Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-06

selves 10 be tamey duped, OF deu!ed mo .ne vsrv
ton, that we are dependant upon BanRs lor se;s
dollar thai circulates. Will you, as srd'e 60; Do
la,ors. foster this degrading deinsioh ~" I,or =
grading seryity 10 Banks2-or, will you los'' :. : ;
sound currency. and protect your people, a. 90
rs you can. against the evils oil an eAciuyo >
uncertain, ever fucuaing paper circu'a, ne Ia q
| The sad and disastrous experience o. ~ yonr
few years ought surely TO put you upu; .Is,;ve
guard against repetition oI .nc 80 nneriry by
nuackery. which sought 10 build up ProSp..y, IN.
tankiny Ii is needless 10 waste words ~ I'm, to
memorarion OF The disasters thus biousn. oaJ
Suffice il 10 say, that all have been inlul1oi
tens of thousands ruined, by Banks bdn n,,e and
lators, and reliance upon Banks TO mani aIa
regulate the currency, and furnish me PIP
with facilities for getting rich whou, '"D \.
Peace 10 the Banks that have we'. -, ,y;II
storm, and pardon for their past SINS, II ~ fine.
hencciorward obey the laws, perform r.;nsi the
lions honestly, and never again reue. he only
laws Of trade and The specie Standard the o ~
safe and sure regulators Of the currency. 80
if after N the fo:bearance with when tiey "I,.
bscn trea,el-ij. AFTER all The unnerlted idso'S
slowed upon them, and the exclusive, ye" ,u di.
less privileges granted TO them shey aie 10 ~
posed to demand more iavor>, ana cihi'p CAM: 49,: H.,
elusive privilege OF making and coht' III.
whole currency OF the country, you, -. 60,
will as.uredly feel bound 10 rsOuAc i..;,,h,
your faces against their aspirations anu . l 60
euus demands, and project and secure ~. r. ~
pie, who have honored you, against ieheHa; =.
The reign Of Il rotten, lawless, and deiIloFa''%'hs
paper system. ..e., ;, ,he ;mnroved
.ta,e OF the currency. All complaints abou, me
9s,,,e ~ The exchanges" are hushed But there
are still lurking dangers in our paper system ~
bo oparded aoainst-stl many vices ana What
inc tendencies 10 be corrected we shall, ere
iono aaain have 10 eat OF the bitter fruits OF VI
cious banking. II is humlia,lng iact, lial'
under The trammes of the high Tarlil system,
and nnler The Indebtedness ensendered by over,
banking over-trading, exlravagant living anu
bjoh taxation, direct and Indirect, tobacco mas al
mos, ceased 10 be reliable staple-and Inc man
reliance of our people for raising money, and
having dcb:s, is upon the sale Of Negroes. IL IS
bumliating tact that Negroes constitute our pFin-
n;n,l s,,nle for export. And what do we gel in
rrinrn for Them? For the most part, ragged, DIR
~ Bank paper-a large proportion OF II The rag
e.d dirtv Bank paper Of other Stales--paper that
would no, be tolerated BY those who ultimately
90, nossession Of our Nesrocs-tor, they have
9old and silver in abundance, and the Negroes
which they cet from us raise for them itch sia
MICS (suear and cotton, ''equa 10 cash" through
on, the world. Look 10 these facts gentlemen,
and beware of heapng more burlhens upon your
nconle and Of making The Odds gainsl them
more fearful than they now are Al least, let
nur small change be in hard money and lei the
lille currency retained and circulated amongst
MS he sound.
A FRIEND TO THE SPECIE STANDARD.