The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-11-05
Tte Spirit Of Tte age.
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER s, 1881
BEAUTIES OF THE BANKING sysTrM.

BEAUTIES OF THE BANKING SYSTEM,
| Much is said by the Bankers and Spectators,
says the .NsV Era, about the convenences, ne
cesslties, and benefits Of Incorporated Banking In
situations They are certainly Convenient for
'windlers-neeessary for spectators, and bene-
ilcal to grinding monopolists, as the following list
Will show See what the people lose through the
mlsmanagemen. and robbery by the officers these
banks; look at the bligh,ing effect upon morality,
the crime they engender, and the misery, ruin and
distress they bring upon individuals, and few will
deny that they are curse instead of blessing.
Each successive day brings with it new proofs Of
the demOralizing tendency of the whole paper .y.-
TEN; Blu. let facts speak for themselves.
Wewill commence with the rotten United States
Bank, which, through robbery, corruption. and
mismanagement, has brought ruin and distress upon
countless thousands, including widows and orphans,
having lost its entire capital of $s5 900 900
Schuylkill Bank, robbed by Cashier
Lewis, 1900 900
Manhattan Bank, robbed by Newton, $1,000
Virginia Bank, " Dabney, SOC, 900
Georgia Bank. Barker. $4,000
Frederick Bank, Md. robbery compro-
missed by Bill Wiley. ls6, 900
Norwich Railroad, by the President, lo,0oo
BANK Of Louisiana, by the Teller, 10000
BANK oil Orleans $4,000
Canal Bank Of N. o." 100 .00u
Bank of Michigan, by the Officers. loO, 900
Illinois Bank, by Town, 10000
Merchants Blk. OF Baltimore, BY Clerk, 10000
Tennessee Bank. Nashville, by Officers, 1000
Frankfort Bank, by the President, l0o, 900
State Bank, Arkansas, by Ball, Ga, 900
20 N Y Red Dog Banks, by Officers, 1900, 900
Pennsylvania Bank, by Officer Smith, 100, 900
western Bank, by Cashier Israel $4,000
camden Bank N. J. by Peterson, $4,000
Farmers Bank, Troy, by Jones, 10000
Western Bank, Georgia. by Moore, $4,000
Bank at Cape Fear, NC. by the Cashier. $4,000
Bank Of Wooster, Ohio, by the Officers, 100, 900.
Planters Bank, Ga, by the Officers. los, 900
Bank of SteubenviIle, o., by the Officers, 1925, 900
Franklin Bank, Bait, by steinberger. $4,000
NewburyPou Bank, by Wyckof, 80, 900
Mllllngton Bank, Md. by Sherwood, $4,000
Gallipos Bank, Ohio, by the Officers, 20, 900
10 other Ohio Banks, by the Officers, 1000, 900
Maine Banks, " &" 5000
Herkimer Co. Banks, by the Clerks, $4,000
Commercial Bank, New York, by the
Officers. say half their capital, ESQ, 900
Besides the forgeries, &c. OF numerous
rogues, such as Mitchell, Smith, and
others, amounting at least, 10 100000
Making altogether, $42,264, 900
FoRTY-TWO MILLION, TWO HUNDRED
AND SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
Of the earnings Of the people collected into Banks,
and stolen and flched therefrom, and squandered
by their officers, all within year. The very lifs-
blood OF the widow and orphan drawn from them,
their hard earnings taken, that the officers of these
Banks may live in spendor, lordng i, over the
working people, and looking down from their Grim
'nal elevation with contempt upon the industrious
many, and denouncing as "Agrarians," "Radi-
Gals, -" Fanny Wright men," and " Locofocos,"
all who presume to question the necessity and use
fitness of Banks, and the honesty of the officers
who conduct them.
With this sad array Of Fifty Millions of Dollars
drawn from the earth by labor, and squandered by
Bankers and Spectators staring them in the face,
still there are men who have the bodnes, the con-
'ummate impudence, to demand another National
Bank; by which they can collect together from all
classes Of society, fifty or hundred millions more
10 be scattered again to the four winds Of Heaven.
10 derange the affairs of the country, create pan,cs.
bring ruin, distress and insolvency upon thousands.
and eventually destroy the liberties Of our country.
Will the people submit 10 such crying iniquity!