The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-10

tempt" Of that party because Daniel
Webster took sides with the Union
Dan will feel Tad when he hears of it.
especially coming as it does from men
who charge him with an act Of which he
has not been guilty.
u The New York Globe seems to
have assumed a most special and exclu-
siye control over the OhiO Democracy.
In speaking Of what is to be done in the
Convention. which assemblies tn d,y, for
the purpose Of revising and it may be,
amending our State Constitution it an
nouncest the following dictatoriaI mandate
10 the followers of the true faith in mod
ern progressive democracy;
"Thcy will strike blow at The exclu.
sive privileges of The Rag Baruus Of thai
bank iddeu State. Alfred KelIy's nam.
moth Bank bill will be repealed"
Now. this is not only sheer humbug-
ery.but it is also specimen Of the most
unmiligated ignorance. The action of
the Convention is for the future, not for
the past. They may introduce a pro-
vision into the new Constitution that
heyeq)tcr,here shall be no legislative pow
or in Ohio To grant banking privileges.
That is all they can do. and that is all
they have POt0er To dn. SO far as this gues-
lion is concerned. There are certain
lam which even q convention is bound
by. They eau no more cOtrol the past
in legal sense. than they can recall the
passing hour. We predict that all this
cry about banks and hard money in this
Convention will turn out to be mere
smoke and vapor. Suppose, however,
the destructive counsols of the radical
portion of the Convention shall prevail,
What then? There are now some 40 or
SO banks existing in Ohio, under our
present Constitution. Unless they for
felt their ch lrters by some malfeasance..
} some violation of the law by which they
are authorized tn exist. they will conlin
} ne until their charters expire by lheiI
own limitation, some twenty or twenty
five years hence. Now, suppose this
Convention declares, which we very much
doubl, that hereafter M more banks are
to DO chartered in Ohioi Will that
put All end To the systemI Will no
these inrty Or fifty Banks continue 10 fur
niSh the circulating medium of the State
| Aud will not the inevitable effect Of sucl
u. a provision be, to create "mOa0p0Iy in
/ favor Ot the present Banksl And sup
;. pose, too. that our radical friends, in tha
o body. shall carry out another darling pro
iecl OF theirs, to.wit. that the taxes Of th
State shall be paid in nothing but gnl
and silver2 U pom whom will the bulhe
fall, the People or the Banks? 1t will,
-. is true. to some extent fall upon both.-
+, bat when currency exists such as our
r is, made up mostly Of Bank paper from
the adjoining States, aud M law or Cnn
sttution can practically prevent this stat,
r Of things. the burlhen will mainly fal
upon uhe People.
There is a vast deal Of difference be
tween talking aud doing. Much ha
h been said abou, down with all paper me
Dey," We have yetto see what will b
> done in this matter. But whatever cours
- of policy is adopted, there Is not onl
- consolation but encouragement in III
\. fact, that it has IL pass thro' the alembi
e Of an intelligent and enlightened Pub
!. lie Opinion, and of that we have no pa
n tieulsr apprehension. To that augu,
,r tribunal there must aud will be an ull
mate aPpea6 aud as To the form Of thu
n, appeal. we hero venture the prediction
~ that tho extreme radical wing of the Coz
IN vention, bald aud reckless Of cons
quencos as they unquesiionably are. vi
not dare to insert tbs provision uaq3dl
W. fedty in the new Constitution. Tn
ne responsibility they will not assume. TIL,
ms will shun it in some way or other, TIL,
may, aud probably will, draw up son
he outside declaration, some supplement
a platform, of this character, aud throw
~ upon the People to say whether it sh
70, he Incorporated in,o the Constitution
'si not. N
,n A BRIGHT and beautiful bird is hope
% il will come to us mid the darkness, a
Of sings the sweetest song when our spiI
n aSe saddest; aud when the lone SOU
ar weary. and longs TO pass away, 1t W
bles he sunniest notes, and lightens ag
the slender fibres Of our hearts that 81
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