such inspectors: and in case any P“5°”e"v Wlm
shall have been at work in pr'ls0t'l_Slli1ll 0“ “'1-'1l
be fouuil nct guilty, his Hell earnings shall be
allowed and paid to hitn for his own use aird
benefit.
Sue. 4. It shall be the duty of one or more of»
the Inspectors to visit the Jail as often anrl.aI
such times as the County Court shall prescribe
and at least once in every inonth._io see that the
by~laws, rules, regulations. and ‘l”€"”°“5 °l llle
County Court be faithfully observed‘. in 0X0_””;“*
and inquire intothe inariiigcmcrirol the Jail. I I6
governnien't and employnicntol the prisoners.
to examine the expenditures and riccotiritsol the
Janey, and to audit his accounts lrom,t‘ime to
time. sis the County Coirrt shall direct. Ilre In-
spectors may also make rules and rcgtilaiionsir):
contrary to law, or the orders and rules of salt
County Court, but subject to be annulled by
said Court.
Sec. 5. The deptrty Jailer, tmdet’ "lie “ll”-‘
and orders of the County Court,_and ol such lir-
spector or Inspectors. or the inajor part‘ol them,
shall provide and procure suitable loud, and
when nccdftil clothing for the prisoners and lor
the relief of any sick or weak prisoners; also
such tools, implements and materials as shall be
directed and shall be proper for <_.-mp‘oymg afffl
keeping prisoners at WUFR. “'l1C-I ill _ll be l"“‘-l
out of the earnings of the prisoners ll the same
be sullicient, and if not, the same shall be paid
outofthc cotrnty treasury and said deputy Jailer,
shall act as the agent of_the courtly, as in the
purchases, sales and receipts. ft" UT 0“ 9°'~'_”U'_"
ofsucli Jail subject to the ordcrsaritl rules nl Saul
County Court and Inspectors, and his accounts
shall be accurately and systerriatically kept
and open at all times to lClS[)”‘.(:llt)ll by the Coun-
ty Court, or by the Inspector or Inspector's, and
to be kept in such manner as they shrill prescribe.
Sec. 6.‘ It shall be the duty of the Judges of
the County Court who shall have introduced
work into any prison. to make a report annually
in tlresecond week in May, to the General
Assembly. . _ _
Sec. 7. No spirituous liquors shall be lurnisii—
cd or sold to, allowed to be drunk by.any.pcrso_ti
confined within the walls ofany pt‘t-stir! 1u this
state; unless, in case ofsickness, the satire shall
be prescribed by an attending pliysician.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take elltct from and af-
ter the dav oftlie passage thereof.
STILLMAN K. \VlGH'1‘.\IAN.
Speaker of the House of R.f.‘pl‘t3SBlll€lllV'eS.
EBENEZER STODDAR.l).
President oftlie Scnatc.
Approved, June 6. 1837. 7
HENRY VV. EDVVARDS.
An Act in addition to an Act entitled “an Act for
the regulation of Civil Actions.”_ 3
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofl\ep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened.
That in all cases of the levy of an execution on
lands, tenements or rea_l_estate. Wl1e'° 0'0 l‘’“'”
in which such lands, tenements or real estate are
situated, is a party to such executiofls mid 1”
which case tlze parties, or cither of tlrci1i._sliall
neglect to appoint or agree upon any appraisers,
the oflicer making the levy, may apply to any
Justice of the Peace in the next atljoiningtowii.
who may by law judge between the parties. in
civil causes, which Justice shall appoint one or
more appraisers as the case may require, and
the levy of said execution shall .be proceeded
with in all other respects accordriig to tire pro-
visions of the Statute to which this is an addi-
tion.
STILLMAN K. \'7lGll'l‘t\IAN._
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD.
President oftlie Senate.
Approved June 9. 1837'. ‘
HENRY \V. ED VAR-D5.
An Act declaring valid the doings of a Tovcn
Meeting therein navncd.
\Vliereas the town of Aslrfortl hath lierctoforc
designated and determined other places than the
Sign posts in said town, at which notiiicatiotis of
Town Meetings in said Town should be set up,
and \Vhereas, There was an omission to set up,
five days before the annual Town Meeting of
said Town in October 1836, a notification of said
Meeting at one of the places so designated and
determined, but trotification of said meeting,
was in all other respects givcn accordingto law ;
Thcrcfore— .
Be it enacted by the St'l]Lll0 and House o“:‘_
Representatives in General Assembly convened,
That none of the doings of said Town Meeting
of October 1836, either in the appointment of
town otlicers, the granting of Taxes, or the
transaction of other business, shall be deemed iri-
valid by reason of the omission aforesaid ; but
such doings, ifin other respects regular and coir-
formable to law, are hereby declared to be vali.l.
STILLMAN K. \VIGllTMAN,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODIDARD,
President oftlic Setiatc.
Approved June 9, 1837.
IIENRY \V. EDWAI-IDS.
An Act in addition to and alteration of an Act,
entitled “ an Act to authorize the distribution
of Arms belonging to tlrr. state of Connecti-
cut.”
