The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-04-28

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,up,,nI, itself. Ilsse gentlemen stiise'so
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,l.ml Arc ,l,sy Fgrrarsd % drslsrs they
I'll have uo insiiiuli0ns Ihai are rxper.
.,,e ana DO nal snPPoit themselves.
MA, IS ahe regular Amy bus a. an ns'
.rxnsnse. n iihoui esfr rOin'ng or p'acns-
ine ! ds,llsr d lie Gasernmean VIVA.
is lie Navy bot IN annual expenses
Thxse Two arms Of our nsl'oaal defence
have l.ken many millions Of dsils's "'iloi
ne Tseasary. bar ne-ef Pus oEe dollar
into il.
n COR new Light economists rroP'se
10 abolish The Amy and The Nary. and
suhss.iule in their places raw troops snd
Iuai,n tanOe.i This 6osernmtni has,
divers times. appropriated money 70 lie
Posi- Ofhee Department. when rs rev
erass acre dshcucni. 10 sei u On iis isei
and keen ils legs 10 motion 10 transport
the mah. CnA go,eEnmsni liseh Vas
never Iarmed and Insliln'ed 70 be mere
lnaue, making machine; bui The great
Object of is institution vas 81 gusid. Sc
cure. and protect The lives, he liteily,
and lie properly Of lie prople. The
county is always most prosperous when
Tie currency is mos. sound and Uniform.
Tie gtesir,i blessing man can give i0msn
through ihe administration Of wise To-
yernmeni, Is 4 sound currency 81 sneeie
par vslur. How can The currency be
sound. nnless il &c convertible into specie.
and based on coini How ran ne CON
mand coin in cur country. rnlcss We Mold
cut Inducements and give encouragement
a. those nincIs. ' 10 search Tor and ind
The precious mstsls. and sfI.nd lhsm Tie
lacll,uts Of having their balloon tuined 10
the gold region; snd thereby The enltrPris-
ing miner Is mol compelled q sacrifice his
virgin gold. aud submit q fhe shGrc 81
mefrhan,s. b,nks. and sptcllst,rs; and
thereby the people sIe enabled, IN the
mid.l Of suspensions. 10 procufs coin. snd
10 zee The constitutional standard Of mo-
ney once more abroad in The land. Banks
derive grea, advantages from their CONT
guilty 10 tie gold mines. aud nb.in much
Of their specie in the csrolinss from The
Branch Mint. No separate stale j. PER-
miiled 20 establish Mint. They are
prohibited from coming moiey. The
General Government Is expressly and ex-
c!usi,ely iulrusied and charged with tho
iniy Of exercising the ceining power.
;, The Congress shall have power 10 coin
money, regulate the value llrereoi, and ol
foreign CON, snd Ok the standard oil
weights and Measures" The Cohs,itu
lion has committed TO Congress tie silver
beam aud goldcnscales 20 weigh nu, equal
yasuo 10 Ill money ms,isrs. THIS pre-
cious metal money is the standard ant
regulator of all currency, aud The only
true test whereby The v,lne oi property d
every description j. seIilcd and ascertain,
ed. To coin money Is high and impnr.
tan, attribute OF Sovereignty. which Con.
eress is bound 10 exercise 81 any rea.on.
able expense. because Ill HE great int.
Tesis Of society musishe mea1ured and
asceriainet by The specie standard; and
therefore. public pnliry and wise legis-
laiIoa require that Minis should be erected
a, different aud distant points in The enli
region, 10 accommodate tie miners. q
encourage the production ~ Tie pfecIou,
metlls. and To rnulnply and increase ,hs
legal cuin Of our own country. rhi.
sciw of the subject is not pradicalsd upor
The interest 81 The miners alone. bni upon
the great and general interest IL Tie Go.
vernmen, aud people u !Le United States.
They ate al directly concerned. that the
currency Of our country should have
strong and hrnad specie basis. ! viii
60 - lAr - he who goes farihest, 10 pro.
cure The gold and silver coin. aud pul Il
IN circulation as Ear IS IL 10 practicable;
because coin is no, only money!, but
sasislns alil nourlshes suund cIedn, and
constitutes The only certain and pcimaneni
Foundation Tor good currency.
Mr. Chairman. 10 require Inv coas,i,u.
enis TO carry al their nai,ve gid 10 Pin
ladelphia. ak hundred niles. 10 be coin
Cd. - very unreasonable and expensive
You might as well ask US 70 carry all ouI
corn Ia Philadelphia TO be g,aan,l. SIR
II Is too fsr 10 mil. We cannot allar,
- do y; and rather lIlan submit 10 such
great inconvenience, we must rcsor Il
some other mode. nlgl,et home. lees cost
". aud more convenient. Yes, sir, i
Congress shall abolish our Branch Mint
AMI refuse 70 coin our na,ive gold n
North Carollna. then &c must rcspr, /,
our former habits befue the M,nl vas e.
,a5l,shed a. Chsrloue. We muslrely I'm
on ourselves. and no, upnn ou Cavern
nsni. We must carry our gold 10 ii,
assayFr nearcst home. aud &c, hin, aeair
t. make tho leehier m0nov. ar miner,
currency; OF we must gel him 10 ASA,
and stamp the true value on The large bar,
81 gold. aud sell tAem where we can. il
Amerira o. Europe.
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