Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-10-09

bank, hS unqualified declaration that It Mas un-
constitutional Is before you; and there is no iel-
sou To beEeSe that be IA favor Of a Bank. As
far Is We know or believe, fellow citizens. Gen.
HARRISON has but one opinion about the bank, and /
tina, i against II, and We Tel ,hS, We hazard Moth
~. N saving tha, be would not consider any bank ,
constitutional Which, IN hts opinion, would At ss-
ldb.,,hed, be both iueNpedieut and prrnc,ous.'
We mud also, 10 the "Adtrrs, OF J. {. Afford, +
William c. Dawson, Richard W. Habetshan;
Thomas Bu,ler King, l.. \. Ntsbu, and Lott
Warren, representatives from the State OF Geor-
sll, IL the 10Th Congress OF the Uuted States, TO
their constituents Nav, ls4u, the following;
Those opposed TO General HARRISON, attempt
to show that he IS m favor OF a National Bank,
by asserting that his supporters ate IN favor OF
such an institution Ga THIS question General
Harrison speaks for himself In 1922, beng
candidate for Congress, be published the fol
loving euey. gtnng ms political opinions,
[lAo better to she Cincinnati IuQurrer is quoted
( rutIe. Ii contains the following III relation Ia
| he bank:
| Il believe that the charter given tolhe Bank OF
| ths United States was uncousuuuonal--lt BEN.
not oue OF those measures necessary to cary
ANY Of The expressly granted roScrs into effect
&c.
These geulirucn stated that General IIarr.
sons opinions in regard 10 u Bank are stm.lar to
those al Nr. Jefferson aud Alr. Madison, and that
| they have been perverted and mtsrepres,nird 10y
u~ enrmes. Ii they we're his eucnnes who per.
,ut,d aad ulSfepre,eued General llarnson'-
opntou,' by pruuuuncMg hin bank man, who
arr IA y no" wao "PeWer, and msrrPi,scut' hs
op,ul NJ
h uo address To the people Of North Caroloa
b, Inc / n Geo. l.. Badger, it was declared to
q, aftrur hat Gen Hanson VAS N favor OF a
Na1on" Bao&.
Ia HE Savannah Republican, of Sept 10Th,
1910 aud the organ Of he Wings in dat section
o. tbe county, We fad Tie following
I'VE inadvertently, suffered The communication
of"A Nan turcn Man, Of 1896" to pass ycser
day without comment. The fact is We search,
uouctd the point aud path Of the last paragraph,
wherein our friend considers the Two candidates
the chan pIonS Oh Bank aud Ant Bank Nh Van
Bucl aaan-t and General Harrison IN fayoL--
Ike i. ennreiy mistaken. General II rti,on Is u
consistent opponent of the United States Bank,
aud 20 voted Oh all occasions, so lar as We know
The Harrison party here has large number
onpg,cd 70 Government Bank us tkrr oppo.
ccGle."
In The New York Wing paper published
early Ia lhu contest, we hud the following para
graph
"Bu'we warn the wings against encumberng
Themselves with false ISSUES. Let them MOI take
up the gauntlet, which their opponents odcr.-
Above sl let them not take council OF jhelr ad
versarIo.. We have nothing to do with Nation.
al Bank. The wings, If in power would no.
chatter one. We want 10 discussion about a
bank, That question Is settled"
Ia tie Albany, Evening Journal the leading
organ Of The Wings IN the Empire STATE, the
following may be found;
~ hcueytr the Federal Administration finds 1t
convenient TO commit new arociiy TO meet It,
cXlrW.gmt expenditures, or cover up lis prohl.
gacy, tue Argus invariably sltves to divert puo.
lac attention from IT by some stale tlrudc about
"a National Bank" Thus we find it TIN, mora,
ing announcing IN TWO lines the passage of the
Treasury Note Bill, and following up ils brel
disc lo,ure Of the lrredeemahIe condition Of the
Government with nearly whole column OF OBJ
lugatory comments upon Mammoth lucor.
vomtIon," that The Wings have no design OF de-
sire to create"
The Wing Governor Of North Carolina IN h,s
message to the Legislature OF the State, N No
vemher, 1870, Took ground directly and explicit.
!, against National Bank.
The Senate Of the State Of Georgia, in No.
yember, 1910, which, If We are not greatly
mistaken, bad la why majority, adopted the fol
loving among Other Resolutions;
"3d. Resolved, That the power to charter a
bank OF any other corporation ls not granted to
! 4 4 81
-ary to cary into effect any power granted by
that Instrument"
In the speech of the Hon. Mr.. Barnard, Of
Nsw York, delivered in the House Of Repre-.
~pntaliycs, June, lS4O, that distinguished Wing
sad:
Banking is an unfit employment for the Go.
verpmeul-lt.iS 4 dangerous employment, IN
whatever hands It may be, While IN dishonest and
corrupt hands, It cannot fail to prove an engine
of oppression, calamity and ruin"
"Sir, tie Influence which banks may be made
go weld IN the political affairs Of tins country, 4
once they can be enlisted on the side OF tire TO
vernmcut, vii be found to be irresistible and
ovtfa btlnnug. believe # ihIs Influence not
-ooahl, II VII be obtained by the Sub. ] fcasufy
l'tll, and used With cerlaIa, steady, AID Uetuen,
u effect think that banks, innocent a. UcE
c ~ -eHtral ct all Interference 10 politics, aud
na,oIe-- a. they usual, are, and must be, when
urdi,tu'bed ~ their action, except by ~i.e and
aipfAry regulations, and by The ordinary laws Of
In"ncy and trade, and Irlt 10 a jast competitor
: ~moug themselves, YET think tha' Banks nr ca
1 pable Of beng controlled by the GoYemmenL
and erected INTO Instruments aud engines, beo"
Which a vast amount Of public money aud pope
lar OPINION on political marlcs may br made 10
b bow down IN ablecness and suOsenlency to TX
, ecutNc dlctatlOh.
j "Sf, nobody knows better Than The Pre- 'de"
Of the United States, the influence which bank'
I may be made TO WELD 10 ppltcs. Nothing IS
h.iler nndeL.lnnd lhan ile nse lhal was made d