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House. of Representatives in General Assembly
convened, That the courtnissioners who have
been or trnaybe appointed by the Governor of
the state in accordance with the provisions oftlrc
Act. to which this is air addition, shall proceed to
make distribution of all the arms now belonging
to this statc,and all those which tnay be received
from the United States, except Pistols and Rifles.
to the several companies of Infantry and Light
Infantry itr this state, which shall comply with
the provisioiis of this Act, in proportion to the
whole number ofltifantry and Light Infantry be-
tween the ages of eighteen and tliirty-five years,
which shall be returned to the coniinissiont-rs
aforesaid, as hereinafter provided : to be used in
the irranncr provided in said Act, st.ilrjcct always,
however, to the order of the Governor of this
state.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that the coni-
rnairding officer of each company of Infantry or
Light Infantry shall. on or before the first day
of Augtist next, after the rising of this Assembly.
make a correct returir to the Brigade Major and
Inspector of the Brigade to which such conrpaiiy
belongs,-of the number ofpersons in his coiripa-
rry, between the ages aforesaid, liable by law It)
do military duty, at the tiiirc of making such re-
turn, which returns shall by said Brigade Major
and Inspector be immediately transmiitcd totlrr:
commissioners aforesaid, and the ‘Arms shall bu
distributed to the several coiirpatrics aforesaitl in
proportion to the whole number so returned, and
if the commanding ollicer of any company
shall neglect to make such return by said day,
such company shall not be entitled to receive
airy of said Arms. until aftcrthe companies rc-
tumed as aforesaid shall be supplied.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. that before any
company shall be entitled to receive its propor-
tion oftlie Arms above trientioiicd, tlic commis-
sioned officers of sticli company shall appoint
some proper person to take charge uftsaid Arms,
whose duty it shall be, to provide a sriitablc
place for storing the satire, as near as may be
to the usual place of irieeting of the company
t.o which they shall be distributed, and to keep
the same in repair, in the rnarruer aiitl for the
coiupeu.~satioir, hereinafter provided.
3- Be it fUrtltc,t' ciiuctcd, that the person
.1
.,J».’.iZ'Z
‘appointed asyaforesaidto store and kcepin rc-
lpair said Arms, shall be entitled to receive an-
.nuully a sum for such services, not exceeding
lien cenls (‘or each gun so stored, for dcfraying
ltlie. cxpcirses of storing and keeping iti repair
1 said Arms: and in case the airionnt so collected
shall exceed the sutn necessary for dcfraying
such expense, the surplus shall be paid into the
Treasury ofthe town or towns Ii.-.rbl_c for the ex-
penses of keeping in repair and storing the satire
iti proportion to their said liability.
Sec. 5. Beitftirtlier enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the commanding oliicer ofcacb coin-
party, to make a return annually to the adju-
tour of the regiment to which his company be-
longs, of the whole number 0fAruis tlistribtitetl
as aforesaid, which at the time of making such
retiirir, are under tlie_ care of the person appoint-
ed as aforesaid to take charge of the same, and
such coirimauding olliccr shall certify that such
arms are properly stored and kept in repair, ac-
cording to the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That so much
ofthc the Act to which this is an additioii as is
intzonsistciit with the provi.-‘ions of this Act be
and the sairic is hereby repctrlctl.
." ‘ILLMAN K. \VlG[1'l‘.VflAN.
Spcakcr of the House of Rc.pi‘c,sciitztti\'cs
EBl£NEZEl~I. STODDARD.
Presitlcnt oftlie Senate.
A pprovcd June 9, 1837'.
HENRY \V. EDXVARDS.
An Act. in addition to the Act entitled “ air Act
providing lbr the care and governnrcut ol
idiots. Lunatics and Spciidtlirifts.
See. ]. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Bcpreseritativcs in Gt-.ircral Assembly
(‘0Il\'0ll(,‘_gl, 'l"liat wlicncvcr it :~.liall become ne-
ccssar'v for any of the purposes specilicd in the
sccuiid section of the Act to which this is an addi-
tion, to sell any part of the real estate of any
Idiot, Lunatic or tlistracted person, under the
care ofa consCr\’alor, the County Court having
jnristlictioti thereof, niay, forjusi and rcasonable
cause, on the application of such conservator,
order the sale of the whole or such part oftlfe
i'c:.il estate of such Itliot, Lunatic or distracted
person, as in tlicjudgnictrt of said County Court
shall best promote his or her interest; and may
eiripowcr said consci'va:or, or some other mcct
person to scll and convey the entire in due foriti of
law, such conservator or other person first giving
bonds with stircty to the Trcastircrofsziitl couirty
to the szrtisfziciioir of such Court. to vest such
part of the avails oftlie cstatc sold as may not be
rcqiiimtl for any oftlre purposes specilicd in the
second scctioir ofthe Act aforesaid, in uthcr real
estate to be conveyed to such Idiot, Ltinaric or
tllSll'.'1(ttctl pcrstiil, or to place the satire at. interest
on good security by mortgage of rcal t-state ofat
lcust double the value oftlie cstatc sold, as the
said (lounty Court shall direct and approve and
to rcirilcr his account to said Coiirtwlrcn required.
Scc. It shall be the duty of such County
Court, wlicnevcr there may he occasion rode-
ujiaud of the obligcr in such bond, his ltlxccutor
or atliiiiriisirators lurtlicr scciirity, and on neglect
or rcfiisal, to put such bond in suit in the name
of their 'l'rc:isiircr, and ctiuse the sum recovered
to bc pluccdat iutcrt;.toti good security, or.otlrcr-
wise disposed of for the hci:cl'it of such Idiot,
Lunatic or distrzictcd person.
Sec. 3. \Vlicnevcr applictrtioii shall be made
by any conscr -'ator for the sale of the real estate
ofhis ward purstiaiit to this Act; it Sllilll be the
duty ofthc County Court, before acting thereon,
to require rcasonablc notice thereof in be given to
the select men of the towir whcrc sttcli Idiot,
Lunatic or distracted person rcsidcs and belongs,
unless service tlicrcofsliall have been made upon
such sclcct iricn at least twelve days bcforc the
session of such court, or unless such selccttnen
or a iniijnr part oftlicin shall unite with such curi-
scrvator in his applicatioii ; and such court, or
any Judge ilir.-rcof in varratinn may order such
other notice thcrcof as they may deem reasona-
ble and proper, for the infortriatioii uftlic family
or rt-lati .cs of ::llt_'ll Idiot, Lunatic or distracted
person.
