The Greensborough patriot [March 3, 1840]

              THIS GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT. .
VOLUME II. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1840. NUMBER 3.
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RUM AND CRIME.
In the sentence of Judge Edwards,
given In tlow, he says, that in nine years
eleven men h id been arraigned before
him for murd. ring their wives,—ten of
. whom were drunkards! I—Botlon Paper.
Coi'BT OP OVER aXD TERMIM:R.—Be
fore Judge Edwards and Auloriiicu,"Gnu
on and Ticnnn. John Smork, convict-ed
of the murder of his wife, Ann Smock,
was brought up ami thus sentenced b)
Judge Edwards:
Prisoni r:— l.islcn to what I am about
to say to you. Alter a patient and thoi
ough investigation of your ciae, in th -
course of winch you wore ably d< fendi il
by your counaol, you have been convict-ed
by a jurv of your country of the crime
of murder; of murdering • woman whom
vou lived with and acknoivh -iged ss
your wife; anil you lire now arraigned for
the purpose of receiving the lentenoi
which the law awards 1o your crime.
Uoon this solemn ncc ision it may hi'
be unattended with good to Sdve>rt t"
the cause which has reduced you to this
deplorable condition. This, by youi
own confession, was ran! Wit: m lh<
last nine years, I have hail eleven men
arraigned before me on indictments fni
murdering their wiui s, ten of whom wen
drunkards. What stronger proof could
be afforded of the deplorable conseejuoi *
ce« of intemperanci '■
These vie11ins were urged on by i'
from one degree of di (IMVIIV In anplhcr,
till they were not only Induced toitnbrm
their hands in ihr blood of their follow
beings, but to sacrifice Ihc partners ol
tin ir bosoms,—:hose whom they rested
under the strongest obligations to low,
cherish and protect.
Instead of encircling them in thou
wannest affections, liny deprived thou
of life, ami they now lm mouldering in
their graves.
From my own experience nnd the lies
information I have ohiatiicd, I -nil sutlsfi
cd lliatthreelourlhs ofthjk43ri111.escoturait-led
arc consequent upon intemperance.
Drunkards crowd out p-iiiiciiti.iiios, and
our alinshousrs are fitl< il with llu-111 or
wit1! ibosc who are brought to want hi
the intemperance of their natural pro-tectors.
In spite of the 'admonitions o'
wise and good men, victims of intcinper-uncc
daily swell the llirongi anil the tide
of mifry consequent upon it, movie on,
and will continue to move on nsj long as
csaiscs continue to produce like effects*
Were ii a possible thing 10portray tin
misery consequt nt u|K>n tiie use of nr-
'dent spirits, from the first anxious look
and suppressed sighs of parents am:
wives, through all Ihc sickness, poverty
and Crime attendant upon it; from th
first disregard of tin: kind admonitions ol
friends, till the hands of the victim reek
with the Mojilof the partners of then be.
poms, society would look withIn.rror upon
the scene. The counsels of ihe wise would
not then ho disregarded, nor tile tears of
nearest and dearest relation! shid in
vain.
Kvcry young man would emne to a
fixed determination never 10 taste the ac-cursed
cup—and every old man would to
his example add his influence 10 eradi-cate
Ihc evil,—an evil which has swept
one race of human beings from the laud
on which we live, and which atone time
threatened to demoralize another. Rut
to return from this digression.
Miserable man! What can, what
ought I to sav to you! You now stand
trembling before this earthly tribunal,
upon the very verge of eternity. But
for habits of intemperance you would
now be moving among your fellow men,
respectable as you once was, in tin? en-joyment
of health and competence.—
What a deplorable contrast to your pn s-cni
condition! With a Irame enfeebled
by dissipation, and with the blond of
your victim, you must now prepare to
meet the Immaculate, th" divine Creator
of all things. Itcanhirdly be necessa-ry
for me to admonish you to pr pai I'm
the change; for if vou havehuman nature
in ynn. you nni'l be aware ol lb" im|>ort-once
of SO doing. After n few revolt-in:
suns, this world will erase to be your
habitation,—from the socii iv of mi n,
from I'ri ri s and relations, from the bu-sy
bum of society, fiom all which here
awakens hope orgladena tho heart, vou
will soon be removed for ever, Your
lamp of life is about to b eatinglHshl ll.
