Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-04-02
Banks and Democracy,

One our exchange papers quotes the following as language
employed by the Mssissppian in relation to Banking
els it really the case that grave argument is
demanded to arouse the people of this State, and
particularly its honest and stern democracy, to the
dangers and vices of Banking 90
We have no intention of answering sera the above ques
on for the reason that we intend into
y in relation point in which the preudices of party
invoked in opposition the commercial interests and pros
pey of People We have endeavored to study the nte
ests Of our People in editorial course believing that
eevang party principles, and liking them all
the firmly with the Masses convinced hem that
the object Democracy embrace within its circle the
largest amount of Good the Largest Numbers. may be-
that in this have failed appreciate position and
that have aimed blow the contracted views OF
ohers-as we supposed-we have laid open
to by party because orsooth we stood with the
outsreched peculiar hobby dear to party
or the preudices Of party leaders Our mission wider than
mere party success We stand one among the Toiing
Million Our bread is earned by Labor and p employ
the Labor intend that should beundstood in It's
generic sense When say then, that wider
than party success that labor to yaDsehe in
teress the People and that when attack as we often
do what we conceive be the folly ofpary leaders, it is with
the view OF REFRESHING false doctrines and preventing the prn
cpes of evil from being engraed upon the True Democratic
Creed.
Our idea of Democracy expansive 1t embraces the arg
est liberty compatible with the rights OF ALL and looks to the
establishment OF dcta, that snail operate 10 the
of free, unrammeled commerce between individuals OF
States So constituting American Democracy; looking calmly
at commercial activity and advancement OF
er States in their shipping mechanical and manuactae
rss we are driven to ask ourselves why that Misss
np with her wonderful internal her rich lands e
fine milling and manufacturing privileges her fields OF coal
and beds of iron ore made the Tributary States possessing
not one 1.-THE of her natural capacity We know that very
man who thinks has his theory upon this subject
attribute it to one some another, but the inelgen
mashose who look things they and who are no
bond IN in party projects ascbe want OF activity to TN
S true causes. 1900 = .
We are not to 90 back to the disastrous years OF 1852
show that the evils which lie upon the energies oil t
State like an incubus had their existence tnen Ahose years
and the three later ones contributed their sums 70 SVEN w ae
cumuatng evils but the man who relles Tor ms oa uPo
those wears to uroye that they were parents OF the dres
which swept like epidemic the State will eVnce IN
sagacy only of the partisan demagogue Those eVis oa'
back to the hour which Mississippi loaned her credit to ereS
Banking establishment
We shall not weary ourselves in tracing the progress
events nor tire our readers by presenting them with hstor
the causes which slowly but surely wrought the disasters
: which we have referred.
We know that it is usual for the partisan demagogue to
fer those disasters to the Banking System That masmuc
as hanks were the apparent they are told the Sol
r And without going farther the partisan editor Wou
draw from the results that sprung from reckless blindness an
ndvidna per6dy the grave argument with winch % aIou
the and stern democracy to the dangers ana wees
RANKING Indeed and FoFsooh The preachers OF the ua'
L and vices Of Banking are yet learn sad lesson IN VI
III state and that stern democracy for which they pretend
speak are now feeling their way through cloud OF Duiau
and sadness 70 view Of the means employed BY the desg
ing 70 continue them in vaesalaset 70 the sl'