The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-03-19

gard 10 the species Of property owned OF
The qualify Of The owner. Aud this Is
40 awful grievance 10 a sharping would.
be asistocracy.
Banks too claim exemption, not that
there is any promise made 10 Them Of
exemption, bu, because bank per se is
a contract aud tax once imposed
on Il can never be changed without il
suits the bank. War may sweep over
the S,a.e--famine may eat out i,s pro-
speriiy--ihe bodies Of lis citizen may be-
made food for slsugbier--iheir lands
may be sold 10 feed The tax ga,herer; TO
sustain courts TO protect bankers ia the
collection Of their claims against an i'm.
!, poyerished people, and yet secure in the
possession Of free gift Of privileges from
the Legislature even amid war, The
wreck Of public prosperity and the crash
Of universal bankruptcy, bankers could
not he compelled TO give one additional
dollar TO secure the common veal! To
propose that they should, is be!da failure
Of public faith! For these privileges, large
renumeraling and overshadowing ). they
have given nothing, and propose 10 give
nothing, We under those circumstances
feel tina, while Legislatures are sovereign
TO alter lsws affac,ing life, liberty. aud
property, that there is no sacredness about
banks tina, should exempt :hem from
common duties. We hold that tho peo.
pies interests are above all oihers--iha,
their rights are inalienable apd can never
he placed in allegiance by their public
servants, or by any power whatever, save
the Despoi's-ihai there never can be
an implied authority given TO Leeisla.
,ure TO place in abeyance the sovereign
right Of the peops to make all classes
benr an equal part in the burdens pf
sustaining govcrnmeni--thai all efforts
made by purchased u,ajorilies in any
Legislative body to give privileges 10
escape taxation to any class "f citizens
is in fraud Of the compsct of organized
society, and is, must, and ought 10 be
void. Tha, the Peniieniiary Convict
who has preyed upon society for years,
is less a swindler and morally criminal
than the men who procure laws 10 take
the millions of peoples earnings aud
force them into channels which war upon
individual industry. We hold that the
krea, object Of government should be the,
nearest approach 10 TIE existence tf ab..
solute freedom for the individual MAN.
preserving his indu.try unshackled.
and that those monsters OF legal
creation, wi,hou, honor. soul, con-
science or humanity, should in ALI in-,
siances be a consideration in The account
"f human rights. government duties, pub.
lie iaiih, and all that pertains 20 human
society, SECOND TO the being created by
God himself and endowed with tlose
faculties and emotions. and principles
which mark the image Of the Divine
original.
We desire no war on Banks, though
we think them great and pcrmanenh
source Of immortality, degradation and
soidid socialism, but we cannot believe
but they may be regulated w,hou, credit
and commerce perishing in consequence,
In fac, VIZ believe that there is pressing
absolute and uncomfortable necessity fur
bringing their privileges within due
bounds, unless i, is designed that the
amount Of popular liberty they steal to-
day, shall Tomorrow become a precedent,
and next day usage, soon TO become a
law irrevocable as the laws Of the Medes
and Persiilns. They now tell us they
will not pay taxes. as other citizens do.
they set laws at defiance, they sabsidize
Presses and prepare to take advantage
IF the hour when popular vigilance shall
be relaxed 10 secure their i'll gotten
privileges agains, the People. The
CAREFUL statesman will net wait 10 re.
strain Their nsolence and arrogance
ill they have got their foot on the
peoples neck, when supplIauce can be-
the only language in which wro g may
be met, he will strike now, when power
is yet left, and will lay them in the hum
BILE position Of equals TO the socie,y nver
which they seek to triumph aud tyrannize.
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The CONGRESSIONAL APPoRTIoNMENT
BILL is made the subject OF considerable.
Comment, and some disparagement. We
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do no. defend il, though we ,hink the
Districts i. marks out in the Northwest
are very nearly right, and wi,h:'opc or
TWO alterations, (as far instance, Pauldine
county belongs Of right TO the 18th Dis
tric,,) il ought TO be adopted. The
Defiance Democrat wants "compactness
and con,iguity Of territory" bui cares
nothing abou, "poli,ical considera-
tions." We have had a trial Of
that doctrine al the hands of the Consti.
luiional Convention and have not yet
come to like i. much. We want all thar
the Democrat wants in the way Of com.
pactness. &C.. SO far as il can be had,