Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-07-20
From tAs Nee Fork .Nc's Era
THE MONEYED INFLUENCE.

! VIZ tHH3tA hfEttElaN W AtiN NfN'"f N'f'NAN -
hibj,ei hg Mr. Van Burcn. IN resisting the d.cts,Ion
OF the United States Isl%, and the sac banking
Institutions lie mad ~ war against thcm-hs
dk NJ, interfere with their legitimate buslncSs-bui
We s,rovc Co keep the money Of the people out OF
uc.r hands liz Iii not believe that they had any
more CIT TO use ii 70. their own private hCnehi,
than ,hr insurance companies, or any 0her incoSpo-
rot1ns had, he WISHED to have the pahae moneys
placed where ihcy could he had when wanted for
the expenses OF he Government. For this these
gigantic institutions made war upun htn. War,
both open and covert In the hear Of The mnlnent
aud under the influence Of piss.on iht majority Of
them forgot that tae depnsltc system operated une
Qusl,y upon their own Interests. THEY forgot that
only favored few ot their banks had enjoyed The
use u The peoples money! under the old system,
and had been thus enabled to domInee over their
weaker brethren Their manageIsareat last open
ing their eyes They begin TO sleep quietly At
night, without terrific dreams OF the Suh.rreRsury.
Ia ltw months mote ,hey vii be 10 strongest adj
yecstes.
| Few Of us arc aware Of the mmease influence vi
| these institutions. whose warfare Mr.. Van Buren,
met with such cain intrepllty. II required more
nora herosm for politician 10 withstand such an
assault than ia a soldier to set his breast before the
I cannon. Ihtre are nine hundred banks N the
Union, with une hundred presidents, MS many cash
! ets, hnr tines as many subordinate officers. nine
/ UNNHFfN NRlAiRs. perhaps TWICE. illAA HhihntI Va
counsrlor at law, FIVE thousand directors. very ms.
ny thousands of Stockholders, and alta very molef-
ate cstimstc, ninety thousand dealers "a bank credit
Every mH ia this large pouca army has h,s friends
| and relatives. who exert themselves for hls interest
real OF imposed. For nearly three years this pow
! ctfu array has been drawn up against the Admin
! iStrauon they have fought with nrious des1orn-
! ton they have sacrificed countless sums Of money
70 effect their object Their energy has been unir
| "a. q a. hu
rlcy Of The land has at last lehuked them, and the
sensible amongst them have concluded 10 attend to
their legitimate business, without attempting TO dc
tate To the peoplc Those who still remain IN tie
fed wl ere long hive to strike their Tag. II utas
,rW Of the people that they should amass wealth by
lending out their own money, not that Of the public.
They must mind their own business, and tie Ne.
mocracy will not trouble Them. The cutltators OF
the sol and the mechanics form majority Of the
voters. This class may be mlsied, psrchance, for
q WHILE by false statements aud alarmed by loud
camor. Bar they mean righ and sUh men
sooner or later, go right They will not spbmlt to
the arjStucracy.
II remains for these institutions to cease their war
against the DcmocraCy-to attend to the legitimate
business iot which they were crealed-to clam on
" what they are entitled TO- and the Democracy
wl mol interrupt the even tenor Of their way pro-
ded, always, that they do not unite with spectators
to cypress The people, by lorcsbIlng lie ncScssa.
res Of bie.
Prediction and Fu!flmsnt--Mr. Jefferson,
more than 80 yeas ago, predicted tho present
course Of the federal party. In n letter Written
IN lSui, and preserved in 'ho memoirs Of his
HE, he said the fedcralis- know that co nomins
they are gone forever Then object, therefore,
IS how to return into power undor some other
form Undoubtedly they have but one means
which ls to divide the republicans, join the MINOR
lty, and bane with Them for the cloak Of their
name. Isay JOIN HE minority, because the ma.
Jorty Of the republicans not needing them will
not buy them. The minority having no other
means of ruling The minority, will give a price
Tor aux'IIafles, and that price must be principle.
II IS true that the lederalls,s, needing their num-
bers also, must also give price, and principle
Is The coin they must pay IN, Thus a bastard
system Of Fodero RcpubIlconism will rise on
the runs Of the true principles Of the revolution"
The iederasts formerly glored in their party
name, nor was It until their principles were con
dcmned by the American people, that they com
mcnced change II names, ms CIRCUMSTANCES
rendered II necessary 10 conceal their designs.
They begun with Federal Republican, Nm
tIonal Republican," md finally, under tho bap. |
tl.maI mnismhon Of gentleman Webb. took |
that Of "WhiG." They have since affixed cog
nominal appendages, and have called themselves, |
at times, "Rcpublican Wings" Democratic
Wings" SC. Many of our citizens, whose op.
portundes for information are circumscnbed, are |
now deceived by the name Of Wig, so glorious
IN Revolutionary days, and are led by men who |
veIy beiray their confidence, to support m.a-
sures that would inevitably destroy every pnnc. |
pie for which tho wings Of the Revolution con. |
tended Raleigh Standard
WING VIcroRrs.--The Rochester Daily
Advertiser, in speaking Of the nature and num-
bc Of Wing victories, thus illustrates the subject |
fight once took place between two persons,
one Of whom was left apparently dead on the
spot His friends gathered around him and were |
preparing to discharge the last officers TO his
body, when he began TO recover from his lnssns. |
bly.
"Where is that man John Stiles" said he,
"Cut stick; so as not 10 be taken up for killing |
you" replied one Of the byslanders.
killing mel Why, aoggod httn," shouted
The proslraIe combaanL
"Why, you poor fool, he Knocked you down, !
and smashed IN your left eye'-interpos,d ore
Of the ring
But he didn't stave in my skullp
"And broke your thigh bone
"Bni be didn't break my ncck"--
"And put your hip out ofjoint''--
DWELL he didn't kill me entirely. as expected !
ne would, and that's what call victory"
Loco Focos.--The editor Of the Indiana De. |
mocrat IN reply 10 one Of his correspondents, SAID
that the word Ioco.foco applied to the Democrats
by the opposition r. taken from The name Of |
match used in lighting up dark places The loco
focos he said are the light Of the political work 10
radats through The darkness Of amaIgamaion,
abolition and Whiggery I'LL all this mass Of fag
ends Of faction become dispersed. The term 10.