Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-01-06

virus taken from the arm Of an individual " no
had been some years previously under the in.
fuence of genuine vaccine disease; and that
this description Of .malier" had been exten-
siveIy employed by physician of that viii
lage! We forbear comment upon this disgrace
ful transaction. rendered none the less disgrace
fol though attributable, probably, 10 The basest
ignorance.
OuR CuRReScY What a world Of con,en-
lion has passed under this head for the las.
ten years. The Term itself and the Office il
performs reminds US Of the current Of river
whose branches reach every part Of the land.
Next TO managing The elements end causing
the ocean TO flow up its tributaries. the pow
er Of managing or danger of disturbing the
ccirency is The most momen,ous. II Is not
our intention 10 express any opinion on tho
policy of the ever famous Bank Veto of 1888,
but we feel justified in saying that at Iha,time
the u. 5. Bank was the power tina, gave mo-
mentum and veloci,y TO the revolutions Of the
commercial world. And when Gen. Jack son,
with decision peculiar to himself, crushed
the Bank, he at least brought the business
world with all It's dependencies 10 dead pause
The consequences were the same as phi oso.
piers say would ensue from sudden arrest of
the earth in lis diurnal roll. Towos and cities
were shocked 10 their foundalions-he en-
ployer and the employed were alike prosra;ed
and every hing was threatened with chaotic
ruin. Trade, for the last ten years, has been
wearing for itself new channels among the
rupiured fragments of the old system ofthiugs
and We can now congratulate ourselves that
those channels have become broad deep and
we'll dehned.
Both friends and foes Of The veto saw. or
nigh, have seen thas swsrms Of insects in The
shape Of State. local and pet Banks would
breed in the decaying carcass of The monster,
on the sano principle that when the old oak
dies forest of scions and she star, from lis
roots, each claiming 10 be The righ,fu heir OF
the paren. tres. The U. s. Bank swallowed
this brood of swindling pretenders TO the dig.
nifty Of Banks; but the time came when The
great devourer was itself to be devoured, aud
then was ushered in the palmy days of bare
faced, Iegalized rascaliiy and fraud. The
swindling corporations iha, succeeded The U.
S. Bank stretched The credi, system 10 the
most ruinous extent. They knew their paper
was worth noihing, and they were anxious to
shuttle II or on the community on any ,erns.
They gave credit TO every body and every
thing. if the security was bad they knew
their paper was no better. aud they acted upon
the sage principle nothing ven'ured, nothing
had. Since every body could ge, money SO
easily nobody dreaded debt, Our merchants
figured in The ledgers OF ST. Louis with 81 or
10 Thousand opposite their names. The thirst
after money was only equaIled by The painting
thirst after land and both exceeded The gnaw.
ing cravings of any appetite thai IUm ever ere.
a,ed. But woe 10 the men who were caught
in the folds Of debt. when Shawneeiown. Min
eral Point, Dobuque and Illinois Bank pspsr
became as worthless as roIten leaves--when
The creditor demanded something better and
nothing Csc was to be had. Then came the
day OF judgment and resribuiion. The ships
crew had lived TOO fast and the stock Of pro-
visions was exhausted. Somebody mast suf.
fer. TIE Bankrupt act decided the mater sn4
saved The debtor by feeding him open he
doomed earcass Of the ill,s'arTed creditor. Bot
brighter era has tawnsd upon us-an era IT
gold and silver All we lack - some univer.
50. medium Of exchange tha, Wi, evnduei sal
Ne, Ike Professor Morse's wires conduct e'ec.
trei,y, from cue extremity # cur nation 10 the
other. We cannot IaSs an eastern paper with
cut feeling the necessity Of such an Institution
if we ever remit ihe subscription money
Nha, universal rer sssity requires, universal
interest viii pefforn. This dssidera,um SUP
piled. s1d our nasi0nal prosperity will res, on
rs hrm basis ss IL has ever done since cur
rsUensl sXisleaes commented.