Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-11-07
From the Baltimore Patriot.
THE FISCAL AGENT OF THE GOVERN
NEWT


MENT.
| We ask the particular attention oil
our readers to the subjoined expose,
which we copy from the New York
Courier and Enquirer. The Govern
ment has made arrangements with the
United States Bank to pay the drafts Of
the Treasurer An official circular de-
| clares that the notes of that Bank are
MORE CONVENIENT THAN SPECIE! and
that there is no objection to The use oil
the paper ofthat Bank in ALL payments!
Here is the end Of the Specie Hum.
bug. After all their boastings and promi.
ses, they are obliged to confess that spe-
Gle is not so convenient as paper, and
especially as the paper oil the United
! States Bank. Here too is an official re-
| futaton of the wretched pretence that
the Sub Treasury Scheme is in opera.
ton. That system required a continu-
al PROTEST. against all bank paper. Mr..
Calhoun, Mr.. Wright, Mr.. Benton, and
the other leading advocates ofthe mea-
sure, declared it would be mere Farce,
unless it prohibited the receipt and
disbursement of Bank notes. Here is
an end to the Diuorce. So far from
the Government being separated from
the Banks, we find the institution more
hated by the Loco Focos than any in
the country its fiscal agent
And yet the Globe and its affiliated
organs Of misrepresentation continue
the Glamour about "bank rags" and
pour out long windy declarations about
the superior advantages fan exclusive
" specie currency, and about the coun.
try having been blessed with revival
Of business, and the restoration of pros
perity under the operation Of the Sub
Treasury Scheme. The people may
now see lin their true light, the hypo-
critical professions ofthe men in power,
and the humiliating results Of their wick
edness and folly. They are obliged to
become supplicant for aud from that ve-
ry bank which they have so persevering.
ly and Indignantly assailed; and are
forced to confess that its notes are more
convenient than specie.
From the New York Courier and Enquirer
BY the following circular from the Of
flee of,h Paymaster General, II will be
perceived that the bills OF the Bank OF
the United States are declared to be
''more Convenient than specie" and that
full authority is given to use them IN all
cases where IT can be done legally-by
the Constitution ofthe United States no.
thing being leagl tender but gold and
silver. What commentary is this up
on the reracity of Gen. Jackson! what
commentary upon the character OF his
annual messages and other grave public
documents! How thoroughly character
istic is it ofthe recklessness and utter
want of principle of all connected with
the past and present Administrations.
But enough ofrehections which are cal
culated to make every man OF charac-
Ter or feeling blush for the degradation
which has thus been entailed upon his
country, by reckless band of rowing
adventurers, who were suddenly meta
morphosed into cabinet ministers and
executive officers and advisers. we
would advise the attention ofour read
ers to the following circular, and ask
them to contrast it with the daily decla-
rations Of the official organ OF the Ad-
ministraiion, and their press generally;