Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-27

"iion Thomas H. Benton.
a.. :. Senate, Washington city,
This is the letter, resumed Mr. - and these the con
tents (holding up bundle of old contnenials) This
is assortment Of Them beginning at . dollars and
descending regularly through :, i 6, 5, I, 3 ., |
and the fractional parts Of dollar, down to the
sixth part Of dollar. Will read the highest and low
est in the bundle, sample oi,he whole. The high
est thus
dollars, the thereof gold liver, according
solves Of the Congress held At Philadelphia, Tie lo day Of May
'sirncl: WM CRAIG"
The margins are covered with the names OF The
States, mud with the words CONTINENTAL CUR
RENCY, in glaring capitals and The Latin motto,
SuStinc rel a6sRc. Sustain II, Or let il alone) The
lowest runs thus:
cone sixth Of dollar, accodin, T. Of Congress
passed n, Philadelphia, February Eth, I:7G
The device on this note is a SUN shining through
glass, with the word tugiS q y for tue moto-a mot
TO sufficiently appropriate, whether embemac of the
fugitive nature Of time, or Of paper money.
These pie Of the bills sent me in the letter
which have just read ; and now the mind naturally
revers to the patriotic proposition supply The Ad.
mnlsraton with these old b. instead Of putting out
new emission. For myself, incline 10 the PROPOSE.
sitlon IL the question is once decided in favor of a
tinental currency in preference any new ed,on-ns
much so as prefer the old Rev u,onary Wings 10 the
Whgs OF an hs the Old and
lew OF THESE ~ READY mace 10 our
hand and will save all The expense and time which the
preparations of new bills would require The expense
would probably be no objection with this Admnistra.
ton but, in the present condition Of the Treasury,
the other consideration, ta, of tme must have grea,
weight. 2. They cannot be counterfsited. Are pro.
ects them from that. The wear and tear Of seventy
long years cannot be impressed the face of the
counterfei;s, cunning their makers may be
5. BEING limited in quantity, and, therefore, inca
pable OF contraction initiation at The will of Job
bers in stocks or politics, they viii answer better
for measure Of values 1. They better promises
than any that will be made at this day. for they are pay
able in Spanish mllled dollars which are at premium
of three per cent in market over other dollars and
they payable in gold silver, dsjunctively so
as to give the holder his option of the metals s.
They made by better than will make the bills
of the present day-men better known TO Europe and
Anerica-of higher credit and renown-whose names
are connected with The. foundation of the Republic,
and with all the glorious recoectlons Of the Revolu.
ton. Without offence 10 any, can well say, that no
Congress Of the present Gay rank with our Revo-
lutonary assemblies who signed the Declaration OF In
dependence with ropes round their necks staked life
honor aud fortune, in contest where all the chances
were against them, and noby sustained what they had
dared TO proclaim. We cannot rank with EN-, nor
our paper have the credit Of theirs. g. They are
'f all sizes, and therefore ready for the catastrophe Of
he immediate fight, dispersion, Ascending aud
nhumation Of all the specie in the country, for
which the issue Of Government paper would be