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

TO hi oh ein and drag oln all out together but
he SAYS THAT'S impossible; the most he can do IS TO
| take back the load they took from his wayon,aanh
then perhaps they can git ont of the mud but II Is
more Than his team eau do and he won't the risk
OF hrenhn bus harness injnfin his horses to drag
'em MI together Well, now, that's Jest about tho
condition cf things, and the longer they remain SO
the worse II will be--the longer the horses aud way
stand knee and hub deep in the mud, The less a.
bic they'll be 10 ret ont on.
And now I'll leave cm there spell, and well ,ako
look into the Of the bank, and what IL r1y Is
for to hear some folks talk about H. would think
II Is most shockn monster, ard that itwas ffetiy
much uothin else but Squire Bidule, when IL was no
more the Squire than that biz wagon is, not grain
more. Look At this long isl Of names well, these
the owners OF the bank here we see. IN the FIRST
place the nation onellh, and tie rest is scatter
ed round, you see hr,e anang everlastin batch
OF ohs all about this tountf, and sofne in Drn
lrles aud glad to on the Lat here, old sid
oNq and old inen, and trustees Of children, who
haunt rot no parents livn, and all own people,
they put their money IN tho STOCK OF this bank for
safe kcepiu--not 10 Epccuiate--and Jet with tho
innocent foreigners. aud the best ont IL, they haye
p,id our folks pretty high premium for every doa
ont We'll, then, thcse are The folks. that COM
pose the bank. Now what way do they want this
! bunk managed
The business of tho bank is to loan money and ia
! Jest ior all the world like any uoh man whose busi-
ness Ia 10 loan ont his MONEYS it his interest 10
dahble III politics, or tn let politicians dabbie with
/ hml Not ~ alton ont never knew ono Of your
Iaic pnln,rus who ever could p0y his debts; and
Il ey amt the knd 81 folks people lho to deal with, any
way, who have POL money to they know that
talkin politics. and etn things euafl Jet 10
swcr p1iiy pmp1 -, amt the way pay interest
! pruc pal o h,r, and politicians ina bank are the
worst people IN The world FOR the owners of the bank,
Tor the most 81 en- haunt got money Of their own
to lend, bat icy are paguy ready 10 loan 9th.
CT folks money to brother politicians OF ihc same
party.
No. no nanwho h'a got his money o7nd out
(and its st with bank vans 10 see every body
busy aud INDUSTRIOUS aud Increase thcr pttlcf y,
lor then thcN viii be able To pay interest and rlnoi-
pal TOO they don't like 10 things nj mixed up
with politics, cHd psopc qnalfeIlin and disputln and
when they do Try pn their money back in THEN
pockets ain ~ rs they can for hey know that
! politics amt profitable business.
! Then 1t comes 10 ibis chat il the bank is what |
have snd 1t IS tand rs noihin clsc) II amt such a
monster some folks try to make think II is and,
instead Of being dangerous monster, | Sec and
know every hpdJ else must So, who don't Fqnint at
IT, bur looks II aaii the atc, thai It's natur is les.
IKE he ur ofany man Who has got properly in the
cuuttfy, and thai to have every thing 20 IN llaf
uiony, and with industry, ard with honesty, aud ac-
coldnr aw---o panelcs and tang and alkin pol
1t cs IN porter houses and bar tuons, hulrain iofths
man, and putin down thai ma,l-that kind OF work
don't cleai up uew lands nor plough up old ones; 1t
doh't keep tic hammer guin and the wheels turnin,
| aud don't ~ interest nor principal mother
But some on You say tie bank hastoo much pow
! a1 mat ft jiNir might 90 Htou utai ol
ulst hel II lac would. Wei, Here Is ny old inend
Capt. Ehhn $. Bunker, OF tie sleWnhea President,
ruuiin twiXt New OIL, and PfoNldenoe-he's got
about sch another nCnser--thefc'snotel lin what
dangerous monopoly OF power that crturs got III
that are boat. | "ag loohn into 1t Whrn came on
with Inn erci ago, and he shown inc low he
mana ed It. II he WAS Ia iascn d0wnthcm Two BIZ
copper lntlcs lie has got II his boat and blow his
b, lluisc5 = opel H. would smash every thing for
more lhan 60 deies round. Does any body know
bp Ia. In Il l--hp Inns bpCn n etpaiIbOat
no lonp row rs the banks beel gum and hunt
sCaded ,body-bui hc can do II ~ a mint II he
! chuses. Wei II toll You why hr don't-ft art
his interest, aud H. don't own luufe OF the boat
! than Squire Blddlc does OF the bank the owners of
the boar onploy lnm to manage II, beeausethcy know
he understand his business. lie knows II he didn't
| watch over Their interest, they'd Turn hun out-and
! Just 80 the owlcrg would s5rfe Squuc ddlc. And
! lhat amt all, Capt. Bunker knows II lac huns n
ny body with ms boat he'd run chance O. hun in
hunsci too-he knows, too, that it is the interest OF
bis owncf5 moi have any accidents aboard any toa
for II lhcy gei scaldnd IN one steamboat they keep
! clear Of all on ca-aud tho some FOLKS think banks
AMI Ike steamboats,, can tell EN- that in the main
thing they are esaotly alike for unless ks have
! got confidence III 'rln aad feel safe III EN-, tn
aiut @or,h owbia-~hut when they all go on and
/ meet accid MS thcy are Pretty good proper
Is ani die largest and strongest and qulc;cst aud
! best manage cat the most busine NOW | thnk
hats enun about dangerous monopolies for spell.
! Letu3 now what The bank is about, and what
| we've been about.
! Deacon G.odsnoY has bcen IN thal bank, as
! Of dHet:ots Of a1i on, cgcr since ii vas bank;
/ AMI have he II him Sly fity times, laud he's
man lie depend ID on,) he never heard word about
politics IN h. G ahon fur years ago and II all came
nom ON sending, eve year since that time, some
tale poliucms to help tho other twenty drectorsto
mauase die Ban.; tha frsf % Off the Deacon says,
obey though best to keep qnlet, and make no stir
dboatit tJr II va petty much like iindn sAuUks IN
| he cellu-the best way WIS to let ZEN alone II
| til I'd keep lhe9e, and The chance OF their goin
oar, wAou obey could find no eggs to snck--but when
the. uudc. too 10 come up INTO the chamber q incl
about III all The cuba d., isfas time 10 snub enl-
and then came trouble an@ hal' Jest about the way
nov, and he Deacon say, anl he's aboni right, that
loiulollas Ia bal, are ust bad rs skunhs in the
! cear-and | III CERTAIN of this ! won't make a
| nal ont.
Some ON yoa say, the owners Of tsais bank haint
| got Be rlg't 10 reohlrlei-thsy have bad it long
nnf--and lis nv notion 10 tell you why--ho' this
bank ch1ncted for twenty years II had a good
right 10 believe would renew its charter if it be-
hayed We aud did ITS duty-jest Congressman has
n nigh, t. eNpect his constituents will send him 10
| Coaetsss AGAIN il he bth4yes wcll-andit's good
Way to e-p oihs s.fait, and make em do Their duiy
but II we are to knock THIS bank down, and have
| new shuttle and IA new cur. then say that them folks
who mike money ont OF rse in sock III the new bank
ought t. pay the loss that all these old folks aud
young children will sunor by hooking down the old
banh-to sly pathin about tho innocent reigners
who pat their money in the bank, thnkin il was SAFE.
Aud let me tel you another thing--the longer
bank stands Il the older gifts, the better folks abroad
and at home lae i;--peolo who have got money