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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10
THE sus-rREAsUaY SYSTEM.

There is one view Of this subject TO which
we have not yet particularly directed public
attention. We allude 70 the ertsassoa Of Ae
principle, and the establishment Of the system
in the independent STATE governments.
II must be evident, we think, that, whatever
example may be set in this respect by the
general government, it will be enforced more
or less upon the states, according TO the infu-
ence Of its advocates. II the states adop, the
plan, is ii not to be expected that every Dis
,rict, County and Town, will initiate their
great exemplars
Are the states prepared to engraft such
system upon their codes What will they
do, many Of them, with their state stock, sold
to State Banks What with their internal
improvement funds, their school and other
funds How will they succeed in collecting
their various taxes in hard money I How will
they succeed in calling in their various funds,
exacting, transferring and re-investing them in
specie Take for example, Illinois, she has
borrowed nine millions to carry out her
system ofinternal improvements. Her popu-
lation at the last census, was l57,455, Now,
then, il l57,455 inhabitants require nine mil
lions of circulating medium, how much will
the whole population Of fourteen millions re-
quire Why the modest sum of upwards Of
EIGHT HUNDRED MILLIONS How is it nowl
The government has four MINTs, but the peo-
pie have not gold enoughto buy juiep
But establish the Sub-Treasury system,
and its friends and sponsors will, of course,
carry it out in all its details through the vari-
Gus machinery Of the state governments. Will
not the party in power Be required to enforce
it in every State in which they have majo-
rity!
Exclude State Bank paper from your State,
County and Town Treasures, and what be-
comes Of the banks Are they not discredit-
ed, undone, annihilated Exact specie in
payment of all your dues, and is not every
arm paralysed Establish gold and silver as
the only representative Of value, and is no,
your actual currency annihilated; your enter
prise crushed, your channels Of industry. and
the sources Of your prosperity dried up
Truly the spectacle Of horror cannot be
overdrawn"! ..:
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BANK CONVENTION.

We have seen but one open attempt, any
where, to retard the suspicious era which this
convention cannot fail to establish. The
Hartford (Ct) Patriot, states that the
"Times" Of tina, place, print Of the Globe
kidney, denounces the proposed Convention
as fraught with "destruction to individual
rights and popular liberty This print, we.
observe, is often quoted by the Globe as the
oracle Of its kind Of democracy in Connect
cut, and is we believe destructive to the ex-
tent of its limited abilities. The denuncia-
ton is characteristic Of this order Of politi-
clans. The expression, however, stuItlies
ITSELF We give it a passing notice, that it
may stand upon record, and that the people
Of this country may know who are their true
friends, and who their enemies.
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TINE PoL1rlcs OF ruE 1--we pEposIrE BANks.-

The PoLrrICs OF THE LATE DEPosITE BANKs.-
Much is said against the political complexion Of
the late Opposite Banks but is it borne in mind WHO
selected the banks the repositories of the public
revenue1 Were they selected for their responsible
lily and safety, or their politcs2 Why should they
be objected to political score, unless they ought
to have been selected on such score; and who, on
such score, would have dared 10 select theml
With how much propriety can the political phari-
sees, who are whining and canting against the poll
tics of the banks adopt the language of that deesta
BILE hypocrite and knave, the infamous Gloucester:
do the wrong, and first begin to brawl
The secret mischefs that set abroach,
lay unto the grievous charge of others.
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The following just resolutions were passed at a
democratic convention Of the county Of Windham,
Conn.
Resolped, That the declaration of the federal
Wings, that the democratic party in this State, are
in favor Of destroying banking institutions regardless
of their conduct, Is foul SANDER
Resotred That II Is the true spirit of democracy to
tolerate difference Of opinion and 10 denounce no
man who processes to be democrat, unless the
course he pursues gives indubitable evidence that
he is an enemy In disguise ITO err, Is human"
and II is neither the spirit Of Christianity or Of de-
mocracy, TO condemn man for the commission Of
a single mistake, any more than that TO denounce
man for the honest exercise of his judgment in mat
tiers OF Legislation.
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THE cLoyEN FOOT
OF THE MERCHANTS CONVENTION.


