Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-03-01

| ed some what after the style OF that lnde-
| pendence. has it is said not only been
widel, circulated among the people. but
| presented to the Legislature
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
To the Governer Of Indiana. the Mem
bsrs Of the Legislature, and the C;ts-
gems generally lrho irill sanction al
| immediate repeal Of the Free Banking
Lnw of Indiana IS dedicated the fol-
loicing .
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
When in the course Of human events
! it becomes necessary for our people to
dissolve the bands which bind them TO
the present free banking system. and to
restore good and sound currency. which
the avs of the trade and all honest peo-
| pie demand,a decent respect for the oPin-
ions of mankind, and also Of those mis-
cradle wretches who were the trainers
and propagators or this rotten free bank
system, require that we should declare
the causes which inpel US TO the sepaEa-
| ton
We hold these truths TO be self-evi-
/ dent: That all men are born free, but
not free bankers; that all wealthy men
are not endowed by their Creator with
banking privileges that no Legislature
has the right OF building up the rich and
crushing the poor, nor have they the
right of instituting banking laws which
make every gambler, rumselle', or swim
dler bankers. That whenever any form
of banking becomes odious ard destruct-
i've of the ends for which il was institu-
thed. i; is the right OF the people TO al
ter or abolish it. Prudence. indeed.
will dicta ,e that banks of long standing
sho uld only be changed for good causes !;
and. accordingly. all experience hath
shown that laborers and honest business
men suffer while bad money floods the
country. The history Of the present free
/ banking privileges is a history of repeated
and usurpations, all having direct OBJ
ject to swindle the people. let facts be
submitted 10 candid people.
These free bankers have obtained their
bread, no, "by the sweat Of the brow"
as high heaven demands. but through the
sanction of rotten law.
By issuing notes. or bills of credit,
without ever intending to redeem them
| in the end.
BY shaving their own notes. which the
meanest and lowest vagabond that lreads
this bank ridden State would blush TO do
! in the presence Of all honest man.
They have established their banks for
self.interest alone.
They have withdrawn the gold and sill
yer from circulation and refuse TO pay it
out on the rede ption of their miserable
trash
They obtain specie with their wild
cat currency, and use il as specializing
medium only, which no law should ever
give bank the privilege of so doing.
They report fellow bank good. so
long as it suits their purpose; and refuse
TO take il on deposit after it gets out OF
their hands-reporting it good or bad, as
the case may suit; to prove either asser-
ton they keep two kinds of reporters.
They procure the different grades OF
State stock at great discount for ready
means, make deposit OF their smallest
required amount-S50. 000--issue their
bills. shove them off, before tbey get cold.
to the Eastern market in search of more
stock make another deposit and increase
their circulation and so on until they
throw into circulation Sl5. 900. on cash
capital of, perhaps. not more than $40,
000-Ia beautiful speculation, to the
have this tax TO pay. by the depreciation
of the stuff Thus doubly armed they
float along until they get twice the a
mount Of their cash outlay in gold and
. silver, then turn their iron heel upor
their bill-holders. laugh at the State
show their jack and defy trump tina
can touch it..
They have created multitudes Of neu
, officers whose insolence is intolerabl
They have almost ruined our trade
destroying confidence. aad played th,
I devil generally.
They have been the means OF breakin,
S more and better men, than they hav'
| made, or ever will.
$ In anticipation of these expressions
. we, the people Of Indiana, in the firu
| reliance in the present Legislature. de
: mand a repeal of the FREE banking law
regardless Of consequences.
, With the sole view Of lettering our
! selves by doing without money, we mos
: solemnly appeal to Joseph, and heseecl
Q him TO appeal to the present Legislature
I and to tell them. that ''sink or swim
survive or perish ladiana shall no lon
D ger disgrace her statutes with this phre
. banking law
s And for the support of this declaration
! we, the citizens Of Indiana. in multitudei
n assembled on the streets and highways
: pledge eternal gratitude TO those VIII
a may be the means of wiping this stigm
n and blot from our State. and thereby re
| establish her former purity and enviabl
{ character.
= INDIANA EN- MASSE.
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