Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-26
SMALL NOTES.


There seems To exist In Virginia so.t ct SNAIL Go
mania All seclions 81 tAs notable sPheie CO "htef
We 1.-Two end move sct buy und cell and get gain
g. have tine other iaddised an odd notion. IN
tae very fcs and popular inte.esta His
rory s full Of the "crankiness O! human nature Virginia
Va ana haa been for long while cranky upon small
Her Legislature has vndcaed lis good Rsnse BY pfoht?na
their Issue sod but ic spite OF Legislative snacimens
and as were for the very purpose OF emos,tass'ng .he
ised" with wonderul benigniy all sorts OF paper making
machines at Wsshingca They have imobed the nollun
pensable seta ,rato, and they incorsieis We
4.an only hope that they occasionally honor us with
business cs and will do mere and more perhaps IN the It.
,are they vii! day find how getting u.oEg
in Maryland without them. Nothing can DC mere pleasant
and convenient, In financial point OF view, Than retail
transactions 10 CITY, In any portion o. Eo State
oept may Perhaps In close proximity to tbs o!t
Virginia shore The people OF Virginia are sma paper
cuprI,s there doubt Of 1t. II is their weakness
Since the above remarke were penned paragraph upon
the subject 10 Virginia paper, has arrested on
TIE writer saye 'he question 10 no: whether SINAI! notes
can be abolished That has been tried uunS be i'm
possolo TIE oay remedy that NE can seo Then Is to &C.
rive all the profit fron the Of afs which
e1i,,s-,ha s permit our on banks 20 Issue small notes
That's the prrres question:. The Newspaper press, if Il
to be ti,So for good should never eoncote sues
vsry minute 'impossbtiilie.." "laSosss!s' Why, We
told The th!pg ever and over aser by our Ia
mediate contemporaries il geuerens.? E.cc .e
would destroy tbs business OF ne city very fseis so 81
argument By those who have No eettsr Ana when We
nrged the prohibition against the email Ec!es Of Cur cSn
"Sauks'-eut We !saTs shat 10 The past let, hefe With
tie experience Of tbs State u Maryland right lores!de
have the Vgis8 press Injecting upon the issue 81 s's
notes by her banks that her people, ~ may de-
rive oil the pro6 therefrc Amaole creor:y We wish
yrr Joy of the proas" ccusn OF Ia the meantime
consder your policy, and hod fast that which good"
paragraph In soo.her Virginia paper have jus, TIE;
with speaking of the iRpoiicy OF ersc:g aS not sup
ported by public opnon that statute coshs to DE
allowed remain 6e,d letter Upon tho pages of the CODE
and that the Legislature must either ha.s the hfmness 70
enforce the honesty epea. and appesrs 10
eSue that the former the tue policy 10 DO adopted &c
gard TO the small aoes at the present juncture.
Thars the doc:iue-eaorce the statutes but do not abaa
dun tho principle because 1t works little hard and sy
tho outset AZ for tho Legislature enforcing the satue,
that's mistake II business Of sc,Is tho
iaws Tho fact IT, this thing GOES home The discretion.
sound policy honesty and good c'.isecshp Of the people
themselves They have good convenient: and safe
currency Let them exert the WILL and the way Is already
prepared for them. And they have safe precedent 10
own good State. In feet, Maryland In the mass Of he
eArvcncy, 10 at the head Of the Union.