iPATrmnaD
VOLUME' IL
GREENSBOROUGII, N. Cv TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1840.
NUMBER 3
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
BY
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RUM AND CRIME.
In the sentence of Judge Edwards,
given below, he says, that in nine years
eleven men had. been arraigned before
him for murdering their wives, ten of
whom were drunkards ! ! Boston Paper.
Coubt op Oyer and Terminer. Be
fore Judge- Edwards and Aldermen, -Gat.
on and Ticman. John Smock, convict
ed of the murder of his wife, Ann Smock,
was bro ught up and thus sentenced by
Judge Edward:
Prisoner: Listento what I am about
to say to you. , After a patient and thor
ough investigation of your case, in tli
Course of which you were ably defended
by your counsel, yon have been convict
ed by a jury of your country of the crime
of murder; of murdering a woman whom
Vou lived with and acknowledged s
your wife; and you arc now arraigned for
the purpose of receiving the sentenct
which the law awards to your crime.
Upon this solemn occasion it may net
be unattended with good to adveit to
the cause which has reduced you to this
deplorable condition. "This, by your
own confession, was mm! Vitiiu tli
last nine years, I have had eleien men
arraigned before me on indictments for
murdering their wiues, ten of whom wen
drunkards.
What stronger proof could !
" Be a flor de d "of 1 Re lie pToru B'fia con sejuen-1
ces of intemperances
These victims were urged on' by it
from one degree of depravity to another,
till they were not only induced to imbrue
their hands in the blood of their fellow
beings, but to sacrifice the partners oi
.their bosoms, those whom they rested
under the strongest obligations to love,
cherish and protect.
Instead of encircling them, in the;r
warmest affections, .ihey... deprived them
Me, ami they now lie nioaklerittg ii
their graves.
From my own experience and the lies'
information 1 have obtained, I am satisti
ed that threelourt lis of the crimes coiumit
ted are consequent upon intemperance.
Drunkards crowd our penitentiaries, and
our almshouses are filled with them or
with those who are brought to want by
the intemperance of their natural pro
tectors. In spite of the admonitions o!
wise and good men, victims of intemper
ance daily swell the throngs and the tide
of misery consequent upon it, moves on,
and will continue to move on as long as
causes continue to produce like effects.
Were it a possible thing to portray the
misery consequent upon the use of ar
dent spirits, from the first anxious look
and suppressed sighs of, parents and
wives, through all the sickness, poverty
and crime attendant upon it; from tin
first disregard of the kind admonitions of
friends, till the hands of the victim reek
with the .blood of the partners of their b
eoms, society would look with horror upoi
the scene. The counsels of the wise would
not then be disregarded, nor the tears of
Dearest and dearest relations shed in
vain.
Every young man would come to a
fixed determination never to taste the ac
cursed cup rand every old man would to
his example add his influence to, eradi
cate the evil, an evil which has swept
one race of human beings from the land
on which we live, and which atone time
threatened to demoralize another. But
to return from this digression.
Miserable man! What can, what
ought I to say to you! You now stand
trembling before this earthly tribunal,
upon the very verge of eternity. But
for habits of intemperance you would
now be moving among your fellow men,
respectable as you once was, in the en
joyment of health and competence.
What a deplorablo contrast lo your pres
ent condition! With a frame enfeebled
by dissipation, and with the blood of
your victim, you must, now prepare to
meet the immaculate, ih divine Creator
. of all things. It can h irdly be necessa
ry for me td admonish you to prepare for
the change; for if you have human nature
in you, you must be aware of th import
ance of so doinc. After a few revolving
suns, this world wiHcease to be your
habitation, from the society of men,
from friends and relations, from the bu:
ay hum of society, from, all which here
awakens hope or gladens the heart, vou
will soon be removed for pver. Your
. lamp of life is about to be extinguished.
Tn the Creator nf nil thinirfc licit vour
TYftfsl, fervent .supplications he 'raised. j
As u was from him that you received all
which jou have enjoyed here, so to him
(hat you received all which you have en
joyed htre, so to him alpue must jou
look for all which you liope to enjoy
hereafter.
