Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-07-06
EDJTORLgL CORRESPONDENCE.

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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
We cheerfully yield to the wishes of COrrespon.
DENT in laying the folio wing Letter before the public.
We leave his arguments III favor Of the Sub Treasury
system 10 have all the weight 10 which they fairly
en,ed.-We almost satIaled aud sick of the whole
subject 1t has been probably for the present disposed
Of by The II. of Representatives, whether for veal al!
for wo let the People decide-and MIR Buchanan consl.
ders it, in his Speech laid till The Congress,
viz: LIST December. 1899. We willing 10 lay 1t on
the shelf-aud 10 produce no more discoId and DIVISION
in the Republican party. II has already sufficiently torn
US To pieces Our desire Is 10 heal instead
Of widening Tie breach
A fe words only, as 10 The personal remarks OF our
Correspondent. The word which lie audes, Int.
resting" used during our absence from our post
But by whOnsoever IL was enplOyed-by how many
PAPERS or BY how few-by the Madl.onan, or by any
other clIQue-t was certainly most appropriate. 1t
was descriptive of the fate Of measure on which so
many men have so honestly differed, which has cali
ed forth more discussion than any other problem for
some time past, and in which the interests Of the
munily are extensively pledged. The writer must
have already, bclurs this, that we have not
abandoned our !avOriIe scheme OF Special Drpnse-
Nor has been abandoned by Others although the
tons for entertaining the resolutions III lis behalf have
been twice rejected. Even since their rejection, Mr.
Buchanan has brought forward IN the Senate his
scheme Of Special Dep"ste-and the question has
again been moo,ed in the House OF Repr, sPnG,ives-
althpuph from the circumstances under which II
brought forward, and the ateness OF The session. IT may
not pass that body.-ls Correspondent certain, that
the Conservatives insist upon the State Banks enjoying
"the advantage of banking on the Federal revenues
We have before letters tom three oi the most
DISTINGUISHED members Of that Class in Congress. who
declare that they willing in the spirit Of compromise
to adopt the Special DeposItr sys;eond two Of them
specify their basis that they would have taken Cen
Waddy Thonpo"n rco""tsons, which expressly cat OF
the Banks from dIscoun,lng on the Public Deposes
Our Correspondent pays ny much too high comp!i.
ment. for orr past exertIons We dIsclaim the paIm
which he offers us-but sincerely thank him Tor the
generous lberaiy hr displays other respects. He
asks us, why keep this question open: We venture to
saw that has been more ANXIOUS 20 close
this yexatiOus controversy, IN Tie mos. liberal spirit
OF compromise, than we have uniformly hcen..-
No one has done more 10 clOSe up this fountain Of
bitter If all our correspondence and all
exertiuns every way laid before the public, they
would say perhaps. that one has done ch-But
enougbI-The question is perhaps by this time settled
in CDngress-In some form or Oiher-and willing
for the present to lay 1t over If we are permitted Ia do
CO. We shall lay before readers the obie speeches
Of Messrs Garland and Dromgoole of this State, pro
and con tie Sub Treasury BI!lbesides publishing the
spppces Of Messrs Jones and Mason, the Treasury
Note Blii-aGd II We have space and tI;nr, few orr
speeches-after which, shall gladly lay aside this
snbisct, with which readers have been pretty well
surritcd-und turn TO other felds-amnng the most
useful Of which will be- to develope the Resources of
Virpnia-and To discuss the great systems of State
banking md Internal improvement We shall also he
prepared cope with common political enemy. who
begins to- be actively breaking ground in behalf of MI
Clay anda National Bank-As an ally, direct ndi.
rect nf lie Wing Party, the NladsonIan has aso taken
The feld-Tn its No. of Wednesday last, it derounces
Mr. Van Buren-and promises "at proper time, 10
sustain fr the highest offices in the Government such
homes, and capable candidates. as public sentiment
shall seen TO ndlcale-such as shall bes! cacu
lated to Concentrate the greatest DEMOCRATIC REpCB.
IlcAy support, &c. &c. BY this declaration we un.
ders,and tie Aadsonian 10 mean, that it may ultimately
follow the 'u OF The n Yok Times, and adopt Alesrs
Clay and Ialmadgr as its candidates for President and
Vice President We reject all such political organiza.
,ons"-ant against such insidous attempts, too, we
shall prepan in proper time 10 take the field:
TO TIE EDITOR OF TIE Ev2 uyRER
''JUHE 30. 1855.
mDear S-The vote on The Independent Treasury
bill has beer taken-You point 10 It.. proceedings as
v.ry s.inersting does the National lnteIlgencer,
hladsonan aid that clique "Lnus Dec. and Cicoria,
are the expressive terms in which the enemies Of that
measure hail Is defeat. In paragraph Of the puper
containing tie prccee dings. ynu have characterised as
incre sting" appears you were aware that in two
instances The House refused by overw heInIng ralrrl
ties to suspend the rules for the purpose of entertaining
resolutions eher in favor of, very nearly approximate
ing your own fayorite scheme OF special D-pOrte
Shall il Ie unteT%ond 10y these indications, that you
have nbandorad that scheme in despair nf ito be
coming hw Of The land, and that the proceedings
were "iueresing' in the issue which they presented
and which We have now 10 try, of an lndrpend
TreasuryantFree Government one hand, or Ma.
,iunal Bank md consolidated money desposm the
o,her3 If 50 will you not be found on The side Of an
independent Treasury, Can there any longer hr doubt
that this is III true issue? confess 10 you Mr. Richie
what have lad with pain and deep modification, The
elaborate artles of the Enqnirer for the last twelve
months I've read in hope to be persuaded con-
vinced but my mind, the SUBJ reasury rests upon
such smpland solid foundation. that sophiSiy
ingenuity ca oye,nrn 1t. The two systems may find
illustration irn the Scriptures. Therein srepresented
that ma huilt his house on sand-the rains came
and the wind blew, and that house fellAnoIer built
his house on rock and the sIa3 came and toe winds
blew, but Tt house stood firm. Have we not been
building on andy foundations long enough Is ii not
sufficient III our house should have been bull; three
times Oh The lme insecure and sandy founda.ion Should
we no, noweek a rock and build it-lhat in future
the rains mo fall and the winds blow by, harnlessly'
! cannot, MIR, resist the conclusion.
"Yorrs w;the frs, paper ever read; it was the pa.
per of my ther, himself Democrat, | have been
taught TO read you as the father Of Democracy, The
friend Of thoeople. | esteem, | respect you |
will continue read your paper in the belief ha. you
will in the enemy. and that you have aagacity
enough to I've your present position before j, is too
late. s6cen,ly liberal that you shall occupy it,
you do $40 the exclusion of National Bank and
H Clay; buthy break down Mr.. Van Buren's Admi- |
- L. SrhT rea.