Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-11-18
No. No. 429

mate opposition Of the Democrats, they
had TO encounter the veto power, en-
couraged BY a kind Of quasi opposition.
He believed the democratic party honest
ia the MAIN; but the leaders Of The party
it was who stimulated Mr.. Tyler TO his
acts Of treachery. While speaking OF
leaders, let ne (ssid Mr.C) DO q sheer
act Of Justice 10 one Of them-s man
with whom | have not spoken Tor years.
and may never again speak, mean
Thomas II Benton, Of Missouri The
contempt and disdain with which he
treats John Tyler may be inferred lfom
the fact that he never crossed his lhresh'
hold, he had not, at least, up 10 April
last. and am told by the mods Of my
friends around ma, that he still con-
times TO treat him and his treachery,
as they deserve, with IoaIhiog and
scorn.
But what were the measures ard pc
Icy Of The Wings? The Democrats
accused Us Of having no principles be-
fore the election Of 1910, and now up
braid US ior not having carried out what
we promised. And what, teIIo" Gilt
gems. are their princip|esi A bard mo-
oey currency, kardtyg got! Laugh
ter, loud and long They say that a
bank of the United States will oVertofn
our Iiberlies-sliip us Of ali the forms
Of freedom. as if the liberties OF this
country could be oveflhro~n, and yet all
those connected with The banks remain
Ireemen!-Mr. Woodbury. and General
Jackson God bless the old hero-l
wish him no harm, and, although he
has injured me much, | would not, II ~
my power. soil a hair Of his venerable
head-lhe old General aud Mr.. Wood
bury did say that the local banks had
succeeded in making exchanges cheaper
and lurai'hing a be ter currency Than
the U0iled States Bank had done. we
made predictions, painful as it was our
duty to do, and anticipated the suspen-
sinus which have since occurred but we
were laughed at for our pains. told
the country so in 1888, and employed a
figure when | said that you might as
well expect a feet Of canoes, lashed TO.
gether with g hickory withe, 10 brave
aud ride out an ocean Storm, as 10 look
for local banks 10 furnish a sound and
regular currency for this extended coun'
Try. There is now an effort making 0y
The hanks in this State, in Kentucky
and elsewhere, 10 resume specie pay
ments (and | hope, said Mr. c they will
be able 10 maintaiG n.y. but whenever
the time Of difficulty shall come, (aud |
am nor anxious to predIct) they will
snap and break again. Our Democratic
friends, Corw outstanding 'heir recon-
mendatIOn Of a local currency, what do
they say when the banks suspend? Do
they try 10 sustain and defend lhem?-
No! The Uniled States Bank was a
monster, they said, and that must be
put down; and now their local banks
have failed. all banks are denounced asst
brood OF lille monsters. and they too
must share The same fate! He did not
embrace all his Democratic friends in
this category. but their leading men
Col. Benton, for instance, whom he com
plimenled a few moments ago for mis-
ssgacity in another respect, went a.
gaInst all banks; against every thing
but q hard money curTeDcy-and de.
slres tina; we should copy after some of
Inc nations Of the world. The exam
pies of England, Ireland, Scotland and
France, are all abandoned, and mlsera-
BILE and wretched Spain and Portugal,
and The %neighboring COLONY OF Cuba.
held up to US as examples Of a hard mo
ney currency. We Wings 60 for oil
the money we can honestly get. andsas
good as we can get. We 60 for well
regulated banks for State purposes, and
a we'll regulated Narisnai Bank for the
Union, to furnish a National curreGcv.
Many cry for hard money, although
the juggling Of dollar has not asiOn'sh'
ed their pockets for many a day They
reminded him Of the anecdote he oncs
heard Of a good honest emigrant from
North Carolina who was met on The
summit oil Church mountain, returning
back 10 that State, after visiting and set
ling for some time IN one OF the fertile
valleys OF the West. His whole ap-
pearance, and that OF his r%etinue, be-
spoke the most ablect poverty. His vile
was in tauers-h his poor old horse a
mere skeleton Of bones; a carcass on
which the buzzards might be supposed
10 hold a pre- .emptlon Of many years
s~randing-a half dozen children sat sus.
pended IN a bag on either side of The
poor beast The good man q his spouse
walking in apparent conrenledness, after
the moving spectacle, He was asked
where he was going "Back 10 North
Carolina-l don't like your Western
country you hare no market for surplus
produce out there" [Roars OF laught'rl
No!-there was no market for such rags