Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-10-03

public robbery.
The is raued.
The soul is sick with ever, d., s fepatt
OF wrong and fraud with " hich the lard IL flled."
But painful ard provoking as are these 'tnils oi
the cub treasury policy. While Vet IA ihe gr On ftee
TOO, and but very partially putin pfaeiiee hey lntd
ty deserve moments consideration or npatea with
those extensive and desoaline iuroad, npon The pub.
lie prosperity and liberty. Which int yitah re-
suit from, its operation, when the nitro system shall
he fully organised. and IN lion by law lfyou
DESIRE fellow-citizrus. to So these ruinous con
sequences pou,irayed VIII. pencil oil light. and
from a source of the hvaesi authority and impair
rialwy. let r,e reeomD' snd TO your calm considefa
ton most able leusr upon the subject wriuen by
President Dew OF William X Mary College 10 q
friend In Aabs' aa, and which. though not intended
tot pubiicatir has happily for the cause 81 truth
aud the pe,iic Instruction found way the Press
That pr ofound and distinguished Political Eeono-
mist whose opinions this suhjeei will surely not
receive the less consideration from lie fact tal be
Is removed from the arena. and exempt iIom tn
bias Of party politics, has analysed aed laid bafe, in
the letter TO which have referred The operations Of
this fatal system with force Of logic aud learning
combined which cannot. as il seems To me- be resisted
by any candid mind. He LIS shcwn that the system
is incompatible with the civilization Of The age m
Which we livei--thlt ali is n decided move aeni
Satkwarl towards the ages Of barbarism"-thal Is
"an open declaration Of wal against tie established
credit system Of The country whose overthrow can
not be accomplished without laying in ruins, bt III
same blow. the most important interests OF society
and that far from e.efttng a salnlaty luturule
as has been pretended The commerce aud the cur
rency ofthe country 1t would involve the scon-
fac ualion aud us ouills." and sui jrc tie DILL
EFT "yi5en' eo1tulsons and embarf,ss nen's, en-
HANGING, At the same time. the weight 81 puh e taNa-
ton, and putting IN The hands OF tie Efccatirr
neyed engine oltbe most formidable power O ! his
last point the the following I'm hattie lang usRe
&c the President ofihr Uniled STA The sul=lfca
sury hemmed IN and guarded by al tie dew hrh
the wisdom OF man can eonlfiyr AID viii venture
the prophecy that not generation will pass away.
before the rammels will be removed. e,ctN ntslaei
be overcome. and your sub treasury will stand lauh
confessed to the world, enlossd Banking lnstnu.
lion. controlled aud DIR, eled by the Executive and
his nniops." and" TO tia county wlueh sbN
ever witness The contamination If ~ nonStIouS IN
alliancc :" Shall we. fellow .cuIzeu.. IA The bead
long career OF senseless parry .sr,fil, turn d al
ear 10 these warnings OF a iar.seeniP aud paifio'
philosophy, coming IA AID ii the Iastincuve suRets-
tons Of our Common sensc ! AID YET ny 70.
fusal To blndly follow tie lead OF tie President IN
support OF system So cltaiatciz hN The III ted
voice of reason and philosophy. and condemned in
advance by the unanimous debuhcauons OF hls
political friends, Ia ol the high crimes anu
nisdemennors for which am This LAY arfdgnel be.
fore you as n traitor and apoStaic
] say nne, gentlemen, Tor thcfe other count,
ia the hdiruacnt against me. TO winch will nov
Proceed The Gsxi offence, in point ol time, ioI
which have bec AZ, ~ignrd by my atcuscfs, Is that
~ the commencement = ihe laie session Of con-
gress, finding he country n,ieu slh JUNIORS lnreeard
tot renewed and illicit Gsea, coGneHlun betwte CT
the Government and the Bank Of III. U,Ned States
] had the ba,dihood to offer certain fes0iul ms o.
enquiry. calling upon the Execuilsciot inlo:'
NATION IN regard to the existence aud particulars OF
that connection. You all iecoccl, gentlemen, thc
''ont agony" through winch the county had pass
cd, in order To dissolve the former fiscal counex on
with that institution. speak OF The Bank OF lie u
States under lis National and State ehafler.as virtual
~ one and The same institution lof lis capital III,
same, its iockholdcls we're The same with the sin
Gle exception oil the shares iormerls held by the 4
Siaes) us principal oficers were the same, It's SPIN
and ADMINISTRATION were the same. Il had been ex
prcssiy declared - Ls by the President OF the L. s
himself and all his leaJ'ng supporters ardb by him
Them, an "uocompromis,.f hos.ilily' had been sol
emily denounced against II. VIA, tSrfelorc. was
the Just surprise Of the oountry learn that theSt
relations bad been, all M once. suddenly chang ed
and that the very administration, hich had oc
nounced "uncomprom,sing hostility" against ia,
Bank, bad again made II, 10 great extent, the 6Sca
agent and depository OF the government, and hac
deliberately renewed a connection, winch the who'll
country had been so recently comnsed I, dissolve
looked, with anxiety into the annual report OF IN
Secretary OF the Treasury. presented to us st nh
commencement OF the session Of congress. fof a iul
disclosure and explanation OF these will
abe Bank, IN relation TO which the public feeling
curiosity had been strongly aroused. But look
ed an vain. studied reserve aud ambiguity wcr
maintained on the subject, and nothing Bppea,c ed bu
the TACT, sufficiently significant however, aud tia
she~n. Got ty the body of the report. but by small
document annexed TO H. that near millions OF tn,
public noney were nj that inne on deposIie IL
tile Bank ofthe UniIed States Bni. soon after thu
screiary's Repnri, the President Of the Bank hun
sell osientatiously addressed a letter, Though tia,
medIt IN OF the newspapers, 10 Ex President A
dams, throwing off all reserve, aud evidently urue,
in the exciting consciousness of successful aeb
meni ammo, ,ncug TO the country that his differences
ib his old niagonist bad been satisfactorily term
4 that he mo longer had controversies with tn,
nae ,mept of ia . Union that "arran genenis hat
So'e's e which l. 'sd brought the Government IN
oeen "'e co-opera,, on with The Bank for the res
,t.'n he eurr 'ncy'-ihat IN the montl
"r I"Is assosd = the Government bad agreed I,
,.csiys an nn,,e,, 'ated pay "ent OF the bonds o
IA. Mt ., ~ amount II between four an,
five millions or dollar IN c., "a" 10 'ne ife's"
rer on The books ofuie Bang and thu st'""se"enU
were made with the Govern ment Tor IN. ~ y
tant public disbursements IN ne notes u =" D"""
Here. then, seemed 10 be ''confir nation sro Q -
one OF the hgh contracting parties, oi an thal ,n
had alleged IN regard TO the rem, wed hscd W
ncciion between the Government and The Ban
pf the u. SIs,esenough, most assured y, to JUSTLY,
sIo,even TO demand enquiry.
Nov, fellow eitigens, | ask Won in all candof 10
say With these facts and revelations befote me- dis
closing l. snsactions IN direct violation OF law OF
Congress. in open contempt Of former pr, Fssions,
and OF the Main dealing and sincerity ofthr Amer
lean character 4 sd held bach, ftom any i, N Of
the denuoca,ions oC pou 'er, and failed unave %
the public view proceedings Sbc' seemed 1" me OF
such evil example, rs we'll as wh"iy indcehsible IN
ress Iinni HAT b..ka .l.a