State Bank of Illinois

It is a source of regret to us that the notes of this valuable institution should be suffered to go out of circulation. It has been almost exclusively our circulating medium- we took the notes until no one would receive them from us; and we wish to take them still. The bank I believe to be perfectly solvent, and it only requires a restoration of public confidence to give it free circulation again in this state. The holders of the notes should not suffer themselves to be shaved by brokers, stock-jobbers, and money changers. For the present, however, we must make gold, and silver, our circulation medium-in this there is no danger, for there is intrinsic value in the pure metals. We should like to see Ex-President Adams carry out his plan of making an intermediate coin of PLATINA-and now is the time it is required, if ever: or let Congress put a higher value on the precious metals now in use, one or the other or both. Let the old President, that fearless champion of liberty and the right of petition, act in the premises-it would relieve the people, and save a vast amount of human suffering: we call upon our statesmen for relief. Gentlemen, will you increase the value of gold, and silver, and give us an intermediate coin of PLATINA? If so, the

country will again prosper, and plenty, and unparalleled prosperity abound.