Prepare, then, for the awful change.
To the Creator nf all thing* hi voue
rtpst fervent supplications be raised.—
As 11 was from him thai you received all
which you, have enjoyed here, so to linn
that vou received all which you have en-joyed
lure, so to bun alpue must you
look lor all which you hope to enjoy
hereafter.
I will now proceed to the discharge of
the last and most painful duty of the
Court, Listen to your sentence.
The judgment of the" Court is, and
such in your sentence! thai you, John
Smock, be taken hence to the Bridewell
of ihe city and county of New York,
from whence you last came, and on Sat-nurday,
the itoih d.y of January ensuing,
to the p'ace ofexecution, and then and
ihtre be harg-d by the neck until you
lie dead. And may God have mercy on
lour soul.
TRUE .MORAL COURAGE.
Tin Rev, Mi. Pitcher bid a very
wild and nn.fl.g in- in phi w 111 the army,
1 11:1111 who hail been dismissed from iln
Sardinian s IVICe tor 11 iv bad conduct.
He had engaged IIIIWO nr three <lucls,
and IMII spout all bieraonej in vice and
li.lv. The w irked yo.ilh Walt) d 01 il d I)
a?l hie eldest uncle, (I.-III I..1 it.- tin.is,
ami presenting a loaiLd pistol threaten.
rd in sho,)l Inui unless he would thai
010 ut advance him five hum r d
Clowns* The general, though a hravi
nun, vvi Ii kn« vv- wli.it a desperate fellow
II ■• had to di al with,,mil gave a draft fi.r
the muni v, at ihe same time Speaking
freely lo linn on hiscoilduct. The young
man nalu oil'in high spirits with his ii.
gotll 11 money. Ill the evening passing
lie door of Ins v ounger 111 tele, Mr. Fletell-
• r, he-Called mi biu>, and le-gaii with ill.
fii-inti g h in what (ii III ral !>•• (.',111s, hail
dotu ; and, as a proof showed a drnfl un«
• ler !)•• (.ions' own It Hid. Mr. Plclcbi |
look the draft from hi' in plow, and
1.inked at him with surprise. Th- 1, afti r
-iirne reni-ir1 s putting il into hi* pneki I,
snd," ||. strikes ma young man, that
.011 hive |MtS*CBSCfl Vourself of this note
tiv Bonn wrong method; and 111 conscience,
I cannot return il hut with my brut! er *
Knowledgu and approbation." Tie
it phew'e pistol was-in a in. no nl 'ill Ins
breast. •• My hi" ," n-pl'id Mr. Rich
er, with perfect calninees, *»is secure "in
.iroti el on nf an Alueghiy power, for
will he suffer ii to be the furl.-it of inv
inti grity and ynur rashm ^." This
firmness dn w from ihe nepbi w the oh.
.1 rvuttoti ''that his uncle II- (ions.
though an oldsoldier, was more afraiii'ol
l.-ftth I ban his brolln-r." "Alraid *ol
death'" n joined Ms. Fletcher, *«do ynn
innK I have beiu iwrnty five years a
■niiilsli r of ibe Lnid o( lift, 10 be afraid
• •I (I- ath now? No sir, it is Ii r {roe 'o be
nfraill ol death. Y"U are a g •no all r and
1 cheat; vei call yourself a gentleman!
You are tin- seduoer ol fetnel*1 ninoceiici;
md still sav you are a gentleman! You
ire a duel 1 si; and lor this vou slyle your
sell a man of honor! Isnik ihere, sir.
i'oiiiting lo tin hravi its, "Ihe broad eve of
lleuven is fixed upon us. Tieinbc in
lie presence of your Maker, who cm
III a moment kill ynur hmly and forever
punish your soul in hill,"
Thouulnppy young prodigal turned
mile, and trembled with fi ar and r ige.—
He still IhreaiGiicd bis uncle with instant
death,—iFlelcher Ibougli thus threaten-ed,
gave no alarm, sought for no weapon,
mil att»mpii il not 10 escape, lie calmli
eonvi-rs.-il vvilli Ins pridl'gnte relation;
and at b ugib pereeivitiff Him tone nffecl
cd, addr ss-'d him in the kindest language
till In fairly disarmed .mil siilnlu.il linn1
He would not n turn Ins brother's drnftj
but eng 'ged 10 procure for the young
■nsn sum" immediate relief. Ho then
prayed for him; and after fulfilling his
iiromisi s of aasislance, nailed with him,
with much good advice- on one side, and
many fair promises on the oiher—C'A.
