Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-08-14

ed by fraud aud defeated BY trcuchery the aut and the
loss must BE- their own.
Mr. had pleasure he said in respondino 10 the sen.
hmen Which Inscribed to him dislike and opposition to
chartered monop3lics and exclusive privileges He was
thoroughly opposed to such things and looked upon cor
Poratons and especially moned corporations the e
gsstve vice and opprobnn Of the age aud country i'm
which he lived The subject large and too grave
lot the heeng ehuson OF dinner table bat he would
take The occasion to proclaim what his researches had
gwen hin an opportunity find out that the people of
he United Statesthe business part and the productive
part OF the peope-were taxed above twenty millions az
dollars by chartered banks and The p,ncr sv
tem-NIr Is would justify this assertions by brief state.
nent; lncre were upwards of six huadrcd banks in
me United States; every bank had its President cash.
cr clerks eiiers runners messengers no,rics publc
10 protest notes. and atornies bring suits besides some
tens OF thousands of stockholders The AGGREGATE of
az these numbers could not be exactly ascer,ancd but
ne believed them to be two times as numcros
os standing amy in time of peace, the creatiua
VI which overturned the administration of the elder
nuanis ana dispersed the Congress which Voted Al,
~ oeeveu the present standing army of bank officers
s oeSnoiders TO be two or three times more nu-
e.ous' thah th~ provisional army of 90 and he was
certain they were eight times more costly Co the
people; Tor 1t was not believed that this Bank army
would content themselves with three quarters of ,o,n
OF pekied pork, and pound and quarter of contract
bread per diem, with So, or even $40 per month On
.ne contrary they lived more like rich nun in Scrip
tue mat wore Tine linen, and Jared every
aay aud besides that they laid up something for rany
Jay; and the cost OF the whole came out of the pconl CO..
''o 10 10 say ihat they made it of themselves
cP"aeos OF twenty millions of dollars per annum Mr. u
computed THIS standing army of the paper systc, a.
cost tne people; and for what supply misc rniac
ragged, hItty counterfeit broken bank paper
subject to every huctuaiion-a flood of Il one dnv iii
gone the next day,and enabling the few to live uuon
re many, ana to put up, and put down the price OF all
PoPer all produce and all labor lust as suited their
own interested schemes of speculation and of iobbng
ana gambling in stocks Exchanges and the stable nro
ouctions OF the country; and drive off the yod md
silver which would come in abundance and Coz, M
u the Psstiience OF paper money banshed from the
iahs MT D. said the present Administrator was in
earnest about checking the paper system apa
to the currency of the Constitution They had taken
inc hrst step towards that great work. they had raised
goie TO Its proper sandard-had legaizcd the currency
Vi foreign silver, and had branched the mint Tbe.
were hree steps; but others remained to be taken for the
currency OF country was not to be changed suddenly
and b soo,.J 81 command. IL must go on gradually
anu anu DC eHected by degrees Three steps had been Ia
ken two others remained for the next Congress-. one
10 restore the act of 1892 and exclude al paper
rehcy from all payments to- and from the Federal Co
Ferninent the other, exclude from tho pr;v;leo 30
AeePing the public monies, every Bank that will moi
lars With these additional stems Mr. saJ e ny do
per system might be checked and the gold currencv
Tue PRIDE and glory of Jacksons ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DS Ss.p,isnea and preserved He repeated the Coin
SOhNENCf which every Bank Wing had been en-
Pioyed Tor year in rdicung and calling the Gold HIM
NJ wouiu DC humbug In good truth, Mr. b. said
~ inc BANK succeeded in smuggling her friends into
congress, TO oppose the friends of gold and 10 vo,e
every measure to project and promote its circu
iation The Bank of the United Staes ,voc Tho s,
enemy of gold and its partizans were also iI
ihat Bank, and its followers were employed in catch
ng anG eSg'ng eyery young eagle that issued from the
Hirl IF
ihese young birds, that cage must be broken nm ne,
me great cage IN Philadelphia, but the little ones in
.;I I., IPwards Of SIX millions in gold had been
conea Doth branches of Congress, ard The President
and vast majority Oft the community .uere in IA o.
