Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-06-16

/ the state Government Tell into the hands oil the
Wings. II became the duty Of that party to
provide means for remedyIng the evils brOugh,
upon the people and STATE by their predecessors.
Whatstheiesutof their laborsl How have they
acquitted themselvesl Can they appeal to their
acts TO prove the rectilude Of their principlesl
The first measure enacted by the Wing party
when il obtained the ascendency in the Legisa
ture, was the present banking law Of Ohio
This law, while under consideration, met with
the most strenuous opposition, in both branches
of the Legislature. Numerous were the expe.
dients resored Iol sangle the measure or TO rem
der it aborIive; but they were resored to in vain
As one man, the Wing phalanx moved on, nei-
Iher diyerging to the right nor to the left, until
the system was perfected. Though deep de.
nunciations and bitter curses were heaped upon
them, though the opponents of the measure pro-
claimed that REPEAL should be the wachword Of
their party, they submitted the measure to the
people. And what was the consequence! Cap
ita was freely invested; banks were organized;
and the system carried into successful opera
tion. We now have a currency respected alike
at home and abroad-a currency that commands
confidence everywhere. The most rabid bank.
hating democrat, of the progressive school, will
not receive any other denomination Of paper,
if he can avoid it, than the issues of the State
Bank of 0hio-those institutions he was wont
to politely dub, "the motherless pups" No
better commentary can be paid to the first act of
Whig regeneration.
The second measure adopted was the tax-law.
Like the bank law, this measure met with the
fiercest opposition; like it, it was matured re-
gardess of threats and SCOTS; like it, 1t was pro.
claimed that REPEAL should echo from hill to
hill until the tax-law should be obiterated from
thestatutes. We we're standing in the Hall Of the
House Of Representatives when the tax-law f.
nally passed in that branch of the Legislature.
A member from Hamilton arose in his place,
and very gravely informed the House that "a
great many political graves would be dug that
night" We know not that the remark was pro-
phetc; but that gentleman was never seen in our
Legislature after the close of the session.
The tax-law was passed despite these efforts
and threats. It's provisions were falsifed by
designing knaves, and nothing was left undone
to render the tax-law odous, and prejudice the
people against it. But these efforts were una
vailing. The law and the reasons FORTS passage,
were placed before the people. Their assis-
tance was invoked to preserve the credit of the
State; and not invoked in vain. Through two
fierce political campaigns, the opponents of the
tax-law made that measure the butt of their ma
levolence. In both campaigns they suffered an
ingorious defeat. The tax-aw has been twice
sustained by the people; and opposition to its
principles has wholly ceased.
Besides these measures, the Wings have dis.
missed the plunderers on the National Road and
other public Improvements, stopped the leaks in
the State Treasury, economised the expen-
ses in every department. of Government, and
administered its affairs in an upright manner
The influence Of these salutary measures is feltn
every branch of business. Industry again finds
employment, labor is rewarded, and business
Hourishes. The people of Ohio are now en-
joying acknowledged prosperity. And, above
all, the credit of the State has been preserved
from impending danger. The cloud that so
long hung over the State, threatening to engulph
her in inexricable ruin, has at length passed a.
way, leaving scarcely trace of its existence.
But during seasons of prosperity, when ma
lure is clothed in her brightest hue, and all de-
Parments of business and industry are flourish.
ing, men are prone to forget the sources from c
whence their prosperity flow; prone TO forget ,
hose who, in the hour of darkness, directed r
heir bark safely into harbor. History, from
lime immemorial, demonstrates this fact, as well e
as does our own personal observation. r
We have endeavored to lay before our read h
ers the fruits Of the legislation of the two great h
political parties in Ohio;--the superiority of f
Wing legislation over that of their opponents. v
L Cot Ine uuth Vi tne plCtuEeS mus uraWn, we APP
peal to the history of the times, and to the ii
memory of every man doing business at the Il
periods of which we speak. The events are a
yet fresh in the memory of our citizens, and the
causes which led to those events cannot be mis-.
aiken. lmProvident legislation, on the one v
hand, was the precursor of all the disasters and
lntold evils experienced by the people of Ohio i
rom 1887 to 1914; whilst the general prosper E
ty, now acknowledged TO exist in every quarter n
If the State, is as directly to be attributed to the
wisdom and prudence of Wing legislation. g
What better test, therefore, can we have of
he superiority of Wing principles over those !.
advocated by the opponents of the Wing party, ).