Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-15
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VIC know o. no with CANT of the regular, genuine
rope mere mere ,bs New Orleans Balctn. Any man VINO
k!' ,c nnlirncc TO read The matter tic'ru upon us
leaders every day as editorial W' ~ ca,s o,,, the
Pas. il cun,s about the Greeks, about the n'Gt"
md about Henry Clay. 1t cants ABOUT Ca'h n wv
scr Poindcxler, Harrison, and about LOUIS n'nr r
II Giants about tho land laws about tne d4'iTn n,I
H. s,,rnus revenue about Fesch hh"au al" i,.''
t IN fact il is all can but the worst oil It's G'"u%:
IS obou, the late Bank of the United States, W.T." ILL., is
can,inr styles the " Bank Of the U;oh .:,c Bank
difference then between the unt"n nl'H % Bank Of
r. the J:.:on; and indeed, if ths B"t', fairness
,bo Irnio," had been conducted wlh d. -, ,l, Ii,nn
honesty, and regard to tie pp't' his moment. to be
Bank il would be i'll existence l;rhtiur curse TO the
! ilnse;nr instead of what it VIZ " '''S
country. 80 Bulletin should choose this
particular epoch to Vs. f., bc cxrrra'cd by almost every
which IS 1nt ,mouis;aua. This master Of cant should
nu'' s, nc is rather tardy in bringing an accusation
The venerable patriot now at the head &" The ma
aS"'" Of Frustrating the Bank IF The tHicn--ihcrcby
fca,ine paiy Bank and dcranging the currency Of The
country &c This SPECIES OF cant was rcsnrtcd To ny
Tic bulletin in The spring of l55l, with frequency and
zeal but without much effect for the panic thea attempt
cd 10 be raised IN the commercial world by the :cings
Of the Bank fcd Of IFS object. No intelligent man
then believed or now believes that the alarm, the con
s,enation and sinister predictions then Affected by the
Whips had any foundation liz reality. Many an honest
and worthy ra, who The chains OF the Bank, was
compelled to join in the cutlery and Iamenta'oh IN SPITE
Of himself in spite Of his better Judgment his conscience
aud his principles But the effect OF this villain
Gus system Of hvpocrca can,ing, is yet to be mem
toned II Slapped commercial aud private credit and
marv cstimabl Individuals csti'nabc citizens and III
every relation Of domestic life, now with their 'a''
lies grooming in the ruin and drsoalon OF all hcIrhnpIs,
brounM upon them by the hrarcss conrivers Of ina.
ccrT.,d ,uc Can judge Porter and the publisher OF
iI,. Eull,In Look back with complacrncy upon 'leir
.h,rr Of That work? Are they aware mat no cvcnt IN
the history of Lou;Siana, not even Henley s. re-
cnr,,,d with much horror by the population OF luis
IN his spec c1 a, Nashville had the temerity to Icclll
that period the recollection Of his hcarers-and "i'h
cnua fuy III. Bulletin, in its cantlnG style, some
weeks aro reminded its readers that he Bank of the
Union. had been Frustrated By Genera Jackson
How superficial must be the acquaintance OF The
Iudrc and his coad;utur with the public s"nilmcni:-
Even in New Orleans. the commission merchants ana
their cll Ks who love the tools by winch the panic was
sprcad through that easily guled community, NOW con
dean lkcir own Devices wnc they smile in secret at
the ignorance and credui,y Of their dupes.
Ia the country the whole plan was understood from
the first; very lew planters were deceived, although
some were ruined; ruined without necessity--ruined
while they knew they victims of as vile and
strnlIs political fraud, devised by the wick.
cdness of man-rulncd, while their cotton and sugar
bore exu1bant prices and while they possessed abundant
means Of paying, reasonable lapse OF time, all their
ohlra,ions Is possible that the authors of these
aues are attempting to raise them up from the oblivion
in which they were partly hidden:
The publishers Of the Bulletin had better find some
thing else to cant about than the Bank OF the Union;
and Judge Porter, instead Of recurring to the time OF
the panic in his dinner speeches, would do we'll TO uS
y his absence from the Senate, when the bill to prohibit
the circulation of ncenlary handbs was rejected by
at ho6v