The Charleston Mercury, Mr.. CALHoUN's
organ. after deprecating the omens Of divorce
between this gentleman and his talented and
patriotic colleague, Col. PREsToN, very queer
" consoles itself with the vain and idle hopes
of divorce between the Government and
the banks" laying the fattering JUNCTION Of
its SOUL" that Mr. Calhoun is to be welded
to immortal honors by this divorce. The
Mercury thinks Georgia and South Carolina
will go the entire for the separation. But
let us give the vaticnation, in the language Of
the Delphian oracle itself:
"As to South Carolina, and the rest Of the South.
they will 60 with much unannity for the separation Of
Government and the banks. As symptom. the con-
venton of Merchants, at Augusta, in which both Geor-
gia and this State largely and strongly represent
cd have approved fh> separotion and are besides
well assured that decided majority Of delegation
at Washington, though they voted for the posponement
divorce, yet in favor Of the separation and the next
session will prave it."
This "divorce Of the Government and
Banks" is not the first case Of divorce which
Mr. Calhoun has been engaged in, nor the
first in which he has failed Nor is the "union
of bank and government" the first union he has
attempted to dissolve. Did he not once attempt
(perhaps it will be recolccted,) to divorce
South Carolina from the United States" and
to dissolve their unionl IL he could not pro-
cure a divorce in this case, when he had a
great portion Of the Southern States to back
him, with their "fue striped fag," (and they
were all ready to go the death even for
box of sugar,") how can he expect to get
divorce, in the C; Sc Of the banks, when he has
not got a single stripe" to his flag, and only
one single delegate from his own State, Of all
the generous South! His chance for di-
vorce furnishes pretty poor pickings'
The MERCHANTS CONVENTION, after a II
seems to have been only political hocus-
pocus, to aid Mr. Calhoun, in the benevolence
Of his ambition to relieve, by divorce, the suf-
fering banks, writing in the embrace Of tho
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SOLEMN wARNING--FIRsT DEMoNsTRA'
TON OF THE PEOPLE OF OLD
--.--- VIRGINIA. -

On Monday last special election was
held in Frederick county, Va. to supply va
cancy in the next General Assembly Of that
state, which resulted in the election Of Jos. II.
Sherrard, Esq. Of Winchester, by majority
Of from 200 to $50 votes. Mr.. S. is an old
Democrat Of the Virginia school, and is a
CONSERVATIVES His opponent was the regular
ly nominated candidate Of the Sub-Treasury
party in convention. We ask the destruetiUes
to "pauss and prcft BY IL" before it is too
late.
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We find tn, following in the Globe !:

Straps d.c.-The Mldisonian quotes some CO
lumns Of scraps from the leading Mig papers, and
calls them an expression of democratic sentiments.
Why not show out at once
Cup with the black flag
And down with the blue"-N. Y. Daily Neps.
We pronounce the above charge to be a
base, deliberate, and malicious falsehood and
we call upon the editor Of the Daily News,
who coined, and the editor Of the Globe who
copied it, to retract it, or stand recorded before
the world, as base and malicious libellers.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

ELEcrioNs-Judgc YELL il is admitted, is re-
elected member Of Congress from Arkansas.
The elections in New York commenced on Mon
day last and were continued until "Wednesday with
extraordinary spirit. The Administration party,
seem unfortunately to have divided in many cases,
10 the imminent hazard Of their tickets.
The whole number Of votes polled the first day
in New York city was IA, 49S-second day 1882
total "a ,sI0--in April las, first day 1890.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

