Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-02-15
j, c. CALHOUN.


d qualities orthe banking system, as i las grown
up step by step almost lmlcfccpuhg 70 The United
/ States should BE- thoroughly slitca AMI understood
hy tie people aud we rJpce in tive anticipation
that 81 uo distant period tie exclusive privileges
conferred on banking institutions must undergo a
| thorough reiarm. An Individual who has more mo
ncy lhsr he xaatl has a natural right 10 end i to
hs nrgbbors for such Interests Is the general isw
prescribe. This right belongs To all, aud il Is The IN
igfeSf aud duty Of al % secure Il 20 each individual
| Nav .oak al The dihrrenec--a combination OF men
called the Bank Of the United Slaics Or am other
4 bank, have mofr money Than they want, They are
DOT esirctrd as the individual = 10 The amount lhey
/ have on hand belonging TO them, bot they are au-
/ thntzed 10 double aud treble that amount and re-
ccyc ascrcs, the role, and hcsdcs The resific-
tinuy Of conscience which operate powerfully on IN.
| dKilual> Ia keep them within the bounds Of law,
When dlii,a,ed among boald 81 bank directors, -
| scarcely Ell, aud even Tie rNisnded pfFttges winch
| the law allows FIRMS but lgehie barrier IN their
| more extended operations. Stall we be toll that
every person has the opportunity gwen iIim 10 BE-
come the owner OF bank stock aud thus share IN the
profits of the monopoly '-SupRss il 10 be true,
| which is not always the case, the man who lives ac-
codnr to Tie decree OF his Maker by tie sweat Of
| hi, brow. has not lc means Of purchasing baak
| stnck-~or perhaps he las conscience winch Will
not permit him to he interested IN those souless ~
suuuns AZ oil events very rteat majority OF
the voters, aud much greater ul The people gen
etaIy have no direct interest "a banks, aad y very
certain ust the exclusive privilege granted to them
psrratr IN favor of one class 81 community 10 tie
Nlyrv Of much larger class, who sustain their iull
prnpariion OF The pubic burdens. We may be too
much nfeiudctd against hanks, hut we Do verify be-
evc that tie present high price OF every article Of
living a The result Of bank accommodations 10 I'M
prncipled specula tors, whose leadag Object IS 20 en-
Itch themselves, regardless oilhgmlscry they may
bring upon others
TAXING TniSGs cooLLY--A merchant OF the
city, who is rs notorious ior his wit rs he u Ior hus
dDni.ears iitrencss vas seen day or two since
watching the town clock with lnien" anxiety iof
ut least II half hour. As the hand moved to-
wards tho terrible hour Of three, be vas observed
to become more and more oglia,rd. Al length
the clock struck, aud the hinges Of The bank door
we're heard to groau ior Tue departed credit oi
many a good fellow.
4" liza, ha exclaimed tie mysterious one,
rubbing his hands ~ ecslacy, " I'm happy man
the long agony IS oyer ! y
What's the matter y asked friend "your
Joy IS llitlmed, for that ben TIA. brought sorrow TO
| many
"a nerer lsII SO happy IN oil my HE ltsFs
| have been standing (or mofe than hall an hour
IN anxious expectation of hearing the clock
! .lrike three
Wcil-you have heard it. what then
Why hate suspense. hnd note to paw
to. day - coudno raise the wind, rs no" lard
over 50 Ipl's 60 take something to drihk' ~
Ions - baltimore Clipper
NEWSPAPERS ,sp prnlisnEns II must be ad
mblgd by every one tie least roDvefsant vii
ucw.napti3, HAT there J, no 6oon, but 90 The con
| uary mere sober truth, in The following. which we
| copy fom the Aexaudta Gazette
" We notice that several OF The newspapers N thc
! North and West, have raised their subscription shd
advertising terms lhs " induced by ne CERES
pondng increase Of the cost o aylne and expense
Of all klHds. At best publishers 81 newspapers arg
more hardly dealt with ill1n any ohcr scope ho''
wltIsaudiag their services are valuable std ever
! wsy worthy OF an ample " rccompepsc d reward.
! n override saving fhat " tie aborcr "a worthy Of
h hire. was especially true, It IS ~ the case OF pub
! H.ifIs d usnsllp,rg No men work harder iof
what they earn and n0 alen ought 70 be Pad with
! more proapdtndc The iact is, their terms, ~ gen
,r,i when COMPARED with tie prices abi pfodls 81
others are entirely too low. How lew q 'heih grow
I lr4 Or are even ~ comfortable circumstances, ~
bousf t4ry devote lhelf lives seduous!y 70 their bu-
sin,ssf n liie public was awaa Jot and ttue 10 as
4 own Interests lh,s would nol be TIE case NeNspa-
| p.rs now have become as mpor,ant 10 HE COMMIT
NAV Is almost sHy iMrg else Re can name, ate me
brrr lcy arc supported The more valuable they be
| COME 1hey always yield toll return d advan-
| aec and US u.0css inr every Accession ol sIcngth
and saecouftb they receive"
Jrrrrrsos, The Federalist, having assum-
! ed many names such as Wings aud JciEcrsonlan
\ within The last two years and having also very
lfeoueny ,ualed Jefferson, the Apostle Of Anne
/ mean Democracy az authority to prove the cor
/ RICHNESS of the measures they advocate, VIC peg
| leave to submit to the people the following ex.
trac, ol letter from Jefferson, to the SeRetaled
LAFAYETTE, dated November 4, 1928, as an en-
deuce ,h5t the Ipahy tefmIag itself Wing
the same which was known as Federal IA '9S
a. You are not % believe that these Two parties
federal and aemocrallc) are anal samaled-ihat
the lamb mud the hon are lying down together.
The Hartford Convention, the victory OF New
Orleans, the peace Of Ghent, prostiatsd the adms
If federalism. It's votarIss abandoned II through
shame and modification, and then caH themselves
,eonblicans. Bat the name alone is changed,
ther pyincipies are the same.-For in truta, the
patties OF Arlstocrats and Democrats are those OF
na,nfe. They exist IN oil counties, whether call
ed by these names, or by those Of Torres and
| Wigs, ULTRAS and RADICALS, Seylcs o.
Liberals. -
LAzINEss.--0no fiery day farmer went into his
moving lot, where be had hired hall dozen men to
cut down The grass. H came upon them sudden.
III and found them all lying Down. under an ap!S
tree
Well - said the indignant lartaer. III Civ
an extra half dollar To the latest lelnw among YOU
All Jumped upon their feet 10 clam the reward, bu
) one man who laid stu. =" Ah}' said the farmer
. I" that fellow has won the money. To WHICH in
, dolence replied, Won't you put L in my poykSs i
'a,,h ~ "O'' ms "a IN Vermont this yea
~. a.tee millions OF dollars.