Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-18

where the property and substance Of every
man are al The mercy of the King The
whole country has overbanked and over
traded some hundreds Of millions. Mer-
chants ate indebted on false CT edi: sys-
tenn, and by wild speculations, hundreds
of millions beyond their means to pay :,
and yet the New York American talks tie
matter up as if Mr.. Van Buren,, by mere.
ly consulting with Nicholas Bidde, Pre-
sidenI Of a State bank, could pay of these
debts IN fony,elght hours. I his bank
president, it seems, goes TO Washington
opump The President Of the United States,
and get some eectionecring scraps TO put
into his host Of bank papers. Mr.. Van
Buren,, aware Of the falsehoods by which
President Jackson was misrepresentcd
| whenever he conversed with men Of Mr..
Biddlo's politics, wisely treated him with
civiljty as an individual, but chose 10 60
10 his constitutional advisers rather than
10 bank president, for counsel. And
because he did SO, il is held up as ga mo-
lancho!y and an awful truth' that the +"
minist,ntion, will do nothing 10 relieve the
country.
What fudge and ruslian! A little while
ago the whig presses denounced MIR. Van
Buren for pretended consultation with
Mr.. Benton about the specie circular, that
never took place. What right, they in-
dgnauny asked had Mr.. Benton to give
his advice And now, for Mr.. Van Bu'
rcn 10 decline begging the advice of
Nicholas Bidde is tyranny, despotiam,
and outrage upon commercial community!
The English Government never would
have done so, says the American. NO
trnI,, because the English Government.
broken down with its load Of national
debt, liss at the mercy Of the great bank
ers, humble suppllant at the feet of the
Barngs and Rolhschlds. The wbig
aris:ocracy Of this country wish TO see the
Government Of the United States at the
feet Of bank presidents; and hence IT is
they weep and wall because we have a
President who does not ask Mr.. Nicholas
Bddle how the Government shall be ad"
ministefed.
What tyrant Mr.. Van Buren is, to be
sure, for not proposing TO aid Mr. BIddle
in his neat speculation of sending two
mllions OF specie cut Of the couotry 10
help the British Bank, at the risk Of break
ing all our own banks. This was the
end and aim of Mr., Biddle's pimplng call
upon the President. Printing i, clearly
was, for who but Mr., Biddle himself could
have communicated The result of that in
tcrview? And how does it look for him
as q gentleman He, private citizen,
pays his respects 10 the chief magistrate
of the nation, and is politely received
He then runs 10 the whig editors or their
caterers, and tells them oil about his
grievances. Why. he says, only think:
| called upon the President on purpose TO
give him an opportunity to confer with me
upon the affairs Of the nation, and he never
said word about me or my Bank !"--
The whig editors roll up their pious eyes
in astoDi,hment at such on outrage upon
the dignity cf Mr.. Nicholas Biddle; such
a want ofrespcct on the part of the Press
ident of The hcohle to the President Of the
money and forthwith their columns ring
with this new proof that the administ' ation
will do nothing 10 relieve, but every thing
10 distress the commelcial community.
Ru, what say facts as to the disposition
Of The administration : Look at the last
report Of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
and there see the warnings, which it
needed would have guarded tho merchants
against tho overlrading and The wild spec
ulalions under which thoy are sinking Wy
their extreme haste TO grow itch on airy
nothings.' Examine the messages of |
President Jackson, and read the argu"
ments they contain against the mania for
ove,banhlpg, which had flooded the Un
ion with l60,000,000 of paper currency.
which, but for the providence of the ad-
minis,talion in bringing 6o,0o0,o00 of
specie into the country, would have been
but little better than the rags Of which il
is made; and to the excessive issues Of
which, first induced by The example Of tho
United States Bank, is TO be attributed
present commercial dstresses in the midst
Of the highest and soundest real prosperity
ever enjoyed by any nation on earth.
Lt them come down 10 figures, and sec
tho efforts made by tho administration 10
circulate three millions among the mcr,
chants in anticipation Of their foreign
claims. Let them look at the evils grow
irg out Of the existence and distribution
of surplus revenue, and see the happy
effects Of the specie circular, not only in
cutting of an immense and useless source
Of revenue, that was derived from insane
land specula,ions, but in sustaining the