The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-14
A RETROSPECT INTEl.L.IGENCER ON PoIIT
ICAL MORALITY

The intelligent political reader will recoect that
about twenty-five years ago there great strug-
gle in this country between powerful corporation
called the Unit I'd States Bank and the American PEG
pie. The Bank came, in the course of the contro
versy, to act independent part asserting the ne
cessiy of its existence and that il was, in point of
fact, part of the machinery Of the government. IL
assumed to itself all the laws relating to individual
bodies Tho right Of self-preseryaton-of perpetu-
atng its existence and of fixing the tenures thereof
In the of the struggle which followed these
bold ayowals ON the part of moneyed corpora
ton, tho managers thereof it is believed, expended
some thirty millions of dollars to control the
elections and the votes of members of Congress
We recollect no parallel to this in the history Of
parties. creature Of the law, it not only set itself
up above the law, but assumed the office Of supreme
dictator elections and the conduct of senators
and members Of Congress. While this extraordinary
and alarming struggle was going on between the
democratic masses, headed by the immortal Jackson
on the enc side, and the bank ON the other nearly
all the moneyed interests of the country including
merchants bankers, manufacturers, and capitalists
of every grade, united with the latter party Every
year they contributed immense amounts of money to
u.
control the elections and still greater amounts to
control the action of the national Legislature and to
subsidize the press.
we remember that during the period referred to,
the Lsgeneer OF this city was the great central or
gan OF the bank the defender Of its course and the
earnest advocate OF its pretensions to be recognised
AS permanent and, OF course, controlling institu
ton of this government.
day or two ago, speaking OF the duty OF the de-
mccracy TO maintain their political organzatlonthe
same democracy VINO fought the great battle with
the pank ana us powerful adJuncts, ana gorionsly
Hiumphed-we said
" Now, without knowing anything of the alleged tax,
have inst tb;s II sav on ne she n thsre ns,s "
In the public service who does voluntarily contribute
.ne 8 leas. 81 'wo aoars ana na year on
Of the democracy he should he dismissed at once and bis
place filed BY one who is patriotic and liberal enough to
Ano ''Aa''se''e' = s'oa''y SiooAou az 'heSe uec
AAs"onS Soos h'onslous evi's 70 result rom 'ne
announcement Z, no aoouine 'na' democrats shouio
oo"1 'ou'0 = euipoisa poiuca' y saiiiza-
..oA oan - 'lauo s''o'en' ohy ~ 'le eApcho
'u10 = 'A'aa aAoan's - ,noney me iWeHse"ee'
= 4u.'0 "ll''Ns = ao'i' A'a' sucn expenditures
'' -. - 1,e'nsoos' ous -
$3.50 800 Jo1'n"' snouiu pe nahh
s1 ooA' ''o'a.s puono oino0s
- - = 80 Son'i iDu'on' VOW,
~, "o1~ - ,'9 'Apno'' upon 'nis SUBJECT
-. - ~" - '0 "oiio 'iia' person
.r,..: oN'p' iioH' uio iioi'i
e.0l a s0 ''"oonapi0 n'o"iS anu oAer-
$50 = sarpoA' '''' a''a.io Parry ihey are
- 3. -, ~. = o''oo WY 70 no
wy '0'a00 - W Aieii ieasohapie ooiiga-
NJ. = ''''' 'o'p0o'' w "ouu iesaru 'nein as
'o''''A 80 1""oiuy ~ "o'iu impose no TAX
oAaos ~ payneh'' because 'noie is no law 70 au-
'aoiiAo oi'lioI. "oniu nol colhpei single indl-
= ''''' D'oAu y 'o'o ~ inc eiecuons'
~ '00A ~ apy uiii'i iieaiS ~ con'roi ms wore.
- Wonla not ~ 'ne same tlme' appoint person to
ono0 WHY u'u MOI Vo'e .he democrahc ticket--at
lno 70 TINS RUE should be very rare,
ana 'nese ony on Inc OASIS OF the public good
Inc inteHsgeneer ana lts party came into power in
1879 under decaratlons OF the largest charlty-wlth
an aVowed purpose 70 'proscrlbe prescription
"itnin one year us friends under It's own teach
ings' turned more democrats out OF office than have
oeen discnarged py all otiier administrations since
ING Gays o. washington combined. we do not OBJ
Ject 70 inc Work OF ueath uiey instituted. 1t was
tn NH vvb f,n,