Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-06-14

county are ia favor of Bank reform g. op-
posed 20 Bank destruction, that we are
opposed 10 The present Banking system,
because the people are not safe under il,
from the frauds and yillsnies OF Bankers;
but we believe there is wisdom enough
in Ohio TO devise system free from the
defects Of phe present;- one that will OK
clude small notes; be perfectly safe to
the community, afford fair profit TO
Bankers, and furnish a currency at oil
times convertible Into specie at the will
Of the holder
REsoLyED, Thai we will vote for no
man TO represent us in the next General
Assembly, who will not pledge himself
TO sustain such system, regardless of
the dictation Of wiic workers in Colum.
bus OF elsewhere.
RESOLVED, That we, that are not wed.
ded 10 any particular system of banking,
but believe thst under present circum.
stances well guarded safety fund system
is preferable 10 others.
Resolved, That we are in favor oC indi-
vidual liability so modified as To make the
people safe; and at the same time, to in
duce honest, prudent men Of property
to take stock.
RESOLVED, That stockholders should be
liable in their individual capacity in pro.
portion 10 their stock for all the debts
Of the bank after the safety fund, the as.
sells Of the bank, and other securities are
exhausted, and ought not to be held liza
BILE in the first instance.
RESOLVED, That the paper Of broken
Bank, should be received in payment Of
Taxes, and redeemable by the solvent
banks, without compelling the people TO
incur the trouble and expenses of prose-
cutting lawsuits against the individual
stOckholder, to recover the value Of the
notes they may have on hand when the
Bank fails.
RESOLVED, That the Bank Commissions
ers, and the solvent Banks, should be re.
quired to assume the trouble Of winding
up and settling the affairs of a broken
Bank, without throwing that burden up
on the people who have given credit and
currency TO its paper.
RESOLVED, That we have seen with
more Of sorrow than Of anger, the unjust
aid impolilic attempts of certain hard
money men, TO make iI!eir doctrines the
test Of Democratic principles nl0hio, and
we regard those men, and all who Gu
doTse their prsceedings as advocating a
doctrine hostile TO tho best interests of
the State.
REsovED, That the D1mocrlcy Of BrOwn
understand their own interesi,--are ca
pable Of managing their own affairs, aud
will submit to no dictaiion from abroad !;
whether it come frem high public func.
iionaries who draw their support from the
Treasury, whilst the People are weighed
down with heavy burdens, and almest with
out currency 10 transact business, dis
charge debts, or pay taxes or from Ed
itOrs or politicians, who set themselves up
as the judges Of who are, and who IRE
not Democrats. aF
RESOLVED, That we repcl with scorn
the impuiaton that we are WHIGs; we
are now what We have been for many
years, the advocates Of Dsmoctatic men,
measures, and principles; and we are but
reafiirming the doctrines We sustained
in 1870 & Al.
RESOLVED, That il is the right Of free
men TO meet and consult for the common
goods toapprove or dislpprOve The acts
Of public men, and 10 instruct their repre-.
sentalives, and he who would ablidge
those rights, or attempt To set up the will
ofthe Representative as q rule for the
People against which they must not com.
plain, 10 neither democrat nor friend
tOPOpular liberty.
RESOLVED, That We are in favor Of the
election Of Wilson Shannon for Governor,
and hereby pledge ourselves 10 use all
fair and honorable means to secure his
election.
RESOLVED, That a Genital committee
Of vigilance and correspondence, to con-
sist OF seven members be appointed BY
the Chair to serge during the ensuing
campaign.
REsoLyED, That the proceedings of
this meeting he signed by its officers and
published in the Democratic Standard |
and the democratic papers of this State,
generally.
After the foregoing resolutions report
Dd by the committee had been separately
adopted, Col John Allen offered the
resolution which was also adop-
ed.
REsOLvED, That We hAvs listened With
pleasure to the exposition of our demo,
,rauc friends Mcdowell, Paterson and
iameF; We concur with them in the
Jews Of the currency question; we rec
'gnize in them the same firm, fearless
nd able advocates Of Democratic doc
rinos, who have stood BY us, and fought
rith Us since 1924; and we regard with
lily aud contempt the bssO and SANDER
Us attacks recently made upon them,
nd those associated with them, BY inter.
sted politicians and seFvile presses in
Dhio.
In pursuance Of one Of the above Feso.