Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-03-20


it. am afraid Major says the Gineral,
you are changin your politics. Well,
says /, Gineral, it may be 40, for man
may as well change his teeth, says ], if
by keepin his old set he can get nothing
to bite with EN-.
And now, says l, Gineral, jist let's you
and look into this experiment OF yOurn
and see where its goin to land us, Tor
says |, if don't miss my guess, we shall
turn heels over head to rights, and there
is no tellin which eend will come down
first. And | don't see, says what
good is to come ont even supposin we
come down feet first. How, says ], are
we goin to satisfy this everlastin batch OF
folks with all their little children who
are noic su6crin all about the country by
this pagy Experiment You might as
well says |, try to make folks believe it
will be all the better for ein hereafter,
when they git used to it, to take off their
shoes and stockings and 90 barefoot
now, and tell EN- that's the ony way, SO
that in war time every man will be ready
TO march, and not bother the country to
provide shoes and stockins for en-. And
its pretty much so now with this plagy
no Bank Experiment. Folks have got a
notion that they cant git on without
banks; and they no too there must be
good strong one to regulate all the small
ones, list like the balance wheel in n
watch, for without that, says the little
wheels will all go wiz, and break all to
bits, and you'll never know the time Of
day no more than sun dial will tell in a
snow storm. And then, says to talk
about hard money, and that there mustn't
be no other kind Of money. Why, says
!, you might as well tell folks to GO back
to shoe buckles agin, when good leath-
er string is lighter and better. Now
suppose, says ], II marchant wants to
send money from here to New-Orleans
to buy cotton, or to China to buy tea,
and supposin says !, an old Revolution
ary Soldier livin away back in the coun-
try sent here for his pension, and he was
too old to come for it himself, how then
says would we manage to git this mo-
ney in the safest way possible to New
Orleans to buy cotton, or to China to
buy tea, or to the hands Of this Old Sol.
der. If you send hard dollars, says !,
in ship and she sinks its gone to all
etarnity, and if the pirates take her its
worse yet, and if you send it by mail
Major Barry would have to make some
worse contracts than we have already
This stumps me considerable, and have
:; been lookin into it ever since this Bank
war begun, and the ony way, says |, j.
to have Bank that evry body has GO
confidence in, and have it as strong a.
all natur and known every where, ant
then we can git round all these storm!
and pirates, and labor Of luggin hare
money about. And we don't want NJ
better Bank than we've got now to d.
all this if we only let it alone. And tn,
best proof that it is strong enuf, is tina
with all our hammcrin at it we hahn
shook an atom ont, and the more W.
fight agin it the worse it is for the peo
Pile, who want the money this Banl
owns, and the Bank wants to lend it
money, for that is its business, and whel
we tell the people that Squire Biddle il
the cause of maxim money scarce, they
know that's all ninkum fiddle.
Now says ! Gineral, suppose you wa!
appointed to defend the country agin ar
inemy, that was comm here from abroad
and the inemy was, say 10000 men, ant
they wouldn't tell you where they were
gon to land! but you was obliged evry
week to tell EN- where your men was
why says the Gineral I'D 60 right dow
r to New Orleans and whip en- jist as
n did afore;--but suppose says l the,
is wouldn't 60 there agin, but keep dodg
J. ing about along the coast from one een'
y to pother, how then says then say
q the GineraI, I'D call out evry man in tn
IT country, and I'D have ten thousand mel
d in evry fort from New-Orleans to Down
= ingville-weil says l, that l suppos
d would be the Only way, and if it was i
n harvest time it would be bad work 70
the crops-could'M help that says tn
y Gineral, I'D defend the country throug
J. thick and thin-well, says l, that
.r pretty much what Squire Biddle is arte
y he don't know where we intend to attac
q his Bank, and we make him tell us evr
C week jist how the Branches stand as
j. strength, and we have tcll'd him wee
break him if we can, and so as h
&c wouldn't be doin his duty If he didn't de
e fend his Bank, he is obliged to keep ev
ct ry point as strong as he can, and so
'e good deal Of mony is idle jist as a goo
l. many militia men would be idle in tn
10 war we've been talkin on-there all
Y. one grain Of difference says J., and evr
attack we make agin the Bank on
* makes things worse, the people all abo,
the country see this now, and the hu
country is suherin-now says Ginera
m Pm git.in leeile asham'd ont my sci