Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-08-26

resolved, for. all time to come, the power
To- fax them lust the same as we tax TINS
Class OF prooerty invested In other kinds OF
7 must confess, sir, that am incredulous
.hon, The honesty of purpose OF the men
msling such assertions that / am one who
do not believe thatthe whig party have now,
or ever have had, any intentioilof taxing
bank capital other than upon its profits !;
that ali their excuses and talk about not ha-
wing the power, are only made to deceive
and dulude the people. And ! rejoice that
we have now an opportunity Of testing their
honesty. and sincerity; and ! shall demand
a recorded vote upon this amendment, that
hereafter our journals may show, in black
and white, what reliance may be placed IN
whig professions and honesty, and that the
world NAV know who are the men that are
willing. and constantly seeking to exempt
bankers from paying tax upon their capital,
the same as upon other kinds of property.
The recorded vote upon this amendment
viii stand as living evidence, which Of the
two great political parties are the friends OF
equal rights and equal privileges"
This amendment was voted down by the
whigs Notwithstanding all the caution which
had been given them; only two, out OF all
the whigsini the House, voting for the a.
mendment, as will be seen by the following
certificate Of the Clerk Of the House, and as
will appear from the Journal. Those in
italics are wings, the others are democrats.
Those who voted for the amendment
were,
Messrs. Abernethy, Anderson, Bell,
Brackley, Brown Of Perry, Brown Of Sene-
ca, Cockerill, Comings, Dial, Gallagher,
Higgins, Knapp, Leatherman, Olds, Owen,
Reemelin, Sharp, Stanley, Summers, ,Swartz,
Totten, Vallandigham, Wilford, Williams
ofColumbiana, Williams of Coshocton and
Yost-26.
Those who voted in the negative, all
wings, were,
Messrs. Allen, Bali, Barnes, Boyd,
Brown of Montgomery, Curry, Candy,
Chandler, Cowen, Cutler, Evans, Furgu-
son, Fitzgerald, Gibson, Harvey, Hibbard,
Irwin, Johnston, Johnson, Kimball, Lem
mon, Mcintosh, Moulton, Noble, Parcher,
Phelps, Randall, Richey, Riley, Shreve,
Smith of Licking, Slower, Trimble of High
land, Trimble of Muskingum, Wright, and
Speaker-37.
The foregoing is correct copy Of the
vote upon the amendment proposed by Mr..
Olds, to Senate bill No. 78, relative to the
banking powers of the Ohio Life Insurance
and Trust Company, and the Lafayette
Bank of Cincinnati.
As appears by the Journal ofthe House.
A. III. LEWIS,
Clerk House of Representatives.
A similar proposition was voted down in
the Senate by strict party vote.
Now then let me inquire, after such an
exhibition Of facts, arm Lnot justified in say
ing that the leaders Of the whig party
would not tax banks the same as other prop
erty, even if they had the power. Let the
honest portion of their party, then, no lon
ger be deceived by such arguments and
promises. But let them look at the facts
now presented. Their party had determin-
ed to build new and expensive State
House! They, had determined to create
new offices with extravagant salaries; and
they had determined to increase largely the
pay of oil the State officers; and to meet all
these additional demands for money, they !
had determined to create new tax law.
This, then. Of oil others, was the time to
have increased the tax On banks. This
was the very time to have made them con-
form to such a system of taxation as is inn
posed upon all other classes OF community.
But with an utter disregard to the interests
Of the people, and in violation Of their oft
repeated promises Of economy and pledges
of retrenchment, they have increased the
tax upon all other individuals, and deliber.
ately voted down all propositions to increase
the tax upon bankers.
Is not this the same party that, in 1910,
made war upon Mr.. Van Buren about tax
ing chickens? Is not this the same party
that, through one Charley Ogle, reported
upon the gold spoons, towels and other fur
niture of the Presidents House? Is not
this the same party that. in ls40, professed
great attachment for the interest of the
poor and laboring man? Is not this the
same. party that DOTTED their silk stockings
and .ruffle shirts, and wore buck-skin
breeches and linsey hunting shirts, in Or
der to demonstrate their sympathies for the
laboring classes? Is this not the identical
party that, six short years ago, built log
cabins, eat corn dodgers, and guzzled hard
cider2 Where now, let me inquire, are
their sympathies for the laboring poor?-
You behold them oil manifested in taxing
beyond endurance, the small earnings oil
the sun burnt SONS of toll, and exempting
the capital ofthe wealthy banker! Their
log cabin simplicity endsin splendid mar
BILE State House, bililh by the sweat Of the
poor mans brow! Their Ogle speeches
end in creating new offices and increasing
the salaries ofold ones, to be paid from the
hard earnings Of the. toiing and laboring
millions! Here yon behold their crocodile
tears and asf nromisns while in n minor;.