No. XII. Memoir of Silas Wright, jr. 409
PEACE AND WAR.
288
History and objects of the American
Peace Society, 288-289; Examination
of the principles of the peace societies,
293; Scriptural arguments 294; moral
considerations, 295; establishment of a
High Court of Nations a sublime idea,
305; examined, 306; importance and
interest of the peace movement, 308.
PUBLIC CURRENCY
311
(Review of the Report of the Committee of
Finance. Senate Document No. 113.
Third Session, twenty-fifth Congress.)
Assertions of London Quarterly for Janu-
ary, 311; the late suspension, 313; im-
position, 314; humorous illustration of the
absurdities of the "credit system," ib.;
Secretary of the Treasury's Circular to
Consuls, 315; Mr. Trist's letter in reply
eulogized, ib.; Buenos Ayres and Ha-
vana, 317; forcible extract from Mr.
Trist's letter on the importance of a spe-
cie currency, 318; private letter respect-
ing the wretched state of finances in
Brazil, 321; bankrupt law, 322; politi-
cal danger of associations, 323.
POVERTY, THE CAUSES OF

448
(Review of Public and Private Economy,
by Theodore Sedgwick.)
Contrast between his writings and Mr.
Carey's, Dr. Dyott, 449; John Law and
M. Storch, 450; importance of a sound
currency, 451; Philadelphia paper mo-
ney school, 452; popular excesses,
Bank of Maryland, 453; paper money
insecure, 455; commercial men, 456;
Hume's Essays, Pauperism, 457; Poor
Law in England, 458; origin of English
pauperism, 459; Debt of England, 461;
State debts, 462; Mr. Webster's predic-
tion, 465; Taxation the inevitable conse-
quence of a paper system, 466.
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To a Lady,
Andrew Jackson,

SPECIE CLAUSE, The,

Exaggerated misrepresentation of the Dem-
ocratic policy, 223; Power of the paper
money system, 224; True theory of mo-
ney, 225; Errors respecting the insuffi-
ciency of specie refuted, 227; Expe-
diency of paper money repudiated, 228;
Credit not dependent on bank paper, 229;
Evils of an unstable measure of value,
ib.; Wretched state of our bank note
currency, 231; Considerations in favor
of enacting the specie clause-the re-
sponsibility of Congress to provide a re-
medy, 233; Insufficiency of a National
Bank, 234; A Specie Revenue adequate,
ib.; Compromise suggested, 236.
SONG, "Though 'neath the winter's
dreary chill,"
SONG to Alice,
STANZAS,

St. Juan de Ulloa

SUN OF THE CONSTITUTION, The,
SOLDIER'S STORY, A,

260

571

331

TADMOR OF THE WILDERNESS,
THE TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,
Review 347; Maine Question, 348; Di-
vorce of Bank and State, ib.; Firm
stand of the Administration during the
suspension, ib.; Expectation of the Op-
position, 349; The President's Message
and its effects, ib.; Reaction, 351; Re-
volutions in favor of Democracy, 352;

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