Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-02-12

Shall they be applied and have suprems
cy in the contest now going forward be-
tween the. new State Bank--the MONEY
PowER--and The people OF the state?-
Will any democrat stuliify himself. com.
promise his principles. sell out his de-
mocracy. and accept bribe either direct
ly or indirectly offered. and 60 over to
the enemy and sanction system which
has been repudisted by the solemn teach
ing and constant practice of the demo-
cratic party. That some who profess to
be democrats will be seduced by the hope
Of gain. to abandon the cause they pro-
fess. we do not doubt: ut..,hat the mass
es Of true hearted democrats as we'll us
men of all parties who are opposed to
partial legislation, corporate privileges.
and illegal and unconstitutional au,hori-
Iy. will stand out in.opposition, We most
firmly believe.
We do not wish, in this place. 10 dis
cuss the general question of monopolies
or the views Of the democratic party On
the subject OF Banks. We must say.
however. that We look upon the present
silent. secret, and thorough organization
of CORPORATIONS against the PEOPLE, as a
most dangerous crisis in our history, =
We look upon it as the most abject aud
degrading, as we'll as the most appalling
form of corruption. The creation of
corporation Tor the sole purpose OF con
centrating wealth in the hands of few.
making league among tho non -produ
GERS. is one OF the most alarming signs
of the times. Ii is both a crime and a
nuisance. In the minds Of thoughtful
men, the question is narrowing down to
the point, whether corporations shall
rule or the people; it is the question OF
salvation or ruin; and they who falter or
turn back at this perilous crisis, should be
branded as traitors in all coming time
the mildew uf shame and disgrace should
settle upon their memory forever.
The inevitable tendency Of Bank insti-
tutions is 10 create privileged order in
society who do nothing, and who give
nothing in return for the wealth they re-
ceiye. Ii men should obtain houses,
lands. luxuries, without giving any equiv
aient (unless they obtained them BY gifr)
there would he swindling where
And wha, else do unconstitutional, soul.
less corporations called banks? By their
chartered privileges they are enabled to
! print a quire of paper dollars, which
would buy half a county, with less labor
than it would require to raise bushel OF
corn. taxing the people millions cf dol.
lars every year. They give you little
strip Of brown paper, with picture and
promise TO pay printed upon it, for your
labor and your properly, aud you imagine
it to be fair trapsaction-you take q
PROMISE TO PAY and call ii VALUE RE-
cErvED; and yet there are crowds of inter.
ested and Ignorant persons. who are en-.
deavoring TO persuade the people that the
Banks are the foundation Of our pros per
ity; that we could not do without them;
that our grain would rot in the grana-
ries. and nothing would find a marke,
without them. This is all CANNON. and
intended to humbug and deceive. II
there was demand for the produce ol
the country in China. and there was nc
money to buy it on speculation at any in.
;ermediase point. it would find its way
here from that remote region. 1t would
do this in obedience 10 law of trade
and principle Of political economy
perfectly well known to every we'll in
formed business msn 10 the commu3iiv
Itis nonsense that we are dependent on
the money Of the local banks to buy the
produce OF the country. A few bank pet:
falren on the favori!eism of these instilu
tions, while the masses grow proportion.
ately poorer. and the laborer snd farmer
are turned away from their doors or re.
fused accommodation because he canno.
sive city secdldy Off, ,cnRrA1s CLASS.
| If labor produces all the wealth in the
community. how does i, happen that its
creators generally are the poor--ths
/ wretched, the destitute? Why is it that
the laboring men--ihe wealth creator aud
the poor, ore synonomous terms? Why
do we hear Of the distress Of the laborer
--ihe poverty Of the creator OF richest
WHY is that the sons Of industry toll on
from year to pear for bare subsistence,
and the nabob. who never toiled au hour
in'his life. is clothed in purple and fares
sumptously every day? We answer. be.
cause the people. permit legislation for
The benefitof capital, and against labor;
the granting Of scores Of corporations Of
every character Monopolies. exclusive
privileges. are the cause Of nineteen .tw en-
tieihs Of oil the poverty and misery In
the county,. Itisa part of the mission