The North-Carolina standard., 1844-11-06
VOLUME XL-NUMBER 52s
.TERRIS-S3 3 PER ANNUNE,
PaYABLE IN .aDYATcE

cuted. The spirit Of extravagance and specnla-
tion, had not at the time speak OF reached this
! FL Dorado-this country of plainness Of wealth,
of honesty. The quid pro quo was given for my
valuable SELF / was thrown into a strong box to
hold communication withmy fellow coin. soon
learned my destination | was doomed to leave
my native State, and change the venue Of my
sphere of operations to the city of Penn, the great
commercial emporium of the North, to which the
worthy knight of the yard.stick, to whom / be-
longed, set out in advance Of his competitors III
trade, that he might be ableto command and satis
| fy the market. We soon reached the ciy Of tho
Quakers, where all was hustle, trade and fashion
Here began new era of my existence Elevat-
| ed above my previous microscopic view of the
world, I was now presented before the great pan
Drama of mantle troubled and heaving ocean
of humanity detailed account of nv pream-
buations at this time would be burthcnsome if
not impossible. From the vanhs of wholesale
| merchant, was thrown into the gurglng vortex
Of municipal traffic. Hurried on by the impetli.
Gus tide, was hurled into the never-ceasihg ma
elsroom of business. From hand 10 hand,
was borne onward with the rapidly of lightning.
My owners were innumerable. No one kept me
longer it seemed, than the mere item of time, for
the process of exchanging required Now the
tenant of the palace OF the rich man, and again
the welcome inmate Of the hovel Of abject poVer-
ity. / passed from street to street, until was
the city. gluered in the gilded palaces Of vice
and of crime My face was seen in the gaming
house, the Theatre, and the hot-beds Of drunken
ness and midnight revelry. Finally, fell into
the hand of a large Importing Merchant of For
eign Goods: and to this unexpected good fortune,
date my connection and acquaintance with the
Governmental affairs.
During my short stay with the Importing
Merchant, my relations with The Commercial
g.,
Banking Currency, Bills of Exchange PromiG.s
sorry Notes and Receipts of Depesit-base inven-
tons, TO represent my metallic importance, the
great medium of Exchange among all civilized
nations. / was soon introduced to a United States
Bank bill-a neat and we'll printed piece of pa
per, with beautifully engraved devices Its ap-
pearance plainly bespoke its character and origin
"A giEled silken Butterfly just emancipated from
its base born chrysaiis-a vile and loathsome rag.
The bill upon being presented to mc, exhibited all
the garrulity OF city coxcomb making loud
and pompous professions, giving gratuitous and
empty promises and arrogating to ITSELF superiori-
Ity of usefulness and consequence over my ntrin-
sic worth, which was referred 70, as weighty and
nconvenient of transportation. A plausible pre-
sumption of relationship existing between u.s.
from congruy of avocation and purpose-fllcd
me with anxious curiosity, to learn from its own
lips history Of its origin and lineage: that
might expose to the world, the iIlegiimacy of
this drccptous, aristocratc and arrogant pretcnd-
cr. The proposition 10 relate our several histo.
ries, was readily agreed to by my loquacions com
panien. | recapitulatrd The thrilling ncidcnts Of
my eventful and fruitful life; showing theunivrr.
salty of my ACKNOWLEDGED worth, and the equal
ty of the benefits and blessings that 1 bestowed
upon the industry of the laboring classes of socie-
ty. How sprung from the mother Garth, and
Acknowledged disciples than those Of honesty
toll and economy. | cannot do greater insticr
than to give verbatim ct leraiiln, the Auto. Bog4
raphica narrative Of the United States Bank bilf
asit was avowed to its correlativc audience al
was born," it began with an air of assumed con.
sequence, ''1 was born, of Aristocracy and wealth;
and was nurtnrrd in the arms Of pride ponp
and luxury. NV parents were capitalists of
potrician blood, who were dissatisfied with The
Agraran principles of EqualIv-of this Rep0b-
iican form of Government, SO firmly supportedby
the Democracy Of the land; and who regarded
the common people, as shewers of,wood an idraw-
ers of water. Combinations OF wealth and infIu-
ence were entered into, throughout the broad ex.
tent OF the country, that they might the more sue
cessfully petition the Congress-, to lay aside the
stiict letter fthe Constitution, and giving more
hhudinarian construction To its spirit invest me
with a corporate name. with chartered and ex-
elusive privileges. The success ofthcir efforts IS
apparent from my name and bearing am tho
great Commercial Regulator of the Union-lbe
buttress of the Governmental cdiice-the wealth
of4ny Stockholders; and the prime agitator of
Political Elections. BY my charactered powers,
are the secret springs of Government controlled.
BY my chartered powers, are all industrious pur>
suits laid under contribution and the wages Of Ia.
bor made subservent to wealth My friends, rel,
atves and come xlons, Iuxurate IN fofdly rnanors
and wearupoh their costly eqnpagcs, the afnori.k
al bearings oftheir privileged order Their rich
tables, groan beneath the sparkling wines and ex-
-pehsive laxurics of Foreign climps Thought
am the representative OF Gold and Silver by
Law, yet IS my value increased threefoId over the
useless metal BY my corporate privileges se.
cure to the unseen and unwieldy horde the cana
ctyto sustain nominal liability far above is re-
al worth: my powers enable it to ncur the weigh,
tr, responsibility of value thrice lis own. The
Gold and Silver, are locked securely up In the
dark vaults of my mother Bank while roam
through the land, controlling the value Of every
species of properly. In seasons of prosperity
am seen every whore like leaves 10 the forest.
augmentIng the price Of commodities, shedding 4
gieam Of hope throughtb heart Of the producer;
then on a sudden, as a revulsion follome-bIicht.
ing the hopes, prospects and happiness Of ALL who