Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-02-23

10. 81 IS nirkI have sayed himself world
. ~ lr5nbls and splutlerine sbou; The rights and
priv ntrcs II ihs owners Of bank stocks and State
siocI1 % ell hen. and will add the rights Of
ffsir creditors % have them sold. ] admit they
may1be sold Is any other properly. and npon The
rro1sh thar there i . vide difference between.
ihen md cfetiss ihai are paft snd parcel e The
enftcnet.
an resrsciine one lot o. TITLE Of my propositions
81 fhsofy II be pieases- will leave hrn no op-
porlbniiS 70 dose. ~ original proposition. was,
70 abolish shaving and brokerage. II greater
rate thanl6 per cent q all those credits, OF Ell
tkef corporations OF indivdaals. which formed
DE eurrsaey Of ihe country /; and that distinctive
pfincipIe be win 6nd % run through al my com
mnnieations and The Essolutions attached to lhem.
Ii i true that 10 my reply % bis attack upon The
nenyville neeiings and 70 bis question whether
theovness Of certain stocks ..vefe 20 be deprived
of The power or dsposiBe 81 this properly 10 time
Of pesd!r thar did briefly and without Te1ee-
tion and exatlinstisa Of his proposition say that
az mDaeg ean be no longer used in brokerage
end shaving. ii will Be fof loan at per cent iD-
lsrsst or invested in other property and the hnI-
y 81 rood sioeks Will Be atle ether 10 sell Them
Of Eaiss loan on ihem' I still think 50 :.
nC1ltfne9 ms tntO an admission that
are not The subjects Of sale AZ what
ing, il The purview Of my theory,
say The error grew out Of bis blum
committed The fret error. not
hen the record Is amended
he frst departure in the
then, deal with
.; They are The
be Is al fun Iiber-
III-l3' his hearts coatent -
has worried himself in fight
lbadows, be quits the field disguised,
.hg like smother Ales sndef, doubtless,
has 20 more worlds to coDquer.s
gard 10 bills Of exchange. be has discuss
- IN ell % pieces-from London 10 Liverpool,
and from Baltimore 10 Boston. | am fully salts
het 81 their importance and il il win be- any con-
hiiou 10 him to know il, assure him that. .Ge-
Of desupction' as lam, il never entered into
kesd TO NEEDLE with them. The fact Is thai
tess speculation can be made in bills OF ex-
n, - the rate viii slways be fairly enough
Nby The lime and he expense cfgelting al
ds. :. -
include. Hard Times thinks that in the
pf the readers Of the Free Press. The
s@sfs clerks In the seaport toWns' will be
deemed better acquainted With Currency bro
kerage and exchange, than either Faif Play or
Hard Times This may be 80 and s1is certain
that 'barbefs' clerks ought 10 understand more
aoouteusreneg than 70 e0nfound il with ssoeks,
and that II Instead Of underwriting il fof Them
selves they leave IL TO be understood BY others
for them, they ars 10 4 fair way 70 be shaved as
smooth as their own poles This, by tie way, is
"a essential difference between Hard Times and
myself-lhat1 think The question Of currency
staple one and easily comprehended byihe plain.
est Intellect. while he supposes that any one
who ventures 10 think upon il, unless he be
Neckef OF Fargoi, IS presumptuous 70 The last
degree And YET, whea you advance, BY wsTof
authority. the dicta Of these same great men, be
is equally ready to carp and sneer. He then
talks about Learned nonsense DC. The fact is,
he assumes 10 speak ex calhedra, and cuts right
and leflj 81 one moment al humble scrbblers !
ike myself, and the next Al Say and others.
SHALL therefore, venture 70 tell him that there is
no question that, in this country above all Others
men should lear 10 approach, and that every
question relating 10 currency is vital one to ali
men. even 'barbers' clerks and they should en-
-deayor 10 be acquainted with IL. IhaveIes,a-
.edr and again submit, for his consideration,
theory that be i pleased 10 calf nonsense, towt:
that shavingsand brokerage produce upon pa
pet currency The same effects thai Aclipping and |
eounterfeitng do upon q metallic one. II this
Be true, and hAller myself he has neither an
swefed or exploded il, II well becomes all, the
faEmef, the mechanic, the lsborer, the learned |
AID The uniearued, and even BARRIERS clerks 10
Anfff furxl $fflnH9 tSgtt4 \
~, nonsense, stupidity &c, Something more
than this will be required. Even BARRIERS clerks,
WIN smhe al this reasoning, and scout il as Inc !
gesort the last resort,of him who cannot defend |
his Positions fairly. Il IS reasoning thai yeeks |
100 much OF The little animal tina. defends Itself
with noisoms stlavia when driven. to lis den.
nov draw my forces from the field at leas, +
Ibis field which am conscious .of having occlf. I
pied long enough, cut assure Hard Times that /
am not disguised, and that in other ways l.
will endeavor 10 advance these opinions With /
un.ifinR industry. My object has been 10 cali
The public attention TO important facts, and il /
have succeeded in this, will observation-disclosures H
petition TO the Legislature for signatures, which
will shew to what extent | may find persons who
agree w,th~me. shall, however 10 presenting
The petition. beg that II be fairly understood that
aheIefs teids difference between siocks OF every
description and The credits which are isSped ppon Ii
these stocks and founded on them; difference \,
fully As vide rs there is between The ertdii, of an
Individual and his property upon which they NAV
De founded. SOeksike inaipidaai property. adj {
init. may Be fairly sold for VIVA, they wiibribe: .
out any dealing in the credits of either Individuals
or corporations, would limit at 6 per cent. ri
the credits fall below that they ought not TO cir
culase, but fall back upon stocks or property. {
their foundation. This would give us sound |
credit system. and permanent and abiding one. (,
nov submit nv views TO the judgment Of the !,
pablo tribunal. Il they are sound, lei them be-
lcied oni and il they are otherwise they viii
pass away; but have The consolatIen Of know.
rg hal they we're advanced with good inten- /
lioes. FAIR PLAY. +
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