The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, September 02, 1837, Image 2
POLITICAL. THE CRISIS. By the prudence, decision and 'firmness or the republicans of 1800, tho deep foun 'dations then laid for establishing a monar chical government in these States, were broken up. The alien find sedition laws wcro repealed, and llio bank aristocrats who had identified themselves with tho govern--went, were stripped of their power. The same power now as then, is struggling to establish a, monied oligarchy upon the ru ins of republican 'government. The torics add federalists of 1800, arc the bank whigs and antimasons of 1837. Mr. Jefferson once said: "Tho federal ists now call themselves republicans, but 'Hhc name alone is changed their prinei "'plos are tho same. The parties of Whig "and Tory are thosC of nature. They 6x "ist in all countries, whether called by these "names, or by those of aristocrats and.dcm "ocrats, wings and radicals, scn-ilcs and "liberals. The sickly, weakly, timid man "fears the people, and is a tory by nature: ""The healthy, strong and bold cherishes "thenv, and is formed a whig by nature." Observation and experience prove the truth of these distinctions between the great political parties. Tho avaricious, the proud, the selfish, the sickly, weak and timorous men of our day arc, with few ex ceptions, found cowering under the shadow of the bank. These are the materials for hiakJng anti-masons, abolitionists and bank whigs. Conscious that their sympathies exclude them from communion" with the grcjal body of the people, they cling togeth er in support of aristocratical forms, monop olies and bank privileges, and indulge in Bccrct hatred against the pccplc. These were the genuine tories of the revolution. On the other hand, tho generous, the disin terested, the healthy, strong and bold, are generally found in the ranks of the repub lican party. They partake of the spirit of the great mass of the community their sympathies arc with the people. ' They confide, in their virtue and intelligence, and their capacity for self government. These wcro the whigs of the revolution, and to such men arc we indebted for that large share of civil liberty which has fallen lb our lot. There is a clinching proof of these truths to be found in the fact, that most young men who arc left to themselves to judge of political parties, range them selves on the democratic side, By look fag around us we will find in every section jfiid quarter of the state, leading anti-masons and bank whigs, who, when young, ardent, ingenuous and,.confiding, set out upon llieir political career in the democratic ranks but when the cold, calculating, tim orous caution of age that ambition which is a vice avarice and selfishness, take pos session of tho man, he naturally becomes a lory a bank whig, an anti-mason, a mon opolist. Hence, many of those who once were loudest in defence of equal rights and popular sovereignty, aie now tho wjlling tools of the bank. The present Governor, and many of his officers and supporters, furnishing living testimony of such aposta cy. They have lost the confidence of the people, and arc seeking shelter under the band. They have exchanged the generous support of the community, for the concen trated power and corrupting influence of a monied oligarchy, and are now struggling, with "all the aristocrats, monarchists and monopolists, to unsettle the foundations of this government to divest the people of their rights, and to organize a government deriving its powers from tho bank, and sub ject to its supervision and dictation. To the people we appeal, with confi dence, in this emergency. The great ma jority arc republicans by nature. Thoy arc free, and wish all men to be free. Their confidence is in themselves thoy arc the legitimate rulers of tho land they derive 'their sovereignty from their God, and hold, it by a title paramount to tho two-penny pretended contracts of bank torics and mon opolists. They arc preparing themselves for the 'decision of the great question, whether they or the lank shall rule? They arc rccurrinfr to the foundations of tho Govern ment, to the wisdom and experience of those great and good men who founded it, and by these lights of popular sovereignty 'they will be guided. They arc examining the rotten and corrupt (itfc by which the -bank and its band of mercenaries and mon mrchists claim to rule the land, Engaged in this examination wc see a great people calm ly deliberating upon tho best means of lire serving to themselves and their posterity tho inestimable blessings of civil and reli gious liberty, and the result of their rcflcc tiions will be such as must cheer tho heart rof every lover of free government and equal -rights. '. Reporter. These arc the warning words of tho groat oraclcof deirio'cracy, Thomas Jefiprson. It is