Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-09-11

| hedu tue Jackson papers, tmbIbo thei
logic, drink in their eloquence; swallow
| their TRUTH
What do they tell you! Do they moi
| tell you tiiat the Bank has been. fer five
years, expanding IFS funds in corrup,ins
and buying up yirtuous and patriotic Jack.
son menp Did 1t not buy uD Ingham
and Berrlen. and Branch, aud Dnane. and
NJ Lane, dad 1t not buy up Calhoun, and
Preston, and Poindexter. and Leigh, and
IaZewell, aud Bib. and Upton. and
Duncan, & Root--all formerly staunch
jackson men; all good, and, while they
were worshlppers OF the idol, great men
Has it not bought up these and many
others, too numerous TO mention ? And
besides this, has ii not purchased and pen.
stoned presses without numberp Not con
tent with this, is it not now daring enough
TO bride and buy over sovereign States ?
Where is Virginia p bought. Where
Kentucky P-boHght Where Indiana !?
bought. Where Ohio Thought. Where
Maryland bought Where ~ Jersey /?
bought! bought! bought, Throughout
almost every State in the Union, we ex-
pect soon TO hear the same cry. II has
quite seduced and corrupted Georgia and
nearly overcome the virtue of North Caro-.
lima, Alabama, Missouri, and Illinois. Il
ven the immaculate New York is in dan
ger. Maine is doubtful. In truth no State
seems TO be impregnable-alw saving
and excepting New Hampshire. So long
as Isaac Hill holds the sway of an Empe-
ror IN that State, SO long win she spurn
"base bank bfibes.n
We'll now for the reckoning. Here is
an infamous deal of buying; a dreadful
mass of corruption. The best and ablest
men in the country have been bought, and
some of the largest States Besides this,
thousands must have all along been lavish
ed upon its old friends 10 keep them faith.
ful. Yankees reckon that it every year
costs as much to keep horse as the first
purchase. As The men and States bought
are OF different degrees of excellence, they
of course brought different prices
In the secret apartment Of the Banking
House, at Philadelphia, there is a printed
schedule, containing tariff of prices, reg.
ulated according TO the value of the man
or the State in the political market.
Webb cost the Bank 81 900 dollars. Ev-
cry Jackson man is ready TO lay bis hand
on his heart and swear TO it. Now Webb
was nothing but an Editor; rather an in
ierlor article, as we all know OF course,
if he cost 50 900 dollars, Calhoun must
have cost 100000. Sovereign States in
proportion. If Calhoun cost 600 900, Vir-
gina must have cost 4 or 5 millions.
Who does not see that the Bank, with a
capital of only 35,00O,000, and spending
JfS old raf
such as Clay, Webster, and Binney; must
have spent all its capital, once or twice
over? II Issues bank paper, l. e. rags
but these are without any real value. 1t
may palm them of upon its stockholders,
and even upon the public, Qhank God,
The laborers wont take them; they know
their value) but who will redeem them ?
The answer is, Nobody
What then shall be done? Who can
pause for An answer? Done Why, burn
the Bank. "Down with the Monster.
Stranglc the reptile Crush the hippo
potamus Bentonize the bonassus,
Where is General Jackson; where Amos
Martin Van Buren,
where Jack Downing Why do they not
assai! the Monsters marble pillars Why
upl WIN spear HI ItSi, CdCu upon MS
Rozlnante, tilt down Chestnut street, right
into the Banks front entry Why let
the common sewer any longer gurgle up
in filth and feculanceP Why,-Why ?
But we are breathless. We gasp in view
of the Monsters corruptions. Our cheeks
blanch under its bribery Our knees knock
at knowing how much nocturnal naught-
ness is not yet known. We are spent.