Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-09-25

irom neghb0rhood TO neghborhoOd, from town.
ship TO township in this work and instructed 10
bring up the doubling and wayerIng at any cost!
These facts have reached US from reliable sour
ces and they indicate the desperation ofthe hard
money faction in Ohio,-iheir determination to
carry the State if possible. They show us too
what we have to do, what MUST be done TO save
the State from the spOiier!-from those who will
PROSTATE her credit, her honor, her peace, her
highest interests, in a single session, If they are
successful
"The loss Of the next election will be more
disastrous to Ohio than if our State had never
felt the blessings of whig legislation. Let us
look for moment at the consequences which will
follow a whig defeat. We are bound to believe
that Locoiocoism will live up TO its professions,
and there is no way of testing the principles of
political party except by the proceedings of pub
lie meetings and the avowals of the leaders of
that party. Taking these things as our guide,
we believe that in the event Of the success Of
our opponents, the first "hard work" will be TO
undo what the wings for years have done. Our
Tax Law-acknowledged by every honest man
as the best tax law ever enacted-must be swept
/ from the statute book. And where will the re-
peal leave Ohiol She will be bankrupt and will
virtually repudiate. Thus far, thanks to whig
rule, her interest has been paid at the day, but
nothing can save defalcation but fair and just
system oftaxalion, such asystcm as we now have.
Now we are taxed according to what we have,
and that assessed at a fair cash value. Under
the old law the moncyed man escaped, but the
/ farmer was caught; the rich man paid no more
tax for the privilege of driving fancy horse,
than the drayman did for his plain and low pri.
otha nf
/ luxury were passed by, but now under a whig tax
law the rich must pay for their luXuries-the mi
ser must pay upon his boarded weath-the usur-
er must pay on his ill-gouen gains, and he who
lols in ease and ailluence, living upon his inter-
est money, must pay over his share into the cof-
fers of the treasury. Remember If the wings
are defeated the fate Of the tax law is sealed.
"The repeal of the Banking law, is another
measure our enemies promise TO accomplish il
they succeed. The financial troubles Of the
last few years, we trust, are yet so fresh in the
recollection that no candid man can wish recur.
renee of those evs.-At this day it is needless
to argue the proprety of the existence of banks
the people having again and again determined
the necessity of banks. We ask every man tc
study the present banking system and decide fol
himself whether more safe system could be
: devised The question, however, is not whether
we shall have the present banking law, or some
other one; no, the word has gone forth from the
9th of January Convention that "hard curen'
cy" only is the currency of Locotocoism
Down with all banks is the cry, and the collec'
ton of taxes in gold and silver. That is the is
sue and let every man think of it when he casts
his ballot.
"Thcre is to be a Judge Of the Supreme Court
elected to serve seven years. This fact is of con-
sequence enough to call out the entire strength
of the party. Lcok at the election of officers
made by the Locoioco party, and you see in ev-
| cry case but one requisition necessary, a blind
subserviency to party-no matter whether Judge,
or canal commissioner, the only question asked
is he party mainland never until the advent o.
Locofocosm, was our bench disgraced by apolit
cal, gori6cation supper brawler. Remembering
course adopted in 1910, when series of ques
tions were propounded to the candidates for thu
bench, as to how they would decide certain
questions relative to charters in case they were c
lectod, requiring them to prejmge, in fact com
pelling them to commit one Of the deepest crime
known to our laws.
"We ask the Wings of the Reserve to ponde
upon those things; weigh this smatter in your owl
minds; the State looks to northern Ohio for
heavy vote. Trust not the apparent lukcwarm
ness Of our enemies"