Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-06-15

sre them slunding around the fence COR
rers crying hard t'nles.' They first take
deliberate Ieconnoi,re Of The damage,
and iLen set iadusiiouslyto work ie re-
eair it. That's the philosophy of nature.
No man ever saw lazy unt,- But ants
have seen lazy men. II every man will
pIanl a rood Of grourd this season, we'll
insure him against starvation for half pei
cent. and take il in potatoes. But groans
are below par. We won't take them even
for newspapers. Manhattan Adv.
FINANcE.-We have the pleasure OF
laying before our readers another article
from the pen Of the favorite writer in the
Cleveland Advertiser signing himself FL
nance,' and we arc pleased that he has
promised us ''more anon"
How has the scene changed since last
winter. Then it was deemed necessary
to warn til, public against the cncroach-
ing rowerof the Banks. Now the death
struggle is upon them, hut they strive
with all the energy of desperation, to re.
tain their sway. PROSTATE before be-
guilcd people, they can no longer awe by
menace or scducc by promises. Reck-
less, as though imbucd with omnipotence,
mad with power and drunk with success,
they have gone on, until their rotten ba-
sis has crumbled beneath them, and left
them, q splendid fabric, PROSTATE in in
fanny.
Behold now their wisdom! One day
trumpcting their strength from one end OF
the Union 10 the other; the next, the pub
lie good requiring a declaration oil their
insolvency. One week boasting, of their
hoarded treasures of gold and silver, the
next, suspending specie payments. Yes
one week before the bubble burst these
bcnefactors of the public, were telling us
that they were sound and safe. That
their creditors need feel no alarm; but
when called upon to fulfil their promises,
to pay their debts, their vaults are locked.
They tell us it is not for our benefit to be
paid. That We are great deal better off
without money than with it. That if they
do pay their debts, somebody will get the
money away from us, and that it is alto
gether preferable that it should stay where
it is.
All that is now necessary 10 rid our"
selves of these pests to a commercial
community, is, determination. Let the
people put their feet upon their necks &
keep them down. They have violated
their pledges to the people. They have
violated the contract on their part, and it
is no longer binding on us. The condi-
ton upon which they hold their "vcsted
rights" is no longer observed, and their
claims to these rights is therefore null
and void.
| Experience has taught us, that at best
Il they arc curse. Their money is urged
upoa us when we do not need it, and
when it is absolutely necessary, theil
doors are closed 10 our necessities. Press
ures-always begin with tho banks them
selves, and through them are visited upor
the people. They are the cause Of, bu
cannot relieve them Theyare the cause
of financial diseases, and until we medi
cote the same away we shall always be {
crippled, helpless, dependent people, eve
/ involved in uncertainty about our fuanci
al condition, and shall find ourselves over
wheImed and deblltated by enbarrass
ments at the very time we arc about tt
put forth our suppositious strength.
What spectacle does this country
now exhibit? A class of men, who have
b Ell revelling in wealth cxtortcd from thu
labouring class Of community, pampere'
with immunites and pompous with char
tered rights, now closing. their doors ant
refusing to pay their honest debts! 1
, vast portion Of the press of the Republic
cowed down into silence, or awed intoap
probation OF their proceedings! Even in
dividuaIs, tremble as they murmur out il
, feeble accents their wrongs, and publ
!, meetings responding to the knavery O
our chartered lords and masters!
, Hal the Banks paid out their specie a
, far as it would go in the redemption G
, their notes, and then declared themselvc
! insovent, their case would admit of som
palliaton. Then the specie would hay
been st ibu;ed among the people an
answered the purpose of exchange t
some extent, while it would have enable
individuals to procure sound basis upo
! which they might have supplied the def
! cheney. But instead of this, they hav
hoarded up the specie while their credit
ors ask in vain for Il few shiliings to at
Just balance IN trade.
When an individual fails to pay hi
debts, he must resort to the lonefts ofth
, insolvent act or be inmurod within III
chperless walls of jail But here W
! find some hundreds of institutions, givin
5 The lie 10 several millions of promises eacf