The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-08-05

adding TO that oi Johns NC Drought the halance al"
ways on his own side" --Si0JfS HIS Of John Bull
This Whimsical phenomenon,
'Cohfounding all my pro and con,
'BambooZes the account again,
And draws me nolens voena in.
(King. in Stumbling Block
"But, says sir, perceive this is TO you all BaH-
Joozling. Why you look if you were Don Dego'd
TO the tune ofa thousand pound. .'-IaLler No. 81.
TThe reading of,hese illustrations occas-
ioned much amusement in the Senate.
Mr.. Bstrusied that he had Vindicsled
theIuse Of the term TO which the exception seem
ed TO be taken, and he trusted that il wae co.
uaIIy easy TO vndcate the application which
he had made oft. The name Of this Bank
was a cheat and trick; it deceived the ignor-
en-. and the lhoughless The name implied
that i. was for the Treasury aOue-tb it
was an egent for the Treasury it lea
Bank of discount, deposite, and circulation,
in which foreigners and other banks may be
ock holders and which, instead OF being aO
apent Of The Treasury, will be lts masteE The
name is a cheat; ii should be at'rad: fiscal
should be struck ou', and some other substi~
tu'ed. 1t is a compound monster. puit trea-
surv, part individual, part subordinate corpor.
ation, for other corporations may subscribe TO
it's stock. Call it the Trensuy Bank Of the
u. States. Then 1t IL the abhorred thing the
gnrgon head, the raw head and bloody bones
(which was held up to 'errify the people du-
ring the whole administration Of jackson aud
Van Buren, Even the Independent Treasury
wus etigmatzed a. a Trearury Bank. and ma.
nv goodpeopIe we're excited against il 90 ac-
count; YET ii ISSUED notes, ie 'eiyed no deposI-
tes, made no discounts, bought and sod M
bills Of exchange; had no atr butte oia Bank;
vet the independent Treasury vas cried down
as &c, eminent Bsuk. NV We established
one in fac', a mixed one TO be sUre' an hermap
phrodue- bnl give il b name which ms'eads
| the mind. 1t is a bambooziIng name, and
should be changed for plain one. Call
! Treasury at once, or Treasury and British;
| for the British are to be Stockholders Call
| it tbs Treasury ana Companyi for there are 10.
! be companions enough IN il. Call II by some
common and pam name. and at the same time
| appropriate. Call Inc Hanaper Bank.
That would be classic; for iteoes up 10 the
Greek root Of the term. IL also is an English
term for the Excheqoer aud The Treasury.
| We remember very well, "a Mr.. b., address
sing the Pres,denttof the Senate. that, as sp-
pronlices 10 the law, We had 10 learn a long
list Of courts in England. among others that u
I f1hndpeT, ID la" "gd'Ut JIuP"Pe'f"W' = He LldI
aver court, the Hanaper otlice, the c ERIK Gf the
Hanaper, are all fsmllIcr to the student al Law;
and they all refer TO the Exchequer. the Trea
surv. II is the old Greek word for Treasury,
and IL revived IN England, both because the
clerk formally used big basket 10 hold his pa
pers, and these papers belonged TO he Treasu
ry, and because it ls an Exchequer or TreasI
ry court would recommend il 10 the gen.
eman, then, to call THE Hsnaper Bank, es
pecially as they have English precedent for il
and this fscalily is to be half Euglish con
corn. Hauaper will do, but | would prele
Hamper. Il is the same word, in a shorts
form, aud not only has all the power Of mean
ing which belongs 10 Hanaper, but has anoth
er meaning very appropriate 10 this institution
The noun hamper, is the big basket; the verl
to hamper, is to restrict, 70 hobble, to fetter,
cramp. to hamstrng, &c and that Is the wa
this Bank will serve this Government and Ii
people. 1t will hamper, hobble. and hamstriT
, them; and then, like real basket, it will n
hold waterl that is, il will not hold the pc
, ple's money, which will 60 by the hundr
. thousand TO jobbers, gamblers, specuaiol
. and milonary p(underers.
!, M. President, continued Mr.. B., will wo
| uoIo uofCI SOdoOE VIII POIlbiSoi uStOSf NV
3 ceaseq Last year, and for mBny years,
v country was alarmed, agitaied, terrified. al I
9 idea Of Treasury Bank, gratuitousy and Q
!, foundedly attributed to The Democratic par
n Now, the very persons who charged this
II offence upon the Democracy are themselves
d peuly doing the same thing. A Treasury Ba
). is now their idol. sher having been their teri
andthe good people are required 10 love il
= much now as they were instructed TO hate
n few months ago.--Such are the inconsists
- cies, the contradictions, which are played
/ before the people; and which, il 10 suppose
D, the good nature or the ignorance Of the pc
pie will swallow.
IA Mr.. 3. referred to the speech Of the Sena
~ from Pennsy ylvana Mr.. Buchanan as
"a that would not be answered, because il CO.
not be answered. He (Mr b. had wal
:. for some one on the other side to reply 10 |
speech. No one rose. No one broke silen
IN Shut pan seemed TO be the word Of comml
on the left side of this Chamber. /: was
4 way to curtail and sti6e debate Another '
; was 10 limit the time ofthe speaker, as !
B. to limit the time ofthe second TriumyiF
" aud this way we have partly adopted il
N Senate. The morning hour, which, ]
manly exertion on our part. was saved for
Olutions, was On infriugmentof our right
nd speech, perpetrated for the FIRST lime iN