Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-03-30

Fellow CItizcns.-Bcinp n candidate Tor 70 elecii,n
and rs stall be unable visit many OF you in cose-
quencc Of the proracIrd session OF the present episa
ure.l deem my duty tc present 10 you my views IN re
aion TO the principal subjects o interest before the eoui
Try.
Believing as do that uniform and we'll regulated
currency Is essentially necessary 10 the welfare mud Pros
perty OF TIE country and That the only known and tired
means oi attaining that object NaiI' nal Bank am
III favor OF an institution Of that kind properly restricted
rse from governmental and foreign influence, and other
wise modified IN It's charter conform To the SUI
g'ston OF past experience The best and surest test of
The expcdlency and utility OF any measure the results
that have flowed from it when tried, and the consr-
gnencee that have followed It's destruction he most
prosperous period of our history, tina, during which
National Bank existed That prosperity too though
subject u, course to those Temporary aud fIuc
nallons which flow from other causes than deanped cur
rency, aud from which no commercial nation, under any
system. can he wholly exempt stable and solid in lis
character. II rospftcd to, on two memorable occa
sions, when universal arrangement snd distress existed
and in both II afforded substantial relief both 10 the
government and the people And IN addition To t. con
clcsive evidence IN favor of the rxpcdency of this measure
we have the cuuobontIvc testimony, furnished by The
fact. that anon. it's al have been the puros men
and "isesl Nia esInan VI our c0untrymen who have
doned every department OF our Government by their VII
Tue and tseuts-such Washington Madison
Monroe and Crawford, upon all OF whom Virginia cheer
tuy bestowed her vota for the Presldcncy--no to men
tion others. whose wisdom and patriotism are amply al
tested by long lives Of public service and private useful
ness,
The currency of the country should never be made
party question But, unfortunately ii has been 50 made
and to that cause the present sulcugs of the people
may be principally ascrlbed II has not only been made
party question IN Congress but in the Stale Lepsla
tnre alsl.-Our ,wn Banks have been forced by party
Legislation, to cu-ta their circulation tho last egh
teen months nearly three millions Of dpllas-n my o.
phlon, an unnecessary amount Of curailment for TIA,
oppressive consequences Of which the dominant pary in
the Legislature wholly responsible the Banks being
allowed substantially no discretion ia the matter This
RAPID and Immense curaIlmont, rendering money scarce
and reducing the price Of all properly in the ratio Of that
reduction necessarily produced great pressure and DIS
lfess. 1t could not, indeed, have been otherwise
How, then, can they, whose Legislation has produced
these elects hope TO escape your condemnation
am IN favor OF such an adjustment Of the Tariff as
VIII Afford revenue sufficient for The economical admin
lstrailon OF the Government; and in the adoption Of
farm system believe it not only the right but the
duty OF the Government. has heretofore been It's I'M
yaynng p'cy, under all administrations since lis foun
dall0n to discriminate between the articles on which du
Ties are imposed foster and project the products
~ domestic industry rather than similar products Of for
el2h growth, produce manufacture, whenever it
he done without INJURY or injustice 10 the Agricultural
States.
! II Is known to you. fellow citizens, that Congress
passed law in lS4l authursng the distribution of the
proceeds Of the sales Of public lands among the States
by mat law virginia entitled to the OF A37 600
which is now lying idle in the Bank of Virginia at
Richmond. The Democratic majority in the present
Legislature has refused to receive and apply to the
penses OF the State; when. at the time, they find
1t absolutely necessary to borrow from the banks the sum
OF $3.50 O0O and increase your taxes largely To repay
It, That sum fmoney as justly and legally belongs
The State as the capitol in which sit. And besides
he question Of the reception of the land money after it
peen distributed, is wholly different from the ques-
u distribution itself The refusal TO receive the