Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-10-04
No 5l--WHGLe; Ma 7lS

was time We should become lille more
AmercaGzsd. and instead Of lesding
panper5 and lab5ters OF England, leet
oar own, OF ELSE, 10 short time. by con-
trnuing our 9escat policy, we shouid bs
paupers ourselves.
The farmers participate as largely in
The ben,il Of lhe Tnuf policy as aES
portion Ol The go immunity. ! cannot ex.
press my sentiment better than 20 Usa
the language Geu. Jackson used - lbe
same letter that | have quoted from D. =
boye: u will Usk what Is Ihs real stu
alton Of ihe "grIcUiiurst except for Cot
toni II has Heither lorelgn nor bone
market Does mol this clearly prove
wuen there Is no market either al homs
for abroad; here is too much labor em--
Dluyed IN aericnl'urel Common sens,
a, once points out the remedy Take
from the agncu' lure Of lha Uorted States
600 600 men, women and children, and
YOU wlIi at odce give market for more
IUreAdsuTs lhau all Europe u9w furnish
Ius."
am not willing to 90 for the annexa.
/ Iloa 0i Texas, ~ any shape; for dJn't
want to see any more slave territory ad.
ded 10 ths Republic; nor am wiling 10
advocate the as. .umption of Stale debts
on the parl OF he National Government
- much less would advocate lbe as
sumption Of The debts Of foreign nation.
Such dOtrnes are at war with every
prIncrple Of Democracy and equality,
aud canuot support any man or any
party VINO are ID favor Of such meas.
ures.
No greater STAN could be fixed upon
our glorious institutions than the dishon.
or Of perpelualug and extending slave
~. would rather The party were bro-
ken in fragments than suck dishOnor be
brought on the country. We have been
soem oily declaring IN The face OF the
whole world that we were opposed 10
slavery AMI anxious TO adopt any practI
cal mode of getting rid oI It. Shall we
now give tn iIe to our professions aud
extend the ueGaIlous aud accursed sys-
TEN Of African slavery over an immense
and fertile territory, much of which is
yet unpOlule1 by the footsteps of a
slave!
have gone with the Democratic par
| ty IN GOOD faI.h for reform IN our Sfate
! Currency. and my views now coincide
with lno,e o. Gov Shannon's on this sub.
Iect. My opinions have undergone no
change, but the party have changed
lrou,s entirely on this question. The
peop Of OhIo-the honest voters OF the
State agree on this question, aud ask for
d sound and safe bank. But any one
who has watched the movements of
DhIngs at Columbus cannot lail to have
discovered that there are set OF men
herewho rule the Democratic party with
a rod of iron. Ii is Illuminating ID admit
that In Tree Government like ours that
we are compelled 10 own that there is a
power superior TO the People. We have
ali witnessed the patriotic exertous on
The part of the Legislature TO establish a
Ound system Of Banking, and thus re-
deem The pledge to the people; and We
have seen those eXertIons thwarted and
defeated by few men who are The advo.
C ties OF exclusive hard money, and moth
Ing but hard money.
Who has not witnessed that all the
important Offices are filled with men Of
this selection; and that no man, however
gVeal his merits or services may be, can
even get nominated without their en-
dorsementI
They have. by application of party
drill and appeals to preserve political
consistency, defeated he known wishes
of the people on this subject, Such
kind oil Democracy will not submit to.
90 for the free, unbiased, unrestricted
rlgh Of suffrage on the part Of the people,
do not wish to sea a power bdIIt up 10
hls free couatry superior TO the Peo-
pie.
lam not willing TO join in the crusade
against all Banks. believe with Gov.
Shannon "that in young State however
like Ohio, with genial climate and rich
soil, having population OF near two
millions, with unbounded natural resouT.
ces, we are more in want OF capital than
any thing else. 1t is capital that inn
proves our country-givcs employment
to labor, and inIuses life into every de-
parlment OF business. We should be
careful therefore, to adopt no policy that
would expel capital out Of the State, or
deter men oI capital from settling a
mongst US. The contrary should be our
policy, carefully and steadily adhered TO-.
The destruction Of all Banks would be at.
tended with the withdrawal oi a Iage a.
mount Of capital from the Stale. Men
~ sur.,1na raniIaI will invest n i'm hank inrs