Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-18


containing the Statements OF these allowances
the dates wien they were made the erasure Of
! the name Of Nm. L Barry, and the insertion
1 ofthe name of Abraham Bradley the confes-
sions OF clerks, VINO had be- n taught aud dlrec-
| ted 10 commil this double forgery, all consplr-
/ ed to make such AN impression Of this iraudu-
lent and prohi gate Transaction on The mind OF
every senator, that upon the request OF Dir.
! Bradley, that distinguished body, without n
| dissenting voice, secluded the order 10 PRINT
this repori--and thereby told the nation, that.
ia their opinion, /, wss fabricated and fAlsr.
Time would not admit further investigation IN
the Senat., nor was II admitted in the House
for n Trend o(ihe secretary, "ho had gwen
notice tnat he should there call up the Pos Or
Gee Bal, did, wien ,h,s discovery was made,
ptudenlly omit to do so.
| This establishment 10 utterly insolvent. II is
the instrument of prescription. Its concerns
| have been, as we have seen, most fTandulently
! conducted--and, under tho sdvncmen' Of tho
Cabinet. II is modelled into system Of poliil-
| cal espionage. Every Deputy Post Mas or Is
directed 10 insert IN bis return the title oil owe
~ newspaper, received al his office for dlstf
| button. BY this return, Mr. Hohble (not the
Post Master General for be- is laid up out OF
the combal) Gao place under the eye OF Mr.
Van Buren,, the name, and he knows the pohll'
sRl tharac,er OF every newspaper, rad IN
every Guy, town, village and neIghborhood in
the who C country. i'll an independent and
free people; always endure such lockers into
their own affairs always, such pies upon
their Preside amnsementsi Let them once know
their injuries, and they perfectly understand,
ADD will di'genlv apply the constitutional re-
| medy.
The President has, under The same adyIst-
ment ple ced n deep censure on the Baak, anu
currency Of the U. States. BIS was adssedby
Mr.. Van Buren,. doub less 10 give 10 the Banks
of this C,ts, the expectation, On the elthro~
Of that Of the u. STATES, oil receiving aud DIS
bur.,ng the national funds; and thereby 10
reconcile thin to the system of guarantee
which he had placed upon ,htir Transactions
This mig hi have produced some effect, mad tnr
subtle pn,son been venJed, without the antdote,
The splendid S h me OF a treasury Bank nj
Washington, so dnZZled his imagination, that
be would not exclude every glimpse Of II, from
the Message aud thus what he night have
gained by his proposed obstruction OF the
Bank. OF The Unied States, was placed hey "Gd
his reach by a disclosure OF tue Political
afusferu, winch was 10 he raised up IN 10
place.
The cons,iluiionaIny of the United States
Bank is questioned by The Secretary IN The
message and he further alleged, thai this bank
las failed o established a sound aud unifofm
currency throughout the country. lbe CON
slituifonai auesiIon has been scIlled by the :
preme Court. What does Mr. Van bu'en ~
tend BY a sound currency He should mean
and therefore. for once, will believe tie did
mean, currency, equal in value TO the sllvel
and gold coin OF the T. States. Every bank
bill OF any amount. which may, on demsnd,
al tue place where IL is payable. be converted
by exchange into gold or silver coin OF a
like amount, must be equal in value TO such a.
mount of coin MAY not this be done with e.
yery bin of the U. States Bank No man will
deny the fact. II then, such com be q sound
currency. SUCH bank bills msst be equally a
sound currency. Ibis allegation against The
Bank, is therefore, unto1nded and must have
been made, either without knowledge OF tue
facts, or with no intention TO state them cor
rectly. Is not this Bank currency quite ds nn =
form as gold and silver currency VIII not
bank bill at New Orleans, aud payable 10 thai
city, exchange for as much gold aud silver
CON, as a bank bill of equal amount, payable
in New York, can be exchanged Tor 10 thus
CITY VIII note hundred dollar bill, at New
Orleans, il payable therr, exchange for one
hundred silver dollars, or Tor ten eagles and
will a one hundred dollar bill, at New York,
b
less number OF dollars or eagles What then
does The grea, Gnanc,er ofihe state department,
intend by want of uniformity in TINS u.
States Bank currency
Perhaps he objects, because the Bank does
not promise TO pay, and actually pay its bulls
oil one branch, at any, or all Other branches.
Should it do this, tue same objection might be
made unless it also promised 10 pay, aud ac-
iusIly did pay then, at any or all other places
He. who could not get one thousand silver
dollar. Tor n bill of tnat amount of the New
York Bfanch, il he called Tor il at the Brancb
in Boston, would have no more reason to com.
plain OF he refusal, than Vt at Worcester, Or
PawtuCket, he mig nj want The like accommo-
dalton, aud not be able to obtain II. The OBJ
lection raises question of exchange, and not
OF currency aad lies wi more weight against
coin than against The United States Baak bills.
Indeed such bills are almost as much
more near to uniformity than coin, as
they are more easily transmitted from
place to place, han a like anonnt IN gold and
silver could be transported. Imagine, for q
moment, that cur whole currency was gold
and silver coin |, If any man Al Provid' nee de-
sired TO invest $4,000 at n. Orleans, must he
n o. unless he could purchase bill OF exchange,
payable in that city, transmit, at whatever cost
OF risk anu labor, the whole amount OF com TO
that place In fact, in all countries destitute
of,he accommodation OF bulls of exchange, or
q bank with collateral branches, gold end sill
yer is worth just as much less, IN the place
where it is not wanted than it is IN the place
where il is wanted, as it will cost 10 transport
il from the one 10 the other. Any amount OF
gold and silver is, in truth, like every other
commodity OF the same uniform value, only
at The same time aud at the same place lhe
nature OF things cannot be reversed aud we
| must govern our institutions according 10 their
laws. Until we can abolish time and space,
we cannot abrosate or exchange that subtle
my stery of trade which seems to be too evan
escent for the matte OF TACT intellect OF the
Presiden, and yet too well known and e'tal-
ished to be inprOred in ats condition by the
| Achitophei OF States.
The bank OF the Uoited States has by the
skill and diligence of It's President and d,rec'
i a Al ...tN kna