Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-18
POLITICAL.
From the Harrisburg Reporter received last evening!
BRIBERY EXPOSED .--InE PEorLr BErKAiED!
THE PEOPLE ARE BEIRAiEn!!

From the Harrisburg Reporter. received last evening"
BRIBERY EXPOSED !--'rnE pEorLr BErkA,EDE
THE PEOPLE ARE BETRAYED!
Tie 7rts Of the Bnnk haze prernticd!H
Solemnly impressed with sense n The duties Of
our situation. We DrsrlScrLY ANNOUNCE to the free
men of Pennsylvania that THEY have so LONGER Iht.
LEAST GROUND TO HOPE THAT TIE BANh
BILL WILL BE DEFEATED IN THE SENATE.
We express the feelings Of deep MILIAToS ASD
DREAD, with which we proclaim THIS STARTLING FACT
And when wc state that DEMOCRATIC SESA-
TOR has INFORMED Us that OFFERS OF LARGE
SUMS OF MONEY were made TO HIN IF HE WOULD
VOTE FOR THE BILL, it is to be feared that this
monster has esorled to the exercise Of most unPTlnc
Piled and corrupting influence
"Wi the higI.rnndrd people of Pennsylvania sub
nit to a GaLLIyG MONlED rf>r"rlsM thus rAsrESED
rpos THEN: Will they not EVEN NOW ROUSE UP
without MOMENTS DELAY, and take the matter
into their OIt.f HLIDS, before their ruin Is consun.
mated; ALL OTHER HOPE HAS FLED; and it
THEY continue QUIET whilst the CHAINS or the
ARlSTOCRACY ARE FORGING FOR THEM, im Et
will feel them about THEIR NElk when it is TOO
LATE TO SHAKE THEM OFF,
We learn by Il letter from Harrisburg dated Feb. !?
that the Senator referred above. is Col JACOB kEEBs
OF Schuykill county" faithful found among the faith
less. An offer made to him Of four thousand dOt.
lrs if he would vote for the bill to rchartcr the nlted
States Bank, To be increased. III the event OF certain
contingency he sale ot property TO tire thousand DOL
iars! lie periodically and Indignantly rejected the base
proposition.
After the bill was brought into the Senate, Colonel
Krebs was told that if he voted Tor it, he should be made
independent and that arrangements should be made hy
which he would obtain TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS tor
his VOTE" within two weeks alter the bill should become
law
81 told the individual, says this ncorrup,iblc patriot
"n poor am, the E"nk IF Lhc limited Satfs has not
sufficient mOnCytO purchase INC!
Thus, observes correspondent. at has come to
light that brhes have been Offered TO Senator 6" Penn.
syvana to vote for this monIL monopoly in opposition
to the will Of the people Thanks to his noble trnnrss
he scorned the brihe and the mscrcan who offered it
Now what say the people: What course will they
pursue when practices like this employed against
Them Will they tamely submit arise as one man against
their betraycr:
Colonel Krcbs the incorruptibe Senator from Schuyi-
kill deserves and will receive unbountrd honor for ms
frnness and integrity in resisting the seducllons Of the
Bank. We trust he will speedily complete the good
work BY full exposure of the facts and person: connect.
ed with the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Observation-Disclosures business Of Importance has been
transacted in the House of Representatives during the
present week. The Senate chamber has been the cen
ire oattraction, the niaao! bill has been under con-
sidcraon there. The bill passed the COMMITTEE OF the
whole, readers were informed, OH Saturday 1t
was taken up on second reading, Monday, and pro.
pressed in this morning, during which time sundry
amendments offered which elected speeches from
Messrs. Nc ULLOCH, PENROSE. DlCkE4 READ,
LEFT. CARPENTER, BAKER and sLENkEk-
We shall endeavor &c lay the remarks OF Senators before
as to the ultimate fate of the BILL and the triumph Of the
Bank the wishes of the REPORT
or. Feb ..
