Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-22
From The Ohio Sac Journal.
THE ELECTION.

The strife is over-he die is Cas-and the
result for veal or wo is now established, and for
the present al least, beyond the reach or con.
Iro of the people. All eyes are now anxiousIy
looking for tidings Of that result. The excite.
ment incident TO u contested canvass is passing
away, and the present therefore is perhaps
suitable time for a retrospective glance at the
prominent positions occupied by the two great
parties conleslng for the prize Of popular ap-
proval.
We are free 10 admit that in our view Of the
matter few elections have transpred in the event
Of which The interests of Ohio were moro deeply
involved. IN reference to State policy, these
interests were vitality concerned IN the great ques.
tions at issue between the parties. For series
ofyears, the party calling itself Damocralic, led
by set of desperate political adventurers whose
characters me defined by the appropriate term
Of loco foco, had borne sway in The State. They
had full possession Of the government in all its
departments with the single exception of tn of.
fee Of State Treasurer. For time the voice of
those adventures was omnipotent IN the halls Of
Legislation, in the FIX 'cutvc Departments, and
to a great extent Oh the judicial bench For
near ten consecutive years, with the single ex.
ceplion Of The years 1878, they ruled The
roast" in the matter of administering he govern.
ment of the State. That was period evcntful
in the annals Of our times. Often did the State
need the councils of her best and wspsl citiz ms;
and opportunities were mol wanting, had The abb
ity aud disposition existed, TO render the State
important services. How were those opporluni.
ties improved The history Of The deeds of that
party are before US. lis course and tendency
may be traced in its blighting effect upon the in.
tereStS of the State, as you would trace The course
Of devouring lornado-by The ruin and desc.
lauon which marks its train.
The canals orrhe State, as originally projected,
were just compctcd--and care was requisite To
preserve the credit and honor of the STATE, with.
out imposing unnecessary burhens upon The
people. Instead of performing this reasonable
service, the locofoco party plunged haadIong in
TO system of improvdent public works-dis.
placing those agents who had in that department
guarded The public interests with scIupuouS care,
and substituting in their stead lot Of untred,
hungry CormorOns, whose chief recommenda.
ton was their Jealous regard for the success of
aparlv TO which it looked for booty aud plunder
as for their daily bread. As might have been
expected. few years brought them up standing
The State debt increased from four or five mil
lions 10 near twenty miIlonsl-the works unfn-
public credit Poroyzed! and the par
~ at its wits end for ways and means 10 keep up
appearances, and to pny those who were labor
ing-not on the canals, but-in the service Of
thr party! This was the first Stage Of Ohio Lo-
cuIocOlSm.
The taxes were as high as tho people could
well bear; aborereS upon the public works were
becoming clamorous Tor their pay which all ac-
10 be their due; the Golfers of the
State exhausted; the interest of the public debt
unprovidnd for; the currency OF the Stale AT SKIES
and sevens-and the charters of the banks about
to expire. This was the second Stage of Loco(o,
coism in the State, The expedenls resorlod TO
as a remedy for these evils, and to relieve the
parry wert TO sell the lands which the forecast
Of their predecessors had secured as Il perpetual
pledge for the youth of the State in all time To
come, and apply the proceeds of the sales to The |
aid oGthe SIae n.thjs its day of Locofoco expe-
rimenrs-thcn borrow from the banks ofl
the State The last dollar which the impor-
tuny Of Locoloco Auditor Of State could ex.
ract-and then turn upon the creditor banks |
with Irne Locoloco ferocitv, and endeavor hy |
all possible means To destroy The credit of those
banks. and drive them INTO immediate liquida. |
lion, while the notes Of the banks, with which
they had just discharged their Indebtedness for
labor on the public works, was yet in the hands
of the people; let the bank charters expire. and
obsIinalely refuse 10 furnish The people any other
currency than coin, Of which scarcely enough