Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-02-04
On OUR WAY TO WAsHINaroN.

We arc coming-slowly but surely-for as
the Gineral has got good many old friends
and stopping places on the way, and wants
TO look about him and see as much of the
country as he can before 18th March next, he
thought 1t best to start early and make as
much Of a circumbendibus as possible. do
rally believe If the Gineral had let folks have
their way he wouldn't ''toueh bottom" from
the time of leaving the Cabin till he got to the
Hhite House-but he would rather 90 afoot
any day than pass through all the hurrawing
that Is set up all along the road-it beats the
Ngrand tower" all hollow-for there Amt
living crittur who don't yell out most awful
and swing his hat round as soon as he sees
the Gineral; and expect it will come pritty
TUT on me before we git to the end ont, for it
amt possible for one man to do all the bow
Ing and shaking hands that is required. One
thing surprises me which is to know what on
arth has become of "the opposition haint
seen rale Loco Foco now going on nigh
two months.
lsuppose you are all considerable curious
to know who the Gineral is going to appoint
to all the big and little Offices, and have ta-
ken care to ask the Gineral and he has told
me all about IL, and says am at liberty to
tell you and every body else, and so don't
see the use in keeping this matter any longer
In the dark. saw the paper tho day afore
we started and twas the last that was pack'd
uP-it is the biggest sheet you ever see, all
ruled of in wide streaks and on top is writ.
ten, "Names ofmy feilo,c-citizens lho Ibe-
! Gere are able to discharge faithfully andhonest-
~ the du'ies Of the office to ,chieh may nomi-
nate them to TIC Senate Of the U. S., for appoint
nienf," and that is pretty much all could
see, except on the outside is written in PEN
Gil, "to be Iooh'd to and fPd up on and after
| 4M March neri.''
There is good deal laid in all these parts
about Bank matters, and every body has some
plan or other to put things strait. The Gin
eral don't himself say much about it, but he
| reads pretty much all that is written on the
matter, and let's folks talk all they know and
he finishes off by thinking. One chap call'd
tother day and read to the Gineral long let
ter from New York, containinga statement
of the big bank in Philadelphia, and show
ing by another statement that it was broken
all to bits, and tho that Bank show'd long
list Of property and debts due to it-yet that
all that property and debts warn't worth any
thing, and that it never would do to have such
another rascally ''aristoerattc insti.ution."-
"Weli," says l, "Mister it seems to me that
what you call aristocratte comes nigh to dem
oeratic." "Now," says I, elf that bank had
stuck to "Me aristocracy," and lent money on
~ to the rich folks, it would now have no bad
debts 10 collect" 80 WE'LL" says he, "poor
folks never ought to borrow money, thew
ought to get along without it," "Well,"
says ], "that is a notion never thought on a
fore, for when was in the last Government,
along with Gineral Jackson, all our democrat
&c friends used to poster the Gineral and me
all the while TO make the U. S. Bank to shell
out to poor folks, and we took the depos.tes a.
way from 1t because the complaint was that
Squire Biddlo and the Bank was too aristo-
cratic, and didn't give poor folks a chance to
borrow money to carry on their trade with"
"Now," says i, show do you make that
square with your present notions"
"Why the fact ISL says he, sit is pretty
tuff work to make the notions Of one time fit
the notions Of an other time; but do say it
never will do to have another such Bank
for it is pretty nigh all owned by foreign a
ristocrats, and that never will do in demo-
cratic country-it is downright awful; and
MIR. Buchanan and Mr.. Benton and all the
good democrats in Congress say it will be
the ruin of The country"
swell, now," says i, "if that don't beat
solomon! How long do you think it would
take foreigners to destroy this country by put
ting their money in the big Bank and let
Squire Biddle loan it out to the poor democ-
racy, who you say will never pay il back a.
gain 90 This set him to scratching his head
little, and not liking that tune he changed
it and said. "Bu; it amt right to loan for
eigners money IN that way, it amt treating
OMEN well and it destroys their confidence
in u.s." SWELL" says /, "we best look
little into that matter, and see d things amt
made worse than they need be. We have
pritty much all on, us been struggling under
and through heavy storm, and he who has
saved any thing may think himself pretty
well OIL. a ship may be good for something,
tho she has lost few sails. have seen the
"Two Politics." in my day stript pritty nigh
clean, but Capt. Jumper with leetle assis-
lance from the other owners, would rig her up
and she would go of again as slick as ever.
L have seen corn-feld and cotton fields and
all sent to smash In one squall Of wind and
hail, but folks would 60 to work agin and the
next season they would have better luck. 1t
amt wise nor righteous" says I, "for folks
to turn to croakiDg, and when times are bad
turn to and sell OFT and quit, that is Just the
time to hang on and cheer up, and off coat
and go at it and put things to rights for good
weather and fair wind" "Ihere is one
thing says i, THAT is pritty certain in mo-
ney matters,-what may be loan'd or spent
In the country is not wasted or lost; il is
somewheres about, and folks don't eat it or
drink 1t, its only going the rounds. A few
years ago the Treasury was SO full it couldn't
hold it and now its all out. uncle Sam
haint got dollar in his pocket and is in debt
too, but who says he is broke The has got
plenty Of property, but if he was to throw up
and sell off his property in these times it
would't bring enufT to pay one years expen-
ses he is at. And SO it is with most kinds of
few who have much and owe
anything but would come out the lectle end