Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-09-29
To the Independent Voters
Of Carroll.
-CITIZENS

FELLOW-ClTlZENS:
The undersigned, in discharge
Of their duty as the Wing County Com
mitlee ofCarroIl county, beg leave to adj.
dress you, briefly, on the subject of The
approaching election.
On TUESDAY H 18th DAY OF OCTo.
E NEXT, you will again be called on
TO exercise The blood bought privilege
Of e%Iecting your State and County off.
GERS. 10 the exercise of that great and
important duty the character Of the
times requires a careful enquiry into
the principles and practices OF The two
great conIending parties Of The country,
To judge of the future, we need only re.
cur to the past, In the year lS40, tho
country found the so called Democratic
party In possession Of the Stale and
Federal Governments, and the business
Of the country deranged by the ~ruinous
system Of policy which for years had
characterized the then dominant party,
The doctrine was then boldly avowed
that free trade, and the Sub Treasury
hard money system should be fastened
on the country, through all'time. That
our long cherished, and heretofore sue.
cessfuI policy devised by Washington,
Franklin, and their iIlustrious compeers,
which had pushed the young giant Of
the Western Hemisphere on to great,
ness and glory, should be abandoned.
That the Executive should dictate TO the
Legislature the laws they should pass
or, by .he Ueto pOWer, swallow up the
legislative functions Of Congress. The
issues were fairly made up and submit
ted to the American people-and, with
the name Of the INDUSTRIOUS HARRISON
inscribed upon your banners, you dis
placed Mr.. Van Buren,, and the party in
power with as mnch ease as the ship
wrecked Apostle shook the reptile from
his hand BY one Of those dispensalions
OF Providence to which all nations are
liable, your Chief Magistrate, when
standing at the threshold Of his Presi
dental career, carrying out the prtnci
PIES Of the campaign Of 1910, was
stricken down in death The duties Of
the President, by a provision Of the
Constitution, then fell on John Tyler,
All eyes were turned to Washington,
for relief, Congress met in Extra SEES
sion. and in good faith commenced the
work OF publication and reform; and we
did hope that the wounds which the in,
terests of the country had suffered, by
the manifestations of the party lately in
power, would be healed. But, unfor.
tunately, we were stabbed and that too.
10 our own camp! John Tyler, in his
,unhoIy ambition, DESTROYS OF securing to
himself a party for his own future ag
grandizement, abandoned his former
pledges; and, cheered on to the work Of
destruction by the Locoloco party in
Congress, has, by an arbitrary and un
warrantable use Of the veto power pre-,
vented the passage Of laws calculated to
give US a sound and uniform currency,
and to restore that rich legacy be-.
quealhed US by the fathers of the
revoIution-"the proceeds of the sales
Of the public lands"-thus leaving the
Government and people embarrassed,
and the credit Of the States slagger
ing for the aid which was Withheld by
the will Of one man, and that TOO, in the
face Of his Oft declared opinions TO the
contrary.
Thus, fellow citizens, you will per.
ceive that the same causes for patriotic
action on your part which existed in
1910, still do exist, and we think should,
81 will be met by you in The same spirit
Among other duties, will devoIVe on
you the choice Of two Representatives
in the General Assembly Of your own
State for this and Jefferson counties,
Yon ale, probably, well advised Of the
doings Of the last Legislature. We
ne ed only remind you, that the Van Bu'
rem party had a majority Of two in
each branch Of your Legislature, with
foil power to do much for their common
constituency, and What did they dol
They rejected every practicable mea
sure of Banking proposed by the Wings.
and their leaders, Byington, McNulty
Taylor, and others, openly avowed the
hard money doctrine, aod although ask
ed for charters by several solvent Banks
OF ths State, they refused, and Ms a mis-
cradle suhterMge passed "a Law Re.
gu!ating Banking in Ohio" generally
known as "LGtham'S Bill" which in
fact is no law at alI-"it neither oper
ales on persons or things, and is no
more binding than would be a string oil
resolutions" passed at bar room meet
ing, No Bank ln the Stale, nor any