Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-02-29

The Washington Globe closes a long article on
The United States Bank, as follows. That lnsli.
tuition seems TO be almost rs rotten concern as
our Brandon bank
Az one Of tlc Senator. from Pennsylvania said
few daya s,nc" &" The Bank has pronounced rs
olra doom ~ Is Al me merry 81 me Lr2isiafuen
ana WI. not the present honest Pcnusy wanna Icpisa
iute remedy what tie lmpfovldence and want Of II.
dchiy IN portion st previous legislature did u
fastening lhl7 monster Of corruption, fraud, and
~ckedness upon The country, arcr Congress had
put Il down" trtcutc The sentence ~ Without
rccnpiulsung The nam ,rnus obvious reasons lur Tins
course, which llaw uu OF what has been previously
sad, There Is one other which concerns hc cause Of
MoaALs and lshoCENcG, which sboud be- conclusive
on the legislature Of a State bearing The honest
name OF Penn. Il Is to stop the GAMBLING
which - now gong on IN the STOCK Of the bank.
| and The consequent enrichment Of JOBBEItS and
! SHhkPEltS Ut the expense Of the INNOCENT and
IGNORANT. The stock IS NOW selling at about 70
Gents ~ thc dollar when there 10 not an informed
man "a lhe Il. State who wuuld ave five cents N
The dollar for IT, u kecp. They buy to sell, not to
kcep aud ~ The rleks of sluckobbng, IN the sWlnd-
ding resources, fictitious Sales false dividends false
reports when any reports are made and ycnaI putt
| ng m hireItng eazetlcs by these trcks and with
these resources. they couuyc TO work up the stock
Ike The morHs mtitcaalrs, uatl the knowing ones
have all sold out. aud left the dipped victims of then
fraudulent arts 90 digest their loss IA picking tvs
grains Of wheat oul of two bushels OF ohail II lht
shape OF selling hypotIecutcd stocks worth Eve o
ten, or twenty tnia in The dollar and N collecting
old debts from printers, editors politicians, epccu
ators, parasites, broken merchants, and brnket
banks; and MI these debts subject To the plea o
usury, as having been contracted IA post notes. oi
other deprecated paper This " the way the slocl
10 kept up To sixty Or seventy; and the knowing
ones may even raise i higher, before they qui
their game They cau work II up almost as lisl
as they please, aud then leave it 10 fall 70 the carl
At one plunge. This IL GAMBLING; this is fraud
uIen gambling; and whilst It continues, viii MUIR
more people than all the laio tables ana lottery OF
fees N the United States put together. The stalk
gambIed for IS the whole capital OF the Baukth,r
| ty.6vc millions the fraud is the whole extent q
| knowledge on one side, aud ignorance on the Other
The lobhers aud sharpcrs have nn inside view
the Bank, that " 10 shy, they see the under.sle
tho cards, while the tguoraal purchasers know nd
Ihlng Of the Bank but VIVA appears upon the ou
SIDE, and nothing is put there but to deceive then
II IS gambling for lhtly-Gee millions, in mtnlgl
darkness 20 onc sdc, and midday bght TO the pthe
Can the legislature ot a great aud respectable Sta
permit the gates of such "hR 90 stand ops
day aud night in VS. capital city, aud its fare
street, while the lmps o' deslructon-~the faro T.
bIes aud the lottery uireS--are chased from u
lanes aud alleys Of country villages and obscu
e towRs' Asa question Of morals, and as the hr
! csl and most fraudulent gambling establishment
i earth The Bank Of the United Stlles ought to
j. | Immediately AMI forever closed