Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-09-21
The ApDroaching EIection.

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the call to the ballot-box, become irksome to
the mind? Does the sound pail upon the ear
and make us Indifferent to elections, by which
our representative government is to be sus-
tanned in its purity? We trust not. We be-
lieve every American is aware that due at
tention to the elections of town, county, and
state officers should be rendered. Though
elections are frequent, they are indispensibly
necessary to guard against usurpations of
power in every department of government
from President down 10 town officers.
If attending elections require time and ex-
pense, it should be recollected, they are but a
small tax on the capital we enjoy. Liberty
and freedom make this reasonable demand of
us. That sacred FIRE which our Fathers kin
died on the altar of our Country, still imparts
its rays to every portion of the Union, but its
Pickering often reminds us, that fuel must be
supplied by patriotic hands, or it would soon
become extiRguished, and political darkness
o'erspread our land. The foot of despotism
would be planted where now stands the tenn
pie of Liberty.
In our representative government, where
the whole people are ambitious tosupport their
liberties unimpaired; and where high honors
and emoluments are to be obtained by arch
politicians, it is not miraculous that two great
parties should be organized, under aspiring
leaders. This has always been the case, even
in mixed governments. The most prominent
in England, were in the reign of Charles II,
(Whig and Tory though both favorable to
differed widely with respect to the Kings pre-
rogative. as have lately our Wings and Dem
ocrats, with regard to the veto power of our
Presidents; the Wings wishing torestrict and
limit it, the Democrats intent on enlarging and
extending it.
Although party spirit is too often the cause
of scurrility, detraction of character and abuse,
we firmly believe that competition in politics,
has abene6cial tendency. Itkeeps up a train
of reasoning and reflection in the minds of the
people, that enables them to discover their
true interests, and determine which of the
party measures have effected the most good,
and would in the future procure the best sue
cess; the measures then, independent of party
discipline, become their object; to them they
will adhere and give their sanction.
We shall soon have an opportunity of deter
mining by our votes, whether Wing or Dem
ocratic measures we most approve. And is it
not source of graduation that a revolution of
sentiment has taken place in the minds of ma
NJ of the common people? That we have now
Wing administration carrying out principles
conducive to the interests of the whole Union
That we have had Wing Governors since the
reign of Mr. Shannon, who had the address to
secure his election, by pleasing the fancy of a
majority of the people, by presenting the shin
ers before their eyes and abjuring paper cur
rency, and by denouncing entirely the banking
system, which, when be came to act in his of
fetal capacity he strongly advocated! Like a
true penitent, he acknowledged his error, de-
termining henceforth to be honest in his ex-
pressions on that subject, told the people his
| folly, and that he had become convinced that
the state of Ohio could not dispense with
banks, for the lack of specie. That paper
currency was necessary for the welfare of the
we do not have such currency of our own, it
would be thrown in upon US from neighboring
states, in which event we could not discrimin-
ate between the good and the bad, and ru-
inous state of business would soon exist
Though Mr.. Shannon was denounced for his
honest convictions, and frank confessions, by
the stiff-necked, hot-headed leaders of the
hard-money party, who wanted to ride into
Office on the hobby of specie currency, the
the great body of the people were convinced
he was right; hence Messrs. Tod and Weller
who professed to stand upon the metallic plat
form, were rejected. The people became sat
isfed that banks on proper basis, so bill hold
ers were secure, were of the utmost impor-
tance to the farming interests of the state
The furtive Vaccinations Of those candidates,
the cant and slang of their partizan dema-
gogues, avaled them nothing, the people had
become alive to their own interests, and the
consequence was, that probably. the best
banking system was soon adopted, that any
state had hitherto enjoyed.
Another test is soon to be made of the wish
es of the people of Ohio, upon the subject of
banking, as also of individual liability In case
of Incorporated companies, for roads, canals,
DC, &c, whether each subscriber to stock,
shall be accountable for all debts of the COM
pany, or only in proportion to the amount he
subscribed. We have now before us two en-
inent and talented men, as candidates for the
Gubernatorial chair, but with opposite views
upon those two points, so it is plain they can
not both be right Judge Wood is opposed to
banks in every form, and in favor of individ-
ual liability that is, if man worth $4,000,