Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-04-27
[From the New York Expres.

QUACKERY JPON TIE CuRRENCY.-There
are some men with whom it seems to be use
less 10 reason, and Of this class are they whom
an unlucky chance has put at the head olaf
fairs IN Washington. A senseless article
like that from the Globe, which we publish
ed yesterday, is one not to be met by argu-
ment, for it was not intended for thinking
men. 1t came undoubtedly from that PIincc
Of lniquity, Reuben M. Whitney, to whom it
is understood is consigned the custody Of
"Mr. Bidde, ,"--"the U. s. Bank,"-"the Bar.
ings,"-"Specie Currency" and other hum
bugs and claptraps connected with them.
! We have few plain questions to put to
Van Buren, men, and the natural answers
which must be given, are perhaps the best
answers to the article Of which we speak,
Did not the experiment, eight years ago,
promise us specie currency, and better
times, Has not the Bank Capital been trip
led since that time, and the currency made rs
bad as any currency can be? Have the De-
|, posite Banks regulated the Domestic Ex-
changes? And have they not entirely brok.
en- them no? And are we so near the gold
en- era of 2 specie currency as we were even
eight years ago? Are the Banks SO safe, or
so strong in tie confidence Of the public as
they were? Has the better currency come
which we were promised after the u. States
Bank should be destroyed? Has not every
successive experiment upon the currency ad-
ded mischief instead OF remedy TO any Of
the paper diseases Of the currency? What
good has the Veto done? What good did the
removal Of the deposites? What good the
Treasury Circular? What good can now be
done by setting the mints furously at work
us is threatened in the first of new series Of
experiments to which we are to be put
\ Is it not curious enough that few poiti-
cal men in Washington not educated to busi-
ness, and never associating with business
men, should he so much wiser than ali our
practical men? Who taught Mr.. Benton of
Missouri, the ways and means Of commerce?
When did Mr.. Butler become so intuitively
skilled in Finance? Who educated MessIs.
Blair and Rives in Commerce. when there is
not mechanic who walks our streets, or u
sailor who ever saw the sea, that does not
know more Of the course Of trade than both
| Of them:
We ask The People If they have not had e.
nough ofquackery? IfDr. Thompson should
s,oedt one Of family to DEATH would they
trust another in his hands? What good has
the administration done us with all its Expe-
riments upon us, as if we were dead dogs!-
Eight years Of experiment have brought us
to the verge Of bankruptcy, where the coun
try now stands. Tell us then, if we have not
had enough Of quacks, and if common sense
does not show US the necessity Of change.
Time has showed all their Experiments to be
! folly, and all their acts to lead to ruin. Cot
ton is now going down; Real Estate is falling,
and thousands Of laborers are thrown out of
employ by their mismanagement Of the coun-
Itry. If the People have not had enough of
such s,ceat, the Experiment must yet go OH
but rely upon it-and in all these things
the Wing press has spoken words Of prophe.
cS, the Experiment upon the patient will end
III horrible death.