Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-05-31
The ShaverS Shaved.

talk-that Mr.. Hamilton, the Cashier ct
the Akron Branch of the State Bank, has
run off, slid out, sloped, cut dirt, ramosed
carrying with him large amount Ct the
specie and other funds of the Bank. The
amount taken by him, we have heard stat
ed at various sums, from IS 900 to $l4, 600 !;
and the probability is that he has not 'slop-
ed' without making pretty good 'haui.'
We suppose the loss of few thousand dol
lars in this way, and few thu usand by
"Lake disasters,' and few thousand in
various other ways, by no means impalls
the safety and solvency Of the Bank: But 1t
is matter of surprise to us, that sust ain
ing these losses, they can make the business
of Banking profitable; yet we have it as
coming from the one of the officers of the
Branch Bank at this place, that admitting
that the Akron Branch had lost, by the fail
ure cf Lake and the lighting erdness Of the
runaway Cashier, the sum Of $4,000, still,
that would not eat up the proftsof the Bank
for the past year. Verify, for men who do
not labor, and who produce nothing, nor add
a single groat to the wealth Of the world,
that is heaping up the crooks" pretty fast.
Serenteen PER cent! upon their capital, for
loaning out their lamp black and rags and
eventually defrauding the holder out of the
full amount of the lying promises, is going
it pretty strong for Christian people, who
profess to believe that a man is entitled to
the earnings of his hands, and that he shall
earn "his bread by the sweat of his brow"
Whose sweat and whose labor has prcduc-.
ed this seventeen thousand dollars which
the lordly banker can appropriate to himself
and enjoy without even sciling his soft deli
cate hands, or staining his pure white gloves
by appl, ing them to labor? lis the pro-
duction of some one-somebody has earned
it-hands have been soiled and caloused,
brows have been wet, and deep ard timc-a-
biding furrows have been worn in ''the hu-
man face divine" backs have smarted be-
meath the rays of the scorching summer sun
and the human form has been pent low, to
add serentsen per cent. to the wealth OF the
world. The glittering prize has been won;
the earth has been beautifed and made to
ssbud and blossom as the rose," and who
have enjoyed the result of all this toll ard
care? The laborer? No. Incidence has
laid its light fingers upon the labore1's
fields aid purse, and snatched the prize
the.seresateem per cent. is taken away and
slid into the vaults of the money-shavers by
kid of hocus pocus trick, ard the repe-
tition of a few magical words, such as "home
currency, ''sas good as gold and silver"
"increase the price of produce" &C., &c.
The laborer sinks away to bis rest with
none but his family and kindred 'sto do him
reverence" while he who has pocketed the
seventeen per cent of his earnings,wlll have
proud monuments raised to his memory, and
a gold-worshipping world will sing his
praise, and bedew his grave with their tears'
Hamilton will be looked upon as very
great villain, because he has taken that
which he did not earn, while such men as
those engaged in the vast number OF BANK
.,,;ndles in this country, and the hundreds
of .the same sort'' who are following IN
IL the;r footsteps will be called honorable
"a raised to Offices of honor and distinction
n the country.