The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-11-11
THE FUTURE COURSE OF THE DEMO,
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late defeat, its different members are most wisely
endeayoring 10 ascertain the cause, with view
TO avoid like consequence hereafter. Nappears
10 be the general conviction that to the want OF
unity Of principle and harmony, existing among
us,our late defeat is mainly attributable. Admit
ting this to be the prominent it will fail to be
Femeded by any truce suppressing and sacrificing
any of the great principles for which we are con-
tending. Harmony established upon such found
alton would be hollow, delusve and unprofitable;
without the vigor Of health it would only produce
diseased and inefficient action, and pave our way
to hopeless and deserved minority.
AT the Convention on the 9th Of January next
the issues Of the next compaign will probably be
decided The only direct suggestion in reference
to tha. decision which we nave perceived is the
following from the Cincinnati Enquirer:
1--WE are opposed to chartering banks of Cireula-
tion, and especially, when their circulation, is
based upon Stocks and real estate. But we do not
believe the evil can be reached by ordinary legis-
lation. The axe should be laid at the root Of the
tree, and we submit whether it should, or should
not. be done by calling convention of the people,
TO alter the Constitution, so as to prohibit all such
insti tutions. This, it seems to us, is the only
practical means of reaching the evil, and the only
efectual remedy.
tsLouisiana has excluded banks of circ culatlon,
BY her new Constitution; and SO has Texas
Missouri and Mississippi will soon follow IN their
footsteps, and Indiana Ohio, Illinois, and all the
West and Southwest, may reasonably be expect
ed not to lag far behind.
"Where the Constitution Of State sanctions
banks of circulation, or in fact does not absolutely
prohibit them, and where their existence is made
the test of parties, and parties are nearly balanced
the work of subsequent Legislature will very
likely be the building up, or pulling down, the
work Of its predecessor, as often as the outs be-
come the ms"
So far as we have quoted we like the proposition,
which is not new to our readers, who have hereto
fore seen it advocated in the Venture when under
the charge of our predecessor. But the qu'rer
adds as part of his proposition the surrender OF
the question of the repeal OF the Banks created
under Kelly's Law. For the issue OF Const'tu-
,ional Reform we are fully prepared, but we are
BY no means preparedto acquiesce in the existence
of the present Banking system. We emust cnaure
i, perforce until the public intelligence decides for
It, removal, but we will never cease to urge its
repeal, nor concede for one moment its rghtful
existence. We feel satisfied that had the broad
question of Bank or no bank been substituted for
the visionary moonshine Of bank reform, Ohio
would before this have taken her place in the
'front.' rank of Democratic States, instead of being
now under the guidance of an unprincpled whig
oligarchy.
Throughout the State, wherever the question oi
bank or specie currency has been boldly pre-
sented to the'people, they have upheld sound cur
rency with patriotic devotion which leaves
no, doubt of our ultimate victory if to them
are fully cOn6ded the great which we desire
success. We cannot fear the result, as it is only
in the pursuit of little aims and time serving
policy that defeat is dsgraceful. With noble
objects and manly efforts for the real liberty OF
the people, no falsehood or ignorance can long
deprive us of their hearty cooperation.
We cannot conclude this subject better than
by adopting the well-judged remarks Of the N. Y
THE OHIO DEMOCRACY.
The Democracy of Ohio have met with a
decisive, but not very disastrous defeat
'They have failed to gain the Legislature,
both branches Of which were last year firmly
Wing, and will now only be more strongly
so. They last year were unable to carry the
popular vote for ".Polk and Dallas" and they
are now only equally unfortunate. But we
see nothing in the returns before us TO the
contrary, and, therefore, believe that the De-
mocracy of Ohio are at this day as powerful
as they were one year since. We have said
that the Democracy of Ohio afe as powerful
now as they were one year since, we should
have said more powerful. And such is the
fact. They are more powerful, because they
know their true strength-because the
schemes and numbers oftreacherous men hate
been exposed-because the late battle has
been fought OH principe-and because such
a battle has driven from their ranks many
who were Democrats from interested motives,
and who do not relish the stern virtue Of the
Ohio Democracy. eaf s.esr ....
The battle has been lost by the treache-
rous and underhanded management of the
conservatives. Excepting in one or two
counties in which this rotten class of politi-
clans carried their own nominations, they
have evidently been against the Democratic
candidates. Especially has such been the
case in every county containing consldera-
bic town. In every such place there was a
little knot of men who were with us but not
Of us; and in such places we lose ground
And in some close counties the whole De-
mocratic ticket is elected, with the eycep-
'tion of members Of the Legislature. These
circumstances tell the story--the conserva-
...---L Az, radical atipaantr &C Tho