New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-12

mark that veYy LILO BARN oee result IRON snaA
of the Hard Money. or any other experiment;
szd. While We have 40 faith IN it. we
saaa not stArd 10 the way Of our Demo
cratic rulers giving Is . fair trial IL they see
it We sec that 1t necessarily involves low
wsees for Labor and low prices for Produce: the
G. npensstiDs benefits 10 our industrious cssses are
not to us apparent We believe that With nom
ira'ly Specie Currency our hired wo.kers viii DO
psid, If promptly psid at all, not in gold and silver
but 10 COED part in shioplasters, store orders, or
seine SOFT Of barter on the -four potatoes prin.
cipie Of Mayor Wood. We cannet see how the
Laborins Class Of thi' country are to be 30 fully
employed or 60 fairy and promptly pathfinder what
il called Specie Currency, ss they were SIX
months ago under Paper Currency. bas the
People have chosen a. their councillors and guides
in this crisis those who profe" TO view this ma8er
exactly 90 We do not, and we deem it but hr 70
give them a charcs 10 develop and apply thsif
own views. II they say. Hard Money, fres
Trade, Direct Taxation-sny Of all Of these-we
say Lot these be fairly tried. There is little harm
left for them to d. and they never could be tired at
less cost than just now.
DR.. Franklin, indeed, (not very good authority in
Hand Money circles suggested to the friend ~n'
asked his advice az to the best means Of preserving
bis beer from the deprsdaons of his servants, that
be should put cask of good wine beside bis oeer'
We have hoped, therefore, hat the dominant party
wherever il undertakes to abolish BaLk Notes, or
those of and urder $50, would simultaneously en-
act that Money Orders might be bought with 'pscie
ct any post office, authorizing the holder to draw
1ihe amount from any other designated post.onice.
In our business, as in that Of others, the use Of
Bank Notes in making remittances Of small amounts
seems almost indispensable. Add it need not cost
the Goverlme anything nay, it might be rel.
dered a source of prolific provide that whoever
Deposited say ten dollars and FIVE cent: in specie
with any postmaster, might obtain from him sight
draft for ten dollars on aEy other post Office he might
name. This draft might pass through many hands
On its way to its destination, proving great public
convenience ard bereft We perceive symptoms.
however, that such mode Of rendering the public
great service at little or no cost is pretty certain
TO be branded as incompatible with "the Resolu-
lutions of 49," which, while Mr.. Buchanan shall
be President, il not to be thought Of We shall
urge nothing at present. therefore, in behalf Of the
Money Order system, but try to live by means Of
such Currency as is vouchsafed Us.
We solicit from our rulers an open, straightfor-
ward, manly policy with regard to the Currency
one that shall not seek to postpone or evade trials
that ought to be directly faced, but will do at once
what i, to be dore, and Let every one know just
VI hat ha has IN expect If Our Dem ocracv really
believe in the Sui. Treasury, ard think our State
Taxes and Tolls .houd be collected and kept after
that pattern, let them bring their members of the
Legislature to face the music in body, and we
will trust that no obstacle may be interposed to
prevent the ruition Of their desires And if all the
Members Of that party vote to suppress all Bank
Notes under 800, or $50, or 800, we trust the
proposition may prevail. Let us know the worst
at snce, so that we may meet it as best we may.