Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-01-31
VOLUME XXXV.---No. so.

m sco"structon, employed BY mortal man; n his est.
"a'oh goa ana scer the currency of the lonsii-
."HOn NO Ppr money was allowed by lis trainers 10
be issued or used And that very time there was no
necessity Tor departing from the principles of that nstru
t"at t'e SoV'thn'eE nj had no right TO any cor
paper. He then proceeds:
" Rcs0irhdr That the quantity of goid Gervablc from
foreign commerce, and from The Curonas, Virginia
Georgia and Alabama; and the quantity of srer deya
bile from foreign Commerce. amply sufficien, to ann
ply the people of The S with hard moneu. if not *
PEELED from the country by unscss erroneous la,cs
nude by Congress"
"hat were those uawise and erroneous laws -
Tan The ingenuity Of devise any other than sucb an
would make permanent connection between the O.
'sfnnen and the banks, and thus compel tina, Govern
me 10 receive their paper in discharge Of s du,;
Inc cCunenance Of the Government, would give their
paper ctedil-wou!d enable il to circulate every where
ny inducing The people 10 believe that il was n,r(eey
2o: anu mus render specie, III great drgree actually
useless, except Tor the purposes OF change That such
was his meaning IS fully attesed by the remaining teso.
uuons which prescribe that the Min, shall be kep in
continual operation IN the coinage oc gu!d and silver
that The under valuation Of gold should be Corrected
ana mat such legal eEactmenls should be made in e
gard 20 foreign gold and silver coin as would secure far
mem Tree and unresllaned circulation lhrouphou, the
Union Wv
In note 30 the editor OF the Globe dated the Sd
March, 1884, IN speaking Of The means by the use Of
"hci Inc Government may lie brought back 20 tie
constitutional currency. lie uses this uDguagt:
THE ilrs measure for Congress TO 90 back to TN.
currency Of The Constitution and the az, Of Iz-a md
make THE WHOLE RECEIPTS ASp DISBURSEMENTS OF THE
FEDERAL MOVEMENT TAKE PLACE IN GOLD AND Sill
| YER Only"
This Is plain enough in al! conscience; vet plain az
1t Is, IL seems wholly unInr'IigibIe to .Iajor Jumes
G"riand, Il " Whitney, lain C. Ctark the ".ludiso
man, tne "'cgFS0"ian Rep"bticaa," and some half
h"zen VI The CONSERVATIVE correspondents of the SIN
qutrr 1t Is 10 be hoped, they grow Older time will
brighten the ohtuseness of their nleects
Tn The 2'lh March, lc3i, Mr. Tyler presented me-
mortal from sUndry citizens Of Culpeper in regard 10
The removal Of The deposlles and upon that memorial
discussion Vi some length occurred brlween r Levin
and Col Benton. In that discussion the ColuueI r,nd
'he following language, which stkngly deye!opes his
opinions on Finance In speaking OF the idea hat the
{ Federal or Stale Banks the Treasury he s,d.
But The fact was, that neither made the Treasury
and IL would be absurd entertain such an idea Tor an
instant Tor The Federal Bank may surrender her charter
aud cease TO exist It can do any moment i, peases:
the State Banks may expire upon their lImltaton they
may surrender; they may be dissolved in many ways
ana cease H. ex!stand then there would h. no Tra
sury What an idca TINT Tie e1istsnrc Of tie TREASURY
IF MiS great R|pusc IS u d'pend not up0n itsef but
"po" corpornoHs, 'rhich m0y 10 erst on eny DAY.
6y Mctr -iH or tier crimes"
Is there single man in all this land, SO cursed with
BG"tian stapdty, as to suppose that after the
al OF such opinions those quoted above Colonel
Benton would advocate such gIslaion as would make
the State Banks the Federal Treasury; And if per-
manent connection were TO BE- established between the
Government and the Stale Banks do you not TO all in
tents and purposes make thes" Banks the TeaSury-
Wherever the money is by law deposited, re is The
/ Treasury: And can any suppose that President
Jackson contemplated IN the destruction Of the IT,
states Rank, that It's place should be- supplied in oil
time 10 come by the State Banks; Was dependence
upon the great munster OVERWHELMINGLY that the
Government might lean upon some fifty hundred
HUE monsterS-and that their PAPER be- made
currency Of the Federal Government; This would
have been reforming the currency with vengeance,
.uly II would have been placing the Government in
the state of vassaage from which it had just been
rscred-it would have been shifting the dependence
from a National to State banks
Bot again: The whole strength Of the Government
should be put forth. to compel The payment Of the DU.
