Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-03-26
[WHoLE No; 492s

CUUUlties NC COustutiCQ EWfikW tStffN-
menis," by their being placed ~ italics, a.
.iusfria Prussia, ..Suedcn, Prussia, Denmark,
Belgium, Germany, .Sorony, Electorate Of
Hssse Cossei. Bapavia. Haiy. Eurepran Tir'
Key, .9siutic Turkey, afrrieo. Yvssc Gfsnadd.
SiTinnnt. Vrntzuefa, Braid Urugiiay,
Equator, and Nova Scotia. But this Or.
rnngement fails IN producing the magic
nun,ber 27--us i, makes but "a :. )ossign GO
rernmenfs" in all. Aud moreover BY tina
classification, Mr.. Woodbury. has 'deranged
The whole bsauce Of power on the three
continents. lie has created nov kingdom
of Prussia. lie has dismembesed the Turkish
Empire by splitting it IN ,wo--He hns dis-
lofganized Gernaay.--lIc has embodied oil
the independent states Of Italy into one
|. foreign gortrnmehi" p He has again die
menlbered Tie Republic of Columbia, und
created the two foreign governments within
its borders Of Venezuela and New Grcnnda.
Ard to cap the climax, Mr.. Woodbury. Inns
dismenbered The British Empire, ana has
created foreign governmen" out OF the
Rihgdom of Nora Scotia. IL does really np-
pear that Mr. Woodbury. knows as ii'ile of
History and Geography, as he does of finance,
and that Mr.. Van Bpren is 10 the same pro-
dcament, unless they wiliully concoctcd the
port of the Consular returns tor the express
purpose Of mystiying and dcceiving the
people.
In examining Mr. Woodbury's /" Abstract"
of the ro,urns OF the Consuls, the writer was
reminded Of all anecdoIe told Of II boy Ia
Hartford, who left the town one fire SUM
mer's morning with n quantity Of hats-to
dispose os in The neighboring country! Atcr
riding all day, he returned in the evening,
and with an air Of great importance dcpicled
on his countenance, graveIy remarked 10 his
master, "ktat he had no idea the icorid T0S so
eritnsire." .
Mr. Woodbury. seems TO have suddenly
become acquainted with the sane fact, aud
appears totally lost IN contemplating It's i'm.
mensity. As near as the writer can get at
the number of Independent :" frtign gorern.
msnis," contained in Mr.. Wo,etbury's two
reports 10 Congress, they amount 10 Jicenty-
t,oO only when all told, and are as fuiiDws:--
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,
FRANCE, AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, SWE-
DEN. DENMARK, BELGIUM, Hamburg Frank
fort, Bremen SAxoNr Htsse Cassd, Barnria,
Sardinia, Tuscany, Naples, TUaKrY' MIX
lco, Brazil, Uruguay. Tor .Nonf' picdoJ
Equator aud COLOMBIA. Besides these there
il the Island OF Cuba, belonging 10 Spain
and is not therefore included ~ any Of the
twenty-five foreign gorernmthis" named,
but MS ihs, Island has become The Beau Ideal
Of Mr.. Benton, and the friends of M. Van
Buren,, and is constantly being paradcd be-
fore the American people as paitrrn wor-
thy Of their imitation, II is perhaps right To
admit II to count one among the "Jcrr'gn
eoperRDunts,n which makes their whole num-
ber Twenty three instead of Twenty -seveu,
ss Dir, Van Buren, states, but which Is proba-
bly, as near the truth as he can c0nrenttnfy
approach. Should the writer, however, be
mistaken in the classification Of the foreign
goctrnmenfs," he should be glad to be M
formed Of any mistakes and would do oil IN
bis power TO correct them. u is perhaps
known 10 most that IL Is q prominent Feature
III the Sub Treasury bill, lately passed IN lie
Senate of the United States. that after ccr-
tain specified time nothing whatever Is 10 be
received for public dues ot any kind, except
goid and silver coin--no paper Whatever, not
even treasury nOfts or government paper =
These returns have been obtained from our
Consuls and are paraded by Mr. Van Burea
before the people. as aD indncemcnt for lhon
to be willing to adopt this Sub Treasury tili.
and as proving that most other nations ara
Dow living under The operations Of a similar
state OF things that II Is calculated to produce.
So far from this, it appears by Mr.. Wood.
bnry's official reports that, with the exception
OF Iivkey which is neither n christian or
civilized country, there are bot six coin.
tncs or independent governments NJ Europe
where this state Of things exists an .fM, and
they arc most uf them among tho smallest
governments known. The only six govern
menls, in fact in Europe, where specie is
erciusivtiy required for public dues, as shewn
hy Mr.. Woodbury. himself nrc llanIburg,
Bremen. I!essc Cassel, Sardinia, Tuscany
and Frankfort, continuing IN the aggrcgate
not over 5000 square miles, ,or when oil the
SIX countries are put together they orc in tho
aggregate about one half az large Us some ef
our individual states, and also contain in The
aggregate, bu, 59C2,0C0 inhabitants, about
one tcrnty eighth part Of the population Of
Europe only.
The wr,ier will now attempt to give
slight sketch Of the most prominent char.
aclrris,ics of these foreign governments" m
order that the reader who has not previously
had nm opportunity to acquire snficicn' M
formation To Judge of the deceptive charnc-
ter Of Sir. Van Buren's and Mr. Woodbury's
alusions TO them, may be better qualified to
give their statements the weight they de-
serve. commencing with the exclusive specie
countries.
! Fnsf-lInmbnrg, is one cf the free cities
Of Germany. one Of the old Hanseeiic lcsgus
I in Lower Saxony, seated on the norrh Bank
ortlp Ebe river. This foreign government
is probably about the size ot n tolcrahlc
Kentucky farm. md contains lI5C00 inbabi-
ian,s. The old Hamburg Bapk was estab-
lishcd in this city, in 1919.
| Mr.. John Culhber, the American Consul
n, that place informs Mr.. Woodbury., that
/ "The financial system Of Hamburg II, q"
for rs il known, very simple, ms may bo
supposed from go small a territory. The
Whole amoun, Of the Hamburg coiurd money,
il about four aud half millions of marks
current, or one million t,ro hundred and s'ghty
hco thousand fre hundred dollars (fhe odd
cents are not gir'n) and except under very
extraordinary circumstances, not more than
one Loif of That amount IS IN circulation and
elI d,,l,s. taxes. aud excise must be paid IN
Hamburg currency. The consequence 10,
NAT IL inrnrabiy commands a premium Of
ONE to THREE per ccnium."
Mr. Cmhbcrt slso says that the rer'on re-
ceiving this money from government seldom
1 circulntes II hut tnkcs u to nionSy changer
or broker and sells il FOR other money,
which p,sses nmorr the people OF per- Thus