Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-12-14

Ill Anne, George four and fourth William man
uoi sent US Nlclora--may she long be the last
NovEL RgAplNG,--" The intense excitement
produced by reading works of fiction, is unm.
vorable TO seli-balanced intellect The pres
eni may be termed tho age Of novel reading, and
It's injurious results must continue to opefaie
Throughout The next Works Of fiction and RI.
nance excite the Imagination, until n state of
OF mind is produced at variance with the healthy
play Of reason aud Judgment. This, especia,
Is the case with females, whose nervous systems
are naturally delicate A Psychologist could roa
any select the sentimental novel reader from the
social circle oil any country. She might enter
tam modern knight, with mind similarly or.
ganlsed, with the accidents in Bulwcr's last: but
she would be onube to contribute any lhinp 10 the
higher orders Of intellectual conversation Ma.
wells also give the readers unjust views Of reol
lte.-- When they come To acl theif nnns ,ho,.
are disappointed, and fretlul and de,anped sn,n
OF mind Is produced a condition at variance
with health, aud opposed TO social duty and do.
mosuc happiness. WORKS of fiction shonld
therefore, be excluded from tho schooI room,
Inc student should not be permitted 10 read them.
even N his private study. II is law in phys,oIo.
", that one organ cannot absorb an undue no,
tlon OF nervous influence, without nunng MI The
others. This student therefore, Who occunies
his Inauguration Ior hours together is deprying
his pS,HsicaI structure of an essential agent in its
growth and welfare
Pans TRtyHs. The very institutions which
have intoxicated the People, making us little bet.
ter than nation OF sharpers, >pecuialors, wooden
nutmeg dealers, Instead of bearing ,hS ccase-
! quences Of their own madness aud folly, cas-, !,
all upon the industrious classes, who never had n
bank accommodation in their lives. Bank paper is
| now ten or fifteen per cent below par-one dollar
IN specie Will buy one dollar and ten or fifteen
cents OF paper Now, we ask, is it righ, for IN
! dlylduals 10 be comprled to pay this enormous
difference, because the banks choose TO lock nm
their silver IN their vaults, or ship it 10 Europe on
| speculation Would this be submitted 10 by in.
dNduals I Would you pay a broker ten or NJ
teen per cen, every time you have occasion 10
use silver dollar, because one Of your neiob
bors owed you the silver, and could pay YOU, but
would mol VIII any one say that tho banks ara
moi as much bouad TO pay their debts as an ndl.
Ndual Are they not equally bound to make sa.
cn'ces, Il necessary, to meet their engagements
TO The public Aud yet they vii not lii a finger
to save the whole community from ruin Here
we see rich corpalions, with plenty of money,
houses lands, aud what not, quit paying their
debts, and allow the holders Of their false prom.
scs 10 make any and every sacrifice, without
single etinn to relieve them aud trading politi
Clans, aud buse, degraded, seryiIe presses, iuIi-
Tying The unparalleled fraud. We say lot the
banks Do competed TO pay their deb@ BY the
spur OF interest or the sooutgo Of necessity !" lei
The voice Of justice and law no longer be drowned
by the camor Of corporations nat are without
bodies to be kicked, or souls to be saved Old
Domilioa