The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-01-02

Tup CuRRENcY-SPEcIE. False and ridiculous
m - tho off reiterated assertion of the Vanites that
tho Vvbigs have been instrumental in producing the
dernnpement in the mono tary system, II Is doubt
less believed by such individuals rs have access to
no other sources of information than the venal
presses which, with shameless effrontery, in tho
face of truth continue to give currency TO their false
hoods Prior to Gen. Jackson Experiments up
On the currency the bills of the U. S. Bank
as good in the hands Of the merchant trading in In
dia, China, or in any other quarter of the gobo as
silver or god;-ono hundred dollars in them would
nav for as many pounds of tea in China the same
number Of silver dollars. The paper of most
of the local banks was in credit in every part
of the United States, and thousand dollars OF
the paper of the Vermont banks would pay for as
MANY acres of land in Missouri as would the same
number of dollars in gold or silver. But the
ease is sadly reversed, rs all are aware. And who
arc responsible for the evils and Inconvenience of
this change in the currency of the country The
LATE and pIesent National Administrations. The
Wings have for the last eight nine years been in
a powerless minority--and the measures affecting
the currency have originated with, been supported
bv. and consummated solely through the direct &C
ton Of the maiority-he Jackson or Van Buren, par
tv. Asa party the Wings have resisted these
meosures with their full strength; but in vain.
| While these measures were pending, and ms an
! inducement for tho people TO sustain them, their
projectors and advocates, Jackson, Van Buren,, Ben
ION and Co. promised the country better currency
"A currency purely metallic. Eight years have
| transpired since these promises made, during
which time experiment has followed experiment In
quick succession. Gold and silver thJn suthclehtly
abundant fer the convenience of trade was promls'
ed to the farmers the merchants, the mechanlcs,n-
stead of bank notes. How have the pledges Of
these demagogues been redeemed? Where is the
gold the silver? Redeemed no, they have not
nor will they ever be. The reverse is the truth
We have a dcprecated currency, with not sufficient
gold and silver for pocket change There is no de-
nying this. Every business man knows it, feels it
to be true.
| That party alone, which has the power TO enact
laws and enforce regulations, affecting the
cy is responsible FOR any bad results arising from
the operation of such laws and regulations. A MI
nority has the power, if it has the inclination
! to introduce and establish new systems. The Wings
were satisfied with the currency it was, and new
CIR desired to tamper with it. 1t the best eight
years ago that any country could desire,
had The currency not only sound and safe,
but money abundant as the trade and bust
ness of the country demanded The Wings made
no effort to change it. Every measure affecting it
CAM from their political opponents. Who then,
should be held accountable for It's present derangc
ments9 The administration, and it alone.
To the often repeated question, where is the gold
and silver there is but one, and that plain
swer. A short time previous to Gen Jackson
cation of the Presidential Chair, the famous "Spc-
Gle Circular" issued, which demanded that the
dues from the people to the Government should be
mid in Unld and silver Rv This and SubSc0upnt
measures of the Administration unnatural de-
mand was created for specie. Those who bought
land Of the Government, paid revenue duties
importations, in any manner became indebted 10
it, could cancel their obligations only by specie
BY them it was and now is paid into the Golfers of
the Government, where it now Is, or circulating a.
mong the office holders, and there, if the present
measures in relation to the currency persisted
in, it will FOL ever remain. The Government per-
forms tho office of Cleaner Of the Specie; and as it
is seldom debtor to the people, the specie will con-
tiuue where the creditors Office Holders of the
Government reside. Hence through the Land Of
fees, Post Offices and Custom House Offices, the
gold and silver is drained from the many-the peo-
ple-into the hands of the Governments; and so a.
greeably the designs of their projectors the
practical operations of these oppressive schemes,
that it has become general maxim, Gold and Sa-
for the Office Holders, and Rags for the pcople."
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Pork AND FLOUR. Good pork is selling in Bos-
ton at $6 per hundred, and -four at and 50 l2
per barrel The price of pork is declining, prob
ably in consequence Of the great abundance at tho
West. In Cincinnati, Ohio, hogs weighing 800
are sold for "a per hundred, and less, and great
quantities are disposed of at $3.50.
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GENERAL WAsHINGToN.-The remains ofhs
lustrous man, the father and sa viour OF tins
country were recently placed in the sarcophagus
made by Mr. Struthers, OF this city, from whom
we learned that when the vault and coffin were
opened, the sacred form of Washington was