Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-12-15
parsarrEprS rEprSA ANDD utbbIrsHED EVERY sAruRDAy, BY
In. REED, 81 3. T, HOsMgEIER.. OsSlMg FIR j, !,
ii aGOVERN0R's MESA AGE.o
FelIo.O TCitisensacfthe Senate,i IIb3

I9coneratuIate you on the favorable auspiaes
under which you have assembled to enter upon
your legislative sdUties. AT no period of our
State history has the general prosperity Of our
fellow citizens been established upon more
solid and irn basis, than al the present time.
The protection oflaw, and moral and intellect
uap apimprovenent, are extended to, and within
thereach Of dll classes Of society whilst our
State Institutions for the culture and care Of
the destitute and unfortunate Of every grade
and condition, stand as proud monuments o
the wisdom and humanity Of their founders,
and Of the liberahty and benevolence of ouI
whole People, by whom they have been fos.
terediahd sustained. For these and allother
blessings, we areunder renewed obligations ia
that Divine Goodness that has protected and
defended Us as political community, from the
first entrance Of our pioneer fathers upon the
territory we nhabt until the present moment.
The unsettled state of the public mind in
relation to the best method OF securing a
sound and uniform circulating medium, and Of
adapting our State Bank capital to the wants
ofthe People and the moneyed institutions Of
our sister States, will claim at your hands a
careful and thorough investigation. sia54 10
Tie regulation of the currency is a matter
so intimately connected with our future pros
perity as People, that it should be examined
with a'view to divest it of all extraneous in1u-
ence, and give it thar form that would best
insure its uniformity and value. Party past
sion and political zealare not calculated to as
sist in the examination of statistical realities,
or financial truth; hence the necessity of
bringing Dur minds into the investigation, un-
tanierled and disconnected with either the
opinions Of individuals or of political associa-
tions. That this can be done to the extent
hat would be most favorable to the best inter-
est of the country, by either of the great poll
tical alpartIes that now divide the People, is not,
under the present excitement, to be expected;
but that il may be sufficiently SO as to prevent
our commerce from being crippled, our manu-
factures from going into decay, and impart
new life and energy to every branch of indus
try and useful employment, is most confidently
looked for and expected. 9hfU %. ~ 'raH 90
Plausible theories and sophistical arguments,
connot stand against sober realities and well
established truths. We may talk about the
danger of moneyed interpretations to liberty
and equality of rights as much as we please,
butthe People, in matter that so directly af-
fects their best interests, will require some
thing more substantial than mere defamation
for the surrender ofso important benefit as
that Of a Uniform and sound currency E'u y
The fact that no country on earth has ever
had such currency as was ours, under The
State Banks, controlled and regulated by the
Bank Of the United States, must force itself
upon the minds of all business men.-untiI
something is done giving us substitute Of
equal certainty and value. If such substitute
can be had, giving the same facilities to the
business operations Of the country throughout
the United States that were enjoyed under the
system above alluded to, it ought to be acced-i
ed to by all parties, without hesitation or re-
serve. But of its attainment in any other
way thanby retracing our steps, and Con-
gress eresumingl the exercise Of the power
granted by the Constitution, and abandoning
the doctrine of surrendering the regulation Of
theocurrency to twenty-six Independent State
Governments, is, to my mind, totally impracti-
cable and delusive.eb ns y1iaDoo oli noF1 toe
The Constitution itself was, in a great mea-
sure, ,the offspring of a disordered and fuctua-
ting circulating medium; and after forty
years experience in viii i,h the currency was
controlled by Congress through the medl-
UNI Of Bank Of the United States, giving to
the system uniformity of value in all parts of
the Union, II is suddenly abandoned, upon the
alleged want power conferred by the instru-
ment that grew out gifts necessity ,--and we
are now gravely told that the States must
provide their own currency, and that the Fed
eraf Government will do the sdme.aq di,P 9or|
Thevery proposition to surrender to twen-
ty-six State Sovereigntiesi the regulation of
thecurrency of the Union, carries on its face
anarchy, inequality, fuctuation,q and confu-
sion. And ifthes British government were
ANXIOUS to bring the commerce and nianufac-
of this country into subjecton to Eng
lislf enterprise and capital, and compefthe in
dustrious and laboring classes to- bow beforel
the supremacy and power Of her twenty thou
sand steam engines, (competentto to performthe
labor Of four hundred millions of operatives, J
she could not have better textbook to ac-
complsh that end than the system of finance
that has been recommended for adoption by
those who administer the affairs otothe Gov
ernment of the Union.ltDg sfI 9 9mas1ad
Such is the intimate connection in commerce
and business that now exists between Great
Britain and the United States, that if zoe Grip
pie our credit, she stands ready to reap the ad-
vantage. And why should she not be as
anxious to be our bdplepr as our manu- factur-i|
err The mechanical labor of this country has
felt, and still continues to feel, the power and
force Of her steam engines and abundant sur
plus capital; and our commercial enterprise
will be equally unfortunate, under the propos-
ed system ofbindependent subtreasuries. { All |
this is apparent, when we look at the course
fittings under q shock .ninuour monetary af.1
fairs. 4 The introduction Of measure into
rrraae rn1rulated IN shntre, con6 dancsa i'm IA Il
merican credit, at once throws into the hands
capitalists the securities that might
have beenSmore advantageousy used at home,
hereby giving apreference to foreign credit
vert thatiof our own citizens ofequal security
md safety. s9Igda9 o. bstii6dpa gb191ig ngeE
American politicians may decryi and! break