The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-01-15


n existing statute laws ofthe State once lioi
c invite the careful attention of every person'PA
: ticularIy such as are commonly known as oust
;, ;, ness men but more especially the town, coun
: ty and city officials judicial as we'll as MINIS
terial, to the provisions of the fourth ana ni'i
: sections of Article Eleven of our State OonS'f
S tuition, sections 81, % and % of Chapter 10y
! the Revised Statutes and ask the special az
tention of officers clerks Nc ents and other trans
acting business in, or for any organized oanA
ing institution in this State, to the 18th secLoi
of Chapter II of the Revised Statutes.
1t should be remembered that the public have
Il right to expect that all Sheriffs, coustaole'
and other officers in the State will faithfully on
serve, and implicitly obey the requirements o
its laws, acting under oath to support the Oon'
stitution and laws of the State these officers
are the last who would expect mercy it touhu
guilty of violating the law they have sworn &c
obey. For more than six months the statutes
first above referred to have been openly violated
aud totally disregarded by some persons anu
even by unlawful combinations, without any
reason or excuse, except the scarcity OF snlaii
coin for change produced by wilful violation
of the plain provisions of most wholesome ana
well directed statute.
First, the unlawful suspension of specie pay
ment by the banks and second, the illegal and
Unauthorized issue and circulation of paste
| boa d and script, representing email sums nave
of course produced their usual and uniform re-
suit
The circulation of worthless trash as curren-
cy, never fails to drive from the channels OF
bushes all lawful and reliable money, ana the
longer the community tolerate such state OF
things, the greater will be the evil, until not
legal shilling can be obtained by the day labor
er or the poor man, unless he submits to large
discount or shave.
THE pretence of necessi ty for resortinP to un>
lawful measures to provide for the business
wants of the country, certainly no longer exist
The Government of the United States IS now
prepared TO supply all demands for postal cur"
roDcy to be used as small change lawful mon
ey of the United) States in return for whichth the
Government needs the money that is now beng
unlawfuly exchanged for worthless trash; ana
by the laws of the land the Government has the
exclusive right 60 supply all demands tor smaii
change throughout the loyal States. This Is one
OF its well dlgesed land really its best), plan
for raising the means with which to put down
the rebellion and feed and pay its armies with
out creating debt or embarrassing its resouIc-
es No truly loyal man who does not care more
for his purse than for his country will himseE
obstruct the government or suffer it to be done
BY others if in his power to prevent it. II the
law is wong it should be repealed bus until re-
pealed know of no way to escape from the
duty of executing it with the same vigilance
and earnestnes~ that other criminal laws are re-
quired to be administered.
Rather than repeal the foregoing provision,
the legislature should speedily amend the same
by making any violation of the law an offence
punishable by fine and Imprisonment in the
States prison. At the last term of the Circuit
Court, and thus far l have treated these mat"
tiers mildly, because of what seemed to be an al
most universal delusion of the business mind,
many pretending, Csome honestly have no
doubt) that imperative necessity Qor short
time at least) justified the act. That apparent
necessity has now passed away. The notice
long since given by the Post Master General,
that by the first day of January 1868 the .. 5.
Government would be prepared to supply all
demands for postal currency and that all orders
for the same will be promptly filled; certainly
settles the question of necessity with every
honest man who is not openly or at heart an
enemy of the government.
l desire now to say that those engaged III.
violating the aforesaid statutes should at once
abandon that business, or the consequences must
follow.
All those WIN are expecting Tor are liable) to
be called as Grand Jurors at future terms of the
first Circuit Court in any of the Counties in the
Circuit will be required TO satisfactorily estab-
Iish the fact that they are qua Lifted to act as
grand Jurors in The matters above referred to,
in short tina. subsequent to the first day OF Feb
ruary 1868. they have not in any way been i'm
piicated with those who are charged with Of
fences to be passed upon by such Jury or they
will be excused from serving st such term un>
less the law referred to shall before that time
have been repealed.
Sherffs and constables throughout this Cir>
cult will carefully observe and promptly enforce
section twenty, of chapter one hundred and SIX
ty>nine, which is as follows, TO wit:
1T shall be the duty of all sheriffs and cons
stables in their proper counties, to complain and
give information of any breach of this chapter
(Cb 1867 and if any of the above named oth-
GERS shall fail to complain and give information
of sny breach of this chapter, which shall come
to his knowledge, he shall, upon conviction
thereof, forfeit his office and be removed from
the same
1t can hardly be necessary for me to remind
the newly elected attorneys for the State in this
circuit, that in enforcing and sustaining the
laws much depends upon the vigilance and de-
termination with which they discharge their
duties-bitter opposition, condemnation, and
| denunciation may be expected. The greater
the evil, the ha' der 1t always is to overcome IT;
but an honest, faithful minority, sustaining
right and justice under the law, will in the end,
triumphantly overcome even powerful and int1u-
entail msiorities and defeat them in their efforts
to do wrong. I sincerely hope that there may
be no further reasons for legal proceedings in
these matters.
Respectfully, DAVID NOGGLE'
Vt
The business of the u. S. Mint at
Philadelphia for the month of ecem-
! Der, was as follows:
| Pieces. Value.
Gold IO463 S2I2, 5US 81