I will now proceed to the discharge of
the last and roost painful duty of the
Court, Listen to your sentence. '
The judgment of the Court is. and
such is your sentence; that you,
John
Smoc k , be t a ke n he nce to tub Bride welt
of the city and county of New York,
from whence you last came, and on Sat.
nurday, the 25ih day of January ensuing,
to the place of execution, and then and
there be hargrd by the neck uniil you
be dead. And may God have mercy on
your soul.
TRUE SfORAL COURAGE.
The Rev. Mi. Fletcher had a very
wild and profligate nephew in ihe army,
i man who had been dmai rased from the
Sardinian s ivice for veiy bad conduct.
He had engaged in two or three -duels,
and had spent all bit, money in vice and
lolly. The wicked youth wailed one day
o'i his i IJcKt uncle, General De Hons,
and presenting a loaded pistol threaten
ed to shoot, him unless he - would that
moment advance him fixe hiiuur l
cioni.s. The general, though a brave
man, well knew what a desperate fellow
h" bad to deal will), and gave a draft for
the money, at the same time speaking
freely tohiiji on hiscoiiduct. The young
man rode off in high spirits with his ill
gotien money. In the '"evening passing
ilie door of his younger uncle, Mr. Fletch
er, be called on him, and began with in
fo'inii.g him what General De Guns, had
done; and, as a proof showed a draft un
der De Cons' own h ind. Mr. Fletcher
look the draft from his nephew, and
looked at him with surprise. Th n aflt r
some rernarl s putting it into his pocket,
snd, "It st'ikes me young man, thai
you have possessed yourself of Ibis note
by some wrong method; and in conscience.
I cannot return it but with mv brut! er s
iw
ul phe.w.ji,.p.islol wasmua.. moment ai. hu
breast. " My lif ," replu d Mr. Fletch
er, with peifecl Calmness, "is secure in
protection of an Almighty power, tor
will.be miller i; to be the forfeit of my
integrity and your rasluu ss." Thi
firmness drew from ihe n.rphew ihe ob
servation "that - his uncle D Gons,
though an old soldier, was more afraid of
-h-nth
death'"
than his brother." "Afraid of
r joined Mr, Fletcher, "do vou
It i it R 1 have been twenty five years, a
iri'7iistV r of lb LrYrfl of Ti'f?; fo"Te"a?rai(T
of death rio? No sir, it is fer you to be
atiaid ol drath. You are aguuesl r and
t du al; yet call yourself a gentleman!
You are the seducer of femae umocenet ;
ind still say you are a gentleman! You
ire a duelist; ami lor this you ttyle oir
self a man of honor!' look there, sir,
pointing to the heavens, "the broad eye of
heaven is fixed upon us. Tiemb'e in
the presence of your Maker, who can
in a moment kill your body and forever
punish your soul in hell,1'
The unhappy young prodigal turned
pale, and trembled with fear and rage.
He still threatened his uncle w ith instant
death. Fletcher though thus threaten
ed, gave no alarm; songht for no weapon,
and attempted not to escape- He calmly
conversed with his profligate relation;
and at length perceiving liirn to be affect
ed, addr ssed him in the kindest language
till he fairly disarmed and subdued him!.
He would not rr trim his brother's draft;
" ut engaged to procure for the young
' man some immediate relief. lie then
prayed for him; and after fulfilling his
promises of assistance, patted with him,
with much good advice on one side, and
many fair promises on the other. Ch.
Recorder.
RULES OF. JUDGMENT.
DRAWS UP BY JUDGE HALE.
Things- necessary to be continually
had in remembrance
1. That in the administration of jus
tice 1 am intrusted for God, the king',
and Country; and therefore.
2. That it be done, 1. Uprightly; 2.
Deliberately; 3 .Resolutely.
3r. That I rest not upon my own under
standing or strength, but implore and
rest upon the direction and strength ot
God.
