The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-08-24
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For tie Can,dca Journal.
TO OUR FRIENDS EVERY WiiERE-BANhS OF
THE STATE

TO OUR FRIENDS EN D'>-'N> >N
THE STATE.
..Wbat lack brain is this? BY the Lord, our plo
;sa you'd plot as ever was laid; friends constan
and true; good plot, good friends and iui OIL cN
pcctation; an excellent plot, very good ir'cnds'-
What frosty spirited rogue is th's3; why my Lore
of York comniends the plot and the general course
of action "-Sha'peore.
Have Won read Tocsin, in the Journal o
the 81 instant? If you have not, "voters
ofKcrshaw, Sumter, and Lancaster you
to whom il is addressed, read ana study
him. have fellow feeling gwilh him and
] hail him as a delverer. If there be
amonryou a aStuckholder ofapTivaie Bank
who wishes to double the value Of his stock,
broker, a lender Of money on usury, a
shaver Of notes and bonds, in short any
who will make money, "undc undc, sPecu'
late in the property of men when broken
up and ruined, give heel to what he pro-
.. 6oses--I back all he says. A new era is
opening to us. He opens the "way to
wealth. for us in rays Of light-"Awake!
the Philistines be uprn thee SAMPSON
Be up and with US, and let us follow his
GLORIOUS lead to destroy the Bank Of The
SState-,he peoples own and only bant--
yea "AB0LlS! II ENTIRELY" as he
s,vs. Strike it down in the dust, and VIC
sbalI have our victims under our feet, and
there will be none to help them. Isn't 1t
nc plain as the noses on our faces, that we
shall have i, all our own way! Abolish il
entirely, and
"Wha shall be King but Charc?7
"Aboiish it''-il's in ourw way-spoils many
a good speculation for us. Why, hnw OF
ten. as the sheriff was just about selling
out poor devil ola debtor, and when we
might buy his property for half price has
E. this lmprudent, abonIinable Bank lent HIM
the money, and stopped The saIe9 And
how often too, when he had no he'll bnl tc
be sold out or borrow from some good fei
low al 25 per cent interest, has il wicked
iv discounted his note at 6 per cent. ant
all looon the snivelling. miserable reasons
tina, he had fallen into misfortune, and wa:
an Industrious, good citizen, and oilrreo
good security for the money? It's con
ISOLATION, it's lcue, that il can't make more
than lawful interest at such business, hu
it spnIs spcculations cDnlounded!y. we
must. ge, rid of it. Pah! its scandaous-
abominahle-enough to make one sick
s.Abolish it,, | say with good Shylock
81 hate him., for he is Christian;
ssSs .sBut more, for that in low simplicity
"Hs lends out money gratis, and brings dow'
"The rate ofusance here with us, in Venice;
~, "Ifi can catch him once upon the hip
.s"I Dal feed fat the ancient drudge bear him!
Ave, letus "a BoLISH IT ENTIRELY
1t only makes lawful prntiI-hars con
solation-but let us ABOLISH IT. |
interferes comfoundedly aud spols spccu
tinns. Only see If il is abolished-woun'
up-dcstrnyed-what will be the effect
all its bonds and notes will be sued, draw
ers and endorsers - its judgments and mort
cages closed-and lands, town lots an'
houses, negroes, horses, ,mules, every thin
sold bv. the sheriffs. What chances fo
bargains'! Money not TO be got, excep
., by as, al our own Banks. We can buy tn
best property in the country at our ow
prices, or lend our money at our own pc
cent, orlayit Quit notes, bonds or mortga
ees for hqlfits face. This sbutthc first stag
the sowing of the crop-the beginning
Then comes oar harvest. Having got lhei
property at less than half price, we ca
omen our Banks. increase their circulation
lend freely, make money plenty, raise ll1
price of properly and sell out our purchi
ses at double and treble, and quadrup
: what we gave for them.
Ma gnifcent as is this prospect, it is NJ
all. .Wait-the sweetest morsel is yet
come. I'VE, who own the privasesDanF
will then have the field TO ourselves-t
great business, and make immense dix
dends The price Of our stocks will
double or mure-and power, inhuenc
riches. and all their cnviabIe distinction
become our's-Nay, even perhaps-O cou
it but be, and why may it not-perhaps