Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-09
FUH rae h.rQI'IRCR.-::No. II

E0!: T.iE I-YQ sIa::R.-:Ho. III
For Ae &hemc"s and Arrk jotnIs-Cr for Tie fe0ile ;
ioE rnE LARK! No rIlNrliISG or p"HGIHU
" More wing Mare strong drink :. cries the inebr''
ate, whilst every sober about him prIccivrs clearly
that strong drink has already flushed his face. fuGdIrd
his braln and must long destroy hi unless lie rr-
Gnce his ratins and taper down TO the temperate point
Mad with the enjoyment Of the moment. and reckless as
TO the future, mOIe strong drink +! is S,l! his cry Not
whit more reasonable those who call "ul for
more Banks. Speculation is already running Wild
Prices up TO tho top notch. The enly damprr upon
the present unexamprd prosperity of the country the
lurking suspicion thai is fictitious and To be short
lived being The result Of too much banking, and too IL
bera extension Of banking facilities What then, is
tho duty Of the Legislature; WAY, clearly. 10 guard
and project the interests OF the people, against
the rninous consequences, which late must en-
sue, from the banking and Specializing msnia pre-
valcnt.
sound and uniform currency is what the people
want HE mass OF the people knuw that they have 10
lively their own industry and not by specuailng upon
stocks. The p!nyidcnt planter farmer, and chanc-
yes. and the rovideEt merchant ton-desiIe settled
order of things. That state Of things never can exist
the rights and interests Of the people lie secure
SO long the Banking Corporations have the control
the monied operations Of tie country, and long
they depended upon TO furnish the circulating me
dunn "Local banks will be the ruin Of the country,
say the National Bank men, awe know that the bank
ing system is wrong in principe-Wc know that the
" Banks have too much P"wrr-that they Lave done
mischcf-and that ultimately mischief is again TO re-
"snll from them. unless they be kept within dne bounds
But the system il fastened upon Us There is no get
ting rid Of IL Banks sc have, and Banks We mrs!
have" Such arc the arguments Of E,Gny, who pro.
TESS to be hostile 10 the Banking System. "SurTcnder
Surrender" is their language Suppose it To be true
=. that we canno al once, get rid OF Banks, does II
follow that ou. hi to create mare Banks Shall We
shut eyes he lessons Of experience: Shall n" f.
fort be made the people against the corrupt
and corrupng power of lnoned corporations and against
the acknowledged evils Of an uncertain, unsonnd and
into
the Of the people be Sacrificed and battered away
by corrupt system ct -EoLLISG between spccula
tors in town property banking corporations, turnpike
corporalons railroad corporations and dealers in stock:
Fellow Citizens Of the General Assembly. again ask
you do you go for the of the people, whose gene
ruus confidence has hcnorcG you ard whose Industry
susluns you Or will you suffer yourselves TO be
bought up hy visionary schcnicrs and spectators =:
" Toe the marx
But word or two as 10 of Gov. TaZeweiis ar
puments-o w.t. that if DO not furnish ourSr with
Bank paper enough to ill up the awful 'vacuum which
haunS the Governor lmagInutun 1t VII bc h!lrd 10y
worse Bark paper from ohcI States Could moi The Co
up Suite TcGsd'S and comScrcGftre prR
riyiCS enoug M 10 protect US against this evil: Cannot
and ought tIc Legislature 10 pass laws rbiGding The
circulation within the Slate, OF the small Bank notes oil
other States? Let this be dune, and ih" oer States will
most probably follow suit and thus facilitate the piopos
ed reform, OF sErplcSslg snail notes, and supplying
their places with zeal money! lave not the tame
at present, 10 say all ! wish TO say. feel ANXIOUS
to 10 Tie influence "hlcn lie u"Hi
are cxelug tie Legislation of hs State. Ii al ouI
public Journals are published in tie towns They are
under influence and either silent or for more
Banks. There are, admit, two honorable cx.
ceplcIs. But the influence Of the Press generally, is
on the side of the Of stocks and Banking facilities
1'hr towns ruling Virginia. How many ut 'hr-
Mcssrs Editors, hare ask,d for new Banks One town
cau with very bold face, complain Of parality shown
to others. 1t all just and g, tha they should be- jra
ous Of each oll;cr But the vuice Of the counrynlar
must be silent He not dare 10 cal! upon the lgis
a,urc to stop tie mad Of striving 10 build nl
cities b. schemes tending 20 load with debt and place
al lie mercy Of panprrcd corporations. the great body
Of the yeouanry Of the country upon whose labor they
arc spe cuating lrastng, ard ia;rning Slang slang
cries the STOCK .jrtGrr But il truth The truth Ought
to be rung in the Of Senators and Delegates
until they Shall b,comc mindful Of tie Gutirs ch they
owe TO the great Lody OF the people. honestly repeat
that az, not Ecsc 10 The lvwns Nay, 60 not he.
lrvc there u.s. i'll fact, any great cnnrarcty Of n,c
rest between and country believe beth ere in!e
rested ia reforming the currency, by increasing the pro-
portion Of hard money. believe that ii! of US in
terescd in keeping down The wild system Of Legislation
and schrming. which threatens 10 place all under r
responsible corporate power. But tie towns throw
inc their influence into The ether sCalcand the voice
The country ought to he heard.
DEMOCRAT OF ROANOKE.