Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-07-06

The British party itself imagined the
bright scheme of distributing among the
States the Surplus Revenue Of the United
States. All in vain to cite to them Con-
s:itution, or to reason with them in the
names of decency or common sense
They had ears for nothing, and hearts
and tongues for nothing, bu. for Distri-
bution. Distribution they had. But as,
somehow or other, this Distribution rath-
er assisted the national treasure over
mountains than over the ocean, and the
public lands in the possession Of the A.
merican People than into that of the for
cign friends of the British Bank, our
British Wings have been making deaf
ening clamor against their own law ever
since they got it shuffled through Cong.
ress.
Then, again, neither man nor woman
was to be suffered TO speak on any ques-
ton touching the public good: while
they, the British Wings, were to har
raEgue every wherein Congress, in the
States Legislature, in church, in hall, in
tavern, from window and from balcony;
on Sundays and on week days-all with
out let or hlndrance for the public mis-
chief. "No Sabbath in revolutionary
times!" exclaimed the godlike man, and,
Heaven help us! the poor country, with
its guardian angel Liberty, and her two
landmarks, Peace and Wisdom, had like
to have been swallowed up in one mighty
holocaust by the revolutionary deamon,
Anarchy. Men of sense sat down in si-
Ience beneath the storm. "We will hold
our tongue; but then you must hold
yours" "We must lie still touching
reform; but then you must lie still touch
ing abolition and ant-aboition, law break
ing and riot making" Again the enemy
was worsted.
Free speech and free enquiry! now be-
came the cry; and public meetings, and
committees, and resolution, Were to be the
fashion. But, the meeting called, 10! the
lion stirred and frightened the fox; THE
PEOPLE arose and the Docency skunk
away.
One more trick:-To make the Banks
of Importance, Mr.. Biddle starts dead
run upon their specie. TO starve Amer
lea, and feed Europe at her expense, he
would drain all into his vaults and ship
all for the Thames. The Banks stop
payment, all things are at stand still.
Wings rub their hands, Wing Mayors
are in Heaven; Corporations send rags
through all our quarters like plague of
Egypt; shavers and brokers awake to
new life; honest Post Masters and COL
lcctors OF the Customs are to have their
heads broken; Jackson and Benton are to
be sent to Coventry; the head of the
Post Office is to be transported; the head
of the Treasury is to be put in the mad
house; the President is to will NATIONAL
Bank; Congressman are to be bought up
with shares in Bank stock; Wings are to
revel in paper bills; the People are to
starve; foreign trade is to take new
start; American money and American
produce are all to be swept off to Europe;
Kingly loans and kingly debts are all 20
be brought here, and Jonathan is to pay
chem. But dame Fortune has given
turn to her wheel; popular Liberty rises
to the zenith, and Whig Knavery ap-
proaches the nadir. The People throw
the paper to the winds, and sondthe Banks
to Beelzebub. They read all the trick
moro clearly than the gospel They rise
in their might and laugh the enemy to
scorn. In every trap he has laid, he is
taken himself. Intrying to seat more firm
ly the Banks on irthrone, he has bro't.
them to the ground. In attempting to fix
more heavily the foreign yoke on the neck
of this Republic, he has stangled the mon
ster instead of the victim. Great things
are now reparing. Let the People be
true to themselves, and the Nation true to
its principles; and soon, without blow
struck, we may see mighty and virtu-
GUS revolution grow out of a paltry and
wicked conspiracy.