Litchfield enquirer., 1834-03-20

eonrSias, and Observes that the county w~s ssJos ingas sOind currency sesuy people ever posscsssd, periiy never before experienced by any people. HG further discovered that if he sieped tue !Nr for the reDiOvNl Ot the deposes, the pe6pla will be at OnceS precipiIaed info pitHAtion of giOom ana distress, never before iel. since the days o the Reysluron- He pRuses snd i1QMree, what great nnidnal calanl- ty will he avoided by the mensure9n On an aeasits exam"a'ion, he 6nds aone such wilI De avoided Ihs nex. iDqairy, presume, made hy the Seeretary interesting Crisif, was Whai good can result from inc Weasufe !" Upon cnrelulIy sxamining fs PArt Ql the ease, he would dOSbtless bs ealis6ed shat the Bank had, al u times c6nducted fiscal agent ofthe GOg-f ernmeht, Wnh lhe utmost fidelity; Shahs tdep0sltse were perfectly safe, much more 70 ihan they could be tn State Banks, which were of Uncerlan stabiliIy and over which he rUhld have control. At this point of the inquiry, have no dOubie tse SecsefNfy cameio solemn pause apd ask ed :: '.shal siga this order, which is ,o bring such widespread ran the; whole comlnuDy, and this, .teo whenIno posslbe ad va0'age can be gained and ode evil avoided by i3t Yes, most unEnr,naely for the country. the Bnak adi incurred he dsFieasUrs of an indvidunl Rhe had de- clared that he took the responsibility. ThatindSi,- al required the actto be done fer the gfat6caion Of his feeliRgs and it was dene in obedienee to hiS mandate, a0d the people weEs assnvosed in ruin
 n el,e jdst cf these ufsrpess ilss e.nA ass, ery ing for relief they ihiak the Fes0EatioR 0ffhe dco- sites will aBqltlize the mind, and restore
 Rdehee. The fsefngs af the eaiue individual syiH not petntany alteration q relaxatioA of the meaaure
 most be eustaine although fhr whole csuRtry iB ril- ined have heard eft tile appeataaes of One in oar world whsiaid down his ts la save kis espIc hut II have never yat heard ofa great as prpsperoua people willing to be destroyed to grafy he Feelings sl sin- gle individual All he faeis and crcamssaases atend- Ing this plany shew. that the of she Secreta ryWas not solunafy, ,bat that it doAe csupul-s sion. instead of writing bbok Of reAsOhs. lAe5 Secretary hadrmpiy saated to tho eommpnily tAat N was with the greatess regret that he had been conpel cd 10 iniiiot Acep wouad on ,he pable psoapery, bat thas it WINS mt As acs he would have gaine nnyersal ctedh with the people. have ae doublibe Secretary able lawyef and sueh s ihe chaFaetcr sometimes in the habit of consulting conase in lev own cascs. # the Secretary had daDe O. have no: doubt that his ceGase would have told him o pua ks, deisnss bslors ne PeGpe on .hs s" easrsss The novel character. lf . is compelled to siga deed to his fe the act Is void, and ihe pessoa sponsbe. Il will not say that the principle inv olyed the Secre,ary's case To both cases however the act was done by compulsion; bEt hete the difference arises, it, iHdeed, there be any difereueethe act s save political exsence 1.-the Secretary had not put his name to the order, he would have beeoine poIti oaiy dead Political life is assdsar to some smaR, us
 inc former should not be entitled to a mach pro,ec-
 on as if done to save the latter, canBo understand. do not mean. however, to give dhy opinop !kelaw arsiog in th, case, hnt only to ascertain thsaots,
 Again, tAere s anoihsr view of the subject arisag out of the facts in this ease which. have doubt, will go far in excuipating the Secretary: Without meaning to decide any thing myseis will oiy state it.. The fact is this; ihe Secretary was blown into existence by she breath power for the sols pnrposo cfperovming this act, and # he had performed , lea would not have answered the ssA and purpose of his bOi6g but must have departed from the law ofhs Da,ure. Here the SGere;ary might sRy--sAIs have, conormed in all tbiDgss0 the law of fs aSaalsr, and this is much more than my accusers may gay"
 FO evefy view of the snhset, havd no doubt the 4Secretary has mistaken hts pleN, aDd palpHbe ist this errof that lRk justice cAn be done vi,h out granting him new rial. sf.<g # -
 Oae word on another point and I, have dens. n is said the GOverHSaeRt is ab0Nt to make experiment. 70 reutU as aF as rOsshle to hard money system Return Co hard moRey system. wiih host of Staie, Banks, over which the Government have no eo1treI, and that without ihe check oftbe U. S. Bak to pre- vent iInmodera,e issues Such ding is pFepsSler-' in. the same eotnmdnity with deprecatsd paper 1i will be hoarded. An ex pertinent sO return to hard money system! Was there ever period when we have enjoyed more of hard money sydem than during the existence ofthe U. s. Bankf The sysieua which ve have enjoyed has given us hard meney mance. hat system which gives a, all times te the people hard m0ney when they require and bills wea they require them, hard money system good enough for me, and think the people will consider enod en9leh for iheh. If the honorable Senators, who have spoken with 90 much rapture upon tue exped-' system, bsd loidthe people the. shey were returning to arag money syssen they would have obsainad uH9 versRl credit IL 10 my most ardent desire that the people may be deferred from any experiment which is 50 calculated 10 bring distress and ruia oh them.
 But we are 10 try an experiment 10 return to hard
 Senators, engaged n trying exPerimenis vii! stay tho current of this beanfDl rvsr which ts flowing by us,
 may become to the pfcieet of returning to hard money eystem-bGt not Gil thea!