The extract which we take from the Harrisburg Re-
porter contains strong illusions to some unspecl.
fed Of bribery, to carry the Bank measure at llar-
rsburr. We give below letter from one among the
abest and wortnest Oft the Democracy Of Penns
which leaves nothing to conjecture. will be seen, that
COL 1'r- who at first nsiilnuSy, and afterwards
more directly approached with tenders OF money TO Sc
IN hp Rink is
the corrupt offers. We will not delaln our readers from
the proof of this fact which speaks volumes IN regard TO
the hidden bribery which has been ~ successfully en-
ploycd in buying over portion OF tie Democratic DC,
majors inducing them To bctrav their constituents, aud
vote none yed dictatorship to BIddlr and millions IN un
unlimited taxing power to foreign capitalists:
.'HArEIsRrRG, February q. lc36.
Sir: The Senate has been engaged tor two days, dis
cussinr the bill Incorporating that whore vi babylon,
the United State, Bank and has not yet passed the I'd
section through its second reading The twelve apostles
Of Democracy which yet remain unb"ught, have made
firm and steady resistance, step by step, to the great
annoyance and disappointment OF the traitors, ana the
crowd of Bank borcrs, which fiji the galleries and lob
bes of the Senate Chamber. Reed, u 9rslnehanna,
Icc, OF Washington Carpenter: OF Wrst'Gore!a"d, Nc
Culloch of Mfln. Kelly Of Indiana, are the persons
who have offered the principal amendments lie chef
Defence or rather support Of tie Bank is made By the
traitors To their party. Although men are lirn and
fight WE'LL w, all they vii! be able 10 do is to proclaim
aloud that they are not also sold for foreign gold, and
that there is yet remnant OF sound, true democracy IN
Pennsylvania.
Col -''r, Senator from has mace 4 disclosure,
which / think will astound the people OF pennsylvania
and proclaim the means resoed to by The Bank TO get
votes. go.
"The following is extract OF letter which Co!.
addressed to me to-day. in to note addressed
him bv P--- Co. Senator from b. and myself re-
ouesup his declaration this subject. The Col says
Iiiere follows Col. Ks letter given below.J
"Now what thnkly o; this, after reading II twice,
for do not riSK YOU will have srltposs-sson OF mno
sufficient 20 believe senses on hrst Icau'HS
B,l that is not ali" tell it not in Gath tho Monster
las power enough to prevent lis being printed aileI
was Sc, in type But it shall be printed before twelve
hours and ali the power OF the Bank cannot prevent
being proclaimed ~ the world shall stay ie Gays
longer not as spy, but open, ayo"ed, Hp'acao'e
enemy to this curse OF PcnnSylr ana
uon the contents Of this letter, We have barely 70 re-
mark that the Senator 10 WHOM the S2o,Voo oohus was
Offered (,vhose name suppress, merely oecausc ''.o
writer of tie letter has not expressly authorized 10 "
Use is one of the most honest, ue-eaEteo men 's
And if the agents of the Bank could approach such
man, with $4,000 for his vole none can aouo out ti'
In. Bdwel concern has been potuse TO the active m
s,,uments it has used in the Pcnnsy lvanla SENATE lis
urnrinal advocates there, lately It's deadly enc
,n.sfnre known TO be keen, shrcwd, Eiercenary men
and are not little addicted TO stock. lobbing, IN
r.rard 10 which, one recently charged with
foul play by the Bank Journals, In regard 10 the
State This gentleman, it may well be supposed, mas
taken to exact from the Bank, what Womb MAKE
him recouense for his loss character through the al
tocks of those Bank Journals we'll what he IS yet 10
lose through his sudden Bank CONVERSION lie Is Too
keen dealer have taken less under the
than would enable him 10 quit business with plum IL
is not improbable that his bonus to be in proportion 10
the reduced amount of thai provided for The Slate
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