Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-01

nuary, 1893, to sal1 900, COO. Then n By the LIST Of IT.. I IA {
-, y; Ionugr,. So, fhfy ,rere rcdae6d 10 Sle2,uoo,ooo'
- : : ,-s n,.e spifqb;e dfdarfi0nS for lie discount a."
u, nyo,,s of tc suspended banks, 10 onc huRdffd ana 'g !
a. mr. Hundred aai sifiy mi!iioas IN specie ra'ae-
These statements 81 tact, IN regard 10 nsns esr@n
Ito cou1;non Of The Baahs in the several states OF 'e
,-ni,n which. hy a resolution Of Congress, are an
n1ai,y made by the Secretary OF The Treasury Eve!
;,,cIj, rent reader knows, that !. The currency is.'iS''.
ID - dim;nishcd, all olher things bring tqaa!, prices WIN
- ,hc same proportion become higher or lower. a,o-
n mr "a Inc measure OF value. If the size o! lie
bus;,el measure were I" 6e itsseheo ohe-iiai' ~
would If course be al once t'rirc rs many b"s"eS "
"sn;n IN IN. country, while, at the same TING, not a
- -, ar ,r,:, would have been added. The quaint
~ nc qra;n remains the same the number OF niishcs
Las hcen doubled yet is the nation any better on
Now let US suppose that the pToPor'ono Of currency aeI
manded By the business and popnlauon oi Tue nv
states. rs compared with the rest OF the world, 10 oe
sI0O 600 Geo. Suppose that wheat IS 81 per hushci
Thcn the Banks issue 500, 900, 900 more oi 'he1l
notes. and wheat is 81 per hnshel, and other things ~
proportion. Is any thing more added 10 Tue nean" y
Tho country than there would be in the instance Oh
doublins the number Of bushels Of wheat III the couh-
,ry Inv diminishing the size of the bushcl measure one
half: Certainly not.
Now we ask the farmers to apply their judgment ana
common sense to the facts and IA" 81 Prices, Uo'n VI
which have presented for their consideration. j"
the mast twenty years, those expansions ana coh'tac-
lions in the currency have been taking place. prices
have been perpctually fnctuating, and good times ana
hard times have followed each other IN rapid "iterna-
finn These results, which all must admit are Gisas,
,rous to the producing classes, have been producea
by the natural operation al n BANK oil Tue Ciliea
States, and the want oil such a cNecS rs the lnuepe"uc
Ont Treasury furnishes upon the natural tendency o.
tfe State banks TO over action. Inc Bank oil the -
h,s b,en I'm. main cause of The embarrassment oil the
mas. few wears. We are now under the Independent
Treasury, gradually recovering from them. Establish
. another National Bank, and the same round OF h'Sn
= prices and low prices, OF speculations ana sher'"s
: sales. Of rood times and hard times, can be gone over,
!, until upop some climax of ruin and suffering, the ae-
r fusion Shall he shaken off, and the whole system Torn
/ from its foundation, never TO be resuscitatea, Elements
;. now exist, which, if acted upon by a new National
Bank of fifty millions, would bring sw!it ana urlipie
2 destruction upon the best interests OF our country
constituting at once a signal, and We would lam nope
> final. rehuke of that spirit of avarice and folly Which
leads those animated by it TO believe that happiness and
prosperity Of a people can be augmented oy = hh"w"
!. violation by the legislative power, not only OF the ma
tnral laws Of trade and industry, but tile eternal pfih'
ciplcs Of equity aud justice.
:, Persist. then, Democrats, as you value the prosperity
n and happiness and elevation OF the producing Classes
;. as YOU love vonr country and her glorinus institutions,
r persist in your hostility 10 a National Bank, ana TO a
connection Of Bank aud Stale. Church and State
:. Bank and Siate-bolh rest upon the same principles
q and both are alike subyerslyc OF The true interests
, and happiness Of the American people. Church ana
VI at.'S poSS 60
into gambling.
i If / rightly understand the objects for Which the
+ Democracy Of the Union are coniending, they are LOT
equal laws and equal privileges; for freedom IN trade,
freedom in poltics, us we now have freedom in rcli'
= rion. We are contending for the practical Application
I Of the theory Of our Constitution, that all men are po'
q litically equal. We are contending against the doc
r ,.inc that the legislative power his the right 10 confer
= special privileges upon the few, at the expense OF the
. many. Democrats Of Onondaga have ! the liberty
/ 10 say, when out Of the limits Of our own noble coun-
~, that such are your doctrines: If such are ON
g doctrines, then the battle never, NENEEends until they
=. triumph. And triumph they must.
