Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-05-05
ErOmthe National L&borer.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY.

American people. After the lapse OF
fifty years, they find themselves engag-
ed in struggle to restore that which
Federal cunning and bank rapacity
have deprived them of; and it remains
to be proved, whether that struggle is
to terminate in the vindication of the
Laws and Constitution, or result in the
overthrow Of both, and the erection of
a Bank Oligarchy on the ruins of the
Republic. We do not despair. There
is a redeeming virtue in the mass on
which we confidently rely, and although
corporation power has corrupted and
controls large portion Of the Press, a
spirit of inquiry is abroad; truth must
be elected, and the plunderers ofsocie-
ty will in the end be consigned to the
cxecration they merit. While the OPP
position prints are deceiving and mis-
leading the community, reviling, abus-
ing, and denouncing all who will not
bow down and worship the "Almighty
Dollar" it is lamentable to perceive
the supineness and indifference that
prevail on the part of certain admins
tration papers; whose duty it is, like
faithful sentinels on the watch-tower Of
Liberty to warn the people Of their
danger. Can it be that the Demon
of Avarice is in the ascendant, and that
the Genius of Liberty sshrinks before
his blighting visagef Have we moth
ing to struggle for but the rates ofex-
change, and the perpetuity of shin
, plasters? Had the Heroes of'76 beer
/ governed by such selfish motives W.
I might still have been wearing the gal.
ling chains of British tyranny.
The connexion of Bank and State, is
in every view of it, quite as odious if not
more pernicious than the Union Of
Church and State. While the latter
was avoided because Of the fanatical
prosecuting and consuming spirit to
which it would have given rise, the for
mer was equally dreaded by our wise
forefathers, well knowing as they did,
that every appeal to mems sordid pas
sions, was calculated to uproot society
and shake the frame of Government to
the centre Neglecting to profit by|
their wisdom, we have allowed the evil
to take root; the tree has expanded
and its branches now overspread the
land. Let the people look to its correction
ere ii be too late.
Hamilton, the Federalist, and to the
last believer in Monarchical Govern
ment, failing to engraft his aristocratic
features on our Constitution, originates
his paper system-not doubling but
that through its silent and impercepti-
bleinroads, Democracy would eventu-
ally be overcome. While the friends
of liberal principles supposed that they
had secured safety by defeating a
'sLife Senate" and effecting an cleo
ton by the people ofthe Chief Magis-
trate Of the Union, in the General Gov
eminent; and by the adjustment ofthe
law Of Primogeniture and entails in the
state organization, the enemy were di-
hgently at work, in creating a new
power; that power which is now used
for the benefit ofthe few and the impo-
verishment of the many, which is a
scourge to industry, the foe of liberty,
and the canker to our moral and politi-
cal conditson--bank power.
This power is in the hands ofthe
few. Their object is gain-and to this
they make all things tributary. Hay-
ing possession of the ''life blood" of
the country, they can stop it off or per-
NIT it to flow at pleasure. Its arteries
are atstheir command 1t is lamenta-
bic but nevertheless true, that a great
and mighty nation, inhabited by mill
ions Of men calling themselves fpet, are
in state of degrading vassalage to
some 800 or 1000 moneyed corpora
tons. These, not content with abus-
ing the trusts reposed in them, and
urged onward by that lust which is ne
yer satis6ed) expanding to fearful ex-
tent beyond their own means, now cry
out for the peoples money-the money
of the Government, that they may still
further pursue careerof speculation
and fraud, without a parallel in the
history Of civilized nations, and which
has already polluted the country, and
must, if permitted, end in total demon
alization.
The constitutional Treasury is the
first step towards the correction Of this
evil. It will deprive the monOpo6stsl