Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-07-21

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CIRCULAR.-To Receivers ofpybE, II
neg, and to the Depositc Bonhs. NV
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. IuIv II. ls36
In consequence of complaints which have h1..
made of frauds, spcculations, and monopoliex H.
the purchase Of public lands, and the aid which
said to effect these objects by excessive bank c,oI
its, and dangerous If not partial facilities, riro,or
bank draft. aud bank dcpostes, and the pcper.Iass
influence likely to result to the public rtqro,,s
and especially the safety Of the great anon,,
Of money in the Treasury, and the sound condi,;'.'
oil the currency OF the country from the further e,l
change OF the national domain in this manner anJ
chiefly for bank credits and paper money! the Pres.
dent the United States has given directions a,l
you are hereby instructed, after the 18th day nr
August next, to receive in payment of the pnbl;,,
lands nothing except what is directed by the .,;s-
ting laws, viz gold and silver and in the rr,nor
cases, Virginia land scrip; provided, that ,l In.
10Th of December nexr, the same indulgcnces herr
toore extended as to the kind of money received
may be continued for any quantity Of land note,.
cecding three hundred and twenty acres to each
purchaser who is actual settler, or iona fde no.
sidcn in the State where the sales ale made.
In order 10 ensure the tlfuleyecutlon Of tbcso
instructions, all Receivers are strictly probih,oJ
from accepting for land sold, any draft ccltlliealr
other evidence of money, or dcposrc. loucI,
for specie unless signed by the Treasurer of the
United States, in conformity to act Of April ~
lS20.-And each of those officers is REQUIRED IN
annex to his monthly returns to this Department.
the amount of gold and silver, respectively, a, well
as the bills received under the foregoing exception.
and each deposte bank is required to annex 10 tho
certificate given upon deposnc OF money, the
proportions of ii actually paid in gold, in silver,
and in bank notes. All former instructions on these
subjects, xcept as now modified, will be consid-
cred as remaining in full force.
The principal objects of the President in adop.
ting this measure being 10 rcpress alleged frauds,
and to Withhold any countenancc or facilities IN the
pc wcr olthe Government from the monopoly ofie
public lands in the hands Of spectators and
capitalists, to the injury of the actual seitlrr,
in the new States, and OF emigrants in search
OF new homes, as well as to discourage the ru.
nous extension Of bank issues and bank credit,
by which those results are generally supposed
to be promoted, your utmost vigilance is required,
and relied on, to carry this order into complete
execution LEVI WOODBURY.,
Secretary ofMe Teasmg
The reasons assigned in the " Globe for this
measure though spread over wide surface in that
agraph of its prologue-thus
g According to the debates in Congress, (,a,s
the Ocldl,) the resolutions OF Mr. Hunts commit.
tee, the fraud-bill Of the land committee of lIr
Senate, and the current reports, some OF the wur>,
OF these scenes are n0'o IN tW crhibiion-spscu-
latiOn, moaopoiy, fraud, combinations to chat
the Government aud to Cypress the sculer-0g-
graratcd by suspected connexions betcen paJhe
men dnd publio money, deposite banks and l0ad ot-
fters, and giving birth 10 powerful associations 10
c0ntrOl The fegtSd tire action Of Congress- in re-
huon to the national domain and the national
treasure. These are serious matters, and brought
forward IN \ WAY TO COMMAND INQUIRY, TO AR
REST PUBLIC ATTENTION, and to require the faith
iul exercise of high and responsible duties"
Very we'll 1.-THE :" scenes" ofprongacy and
corruption, so wildly portrayed by the writer in
the Globe, are really " now in full cxhibitio it
is certainly incumbent upon those who have the
power to arrest them, to exercise that power. But
ii seems to US that the men through whose agency
these extensive schemes of fraud and robbery, per-
petrated through the nstrumentality illegal COM
binations, and by means of g connexions bet'ecc
public men and public money, Opposite banks and
tamil oGccrs," were brought to light, should have
effective manner that they wished to do, in order
that these" public men, depostc banks and land
officers should have been fcrrcted out and ea-
posed TO the just Indignation 1.-THE American peo-
pie, and subj ecled 10 the punishment which their
high handed frauds so loudly call for from the ad
minisr ators Of the laws. And why this not
done Because resolutions of inquiry were 'o-
ted down by the supporters Of the administration
And why were they voted down by the Van Buren,
party What other reasons can be conlectnrrd
for their course but that they the gull!
public men," who, we are now told, by the Oil |
cia journal had formed Illicit connexions with Inc
" dcp0SHe 6ankS,o the selected agents of Reuben |
M. Whitney and the Treasury department, and |
with the " hand officers" who are appointed on |
the nomination of the President, for the puf-
pose of using the "puJhc money! in consumma-
mating immense frauds upon the people and tho |
property of the United States The culpriis we're |
themselves, many them, members of Congress-
who, in their official character, voted to put down
an inquiry into their corrupt private acts we"
may the patriot be alarmed, when, at this cary
stage of our history, such garing instances oil We
nality and pronigacy are perpetraed by men Ill'n'
the high places of the nation for if these th'n5'
be done in the green tree. what may we mol eN
pect in the dry If we are thus fostering WIN
the gangrene of corruption in our " lustv yonh'
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