Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-07-28
Financial Receiv.
Citizen s Bank.

This institution appears to have been mag
 nifcent and thorough swindle As in all cases
 of bauk failures, the losses are chiefly borne by the poor Widows and orphans, laborers and mechanics, find the result oi their laborS in their
 hands as so much himsy paper. These are the kind of institutions, certain politicians want to see established in Arkansas While the poor are thus robbed of their hard earnings their rob- bers are clothed in purple and fine linen, have front pews in the most fashionable churches, the handsomest equipages, best furnished houses and command more luxures than any others in the community. Their sons may be seen with gold headed canes bejewelled fingers and fop- pish dress, idng at fashionable corners, ogling the women or making contemptuous remarks on the passing poor and honest man, whose money, perhaps, went to pay for the coat on the snobs back Their daughters, in amplitude of silk skirts and ostrich feathers, sweep by aneering at the poor woman they may pass, whose hard earnings their father stole In fine carriages or in gorgeous parlors, these pampered thieves re- pose al ease, spending the money filched from the poor, and would think themselves contam- hated by associating with those whom they have condescended 10 rob- Wealth gives immunity from punishment. and thousands who know how this wealth was obtained, yet are proud to associate with those men. It is obvious that this is as all wrong. The laws should be fram- ed So as to reach the bottom dollar'' of these men, to make them restore all their i'll gotten plunder and to treat them as the theives and swindlerS that they really are Public opinion should fix its stigma upon them and distuc- ton be made between an arisocracy of wealth and one of honesty. Failing in this, some of these scamps will yet be made to feel the ven- geance of an outraged people We are no advo- cates of mob-law, preferrng that the people should temporarily suffer from ills until reme- dy is provided, than to undertake to right them- selves in defiance of law, but if there are any set of men who deserve a coat of tar and feath- CTS they are these cowardly bank-swndlers.
 writer in the Memphish Avalanche openly suggests this treatment of the managers of the Citizens Bank, and we copy part of his com- nun icaiion to show the drift of portion of the public sentiment in Memphis. He says:
 "For one, believe that there is cure for every ill under the sun. That there is cure even for bank robbing, and that in this case the proper remedies are free use of tar and feath- CTS. riding extensively on rails, and the applica ton to the cheek of red hot silver or gold R.
 Who doubts the efficacy of these remedies? And why should they not be applied? Who that loves the fair name of Memphis and would see her prosper, or who that feels for the op- pressed, will object? Not long since a poor fellow among us, who proved by physician and others that his family were sick and destitute, stole a ham, and for this, (almost) necessary act, he was sent to the penitentiary for over two years. Memphians! will you SO treat the poor and then honor, or at least connve at the bold, untempted rich thief?-who steals your hundreds of thousands? In the name of justice. in the name of God, come out aud show yourselves men"