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

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Certain it is, that such an immense drain Of
..oc;on, metals from the commercial ndrs
n ,,,oduce no little arrangement in their monr-
o,era,ions. while the Western hanks will be
=. universally crushed by the that viii
=. ,,Je npon them for specie by the purchasers
,fl,nds. Nothing can avert this result, but the en-
.,s,pnsnn of sales 1T the Land Offices and
,-,o.essary effect of such suSpcr sion must be to
hog the whole business of supplying the contin
III, increasing demand for land in the rev States,
In, hands of the unprinciplcd spectators,
,ho by means Of their eonnrNlon with the depo-
II, banks and land oGeers, and lIe use of the
.,,bGc money, have already contilsed, We are
II ~ " cheat the government aud to cypress
.ho s.uer." Those who want lands in these States
,,,.t either convert their paper money into spc-
10 and nj great risk and cost, transport it to the
,,na o(6ces,-or the Receivers and Registers, BY
,,rpl,ing themselves with specie or perhaps using
aov,rnmcnt funds foi this purpose, will fill their
oa,.by exacting heavy premiums from purchasers
= the way of cxchange,--or the specializing com
,;,a,ions will have the purchasers entirely at their
Itorcy. We do not say that the President intend
n AcIe.'
,d still farther to favor the corrupt gangs o(spccu-
a,ors, who, aided by public officers. pet banks
and the public money, (srangc combination y
have bought up extensive sections of the public do
main. by allording them additional facilities of
connecting with, and even of supersedins the go
,ernment in its sales but that such will be the di
rcct and inevitable effect Of the new Treasury Cir
Co.. DAMMIT t,J IL
l,. when, in conjunction with this movement, we
boar Of other events which are transporting at the
scene of these wide spread frauds, do not think
!; either unjust or uncharltabIc to express the APP
nrehension that Gen. jackson is himself willing
instrument if he be not the dupc OF these Spccula-
nrs. in tho issuing of this Circular measure,
which, under the pretext of putting down the spec
ulators, must throw almost the whole business of
unplying the demand for Western lands under
their control Look, for example, at the follow
ngparasraph from the Jacksonville Il noi,) Pat
riot =
Closing of the Land ONces.-On accoun, of
the increased business in these oic es and the i'm
mense sums placed in the hands of the Receivers,
the Government has very iSely determined to re-
uuire additional security. Hitherto the receivers
have becn required to give bonds TO the amount OF
$4,000 only for the faithful performance Of their
duli ); AN additional Sl50,0OO is now required.
From inability to comply with this latter rcquisi-
ton OF the government, or from some other cause
unk now To us, the land offices in tins /, eun are
inaccessible, far the transaction OF business is
concerned How long this state Of things is to con-
tinue we cannot saw"
It's impossible no, to see that the closing Of the
Land Offices must work precisely the same resul,
as the substitution ofspecie for paper-money--to
wit stopping the sales OF the public lands, least
materially diminishing the quantity, and opening a
wide and almost exclusive field for the opera
tons of the mon opo lists. \ double motive may be
at the bottom of this movement, too--lhe first a
disposition to patronise the monoposls, who, by
tfead OF the pnblic money, and in conjunction with
pct banks and in"d o6fcers, have " cheated the CO.
,ernmen, and oppressed the settler, and the Sc
cond, to lessen tie receipts into the treasury from
the sales Of the public lands, and there by to d.
minish the amount to be distributed among the Sc
veral States on the lst of January next-elhcr of
which, if it be the acluating motive, should sink
any administration which permitted ii to influence
It's conduct, and PROSTATE every connected
with it, who, either by direction or indlrection.
tains a scheme, which is only less iniqui,ous in il
cell, than is hateful for the hypocritica prcten
COS by which its true character is concealed from
the public eye and shielded from public reproba-
tlon-lt may be said in reference to the closing Of
the Land Offices, that it was the unforeseen
suit OF wise prccaution the part of the govern
mcnt, in requiring additional security from It's Re
celvers, in consequence of he increased RESPONSE
blity consequent upon the augmented receipts of
their Offices. But, surely, they might have been
instructed to keep their Offices open until they had
complied with this requls,ion which was doubtless
proper enough in itself, or, if they were unable to
give the additional security, until successor could
be appointed. At all events, however fee from
dishonest intention the dictator of these measures
may be- ii seems to US to admit of no doubt that
their separate and united tendency is to enable
The spectators, who, by some unexplained means,
have got hold of the public money, and have been
strangely aided Ivy pet banks and the gorernm,nts
tdnd officers, in the prosecution of their corrupt
schemes still farther to cheat the government and
'ooppress the people
No Surplus 1T will be rccollected that the
spend'hrifts of the Van Buren, school, WHO oppo-
SEQ the Deposi,e bill, alleged that there would be
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