Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-07-29

'DDsorganizers,' 'deserrprs,' 'proresscd
Democrats bank attorneys bank
Debtors bank bought FederaIis,s,' are
the choice aud chasre rpilhels bestowed
upon a freeman no has the hardlbood
10 think for himself. even when you are
absent OF Washington Guy, and cannot
be here to think for him. The Lrgls
Ialure is thus in turn played off upon
The peOpe e.
Whether there is or is not truth in
these suggestions you can Judge for
yourself; aud If you viii permit the
community TO think upon this point, they
TOO will judge Tor themselves. There
is nothing new in such ar,s, They
have long been ~resorled to by snail
rate poInicians, whose principal object
was the 'Iooves aud fishes Of office, and
who were not yely scrupuious about the
mode Of Obtaining them. If you do
really practice this kind Of political
trickery upon the party TO which you
belong. | dare say that in doing so, you
have al eye to the recompense Of re-
ward and some paIliatlon is to be found
in the fact, that the Office of State Pril
ter is a lucrative one, and may be re-
garded as a stepping stone to a sill
higher post for which it is thought you
already feel the paintings Of q young
ambition.
As you are no doubt fond of history il,
and would read it if some one would
take the weight Of the Government off
your shoulders, and give you an oppor.
ldnity to do so, ! will take the liberty
Of refreshing your memory with a lew
"reminiscences that may be useful
From 1885 10 1871, the Democratic par
ty have gone into every e~ioctioneeriDg
campaign with Bank Reform" upon
their lips, as one Of the principal issues
between them and their adversarIes. In
every one of these campaigns cur oppo-
nents have charged us with a design TO
destroy all banks OF circulation, and to
reduce the people TO q hard money
currency. Whenever and wherever that
charge has been made, it has been bold
y and positively denied by US. 1t may
be asserted, without fear Of contradjc-
ZION, that during the whole contest, not
a speech, an address, or a newspaper,
containing the sentiments Of any re-
spnSibIe man or sci of men in our party ,
can be found, ia which the doctrines Of
an exclusive metallic currency were ad-
vocated. During the last campaign, the
democretic candidates in every county
in the State declared themselves Bank
r%eIormers,' and not Bank dostrucliVes,
10 favor Of resumption-in favor Of a
better system Of banking than the pre-,
sent one, by which the people should
be secured against frauds and losses
Upon these professions, and aided by
accidental causes in certain counties and
districts. they secured a small majority
in both branches ofthe General Assem-.
bly,. No sooner was the result known,
than all parties concurred in the oPin-
ion that Bank Reform in some tangl'
bic shape, would now have to make It's
appearance upon the stage. II had beer
talked about for years; various Prlnci
pies bad been discussed as necessary Il
a new and safe banking system; State
Banks, Safety funds, Bank Commission
r ers, Individual liabilities. &c &c, were
, common topics. But the precise man
ner in which these safeguards were tt
J be applied in a acw system was still M
settled Several Bank bills had beer
reported by our party in the Senate, a
\ the previous session, but none OF them
adopted All agreed, however, thaI
: now the democrats must produce thei
\ ncV system Of banking, that the people
might see 1t and Judge Of It's merits -
}, During the whole session, the inquiry
was kept Up in all parts Of the Safe
5 What is the Legislature dojngP xvii
they do any thing to relieve US" 'Wha
kind Of q banking system are they gotn.
= to make for usY Expectation was a
WI llP'HC ~ oIC llu bVW HIu ShlN hN''S
d cratic system Of banking. At IengtI
e the promised relief came. II consiste
= in "A Peromptory order 10 all the bank
!, in the State TO resume specie payment
. on the 18th Of March, upon all their liza
bilities at once. II banks are useful 70
Q any purpose it is TO furnish funds in tn
fall. 10 enable the dealer 10 wheat, porE
cattle, horses, mules, and other produc
ofthe country, to purchase up those al
y tjcles and transport them TO market, re
paying 10 the banks in the spring tn
sums thus advanced. 1t is well know
that m the 4tb Of March, large quaint
D., ties Of produce thus purchased, wer
either on their way from Ohio to Ne,
ie Orleans, New York, and other easter
70 cities, or were remaining in those ma
d kets unsoId The noles Of the bank
furnished during the fall and winter
4 hnr ~ rrrduan mnro in ciyruIatiOn hi