Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-04-16

by ITS own means, and its cheers.
The receipt al the notes of specie pa sing banks is
TO be partially allowed for Time, bp, IT is 10 be
gradually discontinued and six years hence We
are 10 arrive ~ the maturity and perfection OF the
system. When that suspicious day comes, govern
meut To aud, To pay ont gold and silver and
nothing hut gold aud silver.
Now, MI President, lat MS anticipate that Joyous
epoch let ms suppose the six years TO have expired
and let us imagine tins bill, with lis specie pay ments
aud all. 10 be III full operation Al the present hour
| What will that operation he In the first place.
d'sragarl,ng all question of public convenience. or
| the general interests al the people, how will this sys-
tenn work mere mode oil collecting and paying
out revenue ! Let ussec.
| our receipts and expenditures my be estimated,
each, At lhtrs millions year. Those who think
THIS estimate either too high loo low may make
the necessary allowance. lle'e. then is the sum oi
thirty millions. In be collected aud pad every
year and II i II. IN he counted. actually told over
dolli after dollar. aud gold larce after gold piece
aud how many times counted Let us inquire into
! that. The Importing merchant whose ship has
rived. aud who has cash duties 10 pay, goes TO The
bank Tor his money aud the tellcrs count that
~ once. lie tafiest 10 the custom house, PAYS il.
and the clerks count II over; that ~ twice. Some
days atcfmad the collector takes II on oi his hags
aud chests II IN The generals Office.
! aud there II is counted again. aud poured into the
bags aud chests Of hat Office that /, the third time.
Presently warrant comes from the Treasury, IN
tavo, OF sumo disbursne officer, and the boxes
opened, and the necessary sums counted out ; this
Is The fourth counting.
And filthy and lastly, The Disturbing officer pays
II to the persons entitled u, contracts.
| Tor pensions, salaries other claims. Thirty
millions Of hard none, aie thus 10 be asdlcd aud
told five IN The of HE year; aud il
there be t,austefs from place place, then of course
IT isto be counted 50 much utner. Government
o'ccls are therefore 10 count over one hundred aud
ihy millions of dollatsaNca, which, allowing three
hundred WORKING days III the ,rnr gives five hundred
thousand dollars II day. But This not all. Once
quarter the naval officer is 10 cnn1t the collectors
money and the register in the l,i office Is 10 count
the receivers money. Aud moreover, sir, every
now and ihcu the secretary oi the treasury IL 10 at
thoriac unexpected and 'mpropIiu eonutmgs. III his
discretion, aud Just 10 satisfy ms own mind
Sin what u money countin imkliuE, iinnl,na
generation We shall be All the meney changers of
Soomons temple will bc ~ nothing 10 Us. Our sound
will 90 forth unto all lands. We shalt all be hike the
king III the dirty oi the nnrsrr,'
"Thcrc sat the kim counting III hii money
6uu will observe, sn, thu these cipts aud pay
ments cannot be made PARCELS "ithon, the
ual handling 81 each piece al com, The marks Oh
Kegs OF dollars aud the labels bags Of gold are
not To be trusted. They are pan If rred,fand all
! credit, all trust, All confidence ~ 10 be- done away
with When the surveyor ior instance. nj the Gus
tom house. is 10 tramiHc Tie money on hdni IN pos
session OF the collector receiver general lie Is, OF
course 10 count the money. No other examination
can come 10 any thing lie canno' tell, from exrer-
| nal appearance, nor from The weight, whether tho
collector has loaned out the money, and filled The
bags and boxes mp with sand and lead, r, not Nor
can counterfeit pieces be otherwise detected thu
by actual handing. lie must Open he must evan
ine, he must count Ana 50 -, me l'hu oHceS.
the mats, aud elsewhere. u ihrse officers shall
have taste Tor SILVER Aounds they are al likely To D"
! grained.
Mr.. President, IN all sobefncss ~ not ms whole
operation preposeroos'
| II begins ny proposing 10 6e'Pthe phbhc moneys.
This, itself, IN the the word ~ here used,
perfect novelty, especially III the United s'''es why
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