Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-26
Mr.. I,etoher md tho Bnnka

MIR. Letcl"r went nut ut his way ~ Congress in
1857, to declare TINT if he had been n member of
tho Legislature NJ that time (,luring the then A.
nancinl criss) he would hive favored hill for the
divorce Of the hank. from the S,ntt-thnt ho would
have soll every ,llnrs worth Of stock owned In
them by the Snto-nnd that hc would have gone
FOR COLLECTING EVERY DoLLAR or TAXES IN GOLD
AND SILVER -
And this is sti his policy as declared over
and over again during the present canvass. Will
you, people of Virginia aud of Richmond partien-
larlv, 60 f"r such llind and soucss pulley -
win you endorse such II mad and suicidal dvctrine
by v"ting for Lc,cher?
Look moment. On the first day If january,
1858. all the specie. IN all the Banks of tho State,
nm,untel to only 81. 4O0.0o0. The taxes collected
the year previous amounted Sl,ll9,00O So that
according to Mr. LctrLcr- plan. lie peolle Of TIr.
giaia mouH hare hadto pay OVER FouR MILLIONS
cf dotidrsm goM and sirvr. for Tdres mhen there
tcas only a HHie orer THREE MILLIONS IN the State,
ami thai locked up in Ae runits 9CAe Banksl
Now, under Mr. Lctchers plan, how could the
people pay their tnxcs, except Mt the most enor.
nous and ruinuus sacrifices of their property p
Aud yet, will the people vo.e !.r surh man for
tho Office nf Governor? All things just AID right
eous. and merciinl, aud patriotic, cry out. and for
bid such folly IN the mrt Of the people Flock,
then to the nobe STANDARD Of GoGolS, and save
yourselves and your State from great calamity.
The Old Soldiers.
Observe tho contrast between the course of
John Letrhcr. on the Oil Soldiers Pension Dill,
and that Of the Hon. Horace Maynard, an able
and eloquent Whig representative in Congress
from the State of Tennessee In tie course Of
speech upon the bill. Mr.. Maynard thus rpoke
IL misunderstood the gentleman's figures, but
| rejoice that the number was even greater than
had Thought 1t speaks we'll for the pairi"tism
and gnlant,y of our fathers: and rejuce il there
are so many of them alive as he supppses--a much
larger proportion, however. than, ! am afraid, the
facts will warrant. But is TINT any reason why
we should segect them? 1t is no reason, to my
mind why we should turn upon them with ridi-
cule md snecrs aud deri.ion-, and exclude them
from tho same bon and benefit which have been
conferred IN other men who, like them, were en-
gagged in the service nf their country. Ten mil
lions out of an annual expenditure Of more than
eighty mlions. Ard SS0,000,000 for WHAT
Look around this Hall look around your Capitol;
60 to your navy yards 60 to your frtifcntions;
look to your jobs and your contracts; 60 to your
printing Office and count up the items that make
up this $4,000 900; ponder them well; and then
60 home and tell your constituents that our Gov
ernment il 80 poor, that there IL little moncy
in the Treasury, that you cannot pay the old sol-
der for his services, rendered, perhaps, before
yon were born. Go to the country with that mr.
gunent address It tn the people, and let them
hear II; anil when the old soldier .omes hating
up, diseased, decrepit and haggard his youth and
his health and hist,uoynnt heart given long ago
to hi. country; ny. nnd asks for tardy payment
of the debt which you owe him. tell him that you
cannot pay him, for you have to give the money
away to shoal Of pets and iavnrites for gewgaws,
chips and whetstones,' and Heaven knows what
besides" ~
F.