Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-02-06

noe and toss that H. boarding IL. and eiuchins
Il ~h Iron era-p awaiting the opportunity Of skianins
poor fellow upon the auction block. I find myssi
upon my an predicsment than the poor p
per
Tss- piper had ~-ss had no hay to CIV b.t
We 'onk hi- PIP. began 10 phy-eOn.idsr eonsdsr
The ppsr playing his pipe free perhnp. from the
noysnce cfprrssng debts and engagements which he
unshle 10 meet. sm writing to you now under conine-
men la my rocm fearing sally out least encounter
Of creditors Distressed myself from the
p-rvadng epidemic 81 hard times" have leisure write
because. indeed. and in the midst Of ample resources. n
could avail myself Of c Of necessity, Shaking, yes
skukng Of the why OF escdiior things whatever
have may be equal and things
tosnd OF all things IL least equal the
absolutely suffering creditor, without the wh-rcwh
meet his demands and And yet why things sol
The remedy j. oascr accomplish than the disease be
Kept the public funconaes Of the country would bat
To work with a clever sehoolboys energy and good
sense.
Are not alarmed, my dear and indignant the
soth and indeoison and total absence and Of prompt
aud energetic aud wise scon in the councils OF Virginia
Legislature in the of this pcrvudng ud universal
malady that grevousiy nifcts the country \ little
practical, wholesome and sound good the part
ihn Virginia Assembly. and the leap of antelope would
not be rupd than might again bound int, conpa.
rave and believe, into SOLID and permanent, prosperity
We have amidst the present difficulties and
unparalleled they all the elements sary
pad recovery, II the obvious of the certain and
development Of varied and numberess re.ourccs
could bat be vouchsasd by the chosen guardians
our great interests And yet continue he ttniaized
and Knocked from week week and from month mont,
with the arantes childs play enacied by grown chill
dren in the form ot while half the country ruined
and made c0s bait OF by their sloth and cmporxing
decision VIC continue to be cursed with tiukerism and
smpucism while staggering and falling about like
sheep with the rots. The smallest Imaginable dose nj.
most less than grain. o plain sense administered
By the General Assembly apart from the paper trash and
ltffffi.r al~sarr \
upon onr heels in almost Tune less than pinch ut
-nuh wond set phlegmHtc Dutohman TO sneezng: not
IN the form of Relief and Stay Laws-yet give Stay
Law, II the other phy be allowed us-but ia IN,
vet more solid and substantial form Ut nipsrng expansion
% the circulation. monetary circulation what want
ell IL Is oil that is wanted "Man live by bread
alone" He must have blood in his yens-hr must have
vital circulation. No animal in an exhausted
receiver" There bs atmospheric air keep the
breath OF life in motion You build houses nor cul.
nvate fields without axes and Tools The people
get along without money. They money and have
II, they ruined. They hive got "play or pay
And when they play the game out they don't get money
they mnst kcri over and "kck the bucket like the frog
ar rat IN the exhausted receiver.
Is the Virginia Assembly drag along its 'slos
ieagfh" at the peoples experimenting upon them
and ascertuining by legislative process how much patient
community can bear without turning upon its opps
and hurting deserved curse thick and deep upon them in
the agony O ntaerabe distress distress easily cured
the will would be provide the cure on the part of the
Legislature IL may be well enough for the General Az
semby 70 convert themselves abandoning their Legitimate
rats and frogs, and ascertain how long rat or frog will
remain in exhausted reeerer before goes the way
81 all esh but protest against such experimenting upon
thelr constituents And still protest against the
moekery OF discarding solid and substantial relief and of
letting in m lieu thereof in the form of Stay Law Just sir
enough convince how much more nerciii il \ aow
and protracted death than sudden one.
The people want money. The circulation must be cg
padded or halt the community ruined. would GO grst
way in the exeron Of Legislative interpretation to save one
poor fellow from the total wreck Of the hard acc-
mutation OF quarter OF century. But am no member
oil the Assenblyyei cannot the chosen representatives OF
the people vouchsafo mercy to suffering constituency
whom they can relieve if they will!