grateful to the patriot to sec the demo cratic editors throughout the statcih this tremendous crisis ofour all'airs, looking to the great light of republican government to guitle us through the gloom which the bank, and monied corporations have spread over the land. The great lights of the revolu tion of 1770, and 'the cfvil revolution of 1800, can alorro dispel thp clouds and dark ness that hang over us. The single, eye of Thomas Jefferson saw the machinations of tho monarchists and aristocrats. IIo met them and triumphed in the war of the rev olution he met them and triumphed, in the civil revolution of 1800, and with his com patriots, redeemed these states from tho controlling power of British agents, Bank aristocrats and monarchists, and restored to the people their just rights. He knew tho wiles and the tricks of the foes of equal privileges and sp'read before tho people, in living characters, their dangers arid the remedy. With what singular accuracy he has given the outlines of the present condi tion of thingsl "Jin aristocracy founded on banking institutions and monied cor porations HIDING AND RULING OVER THE PLUNDERED PI.OU01IMAN AND DEOOAUED yeomanry." Sec the thousands of indus trious mechanics and manufacturers who have been deprived of the means of living by the accursed derangements of the cur rency, and tha panics produced by the Hank! Mark the unholy speculations in bread-stuffs, made with the means and un der the patronage of the Bank, by which the poor have been almost deprived of bread! Ijook at tho "shin plaster" currency which the Bank has made the representative of labor and property, taxing the labour of tho many for the benefit of the few! It ia thus this monied corporation, this "balance- wheel" of Gov. ltitncr this rank oligarchy is RULING AND RIDING OVER THE PLUNDERED PLOUGHMAN AND BEGGARED YEOMANRY!" Ib. "HAS IT A STING IN ITS TAIL?" When the charter of the Bank of the U nited States was presented, in 18U0, to Gov. Ritncr for his signature, his Excellency was pleased most jocularly to enquire "Ttficlher it had a sting in the tail?" Tho question thus jocularly asked can now be seriously and satisfactorily answered by tho people. The "sting in its tail" has slang thousands of honest citizens, and de prived them of their regular means of liv ing. It has stung the gold and silver cur rency and expelled it from circulation, and has venomously supplied its place by a tor rent of "sliin-plasters."-l-It lids slung the trade and business upon tho public im provements, aiid cankered public confi dence. It has slung the general welfare and prosperity of the people! Will it not, in the agonies produced by the overwhelm ing dread of popular sovereignty, sting the Governor himself, and all who ate seeking protection from its power ? Ib. VAIMOUS MATTERS. JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY. Vo are indebted to the Carlisle Volun teer for a reference to the following extract from the 4 th volume of Jefferson's Memoirs: "Tho federal i'auty now look to a sin gula and splendid government, as an aris tocracy founded on BANKING INSTI tiii'PifWS nn.1 MONTRD CORPORA- "TIOTSTS, tmdci-tlu? guise and cloak of their wravnmd tiffimdics of manufactures, com merce and navigation, riding and ruling "overthcl'LUINiJliKU.w riiuuwiimiui ...n.t TiRfifJAWKn YEOMANRY. This "will be to them a next boat blessing to the "monarchy ol their first aim, ami puniups the surest stepping sione 10 h. See Jefferson's Munoin, vol A, P. -12S CURE FOR HARD TIMES. There is "iio better anecdote for hard limes and disappointment in business, than a cheerful faro and a hearty welcome at home. As, without them, all the wealth of Peru cannot confer happiness, co with them the deepest poverty cannot take it away. A man may be fretted and wearied, crossed in business, nay, ruined if you please, and a single glance of kindness from the wo man that he loves, and the children that he doles on, will drive away caro and make him as nappy at heart as if millions were his to command, and worldly friends as plenty as black-berries; Sat. Chronicle. OPPRESSIVE FLOUR MONOPOLY. Wc hope if the heartless conspiracy spo ken of in the following, from the Baltimore Gazette has extended to our state, that our farmers will not aid it by selling their grain to those who wish to speculate upon the wants and necessities of the community. The man who monopolizes provisions and particularly bread stufTs, tho staff of life, justly deserves the execrations of the com munity against whose welfare fie sins. .Ilarmuig Flour . combination. The Buffalo Journal of the 1st says there is eve ry reason to beliovc that notwithstanding the immense yield of tho grain crops this season, tho manufacturers and dealers in flour are busily at work to forestall and buy up tho market. The extent and ramifica tion of this