Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1838-01-25
GENERAL INrELLIGRNcE.

TuE GRAND RESULT.


o0SerIiAuOs, esSeT'.ioS. eOnFAONisE!
7As SS6- TSessVry SeieMs and tas .r.
eiusirs zsisil,c cu1rsaey TO De cTaa-
aasd dora ia ih'Oats Of oisssniing
bTetAJsRl
After all the reVer,es we have expe-
uenecd. the lessons Ne have been
taught, aud the preaching we have
heard, little effect, contrary, we fancy.
TO all public expectation. has been pro-
duced upon the minds OF those who
have the direction OF our national 6nan-
ees. We had hoped that recent
events would have impressed upon ell
The duty OF an absolute acquiescence
Ia the decisions Of the majority as the
vital principle Of the Republic" and
induced the friends Of the new mea-
Sures 10 have employed themselves in
the confederation Of practical objects.
We Tear, however, we are doomed to
disappointment, and it requires no pro-
Pheuc VIaion to see in the single move
meni about to be made by the leaders
OF the party, the hand writing Of their
doom.
The whole movement, we are salts
ned, will be to advance as far and as
last as practicable. towards the design
Ell establishment Of = Treasury Bsak.
The Sub-Treasury Bill Of the late spe.
Gal session 10 to be but slightly and
immaterAlly modified. Mr.. Calhoun.
the grand hle leader Of the Sub-Trea.
sury party, is 10 triumph IN the Repor,
of his amendment. The scheme will
be. that the plan Of the new Treasury
building shall be altered, and provided
With FIRE proof vaults, safes. SC. (!he
hydrostatic balances Se believe are not
) 20 be mentioned. and this 10 be called
The TrsaFuyy Of tAe United States.
The Mint 10 Philadelphia, New Or
leans, and the Mint in North Carolina
TO be made by law "0epositones OF
Public Money"
Special DeposiioTies are 10 be created
in N. York, Charleston, s. C. and Bos.
too, under the care OF Receiver Gen
eral."
At certain points and under certain
eircumstanceS. Post Masters, and other
receivers Of public money, are to be
"DsPosiIories" Of public money, and
alloWed compensation Tor safes, sc.
When the public money exceeds four
millions. the Secretary Of the Treasury
to invest the surplus in the United
States stocks, or State stocks, and 10
eel out again when the sum IS less than
four millions; thus making The Secreta-
~ OF the Treasury grand Banker aud
Stock JObbeF.
The hard money amendment Of Mr..
Calhoun Is 10 be preserved, and the
public money after ga interval, (of ak
years, We believe,) 10 to be collected in
gold and silver exclusively.
Under certain ciTeumslaneeS. public
money, may, by the receivers thereof
be deposited in Banks under the loek
and key Of the officer deposi,;ng the
same.
This Is Substantially the outline of
the scheme. vi Ieb has been presented
by thoss who are professedly anxious 10
compromise. and defer to the opinions
Of others, and 10 conform to the wishes
Of the people
We can only say Of it. a, present,
that is "disofganIElng and revolution
ary--subverdve Of the entire practice
Of this Government from 1870 down TO
this day'-that 1T will place in the
hands Of the Executive, the means Of
corruption, and ExPosE TnE PUBLIC
TREASURE TO BE PLusDEHED by AN
HUNDRED HANDS where one cannot
now reach ~