The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-09-10

LAX Uill luGIOuuCeu, WHICH GdACu all ehO PIVP
erty Of the farmer, the mechanic andlaborer,
while the Banker was measurably exempt.
During the tendency of this bill, efforts were
made to tax the Banker as the other citizen
is taxed, but the friends of equal justice
were met by the "Oh, ii is aoacOnStta-
tioual to do so no1c, for tie mode Of tardtion is
fired in their chartsrsi" Determined to test
their sincerity, Mr.. Warner moved to amend
the tax bill as follows:
"SEC. 65. Each banking company hereGf-
ter established in this State, shall be taxed on
its capital stock in the same manner, and to
the like amount as capital in trade or mon
ey loaned at interest by individuals is now or
shall hereafter be taxed
"On which question he demanded the
yeas and nays, which were ordered, and re-
sulted-yeas %, nays 90, as follows:
"Yeas-Messrs. CLANCY, Edgerton, Ew-
ing, Harte, Jones, King, Koch, Mackall,
Martin of Columbiana, Reid, Thornhill, War
ner, and Wood.-14.
"Nays-Messrs. Anderson, Bean, Cod
ding, Coombs, Cox, EEECKLEY ley
Goddard, Croft Hastings, Kelley, Madeira,
Martin of Fayette, O'Neal, Osborn, Perkins,
Powell, Quinby, Welch, Wetmore, and
(Ford) Speaker go.
$50 the motion was lost"
See pages 524 and 522 of the Session
Journal for the session of 1845-'46.
Had this proposition been carried. all the
banks which went into operation after the
passage of the tax bill by the Legislature Of
|l845246, would have been taxed as the cit
izen is taxed, and Mr.. Ephraim r. Eckley,
knowing this, despite his present assertion
that he is ''in favor oftmposing sstch tao on
Banks as is imposed 0" other property" vo
ted against it, as did every other whig Sena-
tor
Butwe are not yet done with this Mr.. Eek
Iley.. Anxious to save the Farmer, the Me-
chanic, and the Merchant, from the heavy
and onerous taxes imposed upon them, while
the Banker measurably escapes, and believ-
ing in that cardinal feature of the demo-
cratic creed, of equal and exact Justice tc
all, i" Mr. Ewing ofHamilton, moved to amend
the tax bill in section g. by adding the fol-
lowing;
provided, the Auditor and Attorney
General of this State shall, in no case, dc
eide or instruct that capital invested in lands
! or farming, or in merchandise, or in any
| kind of mechanical business, shall be taxec
! to a greater extent than the same amount o
capital would be chargeable with, under tn
provisions of this act, ifinvestcd in any bank
ing OF joint stock company in this State
"On which question he demanded the yea
and nays, which were ordered, and resulted
yeas IA, nays 90, as follows:
"Yeas-MessrsC CLANCY, Edgerton, Ewing
Harte, Jones, King, Koch, Mackall, Martir
of Columbiana, Newman, Reid, Thornhill
Warner and Wood-14.
"Nays-Messrs. Anderson, Bean, Cod
ding, Coombs, Cox, EEECKLEY. -Ga
| Goddard, Croft, Hastings, Kelley, Madeira
Martin of Fayette, O'Neal. Osborn, Perkins
Powell, Quinby, Welch. .Wetmore, and Spea
kcr--20.
$50 the amendment was disagreed to-"
See page 522, Senate Journal, for session
ofl845-'46.
+ Here again we find that Mr. Eckley, tru'
to his principles of ii for the banks ant
nothing for the people, voting against rcdu
cling the taxes of the people to the rate pai'
/ by the banks. A most admirable Licuten
ant Governor he would make for the banks
but not for the people.
When Mr.. Eckley delivered his speecl
against taxing bankers as other people ar
taxed, on the first of March last, he doubles
had his eye on the office for which he is nov
candid te. Knowing the doctrines he he'll
on the subject of Bank taxation to be at wa
with the dictates ofjustice and common hon
esty, he found it necessary to conceal hi
sentiments and to falsify them, by pretend
ing to be the friend of equal taxation, whe1
he thinks it "can be consttutionally done,
But this subterfuge will not avail him, for th'
Senate Journals stamp his assertion as
bare faced falsehood, and prove him guilty
of an attempt to deceive the people. 1t il
conduct such as this we have mentioned
reckless mendacity which has made the nam
of Ephraim r. Eckley stenchin the nostril
of the honest men of his own party, tha
caused the editor of the Richmond (Ohio
! Clipper, paper edited by a Corwin Wing
4 to speak ofhim as follows; a1
\ 1.-The Cadiz Republican nominates Nj
Eckley, of Carrollton, for Speaker of the Sen
ate, and the Tuscarawas Advocate second
1.-THE nomination. We do not know what sol
OF qualifications those papers desire a Spea
Ier to possess, but we do know that if mansi
tigated n,eanness, dishonesty IN politics, loost
ness in morals, uncomfortable Seifshness, an
/ smpudence ot7som ability, are requisites fc
that office, the individual they mention
eminently qualified forthe station. Ephrail
r. Eckley, Speaker Of the Senate! Som
documents in our possession would look we
with that signature attached to theml
Iany body doubts Mr., Eckley's qualification
for Speaker, according tothe standard W
Ehave given, we recommend to his notice a
Earticle over the signature of "A Wayfarin;
4 Man which appeared ia the Carroll Ere
: Press" during the autumn Of 1877 Thi
article will convince him. st3.
i Such is the man put forth by the viii
j 'tballoon Convention as the candidate ct tn
twhg leaders---for such q man cannot be II
candidate OF the honest portion Of the viii
party. The banks of the State have ev'
found in Mr.. Eckleya servile tool, ready
: lido their Kidding, ,.Tr y,
q The assumption tliat banks cannot be "a.
edas isthe other property ofthe State, mer
a. few. reckless partisans cote
; accidental majorityin the Legislature, az
Of Ofanticipating bank fayors for the future .chal
a ed out afnode Of tsxation by which they be
I no fair proportloh Of tlieaebst6f suppotsii
| tho State government, isthe veriest hpmbu
stgery. IT'S 70 suppose Que Legislature gre
q ter thahthsn altsueceding ones--4tosuppc
aaIa bank charters wberc all ltheIpriyleges Z