Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-19
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From TIE Charleston Mercury.
Rob ME THE ExcuEQUER THE FIR!
THING THOU Dos'T."

THING THOU DOS 7.
The Wings in Congress and in the Le-
gislalures of The Wing States, are carrying
out this principle with rush-robbiug the
people zeaously and deeply ior The benefit
Of themselves, or of native capitalists and
spectators, and British stock jobbers.
The first act Of the Relief Congress was
10 rob The people Of their public domain,
10 make good The speculaiions Of foreign
harpics OH the states improvidcnce-
Rob me The Exchcquer,''
Was the cry Of the Peunsy lvania Banks
aud il as dorc TO The tune Of half Il million
-as will be seen by The following para
graph which, unconirudicted and ndIspu-
table in its assertions is circulating in The
Democratic papers Of Pennsylvania.
"Lct i, be constantly kept i'll mind. and
let no two Democrats mce, and part with
out making ii subject OF special remark,
that if The icdcralists in the last Lcgisla-
turc had followed Gov. Pouer's recon-
da,ion to sell the Bank stock owed by the
State. The passage Of the so called "relici"
law would have been necessary, and more
than half million of dollars would have
been saved to the state, as the stock refer
red TO has deprecated that amount, aud II
is every day going down lower. Eventu-
ally it will bc worth nothing! Such arc the
fruits Of federal legislation"
Rob Inc the Exchcqucr,"
Was the cry in the Wing Legislature Of
Connecticut, and the Whig Legislators set
to work in dead earnest, every man for
himself. We copy the remarks OF the
Pennsylvanian preceding the Hartford ac-
coun, Of this truly Wing transaction:
DARING ROBBERY OF STATE.
"The Legislators Of Connecticut, if the
following account be correct, must DC As
greedy as some other Legislators whom we
have heard of. They are good deal worse
than those Of our own state, or we have
never heard Of their running oil with the
nkstnnds, wafer boxes, &c. which belong
TO The desks. Will the Times inform us
whether these practices are some of the
steady habits" ofConuectcut, or whether
the scene referred to was only an occasion
al scramble got up 70. variety's sake, and
To show tho people what they mcant by
rcfoup. 80. sea.s,s,
- REsToRfgavrecN NrIDEs II.
!. .sss,,ig b iESles gives airEa,,a
d 0 itse e6ndiiet ,ha ~ ~ ttic-
breaking up offhalaes legislature. At tme
mecting Of that body, 2 or $500. we believe
was appropriated 10 the purchase OF such
articles as were considered necessary or
convenient, to Legislative house keeping:
such rs pen knives, iaks,cnds, sand and
wafer boxes, ivory folders, steel pcns, qnllls.
fine paper, sealing wax, &c. &c. Well.
when these patriots adjourned, in addition
TO their taking pay for more days than
they worked. they actually stripped the
ship Of State of every thing they could
Law their hands on. pounc'ns on the
property of the people like so many
Barncsa, wrcckcrs. This. they probably
call restoring confidence, NC. Such a
clean sweep did they make, says the Hart
r,,d Times, that nothing was left IN the
II,ll but a pitcher, al OIL can, aud two
,,n,hlcrs. Was the like ever heard be-
,"r,., we wonder some covclous whis did
rn, shoulder The oil can and pitchcr!-
Tbese things must be looked TO, or some
rcncu,an, chap who thinks he did not gel
h;s sh,,c of the spoiIs, will be rrudsn.
hack for lhcm. The Times says:-
before the House adjourned, scarcely
an article could be seen upon the desks
inkstands, paper, quilts, scaling wax, &c.
&c. were swcp, oil, aud stuffed uto the
nockcr, and trunks of The honest members.
The Sneakers inks,and, worth - 50 was
o.,n,liv sua,chcd from his table. on the
mornnc OF adjournment. Such transac-
lions arc dissracciul not to say dishonest. y