Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-04-20

~, new plansi sss thai amt the way and no man
over prospefed after tina, fashion but when he finds
/. things go well with him, he hangs on, or else lac
hsint got no vii II; hun.
Now my notion is, that none on us alone eau make
falls al about creation think safe folks 10 trust
IN, all ON ms together do and that is the rca-
son a GOOD Rig bank can manage tins Tor us. olhS
abroad know the bank aud the hank knows u.s. ana
so we can manage things through the bank better Una"
We alone. . -
Some ON YOU say it amt right TO pay interest TO
foreigners-ihat when CIT money from iotcisp.i ~
,b,y ken draining us of interest Well that Is All
,b,lk and water Now know We ba'e got an ever
lastin new country clear up yet ana !, an i,op's'
industrious man GIT ien hundred dollars ,en' 10
h,, no can 90 and buy good many acres, aud clear
!, nm and sell it to these very foreigners VINO are an
T. Hid coming out here settle among us. and
thew nav fifteen ior II than the land ifst
,,si and so our folks 90 on borrowin, and can well
Afford 10 paw interest, aud find themselves IN a few
years with money To lend too. aud as long Is th's
bnsiness goes on. for ain willing 10 say In 10
.e;gper. as the Cape Cod fishermen say the fish,
when he gifts ON the hook and is puin Inn i'll So
long as YOU hold ON onc eend, ! viii luther. bnt
folk abroad who have money 10 lend dont know our
folks who 70 on new land and good many on old
land mother. But they Know our bank and our ca
nails and railroads and we sell en- the stock, aud
make EN- pay good premiums too; aud ON folks can
lend their money Ia our farmers. But II We % on
and mock down tins bank when its charter 10 out, and
brm. trouble on the country, foreigners will SAY :,
Aha there's trouble there Back thcy come
with their stock, and CIT then money, and keep IT
and all our prosperity Is nockcd in the head We
chartered this bank Tor twenty years, aud We 10
nal companies ani railroad compmc, but did We
mean when the time wasup. to mock EN- all up too,
and say don't want M bank nor a canal, nor .
railroad II am'tcommoa honesty 10 say so aud
won't shuttle and cut with You after that fashion
for make what might bs new shuttle, would be
al ia
to say nothing OF tins long list OF widows and or
phans. and trustees of estates, and old tolks many
on when they bought the stock at the high PIE
mum. | suppose, never thought about the charter,
or how long had 10 fun, bu, trusted 10 thc Govern
ment. And low II YOU can chlazlc them oni ol
their property. YOU viii Be ~ putin down the h1,
just to get anew shuttle aud cut ancw one without
tuulin rcd beet when YOU meet en-, | tur
say cant, andl wou'l.
And now I'm most dour. Ii | ha,c tfad an any
ones toes, it amt much my idu 40 oil hlscn. Ia,
] tread the strait line. and any ouc, that sticb
out beyond the Inc and that's too often the cast
with folks uow-a-daSs in office.
I've telld you now pretty much NY notions ana
tell YOU for the last time you hafc made q mistake
that's 20 disgrace to any unless he tries 10 suck
10 it after he knows he has made it, Ii YOU don
know how To git the country ont nj the serapc yontc
cot til IN. the People viii tell you prett, quick ~
| amt no hand At guesSlu. hayc now done NY dl,-
ty-ii the People wont do thcim IT ann my iault
Ii they say M notions ARE tiehl they II act en-
II they say they are wrong, then things Will % on a,
they now 90, and hope the, wont ctt Horse--bu
that won't PROMISE II things come tothc worst,
shall suffer n liltlr any en-. Tor haunt got u,
"lie aud children To support (and I'm sony Tor thns'
who have, II things are Ia % on as they nov co:)
can cut my fodder pretty much anywhere,
But love uN country. ey'N acre ont, aud II cuc
agin ny gram To see any part ont suffer Md
know all this suffering comes from party pofcs-
this same parry politics that has DIN all our wIscs
and best mcn ont OF office and LOW to keep toetth
er, wants 10 gu hold of the big wagon aud all H.
money mat.
My ''"def /, np. and had best stop now. l,,f ia
more think ont, aud the more nntc about H. til
wrthN ! III 81 ia more at present iron
yruo fellow clttzrn, J. DOWNING, MAJOR.
Bownugsille Militia, ID Brigade.