Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-01-03

oil Assembly, on the lith INST, formally resolved
not to district the State for the choice OF member.
Of Congress.
1T Gibraltar there are banks. There has
been pressure IN the money market. and
property undergoes fluctuations. Specie is their
only medium.-Sfafe Sentinel
=. in the of all the gods once to hat
shall be referred next, Tor example Gibral-
tar, mere spcck IN creatiOn-a bare md barren
rock, which the wind sweeps without moving
stalk of wheat a blade of grass--a British ml-
tarv pJst-hed up example for tins great
Republic To follow Gibraltar, Cuba, and China
loco ioco Edcns; Why not % further The
wandering tribes of the deserts have paper
moncy-nO fluctuations of trade Go 10 them and
learn how we should do Strip of your clothes
and run naked, like the South sea Islanders. They
have no = paper roHey.' neither are they cursed
with manufacturing monopoises - Say civzi-
ton is all hunbug and equal rights aud true happi
TO be found only where inen i've IN holes
and caves Of the earth " and Dig with their hands
Oh. loco t"colsm thou art beauty with without
paInt-and thy dcvotces are perfect Soomons-
especially Chapman .---N0rilern Ld,aaiau.
Well. II that is n I making terrible fuss over
the mere statement 1T acknowledged facts
iess no judges of what fuss really is. In
the present pressure ot matter. however. should
hardly the ordinations of the IndIanan, did
he not stand So much IN need OF correct information
in relation to Gibraltar. Having no school took at
attention 10 the following
WIiamss Universal Gazetteer, cd. 1892 says
OF Gibraltar" Ii Is place Of great irade, being
free port. and the key of the Mediterranean. The
produce and manufactures of various nations
here exchanged by the merchants, consisting OF
British, Spanards, Americans, Jews, Greeks and
Moors.'
McCuochs Commercial Dictionary ed $50
says" The population about II OOO exclusive OF
the troo.'s. which usually amount, in times of peace
10 from 1000 To 1000. Gibraltar is of cons derable
consequence Il commercial station. Eeug free
port, subject To duties aud restrictions il Is
a CONVENIENT enirep6t for the English and other
foreign goods destined for the supply of the CONT
guous Spanish and African provinces. Ia 1881 .
the declared value Of the various articles of British
produce and manufacture exported 10 Gibraltar was
f367 2-5. 81 ,s36 i2j The revenue collected IN
the town amounts TO from f:sJ,OuO to TO 900,
tSl5O,oO0 To $500, OO0) which is about sufficient to
deray the public cirH cxpenG turc # the place The
expense annually incurred by Great Britain on
account Of the garrison IN time of peace, amounts
TO about c2Uu.OuO. 81 .OOO, eco "a small sum com
pared with the important political and commercial
advantages II Is the means OF securing. The eX-
change of Gibraltar on Cadz, aud other cities of
SPAN, Is IN hard dollars al per centagc, which
varies considerably and mostly IN tdror Of Gi5raI-
tar"
1t viii be from these facts that Gibraltar is
not the " mere speck" and bare and barren rock "
as supposed by he Indlanian: or otherwise IT
shows how free trade and hard currency, can
make even a - barren rocA' blossom like the rose
The annual revenues oil this mere spcck." are
about equal TO al those ct the State OF Indiana d.
rect aud indirect: but free trade and a hard cur
rency enables the inhabitants 10 pay i with equal
The same Is true of Cuba, and 10 a EAuch
greater degree. But when the Ind anian appeals
To China and the South Sea Islanders, we demur.
They carry out the wing system of rag money and
high tariff 10 the full extent. China has papes
money for as saall a sum as half cent; and the
South Sea Islanders, Il thcy have paper mo-
ney," are compelled To shells, or something
equally worthless TO every body else No doubt III
one should propose To better the pecuniarv
condition at these savages. some among them would
be found To eXclaim the Ind anian does IN rela.
ton TO paper money How 1--we without
measurable clam shell money Would ven
rob us OF every means OF comfort and cnlpyment
Without clam shell money, how could We rejoice
IN our loves, or &C.; grease wherewtth 10 annoint
our hides without clam she'll money how could
we ENJOY our Inestimable privilege OF eating cue
another Oh Whggery you are indeed at
home when you appeal for assistance Your
tremhy to nations Of slaves and savagcs