Columbus Democrat., 1839-11-02
osnly TO the Answer Of the Whig
Champion.

. 'liis4 i, urlawii4 aul Gas been nrJ.l ,llei
-r,,f-. sisee 1929. lhe date of sle repel fnL,
Z The act Of l7s9, he SAYS, lived b4t eleven
- vbea r gave place 10 the repeating &C, o..
,.51. 5g, t. 80 happened lhii tis ltpeaHHg act
''s,,l the hard money clause ; 80 the reps q az
...of l79s coniaiaea NE Sa'ne s.suSe.-NNee See
ftii7 Act)
-. ,-arIo,l ubi-ct Of the Undersigned in retsr.
20 - ,5.se statutes Of 1889 and 9O was 10 show
N. Webster was justified IN The assertion thar
"a. Uao enacted th- first statutes were hard mo-
-sn. The gentleman has furnished Us Wih
',,,,bsr, though Of later date
apatal 10 the ingenious Of al parties.
-, tE. author, IN the two sentences radIn, the
80 r,mmenciug the sreond cCllma az A.s on.
- ave-, mol mean . be understood as a>stIi.u,,
s,e. 1929 The reception OF gold aud silver cain
,,fsr dues has been unlawiul-and ask Ann
~ ,,s not aware when he penuei those Stulrn-
,b,, hs was about 10 impose on his fellow ciii-
IN, The simple people [thus he no doubt sniio-
n .z,,,N vel know that by lont resolution uf both
i -, or Congress adopted in lsl6, tie notes q,
go hank, were made receivable or pubc dues
-, ,hngd that resnluton be rerc.ad,l these sainr
-. know tlatit woad be uuiswhl t,r tie col.
,,s or the revenue 10 receive such notes any lon
cor. S5.bv similar process ni reasoning from nv
s,sr,i.s, they gl come % he conclusion. that nj.
=. -99 il wa' unlawful for these officers 10 receive
r,,J Or sJgfr coin for public dues lie nav re.
soncic this. with fair dealing as he best can.
He ns1 ,.s u thli | msconceiyel The obipc Of
bnsr hard money clauses, and asserts that tie OBJ
ect OF s7i cluSes was nothing more thln 10 fix
he rate a: wAich he CONS Of England. France Sc
smg.i he received N payment of duties Now
.oad not at the risqe oi losing my right hand, wi,
hly nlsf'prescnl the gentleman. am tar fair
lscas'on 10 be conducted or grnicmany prncl-
pes therefore ask the question Does not orr
sa'hor here intend 10 he understood as Inserting.
that the hard money sectlon of the act of 1870 |
should he construed thus: Amy thing. whether
ags or shells, is legal tender for public dues and
,iood any one tender foreign cnins, they slal. be
rated acc crdng 10 the rules prescribed in SAID sec
inn Io show that do net mean to nirepre- !
Inl the gentleman, the reader is referred tn the FIST
paragraph on column second and TO siov that the |
only Or nian object OF the sccIinn was to enforce lie
PAYMENT o specie FIR duties, anil that what the
g'nteman says was IL only object was nothing
more than directions bow to enftlce the payment OF
ptce, the reaieris referred to the section usrf
which reads as follows:
And be ii further enacted, That the duties and
kc' 70 be collected by virtue Of this act Shall be
payable in gold or silver CON- at the following rates:
mat u say: The god cnnS Of France England,
SPAN and Portugal aud oil other gold CONS Of eluaI
hncness at cghly nine cents for every penny
seght."
AS an argument II prove that bis positions ere
vel bounded, he refers 10 the fact that Hamilton /
,ad Crawford did order the reception Of notes If
State Banks IN payment ofpubjc ducs and he q ?.
pars 10 thnk It impossible they could have done 70
l'volaton Of, or without law. The resolution of
1916 wIii explain all this. Whit the necessity of ,
ihtt resol ilion, II State bank notes were receivable
beiore' Look at the language of the resolution.