Ilicordir.
purely co/iscienlious, where all the harm
'is diversity nf judgment.
1 (I. 'I'h-it I In not biassed with com-passion
to the poor, or fiver to tho rich,
111 point of justice.
11. Thai popular or court applause or
distaste have no influence in any thing I
do, in point of distribution of justice.
12. Not to be so solicitous whst nteo
will say or think, so long ss I keep my-si
If exactly according to the rule of jus-tice.
13. If in criminals it lie s measuring
cast, 10 incline lo mercy snd scquitai.
14. In criminals that consists merely
in words, where no more barm ensues,
moderation is no injustice.
15. In criminals of blood, if the fact
be evident, severity is justice.
16. To abhor all private solicitations,
of whal kind soever, and by whomsoev-er,
in mailers di pending.
17. To charge my servants, 1. Not lo
interpose in any mattci whatsoever; '2.
Nnl in lake more lhao ih ir known lei-s;
:i No! to give anv undue precedence in
must's, 4. No' to reeomui' ml counsel.
I-" To 1 short nnd -paring at men's,
that I may be the titter for liu-iniss.
A FEARLESS JLLtiE.
We exti.iel the loliowii g anecdote ol
Chil f Justice Hull, us it exhibits one ol
tie best and rarest qualities ol sjudg*—
iinyniding moral eunragi 1
•■ In the reign of ■Queefl Anne, ill
1701, several fret mi 11 nf the borough ol
Aylesiiury, who proved their qualifica-tions,
wi re refused the bin rty of voting
at the election «l a menibei of parlia-
'iiient. 'I he law ir, BURll e-isi s ItllpOSl s a
ii:ie of£IU0 lor evert apt h off. nee. On
this principle, they applied lo Lord Clncl
I Justice Holt, who ..id, ml ihe officer in
I be arri sled. The House nf Co.unions,
alarmed al this step, made au order ol
I ihe House In make It penal for eitln 1
I judge, ei.uusi I, or Btlorncv, to assisi at
In- Irinl; however, the Uonl Chief Jus-tice
a .d several lawyers w. re hardy
1 i.ough to oppose tins order,ami biought
il 00 III the court ol king's leueli. The
House, highh irritated at ibis couleiupi
of their order, sent a sergeant at arms
lor the judge to appear before ihcm; bin
1 hot resolute d< fender of the laws, baih
him, with a voice of authority, *bi goni;'
-ii wlneh they sent a second message byl
'loir speaker, atnmbdbv asmauv oieiii-hers
a* e-pous, d the measure. Afn r
[the sp*ak<r had di liven d Ins ntcssage,
I his lordship replied 10 him in Ibe ft I-Ilowing
reinarRabli winds: 'Ob b.ck in
I vour ehaii, Mr. Spi aki r, wnliin this fiv*
minutes, or you may depend on 11 I will
send vou to Newgate, You speak of
trni r authority, hut I will-i.ll vou I sn
In ri»asan interpreter "I 'he laws, and a
dislribntor • fjnsliite, and were ihe whole
llnnse i\( Coinmons in vour belly, I
Wnlflil not sttr one fool!' The Speak' r
was prudent enoiurh to retire, and the
lions.- wi re equally prudent in letting
ihe affair drop."
inanhaler bblbdi rive their mistake^ from
ignorance of the female world; far, if Ihe
characters of women Were thoroughly
understood, tbey would be found tw
good 'o be haled, and yet not good
enough to lie idolized.
