Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-11-13
5IABLsED CHARLEsTOWN W TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 IS
sprrlt Of Jefftrsolr,
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1871.
LOOK TO YOUR LIBERTIES.
At the request of subscriber to the SpII,
we give place to the following in our columns /:

Any person holding any Office stock. in any
institution in the nature OF bank, for issuing
or dIscountiug bills or notes payable to bearer
order, under the authority of the United
States, can not be member of either house
Of Congress in l794, signId by GEORGE WASHING
TON, President, and JOHN ADAMS. Yies President.
Charter a bank with thirtv-tive millions of
capital: let it establish and learn It's powers,
and then find, j: Won can. means to bell the
cat - 1t will be beyond your power. 1t will
Overawe your Congress, and langll at Your laws.
JOHS RANDOLPH.
I can never giva my sanction to an institution
which is capable, in any emergency of control
ling the mel camille interests of our country. !
charter a bank. JAMES MADISON.
For long time saw with pain the advance
of ariStOcratic moncycd Institution, which
threatened to cast poisonous nnldcw over our
precious liberties. They would have rendered
hands. in which case freedom would have van
ished from among us. LAFAYETTE.
I conceive the establishment OF this bank (Na-
fare of this republic. HENRY CLAY.
Tue right of issuing paper money as currency,
like that IF gold and silver com, belongs eNclu-
sively to the nation. ALBERT GALLATIN,
Sec of Treas.
Banks and other wild freaks, have thrown tho
majority into the hands of those who were
shapen IN Ioryisrn, and IN British idolatry did
their other conceive them. JoHS ADAMS.
What am 10 think of moueyed corporation
welding funds larger than the revenue of tins
nation. that tells the nation TO its faco that it
will spend as 1t pleases on the press and deal
bnrely time to say, go with your patriotic
work of eXtirpating such corporation, the
National Bank. In such warfare with II, am
RICHARD RUsu. T1S34.l
Hero are a series of warnings that should
arrest the attention of the people. and par
| ticularly so when they witness she movements
and dec lGrations Of the National Bankers As.
sociation. Before the meeting Of that asso-
cstion lately held in New York City, Mr..
| Edward p. Allis the Greenback candidate
for governor of Wisconsin. was invited by the
association to prepare and deliver at their
coming session, an address upon the subject
of the National Banks and Currency, setting
! forth his views, as q representative man of
the greenback faith Mr.. Allis accepted the
invitation and prepared with great caro- and
labor very able essay upon the subject, and
at the appointed time was present in New
| York as the invited guest of the association
for the purpose of delivering his address,
BY request of Mr.. Buell. secretary of the as
! ISOLATION, the address was first submitted TO
! the executive committee for their inspection
/ The next day it was returned to Mr.. Allis
! with the information that the committee could
not consent to have it read to the association.
! Mr.. Allis stated that he was there with the
! address, upon express invitation of the asso>
citation, and such treatment was very unusual
if not ungentlemanly, and besides, he believed
that he reflected in his address the views of a
majority of the intelligent business and labor
ing people of this country. "MyOrHieS are
! Tyrdnts," responded Mr.. Buell.. well"
said Mr.. Alls, "maj jorities rule in this coun>
try. and if you are not willing to submit you
had better go to some country where minor
tiles rule. There are many such and they
are better adapted to the successful working
of your system" awe don't propose TO leave
this country but 'cW rule hcrc," was Mr.
Buell's reply. eve have" said he, ''every
assurance from members of Congress, that we
can get anything at their hands that is rea-
sorabc, and 'ce arc to Je tie Judgcs Of its 1ca-
sondLhncSS"
The address CT Mr.. Alls was then offered
to four of the leading daily papers OF New
! York City for publication, but each declined
it with the remark that if it did not meet
with the approval of the committee that had
examined it, it could not appear in their co>
! umns. We hope to be able to present the
address in full in the columns of the Sun at
an carly day, and let the people judge of its
merits. Mr.. Allis is a mild hammered cdu-
C ted gentleman, graduate of Yale College,
! one of the foremost business men of Milwau-
| kee, and possesses the confidence and respect
of the people at home and wherever known.
| 1t will be profitable for the people to poD>
der this incident in connection with the texts
/ above quoted. San.