Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-01-16

Nov, my notion -, that none on VA d
icno can make folks ell about creation
thinh we are safe fulks 10 trust. But III
on US together can do SO; and that IS The
reason a COCO big Bank can manage this
Cor us. Folks ahrpsd know the Bank
and the Bank know us: and 50 we ca"
manage things through the Bank better
than we can alone.
Some on you. say !, Amt right 10 pay
interest 10 foreigners; that when we &c
money from foreigners, they keep drainln
us Of interest. Well. that Is NJ chalk and
water. Now know we have got an ev.
crlassin new county To clear up yet, and
if an honest industrious man 20 and buy
good many acres aud clear u mp. aud
sell il 10 these very foreigners. who are
all the while coming out here 10 svttlo
among US. AMI they pay fifty times mote
Tor il than the land fret cost; and so cur
fonlks go on borro~in, and can well al
ford 10 pay interest. and find thsmse'ves
in Few years With money 10 lend too.
And as long as this business goes on, FOR
one am willing 10 say 10 for igners. a. the
Cape Cod fisherman saysio the fh~h. when
he gifts on the hook. End Is puiha hin,
in So long as you hold on one cend, ,
will t'oiher"
But folks abroad who have money 10
lend, don't know our folks Who 20 on
new land, and good many on old
land mother But they know our Bank.
and our Canals, and Rail roads. and va
sell EN- the stock, and make 'empay good
rcmiums loo, aud cur folks can lcnl II ,ir
money 10 tu farmers. hut five 40 on.
and knock down this Bank when its char
ter is out. and bring trouble on the coun.
Try, foreigners say, "Aha! there's trouble
ihete!'--back they come with their stock,
end git their money and keep il; all our
prosperity is knock'd in the head We
e...arier'd this hank for twenty years; and
50 we &c Cstal Companies, and RAD
Read Companies hu, do we mean when
the time was up. TO knock 'sm all M too.
and say we don twani no Bank nos Ca
nal. nor a Rail Road? II aint con, mon
! honesty 10 say SO; and won't shuttle and
cnt ,,.ah you after that fashion: for make
VIZ; migi.. nv new shuttle, would
he ashsm'u 20 look one Of these innocent
foreigners in the face 10 say noIhin Of
this long list Of Windows, and 0rfans. and
j EuNlfts ut ESrlH'tss anu WV JUNE tbtNy
on EN-. when they bought the Stock at
high premiums. ! suppose never thought
about the charter. or how long IL had 10
run, hn, Trusted 10 the Government. And
now ,f you can cbizzle them out Of their
properly. as you viii by puiting down
this Bank, Jest TO git new shnflle and
cut 60, a new without turnin rs red
as beet when you meet cm, | for one
say cant. and won't.
And now I'm most done If have trod
on any ones toes, il aint so much my fault
rs hisen: Tor tread the strait line. aud
tread only on toes that stick out beyond
the line, and that's too often The case with
| folks now days in Office.
I've ielld You now pretty much my no
,ions, and tell you for the last time, you
have made a mistake, and that's no dis
grace 10 any man. unless he tries TO stick
10 il after he knows he has made it, lfyou
don't know how TO get the country out Of
the scrape you've got Il in. the people will
tell you pretty quick. or amt no hand at
guessin. have now done my duty--ff
the people don't do iheirn. il ANT my fault,
u they say ny notions are right, they'll
aci on en-, il they say they are wrong.
hen things will go on as they now go, and
] hope they won't git worse--bpt that ]
won't promise. II things come 10 the
worst. ! shall suffer MS little as any on EN-.
for haint got no wife and children 10 sup
por.--and ! am sorry for those who have.
If things s.e TO go as they now go--I can
cut my fodder pretty much any where.
Bat ] love my country, every acre ont
ard il goes agin my grain 10 see any part
ont suffer. And know all this suferin
comes from party poliiics--this same party
politics that has drv all our wisest and
hest men ont OF Office; and now, 70 keep
together. wants TO git hold Of the big wag-
gon. and all the money in il.
My dander is up, and best stop now
for the more think ont, and the mora
] write about 1.-THE more wratby ] git So
no more at present,
From your fellow citizen.
J. DOWNING, Major