Jvpilrr'l Fourth Satellite. — Since
ihe 20ih of December, 1*)88, the fourth
or most distaxt, satellite from JupiterJ-the Major turned to* Ibe gallery, and a
has not been eclipsed by his shadow, oc
culated, by his hody, nor transited bis
disc, in consequence of its geocentric
latitude being greater than that of the
pianei; neithet wilj it do so during the
whole of next yesr, so that tbi* satellite
will always he visible when Jupiter is
visible. This satellite has been seen,
when the sky was very clesr, by Ihe nak-ed
eye. It is but rsrely, however, Ihsl
we can he fitniinri with such a sight.—
Abrorlh ^Scol.) Herald.
Ample Q.iilifiiiitium.—Abel Under-bill,
!-<| iitt'-trs himself as a candidate
fol the Ohio Legislature. Among ntlu r
qualifications snd virtues he possesses
th- feMowifigi
»■! believe in phrenology and in animal
iiiapiu-iisiii—and that virtue exalt, th a
nation, lean mow and cradl--, plough
or hoe, chop wood, lay stone wall.ord'g
potato s. I can bleed, pull teeth, 01
sdininistor a bolus, and pledge mvsiif, I
' lected, lo go fur the In St interest uf
Stait, county anil lie Slat, nfOhio, so fur
as I can .understand ile-in."
RULES OK JUDGMENT.
DRAWN IP BV JODOI HALE.
Things necessjry to be continually
bad 111 remembrance*—-
1. That in'thu administration of jus-tice
I am intrusted for Cod, ihc king;,
and country; and therefore.
a. That it be done, 1. Uprightly) 2.
Deliberately; 3 itesoluti ly.
H. That I n st 1101 upon my own under-standing
or Strength, Inn implore and
rest upon the «1 ■ r. cluui and Slreliglh ol
(iod.
4. That in Ihe execution of justice, I
can lully lay aside my UWII passions, Slid
not give Way lo tin in, however piuvok-id.
Q, Til il I be wholly intent upon tin
business I am about, rein.King all other
r ar- s and thoughts as unseasonable ami
interruptions.
fl. Thai I -nir r not invsi If 10 In pr -
possessi il vith anv itidgin in it all, till
Ihe W halo business atid loth parties be
heai .
"1. i'n it I nevi rVngage mysi II in tin
In giutiing of my cause, but n si rve inv-s>
If uiipn jnilieid nil ih..- whole In
In aril.
8. Thai in husiniss capital, though
1111 nature prompt on- 10 pilv. yi I to < no
sub r there is a pity also dm: to the
en-intrv.
0. That I bo not loo rigid in matters
•Amuting Anecdote*—Do yon remem-ber
the am cilnlc 1 once toidnf the gri at
Mi-s (» , who umleiiook iln- manage.
mint ol seme Al hi r land? She though!
bersi-ll clever enough to luan-ige John
('haw-bacon and the rest of Ihem; so one
liny she stood by xhen John was at his
dinner—mil he did not make ihe worsi
nn ner fur thai. Now, knowing the etas
licty ol John's sloinaeh, as In was rising
lo Ins work, I line up, she said, "John n
would save time of coming and going, if
you would sii down iig.iiu and take vour
supp r." "No ohj etion in llns vmr'.d "
sain John, and down he sits an lustuniir
ili-sp'atebes another pound or two, and
ilri-k in proportion, ending with th. la-dyship's
health and manv thanks. "Now,
then, John," quoth the Lady Bouniilul,
" you may go lo your work." •'• Work,
ma'am," said John, with a grin, "1 never
works, ma'bin after supper," and so he
threw himselfdown, and in three minutes
he sno.cd like a pig.