Sec. «I. In case ofiliedcntli ofaiiy Idiot Luna-
tic or tlistracicd pcrson leaving tiiicxpcirtletl any
part of the avails oftlrc property sold and invest-
ed as aforesaid, the saint: aficr seitisfyiug the
claims which may exist, against the deceased,
shall be distributed in the same manner as the
real estate sold as aforesaid would have been, if
the some had rciiiaiiretl uiidisposcd of.
STILLMAN K. \VlGl-ITt\IAI\',
Spcokt-r nftlie House of llcprcsctitativcs.
; IIBI3.l\I1:‘.ZEI~l STODIJAR I),
Presitlciit oftlic Sciiatc.
Appiuvctl, June 9, 18357. .
II It". NR Y W. ED \V A lll)."3.
1"ro.-‘iz. I/tc 1)(n'b_v/ Ifcpttbl-ictr2r..
“ IllC1§Oit.'t' L!"..*.\'I".S."
Oiie ofoni real warirr Van Burcir hit.-irrls call-
cd on us ilic other day. to chat piilitltrs, and
othcr inattcrs an-l thingsin gcticral. The sub-
ject of the Ctirr'circ_y' being on the tapis, he drew
from his pocket at " i'licl.ory Leaf." called by
the vulgar, sliiii-plastcr, which he had received
for iiititkt.-tiiig. on the hack of wlriclt was written
the followitig, cvidcntly the pmtltictioti ofsuirre
nautilrtv Democrat :
H y This icsperrtfirlly slicwctli, that
GENE {AL .I.—\Cl{f:'UN,
the “ Greatest and Best,"
the Hero of 1'll'O IVAIZS.
The second \VasliiiigIon. and 1’t‘csitlciit oftlicse
Uiiltctl Smtcs,
Did, on the -1th of March, 1837,
cud his political career, by restoring the
CU.‘.’S'1'1’['U'1’I()NAL CU1t’I2E.‘\'C"'".
'l‘IiESE BILLS
are issticd by a GRATICFU L I.’E()PL1C,
its ctcrnal nronunicnts for his
utictutsiiig ellhrts to leave the cotiutry
1"I‘.USPF.I‘.0L'S .-rain H.‘tI’l‘Y.
Front I/zc Bosloiz Al/as. .
THE ‘VAR U1’U.'\’ ’l‘H}‘} Cilflii’ ESNUY,
ITS (:0.‘.ll\Zl'I;'\'C}'IMl~ZZ\"1‘ AND ISSUE.
\Vc would call particiilaralteiition to the facts
tlevclopt-tl iii the following article, which pre-
sents 21 view of the whole course of the Execu-
tive in relation to thc Currcncy—sliowing its
original plan ofsubstituting ti Local Paper Cur-
rency for the Currency of the United States
Batik; the azliiiitiul f.-iilure of that plan ; the
late after thought of a Mctalit: Currcncv ; and
the atliiiissiorrs of the Executive that it “has dc-
stroycd the Currency, and done -“ little” l0‘.\'al'(lS
ll'lll't);ltlClIlg ariutlrcr. “/6 give the history of
the \\ llt)lt: process as it is furnisireil bv the docu-
iricrrts of the Executive Depnrtnrctft. Such a
scricsofl'uiliircr‘s, frauds and falselioods, broken
proriiiscs aiitl cxplodcd cxpcriiriciits, as are ex-
hibited iii the following paragraphs, disgraces
the diplomatic history of no other administration,
popularor despotic, that has cvcr fallen titrdcr
our obscrvatioir. '
T/tc prclcmlcrl evil to be rcnicclicd.
1829.
" It must he admitted by all-that it (the U.
S. Batik) has failed in the great end ofostablisli-
ing a uniform and sound Currciicy."——Jl7tclre'w
Jttc/r.s'rm.
Aug-mcnlrzliun of Enrcctttiuc pmccr to the real
object.
“I submit to the wisdom of the Legislature
Wllt?ll](‘.l' it National one (Bank) founded on the
credit of the Government and its, revenues,
might irot be devised wliicli would avoid all
corrstitutioual dillicultics; and, at the same time,
secure all the ad vantages of the G_ovcriinrcnt and
... -.,,,".s:: ‘.-
'5;-I‘.-. . -' .1 r,-[-:- -
Country that‘ were expected to result from the
present Bank.”-—./lnclrcw Jac/cson.
1830. _
I-Iimt of the Executive Bank and the substitute
for U. S. Bills. '
“ It is thought practicable to organize such at
bank with the necessary olficcrs, as a branch of
the Treasury Department.’ The Statcs wmiltl
be strcirgtliericd by having in their hands the
means of furnishing the local paper currcircy.
ihrotiglr their own baiil<s.”—./lvirlrczv Jac/:son..
(l'Ic_i‘e is the original plan. Not a ' lablc uftlic
Metallic: Ciirreiit.-y _in- either of these inessziges.
This part of the liumhng was entirely an alter
thought. The original plan was to substitute 0
Governinctrt Bank liir the Batik of the U. S-
and to furnish ll‘.(‘. People with a I’“l"3f CW-'9“C)’
oftlre Local Banks.)
1831.
“ Etrtertaiiiitig the opinions licrctnfore express-
ct.l in relation to the Batik of the U. S as at
present 0l‘_'_[?ll)l'/.(’tl, * * I leave it for the
present to the investigation of an cirligiitened
prropltj and their representativcs.”—-;17id’rc'w
.[(£(.‘/(SOIL. _
(Their representatives accordingly investiga-
tcd the siibjcct, and rccliartered the Batik.)
1832.
