Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-15


Our b"a. hu, iidcs.rvc a feeble
HGrtmsrt wanting. noun, ar'cr so hsh,
our height IS but the gt1tet OF our name"
1ars system has been con,rvrd for deIuss tie States S
money Instead GOLD und SILVER
cii2cns om the pursuits OF mnnuGG buildings
and branches of useful industry. 10 ocrury themselves and
and which has introduced as poison into The Goscrnmtn, itself"
There stages in the business Of serious life, in
which, 10 amuse cruel; but 10 dtcsire, is destroy.
Hhen We behold great national interests betrnyed;-
when we behold The Liberties Of generous and confd.
ing People endangered by the arts and sophisy Of de-
signing men, when we behold these Ps0pic periodically
c"nrntscd distracted, distressed, drauded; their indus
Try parayZed aud the price and reward Of their honest
labor made entirely dependent The schemes, The self
isnness, The capriccs the repacity and immortality
handful Vi sprcuaiinr gamblers and stock obbers,
thinks it is HIGH TIME Tor every man who carries
within himself the least particle Of honesty and free
dom, 10 face the common Toe, and 10 fsht IL unto the
death.
"Anolher Bank Suspension! !" Such is the cry which
is now echoed and re.echoed from section oI The
country 10 the other. Scarcely has year elapsed
since the resumption Of payments by The banks;
scarcely has The din Of The first suhsded before
ore called to witness the Of 1887 re.enaced! A
mos, sublime and desirable slate OF things this! The
people OF The United States have then other care
other business object EARTH but 10 be eternnly ng
ta'cd and brought the brink of anarchy ITSELF Tor
sake and especial benefit of hear,ess. upsart Asto-
crazy Was it for this that The Of the Revolution
fought and hled Dad they revolt al the oppression and
terily 10 far odous, because insdors ty
ranny; tyranny, that works and under ground,
and only visible in lis dread rtecs which, from lime 10
Time burst upon suddenly and treacherously in the
midst oil dtceitu calm, overW lining thousands with
rum, apprehension and dismay. And here, too ii
oft happens the drama Of life the Guilty and the
cent are coniuunded. and hoh suffer alike
The people OF this country. Sir. naturally feel some
curiosity 10 know What your opinions al this critical
juncture They doubtless wish 10 ascertain whether you
will still persIs, IN insulting their common and
morking their suerInas by c'ingng with mscie
obslinacy 10 q system EXPLODED and vicious and
winch has taiied TWICE. and brought about TWO re.
WILSON'S within little more than years, How long.
MIR Rlves' 'cW you abuse patience? Have you
no, get Sufficiently lrlh.d with The PUBLIC GOOD
Have y0u and your league OF rotten hanks yet sp
cienHy injured and harrassed us: Have you not yet
gutted y"ur vengeance upon your weiched vassas:
Sir, whatever humbwgs aud drcetul prrtexts you may
have hitherto urged ~ favor Of this destructive bantng
oil yours must cease 10 have any force except with
your collar men, whose conscences and judgments do
not belong 10 Them but your holy keeping for
genuine ConSG rGtirr like EngiiShman, believes that
ms ktng 'taH'Jie and can do cTong. 7hese your
unhappy VICTIMS and loyal subjects. they please:
but eli honest independent and intelligent men, Sir are
beginning TO open their eyes 10 its true dangtrS
mites are every where visible; il is corrupt and corrupt
ing in I,s tendency; IL is only POTENT TO do cell, but
imr0'ent 10 90 COED and is snhversve of the public
morals because Of The evil example which il holds up
tie community by these frequent breaches OF The
uty Of contincs on the part Of the banks When the
OF IS CDnntfT(d ~ iDir WIN lfAu0
u-n Corporations no are let al liberty 10 violate their
ptomsea 10 proclaim md practise dishonesty with i'm
punty to disturb The business OF society 10 regulate
to destroy the subsistence and earnings of the innocent for
the Lenth of the vicious and unprIncip!sd; 10
eiy and dstrust in the breasts of all and make social
life literally Hen, what is such government, but the
partner ard nbettor and protector Of lNFAMY, VICE
and FRAUD:
How fearful Sir, is the responsibility which you have
incurred and how wre,chedly have you t!.d and TAM
perrd with The best interests OF America Her liberties
her welfare her very Constitution itself have been your
pinWhIn.S' We have beEeld you at times appealing 10
that sacred instrument, enforce positions which you
have ether times been foremost TO denounce and de-
ny !! iou SIR, who could pr0te so eloquenily about
"a SIMPLE, SOLID. HARD MONEY GOVERN.
