Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-01-09


took to cut the squire's traces, they thought
they was ony leather and rope traces; but the
squire was too deep for 'em, for ms traces Was
ali chains kivered with leather and SO they split
their jack-nives. Some went on a-heao ana
rolled stones in the road, and dug deep holes,
and tried all they could to make the squire up
set and threw stones and mud at him and his
horses; but the squire kept on, his horses didn't
finch, and as they had drag'd the big Wagon
over worse roads in their day, they went along
without accident Well now it turns out that
all the Wagons that driv off so with part OF
the squires load are in trouble; for the hrst
piece of muddy road, they all stuck fast, ana
there they are now. One wants the other to
give him pull and lift; but they say they all
want lifting. The squire has jest come up with
en-, and now they want him to hitch on TO EN-
and drag EN- all out together but he says tnats
impossible; the most he can do IS to take PACK
the load they took from his Wagon, ana theh
perhaps they can git out OF the mud; put IL Is
more than his team can do, and he wont run
the risk of brakin his harness or injure his
horses to drag EN- all out together. Well now
that's jest about the condition OF things, and the
longer they remain so, the worse it will be: the
longer horses and wagons stand knee and huo
deep in mud, the less able they'll De 10 git out
ont.
And now I'll leave EN- there spell, and Well
take look into the natur of the Bank, and
what it really is for to hear some folks talk
about it, one would think it was most shockln
monster and that it pretty much nothln
else but Squire Biddle, when it is no more the
squire than that big Wagon is, not a grain
more Look at this long list Of names: we'll
these are the owners of the Bank: here we
see, in the first place, the nation owns one-ffth,
and the rest is scattered round, as you see
here, among an everiastln batch OF folks all
about this country, and some IN form countries;
and am glad to see on the list here old widows
md old oo1 tr,,cf Of OH -hn
haint got no parents Twin; and all our own peo
pie, they put their mony in the stocks of this
Bank for safe keeping-not to speculate; and
jest with the innocent foreigners: and the
best ont is, they have paid our folks pretty
high premium for every dollar ont: well these
are the folks then that compose the Bank. Now
what way do they want this Bank managed?-
the business Of the Bank is to loan money, and
is jest for all the world like any rich man whose
business is to loan out his money. Is it his in
terest to dabble in politics, or to let politicians
dabble with him? Not an atom ONT. never
knew one of your rale politicians who ever
could pay his debts and they aint the kind of
folks people like to deal with in any way who
have got mony to loan: they know that talkin
politics, and gittin things into snarls jest to
Swer party purposes, amt the way to pay in
terest nor principal MOTHER and politicians in
Bank are the worst folks in the world for the
owners of the Bank, for the most on EN- haint
plagy ready to loan other folks money to bro
Their politicians of the same party.
No. no; man who has got his mony loan'd
out (and it's jest SO with Bank) wants to see
every body busy and industrious and mind
their business and increase their property, for
then they Will be able to pay interest and prin-
cipal too; they don't like like to see things all
mixed up with politics and people quarrelin and
disputin, and when they do, they git their mony
back in their pockets agin as soon as they can
for they know that politics amt profitable bust
ness.
Then it comes to this that if the Bank is what
have said it is (and its nothin else), it amt
such monster some folks try to make us
think it is, and instead of ben a dangerous
monster, See and know every body else must
see, who don't squnt at it, but looks it strait in
the face-that its natur is jest like the natur Of
any man who has got property in the country,
and that to is have every thing go on in harmo-
ny and with Industry and with honesty and &C
cordin to law-no jangles and tangles and talk
in politics in porter houses and bar rooms, hur-
rain for this man, and pullin down that man
that KIND OF work don't clear up new lands nor
plough up old Ones it don't keep the hammer
goin, and the wheels turnin; and don't paw in
terest nor principal mother.
But some on you say the Bank has too much
power, and that Squire Bidde might do good
deal of mischief if he would. Well, there is nv
old friend, Capt. Elihu S. Bunker, the steam
boat President, runnin twixt New York and
Providence-he's got about sich another mon
ster-there is no tellin what dangerous mo-
nopoly" of power that critur's got in that are
boat was lookin into it when came on with
him spell ago, and he was shown me how he
managed it. ifhe was to fasten down the XII
vers OF them two mortal big copper kettles he
has got in his boat, and blow his bellesses spell
he would smash every thing for more than so
acres round-Does any body want to know why
he don't do it-he has been in a Steamboat as
long now as the Banks been goin and haint
scalded no body--but he can do it in mint if
ne chuses--weli rll tell you why he don't--it
amt has interest and he don't own no more of
the boat than Squire Biddle does ofthe Bank
the owners Of the boat employ him to manage it
because they know he understands his business
he knows II ne didn't watch over their interest
they'd turn him out--and jist so the owners of
the Bank would sarve Squire Bidde And that
amt all, Capt. Bunker knows if he hurt any bo-
dy with his boat he'd run a chance of hurtin
himself too-he knows too that it is the interest
OF his owners not to have any accidents aboard
any boat-for ifpeople git scalded in one Steam
I'll foil