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The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-06-22

sE7The following is in substance taken
from a report presented by Mr.. Tyler 10
the Senate ia 1884, and shows some {! the
nelarous proceedings Of VIII at was general
Iy called the old United States Bank-We
strongly recommend Ito The perusal OF every
well wisher of his country and her free in
slitulien. Ii destroys at sweep all the
assertions made by the wings, that that in
stitulion was as pure as the child unborn
This report shows, thai in $780, the
bank loaned 50 members Of Congress the
sum of Sl92 ,l0l, in 1881, TO SO members
of Congress, 1922, $685. in 1882 (the year
the bank was an applicant for renewal OF
us charter it loaned to Al members of
Congress the large sum of S47S, ,069, the
follo~i (ls3S,) whilst still struggling to
sustain itself, its loans TO members Of Con
gress SO in number) amounted TO 1914,
766; and in the next year, (ls34), fifty two
members were indebted to II in the sum OF
1898 5S6. These facts will aid us in under
standing how bank charters pass Congress
In your cour Of justice you exclude a man
from sitting on jury when lie has any in
terast however small, in the result of the
lral. Here you have A; members Of Con
gress, indebted 10 the bank IN The gross
amount of $478, ,O69 gtavely deciding lht
question whether the public interest de
nanded recharleI! An extensions Of It's
charter would secure an extension Of thei
notes, or new facilities, and they could no.
doubt that the public welfare demanded ;
renewal! What disinleresed patriot
these f0nyJon bank debtors were! Divide
lhe whole amount of their Indebtedness
; equally among Them, and you find that eacl
has more than hundred and eight hous
, and dollars! Quite enough, one woul'
b suppose, to sir up the patriotism and yea
tIol ,hese enlightened statesmen
THAT The old bank was used as poliu
. lca machine, no one al his day ran dou5
lls efforts 10 defeat the re election OF GeneI
al Jackson ale well known 10 lha country
Ia addition 10 the corruption OF membeTs {
! Congress, ihs report shows the vast sun
o palu for printing and circulating the INF
n nous ISLANDERS of lhelr hired orators again
le General Jackson. la 1882 when The bar
was struggling for rechancr, II eSPend'
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LET THE ALARM BE SOUNDED.

That the Wing party are in favor of tho
establishment, of another overshadowing
moneyed monsters TO rule the govetument
and destroy The liberties OF the country.
Do the Farmers, Mechanics and laborers
the bone and slnew' Of the land-desire
the creation Of moneyed olgarchy TO
,rample upon their rights and plunder the
fruits of their indus,ryl Were the services
of the Patriot Jackson in killing the Phila
delphia Monster all in vain-and shall an
other National Bank be detailed upon the
country TO demoralize lhe Nation and amt
hilste Freedoml
All these evils would inevitably flow front
a National Banki the bitter experience of
The pas, furnishes proof Of lhisl and there
is no safety for the Republic--rohe for The
peope--bui in defeating all attempts for the
creation of such an inslltulioniThis only can
be done Ly the success Of Democracy and
the overthrow of Wbiggery' In crisis
like the present what freeman will refuse TO
lend his aid to he Democrats party for the
vindiclon Of good government'-PteJs
linn
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kEEp TT BEFORE TIE PEOPLE.

