Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-09-23
E.OCOfOCOisaM---itS COHSc-
GWcnCeS! &c.

For twelve years past, Locoiocolsm,
under one guise or another. has shaped
the policy and controlled the Legislation
of the country. And what nov is the
result OF Locoloco measuresl We be.
hold one OF the most poPulous and the
onIy Tree nation 90 the face Of the globe,
struggling against The swelling lIde OF
poverty IN the midst Of abundance! Who
will have the hi rdihOod to deny, that
this sad resuIt-thIs rulnous state OF
things, has been brought about by bad
rulers evil councils and unwlse pOllcys
1t is not our purpose 10 travel over the
dismal track Of the political history Of
these States Tor 'be last Twelve years
that history Is but too familiar TO the
great mass OF our renders. We recur
to The subject now merely for the pur
pose Of keeping it before the people,
that the LocoCoco party is properly
chargeabIe with all the p%ecunIary dis
tress which prevails throughout the
country. Thai party has darkened the
arr with hickory clubs, shaded every
street. alley aud highway with hickory
poles and hickory bushes; " sent up the
Wild shout of Bank Reform" Bank
Reform" Bank Belorm." Under
these embIems and this deceptive cry,
they have suoIan into power aud destroy
ed the currency. And now, oot one
man in ten, however much property he
NAV have accumulated By the sweat 0i
his brow, has wherewlthaI to pay even
h~istaxes-t to say nothing OF the debts
which he may have necessarily IncuF'
red! When TOO late, we have learned
that "Bank Reform" properly in'erpre
ted, means Bank Destruction
Again. the issues ARE made up, OF which
the rhiei is, BANKS OR NO BANKsf'-
And the people are about to he ca'lec
on for their decision On the one side
we have the Wing candidates. who, II
eIscted, will give an earnest and zeal
Gus support to a welt regulated safe "nt
practicable banking system On lh'
other, We have the LocoIoco caod dates
who are VIGOROUSLY opposed TO all eX
lsting banks aud equally hostile 10 an,
banking system, under which u pruden
capitalist would invest dollar The
e LocuCoco candidates are pledged, by
e their expressed opinions at least, TO =
-. Tor no banks, or such only as shall con
sent to take charters under the prlncI
pies set forth in what is called "Latt
/. ans bank Law" No, one Of the twer
is ty odd specie paying banks IN Oh''
whose charters will expire on the fir
of January next, has consented, or WI
} consent to take charters under the ant
. bank banking law referred to If, Their
le fore, the Locofoco candidates here ar
else where be elected, we shall in Il
., probability, be deprived Of the lit
fragment of currency we now have; al
" then the end will come! The object
he Loco(ocoism will be accomplished
ir hard money, or rather no currency "
ii. follow. The weIl,eOrned property
the debtor will tall under the hamm
J." for a nominal sum; OF be consumed
H. accumulated n Occumula'lng costs &C
b seouent upon appralsements aud re'a
IA ptaisements! The hard earnings oI I
poor man will serve only to enri'
:, him who ia already overgrown IN 1
ID tune Property will necessarily chan
ar. hands; and The thick darkness of Lo'
Goco night will brood over the runs q
- once prosperous people.
II must also be borne in mind, t
we can look only TO our own Leg'sIa''
No for o currency, For more than |
years al least We CaunoI hope for q I