Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-13

..h..,lv.lops toQn ISans 0TbS bb Of de- EBssiOu
banks are 81 good a. the dsnGad nOses othe United
s.at.s-they be used - readily and eopyenienty-
and self has stopped specie pAHrses
except 6r interest and debt OveEdae and as speca 70
premium Of li-Aaad'2 per eebt, it Ollows thatuihe
coin paid by The banks 70 government does not refh
to them. Every coiRpaynsn therefore, dninishes the
specie aggregaSn0f the yb4nksto sustain which these
institutions agreed % suspend, Moreover the vote of
suspeason made NJ exception n favor Of government,
AID the banks Their FORE are nos asli6sdin fAvorng
heyo1d their other customers Liberal payments OF U.
Ssaies dspAAd Roes osplhc creditors would tpgplsh.
some temporary remedy for the present difficulty, for
thereby TIE bssks would soon ebtain enough Of iihese
nOs 70 cancel theis remaining obligations to the seese
tary Of the feesuy. VIZ <Ay
And another extract from the Hsrald's editorial
columns: m NO.,
aud nos agAinss the hnnareds OF tAonsaRds Of VaOp,
men throughout the South who are awaiting the day Of
their delvereoce from JeR. Davis; We are fighting to
save the South not destroy il curohiscsis toresofe
The blessings OF our federal constitution 10 The rebel
ates aad not transfer them from one irresponsible
military despotisu 70 another. 20 - taa aAd- aah ~
q We have On Amy and navy sufficient for the ipuisd
afe work IN bl1d We have army and our navy so
Organized AMI dis ribused to ind cate the inevitable
ovsrhrOW of this rebellion, and IN very sbsrt time.
But the money question = assnmiag AZ alarming shape.
Sixty million Ct cash receipts Ike scrrg figure agalnit
sx hundred nillons Of expenditure. The receipts o.
t5e Tressary must be increased to the extent Of
hundred and fry millions, and that right soon, or
We shall be ieluged By gem raj oupouring of shin
plas;ers aud the fea-iul reyuls Of 1884, times
msgnihsd in its evils, will again come upon The
solvency and safety OF the Treasury, our currency,
our credit our commerce, as a people-our very ex
istsncs As an Independent nttion-are oil now de-
psnding upon the action Of Congress this ell m-
p,r.ant moaey question We have plenty Of money and
4 MS in the country-they AZ the service Of the
sramsut, bSs Is Coasssss shall fail to AaOPa ha
ee sary measures Of TAXATION md such acts for the recu.
uioa Of the currency and commerce OF the country,
aad for the encouragement OF Ls suffering business
classes as the crisis demands, shall before long, be
~ ring al the evils OF sweeping financial reyusiop.
I'VE earnestly call upon the House Of Representa-
tves, therefore, TO drop the almighty niger for
While and 10 devote few weeks 20 lhe almighty dol
Arn Ii was the long purse Of England which conquer
ed the great Napoleon and the heaviest purse in this
contest viii be move than match for the heaviest aTGl
sfy But We have both, and Congress having provided
The artillery, should leave h in the hands of the
army aud turn with special attention TO the relief Of the
Treasury aAd the country upon the money question.
Mr.. vALLGSDrsHAM ON THE sErrLEMEST OF ruE TRENT
AFFAIR
In the House Of Representatives on the 7b, Mr.. Val
landigham made stringent spssch on the above sub
jccs We shall endeavOr (says the boy Book to give
the speech in our issue on Monday. In the meantime,
We insert one Of the remarkable passages:
Sir. give me laAve to say, that the moment they
Mason and Sidel) stepped upon the deck Of British
nAu-OiSar your prisoners OF state whom the other day
YOU would have eOnsghed el0ns cells bcame indeed
0e envoys aud of recognised independent
State