The people want money-and the Virginia Legislature
will give them money through the Banks unless its deter
mined purpose 10 kill all the Virginia merchants and TO
make the people large and these Virginia merchants tri
butares, and "ewers of wood and drawers of water for
the only class that desire continued and TO profit b.
the present state OF things, witt small clique of Scotch
merchants, and few narrow-souled and snuess capls
besides Cramp and the circulation and YOU will
not hear these complaining Of it, The former class
with never an American feeling in their bosom and loving
our institutions nbou; much the devil loves PRAYER
bOok-they, the less money you haye-and they know H.
and chucke over the folly and suicidal policy that builds
tena the of oil others-the less money ard
the more contracted the circulation bigger the gode
harvest they will reap from the uinously depIesse prc Of
Sour staples; buying up they will your staples with the
proceeds ~ the foreign bills they draw "ad biign
'1d nhntnm" You might a. soon catch weaze n,l-en
"a catch your Scotch capitalist symputhzng with the c
distress and advocating any scheme of relief that inpairs
The multiplication Of the dollars aud the heavy side
III their ledger What they how depressed vour nricc
are The aeesine and conesponsve profits 90 into leir
ockeiSl Or are they part and parcel of Us one f ouy
bone and flesh of hesi!r Saw Won ever such Sr,,
mani Saw you ScOtchnan attached +, our ;n.,r
uJnsi saw You ever ScOtchman that did not intend 10
bury s bones in the land of cakes that he came fronp
HOW many Scoictnen saw You, carrying noit the A,cr.
ian flag, he star spanged banner" during the lest war
ho" many! How nany saw YOU the Interior least
they might give aid and comfort the enemy' And arr.
these the 90 whom the American merchant, mr. - n.
made tributaries and the American interest TO be saered1
Are these the men for whose benefit We are 10 b. ,nde
aNnrtga u.l ar,.lI ruu-.
tive care over great commonwealth like Virgnia /, he
expended in building up this class when her own LIES
blood u the prcel Let the ScOtchman make his profits
o car; put give our own people some chance. have no
unkGr feelings towards any Scotchinan persously and
there any ScOtclmen for whom entertain personally
sen'in oil the highest resPcct-and whom all men are
bound respect for their individual integrity and honor
But iproest against policy the effect of which is 10 uid
up the dead Of the American merchant TO-
reign clique that never will be Amcrclnized
~ their interest or feelings sentiments. To spare them
than have spared them an examining the natural
and inevitable tendency ni important measure of public
policy, IN which their interest anGgOnstica TO the Ame
Ican agcuturist and the American merchant would be
strip my appeal oegsae inierposition Of half its lust
ig, and neither % spare myself nor NY fellow citizens
at large who are deeply concerned the effects Of such
poIry ne ScOtchman's heart aud his Sympathos belong
ScOilandour sympntes with the great and rertna
interests Of the people Of Virginia staggering under
unparalleled difficulties and appealing legislative wisdom
fr relief.
Then the other class the narrow CAPITALIST,
and the lean and hungry Shyock the more Won emf down
the circu!aton and stave OIL -ay laws, the you i'm
port strength 10 their alons To CLUTCH like the yunre in
their unsuitable grasp, their neghbOrs lands and negroes
Had other property, and the You gorge oyergrown
wealth generriy The ayarciJus capitalist watches close
ly the public policy and understands thing or two
better in mnisterng the ruling passion of his life Why
know Of an instance, recently, Of a gentleman, not
tIotsand miles from Lynchburg Distinguished
~ filing gBiB some precsOus ansitory, and cUnf ed
place In te political atmosphere Of the State-lke scan
~ rvuct from scantier fountain flowing, and ever and
swollen above it, natural dimensions aud its banks
sorf.s 49, l.
treating back into IT, cabrc, and huctuatng with
Thus, distinguished in politics but vet more
guished n his oysrgrnwn wealth, who now threat
snng, in Urdy spirit Pope Rome threutcnaS II,
fuuaae his roal hunders, anathcmatize with his
s3ul-deatroying bulls that II the General Assembly dare
pav Stay Law, he will lei loose his dogs Of war-and
every word dog that his huge dssk contan-and spare no
r. whomsoeyer that l. dergci. bond dollar
q him. Kingdoms and Prncpihnes will the Legisl4-
dare expose their constituents 10 such fatal iro Would
II NOT be well FOR the advocates of Stay Law 10 appout
commissioners - wait upon this purse. powerful potentatc