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WHIGS OF CORROLLl


The election draws near, and the parties are
bolh in the field; and if you don't b-aI the loco.
iocos they will beat you. The first question that
naturally arises, is--Whal are the issues be.
tween III, pariicsl | take il that the following
may be considered some Of the points IN differ. /
ence.
lst. Shall The act chartering the Suite Bank .
Of Ohio, and The Independent Banking ComPa'
nies, be repeaedi
end. Shullhe State bedstrcted in apportion
ing the representation in The legislature for the
next four years, upon fair and constitutional
prnciplesl--or shall ii bG "Gerrymandered," as
heretolorsl
81. Shall the present 'tOx law" be repealed
and the old system or some other udoPedi
That the Banking laws Of Ohio, under which
some forty safe and solvent Banks are now in
successful operation, were made, and have been
sustained BY the Whg party, is known 10 alI.-
That every effort which reckless "ha d money"
parry could make, both fair and foul, was made
by th3 Locof1cos to prevent the banking laws
from enactment; and every effort that misguided
z.a and total disregard ior The credit and pros.
perity of the State could devise, has since been
used TO eff .cl the repeal of those laws, is so no.
torious that il need not to be told. The benefts
derived from those laws by th5 peope UI the
State, is known, and ought 10 BE- appreciated by
every Voter. will not euumerItc them. on
! Iy ask III candid, homes, voer, 10 compare the
currency of our SAFE now. with the days Of the
celebrated "Bartieys Hambag" Banking laws
which were far ex ,lOnents Of modern Dlmocra-
tic banking. / know that III, leaders of tha par
" in Carroll are as dumb as B aIam's ass, on the
! I, tnp
10 put up the issues aud meet lhem fairly. For
exam, pie, see the resolutions of lhGn Convention
| in C,rroIIl Th,y cautiously pass around the
main question, and enI4avOr I" cover up th1'r
pu,lIIannity with the gloreS achieved by Gems
Scott and Taylor and The brave men under their
camnand3 IN the war with Mexico, by calling
! the Wings u manner Of i'll nam5s. Tbs Wing
Candidates for Representative and Senator IN this
district are known 10 be in favor of The present
i Banking system of Ohio, whilst their Locoloco
opponents ar1 known to be hostile to all Banks.
/ They are the HIrl.money, Sub Treasury candI-
dales, and if elected will bd claimed as such, and
no doubt vote accordingly. ! know The leaders
about CarrOlllon endeavOr to AVOID the Bank
question: and say nothing about il in some paris
+ OF the ounty,-whilst in other sections they go
il strong against Banks and Bankers. But not
wthstandng The cunning and cowardly silence
of some of I'm on bank-mOney and hari'money,
; III " carry liuIe "Picayune" paper for distr-
buon which SAYS the present banking system oi
Ohio is one Of 'ihe mast corrupt" in all The coun'
try The voters should See To the position ot
lh5 rival candidates for Senate and the House,
and find whers thew are. The doctrine OF the
Wings shines outlhrough acts egjSlatinn, which
, ara now Showrrng blessings and benehis on
, thousands, andaiding labor To & lis just reward
Whilst The acts of The LocoIocos OF Ohio may bt
: found i'm the record evidence Of the proii gacy
D and pecuIation of the agents nt the STALE
e brought into power by that party when II had INK
a ascendency. In short, the whole pain OF ma
party is sGrewed with broken pledges aud pllgh'eI
iaik.
Tha, the State will, at the next Session oil The
. legislature ba divided into Senatorial and Repre-
q sentative districts, is or ought 10 he known to all
. If the Wings have The m!orlly the Stale Will DC
dslricted as it always has been by them, JdrL!
and honestly, and with due regard TO the lunda
: mental principle Incorporated into our natlona
r creed, that "laxaton aud representation, shoult
d 90 hand in hand Can this much be said OF III,
! Locuincosl LIT the corrupt conduct of that par
= ,y answer. In 1886, the State elected JOSEPH
vance,, lItG v ny ShuulduNS iO' NA"'N'N'' -
II 5000 votes, and the same fall gave the vote
al the State to General Harrison for the Presidency
!, Yer so iniquilous was the law made by that par
", that they had majority in The legislature an
- elected William Allen to the Senate OF the Unl
t. ted States, over Thomas Ewing, the Wing can
ct dida,e, then in the Senate. And some OF III
As leaders could boast Of having concocted the 6
i apportioning the representation for that very pun
~ pose Again, look at their apporonmem ol tn
III members of Congress, by which they acke
IN counties together for no Other purpose Than thi
of of securing majority of the delegation in Cor
-, pr.ss. under hs census of l840; ST. that in 1874
n Whig Governor was elected, and the same Ia
y the vote of The Sme given 10 Henry Clay f
s. President, by some 600 majority. feI onI
S. srrrn, out of tOenty-one Congressional district
could raturn Wing members. | name ihh>
:. maIversatons of The LocoIoco party in paSsIn
. the apporliomIent laws when they had the poN
- er. Give Them The power again, and my wo
y for il, th.y'II play the same otd game. WIN
- great para h atnul Democracy on th'lr lips, al
rs lniuslcs and intolerance in their h1arls, 'hay
i about dactiving whoever lh'y can. They nav
= deceived tbs paopIe on this point enough IN
III conscience; bat give them tho power no"' AZ
al Wing, of Caro- /! your days as TePTeSeSId'''
n district arc numbered.