Litchfield enquirer., 1840-03-26
Senatorial Nominations.
District IS. LAMBERT HITCHCOCK.
16. ELI MYGATT.
" II. NATHANIEL P. PERRY.

BY perusal of the sub-treasury bill, lately
published, he has become convinced that it
gives powers to the President and his cabinet
such as should be conferred only upon the
crowned heads of kings or despots:
FOR THE 1rrcHF1E1D ENQUIRER
STRUCTURES ON THE INDEPENDENT
TREASURY BILL.
As this bill has been the subject of much animad-
version both in political meetings and public journals
it may not be amiss to examine it closely, and see
how it looks, in the eye of dispassionate reason. Il
purports to be "a bill to provide for the collection,
safe keeping, transfer and disbursement of the public
revenue" Here is a virtual acknowledgment on the
very face Of it, that the revenue of the government
has not hitherto, under the late and present admins
trations been faithfully guarded and appropriated;
and the fault must lie soDewhere-not in the people,
who have no power OVERT but in their unfaithfu
stewards, who have been appointed by the President
to manage it.
The act contemplates removing the treasury and
dividing it at different points, viz-he United States
Mint at Phiade phia, and its branch at New-Oreans
[ the Custom Houses in New.York and Boston, and the
receiving and discussing offices Charleston and ST.
Louis. -Four chief officers to be appointed by the
President to be called receivers general Of the pub
lie money!, with high salaries and attended bv host
of clerks pensoned agents, servants in livery, &C.
who are to have the whole management and disposal
Of the public treasures. They are to give bonds fos
the faithful discharge Of their Duty is true and So
did Messrs. Price and Swartwout. Such prepos
ferrous measure never was heard of in any civilized
government before, whether menarchial or repub-
lican.
The moneys are to be held as deposited to the
credit Of the Treasurer Of the United States and sub
ject at all times to his draft, whether made for trans
fer or disbursement in the same manner as though
the said moneys actually in the treasury Of ths
United States" Here .hen the Mint and the Treas
ury to be joined together in Makrinoney, and the
revenue TO be removed from it's legitimate sphere and
consigned to the Keeping Of fiscal agents. who are to
issue drifts, and the Post-Olfice department is to
come in for share of the management of the spols,
and the head OF it to participate in the same business
| of venahty and corruption. And yet the cry Of the
Administration party is, 1.-THE United States Bank
was the great monster; and since ExPresident jack
son has laid that on its beams end, things now stand
chance 10 look pretty fair in the money markell
To remedy the ''great eyas Of Banking, they have
set about getting up many-headed monster in the
shape Of a sub-treasury independent treasury BILL
the avowed object Of which is 10 give to the Presi
dent his cabinet, and host Of iege retaners, the
whole sway of the money engine, to vomit out drafts
or checks as they shall deem proper, to serve best
| their own selfish schemes for Office and emoument
While oil duties, taxes, debts, sales Of public lands
and postages are to be paid in gold and silver only
for the benefit of ofceholdes, the people are TO be
put off with sub-treasury notes, which, at BEST will be
uctuatng and just liable TO depreciate as the old
continental money, soon after the revolutionary war
This is plain description of the leading features OF
the Sub-treasury monster, from whose hundred
mouths the officers Of Van Buren, & Co. can draw
and pocket the specie Of the Union and dsburse the
fro,h, foam and SLAYER, to satisfy the people,
What candid man does not see, that this Venitian
confederacy viii in few years, unless the freemen
of the United States decide the contrary, hold the
keys Of the whole financial depots Of the Union in
their own hands, and leave the great body Of the la
boring class in the condition Of serfs and slaves p
The plain intent to divide the treasury department.,
10 split up and have the heads so far apart as to
render it extremely difficult to watch each others
TONS Why establish them on the sea-board? In
order to give subtreasurers an opportunity as usual
to slip over into foreign country with their plumber
WHY no, establish them in the interior If an agent
should choose to become defauer, his course under
disguise from New-Orleans to Texas from St. Louis
TO Mexico from New York to Europe, and from Bos-
ton to Canada, would be rapid and easy. Did ever
a nation flourish in their monetary affairs when such
a system gained admission? Athens tried 1t once.
She had 30 subreasurers, who issued no sub-treasu>
ry drafts notes. but they gave fair verbal promises
none of which they fulfilled. 1t so happened, that
they soon managed to draw out of the pouches OF the
citizens all the gold and silver, which they hnally
kept for their own use and behoof. But such sys-
tenn did not last long, The Psastratid0 'Dere expelled
by ostracism for people then knew nothing about
the power of free press and Of the ballot-box.
All! that the Wings contend for, this question: is
faithful management and disbursement Of the re.
venue and equal rights for the people and rulers. in
this respect if possible And to them. tis the
duty Of every Republican Wing, to watch with the
eyes Of an Argus, and to seek the proper remedy
against the growing evils of exclusive party monopo-
ly at the proper and place, when and where the
unbought votes Of honest freemen will tell the senti-
rents of every patriot in much more quiet. but for
chile MANNER than hard arguments and loud speeches
no ULTRA
Try again, South Farms Mr.. Zalmon Coey, Of
Plymouth, last winter butchered hog only IS ~
months old which weighed COS lbs. One and half
months younger than Mr.. Merchants, and lacking
only lbs. of his weight.
ScANpALous.-Christopher North aays. it lie no won.
der women love cats. for both are graceful and both
dcmestic-not to mention, that they both scratch,