Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-09
LEGAL TENDER.

To the EEtor of ths Wh;g:
uad;s.Aad Congress is considering tire proprety Of
aaking Treasury notes legal tender hope they will
h. state to CO it. Is Is only to apply aud
op:r subsst the general prGcple of which shoe
sytsm If measures is but extended caiiOp,
tsas the policies and principles suited OF peace
insgpieable 20 state Of var. Sil,ns kgs, iHsr
4rms. No! that slhW i' end in war, bu. that
ia the subverson Sf peace Il subverts al the
ministries OF peace tha: inconsistent with the claims
Of Thus private profe:,y Is occupied destroyed
a Nill by TIE GSyernmen. in war where il would he
held sacred 10 pence. So themselves seEd ard
Used fos the public slieiy al war, WhOGe free will and
Of their faculties for their ends the lass guard
olictOusly in peace So trade ksef-the right OF
buying aud selling ones when be nay Pel,e, aud
of a. king for il what be Hkes-sre all IN var put in
aejSnce--mAde criminal even, GIcep. as coniormsd to
reg lirensnts Of the military authority.
And Why saould the relation Of DEBTOR and creditor IN
notey apart Aad still kept upon peace footing
.hsn al the other relations OF business placed
aes grounds Applicable to ercumstAncesf Gov
srrlea; takes tie property OF The debtor and fixes s
oUn price upon it-Akss the bloc himself and all bis
tine and faculties aud pays bin its own Prce-the price
you pay IS in Lev money-usr money-mide oy your
selves tor the occasion Al this is necessary and right
Tn, uoney Of peace got aud silSer whose fee O~ in
and GU: Of the country and circulation enabled the
debtor &c. bis share Of IT, longer under the absolute
embargo Of b.oCklde, ia Though much gees OUT
logger c;rcuAt SIS worth per Of theWar
eurrs1cy Go which everybody deals and deaD for
small Transactions, and unprOcur.ble for lIge and
bear 81 such time old wOmAn's whine abOu. tie
- ~, Ia a,A utlr ha ato ha emf
ered by tre Government 10 demand OF the debtor whom
tie Government tssn has hamsirung and pinioned 10
The earth in povury Aad hepassasss the cent per cent
this more tran pound OF .sh," for the he could be
reached, but the specie eInnot. The Government IL to
make Midas Of the creditor, converting bis debtors
property tou-h into gold, while il corfScsies both
the d b.or and his property pubic uses at is own price
payable in papurl The thing ia woustrous. Congress
should see that in common With. the thousand other
thi e, rights and relations modified by war, the pay
ment Of 6ebs in gold and silver, is one Not TO do il
70 modify them accordingly is 10 make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, and to set spart class whose
wssb sl ncrcas, in the ratio Of the impeachment Of
bis dso.or and he calAmities Of the ejuatry We
embarked in the SINE boat-les all share alike the
p.of and css of the veysgr aud then shtfu.
ly Complain
Even in psse. Grea, Britain makes her Bank Of Egg
l.Id notes. which in sGSc her own paper (or they
ret mainly on 60 ernment s,ocks) legal tsnSeT as
also the notes Of tue Bank of Fanc, legal tender in
France while hets in state OF war, with no specie
c!rcuIatng aud nons procuable, Congress- Is holding
debors lGbS pay gold and silyer-Eh!ci 70 thous'
ands is a decree Of ruin.
Buying their property at what price lsases in trsa-
sury notes. or no price at all these be refused-Gp
propriatug their time A1d labor the public defence
away from their homes and TO the destruction their
ou,iaes-L Al which IS right aud eommcndAble in existing
oircums,acss denying The debtor the possible
hose e4nsaad lha. labor Whici the creditor him
sci relied In making the contrao, III citing radic,l
orange Of all the circumS, and condition eIt trg
AZ the tine il was entGrtd into, yet would uphold aod
free the etter OF the oond Sgainst the spirit Of
the contract Surely this cannot be right. The error
has been in pos pouing Ih5 II adopted simtl
aoeousV With the us of treasury notes. there would
have been no Injustice aud little Inconvenience Nov
some lo mar be .red by the creditor but trivial CON-
pared with that which dsnsl OF this relief would pro
baby entail on the deb or, and which, being delayed
m.y involve him in ruin
lis necessity Of the Government 10 state OF var
and u state OF boodshed, TO make its money the cur
renoyhe legal currency and legal tender, for aI-and
h viii bavo performed tI whole daty II it restricts ths
quantity OF is issues vSha the narrowest limits pcsti
ole Soma exc. ST. some deprtc alton must be looked
for Tbis spread through al the channels Of business,
sod bssras on all prOpOr sstsly their business is
bat iaI y equal Aad fair As any paid By the comma