The Act Prciizalure.
“\Vlratcvcr interest or influence has given
liirtli to this act, it cannot be found either in the
wislrt s or ticcessities oftlie Executive Depart-
ment, by which presctit action is deemed pre-
mature !”——./11ta"rew Jae/.'s0n‘s Veto.
(And after this, the siiliject had been three
titties brought to the attention of Congress by the
'l.<lxecuiive liiinsclf.) _
“I\'citlrcr upon the propriety of present action.
nor upon the provisions oftlris act, was the Exc-
cu t i ve cotisu l ted .”-—A.7ir/rei'0 ./ac/rson .~
(It is a sirrgiilar fact, that the phrasc'Metallic
Ctiri'circ_v, Ol‘ Better Curreb‘t:y, does not occut‘
in the Veto Message, iror is there the slightest
iiit_imation that the Executive coiitemplaicd at
that tiiirc any other substitute for the hills of the
U. S. batik, than the paper currency of the
local ban ks.)
Rcizzwtzl offlrc .Dc’j)0s2...’£S‘/li‘3l strggea-(rd.
“ Such measures as are wiiliirr the reach of
the Secretary oftlie ‘I rcasury have been taken
to enable him to judge whetlrer the ptiblic de--
puslles in that institution (U. S. B.) may be re-
garded as ciitircly safe; l)tll_Z1Slll$lll)1lli2(l power
nray prove iuadeqtratc to this subject, 1 recour-
incnd the subject to the attention of"Cougi'css,
under the_ lirin belief that it is v,orthy’ol' their
serious investigation. Air inquiry itito the
transactions of the institution, embracing the
branclics as well as the principal bank, scents
called for by the credit. which is given througlr-
out the country to many serious charges iirrpeacli-
ingits ciiaractgr. and which if true, mayjustly
excite the apprclicrrsion that it is no longer it
safe tlcposittrry of tire iiiouey of the people.”
(Here is a wanton and deliberate attack by
the Executive on the credit of an iristitutiou
which was the disbursing agent of the Govern-
ment, held millions ofits revenue, and in which
the Govcrriuiciit was a stockholder to the amount
of 7,000,000. The confidential agent of tlic
Trc-asury, appuiiitcd to investigate the alliiirs of
the Bank, reported almost simultaneously to the
Dcpartnrctrt, that “ ucitlicr the solvency of the
Batik iror the security of the dcposites would atl-
mit of a doubt.” Congress was satisfied that
the prcieirded apprehensions of the 1’resit.lent
were nrifoundcd, and that his charges were tirade
without regard even to that “apparent veracity"
which all public men should study to preserve.
The I-Ioursc, tliercforc, by a vote of 100 to 46,
declared tliat tlic Govcrriment dcpositcs were
safe in the Bank of the United States.)
1823“ .
It is a rcniarkable fact, that the it-ressogo of
1833 of Prcsitletrt .lat:kson, in its parzigrzrplis on
the Banlr Question, like all the prcviotts ines-
sages from 1829, makes no reference to the Me-
tallic Current-y-—atitl (.Ul]lClIlplal€S no other
substitute for the ctrrreticy of the United States
Batik than the Paper Currency of the local
banks. The long rcportoft\1r. Secretary Taney,
apologetic for the removal of the Dt=posite.<,
makes no reference to :1 Metallic Ctirreii-.-y, and
promises nothing but. a {);";-"Better Currency to
be furnished by the STATE BANI{S..;_‘_t}
' \Ve copy front a report of m_1/Secretary, a
development oftlic plans oftlre Executive:
“ It is well understood that the superior credit
licretolorc enjoyed by the notes of the U. S.
Batik, was not fotindcd on any particular Couli-
dctice in its nranagcirieirt' or solidity. It was
occasioried ahogetlicr by the agreement on be-
half of the public in the act of incorporation. to
receive them in all payments to the Unitctl
States; and it was this pledge on the part oftlrc
Government whit-.lr gave general currency to the
notes payable at remote bratrclrcs. The same
engngcnicnts, in favor of any other rrionicd iti-
stittitioii, would give its noics equal credit, and
triakc them equally convenient for the purpose
of coinmcrce.”
(To wit.-—.tho same engagement in favor ofthe
Pets would make the notes ofa Bttfliilo. Natchez,
or New Orleans branch worth one hundred cents
on the dollar in Boston. \Vliy does not the Go.-
veruincnt make such engagcnicirts 7)
“But this obligation on the part of the United
States,“—the Secretary continues, “will cease
wlicu the charter expires; and as soon as this
happens, all, the outstanding notes of the Batik
will loose the peculiar value they now possess,
and the notes payable at distant places become
as much dcprcciatcd as the iiutes oti the local
banks."
(Not only is tlrisuot the ca.-sc——butall the Bills
oftlrc U. S. Batik have been at a. premium in
every part of the country; while the local bills
have beer) at a discount in many places of frotri
-3 to per cent. \Vlrat would a bill ofa \Vest-
crii Pet Bank be worth in this city, compiircd
with a bill aftlit-.sairic rioirriiial amount of the
old or new batik oftlic U. S. ?)
Airgiri let my Secretary speak the views of
the President: '
“The St-atc_Bauks can, I have no doubt, ft:r-
trisli a gcticral circulating uiediuin, quite as uni.-
form in value as that which has been ollbrcd by
the Batik of the Uiritcd States. 0;”§'1’r'obabl_y
more 50.’;-"__;(} '
“By agrceuieiit. amorig tlierrissl\'es to liotior_
each other's notes and drafts, they are providing
a general ciirreucy a least as sound as that of
the Bank oftlie United Statcs, arrtl will aliord
facilities to commerce, and in the l:-usiiiess’of
Doiirestic Excliatrge qtiite equal to any which
the cotniiiutiity licretolbrc,enjoyed.” ’
Not a syllable tfius far from the Presidcutlot‘
my Secretary of a Metallic Currency. The
only proposed substitute [hr the Currency oftlie
U. S. Bank, is the Paper Currency oftlic local
banks. And this was the fifth year til the war-
fare oi) the l\'atiorial Brink.’
