Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-16
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TnE BANKS u.s. THE PEOPLE.
AMOR all the boys that e'er were Sho"n'
From IifFey 10 the Lee, Sr.
have n song, whose !eauihs uai'
Is that il is n true one
A merit which, grant, oil late,
Ia both a rare aud new ONE,
Far MI the lying verses that,
mid rrimaces and FRANKS, sir,
We hear about, are only chat
In fnyor Of the Banks, SIR
Ritol, lol, iol, lol, &c.
We've had merry time indeed
These three years past and gone, now
The Public, how il had TO bleed,
For fear they would so down, now;
Suspensions by the dozen are
Al plentiful as thanks, sir;
And curses, neither few nor far,
Are heap'd upon the BANKS, sn'
We all remember Thirty-Five,
When Biddie got the charter;
And for their votes, in sin TO thrive,
The traitors Eight did barter;
How Charley p, and Dickey John,
Broke from the honest ranks, sir,
And with their comrades six, begun
To labor for the Banks, sir!
A capital she shouldered then,
cannot make il rhyme, sir;
To count il off full twenty men
Would take a world Of time, sir,
But millions was the load, know,
II carried on its shanks, sir;
Pm sure il made 'sthe mother" blow,
AS DID THE OTHER BANKS, sir!
And Biddle took the thing in hand;
He swure the Bank was safer,
Than when the States, and all the land,
Its charter had TO pay for.
He managed it, the Fed'rals swore,
Deserving Of all thanks, sir,
And not IA patriot" crossed the door,
But tho't il Queen o. Banks sir!
He went to Mississippi, and
Bought large at Cotton sales. eli,
Like Jackson, hoping To cosihhana,
BY means Of bags and oaies, SIR
But, ah. the speculation proved
thing not wOrfs the tnanks, sir,
OF those v hose pockets he had moved
The People and the Banks, sir!
Sill, Nicholas boosted, still he smiled
The iuck would come, tho late, sir,
The doating money holders, guiled,
Gave Nick load Of plate, sir;
And added 10 the costly gift
ton or two Of thanks, sir;
Bowling he turned, and praised the thrift
OF the people and the Banks, sir!
The Bank got better still, he said,
HIS "hopes had been fulfilled" sir,
With magic sway, and 'honcst head"
Its glory he had willed, sir,
And now with s'heavy hearth and-purse,
HIS speech was very frank, sir!
Hoping they never might be worse,
He how'd him from the Bank, sir!
The mother "fourished" on n spell,
And then she gan to founder;
Till. sick and weary, down she fell,
With many more around her.
Alas. alas. Their hopes became
But mean and sorry blanks, sir,
She now lies stiff, and clothed in shame
1.-THE mother Of the Banks" SIR.
The orphan weeps his homestead gone;
The widow mourns despairing;
ROBBED ny A LIE-left poor and lone;
The winters mercy sharing.
The huge machine is void and STILL
flushed are lis busy cranks, sir;
Empty its vaults, its chests, It's TILL
And sick its sster-bankS, sir.
Like all the promises Of those,
Whose vows gilded bubbles,
This buasted 'Regulator's' close,
Is but "a sea of troubles"
The People cheated, ,obb'd outright
The laws u row of blanks, sir;
Per Centums large, and money tight
Bad luck TO wicked Banks, sir.
We've had enough Of Banks, In truth
The dose has been TOO drastic,
And tho we're in our Country's youth,
our energies elastic,
Our head is light, our body weak,
And trembling are our shanks, sir;
The cause, il is not har TO seek
The cause is in the Banks, sir.
But now the Feds the banks laid low,
THE people tired Of them,l
Give keenness TO Misfortune's blow,
And hold their arms above them,
As if TO jeer the poor mans fall,
What vile and reckless FRANKS, sir.
We hear their party's trumpet call
THEIR CANDIDATE IS BANKS, sir.s
John BANKS, the Lawyer, is the man,
The choice Of Thaddeus Stevens;
That Whipperin Of Whiggerys clan,
Without excuse or reasons;
They've fought for Banks against the State,
With all their purchased ranks, sir,
And when the people PROSTATE,
They still HURRA FOR BANKS, sir.
Tho ioouI, will he wiped away,
In quick effectual order
Wen drive them from the light OF day,
AND DROWN THEIR BANKS ~ PORTER!
The people will uprse again,
And strong in front and TANKS, sir;
They'il elevate their own true man,
And put an end to Banks sir.
Too long they have been ground beneath
The iron heel Of power;
And now, by all Of life and death,
They'll stop It's boosted hour.
With PORTER streaming on their flags,
With courage in their ranks, sir;
They'll rout tins band Of money hays,
THIS PARTY OF THE BANKS, sir,
In Banks Is the Wig candidate for Governor.