Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-05-03

can be understood by,rany Eone wiio5swi
take The pains 10 look Tor themselves.
It's said by the advocates of'the Bank
that such explanation would be faialsio
the interest of it; that the patronage
would cease when The Indebtedness ofthose
who dealt with il was made public. Is
This justice TO The Stock holders (THE PEo-
PLE) and character Of the State? Where
is there Bank whose Stock khullers dnes
moi meet once in thirty years G!)to mves,
ligale books and scruIinize the acis OF the
officers! 1t is, also said that if the trans>
actions Of lhe Bank are TO be made public,
90 p,rson would discount, nor offer his pa
per for discount. at the Bauk consequeui7
ly. the doors might as VOL be closed.
Granted. No man, or sci Of men, are
bound TO patr 'nizo This Ban:.; or, az a
Buuromb member once said, there is mo
complete about the matter. Lay the
law down lha, every transactinn was To
he known to those who desired il made
public; then it they choose 10 present
their paper. well and COOL. if mol, then the
Bank officers could be dispensed with.-
Are not the rights of the people in very
precarious situation, while they are thus
banking in tho dark And more especial
Iy whom. as shewn Ivy "AnliDebi," the
officers Themselves are largely indebted 10
the Bank And alsn when the greater
portion of its customers are broken dowu
arisIocracy, bosrered up by false pretences,
whose very existence depends upon the
Bank q?
"Anti-Debl" makes mnnv serious char
ges, which, if they are well authenticated,
and have every reason To believe can
be, will c,use the sovereign people 10 rise
in their majesty aud crush This mighty
monsler. whose breath is more To be
dreaded than that of the Upas tree, and
whose influence will contaminaie and
blight every prospect o' repuhlicauisln
and liberty. The complex stale into
which the monetary affairs and interest
Of our Stale have got will require nearly
an age to exrricate itself.
The Rail Road interest has been the
means Of sldIline All onerons debt upon
the State, WHICH fear will never he paiG
until The people are taxed for the payment.
The capital oflhe Bank iii there be any,
has been expended with. free hand upon
railroad projects; and were the STATE
Stock now to be- sold, it woald not hiring
thirty cents 10 the dollar, besides losing
The interest; ami moi only this, bu, it has
laid open The door t. extravaganza and
corruption among our public servants
"UJi mel, iii apes" To remedy these
evils, which have so long exislei, is what
has prompted tho upper OF backwools
country TO make this ies'ion at the polls.
Action is the watcllword, aud there is no
time to be lnst--we mus, be up and doing.
After what has been said by AM
Debt" it's utterly useless 10 enter into a
detail of the merits and dement's relative
to this question:; indeed, | feel incompe-
tent, aud consequently must leave il to
abler pens. ~
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor. beg you Il,
ask 'ypur correspondent s"Anfi-D d sbts'spers
mission 10 publish five thousand more ex.
ira copies Of his "series Of essays" for
sratuilous distributions; aud ask you what
will be The cost lhereof& We up here be.
lieve that a Free circulation of these essays
will be doing "lhe Stale some lserviee.'';7T
=, T YGER.