The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-02-06
NEW NATIONAL BANKS.
SAFE DEpos1roRrEs FOR THE covEnNMu

SAFE DEPOSITCRIES FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
A clergyman of some considerable talent
'once upon time" was summoned before
his brethren in the ministry-as the story
goes--to answer to the charge Of telling big
stories-of magnifying the truth to a most
marvellous extent. His audiences of two
hundred and fifty persons were proclaimed
by him to be "one thousand;" his church
of fifty members, he said, numbered 'three
or four hundred;" his Sabbath-school of
few score "outnumbered any school in that
part of the state.' His tongue, at length,
became so used to exaggeration that it was
deemed prudent to check him in a formal,
public way, as all private exPostulations
had hitherto failed. The day at length
came for trial, and the poor man appeared
before the solemn convocation of his breth
rem almost heart-broken. He begged for
mercy, and declared most emphatically that
if the past could be overlooked he would In
future lead more exemplary life. His ell
oquent and touching appeals were not in
vain. The council unanimously voted that
their erring brother should be excused, all
believing that his usefulness in future might
possibly be increased. The ''result of coun
CLIP was tten read to their beloved broth
err" 1t affected him so that he cried like
a child, and the whole assembly also was
melted to tears. At length he arose and
chokingly attempted to give utterance to
his feelings. Brethren" said be, 81 thank
you with all my heart for your Christian
forbearance and kindness (sobbing aloud;)
l have mourned over this matter day and
night (sobbing) for years and Jears. The
fact of it is, brethren, (sobbing, } have shed
barrels Of tears over this my great weakness,
(sobbing, but though 1 may live 10 be as
old as Methusalah (sobbing) you never shall
have occasion to censure me again" He
then sat down.
Now, the whole Copperhead press are so
given to telling big stories, to ''magnifying
the TRUTH" to monstrous exag geration. that
| il is unsafe ever to believe them. They tell
big stories about-the President, his Sec
retaries, the army, the ruin of the country
every thing. We won't call them hard
names; but if a0e talked as they do, we
should call ourselves-yes-liars in plain
| English. Mind, we don't call them such
names-not at all.
These Copperheads don't like the policy
of Secretary Chase in establishing national
banks They say that these Institutions
will ruin the country; that uniform cur
rency throughout the nation will be mon
strous calamity. These and other Auanias
and Sapphire stories are told so boldly that
now and then a weak minded man is led
astray thereby. But what is worse than all
what troubles the Copperheads the most
what causes them to ''shed barrels of
tears"-is the fact that the peoples mon
ey'' should be diverted from the great ma
tional Baratnrum-the Sub Treasury
these new national banks. They would
have every body believe that all these depos-
its were actually lost-that there was only
one safe place IN the world for money-and
that is the SubTreasury. Now, gentle
men, we will give you the following facts,
and when digested we will be glad to hear
from you.
John j. Cisco. Esq, most worthy ex.
cellent man, is the Assistant Treasurer OF
the United States for New York, and car
ries the keys to a vault which now contains
! more than thirty millions of dollars. AL
this money belongs to the Government and
Uncle Sam has a bond from Mr.. Cisco with
good sureties for-how much do YOU think
Messrs. Copperheads?-for just four huH
dred thousand dollars, and no more. Now
we say lhd'' ptoOdolg' the Ohly 3ftSdlo P4ao'
: for so large an amount of money is the Sub
: Treasury. Suppose three or a dozen meT
In the employ of Mr.. Cisco should conspir'
together to rob the Government. who cal
+ tell what the result would be? In case o
;. the loss of ten millions of greenbacks be
tween some Saturday night aud Monda.
morning, who would be responsible an,
make good such loss? Mr.. Cisco, to b
! sure, if called on, would promptly pay hi
bond, and that would be the end Of the mat
ter More than nine tenths of the stole
money would be lost.
j Now, let US look at the safety of the ne'
p, national banks as Government depositorie
d under the wise regulations of Secretar
81 Chase. Every such bank mwst gire goo
,s security for crery dollar Of Governmer