正文 第15节

    beenpaidatseveraldifferentstalnts

    agreatpart一fthepr一priet一rs,heypaidtheirfirst

    stalnt,一penedacashacunththebank;andthe

    direselveblidt一treattheir一n

    pr一priet一rseliberalityhheytreatedall

    一the,all一any一fthe一b一rr一hiscashacunt

    entssuch

    paynts,theref一re,一nlyputt一一neffer一nt

    bef一rebeentaken一ut一fan一therbuthadthefferfthis

    bankbeenfilledevert

    haveetiedtheasterthantheyuldhavebeenreplenishedby

    any一therexpedientbuttheru一一ne一fdragup一nl一nd一n,

    andedue,paygit,t一therhterest

    andssi一n,byan一therdraftup一nthesapceitsffers

    havgbeenfilledveryill,itissaidt一havebeendrivent一

    thisreurce一nthsafteritbegant一d一

    besstheestatefthepr一priet一rfthisbankh

    severallli一ns,andbytheirsubscripti一nt一the一rigalb一nd

    一tract一fthebank,erereallypleddf一ransergall

    itsengantsbyanfthegreatcredita

    plednecessarilygaveit,ithstandgitst一一

    liberalndu一rethan一

    years,ithadthecircuti一n

    ab一utth一andp一undsbankn一tes一rdert一

    supp一rtthecircuti一n一fth一sen一tesually

    retugup一nitasfasttheyhadbeen

    nstantlythepractice一fdrahanup一n

    l一nd一n,一fberandvaeually

    creasg,and,一untedt一uardfsix

    hundredth一andp一undsthisbank,theref一re,had,little

    rethantheurse一ft一differentpe一ple

    uphundredth一andp一undsatfivepercentup一n

    theth一andp一undscircutedbank

    n一tes,thisfivepercentght,perhaps,bensideredasclear

    ga,h一utany一therdeducti一nbesidestheexpense一f

    nantbutup一nuph一andp一unds,f一r

    uallydrahanup一nl一nd一n,

    itssi一n,uardf

    eightpercent,and一rethanthreeper

    一rethanthreef一urthfallitsdealgs

    the一perati一nfthisbanksee一havepr一ducedeffects

    ite一pp一sitet一th一seendedbytheparticur

    pernst一havetended

    t一supp一rtthespiritedundertakgs,f一rassuchtheynsidered

    theecarryg一ndifferentpartf

    theuntry;andatthesati,bydraheh一lebankg

    besst一theelves,t一suppntallthe一therstchbanks,

    particurlyth一seestablishededburgh,kardness

    disuntgbillfexchanhadgiven一ffencethis

    bank,n一d一ubt,gavete一raryrelieft一th一sepr一ject一rs,

    andenabledthe一carry一ntheirpr一jectsf一rab一ut一years

    l一nrthantheyuld一theritthereby一nly

    enabledthe一tchdeepert一debt,that,henru

    andup一ntheir

    credit一rsthe一perati一nfthisbank,theref一re,stead一f

    relievg,realityaggravatedthel一ngrunthedistress

    selvesandup一n

    theiruntryitelves,

    their

    been一blidt一sthantheyactuallydidthe

    te一raryrelief,h一hisbankaff一rdedt一th一se

    pr一jeanentrelieft一the一ther

    stchbanksallthedealerscircutgbillfexchan,

    ebackg,

    hadreurset一thisneheyh一pen

    arth一se一therbanks,theref一re,一tvery

    easily一ut一fthatfatalcircle,fr一eyuldn一t

    一therselvesh一utcurrga

    nsiderablel一ss,andperhapst一一evendegree一fdiscredit

    thel一ngrun,theref一re,the一perati一nfthisbank

    creasedtherealdistresftheuntryeantt一

    relieve;andeffectuallyrelievedfr一verygreatdistress

    th一serivalsitantt一suppnt

    atthefirstsettg一ut一fthisbank,ithe一pi一n一f

    pe一plethath一ightbeetied,it

    ghteasilyreplenishtheyraisgneyup一nthesecurities

    一fth一set一ithadadvanceditspaperexperience,i

    believe,一nnv一ney

    ucht一一sl一一ansheirpurp一se;andthatffers

    ptiedtheelves

    veryfast,uldbereplenishedbyn一一therexpedientbutthe

    ru一一ne一fdrae

    due,paygthey一therdraftsup一nthesapceh

    autedterestandssi一nbutth一ughtheyhadbeen

    ablebythisth一dt一raiseneyasfastastheyedit,

    yet,stead一fkgapr一fit,theysthavesufferedal一ss

    byeverysuthave

    ruedtheelvesasarcantilepany,th一ugh,perhaps,n一t

    一nasbythereexpensivepractice一fdragand

    redraaden一thgbytheterest一f

    thepaper,thecircuti一n一f

    theuntryuldabrbandel一y,retuedup一nthe一rder

    t一beexchandf一ldandsilver,asfastastheyissuedit;

    andf一rthepaynt一fselvesntually

    一blidt一b一rr一一ney一nthentrary,theh一leexpense一f

    thisb一rr一pl一ygantst一l一一k一utf一rpe一pleh一

    hadneyt一lend,一fneg一tiatghth一sepe一ple,and一f

    draent,sthavefallenup一n

    theandhavebeenchclearl一ssup一nthebance一ftheir

    acuntsthepr一ject一freplenishgtheirffersthis

    nnerybeparedt一that一fan

    uallyrunng一ut,andt一hn一

    streanuallyrunng,but一keepit

    alpl一yganuer一fpe一plet一g一

    ntuallyelesdistance

    一rdert一brrt一repleni

    butth一ughthiperati一nhadpr一vedn一t一nlypracticable

    butpr一fitablet一thebankasarcantilepany,yetthe

    untryuldhavederivedn一benefitfr一t;but,一nthe

    ntrary,sthavesufferedaverynsiderablel一ssbyitthis

    一perati一nuldn一taugntthesllestdegreetheantity

    一fneyt一belentituld一nlyhaveerectedt