Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-19

whv YOU weep, tbs cause is in your hand"
"Ah, sir" said the poor woman, who
could scarcely speak for sobbing, "all the
savings of twenty years taken from me |
in a moment; and my poor boy when he
came home from sea"-she could
say no more, grief choked her utter
auce.
"Good Godw said Mr.. Steady, "did |
you lay by your savings in country pa
perl"
"Oh, sr!" said the poor woman, show
was | to know that one piece Of paper !
was not as good as'anotber? And every
body said that the firm of Smoke Shadow
Air-bubble, HOp-the-twig g. Co., was as
good as gold" She then unfolded one Of
the promises 10 pay, which she handed to
Mr. Steady. He comfOred her as well
as he could; but ho found the purchasing
one or two Of her notes much more eff
cacious than all the lessons of bis philoso-
ply.
''That iS all your fault" said an Irish.
man to his wife; "you would be boarding
and boarding, and stinting me ofmy drop
Of comfort when came in after hard
days work, tossed and beaten and wet
through with salt water; and there's what
we've got by it,"
'It was all your frult," rstortered the
wife, "when we had scraped together
twenty as pretty golden guineas as ever
laid in chest, you would sell 'em, SO you
would, for twenty-seven pounds of Mr..
Smoke, Shadow, Air-bubble, Hop the.
twig & Cos paper, and now you see the
difference"
''IIere is an illustration ,"said Mr.. Fox
to Mr.. Steady, "of the old maxim of ex-
perence teaching wisdom. We ought
now to be convinced, if not before, what
Plato has said is strictly true, that there.
will be ne eRd Of human misery iii go.
vernors become philosophers or philoso-
pliers governors; and that all the evils
which this country suffers, and | fear will
: suffer to a much greater extent, from the
bursting Of this fatal bubble ofpaper mon
ey-this Chimerical symbol Of imaginary
rches--are owing to the want of true po.
liical wisdom in our rulers, by which they
might have seen things in their causes
not felt them only in their effects, as even
the most vulgar man does; and by which
foresight all the mischisls that are
Detailing US might have been proven.
ted"
A respectable looking female approach.
ed the crowd, and addressing herself to
Mr.. Fox who seemed most at leisure to
attend to her, asked him what chance
there appeard to he for the creditors of
Messrs. Smoke, Shadow, Air.bubble, Flop
the-twig & Co. "By what can gather
from the people around me-" said Mr.
Fox, "none whatever" The lady was in
great distress at this intelligence, and said
that they were her bankers, and thaIit was
the second misfortune Of the kind that
had happened to her. Mr.. Fox express
ed his astonshrnent that she should have
twice been the victim ofpaper coinage;
which seemed 10 contradict the old adage
about the burnt child; and said it was for
his part astonishing to him how any hu.
man being could be so deluded after the
perils of the system had been so clearly
pointed out, and amongst other things in
a pamphlet on the insubstantaIity of
S uobe. "Indeed," she said, "she had
something better to do than to trouble her.
self about politics, and wondered he should
insult her in her distress by talking of
such sruT to her"
"Was ever such lnfatuation?" said Mr..
Fox, as the lad turned away. "This is
one of those persons who choose to walk
blindfolded on the edge ofa prec ipice, be-
cause it is too much trouble to see, and
quarrel with their best friends for re.
questng them to make use of their I
eyes"
"A curse light on all kite fJers!" vo.
ciferated sturdy farmer, "b-d rabbit
me! here be a bundle of trash, masters!
not worth five and sixpsrny dollar alto
gethCr. This comes of paper mills. Il
promise to pay ecodi Oh the good old
days fgolden guineas, when | used to
ride home from market with a great bin
heavy bag in my pocket; and when rap,
ped it down on the old oak table, it used
TO make such sound as did ones heart
good to hear it. No promise to paw
then. Now man may cat his foltune
in sandwich, or set fire to il in far.
thing rushligbt. Promise to pay!--the ly.
ing rascalI, they never meant 10 pay ;they 1
knew all the time they had nothing to pay /
with, but such pretty smooth spoken,
pOlavering set Of rascals; stand with
quill behind their ears, and smile on
their faces! why Lord bless you! thev :
would have made you believe that black
was white, and though you could never
get anything Of 'em but one O. their own
dirty bits Of paper in change for another
they were asrich as so many Jews
Eeod and we were fools enough 10 be-
lieve Them, and now see 10 what we have
come"
"Yes, iather,' said young fop at his
elbow call blown. curse meD .