Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-10-14
[FoR rHE DEMncn,r.1


Whenever the people are called to sit in juig-
ment upon tie acts Of those who by their sulIrages
have been elevated to high and responsible stations
1t becomes them to weigh well the reasons which may
be adduced against these public functonaries before
they are condemned. There are those in every
community who consider themselves as the Oracles
of party, and who seek for occasions to gull the
unsuspecting crowd by display of cords, aud
wrong conclusion from facts
| was led, in company with many others to hear
the speech of Mr. PrentiSs- thinking from what
had heard, that the gloom which o'er-cast our po-
ltcal horizon would now be dspeled, ana that
some new uminary had arisen to disperse the !
clouds and shine away our darkness--but to say | |
was disappointed is not enough. When saw the
same men, VITO but yesterday pronounced m "cun-
venton, that the L. S Bank ''3ras uneondiflltion-
al, ana that, according to their It'll resolution he
Constitution ought to be amended before ,uch a
Bank was charterrd" when recoi.ect too that the
court house Numbered again with applause to those
who so ''eegantly" maintained this position; and
that some OF them were toasted aud leaSel tor the
effort could but be mortified to see nearly the
same audience and very many of the same cottrie
now shouting in ecStacy the paudits of HIM who as
their candidate could in the same place pronounce
the very reverse of their own resolve. Ye Jeltr-
SonanS OF %, where Is your creed! We NulhlCrs Of
81, where your State Sovereigntys II you suffer Mr.
PrentisS to prove from zone or two places the con-
sttutionahty OF a Bank, and even applaud the effort
what are we 10 infer from your high stand against
the doctrine of ''imphcaton and construction" in
80? q your resolve in 1887; Wigs Of Lownles
prove your consistency. If Mr. Prcntiss is right you
are and have been wrong; but if notification be
right then you are i'll error in following his lead,
and are forgetting your polar star, John Calhoun.
Mr. PrentsS certainly did shew the utter uuty
of any effort towards "an entire metallic currency;'
and bur for his admission that he knew of but rerlj
telon who entertained such an idca should have
supposed he intended lis philippe for the democrat
ic party. As an humble member of the same, | ac-
cord with the gentleman in saying but 'rery feio'!
have such an opinion, and do really think he might
have entertained his audience more proftably in
some other way. The peculiar circumstance I'M
der which we are placed, dsqualiiy US for a cain
and rational conclusion as to a Bank and whilst we
have this day been pointed to the sad neglect on the
part of the SEALED session to afford us this PAM
cea, l. for one, would say, save us from the curse
just now, at least.
Suppose u Bank chartcred-will its operations be
sufficiently expeditions Tor any immediate suffering
and indeed would not the procurement Of the requ-
site specie add To our distesses? And yet this the
| boosted "shlp which, balasted with specie and
sailed by credit, is To so noby dash the foam from
| her prov and bring us into port"
| As Mr. Bdde Justly remarked, 1--WE have eaten,
and drunk, and worn, and must IN turn pay for it. .
| And you might as well taunt the benghet traveller
| who seeks repose under some friendly oak from the
ptiess storm, with the idea that, if you had fire sc.
| YOU could make him comfortable, as to call upon a
country burthened with debt to furnish tie specie
| for a Bank. One more turn of tie screw and oar
| commerce is gone; and that turn must come before
| a bank could begin. The 'et alone" policy viii
cause is Inconvenience, but will at least bring Us
out Of the swamp and for one, | would say, if a
Bank is to be our permanent policy, give as tine
fairly to consider is merits, and do not come to Us
when in distress, in order to prescrlbethe terms Of
| our deverGncc.
| Hyperboe may decorate the poetic fancy, but can
never conrince us upon the sober question Of cur
rency And if "the mighty father oil waters be an
| apt Illustration of Bank, there are circumstances
connected with ts history which portray the obec-
| tons we urge. The immense rise aud fall OF lis
waters do rot cause more destruction to the county
| through which It passes, than the immense erpan-
sions and contrdctioRs of a Bank have caused ma
MIA for Speculation, and the result we new So deeply
depore. And although "the eight hundred little
rits" may, in the imagination OF Mr.. Prentiss, b.
too small for "cock-bott," yet his boosted River
| has been at times smaller than ore of these. In
! 1919, the u. 5. Bank owed the "lne rllS' in PHI
ladelphia 1896 4S, and had in her vaults S7l 5!2'
and was sustained alone BY Government
His "ribbands of fire. may indeed "serye to amuse
chidren;" but if he woald enlghten tie thinking
part of any community, he must bring torch from
the altar of reason, and by a sylogism clear and
| cOgent, convict US of error, and convince us OF
| truth.
The "vciied prophet Of Khorassan" is by far the
| aptest Illustration Of Bank; for, when in the hour
| OF distress the merchants of New ork called for
aid, it was furnished by twelve months bonds, to be
| discharged in specie and il ever people were
"duped and guled, mettnks they have been to
| their hearts content.
/ The Government has asked 10 be admitted TO the
currency table upon equality with other guests; and
| SO far from taking the lions choice" aud leaving
| the mouldy bread for the people" she has been
seeking her rights, and been sent away protested"
/ Let us never forget, too, that some OF her chill
dren who now tGnnt her with being d0pcd by a
| specie phantom are the same who, N regulating her
repeaAe, declared SIT was the law OF the land at
| home, and the law of the world abroad" Her
children have gone to every cne in the pursuit Of
commerce, and She owes them protection; in order
TO this, her navy must 90 there too. But would you
tell her to take the "mouldy biscuit" for three
years voyage, and visit foreign realms with such
stores? Never. never!
| mean no otlence-l impugn no motlve--but if
opinions arc thrown broad cast ''upon the waters,
we are tod ''they shall be gathered up after many
days" and it, from exposure, some Of them appear
''mouldy" let US provision the ship of State with
something more raluabie and enduring.
| JEFFERSON.
Elm 1897, Mr.. Biddle remarked that, had he con-
suited the strength Of the Bank alone, he could have
continued to pay specie and yet it IS well known
that he had not as much specie in his vaults as
would have supplied the demands then before his
| door.
] Melted Rutte,.--Somettmes called ,Drdon
Butier.--Melted butter is the foundation Of most
Of the common sauces. Have covered sauce
pan for this purpose. One lined with porcelain
will be the best. Take quarter OF pound d
the best fresh butter, cuI Itup, and NIX with Il