Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-02-22
From the Ohio Statesman.
THE SECOND CRISIS.
No. m.

explosions thdL arc udliy HaPPSHHiS
throughout the whole country, remarks,
that no man, or set of men, can be trust
ed, let them promise as they may.
cannot entirely agree with my friend OF
the Herald. Ifhe had said that no bank
er, or set Of bankers can be trusted, let
them promise as they may, | could say |
give us your hand, Mr. Editor. For we
learn from the history Of the world, and
from the history Of our own country, that
there has never been bank OF any con-
sequence, that has not finally blown up, |
crushing thousands Of people in IFS ruins.
Examine history, and you will ind that
all banks, from the great monster bank OF
France, down to Nick Biddle's monster
in the United States, have tumbled in ru-
in forever, blasting the hopes of those who
had confded in their promises. Do you
know the reason dear reader2 Is 1t be-
cause the bankers make no money! No,
sir, il is not because they make no mo.
ney, for they make tremendous profits
They make ten dollars, while you and |,
are making one, aud they make these
large profits Off the working people; you
oh0 hhNO W RuJ duA plOPOlNlOh va NlO
bankers tax, for we are as people, all
bank ridden together. How is it then
that the banks all finally break down, or
up, just as you please TO call it, when
the people are constantly paying them
such an enormous tax? 1t is, sir, be.
cause the tax that they collect of us
does not go into the bank, but is put into
the pockets ofthe bankers, and the pOck-
cts oftheir children. And the bankers
being licensed set Of robbers, not only
apply the interest or tax, thus taken from
us to their individual use, but they even
take the original capital out ofthe banks,
and apply 1t to their individual aggran.
dizement. Witness the banks that are
now lying in ruins in our own country;
look at the United States Bank, $50 caled)
what has become of the original capital
paid into that Infamous institutlonP What
has become Of The millions of money
paid into it, in the way of interest from
the people? Why, sir, just go and take
apeep at The splendid palace of Nick Bid.
die; walk into his fino parlo"; see his
6ne mahogany furniture, his beautiful car
rets, his college educated children, with
their broadcloths and silks on! no home
league about them; sec what handsome
gold rings they wear on their fingers,
their diamond breast pins, and beautiful
osrbobs. Visit other mems houses, who
assisted in managing the said bank, an d
witness the same scene. And after one
of their daughters have played you
tune on the Piano, and sung to you a
sweet love song, ask her what that Piano
cost, and take my word for it, she will say
Aoyou, father paid eight hundred dollars
for it; he could have got one for five hun.
dred dollars, bu! do detest such com.
mon articles. Ask her, if her father
works Ior the money, he thus spends so
freely, or if he ever worked any, aud she
will turn up her nose at you and leave
the room; but there will be lights in the
hall aud you can find your way out, and
then Just ask yourself how many hundred
thousand dollars all these splendid build.
ings and their contents, together with the
annual expenses of the respective families
cost. And when you have figured it all
up, Just inquire whero the money came
from 10 pay for these things. Now you
can answer these inquiries as we'll as |
can: you know that by some hook or
crook, these fellows scraped little sill.
yer together, got charter from tho gov.
ornment TO go into the banking business,
and then turned 10 20 swindling the peO.
pie, and they swndled in this way-lhey
issued tremendous batch Of notes, Dor.
rowed them from the bunk themselves,
paid them out to the people as money, for
splendid mansions, sc &c. Aud after
many years spent in scattering their bank
notes over the whole country, driving the
coin out of circulation, they called
meeting among themselves, cancelled
their individual notes 10 The bank, by sell
ting them Olfagainst each other, divided
what coin thoy had on hand amongst
themselves, to pay them for services
rendered the bank, assigned what debts
may have been due the bank, 10 some of
their relations, aud suspended specie
paymentsR Now, sir, this is no fancy
sketch: il is plain simple truth every word
il, and Notwithstanding the bankers
become very wealthy by the operation,
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country, if you and hold note on their
sinking broken bank, we must suffer the
loss, because the bankers are a privileged
order, and not individually liable for the
redemption Oftheir own bank bills. Look
around you, 10 your own State 90 TO
Wooster, Granville, Lebanon, Ur6ana,
Cincinnati, Canton, Gallipolis, and other
towns that | could name-you will find
that the bank is broken in each place. s
but the bankers, the licensed swinders,
ere rolling in wealth, and Garing sumptu. a
ously every day; yet you can't touch them, d
OF thelF VI gotten property. II man
steals your hOrss,you can lay hold orhim.& e. '
bring him to condign punishment; but If
banker steals your labor, rObs your chill. G
dren OF their bread, he struts the strea,o