Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-08-12
The Banks-yyhnf Will the Democra-
cy do with them.

do it? upon this subject, hear the Memphis
Avalanche, which has been consistent advo-
cate Of the September programme of Messrs.
HARRIS, JOHNSON & Co. In its issue of Tues
day last, the Avalanche spoke as follows:
THE UNION AND PLANTERS BANKS AND THE
LEGIsLATURE.-It takes fashionable young
Miss, before leaving for fashionable watering
place, about as long TO pack her trunk as it
does her father to pack bale OF cotton or a
r hogshead of tobacco. A huge trunk, a terror
to hotel porters and an eye-sore to railroad
baggage-masters, is placed in the centre of
the room, where the work of adjusting the
dmity, crinoline, silks, calicoes and periumrry
commences. BY the aid of maidenly aunt
and kind-hearted mother, the trunk is
closely packed in the course of a week-filled
with paraphernalia; when this coqnette wings
her way to the springs as frisky asa young
butterfly. If belle requires a week TO pack
up her haberdashery, it will take the banks
much longer time to pack up their dirty rags
before departing on the long aud dreary voy-
age set before them. In order to get ready
in time for The trip, we advise the banks to
commence packing their trunks. In thunder
tones the people have spoken out against the
re-chartering of those old aristocratic institu-
lions called the Union and Planters Banks,
and it is high time the owners of these con-
Germs were packing up their rags. 1t will
take some time to complete the j0b-and the
owners of these institutions need not delay by
fattering themselves into the belief that they
can prolong their unworthy existence, for the
hand of fate is inevitably upon them. There
is no chord of sympathy between these banks
and those who make their bread by honest
toll. A fearful, an immense responsibility
rests upon the democratic party. lift meett
it mantully. great will be its reward; but il it
shirks the issue and fails 10 carry out the
thunders of public opinion, there is no incense
which fiattery can offer up--no subserviency
in the exhaustless store-house of flunkeyism
that can free the democratic party from dis
grace and ruin. Steady and unfiinching add
herence to principle is the breath in ito
nostrils, and woe TO the democracy of Ten
Hessee when it loses the prometnean fire of
principle.
The banks entered the last canvass and
labored to strike down the Democracy. But
like an engineer hoisted upon his own petard,
the banks will soon fill the grave which they
dug for the party that despises monopolies
and exclusive privileges. Having failed 10
defeat the Democratic party, the friends Of
the rag shops will endeavor to perpetuate
their existence by bribing and corrupting the
Legislature. There are members of the Lee
gislative bodies who would scorn TO be pur-
chased or fattered into service by pecuniary
compliment of any sort. but who may still
be unknOwingly overcome by free liquor and
the soft words and delicate attentions and in
sinuating sophistries and falsehoods of the
schemIng intriguers.
Moreover, we will be told again in a few
days that ruin will Overtake the country if
the mandates of the people are obeyed. We
will hear the same old song, that to wipe out
the banks would blast and wither the COM
merce of the country. All other efforts hav-
ing failed, the bank Shylocks who live by
fleeing and plundering the people, will draw
a sad picture of the evils that will flow from
crushing out the rag-shops. In doleful and
melancholy tones they will tell US that our
people who are now cheerful and prosperous,
and tiourishing. and happy, will be visited
by gloom and desolation, with no spot of
verdure to break the dismal scene-that
there will not be even
"a rose ofthe wilderness left on its stalk,
To tell where the garden had BEEN"
But the people-the unwarped, unbought
and unprejudiced jewellers OF the hills aud
hollows, will disregard these specious ap-
peals, and the member of the Legislature who
permits himself to be Influenced by these
who, while pretending to build up
the city, have sucked the life's blood of the
toilng masses, will be pelted with the kicks
and curses of betrayed aud outraged peo-
pie.
Again we say to the Union and Planters
Banks, pack up your buds and divide out
your trinkets for the handwriting il upon
the wall. For many long years you have
been grinding the people in the dust But
the hour of retribution has come, aud you
are now under the heel OF the people. who
are standing upon your necks with the tri-
umphant air OF the Snowman astride the neck
of crouching leopard. We presume the |
same hand that strikes down these bloated
concerns will wipe out that magnificent in
stitution called the Bank of Tennessee-but
it would afford us profound grief to see this
10 some of our friends that we have formed
al attachment for it, which has greatly moli-
fed our opposition to banks.
The democratic majority in the Legislature
was won by the votes of men who favored
the policy of re-chartering the Union aud
Planters Banks. They did not believe that
The leaders were in earnest who preferred to
desire this overthrow. They believed the cry
against the Banks only one of the means used
81 assure success to the party. They will see
from the above, that at least one of the organs
of the hard money men, as sincere, and de-
mands now the fulfllment of The bond. We
doubt not others will prove themselves equal
ly in earnest The party will have a severe !
trial in attempting next winter to legislate so
rs to satisfy the hards and the softs for il is |
not probable the former willresign their pre-
tentions without stout struggle to carry |
their point. The above article from the Aualan- !
he is ample evidence of this. If il were not, |
what it said on the day following is. Hear 1t |
{ again:
In few days we will publish the official |
vote of the recent eeiction In this State We /
will rejoice when that day arrives, as we are /
anxious to obliterate every recollection of the |
contest, as il was certainly the most stupid |
md uninteresting ever known to the State.
The true and reliable Democracy bad no pro-
Der incentives to stimulate il to duty. There
sere many factions to reconcile aud conflict
ng interests to harmOniZe. So far as we are |
concerned, we must confess that our hands
we're oftened tied. To conciliate the mstletoe
exceresence which has be-
ONE a fungus growth to the party, we were
tten forced to stultify the honest emotions
I a heart that despsses duplicity.
But the canvass Is now over aud we have |
wept from our threshold the cobwebs that |
luzzled our press, aud from this time for
'ard we intend to speak the honest couvic-
Ions Of our heart, without fear, favor or al
sction. The older we grow the moro do we
earn TO hate policy, which is the demgaogue's
lea, aud nolliag more nor less than intrigue
nd falsehood. Policy has been a bane to
democracy. 1t was curse in the last can
ass. Principles are immutable-and the
ian who makes principle the pole-s>ar to
uide and direct his course, will succeed,
'hile he who consults Poi,ey viii ultimately
e stranded or iostin a fog
"Poiicy'is to be discarded hereafter. 1t
ill no longer suffer Bank men to dilute the
principles OF the party; bat demand the adop-
ion OF measures in accordance with what it
egards the true principles of The govern
nent. Well, so be it. Let US have the con-