Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-10-05

that the olden theory oil transmigratior
had been revived in reality if they did no
know how this transmogrifcatfon hap.
pened. 1t was whig trick.
When Jackson was elected they pro.
phesed ruin, solitude and deserts, and
Immediately set themselves about its ac.
complishment. Through their souless
corporations, they have in part effected
it, and now they wish to shuttle the blame
from their own shoulders upon those of
Jackson. Knowing the banks are the
main cause they publish on the wings of
the wind, that large number of the
banks were chartered during Jackson's
administration, from which they would
have the people infer that he is response
bic for the effects, consequently he and
his associates arc totally unfit to govern.
But "Hawk eyc' has drove them from
this subterfuge, for 10 their utter conster-
nation, he hath asserted and proved that
the Wings were The origInators and are
now the managers and directors Of nearly
every bank in this State, and if the truth
was known, such would probably be the
fact throughout the Union. "Oh! onsis-
tency thou art indeed a jewel" won,
der what they will Go next, since "Hawk-
eye" has routed them from the strong
hold. We must keep our eyes slight
open'' or they win soon be after deceiv-
ing US with another. They are like the
Fox in the fable. They have got thou
sand tricks, and no sooner are they rout-
cd from one than they resort to another.
Again they talk about what fine
thing it would be to have a national bank
to regulate the currency. To cloak their
designs, and throw the people off from
their guard, they in the first place, public
ly disavow any wish or intention to press
the charter Of National Bank, and in the
mean time, have circulated amongst them
selves pamphlet or circular. which cir,
cular is; as take it, ''a stirring up of
the animals with a long polc," or in 9TH
CIR words rousing them to stronger efforts
in obtaining their. hearts desire-a Ma
tional Bank. 1t is like the last effort Of
a drowning man. 1t is a "long pull,
strong pull and a pull altogether" Here
the question arises, why this care 10 keep
it secret? Is net national question wor.
thy nations consideration, or Go We
deem the people incapable Of deciding
what is for their own good? Is there
any thing criminal going on that ye need
be so secret2 If not, why not come out
boldly with The question-Bank or no
Bank-and let the people decide it once
and for all. The Democracy Of the coun>
try will not shrink from the issue in any
shape-and think not, ye "bank nobili-
ty," yo call deccncy'' party, that ye can
deceive the people, and under the cloak
of hypocrisy, rob them Of that jewel
which the spirit '76 began and the spirit
OF $50 continued-that jewel which is the
brightest ornament Of Columbia-that
Jewel which was purchased by the best
blood of Columbia's hcroes--which sheds
its rays upon the sen and upon the land
which stands ascendant in the American
horizon, and which is the standard of A
merican freedom that jewel which de-
clares to the world that Columbia is free
that here exists liberty Of thought,
speech and action.
Would We rob them of this and have
Americans become slaves-slaves in body
and slaves in mind? Would ye barter
this for gided toy2 Can We expect that
they would bow in submission 10 the cor
rupting inAuenc, of mammon, while all
their bosoms hold dear is attempted to be
arrested from them? Do you suppose
Americans so regardless Of consequences
as to assist you to create moneyed mo-
nopoly, with powers co.extensive with
the Union, and capable at any time OF
exerting those powers to despoil them OF
their dearest rights? Ye we'll know that
this has been the case and must still be,
or why do you wish to keep il secret!
1t is not common for men, when they
wish to perfect any great good, to cloak
their designs or conceal them from the
public. Ye we'll know that a National
Bank created as ye would have it, would
usurp their natural, civil and political
rights, and render them slaves to more
tyranizing power than the will OF des-
pot. This is the reason ye dare not O.
penly advocate what ye are secretly strl.
wing for. With fear and trembling would
ye approach the peoples tribunal, and
with silenced audacity would ye receive
their verdict. A few words to the peo.
pie and have done.
As | before remarked, whatever you
may think of the present contending po-
itical parties, Judging them by the atore>
said standard,an appeal to facts is all that
is necessary. Will not every honest man,
who has viewed the conduct of these par
,;as c,r wa re M Of he convinced and say,