Demoine courier., 1855-11-15


THE NEBRASKA BANK,
Gotten up and owned exclusively BY
the Leading Bank. hating tj Locofocos
Of Iowa, is certainly , Of the richest
illustrations of "Democraiic" consisten-
cy tina, we have ever met with. For
years past, il, has been tho peculiar pro.
vince Of the L.oeofoco papers and stump
orators in this Stste to BLACKBOARD and
aouse the Wings for wishing 10 establish
a safe and sound system Of Banking,
whereby Inc people nigh, be protected
from losses by Shinplas.ern concerns oil
The Democratic States Of Georgia. Mich.
;gan, and Indiana; and the opposition Of
tho Locoioeo leaders to the ~amendmen.
of DOR State Constitution for that pur-
pose. reemed scarcely 10 have any
bounds. Silk stocking gentry. and
Bank aris.ocracy, as The Wings wee
termed, were the greatest enemies to the
public welfare, in their view, tl.nt could
possibly exist. kaai e - e19b 81
But. presto! hew soon the scene chan
gcs! Seine OF the Locofoco leaders,
who, to the best Of our recollection, a
few years since were but tools I o do the
dirty work Of The party, but who by .
lueky Turn Of The whee' OF fortune have
now ansssed considerable wealth, have
concluded that banking Is mot SO bad at
ter ALL" and have actually started s"rag
mill'' at Omaha City, called the . West
srn Exchange, Fire and Marine lnsu-
rance Company" and are nov flooding
Iowa with their .Ceriicatcs," which
they design, to circulate as money! The
capital stock is ESQ 900, forty per cen,
of which, the Company represen. has
bean paid in, and on the faith OF this de-
post We n III wsrran, that not less than
ten collars Tor one will he issued for cir
culation! What Q striking comment
this affords, u on Locofoco Bank-ha,ing
principles. Il proves conelosively tina.
opposition TO Banks was a righteous
democratic principle with I.ocofoco pa.
hobs. like Hem, Williams and Benton,
81 i'd omne genus, for j. foisted them in
TO ofice.-over the heads Of those that
we're more worthy Of the peoples sup.
p~ori--aud that a. soon 40 means were
pie esd At their command they are ready
10 engage in one o. the rotteness 8 systems
Of bank speculation erer gotten UP.
And Demosrnsic papers. TOO, in Iowa.
wink ataM Ever the Iowa Sentinel.
although i, declares its hostility 10 Bark
log, gives The Omaha Bank . t,cit en-
dorsement by saying ..shis institution is
sound. having some of tbs wsal'hiess
men in Iowa. who are, said TO be indi-
v,duslly liable foraheir ra.io Of stock, 10
hsck II "THs 80 80 9. rsDre ii ,sfalog
For Owl. par! We care moi how wealthy
they are. we don't want aaS Of their
'~.cer,i6ca.es." and advise aths public 10
be ware Of them. If We mus. have bank
paper. lei il DO Of . kind that we know
tia. j. is reliable. W. can and thould
have Banks a home, whs.e We u con.
troll them by proper Legislative taotion,
and give no c~ounsehsnee 70 these Shin
plaster concerns. So Ear, we have seen
bu. one open aud manful rebuks admin
issersd, byna,D emoora.ic paper. 10 the
o~riginasors Of ahis Locofoco Wild Cat
pank. and tina, comes from The Dubuque
Express and Herald. VIZ cosy II for
the b~eneGsrof The ppRlic;a
.ai 4 lss Nebraska BankiRg.aomsssf
We have been 90 PRESSED cwit. oen-
qsRemen,s ofovarious kinds ihat'ws haSe
not had time 10 notice the Bank Circus
lar which has been nd veriised in our
columns for several days past. .i1uo3 !
We can now barely alluds soi..sbas
Will our readers ex tssnaiip /, caafefuiiy
and closely. The Bank called the
"Western Exchange, Fire and Marine
Insurance Company'"-for AZ The gessers
up head their advertisement Bank CIR
eular-we suppose we do right 10 style
IL 4 bank-is situated At Omaha City
Nebraska Terriiery, and Is owned by
Hon. George Green. late Supreme
Juuge Of the State Of Iowa, Hon. Thos.
II. Benton IL, ia,e Superintendent, Of
Public instruction Of the State of Iowa.
Hon. Bernhart HEM, Member Of Con-
nress from the State ofIowa, Hon. Jesse
Williams. la,e Commiasioner Of the Dss
Moines River Improvement, James s.
Jszar6i, late editor Of . Democratic paper
IN lava. and others, - ~ oaF go
The :ndisi6uals whom We have par.
,iculsrized have heretofore been profess
ed democraly-may claim them to be
rood democrats. now--haye held Ire cit
.a,iors 70 have named by selections Of
the democratic .par.y--They have the
ard claim 10 be the leaders
An.era liz naytv nj IOwa.U srhnt