, 1866-02-07
HxyIgIOH or TUE REVENUE sIsTEN.

sition 10 the Administration; with no desire to
subserve party interests, The Gov has inst
all ol Its energies End all lta resources 1t was
PEELED 10 fs.ne bills Of credit, which were freely
discounted by the people, It vas compelled 10 re-
checsfully submitted The legislation By which
these revenues were ralked WIS necessarily crude
md imperfect, and loudly c,lls for reylaion. WHAT
10 fam sbo permanent policy Or t6a county. Il
that revision. cannot concur with one class Of
Wild ano,her cf,ss Who would eairy ihe tssiT up to
the Fofnt Of prohthilloa, As member ct ne great
Emty Of nntiont, onf VIEWS nnsr - soniolna % ne
with NIL OF tha sanctions Of laN, may t:sne bond.
purporrinE be Of the value Of o but the value
Of TINT bond is determined m London or Anster-
dam.
Win restored country IT is among the esst duties
OF Congress TO revise It's commercial policy. We
orcinr shock md commission, but with afm and
steady tread. toW ard fpee1e currency. and toward
a reSenue iari6. Let The protective feature be
crimnatton In fasor Of necessarles, End aRatnss
lnIn1Ies. ASS tJtfem OF revenue, It has this I'D
vintage ever direct ia7at,on: The i@Posts o. laaa-
while they Wi. not be avollea by The rich;
sa Is The tn 'o be ssd We ny taIsn9n; %
d1ce habits OF thrfft and economy. will prompt
Ill 10 put toth new e1ertIons 70 meet the required
yentcers to which they hava bern raccns !omed;
ard such combined e1ertlont cannot hut add to the
wealth and etrcDEth OF The n1ttnn.
Az 1NTLA1kD CURRENCY.
Our whole financial history shows that We have
| always attempted 10 make bank paper perform all
tic funct1oCs Of money1 and the consequences has
been that ,he business Of The country nss been sub
jected to the most abrupt and fIuous lucfuat0rs-
One Of the highest functions Of tho government,
that Of determining the amount OF the circulation
and ol guaru1ue 1t against sudden expansions and
con!actiuns wes surrendered to the state- hut has
| happily been resumed BY the power Of ta1atton.
Although tho htgest producers Of the precious met
ak those metals do not enter Into the circulating.
| ~ much 80 as corn. or wheat or pork. We hare
entered On 4 new phase In our banking rareer
wherein The circulation Is hased on The indebted
| ness Of The Government This aHtrds medium o
exchange among ourselves; bat however Ingenious
lhe device, all banking, all tzafdc, all commerce
IL At ONCE THE STANDARD AND THE xRAsCnE o,
l vAtCE. -#...-
In the adjustment Of these delicate md diHlcpl
ques tons, let Ayofd all appeals to pa,<r prciu
dies, au attempts TO perpe1 uate pa1funal anIruoti
ue.; lei us adopt ! eashouc scheme when sha!
redouna to the wealth, and strength and glory o
l the naflcD.
When Paul stood m the Areopacus, On Mars HItl
ae1, amid lhe eneets OF Epcureans md Sio1cs. psp
cIaiEed The gIeat doctttna Of tho brotherhood Of
m,n, be proclaimed doctrine which eEgbteen nun
dred 5eatt have fn1led to carry our That docts1ns
mennl the abolition Of kingcs1f, OF tho assai as.1i1.
right TO rule by divine aulhonty: thar a1s .nne
meant the abolition OF ca<tc, the aseuns1t - se
otiy of man over his fellow py reason g naRins.
c.tenl Of birth; that doctrne meant ~ nssions
down Of those hostile hslTters ~ ;cnnr,nee md
whleh have been erected thtonen X sGn ~ n,nfnai
: preirdice and the comuipgl1nG ot A,t.s1 = & asNsn
! hspplnesA and support msans