Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-12-18

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MD- A liberal arrangement made with those
who advertise for Three, Six or Twelve months.
the money capital of foreign lands. They
show the necessity of retiring our paper mon
ay, that the return of gold and silver to the
avenues of trade may be invited. and de-
mand created which will cause the retention
at home of at least so much of the produc-
tiops of our rich and inexhaustible gold bear
ing fields as may be sufficient for purposes of
circulation 1t is unreasonable to expect
return to a sound currency so long as the
Government and banks. by continuing to is
sue irredeemable notes, fill the channels If
circulation with deprecated paper. Not
withstanding a coinage by our minis since
/ lS49 Of eight hundred and seventy-four mil
lions of dollars, the people arc now strang-
ers to the currency which was designed for
their use and benefit, and specimens Of the
precious metals hearing the national device
are seldom seen except when produced to
crafty the interest excited by their novelty,
If deprecated paper is to be continued as the
permanent currency Of the country and all
our coin is to becomca mere article Of traffic
and speculation to the enhancement in price
Of all that is indispensable to the comfort Of
the people, it would be wise economy to a.
bolish our minis, thus saving the nation the
care and expense incident to such establish
ments, aud let all our precious metals be
exported in bullion The time has come,
however, when the Government and nation
al banks should be required TO take the most
efficient steps and make all necessary arrange
ments for a resumption OF specie payments.
Let specie payments once be earnestly inau-
gurated by the Government and banks, and
the value of the paper circulation would di-
rectly approximate specie standard. Spe-
Gle payments having been resumed by the
Government ard banks, all notes or bills Of
paper issued by either Of q less denomina~
ton than twenty dollars should by law De
excluded from circulation, SO that the PEG
pie may have the benefit and convenience OF
| gold and silver currency. which in all their
business transactions will be uniform in val
nc at home and abroad. Every man Of prop
/ erty or industry, every man who desires to
preserve what he honestly possesses, or 10
obtain what ho can honestly earn. has dl-
rect interest In main aiming a safe circulating
medium-such u medium as shall be real
and substantial, not liable to vibrate with
opinions, iot subject to be blown up Or blown
down by the breath Of speculation, but to DC
made stable and secure. A disordered cur
rency is one Of the greatest political evils
1t undermines the virtues necessary for the
support of the social system and encourages
propensities destructive Of its happiness i:
wars against industry, frugality, and econo-
my, and it fosters the evil spirits Of extray-
agance and speculation. It has been asser-
ted by one of our profound and most gifted
statesmen that s'of all the contrivances fol
cheating the laboring classes of mankind
none has been more effectual than that which
deludes them with paper money" This i:
the most effectual of inventions to fertiliz(
the rich mans fields by the sweat ofthe pooH
luan's brow. Ordinary tyranny, oppression
excessive taxation, these bear lightly on the
happiness Of the mass Of the community
compared with fraudulent currency and
the robberies committed by deprecated Pc
per. Our own history has recorded for oul
instruction enough, and more than enough
of the demoralizing tendency, the injustice
and the intoIerable oppression on the yirtu'
GUS and we'll disposed of degraded paper
currency authorized by law, or in any way
, countenanced by Government 1t is one o
; the most successful devices in times Of peaci
or war, Of expansions or revulsions, to &C
complish the transfer of all the precious met
ais from the great mass Of the people int
H. g Al. hao
: ed in secret places, or deposited under bolt
. and bars. while the people are left to endure
e all the inconvenience, sacrifice. and demon
e alization resulting from the use of depreeia
ted and worthless paper.
e The Secretary Of the Interior in his repor
n gives valuable information in reference t
: the interests confded to the supervision q
: his department, and reviews the operations G
the Land Office. Pension Office, Patent OF
0 fee, and the Indian Bureau. During III
Y fiscal year ending June 30. 1868, six mil
: lion, six hundred and fifty five thousand
seven hundred acres of public land were dis
v posed Of The entire cash receipts Of til
3 General Land Office for the same perio
Il were one million sixty hundred and thirty
t two thousand seven hundred and forty-fv
] dollars, being greater by 1884 1888 than I'll
r amount realized from the same sources dul
ing the previous year, The entries undo
the homestead law cover 2,32S,923 acres
J. nearly one-fonrth of which was taken undo
: the act Of June 81, 1866, which applies OF
i ly to the States of Alabama. Mississippi
e Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida. On Ii
Y 30th Of June, 1868, one hundred and sixty
t nine Thousand six hundred and forty-thre
: names were borne on the pension rolls, an
during the year ending on that day the t.
e tai amount paid for pensions. including til
S expenses of disbursement. was S24 ,01O.9S
IS being S., 391 ops greater than that exper
# ded for like purposes during the preceedin
: year, During the year ending the 3Oth {
: September last the expenses of the PateI
S Office exceeded the receipts by one hundre
t and seventy one dollars, and, including re
e issues and designs. fourteen thousand on
f hundred and ffty-three patents were issued
e Treaties with various Indian tribes hay
i been concluded, and will be submitted
S the Senate for its constitutional action.
: cordially sanction the stipulation which pre-
n vdes for rescrving lands for the variou
# tribes, where they may be encouraged t
e abandon theiy nomadic habits and engage il
d agricultural and industrial pursuits Thi
$ policy, ipaugurated many years since, ha
t met with signal success whenever it has BEEF
pursued in good faith and with becomin!
: liherality by the United States. The necess
4 ity for extending, as far as practical, our re
. lations with aboriginal populations is create
: now than at any preceding period. Willis
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