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NR- BIDDLES LETrER.-rAs letter Of
Nicholas Biddis to John ouIaey ASan., which
viii 10 foasd IN our paper to-day. Is docu-
meat full Of interest aud Of great Importance
TO The whole country. A, the present time.
every thing in relation 10 the stats Of the cur
reney, and the mode BY which lis eoAtilion Is
20 be Improved, must command uaivsrsaI at
teDtion. Mr.. D. 10 master of HE sabjeci--aBd
his facts and argument, srs irre.siibie. Ba-
sioess msn, In Az quarters. deem them per-
teetiy conclusive The time. he clearly
shows, has not yet arrived for . general re-
sumption e specie payments. We uiah Il
were otherwise; yet Nc cannot resIst the
force Of ME srsomsn,s against n. "Ths en-
curry (ssys Nr. ~ whether the Banks arc
ready To resume, !, only another form Of AJAX.
lag whether The people aro ready 10 pay their
debts TO the Banks" This they are moi pre-
pared 10 do. while the Government |. making
war agains, the Banks, the Curren.y, and the
businsss Of the People--whiie the rresidsnt
doctrine, that the Government 10 to take care
Of itseif. and The people to take care Of them
selves. Is enforced. Specie Circulars mus, he
sbaodOned-ihe var against the credit syslsm
eheeked-the 'ExPsrimsnt" era pass away
and groeser confidence exist, before safe and
permanent resumption Of specie payments
can take place. A premature resumptioa
--sneiher Suspension, would Increase the
evils under which the country Is now suffer-
inS. But, this letter will go far 10 preventing
the accumulated evils Of another suspe a.ion.
The public mind will be enlightened On the
subject, which will lead 10 q proper degree OF
Ienieney towards the Banks--ths people will
see The question in all its bearings, and be
better able TO deeiPher the prospects, before
ihsm--IhO Banks will be forevarned, and
consequently forearmed--and thus the Ad.
ministration IhWaried In its hos,ile de,;xa,
against them, and the hapPiess effects 10 the
whole community ultimately secured.
90
NEW YORK ELECTIoN.-AIs. CLARK, the
Nhis candidate, is elected Mayor OF the
City Of New York-harIng received a ma.
joriiy Of S5l over Mr. Yariau, the Van Bursn
candidate, and ls3 majority over tho united
vote Of both the other eandidsIes. Al the
eicse Of tho polls the vote stood.
CLARK (whiE) Is.763
vsrian ". By 1922
Riker tConserVaiise) 33s
The wings have also elected majority 10
both branches Of the City Council. The con.
test was very animated. and greater number
OF votes pOlled than al any previous election.
The eKeVtionA Of the Van Buren party, IL 4,
stated, were unprecedented. Nothing that
money could command was wanting; and in-
tinidaiios, fraud and perjury we're resoried TO
openly a great number Of illegal votes were
Po'led-aod many persons have been CON-
ni'led TO prison, fOP perjury. Nsv-jersey,
Philadelphia. and every tovn and city aIonr
North River, we're rsked, and Van Buren, yo-
terSi dragged 10 the polls. q was the dying
effort Of party nsdS desperate By repeated
defeats. They sisked their all on The result
but all would not do. The whIKs marched
quietly and steadily to the polls. and nobl,
achieved The victory under all the disadyan-
tSgss and outrages which they encountered.
IN Brooklyn city, the Wings have also tri-
u~Phed, AID released that city from the
sAaekle' OF Vsn Bursnisn. By which u has
heretofore been bound hand and foot.
- oSeeNs-
THE BANK CONVENTION met in the
city Of New York, on the lltA inst. according
to adjournment la'i Fall. They sit with elOs-
cd d0eu' Eighteen States are represented,