The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-08-12

several others that failed some monihs
ago, owing considerably more than
they had means TO pay. s ssslss
This is serious evil created and
sustained by the laws Of New. York,
from which the people Of the neiahbor.
ing States often suffer severely, for,
very large amount Of the poies .of tbe
broken banks Of your State are TO Be
found in the chests, and Golfers Of our
people. But you do not find the dem.
ocrats Of our State calling democrats
conventions to abolish the paper-noney
banks Of New York. Nor do You find
any members Of Congress from thi, Of
any other State silly enough 10 ofsre
proviso to Q territorial government bill,
",hat neither banks nor paper money
shall ever exist in any territory Of the
United States" y.
And there is another which NAV 10
more properly termed a social than q
political evil. ! aIlude 10 the feudaI
tenures by which the lands in sons
parts Of your State are held which
have given rise to those antirent die
turbances for which New York has be.
come Of late 50 proverbial. This does
not concern US in any other respect
than that it sets a bad example 10 those
among Us who, do not want TO pay rent;
and it grieves US to see your sheriIs
murdered, and your hard-handed far
mers spending their lives in your peni-
tentiaries.
Suppose we tack on a proviso 10 'r an
act Of Congress, that there be none
other than fee.slmple titles 10 land 10
the Territories Of the United States,
and call a convention to abolish all
rents for lands or tenements in the State
Of New York. Bai these arc your De.
cu;iar institutions, with which we have
no business, except that we may belex-
cused for complaining little when ,ws
happen to be plundered by one, or
shocked by the atrocities consequent
upon the other. sn, i, ,sl,ye4
The democratic party, to which ycu
and ! profess 10 belong, is composed Of
men spread over the broad space Of our
whole Union. II could no. il il would,
and it ought not if it could, Interfere 10
local disputes, or waste its ene1gies in
attempting to remove local political
evils; but acting under its broad motto
of"the greatest good to the )gresiesi
number" it must nominate its, ,eandi-
dates and shape its actions with single
eye to the great and prominent inter-
ests Of the nation al large, and with .
view to the preserya,ion and support
Of those invaluable Institutions which
cost our fathers SO much blood and
treasure. ..n,ea 5..,d !, - ;,.i,
IS cannot, therefore, join with you,iu
what ! believe to be an unhoIy crusade
against portion of the people Of our
Union, who went heart and hand with
US in achieving the great victory Of our
glorious olution, and in laying the
foundation Of our free government and
free ins,itutions--a crusade in opposi.
ton to the advice OF. the immorial
Father Of his Country--,hst will en-.
gender strife, contention, and anger,
aud that may array in bloody. strifs
brother against brother, and son against
father. -
But | shall continue in the ranks ef
that party that has given to our glorious
Union, Presidents Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Jackson--and Polk; and shall
continue to exert my humble influence
in aid of its measures and its men, aud
shall come in for my share Of she fss.
tivities and rejoicings that win follow
the triumphant success OF Csss and
Butler at the ensuing election. ID sfSd
% " Very respectfully, yours,
mla 1850 ANDREW MILLER.
To Messrs. JOHN Cochran &sothers,