e But our Democratic young men, ardent and enthu'
e siastic, will say that the aristocra,ical doctrine OF spe'
y cial privileges has triumphed IN the election OF Gene
! raj Harrison. This, in one sense, is true; but hom has
n it triumphed; Has it not t%riumphed by 'Sfoo2ing Il
= conquer Have not the aristocracy ''stooped' 6etoa
the noble reason of man, and have they not, At 4 mo
mcnt when the people were embarrassed, perpieSed
!, wcaried, aye, lacerated, with the pecuniary trouble:
/ which the Bank produced, appealed 10 their selisi
!, feelings, and to their PASSIONS: Must not those ieel
inrs and passions soon subside? When the occasion
) which produced this temporary phrenzy IN some, and
doubt, confusion and dismay III others, has passed
!, away, does any intelligent young Democrat donbt tina
Q the iateiii rent will again resume It's empire: II there
can be a particle of doubt on this point, then there Is
n no truth in philosophy or common sense.
;. 1t is perfectly natural, however, that at first b'usli
/ many young minds should took upon the sort o. "whlrl
wind" as John Quincy Adams terms il, with which
4 Gen. Harrison comes into power, az an item OF discour
e agemcnt 10 the advocates o: Democratic truth. HIS y
Far from being the case. In 1885 and ls3a, the peopf
!. deliberately approved the policy and measures OF Mr.
Van Burcn.s Administration. In 1910, in IL "Thrl
> wind of passion and excitement, harrassed and severe
!. " suffering from the evils nc th ~ l,r- !ur. van Buren
j. Now, with a nation, rs with an individual, the frs
d thing which usually occurs after doing a silly thing, i
l.. TO be ashamed Of it. This instance, rely upon u, wi
q not form an exception. The people have decided IN ia
r ror of no fundamental principle or policy by the cleo
ton Of Gen. Harrison. If the Harrisburg Converiio,
n which nominated him, had declared in favor of a Ma
n tional Bank, he could never have been elected.
n Upon the subject Of the election of Gen. Harrison
and the consequent defeat ofMr. Van Buren,, | have M
doubt you will copy the just and eloquent article which
E appeared in the New York Evening Post a few day.
since. 1t is an epitome Of the opinions, feelings, ant
resolution Of The entire Democracy at the prescn
: juncture.
| can scarcely think of adding much to the remark:
; therein made in reference to MIR. Van Buren,. If tina
eminent statesman, who ncrer proved false to the in
forests Of the workingmen OF the United States, ha:
not been actuated by designs and motives, while Pre-
sident Of the L. S., which makes him rather Il subject
!, of envy than pity, then he is not the man have ever
supposed him 10 he. No Chief Magistrate of our nation
has ever been surrounded by circumstances Of diff
fculty and trial which can he compared 10 those he has
!, met and overcome. In 1887, when doubt and dismay
filled so many minds, when the timid Of his own sup.
porters honestly wavered, and the venal and ambitious
denounced and deserted him, how calmly and firmly
did he guide the ship of State! With what intrepidity
what GOODNESS, what a sublimity of moral courage, did
he breast the storm Of wrath heaped upon him By the
talented, yet worthless, graceless spectators Of the
as cnraged and embittered BY disappointment,
they saw Mr.. Van Buren, placing himself between then,
and what they considered their lawful prcy-the earn
ings of the honest workingrnen Of the country. The
trump Of fame will spread and prolong a knowledge of
the civic virtues and moral heroism of Martin Van Bu-
rem, generations and ages after the names of William
Henry Harrison and those who now use him as an in
strument 10 accomplish their selfish schemes, shall have
sunk into an eternity Of forgetfulness. He has main.
tanned ~inheSibly the rights and liberties of the masses,
at a time when many stout hearts quailed; and doing
thus, TO him shall be offered the incense Of honor and
gratitude from myrads of noble hearts. w. J.. G.
(From ie Fremont Spirit Of the -4ee.J
, HYPOCRISY OF TIE DEEPEST DYE.
We know not when, if ever, we have seen more for
chilly illustrated, the abandoned and miserable hypo-
crsy Of the Federal party, than on looking over the