The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-11-10
From the Ohio Statesman.
THEOHlO LEGISLATURE.

PEcTUs for SESSION PAPER, as is usual at
this season Of the year. We offer it at a
price, also. which brings It within the reach
Of every citizen. We do this even al the
risk of making nothing oursslE because
we desire all who can to bacOme informed of
what trnnsplres during the important period
Of the sessions of both our Slate Legislature
and the Congress Of the Uaued States,
We have mad great democratic victory in
Oho--one more lasting IN It's effects upon
the permanency Of our free institutions, than
any thai preceded it-One that will be refer
red to in all lime TO come, as evidence OF The
attachment Of The people TO the institutions Of
their couu'ry~-9ne that will teach the leck-
less, blind, party demagOuge, that there are
bounds set to his reasonable designs. Sew
eral of the plouers Of treason are re elected -
what will be their course2 If they return
again to their seals, they come with The mark
Of Cain upon them. Will they remain a few
days or weeks, and then run off again, or will
they submit 10 the public voice aud quietly
fill their places to make up quoruml These
are matters Of some interest TO the people. as
testing how far wicked men may tnAe with
our form Of government.
Much is looked for, aIso 10 be accomplish.
cd by the Legislature, in tho way of relief to
The people, but holding The opinions we do,
and have done for years. we look more 10 the
economy prudence, and industry of the peo-
pie, than 10 acts Of Legislation. When bank
paper flooded The country, and sps cnatIon ran
wild as the ocean waves; when debt was piled
upon debt, like mountain upon mountain top,
until they eye was lost in the hazy distance,
and your Capital was fairly dsluged with lob>
bles for more banks, more paper money, more
debts, and the wild crv OF "push on The COL
umn" Of speculation rent the very Heavens,
we stood, with the others. breasung the
storm, and predicting the awful consequences
of The reaction. The bubble burst -FOUR
HUNDRED MILLIONS of bank capital in
The Union has vanished IN thin air, and fve
hundred millions Of private debts are being Ii
qurdaied by The whg bankrupt act. Can leg
isation bring speedy cure for such q dis
easel Did legs alton do it 10 lSl6l Did il
ever do W The last democratic legislature
did wonders, & for which they will ever be en>
titled to the thanks Of grateful people. They
forced the banks 10 resumption, put an end 10
their explosions and swndIug, and brought a
good currency, instead Of viIIanous one, in>
10 existence. lfa market man gets dollar
now be has some confidence in its Safety
specle change has become plenty, and exchan-
ges have fallen from Is and 20 per cent 10 II
and q. But the Legislature of OHIO cannot,
by law raise The pnce of wheat 10 81 so here,
when it is only selling for 81 90 on the sea
board. Pork cannot, by democratic or other
legislation. be raised to SO 20 per hundred in
Ohio, while it is only selling for 81 80 in Bal
tmore. The politician who holds out such
ideas TO the people is knsve, and insults you
by his promise Of 'rwo dollars day and roast
beef" which he Knows he can never fulfill
Such men, being dishonest, can lead the peo-
pie nto trouble, but will never protect them
against fraud, as the last democratic leglsIa.
lure did. Knowing rhese things We were
careful Of pr romses, because the evils too deep
10 be cured in moment by aw-ime and a
return TO common sense and Christian like
prudence and economy are required as we'll as
good legislation. The late tarf act by Cor
gress. BY cutting off our Canada wheat trade
will do Ohio more serious injury than can be
averied BY our own legislature. We musl ie-
store democratic men and democratic meas>
ures 10 lbe councils OF The Dailon, as we'll as
stats-- we must establish judiclous tariff, one
for revenue, and upon The ocean, IN conDec-
ton with our ownc-wi,h standard OF value
spproxmaiiug to tha, of The world, stable aDn
sound free from the wild theories Of "expan-
sion 10 day and contraction to morrow" and
all will be well again. We must have more
individuality in business, and less monopoly;
the million little sreams mus, run free and
pure from heir naive lOun aims, and The great
river oftrade, commerce, and prosperity, will
flow on in peace and harmony. The misera-
bic croaker and'pauic- maker, now fed and fOs.
tered by stealhy monOpo'isIs for purposes o.
ambition and pluuder, will be then taken up, il
found abroad, as a wild lunallc who had es.
capped from his keepers, instead Of being ruI
for Offices of honor and profit, with a live
coon by his side as companion.
Our condition is moi hopeless. We mus
pay somswhat dearly, i, is true, for past or.
rors and follIes, but a kind and bene6cen
Providence has filed our land with milk and
honey-,he beggar for bread meets not ou
V'sion, the hand Of the lyranl is not felt within
our borders we are freemen, walking up.
right after The Immago Of our Creator In
telgen,, happy, and The envy Of the world
Let US then ell down and reason together, an,
advise the best mode Of securing that freedom
ond ,nuobInoSs of oh ar ctar ond Tho .bo,,