kEEp IT BEFORE TIE PEOPLE.
That ,he coons in 1910 promised the
workngmen 'lwo dollars day and roast
beef and now their motto Is, two dayo
for dollar and no beef
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the great coon leader, George Evans
OF Maine, has reported bill in the Senate
Of tho UnIed States, to repeal the duty on
railroad iion; and for the remission Of all
the duties that have been paid since tho
year 1892, which would amount 10 f6,s
600 600.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the railroad companies in the United
States have paid for iron 9l75, 600, ,O00,snd
if the wings succeed in carrying this bill
through Congress, in few yearsimore than
that enormous sum will again be sent 10
England for iron, instead of supporting out
own manufactures.
KEEP IT BEFORE TIE PEOPLE,
That Henry Clay, if elected President.
will establish $50, ,00O, 600 National Bank
cheat and de(raud the Iaborer of bis hard
earnlngs,and reduce widows and orphans 10
beggary.
KEEP TT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That Henry Clay supported aud pro-
cured the passage Of The odious Bankrupt
Law, and declared that it was "a gtoa, link
in the chain Of whig measures
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That Henry Clay is man of the basest
moral character, whose hands are stained
by the blood of ClIey, aud who
said to the Speaker of Congress, Col Polk)
Go home, Cd D-n you, where you
belong
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1915, 400 in the printing Of Wing speerhes,
lcaumnnaling General Jackson and his
friends. Let i, be remembered too, that
If this amount sixteen thousand four hun.
lred and nihe,y.nine dollars were expended
during the six months Immediately proceed
ing The eleciun which resulted in the tri-
Iumph Of General Jackson! More shan
iaf million Of speeches, as the report
shows, were circulated. In 1884 the
bank expended for printing the speeches Of
their hired advocates in Congress the sum
of twenty.slx thousand two hundred and
eighlyfOu dollars
The report before us also shows the ef.
forts made by the bank TO produce panic and
distress throughout, the country. and thus
secure the overthrow Of The democratic ad
mnislralion. II appears that lhs nine
bank directors, seated in their palaces at
Philadelphia, gave orders for curlalIment
ef discounts, with view to effect general
depreciation Of property, and carry ruin and
bankruptcy TO every section OF the country.
1t was supposed that the confidence which
the people had always reposed in General
j ack son, could be destroyed by an attack
upon lhe pockets OF the people. Hence it
1t was that within four months (commenc.
ing in October, 1880 the bank reduced its
loans and discounts nearly ten millions Of
doHars The ruinous effect produced by
this unprecedented reduc,ions well known
The corps of bank debtors in Congress
seized upon the embarrassment and general
alarm, aud declared that il the bank was
not e.char!ered, 'our canals would be a
solitude our lakes desert waste of waters.
These Al members Of Congress, who had
discounted their commissions; taking ad-
vantage of the sudden reduction of discounts
and the consequen, depreciation Of labor
&property innamed The public mind byatne
mos, arlul appeals to the worst passions OF
The human heart; day after day did that
pensioned corps stand upon the floor
Of Congress and denOnnce General Jack
SON as bold usurper, iTyrant, and des
pot, day after day did the federal presses
leem with the most Infamous attacks on the
democracy, hut the American people, al
lhough wrilhing under the lash inflicted by
the bank, still loved their Liberties too wei
TO surrender them into the hands of reck
ess and unprincipled faction.
The contest Of 1892 was of one Of the
fercest battles ever fought in our country
rhe bark was openly in the feld,with its
Numerous branches scattered over the coun
ry, its hired speakers and penslcned press
les. The canvass was a fearful one, ant
many doubted whether the popularity OF the
| Did chief would be found strong enough Il
sustain him against such influences, AM
carry hlm safely through But the peopl
gallanty came to the rescue, and triumph
lnty re elected him.
In 1896, by the election of Mr.. Val
Buren, who stood pledged against bank
lie people again declared that such an psil'
Iullon should not be chartered
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THE TARIFF.

Mr.. Evans a member Of the United
states Senate, from Maine, "a good Whlg'
has reported bill repeating the tariff on
rail road iron. This kind Of iron now pays
a duty of twenty dollars per ton. MI.
Evans is a high protective tariff man, and
thinks a high tariff is great benefit to in
iividuals. Now if high tariff is such
great benefit TO individuals, ia it not also a
benef! to rail road companesl Then how
comes il thai Mr.. Evans is in favor o. re
peaing the duty on rail road iron' Wlll
he or some other good Whig' please to tell
usl We think that tariff which protect
the people generally, would also protect
rail road companiesi and surely all should
be protected alike.
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LOOK OUT FOR FALSE COIN.

We learn that counterfeit, quarters Of
dollar are in circulation in The city, rese nh
ling the new coin, but il closely examined
will be found TO be deficient round the edge
and also The letters and figures not well
executed; and the sound, when thrown upon
ibe table, will be unlike the sharp ring OF
the silver. AS The counterfeit is likely to
Iecelve, without examination, we caution all
our readers TO examine closely.
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LICK II INTO HIM |!

