The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-08-04

more freely. ind some of the projectors
and supporters Of this system figuring
prominently iB your late Convention al
Utica. To this system belong the Atlas
Bank, ami several others that failed some
months ago, owing considerable more than
they had means opay.
THIS is a serious evil created and sus.
tanned by the lawsof New York, from
which tho people of the ne ighboring States
often suaer severely, for a very large
amour, "f the notes Of the broken banks
of your State areeto be found in tie
chests aud Golfers of our people. Bot YOU
d. no. fad the democrats of our State
calling democratic conventions 10 abolish
the paper money banks of New York -
Nor do you fnd any member Of Congress
rom this or any other State, sill, enough
to offer proviso TO territorial govern.
men' hill, "that neither banks nor paper
money shall ever exist in any territory Of
the United States"
And ,tlere is another which may be
more properly termed a social than po-
iirical evil. allude to the feudal ten
ures hy which the lands in some part, of
your State are held which have given rise
TO those anti rent disturbances for which
New York has become ofla,e so proverbs
ial This does not concern us in anv 9TH
er respect than that it set. bad example
to those among rs who do not want TO pay
rent: aud it grieves Us to see your sheriffs
murdered, and you hard handed farmers
spending 'heir lives in your penitentiaries
Suppose we tack on a previso to an act
Of Congress, that there shall be none 9th
territories Of the United States, snd cal
a convention TO abolish all rents for land:
or ,enernepts IN the State Of New York
But these are your pecuiidr Rst'tuitohs
with which we have no business, excep
that we may be excused for complaining {
little when w happen to be plnndered b.
one. or shocked by the atrocities conse
qnent upon the other.
\ The Democratic party, TO which yo'
/ and profess to belong, is composed o
! men spread over the broad space of on
whole Union. 1t could not. if il would
and it ought not, il il could, interfere II
local dispn'es cor " waste ,senerg'es in I
tempting tosremuve local political evils
hat scfsig tndsa. It's shtosd nnuo nf''th
creates, good # the grea est number"
must nominate its candidates and shnp
its action with single eye to the grea
and prominent interests of the nation a
large, and with a view TO the preservatio
and support of those invaluable instlt'l
tons which cost our fathers SO much bloc
and treasure.
| cannot, therefore, join with you, i
what | believe to be an IDholy crusad
Union, ho went heart aud hand with II
in achieving the great vict orY OF our glo
rious revolution. aud in lay ing the tound
alton of our free government and fre
Institution a crusade IN "pposllIoh I
the advice Of the immortal Fathe fof hi
cuuutry-that will engender slrIte, col
tention and anger, and that may array |
fbloody strife, brother against brother, an
son agaIns' father, ....
But | shall continue in the ranks Of tha
party that has gwen to our glotI"us Un!o'
Presidents jeff rson, Madison, Monroe
r Jackson-and Polk, and shall continne I
exert my humnle inAaeucc in aid Of il
measures aud It's men. aGd shall come |
tor m, snare of the fes ivities aud rel ,lC
ipes bat will foil w the Triumphant sue
cess ui Cass and Butler, al the comm
election
Very respectfully, yours.
ANDREW MILLER.
To Messrs. ohm Cochran and Others
Commlitee.