TIES AND TAXES TO THE FEDERAL GO.
lEkNMENr in THE Legal CURRENCY OF
TIE C0UNTRYmTi!Ar Is To SAY, IN GOLD
VENUE MUST BE PAID IN THIS LEGAL
CURRENCY, AND THE SOONER THAT WAS
BROUGHT ABOUT THE BETTER"
This is the very ground which is assumed in the Pre-
sideHls Messages, and wa,ch is defended in all the
speeches, support OF the "ndepehdent Treasury
Here the proposition for divorce is boldly presented,
and IN The strongest possible language. Nolw',hstand
ny al! this, however Mr. Rives and his handful Of TO-.
lowers continue to charge Col. Benton with change
f opinion. His, and their confidence in The snp
ny and ignorance OF the people must surely be
ave.
dinner was given 10 the Hon J. NJ Patton by The
lzsns of Orange, on the th of July, lc}4 to which
oI b was invited, but being unable to attend, he
! ne following sentiments:
. TIM RESPIRATION OF THE GOLD crnREscr-The
ign and The fruit NJ rtctory Tic Bank Of The u s.
md he io,eards carrying tact the ConSlitu
10 That IT'S trainers iDtendsd Il ~ be.
Public dinners given 10 flr fancy. by the ct
ltns Of baltimore and frederick, in Jolly, sa4 to which
ol Benton invited. The first he attended and cd
ressed, and that address took substantially the same
ground advocated the principles and insisted upon
he cOnsummaOn tia, chaacerizes oil The xracs
.iven above MI Allen, the present talented ard
: omplished Senator from Ohio. present ard main.
he Slcku
/ Col Benton family, prevented him irom attending
he dinner at Frederick but he addressed the an able
md eloquent letter in which he warmly advocated
TO the resolution Ui l7co The principles pre-
scy are contained in his letter addressed to the citizens
ni Cincinnati who also rendered him public dinner.
The sentiment sent to the Fredericksburg dinner still
further evidence, and is enough TO satisfy the incest
vIler. But, 'o make assurance d0ubIy sure will
add few more extracts which Of poSs!Je) still
palmer and more conclusive.
: On the loIh july 1885 Col. Benton addressed his
friends OF ST. Lons, at dinner given him, and :fom his
: speech, quote the following paragraph:
''Mr. said the present Administration we've in
mes, about checking the paper SYSTEM and returning 10
: the currency Of the Constitution. They had taken The
first step towards that great work They had raised
gold to it's proper sandard-had legalsed the currency
of foreign silver and had branched the Mint These
three steps, but others remained 10 be taken, for
the currency OF country was not To be changed snd
denly, and BY word of command. II must go on gradu
ally and be effected By degrees Three steps had been
taken two others remained for the next Congress- one
restore The act Of 80 and to exclude all paPer currency
from all payments TO- and from Tie Federal Gorernmen:
tie Oher ~ exclude from the Prirhge o. kespng the pub
lie monies, c1ery Lank tint ~M Oagrec TO suppress all
/ paper currency under t,ee"ty dotiarS.'
! The next extract s from the speech Of Col. Benton
on the Executive patronage report of Mr. Calhoun de-
! lieered on the oh of February 1885, and which viii
! lust remark, warmly commended By Yourself as an
able and excellent speech. On the 7lh page after sta.
ting that ii was right that the Government should
tain the State Banks, in the war waged upon them by
the S Bank, he says.
But those times hare gone By THEY hare passsd
acay ana can nerer rtturn un the Federat GOrernmen
shaH commit The consummate fully Of Grating another
mammoth Bank, or entangiine itself The fate Of LOCAL
BANKS, by continuing to treatiksir NOTES AS MONEY
and rtceiring The FEDERAL REVENUE IN THEM.
Il is 70 be hoped Int this folly will moi be pe1neitaad