Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-10-29

slices and ecken over the mountains: money
I'M be made carce, The Bank cannot lend TO {
DOR citizens, and you will get the less Proiit
on the capital belonging to the State, and u the
interest received by the Bank be not sofhcient
,o nav the interest on the capital borrowed,' a
.,,,., mat be taxed to make up the deficiency. u
Ahout the time we established our State
Rank. you were told that State Banks were
the thing for the people. that they would sup Z
Div YOU with safe money. The Globe, the +,
leading Van Buren, paper, and others, soon /,
after putlished long list Of near forty depo-
cite Banks, the paper Of which was to be re-
te;vsd It the Land Office and elsewhere, and
70 pass - specie. Having confidence in these
statemsnts, fearing no evil and suspecting no
trick, you parted with your hogs, horses, cat
tie, and other property, and the country was
Mr.. Woodbury., knowing more than any one
else. was the first man to ascertain that bank
might be good for ten dollar bill, but would
not be safe for Eve dollars, and he sent an or
der to the Land Officers not take five dol
lar notes, but TO take tens on the same bank!
Most Of the money in circulation was in five
dollar notes, and th,s order not only cut off
that portion Of our currency, but reduced its
value. That order without law, and in de-
sss 81 s5EsH ; sEs ysS 81
silver order, which excluded all paper. The
consequence Is, the country is full Of shaving
shops; they are established in all the towns
near the Land Offices, and hundreds and
Thousands Of dollars Of the very money which
Mr.. Woodbury. rejected have. been shaved
and taken into the lend Offices by the agents
and officers under his control. Now let us
sec who it is that advocates and defends this
extraordinary order issued without law, to
PROSTATE western interests, and for the bene-
tit Oi eastern land spectators. Is it those
who get their living by hard knocks, by the
sweat Of their brOwl No.-It is the leading
Van Buren, men. the Editors who print Aby
authority, Postmasters, Registers, Receivers.
and other public officers with salaries Of one.
two, and three thousand dollars year, which
can be employed in shaving or in buying pro
pcrty at low prices when it falls. Those who
once said much about reform, and rotation in
Office, but who now hope to hold their places
four years longer If Mr.. Van Buren, is elected.
These men will tel; you that the gold and sill
yer order Is to benefit the poor nsaa. That
would do Il the poor had the specie. But who
Is Il hat has the specie9 1t il the wealthy, the
broker, and those who live on Office. Make
the inquiry among yourselves, and you will
and 1t you get the specie, either for your pa.
per or property, you must be shaved.
These same men, surprising that you do not
Know that tho bank IS yours, and that your
property stands pledged for the redemption
Of its debts, have tried to make it unpopular
that they might have the better chance to
s:-. X: J ssssge The :;s sr;e is ,:ow
itself, and ruinous in consequences to the
stase-and he who practices on it deserves
shc execration Ut the honest Of every party.
Many Of these mproprieties are cautiousiy
withheld from the public, and great effort.
have been made to keep you from knowl.
edge Of Mr.. Van Burens opposition TO the
West, and particularly his opposition to the
d.s!r,but'on Of the surplus revenue in violation
Of his pledge to support President Jackson's
p".cy' The Globe being for Mr.. Van Buren,
and opposed ~ dividing the money. is now
circulated mostly in the old states, where all
sne surplus money has heretofore been cx.
pended. and where they are opposed to divid.
oogn. I0u do not now have that paper scat.
Tered among you ~ it used to be, because il Is
unpopular in the new states with both parties
20 s'PPNse President Jackson's recommends.
son Ine government officers and other
sf:ends OF Mr.. Van Buren, try to explain away.
wncn c"r"cred' and excuse his opposition iol
the measure; and when they fail in every
thing else. they tell you that he is the partv
candidate. But they do no, tell ypu that some
states that were for Clay, are now for Van
0oren; that some that were Jackson. are
now Tor Harrison and some for White. They,
90 not tell you that our own state is split up.
s"a men are going both ways regardless oil
party lines. They take care not to Iet von
Hn"W mat SIX out of the sixteen members of
sne Central Committee, called the Jackson r,,,,.
10. ~ were original Clay men. They do no,
g. you mat the two editors Of the Dem,,cr,, I
yuM'sned IN the name Of Gen. jackson. were
Se'3a' Clay men: and that the junior editor.
1"' t.v'ngt"n, but lately tried to establish -
Psrr IN Indianapolis to oppose The election
81 Mr. Van Buren,. II any member of the
s Ss"''a, COMMITTEES Of I6, now acting in the 1
"r .h. :. General Jackson, will deny that six
~;,i " "o,noef We're original Clay men, Ii