Clerical lion Mot.—A Reverend Doc-tor
was lately travelling from Ijondon to
in a mail-coach; iv so fell out that
he and a lady wire the only person* oc-cupying
the interior ol ihe vi hide. II •,
tie rclorc, essayed lodraw the lady out in
Conversation, but to no effecl; so he re-signed
himst-lt to the cnitnaces ol' Mor-pheus,
which example Ihe lady shortly
thereafter followed. Subsequently, the
MI ui coach balled al the la.ty 'a p-sidi nee;
fool-meil were iii atti-niUnci lo haiid In r
l.uli ship Iroin ihe carriage, winch atiend-anci.'
the ladv w il HI the act of receiving,
whi'ti the Reverend Doctor faceliousiv
remarked, "Why, Mad-on, we must not
iriri without shaking hands, as 'i s proha-bl)
ihelasitimi wi ma\ sleep together;'1
which I he idi, hig.iiy amused, assanted
10 U) a cordial pressure of th" hand.
™ hen eo.il was exir. nn-ly ilear, a gen-tleman
meeting a cool merchant, accost-ed
haul v.tlh, "Well, nn good sir, bow Is
coal?""Indeed, sir," In- ri piled, "coal is
coal, now. "I am g'ad lo In ir ii," re-
IIIIIO d ibe gi nib ui-'iii, " for lie- Isat vou
sent me was more lliau hall shite."
\l R. DO w \ i \ c;s >. i* i: ECJI
In reply to Mr Uillowspipe.
ll any man, Mi. Mo.n rater, finds fi* *S
got a III lie too nun ii starch in bis shin
eu Iar, I would advise bun to gil up in
sieh a ernwil as ibis lo mike -a sp- i cli fur
thi first time, and if II don't make tnings
feel prilly limber about bun, iln n I'm
iiieviaki-u. I had) no notion mrtalotei
and I fei I jist so unvv. I would a plagv
-ight talhet agree lo chop ..ood all win
i, r on iliu Arooatook, right m the fact
ami evi s ol Ihe Brmuzikeis, lliau lo go
on with the job ol making a speech, II.il
sn many Inlks all arounit hsleuing to ll ;
hoi I hope I'll g. t uste 10 ii afore long;
md if I say any thing that ami accord-ing
lo rule and order, I ho|ie it vvenl
rile folks up loo much—lor I'raly don't
w ml lo in ,ke miirlilv w iter 'twill anv on
Matrimony—The whole secret of
choosing well III matrimony may In
ivighl ni three words—i.rplore the cluir.
infer. A vloli-ni l*>ve fit is always tin
result of Ignorance; for then- is not tp
daughter of Eve lhal has im-m enough
In justify romantic love, iho'ighotavus-amis
and thousands may reasonably in-spire
gentle esteem, which is infinitely
belli r. A wotnanworehipper and wo-
<er rihd up by other folks, until I haw
chance ut clearing on't. If tilts (,'on-vi-
iitiiiti expects me lo go back awav a-long
hi fore p-iper was invented, and
emne along up sido by side and neck by
ii-ck vv-nh Mr. (!• Ilowsuipe, or to b'gur
up any of hia long tables, they are mis
taken ; all that may suit lolks who have
a nottou for such things.
I know a punkin Iroin a polali r, and I
know that a good ripe punkin makes a
food pie, if folks know how lo fix it.-i-
Nuw I ilou'l see what good conn s from
hunting hack to find on how puukms
got on ibe. face o( the airth, or WAO tirsi
ihoiighl ol, or invented ptes out on era.
I'kinivv lh.it a p'Hikin pie is a first rate
good Di mncralic and patriotic pie, and if
il-«luii'l go. right lo the ribs when ealeu,
then it is a sure sign thai the punkin
warn I ri|H-, or was loo ripe and lotten,
or Ihe folks why mule the pie dou'l know
ihetr husini ss. The mistake ami in the
punkin ; if il is ripe and sound,and the
pic ami good, the mistake is in the cook-ing
on't. That is sarliu—and hi-iug so,
whal on airlb is ihe use of hunting back,
and trying lo show that a punkin la any
ihing else bill a punkin.