IT is A POOR RULE woN'T WORK BOTH WAYS.
SO the Globe FIRST opposes, denounces, and exc
crates the SUB Treasury disorganizing and revo-
lutionary-liabe to be plundered by hundred
hands where one before could not reach it" and
THEN this same Globe recommends and supports this
same scheme as economical democratical, constitu-
tional patriotic, conservative and entirely safe:
TRUI.Y, IT Is POOR RULE, THAT wos'r WORK BOTH
WAYS ~,
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We find the following proceedings of a "Conven-
ton OF the several Banks of Georgia. held at Mil
ledgeville," 9Th September in the Richmond Enqui-
rer -
They adopted the following Preamble and Resolu-
tons
Whereas, II has been found by the experience OF
the world that currency Of gold and silver or OF paper
easily convertible into these METALS indispensable to
the prosperity Of the people Of every country and
'Whtreas, The chartered banks Of Georgia, acknow
ledge deep responsibility for the result Of the present
Of things, and being willing give to the produc-
tive interest Of the country, and to the skill and enter
prise Of our citizens fair opportunity to recover from
the endorsements which surround them (without
for moment overlooking the necessity Of speedy re-
sumption Of specie payments)to give to our people
sound currency--to foster commerce-to obtain
fair value for the productions Of the SOIL and above all
to enable themselves to specie payments at
the earliest day-they enter into the following arrange
ments
FIRST, They agree to limit their circulation TO the
amount Of their capital paid in, together with the specie
they have on hand
Second They viii publish monthly, during lne sus-
pension Of specie payments consolidated report o. tne
condition Of the banks which may agree TO the proceed
lngs of this meeting.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

The Nep York American in speaking of the ex-
penscs of the Florida war for the year 1884, says
"wll cost this nation in money tIccnty millions 81
dollars"
We are authorized to say that, the whole amount
of the expenditures in Florida for 1887, is a. 1872
9s5 IL cents and this includes many liabilities incur
red in 1896
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

DR.. LINDSEY, President of the Board of Health,
reports D deaths in this city, for the month ending
Oct. 81.
Diseasss.-Consumption Il Summer complaint, q;
Typhus Fever, Q; Scarlet Fever, Q; Pleurisy, b;
Stillborn, not reported, Q; Cholic, 4; Burned,
Dysentery, 3; Hopping Congh, l; Tecthing, i;
Drowned, ! Bilious Fever, Intemperance, !.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

=. b. ;.alv applied, in abatement 81 arss OF a, -,
s s,s e. az semmen benefit Of all ne sepsand ho
as under he present VICIOUS and UBIQUITOUS | 49,
= ,.irirgsd order Of perpetrators who constitute
noneyed ariaoeracg o. an 'as ana - ,,;,hout
,cAo consume the fruits u nc iaoof'"s r'4''
contributing % "e" pHILo FIsCUs.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

The St Louis Bulletin, Of the 3oh of October says
that thIr'y-6ve Indian Chiefs under the direction of
MAJOR DoueHERrY had arrived in that city on Saturday,
and left for Washington Sunday evening The party
consists Of Pawnee Pcts. Pawnee Loups, and Pawnee
Republicans, Amahas, ottoes and Missourias.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

Mr.. WmrsEY.-.We call the attention Of our read
ers TO the very able and temperate communication Of
this gentleman, addressed 10 the President Of the
United States.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

n The Globe contradicls the Wing story that, Mr..
VAN BuREN had written electioneering letters TO
New York, and adds; /" il is scarcely necessary 10
say that the statement is a sheer fabrication"
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ITEMS.