MENT;' you could affirm that the "FRAMERS Of the
Constitution intended that tbs should be a HARD
MONEY GOV ERNMENT; you who did declare that
mo REFORM couid be more deeply Interesting in
EVERY ASPECT to The SAFETY and PROSPERl
iY Vt the country than The "R ECEiPT BY tie Fsdcr0t
Gorynmentef lis rerenus IN SPECIE; you who could
hear with compliment dtgh and in silence and without
contradiction Senators Of The Opposition charging you
dcc 10 face with design TO establish ereinSirc
talc currency; you who could pnthcncGfy
that associaed wealth The dynasty Of modern Sates
y0u who could thus hold forth against the abuses
and dangers OF The paper system, in 1894 y0u v no
even Jt1re the failure of The State Bank SYSTEM would
be satisfied with nothing more nothing less than the
cuson Of bank notes from payments 10 the Federal Co
vernment and the substitution of specie in their place.
you who pronounced such reform your "Summum
Bnnum; yet wonderful TO tell, nor that ENPERI
ENCE hath proved the utter roenness Of that SYSTEM
noto tina, It's manifold defects have developed themselves
and become glarino and insuperabe no,r that has
pecpIla,ed the currency and commerce OF the country
and The public finances into disorder and uncertainty
mac. when lis dangers greatest, and when lis
nuiaed inrquites and groio'ng anti Republican tenGen-
cies ought 10 awaken The fears and jealousy Of rcry
pa'riot heart that the bonds Of society loosene
AID when the public morals have become relaxed, and
the fURl1 and well being OF the Republic jeopardlsed
by the p.rnclous code of bank MIPrLE and VIOLATION
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you find il in patriotism TO deser, ha,
ble Democratic standard which JEFFERSON himself
FIRST unfured 10 desert Republicansm for the sake OF
chartered privileges and ewroten corPoratinns 10 de-
and abuse tie Republican party, because it advo-
whn, you yourself advocated in e and because
proposes to do Gcr what you proposed 10 do before The
failure of The system 10 ''restoe the Governme nj 10
its true, original character and destination, that of
simple, solid hard money Government THESE are
your words, Sir and thy cannot be repeated TOO
OFTEN. Surely. then, otter men may have left their
party preserve their consistency but il IL your peculiar
boast and merit SIR. Tint you have deserted your party
10 against YOUR OWN JormT principles and pro
fcssi0as and that you have become rfnfg0de and
lergssrsaor, at and the same time How ridiculous
and contemplate is GuIhbie Sir about the os far
spracIicabe, when you hnoc Em0ac all 'afn do Eaon
that The Tcoi meaning of that phrase is that the 'hoe
currency Of the country should be made 10 consist OF gold
and silver, Gar p'nrccbt. II was then 10 the &c
neral circulation of lie people that yGu e0nt TO apply
II; Tor, to the mtdnm which you Mtn desired that
the GortTnmcnt should receive it's dues you told us no
less than THREE times in the same par6g,nph. that
;1at oush, 10 be SPECIE" HARD MONEY, and
HARD MONEY again!
But. 90 weak and untenable is your position, SO bad
md desperate is your cause. that even you did not
stand committed (as you stand by your Speech Of lo%l
irreirieraMV in favor OF "hard money Government,
YOU would stH be left without inch IF ground ehrfon
10 stnnd That position, Sir is essentially .Honarer
contrary the very and character OF free Co
vernment orthe argument upon which you, Sir, and
your adherens seem chiefly TO rely and which you have
kindly repeated and again is made 10 con-
sist The famous principle uhch the very
corner stone Of all HDn0,chirai governments What,
Sir is hot argument and his principle: II s this That
and pecuia,itjss Of FORMER rInEs is trtore, 10 be
continued and persisted in, tquuuy applicable 10 on
future inns regardless IF tie lights and lessons Of E1