, 1863-09-14
The Gold In the Illinois Treaxurv-
What has Heconle of{t9

lF1or the Missouri Democrat, 10th)
During the ssssiou Of the Legislature there
were from tive hundred and fifty to three
hundred Thousand dollars ta gold il the T-e4-
Treasurer to SO Inform th: Legislature, Va
a5e EotaEare whether he did So However,
The Legis1a!ure knew nothing aboutit. Hay
1rE keen scent tor anything In tho co.rup-
lion line, it would be surprising if .hsy
Old not At. SDy rate, they passed al act
nasklrg I'LL taxes in future receivable II legal
tender notes; and ordering that the Trel-
:urer should ray out 70 m5rc gold in psy.
ment OF interest OF other indebtedness, ex-
eept in Payment of the interest on tse bonds
held by toIeIghers, THIS is a proof that
i1sey khew the gold was ths7c; for if there
Was re gold there, Of course 1t would be in
possible for the Treasurer to pay ont any.
dno Hat there @ vas gold there. to tha amount Of
sSeo,6G0, as ne are informed. Still no net
Kas passed By tie Legislature providing for.
lts sale, and the profits thereofba passed to
the credit Of the State! II such an act had
passed the Treasury Of Illinois would now
be Ss225, 900 richer than 1t Is. But why richers
Because 1t is 1umored that the gold has been
sold aRa that, as therp Il no law to, comoai
NC e,:1 treasurer r. . to place the money to tina
c1edit OF the State, he eau retain the profit
made upon 1t In his own hands. Orhe could.
in spite OF any precautton to the contrary
Keep back any part OF it he chose, the fiuc.
tuasiors IN gold from day to day: and mouth
TO month being 50 enormous. The Trea asqr-
ere friends, all through the State, also kind
" helped to nggayate these fluctuations b7
INCREASINGLY. .denouneipg, not only the wsr.
but tts currency that euabled the Cavern.
ment to cary it on.
But the gold is reported to have been sold
at very high premium, two Or three leading
CopEelheads having gone to New York viii
ne IfeasuIer, some time since, to make
that. very Keen dnaucIer, Sam. Buckmastar. M
# there is anything to be made out Of an
operation. Of that kind, Buckmasier is
the man to do 1t. Just about this
time, in connection with tho above, comes he
rumor. circulated about the streets 3f Sorinp-
held, that the nemoc1atic State Central Com
Aittee have enough money on land to carry
question is: Where did they get it?- They
surely did not take 1t from the eoldiers' tnni.
IuIporttDe to have been collected at tha
mass metting at Springfield on the .17th Of
June. We know the topperheads hate the
eold'eIs most cordially, snd tuat the inclIna.
but We shrew6ly suspect tho money ia not
there. There is such i bogus air about that
subscription as to entirely p,elude the idea
Ct there being any great amount OF money
We are accordingly driyen to the other
tlcasury is tull Of money. and if tke Leeisfn.
lure 1etut ed to order the Treasurer to sell Tia
gold vas 1t for the purpose cf. f1llinr said
Dem ocrat1c treasury. If It was not f5r TINT
impose, vas 1t for the purpose OF merely en-.
,iching the Tieasurers And If It vas for this
after purpose, how many Of the metnbers Of |
he Legislature are to ehare With the Treas
.rer in this splendid donation Of two olums
I'd quarter 20 magnanimousl; made by The |
Of Illinois? @1e