Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-07-20

agent Of money cbapgersf And when
MIR. Biddle the other day designed to visit
his good ci,ygof New York, was il moi re-
voting 10 see bis parasites and pensioners
precipitatiDg themselves upon his passage,
shrongng his person as if to touch the
hem Of his garment; watching eagerly TO
catch ON encouraging smile. or anxiously
solci.mg glance Of recognition. Name
ufms:tis,I dare say, was chaunted by more
than one ardent worshipper on that event.
iui occasion; and whenthe greatman open.
ed his oracuIar mouth, methoughi could
hear an enraptured audience exolaim,
Tis the voice Of god! lis the voice Of
god r. or at least, peace, no! Caesar
speaks!'' Like the Roman Emperor,
Mr.. Biddle has had his apotheosis in ad>
vance. think see him. with proud
humility. making his progress through
Wall street, almost borne up by the press
ure Of The adaliriug throng affable and
yet arrogant; bending TO one with a
graceful sweep, and sbowing to another
J, with protecting nod 4; yet, like Malvolio,
qlenching his familiar smile, with an
austere regard ofcontrol." Oh for the pen
ola ChurchhiIl, the pencil OF a Hogarh
This, again. Mr.. Biddle, is what | would
call vulgar despotism. servile route.
Il thank thee, Jew, Cor teaching mo that
word"
When, 100, few years since, The bank,
siung to pitch Of Jury by the withdrawal
Of the public funds, determined to extort
from the fears OF the Government and the
I agonies Of the country, their restoration.
and its rccharier, wantonly crushed its
miserable dependents. by recalling, sud.
denly and caprciously, those facilities
which had been 10 them as the breath Of
life. without which they could not exist,
n was no. the self,lnmolating enthusiasm
with which the poor dupcs and victims
threw themselves before the crushing
wheels of The great financial Juggeruaut,
eager to snatch the palm Of maryrdon.
and 10 seal their faith with their blood,
worthy Of a better, or at least a nobler
causel i can-pattake in Imagination Of
the rapture which hindles the eye Of the
Christian at tho stake, when his sense Of
mortal suffering is lost und swallowed up
in the high and holy consciousness. the
sublime conviction, Of the unspeasable
glory that awaits him. can read with
admiration Of the noble devotion Of Cur
tius. when he lcaped into the fearful
chasn, the which oracle had declared
could moi be disclosed except by such a
sacrifice. kindlo with the patriotic
ieryor that glowed Ia the bosom Of the
.It,zfr;aus 2ursa chnthprd
"Who gathered, wiih wide embr, ce,
Into his sigle heart, sheaf
or fatal Austrian spears"
Yes. sir, il is glorious to suffer for religion
or FOR rTliberty. I" Dutce ct dtcorum est
IRE hatria MORT" But 10 bleed for mo-
pey's sake! 10 endure maryrdom in the
cause of The bank 10 die for Mr. Biddlcl
this passes me! had rather, II any thing,
70 Il the death with Major Hamilton for
his sugarl
Mr.. Editor, forsee that tho grand
qucs,ion--wh;chf,r some years to come
will absorb all others in this country = is
the contes. between the people and this
formidable money power Like Aaron's
serpent, it will Tor time swallow up all
the rest. II has been already, for some
timo past, at the bottom Of all our polti-
cal agitation. Let the people be assured
of this that there i. no peace, no safety,
no honor, no lasting prosperity for them,
until the money changers are driven from
the political temple. If they are true TO
themselves, have no fears for the issue
but let Them persuade themselves that they
have no common enemy 10 cope wiih.--
q Guerrs mort (war to tho knife,)
mus. be their watchword and their battle
cry. Their adversary is strong, sleep
less, insidious, s,unreleating, unyielding, and
wields, besides, the most powerful sinew
{ ofWar. He is at this moment ela,ed be-
yond measure with hope, at the difficulties
and dismay which agi,atc and alarm the
country. He derives his consolation and
courage foui The fact that the hero under
whom tho people first mastered to this
war, and who led them on conquering and
10 conquer, is no longer in The field. An
drew jackson, tho last President Of the
revolutionary age and chool. whose saga"
cily of soul, siDgleness Of MIN. and stern.
TESS of sssolye, earned for him justly the
psuad litlsof Roman who is, indeed, q
man af.ciIhe :" high Roman fashion," has
retired 10 his peaceful Hermitage. nmId
.ke blessings OF his friends, and the cur
ses, icudas well as deep. OF his enemies.
Let US profit by his preceprs and exam
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