Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-04-18

most iniquitOuS measure, lie mas forfeited anu los'
that portion of his original friends who have taken
10 themselves the more enrolling and antagonist
appellatiun Of Conservatives" As It is the pa
trioic refusal of this party Of Republicans to fol-
low Martin Burcn in his espuuscl of the destructive
mea sure now under consideration, that has alread,
lost him the great State of New York, where his
uisiority was upwards Of 2s.O00 votes, we prefer
to employ the arguments and reusonings Of his
original friends in justification Of their refusal To
vote for his reelection, to any similar arguments o.
our own. Seeing that all hope of reclaiming Mar.
Tin Van Buren, TO his original principles was in
vain, an immense convention Of delegates from the
several counties in that state (all Of them, well
us the people they represented having been sup.
por,ers Of Martin Van Buren, in his first canvassl
assembled at Syracuse on the 3D. and 4h days %
October aSt--rron whose able and conclusive al
dress we extract the following pages:
The most powerful popular art which the PreSi.
dent, in 1885, employed TO crush the re-char'er 81
The United States Bank which institution was t.
hxpire in 1898. was the bDaStn promise then held
Forth nv hi nSef and his party to give The countr'
ia Specie currency and "a harl money GorernmenF
eIy "a divorce Of the Gorernment fam all banks 3
And, he it remembered, that ut the very time hrs
professions made, the Pre- $ident had himSe,
assumed to form. and his party in Congress wa,
onSpiring 20 obtain the sanction Of luic tor, tina
verv combination Of ocal bdn6S. eighty or ninety il
number, which thew afterwards did establish bv the
act Of 1896. under the auspices Of the nntnrinn,
Reuben Nj. Whitney: a system which. rs whi>kpv
doth the drunkard Modted aud finally blew mp our
currency, after drhauchng the Government off Ger
with spirit Of peculdtirn which have Striven fr
wears rs hard to expose as they have TO conceal.
and after running thousands Of the People by stim-
LOT; tInt FIR which 10
and his party have since so inSolenilv denounced
Knowing their professions at the time TO be false.
hollow. and hvpocrtical, as | knew their real de-
signs TO be foul and fatal TO the country, united
heartily with my Opposition fri"ndS in the endeavor
to prevent the greater evil Of two and TO DENIM
srate The truth Of our convictions as the promises a.
.'ihe party" Accordingly, when the House pro-
cee1ed on the Sd day uf January. 1898. consider
proposition submitted nv Mr.. GAMBLE. Of
f7eorria, the day before. and which seems now I,
be forgotten nv the President ard the friends of hi
profesSea policy. TO wit:
Resolre1, That the Secretary of the Treasury
'he directed to communicate to this House whether
lin his opinion, it is practicable convenient for
Ithat Department col,ec', safely keep. and dis
4hnrSe the public moneys Of the United States
swithom the agency Of hank or banks, and, il so.
sto reuort to this Horse the best mole. in his opin-
.iun by wtich that object can he accompliStea"-
A motion was made bv Mr. M:Kim "a pr mincn
member of the Committee of Ways and Means
mud friend of the Administration that the Snid
resolution do lie on the table, And the question be-
ing pu on this motion it passed in the affirmative ::
Yeas 1906 nays 81 The Administration member.
voting in the affirmative. and the Oppos'ton, nv
self in The number, in the negqtire. This was the
first trial of their sincerity.
Monday, January the 9Th. 1898, Mr.. GAMBLE
renewed his proposition IN another frn bur to the
same effect. and it was allowed to he -ead and or
0erea to III on "the table," This was the second test
of their sincerity.
Tuesday. February 10, 1885 ..the House pro-
.cepded to the consideration of the bill NO. 563)
Regulating the deposie of the money Of the Uni'ed
States in certain local banks" A motinn Wa
madehv Mr. ROBERTSON, of Virginia, that The said
bill he rerommitted to the Cnmmittee Of Ways and
AMaanS, Nth instructions so IN amend The same as
,y!o dispense Nth the agency or fundamentally Of
banks in the fSrGl OperdiiHS otthe Government. On
the Ilth Of February, he question recurring on
MIR. Roberls0ns hu' .on. II was put. and decided in
the Negative: Yeas 81. nays Is every OppOSiiion
member, including myself, in the Affirmative, and
the entire Administration purity, excepting ab,en-
tees. in the n.gattre. This was the third test Of
their sincerity.
Agnin, the question, on the same dav, recnrrrd
on the motion nada by Mr.. GoRneN to amend the
said bill (No. 56') by striking out III thereof after
the cnac,ing clause, and inserting his proposition.
the first section of which made the collectors, nj
places where the revenue should not exrc"d -
dollars per nnnum. the agents Of the Treasurer to
keen and dsburse the same; the second section OF
which provided that. ut all places where TIE amount
Of public revenue collected should exceed the sun
of dollars per annnn. there should he ap.
pointed hy the President, by and with the ndvire
and consent IF the Senate. receivers Of the p'h! e
revenue. to he agents Of the Treasurer, &c; an
the third section of which provided that, "from mi
after the - nay Of ----, The mhoe rerrnue n
the United StdleS dPrired fran customs. lqn3s.
other shall be raid in The current coins Of M
United Sides" This amendment, Won perceive.
proposed in substance from dag tote sperifea to
drrorce thD Gnprnment from GHbdnkS. bv coieciing,
keeping, and diSbursing the rerpnne, By The hands ot
ruJi; officers. in specie. And on the question
Shall the bill he amended it decided in the
nogatire: Yeas 33. nays lol Nota member Of The
Administration party. except james VI H. Rea'e. n
Virginia, roting in the affirmative ] voted in the
affirmative; and this was the fourth test Of the
sincerity of ''the parry" in their professions Of di
vorce from hanks and 'god aud silver CURRENCY
There one very importan measure. however.
in the form Of nm amendment TO this hill. for which
did vote. meaning to pass it in good earnest am
for good reasons. After Gen. GoRDoN's amend
meni had failed, Mr.. BNNEY,sa leading Opposition
member from Pennsylvania. seriously offered u
series of saIutary umendments. which were in
tended 10 ensure the safety of the deposte hanks.
and Of the money Of the United States entrusted
10 their snfe-keepng. Among Others, he Offered
The amendment requiring each depOsite bank 9 to
'keap in its vaults amount Of specis, which, 10
gether with the balance of all IT'S accounts with
speciepaying banks, should he equal to one ftih of
'the amount of its notes and bills in circulation.
and its public and private depoSiteS" This amend.
rnent, with the aid Of some sir Administration
members, was. on the llth Of March, 1899. passed
ov Opposition votes in tho Affirmative yeas l09 nays
SO, voting in the Affirmative Tie upyt dav Mr.