Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-20

ne nonnally earns rs much, or even more thar he
did formerly y-' from the increased rrfc of Il ,b.
necessar'es ~ lie, lie cannot support his family
Hence he strikes for higher wag,s and m. ur,.,. -,
and excited feelings which have NJ different uerinji
existed among the lahoring class-sA But the ,xr,n.
sion az length reaches the c.pudimg&nint and = n.
does the laboring man now suffer 10 fnr a .ra
son thrown out OF employment a';GgetheN Our msn.
ufacurrs are suspended; our public works saNsopp-d
our private enterprises ot different kinds nhih toned
and whilst Others able 10 weather the Storm l..
can scarcely procure the means of bare subsSteTc'>
In subsequent speech Mr. Buchanan thu- IN
phaiically denouuces the attempt Of Senator DA".--
OF Massachusetts, 10 misrepresen his position
"Selt.respect, as We'll as the respect winch owe
10 the Senate, restra!ns me from giving such
radctIon I" this allegation rs it deserves. Ii w"u
surely moi De deemed Improper, however, III in". II
were Ia torn to the senator a.Id apply the eptlrt
which he himself has applied 10 the propnsirrs. lie
lnputes 10 me, and weru 10 declare that such ~ ~
pn'aflnn was Hagitious' Misrepresentation of my ~
marks"
Replying to the charge more at length. kBu-
chanau again said:
"lcontended that it would not injure but greaNN
benefit, the labnring man 10 prevent lho violent am
runuus expansions and contrariions 10 which Oah
currency was Incident, and by judirious bank re
form 10 PLACES II on settled basis Ii this were dom.
ing man could not receive rs great nominal amount
tor his labor H. he did III the days of extrsS
expansion, which must always under nw: present :
lem be ot short duration, hr would b. indennItiri
and far more than ndeinni-d, py the constant rIn.
plnyment, the iregular wages, and the uniform and
more moderate prices OF the nccessarIus ani comforts
pt life, which u more stable currency would produce.
Can this proposition be cortruv-rtcd! | think not.
II is too PLAIN for argument. Marx me, SIR desire
produce this happy result, not by establishing a
pure metallic currency, but by reducing the amonui
81 your bank ISSUES Within Reasonable and sale ri-
Iis, aud establishing m-tac basis for your paper
circulation The ldea plainly Expressed is thai
oetter, much better, for the laorug man. Is well a.
tor every other class Of succty except the specutrr
that the business OF the country should he placed
upon that liked and permanent foundation whirii
would be- laid by establishing such bank reform rs
would render it certain that bank nutes should he u!
ways convertible into gold ani silver.
And YET this plain and sim pie exposition o( my
views has been seized upon by those vino dr-r" IL
make political capital Ou, o hcirpcrversi"n; aud m
been REPRESENTED far aud vide iha; II WAS dcs
10 reduce wages duwn IL the prices received by the
miserable scris and laborers OF European dsputisr
.hall most oherrtully leave the public Ia drcrr to
tween me aud my traducers. Tie scna"r !r"T
Massachusetts, after having attributed 10 IN" The IN
tentiuu of reducing the wages ol labor 10 the hard
noiiey standard, through the agency of The ineprr
dent treasury bill, has added MS All appendix 10 hi
speech, d statement made by the srlntor from Mary
land, Mr.. MEKRIcK, Of tile prices of labor Ia rhr.'
hari inoney despotlsiIs and II Is thus left 10 he III
terred that III favor Of reducing The honest ad
independent laburer of this glorious and Tree country
~ the same degraded condition. The senator ou:h
TO know that there is too much intelligence anon
the aboring classes in this highly favored land 10 G
led astray by such representations.
Was ever any false accusation more thoroughly rr
futed aud turned against it authors Er un0 d%c
omnes. Such the shafts in the Opposition qu!y~r