Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-16
HARD Y.

Mr.. Atwood, a member of the British Rsrlia.
ment from the great manufacturing town of Bir-
mingham, and the idol of HE working classes, as he
is himselfa working man, OF extraordinary lntellectu-
al power, 10 a recent Address to his constituents,
has taken occasion to advert TO the condition oil
things in the United States, and to expose the effect
az The Punishment of paper. money from circulation
on the interest Of rhe productive classes, who,
strange to say, are in thus county. the warmest ad-
vocsues of the specie humbug. We ask the attention
Of all such persons to what one Of their friends and
champions, on the other side OF the water, says on
this subject: (
" The democracy in Awerira are a, this moment
cutting tbe,r o.on Mrodts as madiy. and working the
very same Wild havoc among The industrious classes
there. as The Je,cish dristocrocy are working here. In
their wild efforts 10 conreri a fiction Of The fd1 into a
reality, they are abolisbing credit, and paper money,
which have been TO them more valuable Than The land
which they occupy, and more vital. # possible. Than
the very air winch they breathe. Credit and paper
money have been to Them the very life and soul Of their
industry; & yet they virtually insist that no man shall
ia future be permitted 10 plough the etound, or to
cut down the forests, creeping pnly The fey lucky IN
ditidudis uho happen 10 be born toih golden pionghs
or golden ares al their cema.and . And This is Demo
cratic America Sac has universal suffrage She
has no national debt aHd no taxes but she has rais-
ed her rate of interest TO fifty per cent. per annum /;
and her People, like oprs, eIcepthe Jews among
them, are stepped in poverty, misery and distress.
Gteediness, malice, pride. envy, and hypocrisy APP
pea, EQUALLY TO have animated the councils OF both
nations for. strange to say. all this wild havoc is
being effected in America, as in England. under the
extraordinary prelext Of l%entfing he tndusirious
classes! Under The pretence ui restoring a sound
and healthy currency The Legislators Of both c"un-
tries have iahen array The paper money uasout faf,ng
aigdy The debts and Obligations contracted IN II; leaving
just sufficient gold and silver money in circulation
to pay theIr own legal CLAIMS upon industry. but net
sufficient TO give more Than bali employment or half
food 10 the People. Io both countries the People
have been told that The m.qqeyed interest was too pow
erful under a paper system and, under the ptetence
Of reducing this power. the Two Legislaiures have
strangely contrived to double and to treble il, by
doubling and htbiing the value Of the money which
measures il thus grinding and crushing the indus
THO S classes IN both countries, aud delivering them
up, like sheep to the butchers shameless or, atthe
best, converting them, as | have always iofetold,
into mere heweis Of wood aud drawers OF water for
the Jewsr What Is this madness in the two fore
most nations of the earth 7 Is it the mere effecto OF
human passion binding the human judgment ! Or,
IS it The effect Of some mysterious Providence work
ing its awful d'spensanons among US ! NY mind Is
in The dark"