Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-10-18

of Congress. This bill in its original state, post
poued the payment entirely, but before it passed
i, was amended, so as TO postpone the pay ment
oul, TO 1899, SO that the States may perhaps, at
that time, ifthe government recover from its diff
%culiies, expect TO see the ful6lment of the depo-
site act Of 1886. The excuse urged by the orr
ginators Of this measure, in its support, Will
strike the reader as singular. Ii is, that the pas
sage Of the bill will relieve the Embarrassment
of the government. How il will have that eft
feet, is beyond our conception. The money that
xould have been distributed had the provisions
of the deposite law been complied with, is at the
nresent time In the custody of the Deposite
Ranks. These Banks, have, without exception,
all suspended specie payments, and the Govern
men,. according to the laws, can receive no
him. but specie or its equivalent. 1t cannot, Of
oour.e. receive the notes Of the suspended banks
and the banks cannot or will not pay specie
All this considered, we cannot perceive how it
i. possible for the postponement 10 benefit the
government. So long as the suspension of spe-
Gle payments continues, the postponement will
not add a farthing to the available means of the
government, and from present appearances, IT is
biyhly probable that 1889 will come and go ere
the resumption takes place. The passage OF
this law takes from the States any bsneht they
might receive from the use of the money, while
il gives no, an iota Of benefit TO the government
We have heard of instances where individuals
have Numbered their fellow men for the gratii
cation of a malicious disposition, and not for the
sake of gain or profit, and by the passage oil the
reinforcement bill, it would seem that our dem
ocraticalIy administered government is about to
pursue the same d%ignifed and honorable calling.
"Thc relief OF the country is a secondary con-
sideration with the Whigs."-LoniSUtHe Adr'
The relief of the Government is a primary
consideration, and relief of the country no con
s,deration at all, with the Van Burenites. They
have a clear majority in both houses OF congress
asd the entire control Of every department oil
the government, aud TO their efforts must the
country be indebted for any relief il may receive.
Were the Wings TO bring forth a measure for
the relief of the country, who among the party
in power would support and nourish it? Who
among the faithful adhereuts Of Martin Van Blu
rem that would not bawl forth his maledictiou
against it? There is not one. The relief OF the
people, and their future preservation from the
evils that knavery, o~bstinacy and ignorance never
fail-when installed into power-to bring upon a
country, is an object as much at heart with the
Wings, as any object in the world can be. There
is not, we venture TO say, a Wing IN The coun-
try who would not gladly and willingly give his
xupport 10 any measure that would give the coun-
try lasting and permanent relief from the allie
lions which have Frustrated her enterprise and
ruined the prospects of thousands fine citizens
to any measure that would create a currency
that could withstand the baneiul effects of Exec
tive Interference, and retain its credit and sound
ness despite the tinkering of demagogues. For
such a measure, the Wings will be found eager,
but for any measure that gives but n temporary
respite TO the present difIiculties-that leaves
uncertainty and doubt to vex and harrass the
country, to blight its reputation and destroy its
cred it, the Wings have no sanction, and VIII
give it no support. Enough of nuctustion has
been experienced since that notable financier,
Andrew Jackson, l.. l.. ID. began experimenting
upon the currency, to deter any candid
man from reposing a great share Of confidence in
the schemes and plans brought forward by a
party whose leader has solemnly promised to
continue those experiments until the end tina,
prompted their commencement shall have been
attained. Let the party in power bring forth a
plan that will give lasting relief to the country ,
that will be stable and permanent, and the sup.
port of the Wings will not be wanting to carry
it into operation,