Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-09-06
From the Political Examiner.
A d ID X Il s s
To the candid and reaeciiag men Of all
Ddrties tpithout TeOdrd 10 Doltics:

puTHcS UtItOW IeSuTH ~ pOtHtCS'
y Fellow CITIZENS: Having al the n
:. quest Of several ofmy fellow citizens an
d pOllticiul friends, consented to become
It candidate for the Office of County Audit
d or, think it my duty, particularly, as
have never been before the public a: an
l former period, to give YOU fall and fre
exposition Of the views and opinions whic
d | entertain, 50 far as they have any con
!, nexion with, or POLITICAL bearing upon
b the Office TO which | aspire. Reing as
! am, merely candidate for a county offict
2 it cannot be expected that should en-
+ ter largely into the discussion Of STATE
and national politics. Lest, however, i
) should be thought that left the people
, too little informed with reference tt
these matters, will proceed to give a
plain and brief statement of the views
entertain with regard to few of the mosl
important subjects which lately have and
perhaps, shortly will again, agitate and
distract the legislative councils Of our
State.
! With regard TO the currency, which sp
pears to be subject OF the utmost soIict>
ude and consequently of tho first impor.
lance, my views are soon expressed. If
we are TO have a new system of banking
created, to take the place of the present,
and had voice in making those banks,
| would, believe, be in favor Of acing
them under the control and supervision
of board of control or inspection, 10 be
elected jointly by the stockholders and
the represent ntatiVes Of the people, and
backed by strong aud adequate safety
fund. would not be in favor Of giving
10 The bahkels themselves the privilege
OF striking their own Ellls; but making it
the duty Of the Board of control to have
them struck, and 10 place at the disposal
of each branch the amount to which its
charter entitled it, so soon as the Drec-
tors and other officers certified under oath
that sufficient amount of stock had &C
tually been paid, in gold and silver
This would, in my opinion, prevent over
issuing.
Should the Directors and other officers
of the bank OVer.issue under such cir
cumstances, | would make them jointly
and seVeralIy liable for the amount so
owe r-ssued: binding and pledging their
individual property as security for the
redemption OF the same.
This safPty-iund system is the same
which was recommended by Mr.. Van Bu
rem in his Message of the 26th January,
1899, and adopted by the Legislature of
New York; the same which IS 80 eulogs.
ed by Mr.. Benton, in his letter to Gen.
Davis, of Mississippi, dated December
the 10Th, 1891. tits the same which
was recommended by Senator Vance in
his report from the minority committee,
winter before last; and Messrs Olds and
Probasco last winter am aware that
there are objections TO this system, as in
deed there are to all others, for The Obvtt
Gus reason, that il is much easier TO pull
down than it is to build up. Perhaps
the POLITICAL philosopher would sly that
il would have been much better for us if |
The system had never been int oduced,
and better we're il now to lie done away,
and The whole trade and business of tho |
world transacted entirely with the pre-
cious metals. b. this as it may, or true
as it once might have been, the nature |
of the case is now entirely changed. Ii |
is tho business of the wise and practical |
Statesman 10 take things as they are, and |
not as they should be, and to IegislaIe &C.
cordingly.
Ii is scarcely necessary to remark, that
| believe the farming or agricultural in
terest to be superior TO all others in our
Government. The farming population
are much more numerous than all the
other classes of society combined. The
design of all legislation should be TO con-
fer The greatest good upon the greatest
In all legislation the intor-
est of the farmer should be tho
polar star of every measure. Upon
his success depends the prosperity and
recommended by the Father Of hisCoun-
try, and il is the only policy, consistent
with the permanent felicity Of this growing
Republic.
Tue next subject upon which il is,per>
haps, proper for me to speak, is that of
the tariff. This on all engrossing theme,
and bids fair, shortly, TO become the all
absorbing question throughout the Union.
am decidedly of opinion, that dis
crimnating tariff, wisely and iudIcinusly
levied upon the proper articles, for the
purpose Of reveaGe-sufficien to detray
The expenses of Government, and afford
incide 1tal protection to domestic labor
and industry, is necessary. Past exPerl-
ence has demonstrated that means to *e-
fray the expenses of the Government
must be raised either in this way, or by
a resort to direct taxation. The expense
in case Of resort to the latter, as has
been found by correct calculation, would
amount TO 35 per cent. off the whole a;
mount collected A direct tax would
| .Iso hoo. r,oro onarOuslv unOn tho poor.