Litchfield enquirer., 1837-06-15

 on, by the policy of the Government, to re- duce every thing to this miserable specie standard.
 And what must be the inevitable conse- quence? The Government endeavors to col lect its dues in specie, and will pay it's de- pendents in specie; and all the floating spe- cie of the country will be absorbed into the Government. Thus, the revenue officers and the Government contractors will become highly favored and privileged class, hav- ing in their possession ALL THE AVAILABLE SPECIE of the country. Andbthe PEOPLE, meanwhile, are called upon to sacrifice their produce, their houses, their ships, their chat tels of every description, for SPECIE, to meet the demands of a corrupt and oppressive Go vernment! Is it possible that the People will consent to this palpable and monstrous scheme of OFFICIAL THUNDER! The idea can- not be entertained for moment.
 The universal currency of the country at this moment is paper-ofl local bankS. Slaves and savages-the citizens of Spain, and Tur- key, and Africa, are the only people who use any other; and till we are reduced to the condition of Africa, Turkey, and Spain, by the humble efforts of Jackson and Van Bu- ren, we shall continue to use a paper curren- cy. No man or set of men can expel it, eX- cept by reducing our population to abject and degrading poverty. Destroy commerce and manufactures, and return to the natural sim- plicity of the barter rtrade-exchanging our potatoes for fish, and our fish for potatoes, l and we may get along under such an Admin istration as now expresses, crushes, and curs- es the land. But if we wish to rise above the condition of savages, and arc not ready to relapse into primitive barbarism, we can do it only by reviving and sustaining our Nation- 0l credit Sustain your commerce and your | manufactures, which can be sustained only by credit, and you will then stimulate AGR1- CULTURE and enrich your people. Crush commerce and manufactures, and with them you proStrate AGRIcULTURE.
 The idea of restoring a metallic curren- cy which never existed, is about as prepos- terous as that of providing a metallic cur rency by a Constitution If a country could be legislated into opulence by statute enactment, or by Q popular resolution, then it would be very well to say that Constitu- ton could provide such currency. But how was an impoverished country-crippled in its enterprise, and drained of its resources by many years of an expensive and disas- trous war-'provided' with specie by parchment Constitution! 1.-the Constitution could provide such currency, why was it not provided in sufficient quantity to pay the original debts of the Government! What an unprincipled and unholy thing it was in our ancestors to carry on war for indepen- dence on credit! The people did that busi- ness on borrowed capital and according to Gen. Jackson's theory, they fought to have broken No nation should be permitted to go to war who cannot afford to pay specie for it.
 The only way in which poor nation can come into the possession of specie is by manu- jactures and commerce; and the only way in which nation without capital can carry on manufactures and commerce is by credit If our people would be content to exist cen- tury after century in state of semi-barba- rism, living like savages on the fruits of the earth, and the produce of the chase, then we could get along very well without credit, and shells and metals would answer very we'll for currency. To this state General Jackson would reduce us by destroying our credit ! abroad, and our facilities of business at home. Let him succeed in reducing every thing to specie basis by the destruction of confidence let him destroy, as he has at- tempted, our manufactures and our com- merce, and send us all to the cultivation of the soil. Then we should all be the best part of the pOpulation'-and cut off from the advantages of civilization, we should occu- py the same position among nations that was occupied by the aboriginal tribes of North and South America. = 9'a-o.
 What developes the agricultural wealth of the country but our commerce! What car- ries the comforts and conveniences and lux uries of civilization beyond the Alleghanies! Commerce, and commerce only. How are the farmers of the West to be clothed! How are the planters ofthe South to be provided with those comforts and luxuries which have be- come to them the necessaries of life? True it is, that we do not need much that we enjoy. We procure our silk from China, and our woolens from Europe, when we might be contented with the feathered robe of the In- dian, and the warmer portions of our territo- ry might emulate the more simple though less decorous costume of Eden. And are we prepared for this state of things! Are we ready to abandon all the comforts and con- veniences and decencies oflife to sustain the absurdities of an abandoned Government, and to feed and pamper thousands of revenue officers !-Boston Atlas.
 Ludicrous attempt at Suicide.-A man in N. Orleans lately, while walking the streets, pulled roll of bank notes out of his pocket, and looking at them, exclaimed, "Poor trash, ny weary month! I had fondly hoped that you might be of some use to me in my old age, and have treasured you as my hearts p!ood; but you are false and worthless.-1 Like your makers, your promises are hollow, and your worth fictitious! I'll lhave no more of you" He folded them up deliberately, and thrust them in his coat pocket He then took off his hat and laid it down he pulled oif his coat, folded it up and laid it on his hat Piece by piece, he divested himself of his clothing, and stood in all the glory of nature