Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-01

inscribed of yore upon the round table,
demonstrating conquered all our foes,
s..4nd gire,. peace to all our nride domains:
.Yuvine IN our good arms rlbdued intestine troiis,
| ''.4nd gained, by dr.6es, supple Parliament
.sWhy, haer---re'u go To breakfasf!''
was, by no means, n more favored mortal thai
Wilson Shannon. The Governor elect, of Ohio
has every thing in his favor, every thing Il
smoo,he the path of gubernatorlai greatness
There is a Bank Reform ma ority IN the Senate
and a Bank Reform ma jority in the House o
Representatives. 1t is Bank Reform every wher'
and Bark Reform shall become triumphant
though the Buckevc state perish. Who dares t.
snouose that Wilson Shannon will prove recrean
| to tho great interests of Locofocosm? Who dare
| to intimate that he will enact the shufing politI
! cian and PLAY false to his friends? To such Al
one, if such an one there be, Wilson Shannon will
reply, in the indignant language OF Ancient Pts
tot
.sHa-staH then enact the inglorio,ls prank
ssOf syrian ape, IN mountain forest caught
s.Deaa rock asleep, dbridse my dolefut days,
's.and lay my head in Fury's lap!
.sHare zee not iren here!"'
Wilson Shannon is a Bank Reformist-and pal
sled be the tongue that dares to wag n doubling
or 4 gainsay ing syllable to his rejudice. Wilson
Shannon, too, is supported by the concurrent po-
liical svmpathies of one of the most outrageouslv
bank reforming legislatures that ever ornamented
our little Ohio. A happy man, is this same Will
son Shannon. The work of Bank Reform will go
on swimmingly, during his reign, for there is no.
thing now that can interpose an obstacle to its
successful accomplishment.
II would be pleasant to know the modus operan-
Iii, by which it is intended worF out this glor-
Gus redemption Of state, from the fangs of the
banking monster! Bat all will be brought to pass
IN good time, and, it is not the business of us
Young converts to bank reformation, to pry into
the political mysteries of Wilson Shannon and his
n
we the right to be certain--that is--that,
Their summer, we shall be blessed with a Bank
Reform. at which shall all have occasion to
stare and bless our stars.
AS said iu uuI iast, n, u -
Grm;st. o.: the first water We are also Wilson
Shannon man-and determined that Bank
Reform and Wilson Shannon shall have fair play.
We 90 for any and erery kind OF retorm--!or IT
does not become to be partcular--and we shall
hold I'D to merited contempt and detractlon all
Sena tors and Representatives, elected on reform
who shall dare to devIatc one solitary
inch from the plain letter OF their eectioneering
pledges If the utter determination OF all the
nonied institutions in Ohio be the word--why,
then, it is s'oFF HAT''with us, and most humbly
shall we bow 20 the annhllating fiat.
1t is very true, that this stupendous project of
Bank Reform, of which we have become such a
Jealous advocate. will be attended with some disa-
,reeable circumstances. 1t will play the devil
cave us without circulating medium, 1t will
bankrupt all our business men, and para!yze the
efforts OF all agriculurists. 1t will check,hn
mid action, all works of internal improvement
4 will convert our canals into solitudes, and CO
,er our turnpikes with the green heritage of the
alleys. 1t will effectuay cure the prevailing
mania for building up town and cities, and throw
,ut Of employment some thousands of masons
md carpenters 1t will put Guietus upon our
shuttle of the weaver will
ause IN its methoric traverse--,he hopper of the
miller will rest from its eternal CHATTER, and, in
he expressive language of inspiration, 'the grim
'ers shall cease, because they are tew."
There will be queer times, rather ugly tunes.
rhen we shall get grand reformation scheme
,irly afioat. But, who cares7 No true patriot
houd ever condescend to enquire into tho amount
f practical misery that may result from the sue
essful application Of political theory.
Wo whose business it is to reform mankind.
,hether mankind will not, must not stand shil-
' shallv, on :he Threshold of great political
for fear that its operation may pro-
urc the ruin Of two thirds of our neighbors. We
ave souls above such paltry considerations
The banking system MUST and SHALL fdH-fhonSh
he ,rhole state should perish in its crum6iing ru-
rs! What are the lives, the fortunes. the happi-
ess, of mankind, when compared with the sue
G sful demonstration of political theory! No
,inr-absolu,elv nothing! 1t would be prePos- I
srous rlic ulous. to listen for moment. to the s
nphilosophical objections of those craven hearted
,re,ches, who would prefer food and apparel for ]
heir wives and families, under system of de- I
utility rather than enjoy the glorious
onsciou.ness of starvation and nakedness III de- {
.nce Of a sublimated political abstraction! {
Have we not the forests and praIrles Of Mis- I
,uri and the Great West! Have not those for t
SITS and praires abundance of game9 Have we {
OF got rifles to shoot, and legs to travel2 Have
q not got hearts of iron and sInews OF stee!!- /
an we not become Indians, in habits, in man
ers. in the faculty of endurance, as we'll as the
80, Of the Sacs and Mandans? Ii we have not
then are we a most degenerate specimen of the
enus homo, Destroy our banking system--de- ,
rive us of all the adventitous appliances of civi-
we not live in the woods! Can we ,
OF mount the highest pinnacle. OF the highest
rag, ON the loftiest peak of the Rocky Mountains,
nd there, with primevnl Nature spreading her !
her uncultivated, her unadorned c
esture before US, sing, in joyous chorus i
81 life in the GOOD, for n,e!c s
we cannot-then, adieu to philosophy-adieu f
, ooet-v-and let us return. crest-failen, TO the
rudgerv of the plough, and loom, the anvil. the
ounter. and the axe.-But enough Of this. Many
n excellent theoretical patriot has hestated to S
Ike the plunge of reformation, when common d
.n.e held up to his mental vision the telescope Of
nth, and pointed on, the corporeal difficulties of C
Ia adventure.