The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-03-27
Talal. bee. c47 .p2r2a2 .se1 J.
Total. I2s0, 97352, 2.e aIs. i9sl ,llo, 40


During The past year. sir. but for the
event which has rendered This apprepri.
a,ioa necessary. the amount Of coinage :,
the Charlotte branch would have been sill
larger Than that Of the preceding gear.
The amount Tor seven months Of The ear
preceding The burning Of the mint VAS
Sl67 $40 %, large increase oserihe cor
responding time 81 ihe fnrmeryesr; and lie
superintendent thinks, bu, for ihaisseni. ii
sould hate brtn for The hole year. be.
tween fnur and Eve huudrtd thousanido dol
lars. The gold region, cir, Is an exlen-
siye one; and without the branch minis j,
must no, orly Be suhjec ed 10 The loss sEi
Inconvenience already alluded 10. but the
important policy Of The nation. in raining
ii least its own native bOlllun BY is own
minis. wlll be in very considerable De-
gree defeated. For, without them. a
large patton Of gold vi be carried Else.
where than 10 the miLt ~ Ph,lsdelphis.
II will he melted inio bars and ingols. snd
exported IS an sr.lrle of merchindse
snd exchange 10 foreign ularkes; and To
that extent 81 least be an injury TO the "a.
i,onal coinse,; or deposited silh minis Of
pTicafe coinage. established without the
authority OF The Government. | need MT
here, sir. dilale on the e,lls attending tie
coinage 81 private mlIis. We have had
some experience in The gold region IN
this subject, perhaps Under as favorable
cHcuns anres as establishments of tbs
kind could be candac;ei, and We have ltli
the depreciation and want al uniformity
~ the currency. which will slsays and IT,
e'lllbly Edlow th,i r operations. BY The
mints OF he GnTsrnDtbi. too. you prs,ent
much fraud in bay ing AID ., illEg bullion,
shena ready means ii deeeiionis furnish
Ell, not only Tor sdulteIateJ me III. Do, base
rcin. They give Us also, as f.r a. such
establishments can accomplish lha, end.
currency Of coin in The cirrles OF our
own tra'ie in the gnld rreinn. ! am no
sJs.c.ie. err, Tor an exrlusive mei,lllc
currencs; snch theory would be found
10 De utterly imprac,icab!r in The prean nj
enndi,nn Of Gus Country, AID wholly in.
sufficient Tor Tie vast commerce III hi: H.
ton. But, sit. dssiie to see tie sp' Gle
bast. enlarg d; | si,h TO zee a. much coin
as possible In the mnnsyed irteicuuIseUf
The people, and think we have right
To oul sh,re oft in the gold reginn, at the
places Of production. Whsn taken to
FhiladrlFhia, our built in rarely returns
IN The rhspe al coin. Wien converted
al The branch minis. il circuiates. and is
retained among US ., least fOr ccnsIde-
rabls tine.
Mr.. Chairman, in asking this sppropri-
atom. we demand but an sci nf justice t.
th't section ol country which SEEKS and
derives hul ltiilr benefit from the Isgisla'
ton OF tie Government. o,hrr than he
general blessings whirh now from it" aG-
minisr'tor. The lors,ion II Charlotte
= al thriving AMI populous TO wn Tor The
interior, and Is central Tor all that section
oi the COLI region. Making every a'o"-
ance iuf the ddlirul les which attended
me commencement" f tie op"ra'inns, or.
= you choose, for mi.mana scment or tar
y errors, perhaps ihseperable from its or
gan'zaiian, the benz Il, i'll results and suc-
'ess oil The Branch Mint IL Charlotte have
nl'y justified tie r,ascns ii lis establish.
ment. lndisidnal enterprise, or loraIeS-
'i"on. carrot snpply he loss We lave
nstAlnod.~ Il must be repaired by the
'enersl q ,vefnmeni if at all. We desire
ut an expensive or exravagani. but an
iilriant and tafo establishments. From the
$ lma'e aid elan nf tic Director If The
mother Mint. Ills appropriation " II ans
str mat purpose. THIS comparatively
mali expense is Indispensable 10 sccEe
ne o'1sci. There is III uni,ljured con-
i1trsblr amount Of the pubic property,
'hict can and wi be used ~ thpre.esiat-
s''nent Of The mint, aud Ii Oh wuul bs