4 That in the execution of justice, I
carefully lay aside my own p tssions, and
not give way to them, however piuvok.
ed.
5. Thit I be wholly intent upon the
business I am about, rem.tting all other
can s and thoughts as unseasonable and
interruptions.
fi. That I suffer not myself to be pre
possessed with any judgment it all, till
the whole business and boih parties be
bear'. ' '
7. i'liat I -never Vngnge myself in the
beginning of any cause, but r s rve my
self unprejudiced till the whole be
heard.
8. That in business capita), though
my nature prompt me to pity, yet to con-
country.
P. That I be not too rigid th matters
purely conscientious, where all the harm
"is diversity of judgment.
10. 1 hat -I be not biassed with com
passion to the poor, or favor to the rich,
in point of justice.
11. That popular or court applause or
distaste have no influence in any thyig 1
do, in point of distribution of justice.
12. Not to be so solicitous what men
will sty or think', so long as I keep my
frelf exactly according to the rule of jus
tice. ' 1 :
13. Ii in criminals it be a measuring
cast, to incline to mercy and acquital.
14. In criminals that consists merely
in word, where no more harm ensues,
moderation is no injustice.
15. In criminals of blood, if the fact
be evident, severity is justice.
IfiLTo aJ?b': .a.!ijfjj,.ae..p!.cit?li?.nfj
of what kind soever, and by whomsoev
t, tn matters depending.
17. To charge my servants, 1. Not to
interpose in any mattei whatsoever; 2.
Not to take more than their knn-n Jets;
3 N'ot to give any undue pn crdnnce to
cause's; 4. Not to recommend counsel.
1. To he short and sparing at meafs,
that I may be the fitter for business.
A FEARLESS JUDGE.'
We cxti.ict tin I'oliowii.g anecdote of
Chief Justice Holt, as it exlulr.lstoiie. of
i:e best ami rarest qualities of a judge
unyielding moral conrage;
" In the reign of Queen Anne, in
1704, several freemen of ihc borough of
Aylesbury, who proved their qualifica
tion, wi re refused the liberty of voting
at the election ol a member of parlia
ment. I he law Hi sue.li easi -s imposes a.
fine of 100 fur every su h offence. On
litis piinciplclhcy npli'ed to Lord Clnel
Justice Holt, who eirdrred the officer to
be arrested. The House of Coonnons,
alarmed at this step, made an order of
the House to make it penal For eith'i r
judge, counsel or attorney, to assist at
the trial; however, the Lord Chief Jus
tice a id several lawyer were hardy
enough in onoone this order. and brought
The
ilouaeiiighly .irrUaled.at.lhia coutempt 1
of their order, sent a sergeant at arms
for the judge to appear before them; but
th,at resolute defender of the laws, bade
him, with a voice f authority, 'begone;'
a( which they sent a second message by
their speaker, attended bv as many mem
bers a espoused the measure. After
the spenkrr rtart delivered his message,
his lordship replied o him in the Al
lowing remarkable words: 'Go buck to
your chair, Mr. Speaker, wiihin this five
in i flii fe sT o r v'6 u i hay depe urrn if 1 will
send vou to Newgate. You speak of
vovr authority, but I will tell ou I sit
here as an interpreter of the laws, and a
distributor f justice, and were the whole
House of Commons in your belly, I
would not stir one foot!' The Speaker
was prudent enough to retire, and J the
House were equally prudent in letting
Ihe affair drop."
.Amusing Anecdote. Do you remem
ber the anecdote 1 once told of the great
Mies G , who undertook the manage
ment of rouic of her land? She thought
herself clever enough to manage John
Chaw-bacon and the rest of them; so one
day she stood by frhen John was at his
dinner and he did not make the worse
dinner for that. Now, knowing the elas
ticity of John's stomach, as he was rising
to his work, tune up, she saul, "John it
would save time of Coming and going, if
you would sit down Kgtin and take your
supper." "No obj ction irt this world,"
said John, and down he sits ami t mtanter
despatches another pound or two, and
drink in proportion, ending with ihe la
dyship s health and many thanks. "Now,
then, John," quoth the Lady Bountiful,
" you may go to your work." " Work,
ma'am," said John, with a grin, "I never
works; ma'un after supper," and, so be
threw himself down, and. in three minutes
he snored like a pig.
