The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-07-27
UNITED STATES BANK.

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G"As the election approaches, il be.
comes more and more apparan, tina, the
whig party have raised the cry of tariff, Ia.
riff, more for the purpose OF covering up
their darling scheme Of Bank, than any
love they have for, the tariff which Clay
now advocates. While they are publicly
lendeayoring to keep the bank IN the back
ground as apparently secondary object, or
no object a. all, they privately claim that
the election of Henry Clay will be an ex
preston of the voice of the people in lis fa
vor. This we shonld call deception OF the
worst kind. Ii is cheating the people into
the support of an institution which, if ,bey
were called upon TO give direct expires
sion, they would condemn with a uemen
dous vote. But will the people be thus de
ceived into its support We think not
To such, however, as are inclined 10 cast
their vote for Henry Clay, aAd thus sane
ton Bank we would advise them 10 pom.
der well upon the facts sci forth in the fol
lowing extract from the New England De.
mocrat, in relation TO the conduct Of the old
U. S. Bank and then ask themselves il they
are desirons of giving thirty years existence
10 another SO corup' aud corrupling an in
silulion.
Have the peopte of the United States
forgotten The history of the frauds aud
corruplions of the BddIe Bank. Have
they forgotten The woe and misery i, spread
over the whole land : Have they forgotten
that lis funds were squandeIed in making
war upon the Government TO compel re-.
newal OF lis charter Have they forgotten
tina, it bough, over the New York Courier
and Enquirer, with its editor, James Wat.
son Webb, with a loan of S52, 900, for
which utterly worthless security (if we may
be allowed the phrase) was taken, one cent
OF which has not 10 this hour been paid !
Have they forgotten that immense loans
were made to Daniel Webster and William
| X. Bond, of Ohio, also a member Of Con.
gress, which have never TO this day been
paid Have they forgotten that during the
luiSN ON iuODtus VI lCOt' lDt Odlh pdIU
Gales and Seaton, the publishers o. the
National In,elligencer, OVER SIXTEEN
| THOUSAND DOLLARS out of lis vault.
the money of lis stockholders, for printing
The speeches of members of Congress in
favor of lis Ie.charler, which it scattered
broadcast through The land, TO seduce and
errify the people by the falsehoods, the
threats aud prophecies of RUIN with which
they a5ounded ! Have they forgotten all
this
Have they forgotten, in the language of
a contemporary that the pious excellent
FreiinghuySen, was one OF those used by
the bank to cover its frauds and help it in
i.s war upon The government :, Have they
forgotten that during the five years it was
contending for lis re charter, The Biddle
/ Bank made loans 10 two hundred and fifty.
five Members of Congress, amounting to
H- p 81 5,76l--over six thousand dollars
TO each All these facts are matters of re
cord. Have the people forgotten this fear
iul history of wickedness and oorrurlion!-
Are they ready TO create another institution
Hike this ? TO have another BiddIe 10
reign over them Were NE exchanges ev-
ei more favorable than now Has the
country ever ptospered more than it has
since this monster was destroyed ! Where
Iis the need-.what is The use of another
bank As they value their Liberties, their
happiness, their rights, their public morals
and private prosperity, let them awake TO
The magnitude Of this queslion-,bis issue
which Mr.. Clay has made between himself
and his party on the one hand, and the de
mocracy Of the Union on the olher-ihat is
sue is Bank or no Bank. Friends of A
merican freedom, of republican government
-on which side will you be found' i'll
you go for Bank or for the country-for
man or for mammon? Answer at the polls.
szssz.ssEv1zz-.zz.n
alarming RepOrt,-A report reach.
ed Charleston from 81. Domingo, by the
way of Key West, of the blacks taking
possession of the island, and numbering
every white person except the English
and American consuls.
| WH.-The London papers are ma
king themselves merry with the oysters
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