Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1857-11-27
HAMMER AND TONES ON THE
CRISIS.

we are having Just now. From every part OF
the country comes the cry Of fsss, fury aud iz-
zle-a great deal of fuss, considerable fury,
and tremendous f7zle. New things turn up,
aud old things turn down, and that mighty
fast, too. Various are the causes assigned for
the exci;emeui that now prevails; some fuks
say It's 'prnic,' others call it a 'crslS,'
pressure IN The money MARKET 'i5htness,'
&c., but ali unite iii calling ii "a grand crash
that has been produced. Web, as for my
part, can see nothing very grand about it,
except it be in dodgng under set of shayers
and gougers, commonly called bankers, to-
gether with lot of robbers who have been una
king desperate efforts towards speculation in
sugar and produce generally. The numerous
gyratlons these gentlemen are now performing,
reminds me Of the time when |, Hammer and
Tongs, was boy, and used to wonder to hear
the big brunies, sing their dolefuI songs and
tieD, when tired of their musi,, TO throw a
stone at the log on which a row of ;hem were
seated, to see how quick they could jump and
say 'ker chug as they went under. Now 1t is
evident that some one has thrown Il stone a.
mong these croakers, aud it has produced
most wonderful comnJti0u, not only among
the stock iobbers aud produce Spectators, bat
extending far and wide, it has seized upon even
the ssubstaniial,' chartered banks that have
heretofore been declaring big dividends,' the
result of .ju1ielous management such as refu-
sing discount to merchants aad manufacturers.
bu, branching cut in western land specuations,
railroad bonds, aad favoring speculations in
Hfe's ascfSSities- robbers of the poor. These.
too, have taken to the water, and rs the big
gest of the basch-the New Yorkers- have
sung out 'ker chug.' J don't think il will be
many days before he last one viii show its
heels A few of them may hide in the grass
and come forth when danger is over, but tic
majority will most likely find the bottom, never
to rise again.
About the most pleasing part of this grand
fizzle' is the fact Of the noise being knocked
out of that windy railroad corporation in the
great and magnificent west the longest rails
road in America '-sthe richest corporation in
the woyld-the Illinois Central A company
in which The whole State Of Illinois has all the
way t1co directors, who play the Jerry my-did-
der to the President, and four other Directors,
who belong to gamblers lane in New York !,
these in turn dance to the music of sir Others
Huing in EUROPE. Thus, we see, that 'the
richest corporation in tie world has six direc=
lors in Europe, and seven in America. Well
it's consolihg TO know that we on this side of
the Atlantic, have majority of at least one,
and that Uncle Sam didn't give all that whole
skingdom Of land to the bankers Of London.
| Amsterdam and Paris, and that, notwithstand-
ing the grand hzzle out, they can't take it a.
cross the water. Amt our Uncle Sam elor-
Gus cid chap, a maguaniinous Uncle Sam to
give John Bull and the Dutch land enough TO
build new kingdom, if they only had it on
'the other sidea'
But what's become of the moReyl' cries the
merchants, snkers and business men general
Is, who live in 1926, 900 houses and spend the
Season reguiari V at some watering place =
What's become o. the moneya' cries the rail-
road swiuder, who .Nribod a member of Gem
gress to vote nsittioq Or of the public do
main, aud thus make In 'llionaires of the corrupt
cormorants who swarm in the West. Why gen.
tlemen, Hammer and TougS knows where the
money is; its all done and weu to Europe, TO
pay for fine fammery aud eew gaws for your
fashionable wives and daughters: such as shawS
dresses, laces, ribbons, flowers AMI 'kids,' with
q heap of broadcloth, aud fifteen and twenty
dollar vest patterns for the young 'sBells' and
tor IRON (Which ought every pound 20 have
been made at home, ] mostly TO lay the track
on some of these great railroads that are now
busted
But where's all the gold that comes f-om
California; replies certain class Of political rs,
Who make our exports, foot up more than tie
imports by iacLading tie specie toit4' the pro-
dacs chat leaves the country. Ali, gentlemen
you know very we'll Row that one-fuufth Of the
amount goes direct to China, and that The ort-
er three -fourths won't pay the interest on The
ttUe hundred millions Of doiiarsshqt we olre 70
England alone. Aud yoa know further, that
had the tariff Of IL existed to the present
time, We would have 5000, 900 of specie
IN the country, instead of $315, 900, as at
present, add that orr country would now be
hlled Tith iron aiiis and manufactures of ev-
cry kind, from which tho sound Of industry
and prosperity would RUG out uorn till night,