Clerical Bon Moi.h. Reverend Doc
tor was lately travelling from Loudon to
in a mail-coach; u so fell out that
he and a lady were the only persons oc
cupying the interior of the v hide. He,
tlierelore, essayed to draw the lady out in
conversation, but to no effect; so he re
signed himself to the embiaces of Mor
pheus, which example the lady shortly
thereafter followed. Subsequently, the
mail coach halted at the lady's residence;
foot-fneu were in attendance to hand her
ladyship Irom the carriage, which attend
ance the lady waS4ii the act of receiving,
when the Reverend Doctor facetiously
remarked, "Why, Madam, we must not
part without shaking hands, as 'tis proba
bly the last tune we uiay sleep together;"
which the ladv, highly amused, assented
lo by a cordial pressure of the hand. ,
Matrimony. The whole secret of
choosing well in matruiTOiiy may W
taught in three words explore the char
acter. A violent lov fit is always the
result of ignorance; for there is not a
daughter of Eve that has merit enough
to justify romantic love, tho'ightsjius-:
indhihlm?nsa'bd'i may -reaaoipibTyTm
spire gentle esteem, which is infinitely
belter. A woman worshipper and wo.
inanhater both derive their mistake from
ignorance; of the female world; for, if the
characters of women were thoroughly
understood,1 they would be found toe
good 'o be" bated, and yet not good
enough to be idolized,
Jupiter's Fourth Satellite. Since
the 20th of December, 1638, the fourth
MP mm! ( lf . I ..InlKli. kv. Iimlln.
ui iiivii uioiai paieuiis liuui )vitvifi
has not been eclipsed by his shadow, oc
culaled, oy"nur ''lVlhof ''IrinJftid'hii
disc, in consequence of its geocentric
latitude being greater than that of, the
plane'; neither will it do so during the
whole of next year, so that tbm tatellite
will always be visible when Jupiter i
visible. This satellite, has been seen,
when the sky was very clear, by the nak
ed eye. It is but rarely, however, that
we ran he favoured with such a sight
Abrorth pScot.) Herald.
Ample Qualification. Abel Under
bill, I'-q. offers himself as a candidate
for the Ohio Legislature. Among other
qualifications and virtues be possesses
ihr following;
H believe in phrenology and in animal
mjiietis"m and that virtue exaltrth a
nation. I can mow and cradle, plough
or line, Choji wood, lay stone wall,ordtr
(otatoeS,, I can bletd, pull teeth," or
administer a bolus, and pledge myself, if
efected, lo gf for the best interest of
Stark county and the State nf Ohio, so far
as 1 can understand thein," .
When coal was exir iv,ly dear, a gen
tleman meeting a coal merchant, accoM
ed him with, "Well, my good srrhow is
'on!'.'" "Indeed, -sir," he replied, "Coal is
coal, now." "1 am glad to hear it," re
turned t'fie gentleman, "for the last you
sent me was more than half slate."
A! R. DO W N 1 N OS SPK G C H
In reply to Mr Btllowspipe.
If any man, Mr. Moderator, buds he's
got a leetle too much starch, in bis shirt
collar, I would advise him to git up in
sich a crowd as this to mike -a speecliybr
fetl priity limber about him, then I'm
mistaken. 1 had no .notion on'l afore;
uud I feel jit so now. I would a plagy
sight rather' agree to chop ood all wiu
i rou tho Aroodlook, right in thu face
and eyes of the Brmnzikers, than to go
on with the job ot making a speech, and
so many folks all around listening to it ;
but I hope I'll get uste to it afore long;
and if I say any thing that aint accord
ing to rule and order, I hope it went
f U"ftk'-p. to much 'for I raly don't
want lo mike mufldy water 'twixt any on
us. - Nor do I want lo drink muddy wa
ter riled up by other folks, until I have a
chance at clearing on't. If this Con
vention expects me to go back away a
long before paper was invented, and
come along up side by side and neck by
neck with Mr. Bi llowspipe, or to figur
up any of his long tables, they are mis
t 'ken ; all that may suit lolks who have
a notion for such things.