And just so il is with paper money.—
Every body knows that paper money as it
waa intended lo be made and has been
made, and can be made again, is jial as
much heiier than hard money for carry-ing
on trade in every part of this ever-lasting
wide and long country, as a shoe
string is hitler than a gold or silver
huckle, or siiam batter than wind lo
travel by on land or water. If we nev-er
bad good p,ip. r money, if we nevM
Ii ui tried shoe strings or -learn, if We
know'd nothing about them—llicn, I say,
let us BtlCI to gold and silver and cop-p
r money—shin- buckles, and sails, nnd
veto evl-iy thing else; bul folks Inv.
llli ll gonil |i.iper llnuiev, i ,1 sh l strings,
.mil steam, ihev km v i.inn all as web
is I Know i ; mil punkin from n h ,d ,
ami Ihcy know vv at is bad paper mo-ney;
tbey kn iw .vhat is a bad shoe
sir ig. II.il iln-y know whal is a r'sky
-ii -mi engine. They have tried ihem
ill, and now all they a-k is, lei us havi
-.'ood paper money, good strong leather
-hoi- strings and give us steam Wi II con-trolled
; Ihny sav we must line 'e,n and
il wi can't gn 'In hi st we Hill tik- ill--
next In st; and j-isl so il is will ill
punkin pi-—we col 'em because vv
Will any man say "we never had good
paper money, and can't have it again"?—
(Here Major Downing look'd at Mr. Bel-lowspipe,
who significantly shook his
head.}- " The gentleman shakes his
bead," aays Ibe .Major. " Well ihen
ami much in that." Will any man or
woman ssy " we never had good punkin
pies and can't have icin again ?"—(Here
general nodding of bonnets answered.-)
" I know," says he, " good punkin pies
hsve been, slill are, and will be again,
so long aa we have folks who know tin
nature of 'em ; but pul a punkin in ihe
hand of s Turk, or a Chinese, or a Ma-lay,
or a Paiagunian, or any other of ihe
folks Ibe gentleman from Missouri tells
on as " hard atoargfolkt"—and tell 'em
lo make a pie on'l, and whal .then 7 will
he cat it t If be can, he has a better
appetite than I have—and jisl so wilh
Steam; all know what steam is ; how it
can Ciirry us along agin the wind on wa-ter
and land, and bow safe we feel when
we have sich folks as my old friend Cap-tain
Elihu Bunker lo look arlerihesleam
kittles and to keep ihe hot wan i fiom
scalding folks—-but because some of
Inse Turks and I'al.igoniaiis and Chi-nese
dou'l know mulling about it, and if
they try ll, it would h'ow 'em up all skt
high, are we expected to throw cold Wa-fer
on it and step back lo ihe golden call
age In lure sleain was thought on I
Now let IIS suppose a rale cunning pol-itician
who has •pent bis hull life in
lOXIiaging pait) folks—taki s it into Ins
hi ad to manage a'sieam cngini—' what,*1
saya be, " if I can manage urm crilli-rs,
Caufj I manage cranks and pumps and
piston ro.l-? "' So h.- tries it—well what
then ,' iln- next thing we livar is u SSJHMa
and u blow up. The great man, how-sever,
won't allow f.<lks to si) it vv is ow-ing
lo his ignoranci—no, no, lhal would
never do. So In- and his party turn lo
and try In prnre lhal Ibe lault was in the
. ngme, llio' i very body knew that the
- ngtne had been --.vcakiiig smoothly for
many years, and nol a crack about u—
l.ul Ihey stick lo it, and every son of- a
gun on'em, insist on't that st h kindol
engines are never tdfr, ami they innsf
have more " simple machines"—ami lo
prove line Ihey all set to work—taking
advantage of every chance lo unscrew a
valve—drop s'oncs in th,-- pu:a;« and
■'::;.7 MSu CH the piston rods—and when
in accident comes—then you hear 'em,
•• There is the great bubble burst."—
" We told you so."'
" Now is Ihc time Itf.-ptil ilov.ti all
steam engines"—"now the people must
il is high lime lo divorce" and so
Nor do I » mi lo drink muddy we- forth. They firs! gil all the owners of
ifh- liltjc engines In join 'ein in blowing
up 'an smashing the big one, and thru
ungratefully (as I somttnues think, and
then agin I ihink it is but common jus-lice)
turn round and try lo blow up the
lilllc ones. This would be well enuf,
and I'd let 'em light it oul if the hoi wa-ter
was kepi among themselves ; bill
lure is something due to the honest and
quiet .passengers—men, women ami chil-dren,
who have travelled along bv steam,
for years in safely, and ore now lold limy
iiiusl go baik to Ihc goldi-n age, and to
de as folks do in other countries, nurras
Ihey havir done since the d ivs of Moses,
11id will continue lo do In Ihe i-i-nil nf
Hun—paddie then own canoes or go
sfool.