183-‘.
The cxpositirms that were made by tho \Vliig
uicmbcrs ofCongrcss during tlie,.session of 1833,
'34, dcmoristratetl so clearly the incompetence of
the State -Banks to furnish a soirird and uni-
form Currcncy, that the Executive was com-
pellcd to shift his ground, and the next rising
of the ctiriain .wz.is to the ‘first scene t fthc Gold
llunibug.
First Irint qfa Jlffetallic Currcm-_1/.
“ The progress of our Gold Coinage is credita-
ble to the oliiccrs of the Mint, and promises in
asliort period to furnish the country with a sound
and portalilc currency, which will tnucli dimin-
ish the iiiconvcirit.-ircc to travelers of a general
'34.
(Here is the first intiinatio any djoubtion
the part of the Llflxecutivc ul _, ability oftlre.'
State Banks to furiiisli Z1 suit- le Paper Cur-
rcncy for the country, and here‘ at the lirst indis-
iirrct and vague hint of any thing like a Specie
Currency. 1t is only a virtual adrriission of the
failure oftlic First Iixpcriiticut.) '
183-3.
The message of 1835 repeatstlie-asscrtiuii that
the Bank uftlie United States has not ftiriiislied
the country with a sound currency ; btit willi-
draws thc doubts of the capacity of the State
Banks, and asserts point blaiik that they have
supplied ‘the " wants of the coi'rimunity,“iir re-
lation to thc Exclrange and Currency, as well its
they have ever been before." It asst-rts also iii
the most nnqualilictl manner. that the “ circulat-
ing nicdiurn has been greatly inrproved.”
This lll(3S>‘E1,‘__[O is the first document oftlie ad-
l1]llll:ll‘£tll0l) in which the Metallic Currency cuts
any distinguisliing figure. In this paper he
says that if Congress will do so and so——and four
and twenty state Legislatures will do so and st):
" It is apparent that gold and silver will become
the principal circtilatitig medium.” Congress
and fotir and twenty state Legislatures did not
agree with the General, and the coiiscqaci.cc. is
what we have scon : the dcstructiorr of a sound
and unifnrni ciirreiicy, and the substitution of an
unsound and fluctuating Currency in the Paper
oftlic local banks. '
1836.
\Ve have traced the dociinientary history of
the warfare on the Bank. frotii its commence-
tncnt in 1820"; wlrcrc the attack was tirade on
the express ground that the Bank failed to
“ establish a solid and uriiliirni Currency.”
The Currency it was proposed to im; rove by
s,ubsti_tuting the l;‘»t.-tier‘ Paper Currency oftlic
local banks; and this remained for five years
the polit.-‘y of the atlrrriiristiatioti.
As ' the comrnuzriiy became aware by reflec-
tion and experience that these banks could not
furnish a general circulating medium, and that
they did not as per agrecmciit “lionor each
other’s notes and tlrafts," it became necessary to
make still aiiotliei prumisc—to furnish a substi-
tute for the stibstitute which had been given us‘
for the Currency of the U. S. Batik. And how
is it with this Substittttctl stibstiiute’! After eight
years of incessant and liarrassing iriterfcrctrcc
with the Currcricy, what has been attainctl by
Pl'CSIt.l€lll Juclisuifls own sliowing ? Let the
message of1S36 speak for him :
“ Although various tlaiigcrs to our rcpublicatr
institutions lravcjbceii obviated by the failure of
that Bank to extort frorfi the (lovernmcnt a re-
newal ofiis cliartcr, it is obvious that little has
been accomplislicd except a salutary change of
public opinion towards restoring to the country
the sound currency provided by the Constitu-
tion."
And lzow much is this little’! And what is
that salutary change in public opinion?
1. Tlircc liundrctl and lifty—scven new banks
have been created. fa‘. One hundred and severi-
ty-nine millions have been added to the banking
capital. 3. The circulation of paper tnoncy has
increased $123,500,000. 4. Loans and dis-
counts have bccti increased -‘,"~'o".)S,000,00’tl.
And this is the rirarvellous good for which we
have rrrlurcd so much ! This is tllC rcsult for
spread devastation l And the Executive looks
cultiily on-—exultitrg in its iiiiquitics-—rcjoicirig
in the ruiti it has cause-d——aiid appealing for the
justification of its incasnrcs to thc irrotivcs that
induced them and the 01'? “/lt'(1)1)_1/C07lSCqltC.'l(.'(_’S”
in which tlrcy have resulted. '
’ I’0sfScri).-.-‘.
Since v.-.-hit-.5 tire above, we have rcccivctl
further intclligctrcc oftlic Better CUi‘l'0l)Cy——lll(.'
" improved ciroultititrg me-dinm”———uf\vliicir Gtu.
Jackson so lcarncdly discourses in his inessagcs.
The Safety Ftllttl and Dcpositc Banks in New-
York have suspended Specie payments. This is
tliejiizulc-—tlic docunicut of the Gold lluiiibitg.