I know a punkin from a potatcr, and I
know that a good ripe punk in makes a
yood pie, if fo'ks know how to fix it.
Now I don't see what good conies from
hunting back to find o it how punktns
grl on the face of ihe airth, or wXo first
thought of, or invented pies out on em.
I'know that a punkin pie is a first-rate
good Di mocratic and patriotic pie, and if
it don't go, right to the ribs when eaten,
then it is a sure sign that the. punkin
wurn't ripe, or was too ripe, and lotten,
or thu folks who made the pie don't know
ihetr busintss. The mistake aint.in the
punkin; if it is ripe and sound, and the
pie aint good, the mistake is in the cook
ing on't. That is sarlin and being so(
what on airth is the use of hunting back,
and trying to show that a puukto is any
thing else but a punkin. '
And just so it is with paper money.
Every body knows.thal paper money as it
was intended to be made and has been
made, and can be made again, is jist as
much better than hard money for carry.
ing on trade in every part of this ever,
lasting wide and long country, as a shoe
string is better than a gold o'r silver
buckle, or steam better than wind to1
travel by on laud or water. 7f we nev
er had good paper money, if we nevti
had tried shoe strings or steam, if We
know'd nothing about them then, I say,
let us stick to gold and silver and cop
p r money shoe buckles, and sails, and
veto every thing else ; but folks have
Hied good paper money, id shoe strings,
and steam, they kn vy them all as weli
as I know a uod punkin from a b id one,
and they know what is bad paper mo
ney; they know what is as bad shoe
string, and they know what ia'-a-iky
steam engine. They have tried them
all, and now all they ask is, let us have
good paper mony, good strong leather
shoe strings and give us steam well con
trolled ; they say we must have 'em and
if We can't git the best we will take the
next best; and j'ist so it is with the
punkin pie we eat 'em because w
know 'em, And -we like 'em, and If wo
can't jret, th'e heaU'we' taketbeheStJbLCstJjy.
Now, as we all know all these things
can't be.made best it is a duty to mak
'etuso 'and if not, whose fault is it ?
Will any roan say "we never had good
paper money, and can't have it again"?
(Here Major Downing look d at Mr. Bel-
iowspipe, who significantly shook bis
head.) "The gentleman shakes , his
bead' says the .Major. Well there
a i n t in uc b i n .- that." Wi 1 r any ma n or
woman say " we never had good punkin
pies mud can't have &m again f (Here
the Major turned to the gallery, and a
general nodding of JtjmietsM
"1 anow," says be, ".good. punkin pies
have beenk still are, and will be again,
so long as we have folks who know the
nature of 'em ; but put a punkin in the
hand of a Turk, or Chinese, or a Ma
lay, or Patagonian, or any dthr of the
folks the gentleman from Missouri tells
on as " hard money folks,'" and tell 'em
to make.t pieonX and nbatOhcn) will
he eat it 7 If be can, he has a better
appetite than I haveand jist so with
steam; all know what steam is; how it
can carry us along agin the wind on wa
ter and Jand, and how safe we feel when
we have sich folks as my old friend Cap
taiorElihu Bunker to look arter the steam
kittles and to keep the hot water fiom
scalding folks but "because some of
these Turks and I'atagonians and Chi
nese don't know nothing about it, and if
they try it, it would blow cm up all sky
high, are we expected to throw cold wa
ter on it and step back to the golden call
age before steam was thought on ?
