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A NATIONAL BAxK-Soon after the close Of our revolu-


onarv struggle found necessary make some pro
vision for supplying the whole country with sound and
convenient circulating medium The first Bank ofthe Uni
ned States grew the of the country and fully
eompished purpose OF lis creation When the charter


was about expire few wseacres persuaded the people
that such bank longer needed and that tie country
would be prosperous without than had been rh it,


The old bank of and took five years Of


great pecuniay difficulty and distress convince the people
thai they been duped and msled but they nce
and the charter of the last bank the consequence Of that
conviction This bank like the other provided sound and
abundant currency during the whole of its existence
Neither them suspended specie payments and they
ALWAYS kept the exchanges low b. and for
motives understood by body tesy old
man from Tennessee raised crusade against the last bank
and prevented recharer. We hare had prosperity
since that period Three times since the formation Of
government has The attempt been made conduct the mcnc
tary affairs of the country without national bank and each
attempt has proved signal failure For forty years. while
we had such bank the country almost uniformly pros
porous When we have had such banks, the country
has uniformly been aboring under pecunary derange-
rnent Put this and that together and then say who is
that is endeavoring to humbug the people,