General Jat'ksou‘s “/rumble rj[/‘E/2'15" lor the re-
storation of the Coiistitutiotial Curreucy——liave
compelled the Banks to suspend Specie Pay-
ments, and have literally cursed the country with
a currency of Bags. Truly did Daniel \Vebster
say in the ineinorablc session uf’33—‘3~ —-“I
would say to every honest man every where,
who wishes by honest. means to gain and honest
living—Bcware of wolves in speep’s clothing ;
whoever attempts. uzidcr wliatevcr popular cry,
to shake the stability of the Public "Currency,
brings on distress in money matters, and drives
the country into Paper Money, staizs your
happiness to the heart ! And whoever has the
wickedness to conceive, and the lrardiliood to
avow, a purpose to break down what has been
found in forty years experience essential to the
protecting of all interests, by arrayiug titre class
against another, and by acting on such a princi-
ple as the poor always hate the rich, shows him-
self the reckless cnciny of all. An enemy to
his whole coiititry, to all classes, and every one
in it. he deserves to be marked cspccitilly as the
POOR MAN'S CURSE.”
Party namcs.-—\Ve have often had occasion
to notice the influence of mere names in moving
and operating tipoir masses of men. In on?
country, one oftlie acts ofthc. cunning politician
is to adopt some popular natric lor his party, and,
sticking to that, lose siglitofprinciplcs with im-
punity. No holder or more bare-faccd inrpos—
ture was cvcr practised trpon a betrayed and de-
ceived people, than the assumption ofthc title of
"ihe Dctno‘.-racy” by the leaders of the adminis-
tration party. Analyze their principles-cx-
aminc their conduct -—.-mark their actiotis, they
will be found in_vztriabl_v opposing dctnottratic
sentiments in relation to (.'I\’ll'gUVt?l'l]l‘l]CI)l. And
yet they cling with the pcrtinacity of l_e_cchcs to
the irairie of Deuiocrats ! .Tlicy tniuk there is a
power in that name tvliicli carries the people
with them. They are as cunning as they are
deceitful. \Vlicrc is their democracy? Is it
in supporting cxccutivc ])t)W(:t‘-—lt! aiding the
tisttrpatiuns of'thefcdci‘al 2lUllltn‘lllCS--Ill uphold-
ing protests-—iri contending for the irresporrsi-
_bility of tlic 1’rcs°rlcnt and his oflicers—-in sub-
jcctiug the will oftlrc Legislature to the will of
the Execttlivc 7 Tlrrougliout the long series of
the usurpatioiis and outrages oftlic late Execu-
tivc ‘of the nation, tlicsc ]7dl6'IIlT)Cltl0C1'fllS never
ttttercd a syllable of tlisapprobaiioti. They
sullizred blow after blow to fall upon the riglitsuf
the people, without it voice of coniplairit, Can
the people be iriisled with such rank hypocrisy
much longer? Can they fail to detect lllOi(lc’.l\V
under his borrowed plunragc? \Ve should hope
not. The reign of imposturc has been long
enough. It is full time that. Democrats and
Republicans should be known and recognized
liy their principles, and not by iy name which
iireniriay adopt to suit their owirptrrposcs.-—
Alc:.'a7'tdriu Grzzcflc.
T/ic I"rcst'r/cntiul Question.-—Tlrc stretigtli of
the atlniinistratioii consists in the supposed wait!
of (_‘()llCSl()ll in the elements of opposition. It is
believed that there is so inttcli St-.ll‘ISl‘llleSS-—SO
much devotion to men—that there can be no
concentration. Judging from what we have seen
and the expression of public rentirnent, on the
attempt to pttt Mr. VVebster in tioinination. we
believe that there is a determination to profit by
past experience, and that the partizans of no
particular individual "will beuelit his cause by
pttpct‘ currency, should the State Banks bc iii-
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attctnpts at forcstalling public serrtinicrit. VVc
believe there is a dctcrmiuatioir to rally on a
which we have passed through so mticli stiller-6
iirg, antl are now the witnesses of such widezonc cl common sense knew that ll ucvcr iiitend-
;ed to pay in that kind ofstutf! To be sure, the
. . , . - I ' ', _ . . J . I .'
capable of l'urnislnng it.”—Juc7.-son .5 Message Qfiglc candidate, and if a cantlidate be selectedl Supcjgfluous. . I‘he Litchfield Sun. speal-tingl-
wlio can command the public conlidencc, there ‘i of the (Jt)\'e|’l)0l' sveto. says, "he ought to go,aud—
ipreach siich doctrines to the heathen.”
The \Vhigs forthe last eight years have wani- ; neighbor, iliat is just what he thought he teas
ed a common principle of action. '1 hey haveldoiug—-and only see how the heathen cry out
been cut up and divided amongtlicmselves:—;againSl him. and persecute him! He has ac-
Tbcv have l)Cel'l(llGlaI§)l‘l21l ztntllnSulIitigtt)\vat'(ls‘lttally fallen a martyr to his missionary zeal‘!—-
Ifttrlford Courier. . -
is irot room to fear for his success.
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those of the former opponents Wlm 3“? tll=‘lt053‘l
to,uuite with them. ’.l‘lic_v liave labored utider
a fatal delusion. not only as to their strength.
but as to the changes which are going on rn the
ranks oftlie other party. They were in a minori-
ty. They trust recruit from the other party. Or
else remain in a minority. The other party re-
main in a minority. The other party throw
open their arms. They labor to‘ recruit and
strive to retain all that they have gained. All
that is wanting to accouiplisli victory is to de-
serve it. A iirotleratc, firm, and respectful
course of persuasive arguurcnt rirust bring to our
side the intelligent and patriotic of_ our formt’-1’
oppoireuts who, having tried those now in power‘.
feel the necessity of a change of men as neces-
sary prelude to a change of measure. Let us.
agree atnong ourselves -oir the great measure of
our party, and that agreement will ensure the
energy and cooperation wlrit-li will give success-
\Ve hail the tone of the most inlluential presses
as an evidence, a deterrniiiaiiorr to unite. W 3
union we must iriuniplr.-—-Ilfcrcltartt.
