The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-02-21

the latter will transport those articles
to the respective markets of'those pla-
ces? No sir, the consumers or pur-
chaser must come to the Ohio farmers
door by himself or agent, and pay him
for his produce, in the current coin of
| the state. repeat, that the producer
will not go to foreign market, and if
| the consumer does not come for the
articles he may need. some person else
must do it for him. Did the farmers OF
Ohio carry their flour and wheat to
Canada to find market, when, previ-
Gus to the tariff of '42, its ports were
opened TO our commerce! or do they
now transport to eastern markets, the
large quantities of their produce that is
annually sold there? Most assuredly
not. They will still sell when the article
in demand is on hand, but The purcha.
SerS must come 10 their MAJ ket and buy.
Let us now suppose, what is indeed
the fact, that the states of New York.
Maryland and Pennsylvania, are still
struggling in the hands of bank swind-
ling shops, and suffering from the evils
of an inflated andfalse currency, while
Ohio, immedntel v adjoining, has done
to shin pasters what St. Patrick did
to the Irish snakes-driven them from
her borders. Now, as the markets of
the eastern cities are chiefly supplied
by the superabundance Of the western
states, their purchasers must come to
OAR markets with an article of money
that is current here. Not solitary
dollar does the eastern merchant or for
eign consumer give to the farmer of
Ohio, that is not forced from him by
dire necessity; and the same remediless
necessity-and here is the grauamen
Of the question--wil compel him to
furnish such money as the seller is will
ling to accept. He must have food at
any price and under any circumstan-
ces, and rather than starve, he will find
it convenient to furnish the right kind
of articIe--th the constitutional currency.
Previous to the operations of the
tariff of '42, which deprived the west
Of the advantages Of The Canadian mar.
ket, the colonial merchant brought in
to this market TO make their purchases,
large sums Of money IN specie. But
did the farmers of Ohio, Indiana, or H.
Iinois, receive the specie IN payment
for produce? Far from it. These gen.
tcmen spectators posted Of to Boston
or New York, and sold their good
money to the brokers and bankers of
those cities, and in exchange got drafts
on western institutions, such as the
Bank Of Canton, Commercial Bank of
Lake Erie, Urbana, GaIlipolis, &C.,
making handsome profit by the ex-
change, and with such trash paid the
honest western farmer for the products
OF his farm! The shipments Of wheat
and flour from the state Of Ohio alone,
(reducing all to llour) for the gear 845,
are estimated al 100000 barrels, which
at tour do lars q barrel, would amount
to upwards of three and a half millions
of dollars; and other articles estimated
in money, at eleven millions eight hun
dred thousand dollars, giving an aggre-
gate Of surplus produce sent from Ohio,
Of upwards of tfftecn millions Of dol
lars. Ofthis enormous sum how much
was paid in money, how much in Jes-
Sc Smiths red-dog, Pittsburgh shinplas-
ters, AMI Indiana float? If our farmers
had strernly withheld their supplies un-
less good money were promptly plank
ed, they would have found that specie
would have been forthcoming. When
the fact is once established, that the
Ohio farmer will recognize nothing but
gold and silver, he will find that the
surplus products ofhis fields will com.
mand them, whenever he wishes to be
come seller. The only way Of OBJ
tanning good money is odiscountenance
the bad.
"But," say some, "thls system of
hard currency cannot succeed, because
no law can be interposed to prevent
the people from making and accepting
payments in bank bills" Not so fast,
gentlemen! Have not laws been en-
acted, and with great success, too, to
prevent the obtaining ofgoods or prop |
erty Of another by false pretences! and
also, to prevent the making and offer
ing of forged paper? And where is
the difference in principle, between
swindting community upon a mans |
own hook, or doing it on the authority
of legal enactment! Are not two dol
lars out Of every three issued by banks,
a falsehood on their face, inasmuch as
the banks that circulate them have not
the means Of redeeming them, nor are
they required to have? And are they |
nst gross imposition upon the CON- |