Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-10
POLITICAL.
From the Missouri August
CONSTITUTION CURRENCY

CONSTITUTIONAL CURRENCY.
The following article is copied from the Globe of Sep
TENDER 9th
81, has long bcon fyoo will,
restoration OF The con,aonsi cDs5ey That osssre Is in
ofihe Opposition prevent gnduoly slowly
safely aud with certainty 1t right and that People
should know who is TIA, opposing which will
They shall it, can give them the nformaon
The desperation of party spirit never shown more
than in the present universal attempt of the Bank Wings
TO oppose the restoration of the gold and silver currency
For this purpose, they ridcule aud abuse all persons
who are Tor hard money and oppose all laws made
restore it, and while abusing the local banks for their rag
curency they oppose all laws to suppress the circua
ton of notes under twenty dollars But it won't do.
jackson is in earnest; the Democracu of the country is in
earnest all true patriots in earnest and the next
Session of Congress will witness the reesablshment of
the act of 1889 to make gold and silver oniy the cur
rency OF the Federal Government and excude all
of every kind, from all payments and from the IT, S
This is the next step which the friends of hard money
have long since proclaimed their determination to bring
forward and the above article from the Globe is an as
that the President will do all that depends upon
him to accomplish this great and sauary Ii is
already known that Congress paid in gold win.
ter and that gold is the currency of the Fede
raj Government within the District of Columbia and
that Congress will continue TO be paid i'm il Ru II ;s
not generally known that extensive payments have
been made in gold TO other classes of public Gre
dors whose situation in life does permit Them 10 go
sioners and the soldiers We have made inuures and
vouch for the fact that gold sLrer are generally
nsed in military payments in all this section of the Union
To be particular, say that Major Harvey Paymas
ter has carried gold and silver mot less than ten thou
sand dollars of the ormer from this place to make tho
September payment at Fort Gibson on the rknnsos
that Major Massas, Paymaser, has carried gold and sill
yer to the Post the Desmones Dragoons on the I'm
per mississippi that Major Stewart, Paymaster, has
carried gold and silver to Camp Leavenworth on the
Missouri river, West of the State of Missouri and also
that he made payment in the hard money TO the
troops at Jefferson Barracks twelve miles below this ci
ty Major Brant of the Quartermaster's Department
has also gold of the remote posts besides
using il in payment here Thus, the gold currency Is
spreading to the remoes boundaries of the country and
wi deliV 4 onf
again to the People and if too many Bank Whgs do
not get into Congress- law may be passed TO make cold
and silver the and thereby the common and ord-
nary currency of the Federal Government-Now the
question is, how have the Paymasters and Quartermas
ters aforesaid been able TO obtain gold for all these
mens? And the is that was obtained from the
AGENCY established at this place by the Commercial Bank
of Cincinnati
amusing incident occureda Jefferson Barracks the
two and tho of his pay silver began eoun, il
lars behind HIM and TEN dollars he thought
naturally, much for him by Pay
morepoymaster stown desired him TO count again lie dbl %
look TWO holding up the half
What commentary tho SYSTEM that bearing
pers upon he should carry The
az S" to bo hue %os
less, and unbefended cas' Of the public creditors.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 22.--1hc Branch Mint is pro
crossing; and will be enabled TO commence operations
early next summer provided Congress shall in the inter
val have made the necessary appropriations for mach
merry, NC The estimate OF the present building agreed
on is SlSoOO0; the appropriated by CONGRESS last
session for the construction of the edce itself was 5000
600; but before the mint 90 into coming operations
and be termed in complete state, additional expen-
dture OF nearly $500 600 will be Notwithstanding
IN all about 4OOOO0 not millions erroneously
printed when previously noticed this subject and
winch has given much false ground for clamor 10
raj OF the Opposition journals in the East.-Bee
90 About S42OOOO of specie imported here from
Iampieo and Campeacby, Monday last; and $50 600
packet ghjD-H