Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-22
POLITICAL.
From fst G.otr.
PUBLIC OPINION Will. FORCE REFORM OF TIE

The money article, which We quote f.om the New
lotk Herald, draws sure presagc from The late elec
tons This enght. ned country will not submit 10 be
s"'1!ed forever by false currency By one great par
" Tue abuses and frauds OF banks have hitherto been to-
'efawd because they Indispensable allies IN tbi
war upon the Democratic Administration The phrenzy
% p"tca Zeal, made the followers Of hOse leaders
VINO pied the banks engines the lake Admin
istrdion, blind To all the mschleis they suffered from
fraudulent currency Their party associates, who werr
indnged by Accommodations in the banks or who prolific
As s'oc khoiders aud officers BY the frauds OF their
ngen'nt, used The party enthusiasm 10 maintain the
fuPg circulation Inch gave impetus 10 their Infamous
clectioneerng system. But now that the election i
over-Wh'ggcry iustallcd--ihe patronage and plumber
oil Tue Government distributed among The spectators
III p"lcs-whut aspect does tic swindng perpetraet
through The um ot irredeeuabie paper, assume :
We were told Tie other day hy the national orran OF
lIiS dctcs'abe system OF fraud the National lnlr!li.
.encrr.) That whichever the Democracy t,ulirhsd ~
the recent elections, distress followed III the tram. II
pointed to Georgia Tor proof, stating that the suspended
Central Bank there could not gct lis cf at anv
pr.cc, and that The State bonds had fallen IN The ma
krt II i i vrry natural consequence that when the
81 opc Of Georgia refused 10 be longer cheated by the
paper OF broken bank, the managers and officers who
llyrd upon it should !e distressed But that sorrows
1t this kind not confined 10 the scenes OF Denoc.a.
/ tic ,riumphs we easily show.
\ When did III. Democratic party gain victory in
Philadelphia: The great thirty five million Bank has
had full sway in tina, devoted city for years and !, has
Away had rtt0 upon tie proceedings Of the Lpgsla
iurc Of the State, ever since Il bought up majority
create lis charter and yet has there been 40 distress
ia this Of Bank power, We speak not Of the dis
Of the graspin. spectators, who have reached al
millions through lie money oi others, and who found
tier hoped.;nr millions shrink 10 thousands IN The pro.
perry which they enabled 70 screen IRON creditors
We speak o the ds.r,ss ot retiring bank directors
ard officers o witt! them but tie fragments 81!
the purhined capital! There distress III tie ti.sap.
poin,inenf dis grace, and modification Of these men, but
Il is not unnrritrd We speak CT the h0pcfSS misery
Of the widows and orphans, whose mh"ic support has
been lodged in The hands Of the Federal managers
Of the institutions in Philadelphia, who have borne
absolute sway in social we'll political he
and control the municipal legislation Of the city,
ell rs that At The State Haze Tie honest men, To
having sprnt lives Of industry and economy, ard
invested Ike H!'s IN bak stick 10 give ease 70 Old
age-!e prudent husbands aud fathers, who hns pro
vld for their pcs- wives and chdren-been over
ahen Nv no calanitirS The ia:ored city Of unntcr
rup;rd Wing success II we were 10 select spot on
the face Of tie earth to exrmpiy the wretcicdness
wrought hy absolute bank sway, We would point %
Philadelphia where Federalism has made the corpora
toms omuipotsnt. OF all The cities ct Cmi"n,
rhiladelp ha was most best in lis steady, honest
indnstry-i,s systematic brnevoence-i.s well consi.
der,d ccenumy-and the consequence Il ali this,
sold accumulation If capital And "hat Las come
II all ls, which made tie very paupers comfort
able. >incr The victorious Wing and Bank reign =
The Quaker implicitly and vrtue-the brother'y love,
and The charity ot Pii!sde rhia has been crushed,
havc reduced n,llearn,d aii!utnce 10 inscFa-
bic poverty than has brn produced III The same
space any past Of our continent Inc most glorious
charity OF which the annals Of our give any &c
count as provided b the sagacity, activity and v'g'-
LARGE of man, III long lie Of victorious saili end
industry. las been almost utterly defeated ~ . if"
years ot the Bank rule u which Il "as managed bat
which vas competent - endow every orphan Win me
~,
10, d. more than bcsow, has been diverted :fom the
objects Which y would have reared and fitted for The
best rank III s1c'ey ard consigned tth 70 want ana
dscasc-bcggary, the poor house, and the prison.
Tho propretors Of the fifty millions oi money, Invested
IN bank stock IN that CIV gre nov hmt ie better pro-
a. C,r than Gr.fI's orphans and poiiilca, many,
which bacaen. the whole Union as lar - one par
~ j. concerned, had lis source III the very E4na s"ay
which has made snci' revolution ~ tat fortunes, Ff
tues, ard comforts u 'e once ,!os !.'"''si,"S az
harPest ci'Y - our e,.''''', ''''''" -,
blessings Of Ea"@ aud ftdef" sn"y a'e ta'Aeu ~ -
the Democracy point - what ihi!ateiphd WIS aha
what II ::
EIrad jf"m nc money """e y ~ "'"'"' 0i.'s
HE opcf"''0n u Me present. e'h""5 System :" vase
Inc Two i"i'o'l nol'a's y .'1 ~ 49,. nna,
FIR which proposals were recently SSn'u ~ ''e
mcni, has been wholly y parry 'aN'h On account :" ue
E"s'"n CAPITALISTS - P'' ~ :" ~ :. "''
years To rnn.
The course o. inc hSfr"''s ~ ,', =, Gan,,n.
Bank .s paS,ha a aoT"b,,;on Of arre majority Of an
nol,ical parties Tue elections that hay" thus Ter "a
ken place particularly those Of Mar. land promptly
tcho Ing svht'"'e"'S :. W mh !, ir.,i
III" real e, d9So" :, '"S p 1s country the conu
INV las become aroused - he niqnit'es Of me
4,ukinr system, prect'-.d both u Tue ia'e Va
,innal Bans and Tie State Banks. Ia uoofs'', '''s
s,s,ip?l aud hlcnsnn a!r'ady s'"ns movement ''SS