Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-02-27

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of his disposition, The sagacity of his un>
derstandlng, his exemption from every faint
of servility and deceit, and the manliuess
OF his character-great in peace! great in|
war! and great in the affections OF o CRATE
full people. Ills claims are now ripe. re
fpeuit5to WI, It, es,.d ...l.,.et 30 so. rI,nNtn
ighiened ireemen Of America, are no len
ger willing 10 withhold from han their graf
ltude and then suftrages. In a word they
- Tor Col. RICHARD vi. JOHNSON, Of Ken
lucky, the citizen soldier the patriotic aud
lenilghteDed statesman for PRESIDENT
fOF TIE UNITED STATES!-TllE
ilioii EST OFF In THE GIFT or
A FREE People.
BANK OF THE U. SrArEs.--We have
been and still are the fast friends Of this
Institution. Bul, whcu we see it adogd
ing a course fraught with distress aud
rum to our community, We shall not hes
'tate 10 condemn ii. The recent order
from the Pareni Bank, requiring fur
ther curtalnent of discounts Tor the
next fifty DAYS. at rate nut much less
thah hifty per cent, is unprecedented m
Inc annals O! this Bank; and must. il
perSeSered in 10y the local Directory, be
the Cause OF serious Inconvenience and
sacrlllce OF property. In less than a
year the Branch here las curtailed It's
discounts almost one haif-from nearly
Sooo,OO0. TO 100000; and at the pre-
sent rate Of curtaiiment, the entire debt
Will he cancelled IN less than ffteer
months more. We have looked in vair
Tor reason for this injurious curtailment.
Inc bank may have, in the declared
hostility of the General Government 10
the Institution. good and substantial
reasons TOR arming itself at all points.
IL may have come to its Knowledge, as
other facts OF this kind have been made
known to II. that other, and more deadly
acts are neditated by the Administration
against u. We do not doubt that some
such reasons nave operated to produce
me precautionary act IN question. New
erlheiess, 1t Is most injurious in its CON
sequences. and scarcely UNSUITABLE i'll
ANY event. Ii could have been better
met at any other season of the earthan
the present. Busines, has been Amos;
entirely suspended Tor two months past.
The havlgatlon of The river is Just com
mencing, and for six or eight weeks to
come the balance OF trade must pc a.
galnst US. Much of our UNEMPLOYED
capital has been taken TO the Atlantic
cIiIes, Tor the purchase of goods; and
heavy steam boat and incidental expeu-
ses have to be met here. 1t cAnno,.
therefore, be disguised, ,hat This order
has come upon us at IA most unfortunate
time; altho' of this fact, the Directors
could not be advised-It seems Ito us
under these peculiar circumstant es, to-
be the duty of the local Directory, in
the exercise OF a sound discretion. toI
determine whether. or how Ear. he or
dershall be enforced at this time vhetb.
er they, as good citizens, seeking the
prosperity of the country, and we'll as.
sured OF the entire safety ef the funds
OF the Bank in circulation here. will
concur in embarrassing their fellow citi-
Zehs, and throwing them INTO the hands
OF merciless shavers and money lenders.
such discretion has been exercised inI
other cases by other Branches. and il IS
Important TO our community that no
nasty OF lmprovident decision should he
made upon it.-Mo. Repub.
IN Banking, TWO and two do not al
ways make iour-they sometimes make
twenty-five. Thus: O..
An HW kuard x,,,oaa.
sa'd' ~ can't swear to it right I'd and
down. ''Swear to it horizontally tben. ),
said The counsel. Perhaps Mr.. Bin,ey
meant 2 and 2 placed horizontally.
HE BANK IN i79l.-At the openino
d The INST session of the second Cons
5ress, at Philadelphia, October %. 1871 +
resident Washington, in his Speech
said;
The rapid subscription of the Bank
,t the United States. which com,latad
he sum allowed to be subscribed in =
'IngIe day. is among the striking and
''easing evidences which present them. II
'e'ves not only of confidence in the gov.
but of resources IN the comm.
lity." 1o"'''u-
j, ihus spoke, and thus thought the
amer Of his country, on the subject oil
National Bank. Let General Jacks.,J
o1P' me same sentiments and policy l,
-" ~ IBIS respect, at least. all p,ns,