The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-07-08
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From tie Mounfaineer.
THE LAwLESs CURREN,

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cia information of the readers of the Noun.
taineer; but when we approach the subject,
we found it so intrinsically ridiculous, that
we were obliged to give it up, unless we
could strike on strain adapted to its de-
iormities, and therefore we beg leave to
sNbmit our views in few doggerel STAN
zas. And if we have not strictly conform
ed to the law of versifcation, It will be re-
membered that we have selected laUless
subject, when we write of
RAG MONEY.
And is this shabby scrap ofprinted paper.
The honest representative Of cash
Docs this mean wealth Or,is.it but a Gamer
RhicHtortunc cut, when she would Cur, a sr5lash1
What is it good forl 1t will light taper,
pipe or a scgar-thc worthless trash!
II this indeed were part of "tke experiment.
We weuld not be so much inclined to merriment
But this is not metallic Jackson money:
'1ds but bubble on the mighty ocean
vi credit-and the fact is rather funny,
To see the folks i'm such great commotion,
tln this our blessed land of milk and honcy)
About thing which may be called "notiOn"
because notion, tho it should be curious,
Is but another name for something spurious.
For instance, wooden nUtmcgs,-wooden hams
And wooden fints and other ingenuities,
Have often guled and tickled Uncle Sans,
Whole family,--so fond of superfluities,
Hence legislation (just like singing psalms)
lis not without its many incongruites
For every taste likes some peculiar flavor,
And every ear some semi-demi quaver
Now who's to blame for this sad innovation?
Whose rascally experiment is this7
Who scattered over this dcvotcd nation
A currency at which the world must hiss
Alas this wretched paper nundation
The Wings have brought about:--For hit or miss
They slashed away to multiply disasters
And filled the land with these internal tOLaSterS!
The Benton mint drop or the yellow jackets
The Wings called merely humbug fnanci ering
And bought them up and sent them ofin packets,
To justify their own insulting sneering
And -prcssures-deviltries and rackets,
In close succession rapidly appearing,
To make us apprehensiye Of destruction,
And plunge us in political seduction.
AS money is the very root of evil,
II follows, that, to multiply .faciEties;"
Is to enable men to serve the Devil,
According to the best ftheir abilities,
II gives the passions such chance to revcl,
Exhibiting such wonderful agilities
In overlapping most of the proprieties,
Which bind together civilized societies.
Jackson and Benton and the "golden age"
The Banks and Wings necessarily assailcd;
For Paper-paper paper--was the rage,
And so the paper finally prevailed:
Another war III people have TO wage
Against the ills which paper has entailed,
IJDon n land sO heautif1l and sunn v
Now cursed with worse than Continental money.
Behold the picture!--Sce our lovely land,
The choicest spot beneath the cope of Heaven,
What rich resourccs,-au at our command,
What boundess blessings Providence has given;
But who the paradox understand,
That now, in eighteen hundred thirty seven,
Without cause which can be coinprehended,
SPECIE and CONFIDENCE are ROTH susPENDED!
Have we forgot the lessons Of the past!
Can nations never Learnt Win these disasters
Not teach US wisdom,--wisdom that will last
Or shall we let the Banks become our masters;
Tostop and start jnst when they please and cast
Upon the world these most Internal "DLasters?"
Shall these dread ills be borne and still deplored,
Or Confidence AND SPECIE be restored!
The silver must be paid, ,-or else the charters
OF all our paper-money operations
Must persh--sarls the sancty of martyrs,
For violating ALL their obligations;
And even If they cry aloud for quarters,
In suppIicatfng tones, OF int0nations,
To say they WILL or can, or should be heard,
Is clearly most prodigiously absurd.
80 now, or never, let them do what's fair,
Jast let them seize the present opportunity;
Forifthey don't 'tis proper to declare,
That, in an honest virtuous community,
Who have borne more than many people bear
The Banks can't brave the law with sheer impu-
paRity,
Because the law must be supreme by Jupiter!
Should wings and antics both grow worse OF stu
pider!
To talk of the supremacy oflaws
And issue ht0LeSs paper is test,
Which clearly proves them hypocritcs, because
To do the lOOrSt, they try their very best:
Their custom is to err, and always was,
So "zseIAs ussss aboLens,fs est
"EzpHnge" the ptasfers, & the wings must follow,
Then use the Antics up, and beat them hollow!
Pedmrtry Correctsd.--In the old Pari-
sian Academy Of Scinces, one of its mem
bers read yoluminous memoir to prove
.bat t;doe ,vere nroyided by the Creator for