We have come across most glaring
and palpabe instance of Clay's voting
against the reception Of petitions. While
The question of removal Of the deposles
from The United States Bank was agia,
ting the country, some citizens Of York,
& Pennsylvania, addressed a memorial
10 the u. S.Senate,approving of the re-
moving. When ii was presented, Clay
objected to its reception; and on the
Question whether it should be received,
Clay and twenty three Of the bank par
lsans voted TO ject The memorial, and
lweoly democrats voted to receive it. 49,
The memorial was rejected plumply and
directly, and Clay voted for it. So did
the God-llke Daniel Webster. In this
case, the power Of Congress TO act upon
the subject-matler of the petition wai
Iundisnuled In The case of The abolition
Ipetrions, The power of Congress is de-
lnied, and il is almost universally belPv'
ed that the Constitution forbids II to act.
SO that Henry Clay has gone much far
iher in the rejection Of petitions thar
he has been represented. 49, Bafttntor'
Sentinel.
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POLITICAL.
A NATIONAL BANK.

We warn our democratic breihern ihil
the great question which they are so sodn
10 settle by lhen voices aud their votes, l.
not whether Nr. Polk OF Mr.. Clay is u
be the Chief Magistrate of the Union fol
The next ensuing Presidential term, buI
whether the fundamental principles OF the
Republic afe 10 be subverled aud over
thrown, r.
II 10 well known that The election OF
revolution in the theory and practice ol
our uovernment-though it's forms re
mained unchanged as was that effected
by the men OF rs. 1t was so understood
by both Federalsls and Democrats Of that
day. The assumption Of state debts was
an device of Hamilton to lull the fears OF
the states-to cause them 10 sleep upon his
knees, until he had shorn them OF iheir
strength, aud bound them hand and foot to
the car OF Consolidation.
The same device, and for the same pur
pose, is apparent to oil in the present
Wing scheme of distributing the proceeds
Of the public lands anG the assumption Of
STATE debts. Let this scheme succeed, and
forever afterwards all ideas OF State
Rights become the rankest, political her
estes.
No, only are the principles of mpdern
Whggery and ancient Federalism precise
ly identical, but the very means Of car.
ryng them into operation are also indent
cal.
Ancient Federalism felt ihat 1t had no
permanent enduring power in the country
until it had created and installed an over
shadowing and corruping National Bank,
through whose influence 81 instrumentality
the slockjobbing and specializing interests
might be united after the true British model
in perpetual league, Offensive, with the
government. When the deepest and foulesl
conspiracy against The rights of the people
was consumaled, ancient Federalism belev-
ell, and not without reason, that tho the
administration might at times be nominally
in the hands ollhe people the real controlling
agency would be forever in their grasp. To
ancient Federalism a National Bank was
the citadel of political power. The modern
Whiggery so regards 1t, IS sufficiently
evidenced by the memorable declaration oi
Henry Clay, in the Senate Of the United
States, when it was minated that Gen
Jackson would veto the bill recharlering the
Bark.-'Let .Andretc JacksOn,' said he
ueto the Bank and the Bank WiW UetC
himr Thank Heaven, OLD ORLEANS do
veto the Bank, but vir,uous an infexibIf
Democracy forbade the Bank TO veto
lhlm
To fasten upon the country anothe
monster Bank-to reinsIate the Rag Bar
ons, and so firmly TO secure them IN ihel
enuenchments Of monopoly ,ha, no luiur
Jackson can ever. disclndged ihem, is III
grand object for which Henry Clay is t
be elevated to the Presidency. This eve:
lRepublican must be made TO know, an
must hold himself ready for the contest
lie must take the issue, and main issue, an
absorbing issue, not merely OF Bank OF n
Bank, but of such Bank-such a monsle
Iul partisan power, corruption and reveng
as Federalism, headed by Clay, woul
grant TO the cupidity and vengean,e
Of the Money Powel'-MOha1ck Coz
rier.
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ASSUMPTION OF STATE DEBTS. 1t wIII o'
observed that one of the Wing Senators q
Congress, from Michigan, has again 'S''
the ball in motion on the subject ol Ne az
sumption of State debts. Certain OF Ihe
Whg leaders have a strong desire to mako
the assumption of State debt an article IN
the Wing creed. But The mass are avorse
10 it. It is repugnanl 10 their sense ol r'gh'
and justice. 1t is sock'gambIIng move
men,; partly designed to help the United
States bank, which institution, ii will be
recoecled, owns some $20,000.0OO oil
these stocks, now held as collateral Sc
curily by its creditors in Europe Bridge
mort Farmer.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-06-22

