Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-10-10
MONDAY. OCTOBER !. 1888.
For Poulson's American Daily Advertiser.
THEPRESIDENT's MANIFESTO GAINsT
THE BANK.

THEPRESIDENT'S MANIFESTO AGAINST
THE BANK.
Mn. EDIroR,-The Manifesto of the
President, and the Report of Gipin, Wa
ger s. Sullivan. are documents as curious
as they are furious, reiteratng the old
stories of bribery and corruption. brought
forward IN Congress ttctce, and as often
fully and amply relutedl When the Pre-
sident has to resort TO such means to &C
complish his determined purpose of re-
yenge, it shows tyranny and resentment
unworthy Of a Chief Magistrate!l Win
you, Mr.. Poulson, or some of your cores
pondents, inform the public how many
Commissioners were appointed by the Lee
gislature of Pennsylvania, two ses.
sions ago, to receive subscriptions to the
stock OF the Girard Bank, and several o
Their Banks then chartered, whittier the
said Commissioners did not, as originally
intended, help each Of themselves to a large
portion Of the Stock. whereby the citizens
out of doors were excluded.
Were not nearly all of these Modest
Bank Commissioners acknowledged parti
zans and supporters of the present Jackson
Pnty-and | should be glad TO know,
whether they did not make 400 or 500
dollars each, on an areroge, by the commits,
sion, which appointed $50 commissioners
to each Bank, when a dozen would have
been more than sufficient Does not this
man@,ivre show more bribery and corrup-
ton than all the charges heapei together
by the President, in his memorable mani
festo against the National Banks The
New York "american," Of the oath. in
forms US, of similar game having been
played, in that city. by the innocent, I'M
assuming jackson Partizans, in their at
tempts to- obtain and grasp nearly the
whole Of the stocks of the Banks, and o
Their moniea institutions lately chartered
by that state.-The words are
"The public demand for the stocks of
new Banks, is daily more urgent, but none
are chartered but for the benefit Of party.
Witness the disgraceiul distribution OF the
stock Of all the new monied Institutions.
This course of legislation has the effect of
expressing all who are opposed to MIR.
Van Buren-it teaches them that there Is
no safety. but by propitiating his faror, 1t
rewards his friends, aud stimulates them
TO new exertions, and enables his parli
Fans TO support his presses, pay his agents,
and defray the expenses OF presidential e.
lections," Sc.
The game has been deeply played in
New York and Philadelphia by the parti'
cans of Gen. Jackson, who are now Uoc,
ferrous in their cries of bribery and corrup~
ton against the Bank. because /; has been
endeavoring TO protect itself IN the most
iustifable manner against the assaults
of calumny and persecution, com,ted
forth by the head Of government VINO
has paid the expense Of supporting the
present executive, and getting hun INTO
nowerp Who has paid for the circulation
of the Globe, Standard. Evening Post, and
other virulent administration Journals,
from one end of the United States to the
other. for long time previous to our e.
lec,ions, and at an Immense cost. why The
public officers, appointed by the present
incumbent, who are compelled to approPrI
ate. very inconveniently to some OF them,
aconsiderable per centage on the amount
of their saleries every year, For the truth
of which, inquire al the Custom Houses IN
New York, Philadelphia, Boston. and
Baltimore.l!! hat is this but bribery
and co,ruption,-a hundred fold greater
than any thing that has been exhibited a
gainst the Bank? And yet the Pre- slden'
does not even notice it in his wonderful
manifesto! 10