Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-18
LyNCHBURG, AUG. IL. 1894.
THE UNITED STATES, BANK

HIS pooh III IiV'tipsl uiat = mere Is nothing
under the sun The same events hat now ex
cite our admiration, were matt e, Of equal wonder
10 our fathers. Pt0dges IN morals as vel ag IN
nature, hhve their bref huur Of existence IN every
age the waves of temporary oblivion only
sweep over them in generation 10 impcl them
TO h resurrection IN the next. Thus, that which
vas history yesterday b, comes fact today an
her lessons, though SAID 10 be philosophy trach.
Ing 10y example, are accumulated evidences of the
facility with which fail into error in despite of
experience.
The history Of the National Bank furnishe.
striking exempiiftalon of these remarks for cy-
denoe whe,eof!et the reader peruse the following
brief extract from speech once delivered IN Tie
Senate OF the United Stltes on a bill 10 rechartef
the National Benk:
Il The number who darcs TO give his opinion in
favor OF the renewal OF the charter - Instantly
charged with being bli5ed by the agents of the
Sabk-@lth beng corrupt with having tamped
upon the rights ond liberties of the people-wltl1
having sold the sovereignty OF the United States
10 fo'etS@ CapttaltStS-~ Nth pe,jnry IN havinsv-
olated the Constitution. Yes sir, these are The
circumstances under which We called upon to
r@Ject the bill. When We compare the circans
CTS under " lch we row acting, with those
which exised al The time The law passed 10 incor-
poratr the Bank We may well dsIrust own
jadgmen s. Sir, had ilways thought that a cor
poration was an artificial body, ex sting only IN
contemp alon of law but, If We can believe the
rantlng Of your editors III the Gfeat Sntgs I'D
the danunelauons o. our pablic dccaimers 1t exists
under the firm OF ev&rY 10 ii md hateful beast bird
aud or epins thing. 1t Is an iYpRA il is a CER-
BssuS il IS Il GoRcoS, il is n VuLruRt, i, is a
MONSTER it is VWER. Yes, sir, in their
imaglnaaons it not only ASSUMES every hide
Gus and frightdl 70 M, but II possesses eve.
ry poisonous, del us, and destructive qual.
ity. Sh Il We, Sir, suffer our lmagina,ions 10
ba alarmed, and oar udsm MS 10 be inAu-
enccd by such miserable uH Shah We ism.y
act uu Ter he lash OF his amy of thu press No
man complains Of the dl-casslon in the newspa-
pers OF any subec, @hch comes befo,e the Leeis-
luture OF the Unon bu, most leinnly protest u
galnst the course which has been pursued by these
editors in relation 10 this qnes'ios. lnsteaJ of 1en-
soHtHg 20 prov the unconsututqa of the law !;
| hey CHI rye mcmb" OF Congress wltn bnlng bri
| led or corrupted and this What they call Lii
berry of the Press. To tyr my, under W late,cr
torn II may be exercised, | declare opsn and inter
minabe 10 me Is p rf'ctty mi Il rent whr.
ther the r"rani be an iRRLsP INsIGLE EDITOR OF n
despoic Monarch
We hayc omitted to It'll the readcr 2r4cn and bR
IriorS the for gong remarks " re maze, tor II c
purpose Of asking him, If he would no, presume,
| If IN then TENOR that Daniel We crcr or Ii my
! Clay had uttered them, within the iaottwo yeats,
III oTdtr 10 viniicatc themselves from the wi. char
ges Of the Gssbe AMI ,,s affiliated presses 7 Blu,
| 40 sucl: thing, gentle read'r The speech from
! which ,he re; IS de, ,eds deLtrcyclb By WILL
LIAM II. CIR WFOGD of Gieoegi,. IN the Sc
nate OF the UNI cd STATES, the year ISL on the
| blll rethart the Old Bank Of the Un ed 5 ates
by VIM. II Or ford, who the favorite
I
people of Virginia IN 1921, for the Presidency Of
the U. States, IN opposition TO the bank-hater
Andrew JAokson-ty W Hi I'm IL Crawlotj, who
was supported then by most of the pro ninent ii.
| lic,uns who now suppo.t On. Jackson. and ar-
| pledged 10 support Martin Van Bur n as hts see-
ceSsOr Is II not strange, SEEING the present oppo-
sltlon OF the Enquirer 10 he Bark, thar Il was N
1924 wiling 10 elect 10 the Pres Jency {, end Of
| the Bank-lhei fearful " monsler," winch We are
| toId can AT any moment open lis ponderous jaws,
and swallow up E" the government" at mou hful
anc, with it, the Liberties Of tie people Is it not
passing strange" But, it may be SAID tina, the
| danger character OF this great rInnied mon
rich" had no, boon then fully developed. Not so
fast good SITS Mr. Crawford tells u, that even
in 1911, it wa. called by the slangwhangcrs of
that day by the saalc terms Of odum and reproach
that are now proFusely iavishcd upon it." q
! Hydra, a Ccrberus, a Gorgon, Vulture, Mon
sier, Viper That even then, il accused OF
E.brib,ng and buying member. of Congress to de-
fend and support ritl,at then the rre Judi cial
| influence OF foreiga c0patol complained OF 1!
| Indeed The whole series Of accusations which now
| fill the pages Of tho admin isiration presses, and
| which such " honest lagos" as Thomas n. Benton
| and mos Kendall are constantly distiilIng into
he public ear, are but wholesome Ilasla isms from,
the discussions of ISL Thrs. wise gentle men
not entitled 10 the poor honor ofanrcat,HS their
catalogue ofcrintes, but ny have just raked them
| up from the almost forgotten history Of former
| years with new seer zry, decorations and DIES
| ses," 10 adapt them TO the changed condition OF
things
Ii will be perceived from the foregoing brief
glance lst tha, IN the first years of the existence Of
a Bank charter, when the discussion Of IT'S constn-
! tu,ionay and cxpcdency cnn exercise no nGu-
| ence upon popdar elections, ard whom II cnnno be
converted into hobby upon which dema sogaes
destitute Of al! Intrinsic merit may rde mo pow
or, the Bank is PERMITTED 10 purse the ewes tenor
Of It's way unmoles'cd md almost uoknown-2 oily,
that men known to be friendly to us IN operation,
| IA measure of expedency, aud OF sustaining its
| cons'tutiono!uy, can even be supported for the
Presidency by the same party which will, under
othet circumstances, endcaVor TO n.Hke opposition
to the Bank test question in ali oficcs--an1 f.
nally, when, in order 10 carry their point, Il be-
comes necessary that the Bunk, having refused to
end Itself TO their c"ctionecring schemes must BE-
pat down, they will, forgetting their former SUP.
port of its friends ransack the hole vocabulary Of
puhts for terms Of vuperation to arply TO 1t nnd
rs advocates dcnounce it as great engine Of
fruut and corruption, pre- judicial to the pu5c mor-
ais IN the nuhllr Iibntv and subyefslYc