Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-30


Iaihess To our duty il we did not protest
and beseech to the eni-trusling To thu,
Providence. which hns tn inr 50 kindly
watched over this favored country, TO u.
vert the consunma,ion Of an act so full
OF danger. present aud pro. prctivS.
We have no, the heart ut present to 10
any Further inio the o PARTICULARS uf last
weeks doIngs; the most important of
which was the passage hy the S,.na,e of n
ball To cstabli,h the Smithsonian institute,
the perfection Of which INFO a law will
oe u credit to the present c. ngress.
From the Ohio STATE Journal.
rue BANK BILL
The dehnte was continued in the Sen,
ate, on SatL rday, in tho same v.xGtious
spiri; wish former days, until six O'Clock
IN the evening when the oil was o, der
To be lali on The table for the purpose
oil being printed. with the amendments.
II WI probably be returned this cvens
ing. VIXEN VIZ have a promise Of re-
newai oi the debate on more enlarged
scale.
we were struck, on Saturday, with
the iaclii.y win which the o. position
sus tanning present move lor parry ef
iect. Mr Barley. IN one Of his sym.
pathetic outbreaks when Banks are men
TONED. enlere into long argument L.
shnw how much we were unGc, In.
influence Of eastern capitalists, and VIVA,
bad effects w"ud flow from any con,
nsclion with them III the man ,grmeni o.
our finances. We at the Wes,-said h,
by the provisions OF the hill undo,
consideration. would be rendered dcpen
dent OH the Atlantic cities for the cred,,
"l our currcncy-the Atlantic cities wer.
dependent or Enganj-anj that drpen
dence. through this chain, running bach
through The Atlantic Giles, rendered IN,
est dependent on The aic,uations o
the English money -msfkei! rGranrinp
The Senator his positions. the argumen
seemed Clear: The lali was behind III.
head AMI by Il law Of trade, as wei
defined down hill, it was made apparen
that the absence OF capital am"ng our
selves mad US dependant on those VIII.
had capital!
This wa not oil. the Senator pro
ceeded. In taking on. Bank siock. III,
eastern capitalist sends no money into
The country. lie furnishes only ered.i
On this credit, the Banker gave credit a.
The Merchant, who pure hased goods; and
IN turn. the Merchant sold The goods ON
credit 10 the people. All the peop'e yot
IN the west was goods-foreign goods, on
which was based The credit vi lI,c coun-
try; the whole Operation serving 10 rem.
der US depennen l., la The end. on The worK Il.
shops OF England And { US, be con
tinued. was taken the produces Of the
;ountry--ihe hard earnings ofihe far
mer-'o pay for Injuries, the profits on
which went 10 pamcer the appetltes of
foreign nobobs! The great West was
to be mnde dependent on the Atlantic
cities they again were dependent on
the foreign caplta!isi; and thus were the
peol lie 10 b, held in bondage by means
of credits based on c,edls, under the
spacious guise OF deposits in eastern
cities!
Here, again, ;he case was satisfacIori
W made out but unfortunately for the
senator from R,chland, MIR Perkins, oi
Lake, demolished the cob-house by the
application ola Iirle Wing TARIFF doc
trine by the operation OF winch he
showed how easy il was 10 CT rid Of the
necessity Of purchasing foreign luxurIes,
by manufacturing them Tor ourselves.
This disposed o:,-the operation might
be continue !, un:ii the West was Dde..
pendent Of The East. And when thar
should be the case, and the balance o
trade was turned, by the weight Of pop
ula,nn and wealth, the current would
flow this way, and the East would de-
poslt their cash al the West. and we
should then give the Gro iii so much GOV.
erred. and 20 much feared. Bat, To Begin
with. IL seemed clear that we must have
"A currency of our own. ms cheap and
ronven cnt as our neighbours, or we
should be working to Disadvantage
The Senator from Richland seemed a 1
unconscious. until thus reminded OF u
that he had been making n COOL tariff
speech applied 10 the wrong end OF hts
a gumenl, 10 his great anxiety to show
how dependent we were on the credit
md capital OF others, whether applied To
Binking or Manufacturing. The auli
ence evidently understood the aruumenI
and It's application, if the Senator from
Richland did no..
or Some very novel md Interesting
IDEAS are occasionally presented by Wi. |
lis. Speaking Of editors and writer's who
grow c,llous to the attacks Of the envious
"r malignant, and never heed ihsm, be
@sVs: Hero and there, to be- sure,
ian ~ born. ike mo--wiih brains e.
Dough, but more liver than brains--npi I
'uch men sell thoughts as they would
potatoes, and don't break their hearts ir /
customers find sppcks in them"
WHAT 4 TT ,UGHIT
Punch says to the ladIes, my denr
N'ls' cultivate your nerves, you can't