The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-25
From the Chiicothe Advertiser
THE GHOST OF THE LATE NATION
AT, RANK

N.
IF YOU have a spare hour for reflection (and
who is there that has not2) we will defy you to
spend it BETTER or more morally, than9in pefusng
attenively legal document which will be found
below, entitled e The Ghost of the late National
Bank" Indeed, if anything would be calculated
to raise up evil spirits from their dark and hid
den abodes, such scenes as are there developed are
calculated to do it. The particulars of the infer
nal schemes are there given, by which Nicholas
connexion with the United States Bank, aided by
one John Andrews, plundered that institution at
one haul, of four hundred thousand dollars land
now they refuse to give any account of this infa-
nous piece of swindling, on the plea that would
subject them 10 a criminal prosecution Bear it
in mind, TOO, that this villanous system of robbery
was carried on, and that the United States Bank
WAS rotten to the core whilst it was yet national
iastinlionSand befof1ei was adopted BY the State
of Pennsylvania. These swndlers expected to
escape detection, from the supposition that there
would have been sufficient quantity of United
States Bank notes lost and destroyed to conceal
their crimes. 1t turned out, however, that more
notes were brought to the bank for payment than
what had been entered on the books Of the bank
as having been issued and this led to an investi-
cation and discovery of the villanous transaction,
and clearly traced out one of the many robberies
that had been committed by the officers of the u.
States Bank on the innocent stockholders Many
of these stockholders are widows and orphans, in
this country and in Europe, who now reduc-
ed from state of competence and comparative
aff1uence, to beggary, penury, and the utmost dis
tress, by placing their whole means in this cor
rupt institution Yet these arrant knaves thfs"
vipers-on our social system, thes. corruptorS Of
morality, who have left moral pesrilence, fam
inc, and misery behind them are permitted to run
at large, and even. to figure in fashionable society.
1t was but few weeks since, that we noticed
in the Scioto Gazette of this place, long letter
said to be written by this same Wing fnancicr,
Nicholas Biddle, (better known as "OLD NIcK,")
on the sub ject of reputation, lorsooth; and if we
mistake not. it was spoken of in high terms by
that Federal sheet If the Gazette has any idea
of atoning for such an outrage the decencics
of civilized society, VIC would recommend ii to
copy the present document into its columns
Yen will find, however that the Gaz.tte will do
It's best to keep its readers in the dark IN regard
to these bank villanics. How could such costly
marble bank palaces be erected, and furnished T.
quail to those of princes unless these bankers used
their privilege OF robbing the community? This
is only one instance among thousands Yet, this
one single robbery is for sum greater than tO@r
hundred aoOrking men could realize Gy their La-
Dor IN achoLe lifetime! When the Federal
leaders talk to you about Henry Clay and ma
tional bank" remind them of these these things
t1sstsn they tell YOU that She bank good and
honest, and sound, and afforded = the best curren-
cy in the world while it was a national in<titu-
ton, let them know that this system Of plunder
was going on at that very time-tl at last these
leGchrs sucked the monster M!rtyjfce millions Of
dollars, leaving nothing but the old dry bones of
its carcass behind If Whig politicians can put
a good face upon such vianes, then we will &c
cord them the credit of being an overnatch for
:; OLD Nick"