The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-06-09
SPECIE CIRCULAR.

lowing JOINT resolution:
BE Ii ResoiUed, Jy the Senate and House
Of Representatives, &c. That it shall not
be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry to make, or to continue in force any
general order, which shall create any differ
ence between any branches of revenue, as
to the money or medium, of payment in
which debts or dues, accruing to the United |
States, may be paid"
1t passed the senate on Tuesday the goth |
ult. by vote Of 81 to ., and was sent to
the House for their concurrence. On We'd
nosday it was brought up in that body, and
a call for the previous question having been
sustained,
Mr.. MARTIN called for the yeas and
nays; which being ordered--wore yeas 154,
nays 30, as follows:
YEAS--Messrs. Adams, Alexander, He
man Allen, John w. Allen, Anderson, Ay-
crigg, Banks, Beirne, Bell, Bicknell, Bid
die, Bond, Boon, Briggs, Brodhead, Bron-
son, Buchanan, William b. Calhoun, John
Calhoun, William B. Campbell, Casey,
Chambers, Chapman, Cheatham, Childs,
Clark, Connor, Corwin, Craig, Crarey,
Cranston, Crockett, Gushing, Dawson, Da-
wee, Davies. DeGraff, Dennis, Dunn, Ed
wards, Evans, Everett, Ewing, Fairfield,
Richard Fletcher, Fillmore, Gallop, James
Garland, Rice Garland, Glascock, Goode,
William Graham, Grantland Graves, Grif-
fin, Haley, Hall, Halsted. Hamer, Harlan,
Hastings, Hawes, Haynes, Henry, Herod,
Hoffman, Hopkins, Howard, Robert M. r.
Hunter, Ingham, Thomas B. Jackson, ia
bez Jackson, Joseph Johnson, Nathaniel
Jones, Kemble, Kilgore, Klingensmith,
Legare, Lincoln, Loomis, Mallory, Marvin,
James NJ. Mason, Samson Mason, Martin,
Maury; May, Maxwell, Robert Mcclellan,
McKennan, Mercer, Miligan, Mitchell,
Montgomery, Morgan, Calvary Morris,
Murray, Naylor, Noble, Noyes, Ogle,
Owens, Parmenter, Patterson, Peck, PEN
nybacker, Phelps, Pickens, Pope, Potts,
Pratt. John II. Prentiss, Seargent S. Prem
tiss, Rariden, Randolph, Reed, Reilly, Rem
cher, Ridgway, Robertson, Robinson, Rum
sey, Russell, Sawyer. Sergeant, Shelter,
Augustine II. Shepperd, Charles Shepard,
Shields, Slade, Snyder, Stanley, Stuart,
Sratton, Taliafero, Taylor, Tillinghast,
Titus, Toland, Underwood, Vanderveer,
Webster, Albert S. White, John White,
Elisha Whittlesey, Thomas Il. Whittlesey,
Lewis Williams, Sherrod Williams, Joseph
L. Williams, Christopher II. Williams,
Wise, Word, Worthington, Yell, ant
Yorke-l54.
i NAYS-Messrs. Atherton, Bouldin
Cambreleng, Clowney, Coles, Cushman
Dromgoole, Duncan Harrington, Isaac
Fletcher Fry, Harrison, Holt, Hubley
Keim, Leadbetter, Logan, M'Kay, Abra
ham Mcclellan, Mcclure, Moore, Paris
Petriken, Rives, Sheplor, Spencer, Thorn
as, Turney, and Jared w. Williams.-29
Immediately upon the receiptof the news
of its passage in Philadelphia, Mr.. BiddlC
addressed to John Q. Adams, through thu
papers, the following laconic letter:
Philadelphia, May 81, 1888.
My Dear Sir: ...
In my letter of the 9TH ult. I statet
my belief that there could be no safe no
, permanent resumption of specie payments
l by the banks, until the policy of the govern
ment towards them7was changed.
The repeal of the Specie Circular b,
Congress makes that change. see now
D what until now have not seen, the mean
t Of restoring the currency.
rejoice very sincerely at the termina
ton of this unhappy controversy, and shal
&, cordially cooperate with the governmentb
promoting what the banks are, am sure
5 anxious to effect, an early resumption c
:, specie payments throughout the Union.
n With great respect, yours,
n. BIDDLE.
= Hon. ]. Q. Adams, Washington, D. G.
The officers of the associated banks {
the city also held amoeting, and appointc
a committee for the purpose of correspond
ing with other banks, to effect an immod
ate resumption of specie payments by a
e the banks south and west. AS they hay
h already expressed their ability and desire
1t resume, we presume that in very fe'
o weeks, we shall again be blessed with spt
g cic paying banks, and no longer be scou
t. ged with irredeemabIe bank notes and shi
D plaslers.