Irring, it is said, is writing for the English An
nuals.
I'anlding is engaged upon new novel.
Cooper, it is said, is writing tragedy.
Wills has produced new comedy for Miss Cliff
ton.
COL Darts has just published his I'd vol. Of Col.
Burrs life
Can't harrpaa il is reported, is writing book Of
travels in the United States
The poet Hoodrorth received 80 900 at benefit
at the ". Y. theatres.
Dr. Bird has retired from the American Monthly.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

THE WORLD IS GOVERNED TOO MUCH" says the
Globe "The Globe is not governed enough" says
the WORLD.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

CoaREcros.-In our notice of the N. Y. Knieker-
booker we gave il credit for article on ELEcrRo
MAcsrrsM-the article appeared in the american
MonthIv
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10

DAUL II. BORLAND begs leave TO inform his friends
and the pulc that he has taken the store lately occu
pied by James Richey where he will, at all times be
pleased TO wait on customers.
A. W. DENHAM, manufacturer Of Copper, Sheet-iron,
and Tin ware will always he found at the above store,
ready to execute orders for any article m his hne.
large assortment OF Stoves, Crates. Lamps and Tin
ware kept constantly hand Zinc Roofing, Spoutins
and Guttoring done At the shortest notice
Pennsylvania Avenue, 5 doors east Of 9th street
Nov 10.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10
HARD MONEY GOVERNMENTS I