Mr.. Webster, it is said, drew ii, and introduced il
into the House Of Representatives about twen,y <,
DAYS The passage Of the charter Of the late
Bank llrrei ls
Political Code, Section 1914, Page 4s.
"The secretary Of the treasury shall adopt such
Measures az he may deem necessary, 10 cause as
soon may he, ,l duties, taxes, debts, or sums of
msney, areruing becoming payable 10 tie United
States, 10 he collected and pad in the legal elnren.
ey Of the Unite States treasury notes, or nate,
% he Bank ot the United States, as by law pro-
vmeJ and declared, or in notes of banks which are
Myaole and p1li on demand, in the said legaL cur.
ren;y Of the Unilel States And from and after the
n)h day ol February, 1917, no such duties taxes,
Debts or sums ofmoney, accrning becoming pag-
able TO he Uned States, as Aforesaid ought 10 b.
Corrected o. received otherwise than in the legal
currency Of the United States or treasury notes, or q
notes of tic bank ofthe United States or in notes Of
banks which are payable and paid on demand, in i
me sad legal currency Of the United Siates.p
appears that Congress had already provided I
bylaw Tor the reception Of the legal cgrrency of the
Unlie1 States, treasury notes, and notes Of the Y
Bank Of the United States in payment of public RI
dues The object Of the resolution therefore was 10 '
maKe Qor the first tne) the notes Of legal curren. n
T-paylng STATE Banks receivable for public dues .
tnoagh at the discretion Of the Secretary Of the b
Treasury " Wv
mr.. Webster in ihls resolution repeats what he o
aAd on few weeks before said IN ni ami Bank G.
'Ptch' namrly, that the cga! currency of the Uni p
'eu otates was gnld and silver CON. IN that same a
speech ne asserted that State Bank notes lad been ~
received (by Mr.. Crawford Of courst) "IS DIRECT al
VIOLATION OF EXISTING STATUTES" And as ncceS- W
IVY i1e tyranis plea, was ntcrposed BY the then al
n 'lnn'hStfalop, Mr.. Webster determined, that if VI
'ach nots were to be received thereafter thev g
should be received in confDrmity 10 law. Hence NE
introduction OF the resolution. Here tlen we have q
lne solemn act OF Congress. declaring yha. had OF
'eeh nnne by MI Crawford unlawful. Cur author
i shes upon The previous silent acqpesence oi the a
feS'dent, Congress- and people u Mr.. Crawford's u
c' as proof oither legality. Jadge ye between US: b'
iau ei' me what becomes Ct tie genaemans asser- q
lou' ,ha the loss Of five and half millions was ut
"e"'Fe' MOI because oil The violation Of the dead ~
bank" : nv "''"S pr
Vdr author is greatly surprised that person who ID
idfeSses the public political matters should tel gt
e ruin II that truth should constitute carye u.
improper conduct against tie leader or any prom. Oh
'eht member of the party with which he is acting
gave my reasons for The opinion that the Secretl- Ih
the treasury had oonlru over tie treasurer TO
% the how or the rhcre the public money should rel
Kept; and further asserted aud meant 10 be Us
nierstlod as asserting that il was my belief that so'
eere'ary Taney did dictate to the ,teasurer in see
Fse particulars. ii the treasurer acquesced, il
us II IS true be considered as his acl, t1t Is, if
q y treasurer 10 1888 deposited The public money M
: = oe'aln State Banks designated BY the Secre- lh'
~, aad these banks had aiId the treasurer would an,
we oeen responsible on his bond, and could not We
'yc peadrf IN excuse that The Secretary tod him ba
% &C. il r
ne real question before the people i, "Shal coz
= government be divorced from banks Of all kinds" bu
~ Ilat ranspred, therefore, during Gen Jacksons acc
llnlslratInn. In relalinn IN SIate Rauks - 49,.