secret combination is incredible and their resources ample. The above paper says: "We could name, we believe a single bank for instance eatswatd of us, which within a few days has engaged to make discounts to the amount of at least 81-10,- 000 to three individuals for the purchase of wheat and the agents ol which individuals have already passed through this city and gone west to purchase wheat of the new crop. Wd could also name an association of individuals in another part 6f our state, who already own one .'bank in Michigan and another in tho valley of the Scioto, Ohio; if not indeed dtner banks, whoso agents are in the field making purchases, to say noth ing of the dozens of other largo rfiilling e- stablishments who nave tliciragouts scatter ed in all directions and whoso means obtain ed from a large number of banks which arc completely at their control, arc of the most ample kind. And lurther wo think wc could designate from seven to ten banking institutions in this state which aro themcro creatures of these monopolists and three fourths of whoso discounts are either indi rectly made to these men and whose de mand they daro not at any time gainsay. And further still, wc most conscientiously bolievc that an effort will he mado by these monopolists to induce the bank co'mmis sioncrs to deal most rigorously with, or, in tho words of one of them, to "spur iltj" all tho westoro banks at least which will not come into their measures and minister to their speculations." Gov. Ritner"! still romains dumb in rela tion to the Banks'. When will he cease to violate the Law by demanding a statement of their condition! PiTTsnunoii. According to Harris'sticw Directory, the city of J'ittsburg and its en virons, comprising a circle of five miles, contains over -111, GOO inhabitants. The annual amount of its manufactures and trade arc thus estimated: Manufactures, $11, 000,350; Mercantile business, SI. '1,000, 000; Commission business, 60,873,000; Coal trade, 8502,000. Total. 831,1-13,- 350. A Bold Undertaking. Mr. John Grant, of Philadelphia, has engaged to ride on horse-back, 288 miles in 21 hours, for a purse of 81,000. This feat will "come off" on the 15th of September, at the Hun ting Park Course. Vale College. At the Into commence ment in Yale College, the degree oi a. i. was conferred m courso on oi young gen tlemen. The degree of A. M. was confer red on 33 Alumni) the degreo M. D. on 10 graduates of the Medical ucpartmcm. "I HOPE I DON'T INTRUDE." A thriving tradesman in a southern srlcct of our city, who had married and was liv ing happily with his wife and family, had his domestic peace disturbed last week, by the very mal apropos visit of a former wife, whoso existence ho had entirely forgotten to mention in the hurry of his second mar riage. The unwelcome visiter is described as being of the true Xantippc stock, while the chosen partner of his name and home, is said to bo 'extremely amiable. The thun derstricken, puzzled, dumbfounded trades man, by trade a tailor, was so affrighted at the occurrence, that he did not even stay to sing "How happy could I be with cither" but fairly fled from the scene of action, and has not been heard o( since. Much sym pathy is felt for tho second wife, who is the mother of two beautiful children. The le gal claimant was too furious in her manner, and too vulgar in her abuse, to excite that commisscration which her case certainly ought to command. Saturday Chron. The Now York Times informs us that a "Mr. B., -10 years a resident of Now York, removed wi'th one son aiid three daughters, to Michigan in 1833; purchased a cultivated farm of 3'20 acres for 81,500, on the road from Detroit to St. Joseph's; raised -1,000 bushels of wheat, corn, and oats in 1830, and -1,500 bushels in 1837. His crops last year sold for $3,500. His three daughters have married, his produce finds a ready market at his door, and he is independently rich. How many others are there not hero who could do likewise?" Clayton, the rcronaut, is making exten sive preparations for a balloon ascension at Pittsburg. It is stated that should the wind prove favorable, H is his intention to travel in his balloon to tho Atlantic sCa board. The ascension is to lake place on the 30th of the present month. An amphitheatre is now being made, calculated to accommodate 1000 persons. In a letter from the great agitator, O'Con nell, addressed to the Irish Association, abounding in loyalty to the young Queen, he announces his continued confidence in the present Ministers, and advises the im mediate formation of a society, to be called "The Queen's Friends," to aid in returning members favourable to the Ministers at the appoaching election, for which great prop' arations aro mado by both parties. The contest Will lie n warm one, und the result decide the complexion of the Ministry and