Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-29
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Fbh iWE ENatIRER
Your Correspondent, " Anti Sru,ra!iEy." eng IN
again HE expressions made use of by Wm .
Rvss. which Indicated Willingness on bis part ard
desire. al the proper tine, and by means o! the sasurrs
then specified by HIM 10 restore the Government 10 hat
II wa designed By lis trainers 10 be- 10 WI hGrd
Hrg G0r,TnWcRi. | ask the ui your columns Tor
word two. While Il is Al all astonishing that such
a Mr. Rves is 50 bitterly a.slled. such tunes
these. when public bound by ties but those
of interest and faction IL astonishing that he ID SO re
peaiedly md persevrrngIy assaed at point in which
he is clearly not al fault Your Correspondent "A
asserts and attempts TO show as he has before done
suspect. both your columns and the h1or OF The
Virginia Senate thai alr Rvrs pledged himself, in 1874.
take and maintain the ground. for taking and main
tanning which. he (Nr K wages against the
Administration And Is Sir Let US see In 1884
Mr. Rivrs made the speech from which "A N. pretrnts
infer the proof ot MIR. Rves inconsistency In that
speech Mr. Rves comba,ted the necessity policy Of
l. States Bank 10 preserve the snundnrss of the cur
rrncy of the country md conlendrd that the object
would he more fec ual!y promoted by return. ''as far
az practicable metallic circulation. The first sep
that return indicated by Mr. Rvcs in that speech.
ito let the Bank of The Z. s go down in which event,
he cunentrd, Ihe convenience" ut travelling alone would
create demand for gold coins, and thus tlr metallic
circulation would be augmented The next step in that
return, and the only other one indicated by Mr. Rives
in that Speech heng step proper and da'.'hl- 10
b. taken in returning 10 metallic circulation "as "t"
ape and suppress III circulation IF b,nk notes
uud.r the demon natr,o at ten twenty dollars By
these mans he SAID the ordinary channels of c'rcn
would he supplied wrh gold md silver and The Co
would then tcihO"i hard,h,P 10 tie pHbi'c ere
G,tyr. d-maud ia du"s sprGrp In proof tnt' VIZ
tv.s mud has Expressed desire ~ take
THE fr.r strip t9' sg.-c nd'ra'r hy hn. the 'ac'-
saru I''h hrynnd dispute. that h." ~Ip"riad ti'
sures SUPPRESSED and -strd rs G-n Jackson 10 g~i
rid 81 the Iar- q 5 Back and that he has s'uc'
opposed thu creation any similar institution
under any nams. Aud in proof that h. SINCERE in
hIs expressed desire 10 take The other step tn wit, To
discourage and suppress thu circulation Of small bank
notes h. has engra't-d that policy each OF his sew
raj bills proposing hr Keeping OF the treasure Of tn
milton IN the Banks uf the Suites; and still declares hin,
srf nm advocate nf that policy calculated In produce
an 10 the metallic cIrcnlatlng medium ni
The country, aud Ia enable the Gvgernment with.
hardship 10 the public creditor to require pay
men,s OF It's dues in specie. Thus III has redeemed
and Gdlc-es 10 the pledge he gave in 1884 redeemed
1t and adhsrcs TO il. in the terms IN which he mad
it. and to the Of his Influence 10 accomplish II
But it hast not been accomp!Ished-lhe suppression
of bank OF less than ten dollars by which, the
Ordinary channels Of circulation being filled with gold and
silver the Government would be enabled, without hard
ship the public creditor to require payment OF IT'S dues
in specie, has moi been accomplished notwithstanding
while the ordinary channels ut circulation, instead OF
being Supplied with gold and silver, Mr. Rves said
they should be TO justify the Government IN requiring
payment Of its dues IN specie. are. IN fact not only u
al small bank notes, but since 1881, made 10 overflow
with large supply nj shinpas'erS from which tar CONS
racol and r,re-and while, indeed at the very time al
which according To Mr. Rlyess opinions put forth in
that speech The Government cannot require payment OF
dups in sprce, huut signal hardship Ia The pubic
or, dltOr. e President of the IT, States proposes spe
eXaci"n IN collecting liz dues, not merely TO be 10
sisted on long the banks denied specie tor their
nodes which Mr. Ryes admits vas v Ise and proper, but
4 specie rxlcon be continued after the resumption
OF cash pa ymen,s b. them Nor s thus all In The very
speech from when "a ~. attempts Ia infer proof OF VIZ
Rvps's alleged inconsistency, Mr. Rlves defends and
urges the State Banks he has since done and still does.
the bss the safest aud clearly constitutional deposto
ries of the public money. The measure OF the ADM
nis,rotinn on which MIR Rtyes wages wa7. not only
proposes continual spece eXacipn, and Gcfo1c the re
form indicated by MIR R'"es effected, hui goes farther
IN conflict with his opinlnns and proposes dsuss OF
the State Banks G'pnsitu;Ies Of the public money
nd vet he is assard viii! all The "f masv"rn
dunrss, and charged With wagnG war against the ADM
nstrarinn for king nd maintaining The ground. which
i, ~ a.uet m the teeth u these well known facts
taken aud maintained BY him IN lo3i !!
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