Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-01-25


last five years, as an excuse for suspea.
sions, &c. The public good! Mr.. OId
told Us long story about who got up tha
new Bank Of CircIevilIe, and who owned
stock in it, and who borrowed money ous
OF It, &c. &c. We were pleased TO sss
tins exhibition Of bank secrets-let thu
truth come out, we are opposed to Bank
GatSness-ail 9S, We want is more light
"hen Bankers get TO telling on one an
o.her, we shall have the whole truth!!!-
AND A sTTNKING MESS 1T WILL BE. Mr..
O!ds also spoke Of the great solemnity he
ieit when he took his seat upon that foor
and took the oath Of Office. He said ho
never felt under greater solemnities. or
felt more strong y the weight Of his du.
ties, and he was ready to vote for the bin
before The house, p'ovidedhe could get Il
amended to suit him.
Mr.. Byington again rose, and followed
in most sarcastic and biting rebuke 10
the gentleman from Pickaway, and Presi.
dent Of the CircleviIe Post Note Bank.
lie travelled over much ground, showing
the effects of deprecia Ted post note cur.
Tency and gave an instance ofa heayV
shave, that poor laboring men, of which
ne was cOgnizlht, had to submit to. who
were paid in CircleVi,le post notes, and
who wished to enter land with it, al the
Cbilllcothe Land Office. Mr.. B. also al.
Iuded to the great solemnities Of the oath
the gentleman from Pickaway had ta-
ken, and the deep feeling that came over
HIM at the time, aud then produced a as
Post Note, signed by The said Mr.. Olds,
President of the Bank, &C., on the llth
day Of December, ls4I, "payabls on de.
mand. one year after date" which was
five days after he bad taken his seat ON
that floor. and had sworn TO obey the con.
stitution and laws of the State. On the
9th day of December, he had taken this
solemn oath, which had SO deeply affect.
ed him, and on the llth day ofthe same
month, five days after he had taken the
oath, and had been sworn a member Of
that body, he was found putting forth I'D.
on the people OftheState, such bastard.
Illegal, spurious currency! He did no.
dOub', after that, the deep solemnities of
taking The oath he had! The feelings
produced throughout theHall was intense.
The wings looked unutterable, and felt as
unutterable as they looked.
The debate was continued nntil near
dark, the federalisls striving in all posi-.
bic ways and amendments to escape q
direct vote on
THE DOCTRINE OF REPEAL.
Bnt the great doctrine of the democ.
racy Of the State, had to be vendicated.
This unconstitutional, agrarian doctrine
doctrine that rendered the titles to farms
nugaiory, &c. &c, was at last bound to
be sealed, as the true faith, even by the
votes of our opponents! On the question
of engrosssment, fourteen yeas-mark
the number, fourteen-whigs, alone.
could be found, with nerve enough 10 con.
tinue in the path Of error and shallow
tsophIstry. The great, the glorious doc.
trne of REPEAL, after years of hard
fought battles, was declared to be the
doctrine of Ohio, by vote OF SO to ID!
So goes the repeal doctrine!
On the final passage OF the Bill, this
morning, a few more wings were got TO
vote against the repeal doctrine, raising
the number to 10, all toldM! Old Eagle
Eye found out, after nights sleep, that
The bill had repeal in ii, and the refore,
he could not go it! That was getting
into the merits of the bill, at an early sea-
son!
January Is, ls42.
The ant-repudiating resolutions, as
amended in the Senate, were up ia the
House this morning, ahd very spirited
debate took place. We refer to the pro-
ceed ngs for particulars.
Ats o'clock this afternoon, the two
Houses met, and proceeded to various
elections of Judges. On the first ballot,
the vote stood for Supreme Judge as fol.
lows:
Matthew Birchard (dem.) had 55 votes
Peter Hitchcock (fed.) had 81
P. Hitchcock is the present incum.
bent. All the members present, except
Mr. Lowman, (dem.) end Mr.. Smith,
fed both members from Highland cOun.
ty, and absent.
For President Judge of the 18th Ju.
dicial Circuit,
Benirmin Bissell (dem.) had SIS votes
Reuben Hitch cock (Fed. had so
Blank /
r. Hitchcock is the present incumbent,
appointed by Gov. Corwin, to Gil a va,
cancy Occasioned by the death of Judge
Wiley. He is the son Of P. Hitchcock,
of the Supreme Bench.
The following Associate Judges were
also elected:
For Trumbull co.-John R. Church S.
Huron Albert GSutton IS
Pike Sammuel Reed IS
Jackson Asa Dudley Sc
u.,.ooL 8. John Ewing 81
iia"OO'" M. Hammond Sc
This was the first tims the Houses