srPAt meeting Oft "Luzerne Coun
~ Assoc ialon," held at Wilkes6arre, June
slh 1874; Ihe following resolutions were in
troduced by commllee appointed for the
purpose, and unanimously adopted
In the result of the deliberations Of the
Baltimore National Convention, the Re
publican party of the United States, have
reason to review the events Of the past with
feelings Of qualification, and TO look to the
prospects of the future with confidence and
we'll grounded hope. We hail the nomina
lions which our delegates have made, Of
candidates for the Offices Of President and
Vice President, as sue halbinger OF =
triumph TO the cause of popular principles
of human liberty and of equal rights, whIct
shall be as permanent as II will be sigma
and complete In our whole broad Union
TWO names could not have been selected
lembodying more Of personal and public
Integrity and worth, more pure and sell
Idenying patriotism or moro of sound inc
varied and vigorous talents, than the namts
| of James X. Polk and George NJ. Dallas
lThe Glsl is a son of the generous and higt
hearted soulh-a man upon whose goo'
name the breath Of Federal lasehood ha'
lell no stain--a man whose public careei
has beer marked by a steady, consistent
IuncompromisIng warfare with party lha
woud corrupt our republic into an dig
Icby g. would mould our system uC GoVern
nenl into an accordance with lhe theories
which that party have always held, an'
which itIeqnres but opportunity TO deye
tone and asserl-and a man by whom I'M
assaults OF federal abuse; vilupera,ion am
gindicuveness have been met
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--'spriukled our infant Liberties
With the baptism Of their blood

And the history Of his life has proved that
ne has never forgotten in his manhood the
principles which were then inculealed'
rbe enthusiasm and The unanimity exhibit
ed by the Baltimore Convention will be
responded to in thunder tones from every
him lop aud every valley throughout our
vide republic, and the spirit in which tho
nominslious were made and in which they
nave been received, viii secure the establish
monl upon a frmer basis than II has eve
vet attained Of THE GycD OLD CAUSE
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the rock meet the wave,
And dashes its fury in ain

The last Is citizen Of our own glorious old
keystone State, who holding place in the
IRON, rank Of the abIesi bar in the Union
has abandoned lucrative practice and a
prneely income whenever the interests OF
lis country has demanded the sacrifice,
.Heis democrat by birth, education and
association. His boyhood was passed
monp the soldiers and sages, who in our
revolutionary struggle
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INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.

Tho interest on the public debt, according
TO lhe repors of the Secretary of the Treas
.nv, is 81 ,O32 739 02;whlch is 50 $50 81
Der day, or ~ 90 a minute. lnstead Of
living be people "lwo dollars day and
roast beet" the Wings have already taxed
lhem 90 . inmate 10 pay interest alope.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-07-30
SOUTHPORT. WICONSIN TUESDAY, JULY 30 1914

being Intercepted as to what had become
OF the remainder Of his treasures, beside
that recovered on Gardner's Island, in re-
ply, Kidd, it is said, observed tina, what
ever else there was, went down in his ves-
sell" We understand that the authority
for the statement, Is found in an old num-
Der of the Gentlemen's Magazine, but have
not ourselves seen it.
We shall make our utmost efforts in the
attempt, and have ourselves the most conf
dent belief that we shall be successful in
making complete exposure of this inter
esting relic Of a former age, and we can
but also hope the same will be satisfactory
to ourselves and those who, through their
confidence in our skill and sxerlions, have
become interested with us. We would
only further remark, that we ourselves re-
gard it as due to the age in which we live,
in which so much interest is manifested in
antiquities, that the contents Of this vessel,
found after SO long period. should be dis
closed, even without regard to their proba-
BILE value.
New York, June 90. 1874.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-07-30
THE NEEDLE WOMEN OF LON
DON.