A good many steam-boats have blown
up, and a Rood many folks have got scal-ded
since strain has been in use ; but are
we ready to say "down with steam"—not
yet I g icss—hicuuse folks who keep a
a run of those mailers know that more
lives have been lost by suit's than by
ntcitm; .and ten thousand nines moic
folks go by Steam than could by sails.—
The eslr*. work that steam does beyond
all ihe pcwcrthtit folks in other countries,
can do who don't know any thing about
II, is just iiboul equal to the extra work
that credit does beyond what fulks can do
in countries where Ihey don't know whal
credit is. Sotnctiirt -s credit blows up ;
but are we ready to say Ihore must be no
credit—no confidence betwixt man and
inaii I Wc know lhal steam can be made
safe; and wo all know credit can be
made sale : and if a bladder-head blows
up a steam riigine, or a mgoc abuses
credn, is that a good reason for abandon-ing
both steam and credit. Can't we
measure the good lhal has and can agm
be done by ihem whilst we are ll -ussring
the evil? Let us fignr Up the account
finilv ..lid see bow tin balance stands.
I soiiii-lliin-s llnuk," Mr. .Moderator, if
WO Ilou'l look out sharp, lh.it all our good
Republican Democrats are going lo be
lid into a scrape, bv some '"oiks who sav
hoy tire raie upaud down,thick and ihin
Demoeiaia, and purer Democrats than
■ be world ever hearn tell on afore—and
by tins very plan now ni\ foot, of knock-ing
down,all credit, and going on tin
h -rd money plan entirely. They ti II us
ih-ii bard iiiouev is I ho only Democratic
iiiouev. Slid Ihil cri-dn is ail InVi nhon nf
the "Id fi il.i.il aristocrats—ami if it ain<
know eill, and we like '
can't get Iln- In si, in- tiki- Ibe ocxl best.
Now, as wi- -ill know, till these things
i- in! III madi hi st—it is il duty to in lk
'e . i—and if not, wbosc fault is it '--
ui, and if vv - j pul down, iln- old sound Dcmncratic.ptir-ly
will a I go to lie- hugs. Now whn
tint fact ' If tin re was any Democrats,
and good sound otu-s loo in this couiitrt
'■"■.i '!'i years ago, ".hat did I'icy *,,
then?—and they had it all in their own
way, to do and (o say as ihey thought
best.
There bed been s Bank of llio United
States a lew years before.and itacbartcr
had tun out and it was wound up, snd in
its pi-ice a lot of Stale Dinks bad sprung
up, snd pretty much every msn had sot
up his own shinplsster shop. The pec-ple
was giit'n more snd more disgusted,
and jisl looking round lo cure ihc evil,—
forsicb etils have nat'ral cures, Iho'one
cure sint quite ss Democratic as another.