the Queen's policy, respecting which there would seem to be doubts. Small Pox at Detroit. A number of cases of this loathsome disease have occur red lately at Detroit. A writer in the Daily Advertiser, very properly calls for the adop tion of regulations to prevent its spreading. The WayinAlaua.ua. In the Greens borough Beacon wc sec a grand harbacue announced to be holden at Dr. Wither's steam mills, wcro the candidates for election were to address the people with withering eloquence, on the high pressure principle", no doubt. Mechanic vs Poetry. It has been said that the inventor of Ihe wheelbarrow has done more service to mankind than the wri ter of the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Great Ohio Rail Road, which is to run from the Pennsylvania line, parallel with the south Shore of" Lake Erie, will be 177 miles long, of which all is in straight lines except 5 miles of curves: One stroatcli is 31 miles on a deal level no inclination is over 10 feet in a mile. Total expense, with double (rack, cars, etc etc., is compu ted at 81,975,113,10. WHAT IS LIFE! There is eloquence of thoiml.t .. of language in the following paraetft.u Wk ArnotVs Element of Physic: S 1 ' 'i "Tho functions bv whiMi . dy assumes foreign matters from tP and converts them into its own suW is little inviting in its details; but takrv loguuiur, is unu oi uiu most wonderful, jects which can engage human aiirr,' It points directly to the curious. anJ unanswered question What is HIV student oi nature may anahzc with art, those minute portions of uattrr seeds, and winch ho knows to bo mcnts ol luturc creatures, and tho link, which endless gciib;:?!ions of liij f. turcs to existence; but ho cannot 0m glo and display apart their mysterious that something under the influence olv each littlo germ in due season swells fill art invisible mould of maturi'v determines its forms and proportions, r such substance thus becomes a l)Pn- rosebush; another a noble oak; a ti.iri eagle; a fourth an elephant; yea, i: same way out of the rudest niatcn.. broken seeds ahd roots, and leaves of r' anu pus oi animai wsii, is built up th man frame itself, whether of thi".' male, combining gracefulness anJ sirr - or of the gentle woman, with beau'v S her as light. How passing strain such should be the origin of the bnth' man eye, whose glance pierces m nt:, visible soul were shot with ii of th which pour forth the sweetest cloon- of the Manlynx W'hicli, by vi')Mt 'n. the surrounding ail" with music: ami. wonderful than all, of that mass sk within the bony fortress of the skull. delicate texture is the abode of thr- , with its reason 'which delights in iV endless other miracles of creation1'' The ninety days have expired since tho suspension ol specie payments and not Bank has resumed; the "Great Balance Wheel" among the reststands still! What's tho matter with the Regulator, Mr. Bid- die? The strength- of parties in the IIousc of ueprcscntatlvos of the new Congress, -arc democrats 121 i-ederal Hank 107 Doubtful 11. The Senate is two to oilc in favor of the administration. Bold Language. Messrs. Walton, Walker & Co., in a complimentary notice of his Honor, the Recorder of ono of the municipalities of New Orleans, describe him as having "reached that point in cor ruption where his examplo ceases to be pernicious." Hugh McVay, President of tho Senate' of Alabama, becomes the Acting Governor of that Slate, by the election of Governor Clay to the Senate of tho United Slates. What Mules think qfllail JFays.'VUo produce of tho Coal Mines of Mauch Chunk, in Pennsylvania, is conveyed to the village in wagons, funning on an inclined rail way; and to each train of forty two wagons, there aro seven cars attached', con taining twenty-eight mules, which arc em ployed to draw up the wagons when emp tied. Tlie mules readily perform their duty in drawing back tho empty wagons, but having experienced tho comfort df ridiii" down the inclined plane, they regard it as a right, and neither mild nor severe measures can ever induce them to descend hi any o thcr way. A Shi: Devil. A noted character c.On- necieu wun a house ol ill fame in New i orK, is going about the state whom she may devour.'" Her plans were thwarted, a few days since, by the timely intervention of a gentleman who uau ascertained her character. She pre tends to keep a millinary establishment at New York, and oilers to pay liberal wages for girls who wish to learn tho trade. That is, such as she selects. Newbure Herald. Lx-Presulcnt Jackson. A late Nash ville paper, speaking of tho ex-President says: "lho old gentleman's health was never better: lie is engaged upon his grounds, and in his general private affairs. with all the energy and apparent facility of J UUIlJl The hens have had a Meeting loo. A countryman drove his cart un th irmonr'. door and asked him