The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-01-08

, his wit, upon the doctrines have uttered,
and perhaps, upon me personally: shall
not complain. His wit is attic, and it is al
ways counteous. But wit is not argument,
though it be the weapon with which all great
reforms, and all great but new truths, have in
all ages been attacked. True, bigots have,
in other times, gone further. The rack and
the prison-house have been called into requi-
sition. If | recollect history Alright, when
Gollilce first trught, in an age ofsuperstition
and ignorance, that the earth revoved round
the sun-not the sun round the earth, mems
minds were shocked at his presumption and
his blasphemy; and both church and state
both magistrate and eccleslastc, conspired TO
cast him into prison. But looking calmly
through the bars of his dungeon, and smiling
at his prosecutors, this great hero of science
could extlaim: /" You have trust me into
prison, but still the earth goes round" Sir,
the same spirit opposition--of ridicule and
persecution-has fought, though not prevail
ed, against every other great truth, when
when first put forth 10 the world. And the
present age and generation are not less slow
of belief in such truths, than the generations
and ages which have gone before us. If any,
however, of my friends of the majority, or
any, perchance, of the minority, are not yet
prepared 10 agree with me upon this great
question, it is their right, under our institu-
tions and laws, TO entertain and express what
ever opinion they may choose 10 express or
entertain. But they will remember, that the
same great right belongs TO me also. Sir,
shall seek no occasion of quarrel with any of
them, or with any man, for an honest difference
of belief, however erroneous or absurd, or
lanatical, his opinions may be. Standing
upon the vantage ground of TRUTH, we who
hold to these doctrines, shall wait calmly,
and wait frmly-we may wait long-till the
steady progression Of the age, and Of public
opinion, shall have come up.
have never sought concealment, either
upon this question or any other. am not
afraid of the truth--I dare speak it openly.
1t may be unpopular, it may be in advance
of the age-it is none the less truth, and 1
am not the more afraid, therefore, to pro-
claim it. But spoke for myself only, and
undertook not to bind any man by my decla-
rations. spoke, also, the sentiments, as
believe, of the people of Columbiana. We
study no concealment there. My own sem
timents we're openly proclaimed through the
public press, and in the popular assemblages;
and, also, as we'll before the late election, as
at other times. pledged myself, voluntari-
ly, to vote for "the total" immediate, and
unconditional repeal of the banking law of
the least session. Yet was elected almost
without opposition.
Mr.. Reemelin defined his position on the
currency question. He was democrat--a
hard money democrat--and in this he be-
lieved he carried out the wishes of his con-
stituents At all events, his constituents
could not be mistaken as TO his princi ples.--
Show any proposition or question upon the
subject af banking TO any man in Hamilton
county, and he will be able at once to inform
you how he (Mr. R.) would cast his vote on
such questions. Mr.. R. would not wait un-
til he saw how the tide of popular favor was
about to turn, before he took his stand. He
believed that he was on the right side--the
side of equal law--of constitutional liberty,
and of the rights of man. That was enough
for him to know. He had taken his stand,
and could not be driven from that high ground.
The entire system of banking, he believed
wholly at war with the spirit of our free insti-
tutons, and the natural laws Of trade; and
he looked forward with hope to the day which
should witness its final overthrow, md the
peope's deliverance from this worse than
Egyptian bondage. So that day come, it
mattered not by what means the glorious re-
suit was brought about, whether by repeal,
| by the indignant rising of an otraged people,
or by Providental interference of the al
mighty, ....
The question 'Shall the main question be
now pu:?' 1t was decided in the affirmative
yeas 80 nays "a; IA party vote, except
that Mr.. johnson, of Lorain voted with mi
nority in the negatively
The question was then taken upon order
ing the bill to third reading, and carried
yeas Al, nays II: as follows.
YEAS-Messrs Allen, Ball, Barnes, Bow
en-, Boyd, Brown, of Montgomery; Candy,
Chandler. Cowen, Curry, Cutler, Ferguson,
Harvey, Hibberd, Irwin, johnson, Johnston,
Kimball, Lennon, Mason, Mcintosh, Moul-
ton, Noble, Parcher, Phelps, Randall, Rich
lie, Ridgway, Riley, Shaw, Shreve, Smith,
of Licking; Stanley, Strover, Summers,
Thomas, Upton, Trimble, of Highland;
T1imble, of Muskingum, Wright, and Speak
er-41.
NAYS-Messrs,' Abernethy, Anderson,
Bell, Brackley, Cockerll, Commngs, Dial.
Higgins, Knapp, Reemelin. Sharp, Smith,
of Knox; Swartz. Totten, Williams, of
Columbiana; Williams Of Coshocton; and
Yost--l7.
The House adjourned.
Mr. Vallandigham possesses high order
of talent and eloquence. He has just com
menced his career as a. legislator, and this