The Arkansas advocate., 1834-03-07
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rom the the ". sss i'affJ AdYertiscr,j
 MAJ. DoWN1NG's OFFICIAL PAPER. Read to the Cabinet, and majors, auditors,
 and undsf-secretares and sub-postmas-
 ters, and the rest of the Government, on 26th day of. December, 4. D. 1S33- and printed for the use Of all the citizens from Downingville to New Orleans, a.
 long the sea coast, and up the Mississip- pi and Missouri, and so down the Lakes,
 and across by the Erie Canal to Albany,
 and along by the middle rout over IN CIV
 5ersy. Pennsyiyany. and Maryland, to
 Aashington--and away agin to all parts
 ol creation, and te every body.
 GINERAL-and Gentlemen of tic Ca0i- net and the rest on you here present, com posin inc Governn5nnf---T afaaals .a ,ess .ss T man standin right hetween yon and the people-what I'm going to say aint calca- lated to make any on you change your opin- ion, so much us to make you know mine you have pretty much all on you had your turn, and now comes my turn--if any thing say has sharp corners and serapes the skin little, 1t Is because haint had time to file tic edges smooth. I'll give you my notions pretty much as you get bread from
 
 the Bakers, and leave you to slice 1t or chunk t as best suits you; and every man can butter his own slice just to piesise his fancy that aint my business so much as 1t is hi. ea.
 Re are met here not only to fix on some plan to get inc country out of trouble, but to see how 1t got into trouble; and l am goin to Say little on both pints. When a chimney smokes at the rong eend with the wind at the north east, some folks may con- tent themselves with openin windows and doors, to let the smoke out, but my notion IS that the safest plan IS to see into the cause ont and correct it--so that the chim- ney will ony smoke at the right eend, let the wind blow any way.
 Now there is q few things we must look into a little, and then We will know more about en1, and am goin to examine
 What kind of eriter the Bank of the U. States raly Is.
 Whether its nature is to do good or evil tosthe country, and then wind up with
 Matters and things in general.
 Twenty years ago the country was il trouble, and fiii'd up with ail kinds ot banz paper-nigh upon as bad as old Continen- tai-and a good deal was little worse If any body aint old enuf to remember that time, and wants to see what kind of money T mean, let him 90 to the Troasnry and Mr. IT,, --..- : half of dollars, not worth the cost Of the paper and ink used every year in making a report on't-but this is ony a drop compare q to what would be now there of the same kind of stuff If 1t hadn't been for the Bank of the United States. All our wise folks of that day said we must have a Bank of the United States, and a good big one.-- One strong enuf to do the work well, and to clear out all this trash-and so this Bank was made, and the first thing was, as there was very little rale money in the country, the Bank, went and bot a good jag ont in Europe, and went to work here clearin away jest as we do our fields in the spring.
 It was a pretty dirty job to do so tell you, and the Bank didn't get through with it without scratchn and smuttin it's fingers pretty considerable; and that warn't the worst ont for the Bank. The Government made the Bank agree to pay fifteen hun- dred thousand dollars for the privilege of doing this work, and made 1t agree to take care of the peoples money in all parts of the country, and to pay it here and there wherever the Government told 'em to. and to pay all the pensions, and to do every thing in the money way without chargin any thing for 1t to the Government. This was a pretty tutf bargain for the Bank---for all it got in return was to have the keepm of the money, and when the Government didn't want 1t the Bank might lend if out. It took good many years afore the Bark got things to work smooth. It was like a whappin big wagon and wanted good many horses to drag 1t, and as # had val uable freight in 1t, if wanted none but the best kind of horses-real Conestogas- and 1t warn't every one who knew, how to drive such team. The owners of this wagon found that out-for some of the first they got come plagy nigh ogersettin it. So to rights they got Squire Riddle. l sup pose they thought that seem that the people of Pennsylvany have the best and strong est horses and the biggest wagons, they ought to know best how to guide 'em.-- Well, they made Q pretty good guess that tirae-- for ever since they told the Squire to take the lines, they haint lost a linch-pin or broke a strap; and there warnt no com plaints made agin him by the folks on the road, CT tic country All the other waggoners liked the Squire arnazinly, he was always ready to giye 'ein lift when he found them in the mud, and 1 whenever they got short of provender' the Squire never refused to turn out some ot his 10 keep their horses from sufering-- Every thing was goin on better and better, 1 and every body said at home and abroad there ,yal-,t such a team in all creation.--