Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-02-15

IOl6 against Sdlu mOuOut lNUs SlIs luSg j
zane up here in solid phalanx, and voted
or IL: were they sincere in thlsP II so,
Why is it that they have been threatening
US with destruction, it We dared TO force
! resumption as eally as the 4ih Of March!
Which hoin ofthe dilemma will they take !
For they have given themselves the lie,
hey were either acting the bypocrite
when they begged, and voted for four
months longer, to be given TO the banks,
and threatened us with destruction, be.
cause we would not do so, OF they were
acting dishonesty, when they voted for
the proposition for an immediate resump-
liou, If they were not playing dishonest,
and hypocritical game, what excuse have
they TO offer, for endeavoring to destroy
this bill, by thus overloadingili Can they
reconcile this matterl Mr.. Speaker, |
can reconcile ii: it is one part Of the ma
chinery sir, that they have resorted TO,
for the purpose Of destroying this bill
But suppose we tremble under their
lhreats9 Suppose we falter, fall back,
aud let them take The business INTO their
own hands! Give the banks four months
longer 10 swindle the people in, and con-
inmate the robbery which they have been
carrying on tor years3 A robbery sir,
that has ilched from the people, more mo.
ney than would have built all Of our ca
nails, and other public Improvements. -
Yes, sir, these gentlemen get up here and
tell US that the banks have built our ca
nails, &c, that our state would have been
in the wilderness yet, had 1t not been for
these banks! Sir, these banks have rob
bed us of twice the amount OF money, that
our improvements have cost us, and all
that has ever been stolen from us by the
convcts in the Peni.ertiary besides.
Is it not singular M. Speaker, that
men who steal few dollars, or horse,
are imprisoned in your Penitentiary, and
compelled to labor for years; when, at the
same time, worse men, who are daily rob.
bing us Of millions Of money, in the way
of thiIteen per cent. shave, are suffered
10 run al large, and even stuck up as the
head Of society," nay sir, more, for we
have here on this floor, in tue Legislature
Of OHIO, 50 men using every arllfice i'm.
aginable, to procure longer time for
these public robbers, 10 carry on their
villany. And sir, should they succeed
they are JUST the men that will charge
democrats in the next election campa gn
with having granted time to the banks, IL
continue their imposition on the public
yes sir, they will throw it into our teetI
Notwithstanding they now hypocritcall
beg of us, and threaten us, 10 do so.-
, Could these men by any hook or crool
( persuade US TO sell our principles for thu
Term of five months, to the banks, (anC
extending he time Of resumption wuulC
, he nothing less) they would next fall, pin
it on our backs-render us infamous il
the eyes ofthe people as men guilty o
treason. These same men sir, that arr
nOw tempting us to forsake our princi
pies, would next fall launt us for havini
done 50, and charge us with having aide
the banks, by giving them moro time t
swindle the people. This sir, would b
fine fun for them, and II is the sum tots
of what they are after; they know as we
as we do, that the banks want no time t
prepare for resumptiOn-the banks hav
had years TO prepare. | recollect sir, {
3 having read in The Cincinnati Gazette,
. whig paper, curly last fall, and immediate
= y after received the news of my ele'
d linn, say | recolIect of having read i
Il said paper, ",he LocOfocos have got mi
e IoIity in the Ohio Legislature, and III
y banks will have TO Iesume'--mark IN
J. the Cincinnati Gazette, don't mistake th
IS authority-sir, their own paper gave the
!; notice early last fall that they wou
r. have To resume-"LocofocO" il SAID,
e a most sneering manner--"I thank the
n Jew, for teaching mo that word:" 81
}. what is locO(ocoism? for | must digrei
D a lltlIe--why, sir, it is The very essenc'
Of all The meanness Ofwhiggery-the low
/ contemplate mean opinion, that the whig
/ entertain of their bellers. | know some
think about the origin Of this name "locC
, foco," aud in order that whiggery ma
understand it hereafter, | will give them
history Of the matter, II so happened
once on time, that the Wall street ger
try, in the city Of New YORK, had shave
The people of that city until the impOs
lion could no longer be borne, aud lh
people called a public meeting, in Tam
many Hall, for The purpose Of taking th'
] suhlect into consideration. Well, sir
about the time the meeting was ready Il
proceed to business, these Wall stree
ruffle shr'ed, squnt glassed, pug nosed
scrub aristOcracy, rushed INTO tho hall
turned offthe gas, put ont the lights, aut
left the meeting in total drrknass, But
sir, a certain democrat present happened
TO have loco foco mitch in his pocket
he rubbed i:against The wall, struck up
light and the meeting proceeded to bus
mess. Since that event, eysly man WHIT
advocates the tights Of the people, in op
position 10 the impositons Of this pug