Frightful stories are told in some Of the
English papers, as 10 the miserable condi-
ton Of the females in Loldon, who earn
their living by neede-work. 1t is affirmed
that. in some instances, women work for a
farthing shirt. Cases are also quoted.
in which one shilling and sixpence only is
paid for dozen pairs Of stays, or three
half-psnce for each pair. I" so fully
aware" proceeds the account, "are these
slave drivers who employ the wfetched
beings who work at stay-making that they
cannot live honestly upon such wages,
that they do not entru.t them with the
bones that are inserted in them. This
work is chiefly done at Woolwich, Dept
ford and Portsmouth. AS, in the tailoring
trade a sweater gives security Cor the safe
return Of the materials sent from London.
and that sweater employs hands to whom
he must pay less wages than three half
pence for each pair OF stays, otherwise he
would have no profits. The bones are in.
serted in the warehouse here, as soon rs
the stays are returned The stock makers
are as badly paid. and their work is, il
possible. more severe, as the site hing must
be done in the neatest manner, ard with
the greatest precision. The makers of
gentlemens' stocks reside, for the mos,
part, in the vicinity Of Wood street,
They are paid not by the piece, bu, by the
week and to enlille themselves 10 be en-
gagged, they must work sixteen hours a
day, and for these sixteen hours hard daily
labor, they are only paid Is Cd. week.
A sweater also contracts for his work, and
employs hands who must labor during the
sixteen hours for reduced wages, in order
that the sweater may have some profits
The creatures who are engaged in those
two branches of fashionable and necessary
attire, are generally females Of tender
years, who have depending upon their ex-
ertions, perhaps, an aged, enfcebIed pa.
rem" This is indeed deplorabe.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-07-30
THREE MEN KILLED nv I,cursyvo

THREE MEN KILLED BY LIGHTNING
The Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Register says, we
arc called upon this week TO record one of
the most painful occurrences that it has been
our lot 10 notice for long time-the death
of three young men by lightning 1t hap
pcncd on Thursday evening last, on the farm
of Mr.. Martin Gates, on Spruce creek in this
county. The deceased persons, as we UNI
dcrstand, were mlking hay, when storm
came up, to avoid which they repaired TO
tree standing in the fed. They had not,
however, been long in this dangerous siiua-
ton until the tree was struck by lightning,
and themselves called to their final account.
One was son of Mr.. Martin Gates, named
Robert, we believe /; another was Mr.. Chas.
McMurtrie, clerk of Mr. Gates and the
other, Mr.. Jordan, forgeman or farmer.
The two last mentioned were killed almost
Instantly the son Of Mr.. Gates lived some
time. What an awful warning to US all.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-07-30

FEELING IN RHODE ISLAND AGAINST
DoRR's SaNTENcE.-Thc following extract
of letter, received by gentleman in this
city fiom friend in Providence, r. l., shows
how strong and deep is tho feeling of indig-
nation in that city against the sentence Of
Thomas Wilson Dorr:
You have, I suppose, heard of the SEN
tencc and Imprisonment of Governor Dorr.
the champion of liberty in this State, Rhode
Island y He has been sentenced for and dur
ing his natural life TO hard labor, and ten days
solitary Imprisonment. 1t has created a
great excitement in this State He says he
never shall ask for pardon, as he has done moth
ing wrong, but his friends here are making
bold speeches agains, the Rhode Island
Lords, and the indignation Of the Suffrage
men buns equal to the towering Vesuvius.
There are meetings here on the bridge every
night. and thousands congregate to see and
hear what can be done by way of lberating
him. He will either be pardoned by the
General Assembly Immediately, or the pris-
on will come down by force. 1t will be rath-
er a serious affair to attempt to liberate him
by force, but it is the opinion Of many that
it viii! be done. The military in this State
are all on duty every night. 1t is said that
Mr.. Ives wife has left him. She is a sister
Of Gov. norr, and cannot bear such Algerine
oppression The Bos,onians he'd large
meeting, few days since, TO express :heir
Indignation against the acts Of our General
Assembly,