The southerner., 1856-12-13

SeS. ue 4idCI 'Hat tNcy auScibCu SuCu
sections in-the Federal AMI State Con-
stitutions as shall hereafter enumeratc,
in proof that it was their intention that
they should be sacrcdly supported and
defended, as every member Of Congress
and the General Assembly of North
Carolina is sworn to do; by which
means they iatended to protect you and
future generations from the grasp of
avariee and insatiate covetousness.
The writer of this address intends to
arouse you if possible to a sense of yoer
danger, and though he may stand soil.
tary and alone, he will exhort you to
use all honorable means in your power
to resist the encroachments of ii bank
paper arlstocracy, in their efforts to
perpetuate small note currency, aud
continue the levy of an indirect tax so
as to pocket The product Of your labor.
La the present day of degeneracy,
money or its equivalent in property
seems to be the god of this world, and
mankind are as intent in the pursuit of
it, as ifthey expected to stay here for
ever; OF if they should die, that they
would carry their money and property
with them to another world. But they
may rest assured, there is no such
trash in that place of final happiness or
misery; Il many there are VIII, swindle
and detraud their neighbors, and think
they have done something smart III cr-
der to accumulate tue wealth of this
world, without reAectIny that there Is Il
God, and that he Is just as well as mer-
clful, and will visit their mi ustlce on
their own heads and often on theirpos-
terty after them. Itlnust De apparent
TO casual observer, that there Is every
species OF fraud and swIni!ing ia the
present day that can possibly be lnvcn-
ted, and ofteu under cloak Of the CHRIS
tian religion. TAe Federal anu State
Constitutions Were intended to protect
you against all such persons, whether
IN high of low stations; and trul y it has
been sald by Al Inspired writer, thlt
the heart Of man Is dcccltful aud dcS-
pcraieiy wicked above al ti!ing-, who
can know it-lnd again, toe l,u;nan
heart is earthly, sensual anl devilisn-
and again, the heJrtS of the sons of
men are fully Set in them to do evil.
La view of these facts, the trainers OF
the Constitutions protected man Iylinot
the encroachmcnts of MS fellows.
The writer of this address is now al-
vanced in years, and it is OF little CON
sequence to him personally what
course the General Assembly may pur-
sue in reference to banks: bat he is con
tending for the rights of the present
and future generations, who are 10 feel
their bhghuns effects on tneir labor,
and it must be manifest to every maa
of observation and reflection, that the
present banking system has Il DIR, Ct
tendency to make the rich richer, and
the poor poorer; which | shall Show IN
the course of this address AS these
are the days in which strange things
take place, you will not therefore be
surprised when an humble individual
calls IN question th2 acts and opinions
ct great and learned men, whose opini-
ons are too often influenced by their III
tereSt; aud from bis observation of that
class of men, he has been convinced that
Wi many Of them sound practical seu5o
is scarce commodity. But be would
not at the same time, withhold from
men OF learning and Intelligence the
respect due them. La regard t. men of
learning who are the persons that have
embraced the ridiculous isms and alb
surdltles that characterize the present
day, it is the literati, the learned men,
the wlseacres; not the hard-isted farm .
ers and mechanics This is to prove to
you that you should net suffer your
selves to be led by learned men, but ex-
erclse your own jud gmen IS 4 investigate
their motives; for there are many men
who have little or no learning, who arc
men Of sound practical sense, and would
compare faSorably with men of learn.
ing. But tic writer is not opposed to
education, far from it---he would urge
the Importance of it. To prove to you
this position, it is only necessary to cite
you t. many men ofyour acquaintance:
whose mental cudewmcnts are such, if
properly cultivated, would far excel
many of the learned p:eteudcrs of the
present day, and would occupy the
front rank Of this fact We have nu-
merous evidences.
We will NOW return to the banking
system, and all past experience will
nrOve that q small han}, noto ou,,a,.,,