C.-1LUi‘vl2‘\' Y.
The latest and most serious charge against.
the \Vhig press is, that “they have attempted
to convey the imprcssioii that the adiniuistrutioir
are endcavoring to introduce an exclusive tric-
tallic currency !” The Albany Argus has ac-
tually brought this cliarge against us, and grave-
ly accused us ofwilfully tnis-r -presenting the po-
licy oftlie government, in this respect. This most
certainly be coirsidcrcd the “ unkirrdcst cut"
in the whole vocabulary of “ \Vhig abuse." To
think that an udnririistratiorr which has done so‘
much to build tip, extend, and ‘increase an al-
riiost exclusive paper circulation, by l‘0l‘(:ltlg‘lll9
specie from the ordinary channels rfbusincss—
an administration whose favorite pet banks were
the first to stop specie‘payments——an adrniiiist ra-
tiori which pays its own debts in nothing but
worthless orders, drafts and warrants, whicli arc
ofso little value in its owir estimation, that it will
not receive them for its own dties. Tothink
that such an administration should be cliargetl
with attempting to introduce an exclusive nie-
talli-3 cu rrency, must be a little too much for LocQ.~
Foco patience to endure! " Their suficritrgs is
intolerable.” \Vlicre coulrltlie \Vlrigs have got
such an idea ? \Ve think it mtist be altogether
a misurrdcrstatiding, originating in ignorance
of the rules of iiiteiyrrclation. The \Vhigs have
probably understood a great rnauy expressions
and phrases literrzlly, wliich should have been
interpreted jiguraliccly. To be sure Andrew
Jackson said he was " opposed to all banks and
banking institutions from the South Sea bubble
to the present tirne"-—lriit,,_every one knows that
actions speak loudcrtliari-words, and his whole
course showed that he onlv meant to be under-
stood as alluding to that monstrous “nionstcr,”
the U. S. Bank! To be sure the Globe has
said, over and over again, that " the govcrnnicrit
wou_ld consider it its duty to recognize tcotlring as
money but gold and silver,” btii, mercy on us!
nobody cvcr believed it meant so, arty fnrtlier
than its own receipts were ccncerncd! and every
gwlrole posse (Ill!/l0I‘ll(£l‘ltS, from the \;Vashirigtoii
‘Globe even down to the llartford Times, have
declared " war to the knifc." against the whole
banking system-—;lrave pronobnccd it rottcn to
itne core—have denounced it as tinconstiturioiial.
:ll2]\'e callcd oti the “tlin'rmocr:icy” to ririitc in
putting it down———have almost frotlicd at the
mouth in barking against “ inouied iiioiiopolics,"
and have ltlellilfcsletl about the satire antipatlry
do “batik rags.” as a triad dog to a basin ‘ot
lwatcr; but, in the tiauie ofcominon sense, who-
ever supposed that they meant as they said I
They certainly thought cvery hotly knew better
than to believe tlieui in earnest! \Vliy,snrr.-ly.
if Bcelzebub should flog one ofhis iirips for lj/iirg’,
every one at once would tirrtlerstantl that it was
only a fatherly chastiscnrctrt for having accident.-
ally told the llull‘l:-:—atZLl_itlSl so about this outcry
ugaiirst banks and bankin-v. \Ve really hope
our \Vhig friends will cease their misrepresenta-
tions. Always reineiribcr that Loco-Ft_:coisni Ts
to be interpreted by conirarres—-and above all
thing, as you value your neighbor’s reputation,
never charge the present il(llllilllSll’1lll()li with the
sin of being friendly to a metallic ctirrcucy !——
I~Iar(/in-rl Courier. .-
IV/to are to blame ?—.—The mass of the people
are not blamcable for the support they have given
to the office-party.--tliey have been misled and
deceived by artful ltnavcs, who had a place to
retain, or a place to gain—-The people have no
interest in doing wrong or sustaining in ullice
those who did; and they never would, ifthey
could obtain correct irilirrinaiioii of the corrup-
tion of their faithlcss ageuis.- But there are so
many interested in deceiving the honest people
of the country, (all the oliice-holders, about
100,000, scattered tliroiighout the corifecicracy
and all the oflice-seekers, about fotir times as
many as the oflice-holders) that it is to us tnirar_-u-
loos, that the system of delusion has not been
ever more extended and successftil than it is.
No-the people are not blanicable, they were
fully convinced of Gen. Jackson's honesty,
patriotism and wisdom ; but it is a source oflast.-
ing regret that they had not accesstotlie means of
correct information, that they might have been
apprised of their error in time to retrace their
footseps, before the calamities oftlie times over-
took them, > -
Brit let censure fall where it is due, on the
interested oliice-holders antl pcnsioned presses of
the party, who propagated falsehoods, in con-
sideraiion oftlie pay they received, for the pur-
pose ofticcciviog the people. Let the Execra-
rions ofevery honest man fall heavy, unceasing
and unmitigated on these detestable cliaraeiers.
They are the uien who have brought ruin on-the
couirtry, and who alone have profited by the
general distress-~tlrey are the men, .~WllO have
made the people their victims, and who now, in
a spirit of unprecedented arrogance, claim ex-
emption from the penalties of the law for their
manifold oll'cuces.
