The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-01-03
FFem the PAiladslphig Ledger
EXTENSIVE FRAJUS.

TO series .of injuries Of the most fla
grant character, that community is our
own. Within the short space Of sim
gle year, we have witne ssed The most
etuPendu US frauds frauds deliberately
planted anG executed-compaFed 10
wh'ch, ali other misdeeds ofa singular
description. elsewhere perpetrated,
shrlnk into inslgnr6csnce; and, TO our
shame be II said. we have Witnessed
with s'ulh6ed and GoSl sloid indiffer-
ence. Individuals Of desperate fortunes
have established banks Of issue aud de-
pnsi,e, and, by permission OF a crimiD-
ally lndugen' public, have, a, one and
the same time, filled every channel OF
circulation with their deluslve promises,
and gathered INTO their private Golfers
the hard. earnings of lbe Industrious
poor. Assoc allons. with and without
legislative charters, have also entered
the field Of spec ulatiou, aud, by the gross
sest receptions, have induced general
Confidence IN their measures, while the
pains-teking mechanic, the INDECENT ar.
tisan, The Impoverished invalid aud the
scaniy acGumulaiions which toll or pIu-
dence or affection had enabled them, as
they thought, to secure.
Tue financial history Of lhis city, du.
ling the period mentioned, has been ht-
tie else than history Of the boldest
schemes of swindIing-tae mcst afro
clous practices upon the credulily of the
Cemmunity-the most waDton, reckless
and desperate attempts al whoeaale
Plunder. We have seen companies, os-
tensIbly chartered for the accommodate
ton Of the humber classes of dealers,
rush into the arons of speculation to The
extent OF hundreds of thousands Of dp!-
lars--we have sean others, whose pro-
tessed object was TO AID and encourage
the thrifty mechanic, by occasionally
advancing 10 hlm such sums as his bu-
Siuess necessities nigh, require, turn a-
side from the purpose, and buy and sell
aud lrathc IN all descriptions Of lancl(ul
siocks and worthless kecurlties-w we
have seen banks enter the field OF com-
ine:cial en,erp'lze, and, by the influence
ni their capital, block up the avenues 10
fair trade we have seen shavers and
} bbers. gro~,ng suddenly rich by means
which could only be guessed at-we
have seen men OF presumed wealth aud
integrity detected ~ The bnsest acts Ol
fraud and furgety-n a word, we have
seen every variety Of treachety, lndlrec-
hon, corruption, chcanery and 6eceu;
and what's worse than all, We have
seen lne principal agents IN these ne:a-
T,nus ifaUsachoDs swaggerIns through
UJr streets, a> II they were eniuled I,
the thanks and rewards oil those whom
they had made their victlm', instead y
Undergoing the "nl,ter tasts and pep'-
: ienual groans" wuch their conduci had
80 rlchiy merled.
Fran the Tune when that most wicked
iiaud, pIanntd d and Coulrived by Dyo't
and his uDpunIshed confederates, was
unveiled to the eyes ota narVelilng and
. rhame-slrlken public, until The present
moment, we have had nm almost uDin'
Ienupted series Of similar caIaslrophes
Institution after institution, amung the
smaller moved corporations, have clos
ed thor doors, and deirauJed their cred
ilors; and now, to cap the CLIMAX OF oar
hnauclai degradation, a bank with I
capital ola million OF dollars has beeI
M reduced to q state OF utter, cu,eles
hppcless insolvency. Of all the large
sun thus iuvested, not single dollar, /
10 believed can be saved; aud 4be wId
Y ow, aud the falherless orphan, aud III.
bedndden invalid, and the decrepll ant
age-worn, who bad placed their ema
funds here ior security and subsistence g
j are al one blow deprived OF their meun
of support, aud thrust upon poverty an
deslnnauu. Many al unhappy w,nna
--many an unprotected child many
weailed old mun-haVe thus be, o mad
TO suffer; aud though their compliant
may not reach The general ear, the
m,series are mol the less bitter or pug
aan.'
~ Are there no laws to punish those VIII
inlhci such evils Oh the community Ca
it be ,ha, our system Of jurisprudence
10 loose AID defective that crimIna
such as these can SO unhatmed and III
molesiedl We cannot believe that OF
4. lawmakers have beeh thus neg Igent
their dutiPs-w cOnnot believe tn
G,gh-handed ylllaluy, such as this ha
been, is authorized or protected by lee
3, islauve enactmen.s or presc'pllve cu'
tom. There must be somewhere
remedy ifor these wrougs-a means
punishment provided for these wronl
"a means Of punishment provided f
these oulrages upon The peace, the II
ierests, aud the morality Of the peoPI
Ic,,eva he snch n yamadv we dema