what ho gave for eggs "only 17 cents," was the reply, for the grocers have had a meeting, and voted to give no more. Again the countryman came 10 maruct and asked tho grocer what ho gave for eggs "only 12 cents," for -he grocers have had another meeting and voted not lo give any more. A third time the rnmil rvfnn.i r.n.i.. 1 i i .1.. b.iuii; uuu niuuo me same in quiry, and the grocer replied, that the lto ..au Hum uiuuuug again and voted to jjivu umy ju ccnis. "Have you any for suiu continued lho irrocor "Tv " Un..u the countryman, Ihe hens have lmd mot. mg too, and voted not to trouble themselves to lay eggs for 10 cents a docn." Bos ton rosi. Tr rvLNTucKY. uno man shot another at tho election, and the victim bavin" bt'on carried off dead, tho convassing proceeded imum iiuurnipiiou! TYniTn .if niro..l 1 r . - ..v vMi.uvciduu, unio, irom new wiieai, was selling a Tew days since at 89 .I f Men of Lettvrs. Tho live-host m: Orpheus s defcent into hell, is when j.. r ' . I i i oi inspiration oreaus upon a man ol , when surrounded with trouble A, & sound of thc-Iyrc, all his pains arc , end; the hot tear leaves the sparklmj the snakes ol the furies arc (pud: It wheel discourses music, and $-( rests upon his stone, and pause to'... Fame. How many tears, lion- r blood have been shed to nourish lher-J lrecdom, ol knowledge, or ol IiIl- on- and forgotten! The greatest ami iiih roic actions arc done at home, .unl ihe it of the world will surely read our " with a more indulgent eye than I nan, who can scarcely seize upon om thousand ofour good and great di-c! Resumption of Specie Paummt.- observc in the New York Amrncjr Saturday, the lollowing paragraph: o understand that a mretui " Barlks ill this city was held a d i since, when a committee was appnm" correspond with the Banks of iiln r to take into consideration the cxpcili- fixing a time and place for hoUh:u . 1 vcnt'ioti for the purpose of making rr 1 mcnts lo resume specie payment". Jiituminoua Coul has been discovered in mulligan oy rroicssor Houghton. j ne jjumc o' Missouri commenced is Minig ncr own paper on tho 30th ult. Th uwuav ( enomination ol notes that she will oouu win uo iweniy dollars. zeven men crushed lo IJeath.-AVhil lucuiy-iwo laborers wcro employed a few av o,. jonn, icw Brunswick working on tho tower connected with tin unuge over he river, it full ai,d crushed seven to death. The fall wns nn, h,,.,.u.i feet, and those who escaped were picked up from the river. 1 Learned. writer in the Paris West lenncsscan, m answer to his opponent, says: oil have attenuated our portion of tho medullary substance beyond tho min ute anunalcula: in the milt of a codfish." Jlverrfs Steam Ensine Tim ;. "seeking , ll- in,8wcgo (Aspinwall and Clark's) nefarious L'T" but one "driven by ono of Ave- v a luw'.v uiiguiuu, which saws irom com mon logs 5000 feet hemlock boards in HA hours. Codl.JK bed of coal lias been lately discovered in Indiana, on tho Madisdn and Lafayette railroad, about sixteen miles from tho city of Madison. This discovery, should tho mine prove extensive, will bo oT rrrnnt imnnrtinnr.. r,.. i! . . Large purchase of Land if tin In ' A St. Louis (Mo.) paper suies ill..:'" ernor Dodgo has concluded a troatv tho Clupnowa Indians for about i- million acres of land, for eight Inindn ' seventy thousand dollars. The pur ' is said to embrace some of the h:.ci lands iu'tho world. Not Had. In speaking of lho wc A the Natchez Free Trader savs 'The ? j erlul sun is shaded during the day bvr heavenly parasals, tho clouds; u'e mouthful of air at mid-day and a J -thunder and rain nearly every evening Counterfeiters Caught. A con; strangers, stage passengers, were 1 on the 27th Ult. at Dixon's Ferry. l! for passing cdunterfeit money. Thr in their possession Ihe following ariuwa ajmrujus noics: .33 851,100 Marine Bank of Baltimore, m 5,750 Mechanics' Bank of the (! p New York. 1 GOO Bank of the United Stair 35 Commercial Bank of Can- $57,875 After the arrest, ono of the prisoners!" his escape! tile other is yet in cuttui the sheriff. Jl with Auctioneer. An AucWm said of a gentleman who had bousing Ide, but never camo to take it aa. 'jt, ho wns one of tho most iiii-coin-fi'-i-X persons ho ever know in the whole of his life! Tho Cincinnati contract all, has Contracts for wheat of tho new have been mado at Columbus, Ohio, u' M dollar per bushel. ' t A weaver named Florence", of 'w jk in his 18lh year, has just finished the ufaciuro of a pair of pantaloons. pockets, buttons, rill cbmpleto with" . single stitch, every part being wove. curious specimen of industry will I1 to the next exhibition at tho Louvre. C7Countorfcit 8100 bills of the Mi Bank ol Baltimore aro in circulation- but few (if that ilnnnmmntinn make way in this quarter, we need not t'j room with a duscrintion of the clitic j between the genuine and the counKsg ones.