroo,,,t ,"my'I