Now let us suppose a rale cunning pol
itician who has spent his hull life in
managing party folks takes it intou.s
head to manage a steam engine' what,"'
says he, " if I cab manage livm critters,
can't I manage cranks and pumps and
piston rod-? " So he tries it well what
then 1 the next thing we hear is a smash
and a blow up. The great man, how
sever, won't allow folks to say it was ow
ing to his .ignprqucer-noj. no, that woujd
never do. So he and his party turn to
and try to prove that the fault was in the
engine, tho every body knew, that the
engine had been working smoothly for
many years, and not a crack about it
liuLUiey.&tickiait. and-erji-mw -f
gim on 'em, rnsrst on t that siv h kind, of
engines are never safe, and they must
have more "simple machines and to
prove this they all set to work taking
advantage of every chance to unscrew a
valvesdrop s'oncs, in the pu:4? and
h:o;v sand c:; ihc piitonroiU and when
an accident comes then you hear 'em,
" There is the great bobble burst."
" W? told you so."
".Now is the lime to put down all
steam engine"" now the-people must
se it is high time to divorce" and so
forth. Thev first git all the owners of
ihe little engines to join 'em in blowing
up 'an smashing the big one, and then
ungratefully (as 1 sometimes think, and
then agin 1 think it is but common jus
tice) turn round and try to blow up Ihe
little ones. This would be well enuf,
and I'd let 'em fight it out if the hot wa-
ler was kept among themselves; but
there is something due to the honest and
quiet passengers men, women and chil
dren, who have travelled along by steam,
for years in safety, and are now told they
must go back to the golden age, and to
do as folks do in other countries, midas
they have done since the days of Moses,
and will continue to do to the. eend of
time puddle their own canoes or go
afoot.
A good many steam-boats have blown
up, and a good many folks have got scal
ded since steam has been in use ; but are
we ready to say "down with steam" not
yet I g'icss because folks who keep a
a run of those matters know that more
ives have been lost by tails than by
steam; .and. ten thousand times more
folks go by steam than could by sails.
The extra work that steam does beyond
all the power that folks in other countries,
can do who don't know any thing about
it, is just about equal to the extra work
that credit does beyond what folks can do
in countries where they don't know what
credit is. Sometimes credit blows up ;
but are we ready to say there must be no
credit no confidence betwixt man and
man ? We know that steam can be made
safe ; and we all know credit can be
made safe :. and if a bladder-head blows
up a steam engine, or a togue abuses
credit, is that a good reason for abandon
ing both steam and credit. Can t we
measure the good that has and can agin
be done by them whilst we are measuring
the evil? Let us -figur up the account
fairly and see how the balance stands.
I sometimes think, Mr. Moderator, if
wo don't look out sharp, that all our good
Republican Democrats are going to be
led into a scrape, by some folks who say
i hey are rale up and down, thick and thin
Democrats, and purer Democrats than
the worid ever beam, tell on afore and
by this very plan now on foot, of knock
ing down all credit, and going on the
hard 'money plan entirely. They tell us
that hard money is the only Democratic
monev, and that credit is an invention of
the Id federal aristocrats and if it aint
put down, the old sound Democratic pfir-
the fact t If there was any Democrats,
and goon sound ones too in this country
about 25 years-age, what did they. say
then T and they had it all in their own
way, to do and to say as they thought
best. I' "."; '
There ha J been iBank of the United
States a few years before arm! its charter
had run out and it was wound up, and in
its place ft lot of State Bank had sprung1
up, and pretty much every man had sot
up bis own shlnpttsfer shop. The peo
ple was gitt'n more and more disgusted,
and jist looking round tpcurehe vil?
for iicB en
cure aint quite as Democratic as another.
Some few lolks who had bard money
were jist going ahead over them who was
blowing up, and supplying good paper
money of their own making, and fixing
agencies at different pints, jist as they do
all through Europe, taking care as they
do there, to keep their own iron chesla
to hold the gold taken in exchange for
their credit--and never trusting any one
on their industry end good morals or as
readily as they do men who havo good
gold properly for security and. if the
Democratic Party of that day hadn't seen
the drift of things or if they acted then
as (he party- calling itself Democratic
now act what would have been the con
dition of things I Why simply this.