Let vengeance be visited oti tliem—but let
not that portion of the people, who have been
tnisled, be sneered at or exulted over. The peo-
ple, whether W'higs or Democrats, are embark-
ed irr.one common boat——their natures-—tlieir
pursuits are the same—and their destinies can-
not be severed. \Vliatever allects the one por-
tion injuriously, will also affect the other. But
it is not so in these times with the qflicc-holders-
tliey are 21 distinct, and (they claim to be) a
privileged class. The general distress of the
people crriires to their benefit, and is, with them,
III?’ source of jubilee and i'ej.oiciug.—R2'c/mzomi
I ‘ 122'. ‘t
Stick a pin Item .’——-The forty y.car_s embrac-
iug the ollicial terms of W'ashington, Adams,
Jetfersoii, Madison. Monroe, and J. Q. Adams,
gave to the United States three hundred and
twenty banks: while the eight years’ war of
Andrew Jackson, the pretended .opponent of a
paper currency, gives three hundred and fifty-
seveu additional banks; :his is the result of his
eight years’ war upon banks and paper cur-
rency.‘ And yet we now hear his friends talk
of opposition to all banks!
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When Mr. Ewing, the Senator from Ohio,.
predicted that the policy of the administration.
would make a solitude of the lakes and canals,
heretofore so enlivened by the busy ht_rm of_com-
what has been the result ? The annexed corn-
parative view oftlre amount of tolls received at
Albany, during the last nine days oftlre month
of May 1336. and 1837, will‘ show that, it‘ not
Sttlitude. they are not far from it. The loss ‘to
the state of New York by the destruction of-com-
inr-rce, in the item -of tolls on the Erie Canal
alone, aniounts, for nine, to no less than ten thou-
sand, seven. lumrlrcd and eighty dollars at one
port. Admitting the canals to be open for six
months in the year, and the loss. at the same
rate. will be upwards ofone hundred and eighty-
rive thousand dollars, or more than eleven trund-
rcd dollars per day. . - '
1836. I 1337.
May 23 1.646 59 1.5.12 32
734 2.975.. 48 1.093 58 .
‘:25 2.228 15 1.001 40
26 2.958 74 905 45
27 2.586 4-1 1,056.33
28 5,013 T15 876 25
29 -——.—.,..
30 1,969 03
31 2.260 23
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NORWALK, Wl-‘.DNl-‘.SDAY,— JULY it-i. rear.
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0:’? Those of ofir village'su'oscribers who did:
not receive their papers last wcck,tind who may
possibly be omitted in this _week’s distribution,
:trc rcques.cd to leave their names at the oflice,
that the omission may not again occur, “To
have been compelled to employ a new carrier,
and otir village patrons must. give him time to.
learn his rontc. By the way, those who are
still indebted to us for the last quarter, will con- '
for it favor by calling at the office and liqnidat-_
ing the triflnig ariiount—trilliiig to t/tcm——but in
these hard times, iinpnrtant. to us.
AFPALL!.‘<’G 1.vcTiTt::N'i'.
A correspondent in Ridgeticld, informs us
that about. 11 o’clock, during the thunder storm
on Tuesday night last. week, a cherry tree,
standing about twenty feet. from the house of
Mr. \'Valter H LVVlP._V, in the west part of that
town, was struck by lightning. A portion Ofthq
electric fluid passed from the tree and entered a
small bed-room at the north-wcst corner of the
house in which Mr. Ilawley was sleeping, and
killed hint instantly. His wife slept in an ad-
joining room and was uninjured. His son, Mr._
Enoch Hit-WICY. was sleeping with his wife and
child in the basement. Another portion of the
electric fluid appears to have passed along the
sotrtli side of the house and entered the stone
wall which forms the east side of the basement,
b id-room, and entered the room just above the
head of the bed, which was occupied by the bus-
band, wife and child. The fluid passed from
the wall to l‘.Irs. II.rivlcy’s head, and from thence
to her hush.-rird on the left, rind her little son.
who lay upon her right: arm, both of whom
were lgillcd by the stroke. Although Mrs. H.
was severely iiijured, and retains but an imper-
fect cons'cioiisn'css of the occurrence, hopes are
entertained of her recovery. A few hours after
she had been thus bereaved of her husband and
son, which constituted the whole of her family,
she gave birth to it child, which appears healthy
and promising. On Tlrtirsrlay the remains of
the father, son and gr;mtl_soii were consigned to "
the grave; and a sermon was preached on the
melancholy occasion by the R.cv. P. Chamber-
lain, at the Il'I-'.'l.ll0tllSt clrurcli, to n numerous
and synipatliizing audience.
03- Tire name of 5.Vm. J. Street, Esq. was
inadvertently omitted by our compositor in the
List of Justices for this town,‘ which we pub-
lished a fortnight since. VVc were not aware
of the omission until after our last. week’a pa.-
per was issued. ' C
\Ve learn that the Steamboat Fatirfield
will leave Bridgeport this day, (Wednesday,) at.
1 o’clock, P. M. on an excursion to our village,
with the Bridgeport Republican Greys and the
Brass Band on board. The boat; will probably
arrive here between 2 and 3 o'clock. If the
weather should__bet1nfa.i_torable on lvednesday,
the excursion will be deferred until Friday next.
Where are our citizen‘ soldiers’! Can we" not
raise a. corps to give themra suitable reception}:
_ '_l‘() C0_RRE5;',0ND_ENTs_. , ,
"A coris‘ant subscriber” is respectfully “in
formed that we have had, and will have nothing
to do in any manner prshape with the "concern"
of whom he complains. and therefore decline
publishing his communication. We have .al-.
ways thought. it advisabe to give a .s7c'un_kg wide
birth. ' .,
The inquiries oF.“Amity” are very pertinent,‘
and quite in the vein of Major Dowping, but-»
we do not feel disposed to meddle with the ,‘,.,i,.
iect of his communication quite yet. Wail a
While “'8 S3)’ 3 l-ltere arp hands enough busy in
stirring the fire, and the cauldron will soon boil
tend to the matter. ‘D'ye take,.frieud Amity 3 f
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mcrce. he was ridiculed and laughed at. .Well.
over. and then it will be time enough for us to av_ '
Norwalk Chronicler