Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-28
YI, Curtain Lifted ,

Tho Columbus (O) journal Of the 2eth. IS pleased
90 notice one Of our paragraphs respecting The mor"-
nents Of the SIN. ceming Administration, anc LIS
The curtain little higher. II admits, without crcHm-
Iocut,ou. thai. we tare not mistaken III s"nie 81 our eI-
pectations'-ihat 'no; the shadow oil n d"'ibt nee2 g.
man upon (our) mind, that no TINE VIII Ne 'os' ~ ~
liyerinr the country from the odtonS SUB treasury ST.
nm ac."-thati it is sqniie as certain, too, Ina: RE
;u,o,t du,;,s mon forciga gergaws and tnyrries willie
raised or re.es,ablis!,ed, not Tor purposes ci Aome pro-
lection. but from the s,erner necessity Of re.ilzing ne
means of supporting the Government, aac eStinsrish-
inn the new Y. b. National debt Ut seems til, TO
be the Wing slang ard c Ie fthc day D-Ihat 'the ieI
taiionis will also in obedience 10 the wishes OF N'rginia,
and some Of the other States, be applied 10 those coun-
tries which are raising siIty mtHi6ns ot reveE.e n''nn
our export Of sir millions worth Of tobacco WHIST
Will cur Republican fian,ers South Of James River
think &c this cunning plan 10 raise tie ilrt:l Ga'n
,hcm:} "Nor is tie Enquirer much further oEt Z. tie
way. in his appreheRsions relative to a EiS;T,i"A0n ~
lie Pa6hc LaGds. We trust he will !iye long enough
II see Virginia reaping some benefit from the noble act
bv which she d,veSied herself Of her original interest
m the public domain. The Republic owes her a
Debt Of rratiludc-for that self-sacriticing r%eiinquis''-
ment for the common good, which It IS Ia! 'ihe to
acknowledge. She can make good use oil the money,
even If she were to pay II all out 70 me scilc"ihiSsi'i.
-rAnd IS net Virginia, like the res; OF the States, anoht
Ia reap The benefit from the sales oi the pnbiic ianas, "
saving her from IN increased tax and paying HE ex-
penses of the Federal Government Has she moi a
common interest IN tic payment of those expenses, aad
the TpUuCltOu u " lIEIH. ~ iit IaohS 'sa'
from the National Treasury, ard you must support the
Government. entirely upon other funds. You must
supply the vacuum III some other way. And what t'
netit does Virginia ultimately reap rom the Substitution,
Every dollar you take from the Treasury fox the States,
YOU must raise by laying a tax on the ps0pic Of tie States
nay, more than n dollar-bccause the People have 10
nav besides the cx expenses OF raising and collecting and
disbursinC THE Journal IS pleased 20 RAISE np the
phantom Of a Van Buren, Debt 10 inirmidatc the People.
But suppose such a debt tc exist, how couid IN" Fr"rs-ds
of,he public lands be hotter employed than in paying lie,
debt: They were gwen for the purpose OF paying lie
debts and promoting the common interest of the Union
Is it not better for Uncle Sam 10 pay his own debts,
than .lose Of the several States: especially AZ the PEG
pe Of all the States are rs much bound 10 pay ! ne!e
Sans debts, as their own:)
As 10 n National Bank, which, me hare no douh: is 10
be one Of the cardinal measures Of Harrison, Clay, Web.
ster, & Co the Columbus Journal is n little more chaFy
in its revelations. 1t IS pleased TO say, 'as to the "a
lional Bank, we are not absolutely certain that the Eh-
Gulrer speaks BY the book. Possibly IT may be found
necessary to create such an institution, and as it was
always a favorite measure with the old school Dern0c-
racy, Indeed. this is news 10 u.s. and was o! course an
especial object of aversion 10 the Federal party, IN
deed, this too is news 10 us all) we do not imagine that
the people feel any great degree Of alarm upon the
subject This Republican People do feel alarm, and
the tone Of such Harrison organs as the Columbus
Journal is little calculated to allay it "lfthey do, how
ever, they will undoubtedly take good care to instruct
their Representatives TO oppose il !" Democrats CT the
Virginia Legislature, do you hear this')
"But under any circumstances, we are inclined 10
the belief, that they would greatly prefer n National
Bank, openly and honestly ayewrd and properly re-
siricted. 10 that tremendous engine, banking in DIS
guise upon the public revenues and making issues IN
the form of Treasury Notes and government drafts,
IL nder this false description, we presume The {.
Journal is pleased 10 designate the Sub Treasury. We
have never. az the Columbus organ says, pledged our
selves to sink with this measnrc-but We d. promise 10
sink with the Constitution of our country. In the
issue, therefore, between the Bank and SuL-T'easury,
what State Rights Republican, who swears 10 preserve
the Constitution, can hesitate between them, With
the doubts which we originally expressed Of the opc-
rations Of the Sub-Treasury, we have always pro-
nounced it to be strictly coaformable to the Consttu-
tion-and declared, that in that issue, We should 10
found battling TO the last against the Bank, and pre-
frrring the Sub Treasury.-What we proclaimed II
1887, we now boldly repeat. We 60 against the Bank,
both on the strongest grounds of Constitutionali,y Gad
crat in the land will GO likewise.-But the language Of
the Journal is not 10 be mistaken. 1T will 70 for. M
iional Bank. Who doubts it: Who doubts, that I.ar-
rison and Clay and all the Posse will do So They aill
approach it gradually, ~stealihily, but as certainly az tie
arrow SPEEDS to its mark. They viii rcpea! the lnde.
pendent Trcasury-,hat is the first strike. If asked
what is Your substitute? They may equ!vocaie and say
with Mr.. Clay, "Oh! sufficient 10 the day is the evil
thereof But the Independent Treasury repealed, the
question must come up-Hhnt merit: The State Bank
System: No-the Wings have denounced II az the Pet
System. What then will you do with the public mo-.
ney: Throw it into tie street; Leave il to the dis.
cretion and disposal Of A, u and &: No, no But they
will then prcss the National B~auk-They will then al
tempt to establish an Institution, that has Nr. Web
his Clique must see THIS result, as well as Mcssr.
Clay and Webster. To that 'compiex;on' are the
Wings trying to bring US al last.
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