Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-03-26
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Will you please insert, il the column,
oithe Ohio Statesman, the folio wing lei
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ours, very respectfully,
..,t ~ T. w. BARTLEY.
Feb. 2sth, 1874.
a. SENATE CHAMBER,
February 26, 1914
His ErceIlency, Wilson Shannon:
DEAR SIR:-lt is with feelings of as
iOnIshment and regret, that / have road
your letter eflhe l5ia instant, addressed
to,Dr. John DuDbam, editor Of the ST.
ClairsvilIe Gazette, on the yexed ques
liOn Of banks and the currency. Enter
tanning for you, personally, as | always
have, aud do now, no other sentiments
than those Of kindness and high consid-
eTaliOn,'I would be oAe of the las, per,
sons TO take exception 10 any thing
which might be necessary for yoH
to say in defence Of Yourself, a..
% gainsl any personal charge or dsnun.
ciaiiOn. But your letter is NOT con
fined 10 an culpaliun OF yourself. You
shave deemed il proper win the weight
OFyour opinion and your official influence,
to asssil, indirectly at least, not only The
position assumed by the democratic par
, ~ Of this State, on the currency ques.
tiOn, at the Stale Convention recently
held in Columbus, but also the Legislative
acts Of the democratic majority in the
Legislature at the two sess ,0ns preceding
the present, as well as the acts of ma.
ldrity Of the present General Assembly.
! conceive il due TO the democratic par.
y 10 the Legislature, with whom | have
acted; due TO myself, on account of the
part which lhave taken ON the currency
question; and due to the democratic party
Of fthIs State, that some of thu remarks
contained in your letter should not be per.
mitted TO pass uncontFOverted. What /
say, will be dictated BY the spirit offrank.
ness and fairness, and under the iufiu-
enee OF no other motive Than high re-
gard for the public welfare, and The deep
interest which sake in subject OF
great public importance 10 the people of
Ohio, And address you in tkis public
manner, for the purpose eff giving you an
occasion for making aiurther exposition
0f Jour views, should you conceive that
j have in any respect misspprehen.
dcd the import and effect Of your let.
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In tile forepart Of your letter, you use
the, following expression, which is un.
dOubtedIy correct: :-"The whole demo.
cratic party took The ground Of Bank
Reform, while our. opponents either JUS.
tilted, or, 20 some extent, paliated the
conduct Of the banks, and. mainta ined
Chat the system itself required but little
it any amendment. This was the issue
between the two parties in the contest Of
1888, and in every subsequent one, in>
cluding that Of 1872" ii the opinion
hers expressed, II fully concur. While |
Ghe democratic party, on the one side,
we're cOUlshding for reform BY which |
20 correct the sbuses and evils of the !
banking system, under which the people
wsre severely suffering, our political ops
apOnents On the other side, met US al
every step. contested every inch of
ground and resi- ID US at alI points. The
isstFangth Of the NotoCORHicting parties |
4 wss verg nearly balanced. Al the sas-
alonOf lS40 -4I, the whig party had an
oveFwhelming majority in the House Of
Representatives, At The two succeed:
ine eassi0Rs the democratic majority was
ssFY masere one; and at the present
session the whig party have again
majority IN the House of Repre-
Fsltatives. The fearful difficulties
Aad obitcles created and thrown in
Dbr way Eby iRs organized aud del
Emsned Eesissancs OF our political
sFPonsnlss slmost, erd, 1t some times,
saslEels equal 10 Ns Ia our political
psasngth il the egisIaluFe, were vastly
saaazaensed bF diversity Of sentiment
!, ,slasae 'ihe demecFalic members Of the
i slalAsafs, Is IL the details 0f the mea.
!, !. saEs propose andthe peculiar remedies
! assl salaaleted to correct the various a.
4ases e The sslaahina system. Il il an eas
~ mstteE e find laull and point ott real
oE alnaEY imperGacsi0ns in The details
measule end ISw do. nav. yerv few,
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