Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-05-04

the aggregate wealth Of the world, e..
cause he his produced that which did not
before exist, Bat a tank, when it De,
cIarcs a dividend Of ffty dollars to each
s,ocaholder, has only collected from he
earnings ofthe laberer, that much money,
andoddcd noihng totho aggregate wealth
Of the community, because il was in ozis.
tcnce before, md the bank has only on-
richcd itself by species Of robbery, not uu-
like thai Of the gambler. Itmay be said
that il is not necessary Cor azpedian) for
every man to be hller Of the soil, Or a
mechanic or manufacturer; and a mc2o Of
reasoning instituted "a establish The truth
Of that position, nay, it may Be made to
appear that supefnamerics or droncs ARE
necessary aa checks and balances Ia s5ci-
ety Yet, notwithstanding, it cannot be
made to appear equitable that one class
4 should work for die other, and find them
selves But such state of things does
actually exis II society a. This timc and
until this evils eradcatcd, Ior evil tis,)
we shall continually hear the mournfl
ditta Of ''hard tines "tho pressurein the
money market and at the same time
thousand oilers in their banking houaos
I and closets, pen in hand, making colcaa-
tons how much Fictitious !! capital ISM
cessary to relieve the community. Non
sense! Go to work blister your hands,
throw BY your yards;icks and gill pots,
pay no attention odiscouatdcys,(for they
are dangerous days,) and the pressure, by
being transferred to the had, viii be re-
moved from the head.
The earth is as prolific now as IN days
Of yore. The rains and gentle dews Of
heaven descend, the seasons roll round
) in beautiful succession, and all nature is
the same that it was in those halcyon
days
"Whsn the rural youth, and virgins Ger the
field
Each fond FOR each, to call tn autumnal
Primo,
Exuiting rove una speak the vintage aigh'
1t is q fact, that one trade orprolcssion IS
, dependant upon anotherfor support Thus
1 the blacksmith makes 4 plough, by means
!, Of which the farmer is enabled 70 turn
3 over ard prepare the earth cir 'ho rocap
+ lion ofhis seed, And Il turn tha farmer
makos bread for the biaelssuai,h, aud ia
this way each Is rewarded from tae PRO
ducts Of the earth for his labor. In this
II way they arc mutual assistants 10 the pro
y duction Of voaih But when and wher
= did banl, ever feed tho htngry, Or eloath
: the naked, or aid the planter 10 cultivate,
! pick ont or prepare his cotton for MARKET
n TITS true, the banks and bank agents arc
ot ever ready to cxtort from the laboTcr, d
per cont for tnat whicA the iaborar himself
M could easily perform without any bank in
k reference whatever Butthe greatmass
Of tho people arc either Directly or ind
70 rcctiy Interested II the cause 81 banking;
~ they have been indnccd q believe tbst
- these Institutions are beneficial % tho
50 community they have quietly yielded to
81 the yoke Of bank yRssaIase, and hence, all
93 the trouble, distress and porpIeSity ofthc
Times. Tho peonIo have been taught 9
% lesson in the lag few years, that is the Il
by boring class, that they should never for
nd get They Aayo toled from morn III
4 night At their usual ayooadons, and then
,w reward that they now receive is the fumes
~ and horrors Of the prison, or tho unthank
bo ful visits Of The baihG They have in vaiI
~ incorporated their labor with the product
n Of the earth, with the expectation TIA
u these vampires to their prosperity, thing
IL. too, of their own creation, would extern
u. to them the aid for which they were orig
i nally intended BIT they could not, 10
he cause tho purposes for Ttich they wer.
,ds created, have been perverted, ami mad.
" the machines Of accommodating private for
Itb tunes, And after ali, Who are the suffer
&c, crs2 The real producers Of wealth, tha
ord Is the labofing class. When they hay
hat looked to the banks for aid they have boeI
ion doomed to
WIN disappointment and fallaoieus hope
It'll The idea that those institutions add to u
ink aggregate wealth Of the country, has .;
Ia came SO prevalent that it would appear
hat Danish them from the earth, would spec