Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-02-25

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yield their allegiance to the "Star Span
gled Banner" is to Democracy. You
certainly cannot stand out, alone, in an
attitude Of antagonism to your noble
brothers of the "Fa,herland," who have
established their homes on American
soil, and who rejoice in the efficacr
and yield their full accord to the genius
of pure and undefiled Democracy.
If consistent with your views and
feelings, you will confer favor on me
with reply at your earliest convent
ence. In the mean time, permit me to
assure you of my most sincere regard,
and subscribe myself
Very respectfully, your friend,
and obedlent servant,
SAMUEL MEDARY.
LOUIS ScnAErER, Esq.
CANTON, January 80, 1916.
Samuel Medary, Esq:
ESTEEMED S1R:-Your letter Of the
goth inst. is now before me. have
read it with deep attention, and am
prepared to yield it a thorough, ample,
and unequivocal response. Our ac-
quaintancc, as you intimate, is very
limited, but | know you we'll enough,
through the medium Of your recent ed.
itorial character, and the brief personal
intercourse we have had, to warrant
me in ascribing to the production Of
your letter, none but the purest and
most patriotic motives.
l am, as you say, German. 1t is
true, as you say, that my couhtrymen
who emigrate to America, have nat
uraI tendency to Democracy. | sim
cerely trust that shall not be account
ed an exception TO this general rule
at least, that il | have been hitherto so
accounted by you, or by any one, the
odium of that exception will never
again attach TO me. In common with
my countrymen, | sought.the shores Of
this Republic In the proud hope Of find
ing land in which there was no dis
lnctions Of rankin which the glori>
GUS doctrines of universal liberty and
equality were not only preached in their
purity, but practiced in all their intrin.
sic excellence. My advent into the
United States was at "a very tender age.
1t is not, therefore, very surprising, if,
in the ardor and inexperience of youth,
my debut as an American citizen
should have been marked by a few er.
rors. In your own language, may
have been right in principle, but erro.
neous in men. | first mingled in Amer.
ican politics in the election Of 1910. l
was then convinced, and although |
know you differ with me, l am still
convinced, that supported, in the per-
son of General Harrison, a pure and
unsullied democrat, Of pure and un.
suIlied political school, as a candidate
for the highest office in the gift of the
American people. Subsequent events,
however, have shown me that however
pure Gen. Harrison himself may have
been, the same sanctity of character
cannot, in justice, be claimed for some
Of his leading adherents.
lam determined to be frank with
you. In the campaign of 1910, | was
a jealous and active partisan, in con>
junction with those who espoused the
cause Of Gen. Harrison-but | never
contemplated him as a champion of an
aristocratic banking system. As a
proof of this, will refer you 10 the Ohio
Repository, whig ne wspaper of this
town, of the I'd Of April, 1910, III which,
among a series of resolutions adopted
at whig meeting, in this town, is the
following one:
"ResolUed, That we are in favor of Bank
reform, viz: That no banking institution shall
be permitted to issue more than three dollars
to one of it's capital stock paid in, under for.
feiture Of charter: aud that the directors and
stockholders shall be Individually and colec
lively liable for the redemption of all such
issues"
You will perseive from this resolu.
tion, that my opinions on the matter of
the banking question, as long ago as
1910 and while | was very warm
supporter Of Gen. Harrison, yere not
uery fur from being orthodox, even
were they to be judged by standard as
severe and critical as your own.
In the summer Of lsAl, / paid visit
to Washington, and spent some two
or three weeks there. Immediately pre-
ceding the Veto Of President Tyler of
the first bank bill. 1t was then nv
candid opinion, and has since ever been,
that had Gen. Harrison lived, he would
have done just as did Mr.. Tyler. When