Some lew lolks who bad hard money
were jisl going ahead over Ihem who was
blowing up, and supplying good paper
money of their own making, and fixing
agencies at different pints, jist aethcy do
all ihrougli Europe, taking cure as Ihey
do Ihere, to keep their own iion chesfs
to hold the gold taken in exchange for
iheir en 'In—ai-ii never trusting any cue
on the ir industry end good morals or as
readily .is ihey do men who have good
gold tiropeiiy for securily—and. if the
Democratic Parly of tbatday hadn't si-en
ihi drift of llinigs—or if they acted llicn
as the parly calling itself Democratic
now act—what would have been the con-dition
nf things I Why simply this-—
Wi should have a few old Rulhchilds—
Ilntlinguf-rs and Hopes—all everlasting
rich Bankers—grown fal by the tiso of
Iheir Credit—besides a good many who
have been blown up—Dut tbey ho.'ding
tin gold Whilst the tf opIeTlnhl the Bills
—But tin Democratic noliorfW that day
didn't think Ibis exactly the Ihing for a
republican people—ihey knew the pen-pie
couldn't gel on Without using credit,
and tiial Ihey would use il; that bad
credit win.1.1 break down all enterprise
ol those vvhi wi ri starting inlo life wilh
no oilier capital but tin ir industry, and
tint su h would in a few years, become
a metM of loafers, just as you sec in all
hard money countries; whilst those Who
were, born lo for nuns would alono In-trusted
by the Bankers—and so the rich
would In come richer, and the poor poor-
•r; the old fashioned Democrats saw
this, ami they put a stop to il right Hi',
by creating a Bank of Ibe United Stales,
anil Ihc liovi rnment took one.fifth inter-est
in il, and I du duly believe if Ihc
(ion-ininent then bad not been so poor
in mo: ey matters itself; il would lave
taken a bigger dtp in it, hut it took one-iiiiil,
iSSd »«a«h» • puny good-bargain in
paying lor il, and so managed tin; C.'.ar-ter
as to keep an eye on the business cf
(he Bank, and having five Government
Directors always u the Bank, so tli.it no-thing
could go wrong, ami on nny com-plaint,
walk the Bank right up bcfoic
Congress, and if anv thing was wrong
hatchet 'i in right oil' and correct il.
The Bank went right to work, cli arinj
out the •bin-pl>ster folks, and there vva»
sad work among'em ; it was Ilk - a dose
of sit- and ruh.i rh in an over-eatrn sloui-ach;
built all worked out right, anil
they kept things smooth and regular as
long ae its chatter laslid. Was tho
"Democratic Party" doilroy'd by it?—
Was credit destroy'd by ii '■ No, on tho
contrary, the Doinoctatic Petty was nev-er
sounder, and purer, snd credit never
sounder ami buttei than during the time
the Bmk was at work ; every thing pros-peri
d equally ; State Banks were sound :
the U. S. ilauk ki pt Yin so ; anil ihey, in
turn, kept the U. S. Bank sound ; sotbey
all work d logother, jist like the Stale
(iovernineiits ami the U*S* Government
—and destroy cither, and tothef rt- .-
right olT tdruin.
Some folks don't seem to sec (or, if
Ihey do see it, and act contrary, are big-ger
rouges than fools) that any plan that
dcstiovs credit trips up the heils of de-mocracy—
democracy aim horn to fjr-tune
; thpre aint more lliau one demo-crat
in a hundred born wi h a»iln r spoon
in his mouth. Now I am one i f those
kind of Democrats who, though I begun
lo eat wilh a horn spoon, should like to
be able, by my honest industry and en-terprise,
to eat my mush and milk in my
old days with a silver spoon if I want to :
hut if Ibe doctrine is no credit—all hard
money—how is a man to get along elm
don't happen to be born (o hard money '.'
do as Ihey do in iio-credit-hard-qioin'y
countries, I suppose—dig and grub from
Ibe cradle to the grave—for there as :i
mm is hum so he dies ; if he is hern
pour, bodies poor, just aa bis daddy diil
itor hi in ; and so if he is horn rich be
dies rich, just as Ilia daddy did afore hint
—and thi-. is modi rn Democracy,
Now when vou conic lo pin down onn
of theai modi rn Democrats to this argu-ment
In- fins iff and says—O we don t
nn an lo destroy credit, we only want to
destrov the Banks, Such kind of credit
as Bills of Exchange and Prom o:y
Notes,and so forth, we don't wish to de-rtrov:
but it is Bmk Credit, especially
I'. S. Blink Credn, and State Bank < "il-it.
New tin- blasted scamps—(Hero -i-v -
enl voices called to order, and thi Ma-
|nr looked round lo ihe benches wbcrfc
ihe voices came from, rvidentlf much
evrpd.tuin.ii!' n[i his ' u,1's nil ipitii'o£
■ii his hands, and gave evident sigt ol
resisting th" c;!i lo ordor)—when III
Moderator rose ami said, "tho M , r
mil lake Ii ^ seat"—he ,,'. v i] instantly.
The Modi t-iti'i tin n pro d< il v.:! »v<1
th it th - " 'i ' ' - t . • i. .
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