We should have a few old Rothchilds
Hottinguers and Hopes-all everlasting
rich Bankers grown fat by tho use of
their Credit besides a good many Who
have been blown up but they holding
the gold wlnlfl the People hold tho Bills
But the Democratic notion of that dajr
didn't think this exactly the thing for a
republican people they knew the peo
ple couldn't gel on without using credit,
and that they would use it ; that bad
credit would brcuk down all enterprise
of thos who were starting into life with
no other capital but their industry, and
thsjk su h would in a few years, become
a mass of loafers, just as you see in all
hard money countries; whilst those who
were born- to fortunes would alone be
trusted by the Bankersand so the rich
would become 'richer, and the poor poor
er; the old fashioned Democrats saw
jtltejaj.iJjeft"8t
by creating a Bank of the United Stales, -and
the Government took one-fifth inter
est in it, and I do duly believe if the
Government then had not been so poor
in money matters itself; it would have
taken a bigger dip in it, but it took one
imii, s::d ade a purty good bargain in,
paying for it, and so managed (he char
ter os to keep an eye on the business of..
ihe Bank, and having five Government
Directors always in the Bank, 60 that no
thing could go wrong, and on any com
plaint walk the Bu-nk right up before
congress, and it any thing was
wrong
hatchet 'em right off and cornet it.
The Bank went right to work, clearing
out the shin-plaster folks, and there was
sad work among 'cm; it was like a dose
of sa'ts and rubarb in an over-eaten stom
ach; but it all worked out right, and
they kept things smooth and regular as
long ae its charter lasted. Was the
"Democratic Party" destroy'd by itt
Wasi credit destroy d by il 7 No, on tho
contrary, the Dctnoctalic Party was nev
er sounder, and p'irer, and credit never
sounder and bettei than during. the time
the Bink was at work ; every thing pros
pered equally ; State Bunks were sound ;
the U. S. Bink kept 'em so ; and they, it
turn, kept the U. S. Bank sound ; so thev
all work'd together, jist liko the Stale
Governments and the U.S. Government
and destroy either, and lothcr runs
right off to rum.
Some folks don't seem to see (or, if
they do see it, and act contrary, are big
ger rouges than fools that any plan that
destroys credit trips up the heels of de
mocracy democracy aint born to fur
tune ; there aint more than one demo
crat in a hundred born wi h a silver f poon
in ht mouth. Now l am one tf. those
kind of Democrats who, though i begun
to eat with a horn spoon, should like to
be able, by my honest industry and en
terprise, to eat my mush and milk in mr
old days with a silver spoon if I want to ;
but if the doctrine is no credit all bard
money how is a man to get along who
don't happen to be born to bard money 1
do as they do in no-credit-hard-money
countries, I suppose dig and grub from .
the cradle to the grave for there as a
man is born so he dies; if he is born
poor, he dies poor, just as his daddy did
a tore him ; snd so if he is born rich he
dies rich, just as his daddy did afore him
and this is modern Democracy.
Now when you come to pin down ono
of these modern Democrats lo this argu
ment he flics off and says O we don't
mean to destroy credit, we only want to
destroy the Banks. Such kind of credit
ns Bills of Exchange and Pr6nvory
Notes, and so forth, we don't wish to dc
strov : but it is Bank Credit, especially
U. S. Brink Credit,vand .State Bank Crcd
it. Now the Masted scamps (Here sov
era! voices called to order, and the Ma
jor looked round to the benches where
ihe voices came from, evidently much
excited, turning up his cuffs and spitting
in his hands, and gave evident signs of
resisting the' call to order) when the
JVlodeforrow-andiheffof
wjl take Klsif" he obeyed mstfntljr
The Moderator tfien rrocrcded and said;
that , the words 'frlVs(fot scarpf,' be.-