Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-09-19
POLITICAL.
SECRET HfsTORY-pUBLIC.

SECRET HfSTORY-PUBLIC.
mere are many errors OF fact and opinion, in Fe
o"cuisnon' upon none is error carrcious than
gold and silver.
We have imbibed from English traditions the barb
rous analogies OF bsrbarous times and in country
oil It's UTen CONSTITUTIONS give not only in our courts
ou In our general social concerns, the fose of
20 'he baoarous cnoms OF feuda ages. thus whatever
has existed Tor long time, has by the circumstance of
mere usage the operation OF law though every science
mas revealed long existing though many spc
eo sun are they inerpolard upon US, who boast our
institutions as founded reason, sense Eeeisio-
the enactment Thus when our legislation VAS carving
into effect the first institutions in the of society
under the Constitution OF the United States the
OF that day adopted the ratio Of gold and silver Is;
and by gross abuse OF language deter that the
pound Sterling should be considered at par with 81 "A
cents.
IL would be saying than would be ft 10 assert.
thai these proportions were Prenedotedy erroneous IL
may be Than fsr ascrhc the blunders 10 per
nc'ous influence, or 10 reacberous consultation,
conscious ignorance but that 10 Is erroneous the
very existence OF TO 16 being the ratio own con-
unen at The great from which the recious metals
which have supplied the world, have been derived, re
qures 10 proof does The existence Oh another or
many other, ratios, under the despoms OF the profga,e
governments oil Europe, prove their proPriey any
than their agreement.
So of the par OF 20 shilings to 81 a. Par meaning
dh6e Or equai-le any man take pen in hand and COM
pare The quantity OF grains in each, and he will find
there Is inequality, instead OF par This inequality has
been in operation since the FIRST law OF 1892 on the sub
lect, and Mr. Locndes in his report Congress- 1911
~ on this subject demonstrated that the United States
lost from that days Of 1892 the which he so
above hundred dollars
upon the bare revenue OF impost.
Well the custom of forty tao yeors had become with
us sort OF common lac; our courts adopted the law Of
ed the mint policy 9 England
We had knotcilg ones-ihey many; like the
Directors in the Bank of the U. s., the present day.
many OF them were innocent dupes-mere puppets W no
were unconsciously worked by the knowing ones
In lSO9.(we have referred to this incident hundred
times within twenty years)-in 1908, the old Bank
was carrying on its easy business it had much gold
the doubio0nS had ti0tCn in, TO escape the then in.
cipeni revolution OF South America, and sought find
depot here TO profit By the disasters OF the in
Europe
DOubloons obtained here, notwithstanding prepose-
reus law. very is for and spite of our blind
policy the force OF enterprise and the egence Of the
trader TO the Spanish nj ain and the West Indies brought
the gold in, disregard OF our law.
Then it that deadly biotp was struck al the ccu-
auon aud Introduction OF gold. Be it that
at the date above referred the old Bank as
It's termination as the existing Bank, when commenced
its all-corrUping career against the liberties of this coun-
try whether The facts refer had in view 10 pre-
pare necessity Tor new charter, or that close
ana deeP speculation, both, the reader may
At that period, we reFes it, when the French General
Juno' had Tor some time subjected Portugal gold money
tcas icdnfed TO pay the arinies-,hai to enable the
comissariss and the staff 10 purchase the plumber of the
was at this critical minute the old Bank was advised
not to allow than fifteen silver dollars Cor one doub-
LOOM Gold was from that moment shut from our COM
lars who could obtain seventeen jamaica ST. Domn.
go, or Martinique, or eighteen al Trinidad Esiqubo
AS the Bank would gire more upon its official adj
uisenen) so it could ask Rore and the gold of the
Bank somehow found its way Lisbon where the doub.
looms, which cos, fifteen here, sold for twenty dol
lars to twenty hve dollars From that day, gold has al
most disappeared
See what the facts here show. The Constitution saws
Congress alone shall regulate the coinage and fix the
standard
Here Unconstitutional secret adviser by bold spe
culaive stroke, accomplshes total change the ratio
gold silver BY this odious abstraction OF the pre-
cious metals and the coinciden obstruction, the cca
lions OF commerce were utterly diverted from their
raj channels.
scarcity OF the precious metals followed. Gold was
gone, not TO return again for s1 and oenty yea;
Congress has been, ever since, and particularly during
five years past aborDg to produce the natural rrinci
pies OF the gold and silver money.
But that abstraction had prepared the way for another
Bank, then in pefto-and which, when the mouse came
out Of the mountain, assumed be magnitude of Bank of
$4,000 900! That enormy failed of roofing itself the
bowels OF the andthabks TO the great and good George
Clinton aud thanks too James Madison who sought TO
those calamites, of which every living, in
America, is the slave or the indignant witness.
II the Bank, with 35 900 900, has done SO much what
might that OF 100000, not have donel
Every freeman who loves his country, and disdains
rupion, will be at his post at the ensuing election He
who does Ito his duty that day, fit for Russia
.ATJrd.
very purposes which they Pursue the Federsss Of
this tmeibe this day thirty years ago;-whst is
the object OF oil their scons' il is simply TO possess
power with The view TO their enolumen MI sggrspdzemen
and to hold rank OF pre.eminence their fellow
cizepto live in luxurious dleness, at the expense the
labor and the degradation OF the people OF these free and
independent States There is no evadng, qualifying
Of these truths. They sssh seize on the powers Of
The Government The means they use are Islander
lying. coTrpfio bribery, bank oppression aud Pyosc,p
flor!
This is the very demonstration Of their absurdityit is
the proof of their want OF undersaDdingt is the very
counterpart OF attempting TO regulate the tides by SQUIRT
or 10 empty the Atlantic with teaspoon The ordinary
vulgar Of men, would repuse the notion Of recon-
mendaon and confidence by the exercise OF eve
ry kind OF conlumeiy for those who he governed
Yet such is the pursued by The Federasis and
hrr proseytes.
They pretend 10 he dcvoisd 10 the Consltudon-and dis
play their devotion by violating H.
They friends Of populJr goyerninentand allege,
that population, but property should be the foundation
OF government.
They profess exclusive vsneraiion for General wash.
ingOn aud prove 1t by using bis mask fOT
lunny.
The intercourse OF mankind is promoted by gold and
sYef they denounce gold aud silver.
They spout about reorm-and all their articles have
been directed TO prevent measures Of reform.
They affect religion, Uirue and integrity, nonopo.
lized by lhem-but they violate charity, pAko cunning
pass Tor virtue and their integrity Is hostility ali that
is just and noble-D
How TO KEEP UP SrocKs-when The President Of
the United States petoed the Bank The stack jobbeyS
in panic. One Of them, 10 the simple innocence Of his
unsspici0us nature, thus volunteered account OF his
achievements on that occasion the writer Of This article
lit unexpected aud unsought Information. Thus
he spokr:--
81 was at Washington when the veto took psce--sel
Of Immediately Philade pha-saw Mr.. SHOOks
three minutes-oa-reachcd New York-went 10 Gsubs,
bought ~ he bad, iotc- depated-went TO ScTOggins'
depos there order 10 sell under per cent advance
order 10 Spriggins-in an hour every thing was