Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-09-24
To the Editor of the Belmont Chronicle:


SIR-Next in Importance to the adoption
o. the "Dred Scott decision'' BY the Demo
cratic patty of Ohio, and of vital interest to
the whole people of the State, is the an
nunciation sent forth by that party that ;he
Treasury must be separated from banks and
bankers. Mr. Payne says, GAS to the COL
lection, safe keeping and distribution Of
public moneys, by the next Democratic
Legisla ure, there viii be final and CON-
plete divorce uf the Stale Treasury from
banns and bankers In other words, We
are to have a Sub-Treasury. Well, We
think it altogether right that the party that
stole the money from the Treasury should
devise the remedy for The prevention OF the
ike again. But it is we'll for him that he
said nert Democratic Legislature, for thai
is one Of the doubtful things that are
mighty unsartan," and one also that we
hope never TO see again disgrace our State
Aside from this, however, what is the eb-
ject OF this important doctrine! Why, an
eiectioneering hobby, TO be sure. You
have not forgotten Shannon's celebrated
Bank Reform" yet. We hope! You know
how he was going TO fill our silken purses
10 repletion with "Benton'> yellow boys" ;"
and drive lampblack and paper money 10
Texas, or somewhere else down South
And you also know how he did it, don't you +!
Ii you don't, We will jusr state Tor your in
formation that he had ike to have done
an-ro than he bargained for, by senting the
"yeliow boys" along with the paper. And
that, We suppose, would be about
The head and front OF their Offending
and no more But suppose, voters of Bel
mont, that they should get possession of
the Legislature, and should accomplish
what they have promisec, Il. e. create "a
Sub Ireasury,) are you prepared to pay
your fares in gold and Siiver! That's the
MAIN point in the question. For, like il;
great antetype OF the General Government.
its golfers must necessarily be filled with
the "hard stuff" 1t would never do to pol
Lutte its sacred precincts with such trashy
material as manufactured rags. And where
must this "hard stuff come from but from
the pockets of the "dear people!" DO you
suppose they will be so Ubliging as TO take
your trash and get the "chan. e'' for youl-
Why, that is IN idea too preposterous for a
moment TO be entertained. Just let them
once get the power. and then prepare to
fork the dimes. But this is not the worst
| result. perhaps, of Sub Treasury. We
sse how the great national concern las
been "cutting up its rustys," breaking up
the banks. creating dsirust in the mind,
oi the people for every thing like a corpo,
ration, causing individuals of the first stand
ing tmong monied men suddenly to fint
themselves engulphed in runous disaster
ma king the people poor, and the Govern.
ment rich, taking the gold and silver out OF
circulation and boarding il up in vaults to
canker and rust, and the great interests o.
home mandatory and home productions o.
every kind lett urprote cted and unprovided
Tor. And this, doubtless, w0uid be the case
with S,ats Sub-Treasury, en'y increased
| in its disastrous Iesults in proportion TO lis
nearer proximity To us.
EERITAs.
p. S. for Iieaton. Sir, we wish to pro.
pound question for your solution II
reference 10 Far Plays" article, YOU dc
mand positive testimony; we suppose
therefore, you are always willing 10 give il
Now. eli, as you have for some time pub,
lished IN yodf paper an extract from tht
Ohio Siste Journal, puFporting to be the
doctrines Of the Republican party. (hougll
only endorsed by that paper,) ana as You
make no objection 10 any part Of that eX
tract, according to all logica! rules you
must necessarily aaoPt cr reject it as i
whole; therefore, We demand OF you, if you
reject it, 10 give us some "poslive testi.
mony" in proof your position "that a negro
is mol human-that he has no Soul-thqt he
has no inteiiect'-and by SO doing YOU y ii
much oblige, V.
BARsEsvlLLE. Sept. 18th, 1857.