Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-06
Gbe portage Sentinel.
RAVEN Ma, OH 10:
w ednesday, Aug, g., 1s4s.
BANKS.


BANKS.
If the Legislature octhis State had iiacor-
porated set of robbers, giving them power
and authority, in public manner to filch
from the pockets Of the people and exempted
them from taxation for the purpose ofinduc-
ing them to carry on their plumbers, not an
honest man in the State but would have been
indignant at such course. And yet, after
we have witnessed the transa ctions end the
inglorious end Of 4e plundering concerns
which have heretofore existed in Ohio, and
which had flooded the State with their worth
less paper promises, and them betrayed the
too generous confidence reposcd in them by
the people. we see the whig Legislature Of
this State creating another batch Of worth
less swindling concerns, refusing to make
those for whose beneit they are created, liza
BILE for their issues, and thus, in aT easure, Sc
curing the people against those frauds which
have heretofore been practiced upon them,
but surrounding them with immuuities and
privileges not enjoyed by individuals, and ex.
empting them from taxation, that in few
years they may be enabled to follow the exam.
pie Of their illustrious predecessors, and prey
upon the people. And whether the people
will submit to these thlngs-whether they
will sanction these acts Of last winters whig
Legislature is question which they must
answer at the polls in October next. If
they do, they must expect to reap the bitter
fruits Of this iniquitous system. The cor
rupting influences Of these worthless institu-
tions, upon the principles upon which they
have heretofore been created, have been suf-
ficiently fel: by the people of Ohio, and It on
ly remains for time to reveal the iniquitous
transactions under the present system, if it
shall long be permitted to exist. And are
there any among us who desire return of
the expansion and contraction era of 1855?
Ifnot, how long will you permit this black
puzzle to remain upon the statute book!
We subjoin the following list of defunct
banks which have preyed upon the people in
years that are past, and we hope that every
man in this county. and in the State will have
an eye upon this picture when he goes to the
polls on the second Tuesday of October next.
Bank Of Exchange, Cincinnati,
Bank of Cincinnati,
Bank Of the United States, Branch,
Cincinnati and White Water Canal Company,
Farmers and Mechanics Bank,
Miami Exporting Company,
Ohio and Cincinnati Loan Office,
OTIS, Arnold &. Co.'S Bank,
Bank of CirclevilIe, (new) chartered IN 1873,
Bank Of Hamilton, Hamilton,
Bank Of Galliopolis, GaIIiopolis,
Bank Of Steubenvills, Steubenvlle,
Bank Of Mansfield, Mansfield,
Bank Of Sandusky Bay, Lower Sandusky,
Western Banking Company,
Bank of West Union, West Union,
Canal Bank of Mddetown,
Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, Cleveland,
Commercial Bank of Scioto, Portsmouth,
Farmers Bank of Canton, Canton,
Farmers Bank of New Salem, New Salem,
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Chillic otile,
Franklin Silk Company,
German Bank Of Wooster, Wooster, i
Geauga Insurance Company, Painesville,
Granville AlexaGdrian Society, Granville,
Goshen, Wilmington and Columbus Turnpike
Company,
Hamilton and Rossville Manufacturing Cons
pany,
Jefferson Bank, New Salem,
Kirkland Safety Society Bank, Kirkland,
Lebanon Miami Banking Company, Lebanon,
Lancaster, Ohio, Bank, Lancaster,
Maumee Insurance Company,
Manhattan Bank, Manhattan,
Monroe Falls Manufacturing Company,
Miami Exporting Company, Branch, Come
aGt,
Owl Creek Bank, Mt. Vernon.
Orphans Institute Bank, Fulton,
Ohio Rail Road Company, Richmond,
Urbana Banking Co.. UrDana,
Washington Bank, Miamisburgh, 'f}=
Western Reserve. Farme. s Banking Compa.
ny Brighton,
GAINESVILLE Canal and Manufacturing Company
GAINESVILLE.
And will the people Of Ohio find the banks
which are going into existence under the law
of last winter, and of which the wings SO loud
ly clamor, less subject to evils, and their
course marked with less corruption and fraud
than the above defunct concernsl Many
people, we know, when new policy is
started, think it is best to try it. and then,
lift is found not TO be beneficial, to abandon
1t; but will it do to wait until these public
leeches shall have fastened themselves upon
the public, when it will be their will, if
the people attempt to compel them to deal
honestly, to Immediately attempt to dis
tress the people, and in this attempt they sell
dom fail. Then. let us not delay acting upon
this subject while yet they are powerIess to in
fict ar injury tr
CO The elections for members of the Leg.
islature took place in Illinois ana Missouri on
Monday last, and on the same day in Indiana,
Kentucky and Alabama for members of the
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