The peasantry live on bread and
Cruel, both prepa red of oatmeal, with
an occasional in teImixture of dried
fish. Meat is a luxury they rarely
enjoy.
The dress of peasantry is pre-
scribed by law. Their food consists
of hard bread, dried fish, and Cruel
without meat.
The peasantry are still held in
bondage, and are bought and sold
: together with the land on which they
labor.
r The mobiles own all the land In the
empire, and the peasantry who reside
upon il are transferred with the es-
tate. A great majority have only So
cages, one portion of which is occu-
pied by the family, while the other is
appropriated to domestic animals.
Few, If any, have beds, but sleep up
on blre boards, or upon parts of the
immense stoves by which their houses
are warmed Their food consists of
black bread, cabbage and other vege-
tables, without the addition Of any
butter.
In Poland the mobiles are the pro-
prietors Of the land, and the peasants
are slaves. A recent traveller says,
~ have travelled in every direction,
and never saw wheaton leaf to the
eastward of the Rhine, in any part Of
North Germany, Poland, or Dem
mark" The common food of the
peasantry of Poland the working
man us cabbage and potatoes; some
times, but not generally, peak black
| hraol nnl or thnr x,ystb
out the addition of butter or meat.
The mobiles are the proprietors Of
the land, and the peasants are COM
PEELED to work for their masters dur
ing day, except Sunday. The cult
vators of the soil are in state Of
bondage.
The mobiles own the land, do not
work, pay no taxes. The laboring
classes are Obliged to repair all high
ways and bridges, are liable at all
Y. times to have soldiers quartered upon
them, and are compelled TO pay one
tenth Of the produce of their labor to
church and one-ninth to the lord
Whose landthey occupy.
r Here the credit system is Just maxi
ing its appearance. Il has been, and
perhaps now may be, called hand
money Government. OF the people
of France, seven and half millions
do no, eat wheat or wheaton bread:
they live upon blrley, rye, buck
wheat, chesnuts, and few potatoes.
The common wages of the hired la
borer in France is 1897 80 for man,
SslS IS for a woman, annually. The
taxes upon them are equal to one-fflh
of its net product
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Government; and TO preserve the purity Of
the Government, now contaminated by the
immoral union with the banks.
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rrPers ms wishing TO subscribe to this pa per will
bear in mind, that We invariably require payment ~
adraaoe. ..i
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-, Oct. 81, 1887.
wish 70 submit suggestion 70 the consideration
os ,hoss who are skilled in banking operations, ana
.h.ncs ~ see this short epislle In making the
suggestion look to state of things which may ne
.e ~, but in the absence of which these States
-. ,.ver be blessed with a sound paper currency,
10 wit the existence of but one bank in each state,
with few branches in the largest commercial
towns And the suggestion is this that the braHeAes
of ne state bank shall issue no note 81 less aHoaH
than aps dollars; that The Thoe amount 81 nc t~
dollar Issues shall not ereeed centeth 81 e sGP'sas
,ok he branches that the mother bank shall Issue no
anti If less amount than tpeaiy doliasj and haf none
bit he notes of tie mother bank shall Dc aio'ced ey lag
~ Congress 10 be recsivabie 10 collecting the federal
ssr,auss from ,rAatsper source aeeruing c.
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=. Ihrd, To enable themselves to do this each hank
WIN send statement Of It's condition from time 70 time
TO the Central Bank
FOURTH They will make settlements with each other
once month and those against which balances may re-
annum. =
.Fyh, The several banks now here represented and
such DINERS 40 may come into the Of hs Con-
venon, VIII receive 10 payment and on deposite the
notes oi each oher 80 Long they continue in good
credit"
They also adopted the following resolutions,
The suspension Of specie payments by the banks Of
the State Of Georgia, however objectionable the
may have been, measure OF necessity, and Of
choice. Our banking institutions was competent
those OF any other State 70 redeem their paper in
OF their chartered conditions, when circumstances
which they had CONTROL obliged them to acquesce
though with regret in the measure OF suspension spe
Gle payments. Not TO have yielded to the pressure of
these circumstances would have been in effect TO waste
their strength in vain, and have involved consequences
calamitous TO every class of fellow citizens, who
were under any pecuniary obligations This Conven-
ton does not hesitate 10 express its conviction OF the
to the bill holders and deposilo IL is the wish OF this
body to relieve the community of the endorsements
occasoned by the suspension, as early as practicable
as evidence Of which
BE resolved, That the banks in Georgia win re-
sumo specie payments as soon as the condition Of
foreign exch ange shall authorize H. and general con-
currence OF the banks in the United States can be
had.
Resolred further, That for the purpose Of obtaining
this concurrence this Convention shall send three dele
gates to represent the Banks OF Georgia in the proposed
Convention TO be held in New York. in the latter end Of
November ensuing that the said delegates DO in
sructcd 10 urge upon that Convention the Simultaneous
resumption Of specie payments by the first day Of June
next, or earlier, il practicable.
Resolred, That the expenses Of said delegation to
the New York Convention be paid by the Banks in
Georgia, in proportion to their capital paid i'm
Messrs George Anderson, Of Savannah, Isaac Henry,
Of Augusta, and r. r. Hines, of Milledgevile, APP
pointed the three delegates 10 the New York Conven-
tion.--These proceedings were duly announced the
9th Of October TO have received the requisite ratca-
ton Of two-thirds Of the Banks-an3 may conse-
quenty expect the delegates Of Georgia to st,end the
Convention in order to speed the good work Of re-
sumption.
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In THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL. LET THERE
mn usrry-,s Nos-EssEsriALs, LIBERTY, AND IN ALL
THINGS cHARlry-AHgnsfin.
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As the sub-treasury papers quote principles from
the Reformer- Merchant" will they object to our
copying the following facts from the N. Y Express
The eastern governments, we believe, were quoted
by Mr. BExroN as examples Of the Subtreasury sys-
TEN. To the paragraph concerning France, We
might add that this system is already in operation
there and requires to carry ii forward hundred
thousand officers! Are the people Of this country
ready to humilate themselves to the condition of the
folowingl
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-05-25

AN ACT relating to Licenses for sale OF
Spirliuous Liquors.
BE ii enacted by The General .4ss,mbiy as
(oiio'os:-Thc operation Of "An act in nddit.
ion To- the several acts in relation to licenses
for selling rum, wine and strong liquors by
tavern keepers and retailers" passed at the
January session of the General Assembly, A.
ID. 1887, i. hereby further suspended, So that
the same shall not take effect until after the
rising of the next session of this Assembly:
And in the meantime, the laws relating to
such licenses which were in operation at the
time of the passage of said act, and were by
the same repealed, shall be deemed to be in
full force, and the same are hereby revived.
True copv-witness,
HENRY BOWEN, Sec'ru