Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-03-23
THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 2a, 1913.

UuUiiC uiStftSS, uuu luStif views w vi
powers and usts OF Government, reyive'
,fresl,, they justified, the notions hops
| Under the auspices Of The lanen Mt, d liar
rlson, the confidence was INDUCED Iha
the Governme would be once more pu
upon its old trsek-ils pristine integrity
indicated anew, tie policy under mhlcl
the country had so long and greatly flour
lshed be restored, and with u tht Sc gooS
old times that had been so cklesSly sac
lihced 10 new and fatal experiments. -
Why have these cherished hopes been
disappointed Why have these promls.
ed blessings not been realized The an.
swer is easy aud obvious. The restora-
ton to IFS anciea! policy, which the ma
ton had decreed, and from which alone u
return Of prosperity was expected, has
never taken place. Why, is familiar TO
all. Death cut off the appointed instru-
nent Of this Reform, when he had but
jus, lived long enough to confirm the ma
tons confidence, and give assurance oil
the faithful lullilment of the nations
hopes. Bow bitter the disappointment Of
those hopes--how fatal TO his country
how suicidal to himseif--the betrayal Of a
like confidence by successor, whose
conscience, sleeping while It's revelations
might have hindeIej preierment, woke
(place and emolument once secure orly
to confound his friends IN the midst Of
victery, and give succer TO his enemies in
. ba nF doll Aa Ia Iaur Ia Hta
cuss.
Having thus u6verted TO the em5arass-
ed condition of the country, we propose
to proclaim the principles and policy by
which the Wing patty expect 10 restore
and MAINTAIN national prosperity. The
first and most vital OF the means to ac.
complsh tina, end is the restoration ola
SOUND CURRENCY.
No labored augmentation is required
at this day, TO satisfy you thot the exist
ence oil national prosperity rests upon
Irrational currency Of equal value,
credit and use, wherever II may clrcu-
late" That your currency is the meas.
ure OF value Of all property that il con-
NUS CbG. toHSdSiiOiI vi UbSibUos~-hHu
that commerce, foreign and domestic, d..
Ponds upon it, none will ny. Its iunc-
tons, have been beautifully compared TO
those of the hoo6 in the human lfame.-
Ii is the primum mobile, the source oil life
TO the whole system. When flowing IN
SQUAD aud heathful condition, through lis
channels, the whole community, from the
maris of commerce, 10 the tirlIs OF hum.
BILE labor, qulckens under It's impulses,
and "blossoms as the rose" with prusperi.
". When il becomes diseased, blight
and ruin and desolation pervade the land.
Every irregu!arIIy or obstruction IN lis
action, is t,lt, IN Ia Itmol' ST ex,rrmities
Of the country. 1t must not only be-
sound in condition, and sufficient in quaint.
~, but regular, in It's flow, to supply the
wants Of the country. You cannot hook
through the borders Of your country md
doubt on this subject. A few years since,
you possessed sound aud regulated cur
rcncy, an you pr spered above NIL The
nations or the earth, until you became I"
pruvtrb among them. That blessing you
have lost, and now your distress are
beyond much further endurance. You
DO not Goubt You know that uulil ynu
hnvea soInd and well regulated currency,
you cannot be prosperng people, and
you are earnestly d, srIng and SEE king It's
restoration. The wants and necessities
of the Government, which are snbordl
mai" to youls, also require il.
The powers and duties OF the Federal
Government, over and in connection with
thr currency, is question OF the greatest
magnitude, aud is one now IN issue be
tween the two great parties ol this coun-
try.
ln other countries whatevcr their grade
of civlliZaliop, when elevated above bar
barism, the power aud duty Of CIV.
ernmtni to create and to regulate the cur
rency Of IFS people, have be- u fully re.
cognised, exercised aud accomplished. -
Aud IN THIS Union, ue;il recently, !, was
No, denied that our Federal Government
had power, aud wus bound by the Cunsti.
tuition. to create and TO regulate the cur.
rrncy OF this county, so us To give II ''e-
quail value, credit, and use, whereve. IT
might circulate" The only question in
dispute was the mode by which the duly
should be fulfilled. Ths Administrations
Of Washington, and jeff rson, and Madi-
son, have illustrated their recognition ui
this duty by their Efforts TO discharge it.
General Jackson exceeded all others IA
his claim Of power for the Government,
over this subject, Cor in his Farewell Ad.
dress, he asserts that II is It's duty 10 rcgu.
late the currency not only Tor the e. neral
good. but for the benefit Of particular
class OF the communlt, and his Admins.
tration made repeated efforts 10 improve
and to regulate the currency. And Mr..
Van Buren, too, in the first years of his
Administration, made similar promises
and efforts.
The Wing party, adhering to principles
which we're the guides OF the most illus
trious men Of our country, maintain thut
the Federal Government is endowed with
the control over the currency the
power to create and TO regulate it-and is
bound to exercise ii, in such manner, MS
will ensure TO the people of this Union,
one "of equal value, credit and use,
wherever il may circulate" The nccu-
mulated experience Of our national exist,
ence, demonstrates the facts, that the pow