goia currency but the Bank Of the United States nm
ihsututlcn created to aid the government in the
,nent OF the currency, has nsoleny and audac;ons %
erseii up to defeat of Congress and In cou,,
Tue puoiiS Will IN the re-esablshmen of the gold cur
Iehcy She collects it and boards IL: ali the Sro,oh
do the same. The deposite banks on the con,rar 20
ana promote the circulation Of gold They nut The
e' toot ioieinost,-their yellow foot-raier small
one Dnt sui good as a sign, and an evidence Of
what they are willing to do and will do ryLr, liz
power and monopoly Of the Bank of IT, States are bro
Ken down, and the gold in its vaults turned ont 10 %,
culauon Even now, Mr.. b. said there was no room Co.
,he tauhts OF those who continually CRYING cold
humoug! lie would ask of all present if they had not
seen more gold in the last year than in The last
Universal cries of Yes yes was the resnonse ~, a.
question; and Mr.. B. said that when the additional So,
ana ihe nlnts at New Orleans the South
Ia operation anu the Bank of the U. S. wound us GOLD
%ouid DC lhe common and plentiful currency ofthe land
one year hence and the present shouters of eod ua
rug, would be sick of that word as the Rail IVbi~
now were of their old ditty which they snng 90 ,uoi
ogsy during the panic and pressure that the removal
o. 'e dePosiles made the Distress and moth could re-
the renewal of the charter!!' The largest coec,on
Oh Bank Wings, the distress Jubilee oo r
oVeoh m'ght now be dispersed by a single cry from
c S"orus OF their old song year hence the golJ
hunbug performers could be suddenly he The
cry oil humbug, the reading Of the riot net would ;
Pesse 40 uniSwiul assembly in the of London
VT d spoke OF the present attempt destroy the De-
mocraGc party of the o. States undcs the preex Of bo
hshhg all political parties He said The effort 10 destrov
pares was futile and absurd was an attack upon I'M
man nature itself Parties inherent in all free 90
yernmenIs and had existed from the earliest records Of
history Greece had her democracy and arisiocracv.
rome her febelans and Parcians the republics of mo-
ueIh tay nad their parties; Eng and France theirs
ana the United Suites hers. In the Convention of 73
ior he formation OF the Federal Constitution the pre
sent dividing line between The political paIes ich
now exist, was distinctly dTawn-There was Darfv in
at convention Tor strong and splendid voVrTn o,Cuf
senate Tor iie; President with neary knulv nore
and National Bank That party was defeated i, ,bc
ana Immediately took the popular name of
Then changed it to Federal Republicans ,rrjnS Tho
latc war with Great Britain they ruined thai name
also, and then took the appellaon of national rephI
cans mat, IN IFS turn, Likewise ruined aud during
1ne rahc ana Pressure scene, the old Revolutionary
name OF Wing was seized upon Unhappv Ibis r,,ng,
was ruined IN less time than either of The others ali H.
party winch has had many names is now nan,eless
1hu Is casting about for another new one HAVING g,
LIKE man at their head il has been Thought t.v
cOu'u assume name In reference tat dcmi
THE CELESTIAL PARTY but for the nres,n, III,
nigh design is not executed A humble apnellnon .nr
nces and IN all parts Of the Union-from Passamoouod
ny nay 10 Auakspas Creek aud from the Dismal Swami
IN Virginia TO the Boonslick Prairics in Missouri ir
ne w aud ample standard of the "NO PARTY nnrtc -
unfgrlcdl and the ci-dep0n Whgs rail-, TO II ,Yb 1bn
precision OF instinct, and the fidelity of eem,cv Xa
Fa'ty, then AZ the name OF the old party winch Is the
same now as IT vas H the federal conventions and which
mas so often ehangedHs name without once changing t
principles Democracy, Che contrary has ne yer
ed her name: 1t is the same now that il was three fL
sane years ago. The same that il when the PEOPI ~
Of Greece and Rome carried the glory and prosnerf f
nose republics to the highest pitch Of human greatness
Names are nothing There but two parties; these
never has been but two parties all the rest are mod6a
f,.s