Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-11-07


country good cnnel ey,sten though Il hal
been, rs II could not have beeu, a brter Than ~.
WHICH Gem Jackson sought 10 desroy-if
succeeded in accomplishing the obi cts oi
depository 1.-the public neasury--ift 1t bal rae,.i
excbauges,-who doubt that the fsstI,
have been hailed evidence Of Gen. lat.
sagacily, aud that the ttinniph Of his ..sxne,;,,
would have added another brilliant star 20 tho -,
thai cncreed his brow ! No one. But Il f,;,ej...
we are now TO be told thai the measures fiji
sernnent lave had no influence IN proAae,,,,
embarrassed condition af the country sl,j,a..,
we were expressly toidby Gen. jackson and
friends that the otieet of the Experiment was IA
the country "beher currency" and 10 .,eo,s..
exchanges"-yet we are now told, when ,ho
rency dcranged, and exchanges almost brelo.
thai these very measures have exeited no ipllpen..
at all II this be true What meant Gen, lad,
promise to give us better currency aud to eo,.,.'
exchanges Either he and his friends tLes -.
ised what they kew his measure, would b,yo
huence in achieving. or they seek 10 cscano ;, =
consequences ofhis rashness, by cowarlly snbte,
iuge. and Il base attempt 10 throw the resronsil5h,
Of their msdeeds upon The shoulders of OTHERS
Tc sum up HE whole history Of he matter i,
few words:
l. We had, in 1882, as good u currency AZ
possible 10 devise, specie and bar notes con.erlI
into specie mand, willie domestic exthae,,.
WIRE secled, between the remolcsl points, at 6op,,
hGlfto per cent.
.. Gen. Jackson promised To give us a "lg,
currency" and Ia promote a greater tqnalil, in e..
changes.
B. To effect these objects he made war uIou ib.
Naiional Bank, and destroyed H.
Now look upon the reverse side oflc shield
/. Our currency is DEPRECATED, 10 an extent ney,,
before witnessed.
.. Exchanges are SO high as 10 be almost desire,
ed.
3. Aud now told that the war-upol HE Ma
tonal Bank which was To give US a better curtnc,
had no agency whateyef--none AT all--n iroInr,,
these results aud Mr.. Van Bnren tells US. inlr,J
that the governments has no ight to interfere in sl,,
matters--a fact Of which it is 10 be amened than In,
lllusiroas predecessor was not cogn.zlut!
Bat even G ". Polk will adm t. Tor facts are I'm
stubborn to permit him to deny --that if Gpn
Jocksons have not BEEN the prolific parent
OF all the evils under winch the country IS now SUI
feIing from the universal arrangement Of The none
tary system, yet that he HAS FAILED TO FCE
NISn Us WITH A BETTER CURRENCY
in place Of that which has been deslroyed-anl The
destruction OF which, il not attributable 10 his nca
sures occurred at period aud uhdcr circum>lau.
ces well calculated to indace his friends To wonder
hote it happened that it should have occurred Just
that paro ular time and while those great measures
we've in operation from which such different result,
firi, arel nv ibpir Va
him, ifihere was a remarkable coincidence
in tie time when this monetary arrangement occ.u,
red, and Tie consummaiion ofthe OF the adj
minisraon which were to give a better cufrcn-
cy li,-lor the sake ofillustfaon,-a man in 10.
bust health were told by quark that lie had di,
covered The etifir rite, which would ensure him
better health, and even protect him from the yicls
silndcs Of climate and be shield against all the
maladles which flesh is heir to. and the crrdul us
simpleion should swallow his nosfum, aud itnmcJ-
aely disease should seize upon his sslem paalyGn
his energies, racking every joint with pain and con
Stunning Inn with burning irvers, who would auub
that the destruction Of his health was the effect
the poison thus Introduced into his veins Il
death should cnsue, and the empire should be ~
rgned at the bar of our courrs as murderer whai
MT be laughed TO scon if he should dare 10 ,al
about the previous "oycraction' of his patients sy
tenn before his elixir had heen administered Even
children would way thei heads ia mockeiy. Yet
such precisc are tie facts in his case. The ma
ton was in a prosperous condon-its noreisiy
system was working tremendously and bcnefcaly
both for the government and the people-wle0d
political quack proposed TO make the machiney
more perfect. His chief artiGcets accordingly went
to work, ard fashioned, with all their cunning, a
system. AT first, its wheels reyovcd with perfect
aocuracy,-an the head man left the seat Of gov
eminent boasting that the people we've prosperous
and happy however, IA cog gave way--thcn
a band snapped asundcr-then a wheel brokc--anj
then the whole machinery fell into inexncabe con
fusion. And when we tell them that it because
wheel,-and that all this arrangement has been pro
duccd by their Ignorance, they impndenlly tell Us
that them measures, which lcere 10 do so much good
could not possibly have resulted in the slightest EVIL
And this assertion is believed nay, it is not on!
believed by large body Of the people, but it $50
be feared that majority Of them willing 10 con-
fde the important task of building up a new Gn1n.
cla system TO the same men whose incomreenft
thus stands garngly exposed-and notwllhstandIis'
too, it is ,heit a,owed purpose noo to give Us
>" better currency" by the adoption Of plan, which
when Hey were in favor Of tliat Experiment. the
wrect of " hich now lies strewod around Ih''
themselves stigmaiized and denounced as =" 'D