Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-09-29


fcacA d s0asletiSa. The construction OF the
esasdtalOa givea by Oas courts. IN which We
have -c4aissced iJr laOre than SKY years, and
uadsf w0ich We have grOsn 70 be mighty
peopls, oaghs bot ant all not be dissurbed.-l
abe Waves q POl'ile~l Pr,judiec may rage in
PAN, bas she pledged lalsh OF the safe hope
I, see preserved unsaraiShed. aad the private
Fxats VI PcTsOaA asl properly that have been
Acgairsd aader legisiauve graats. hope 10 SET
sls0 preserved, Anl II this revolutionary aud
dssgrastive doc.fine Is 10 iud advocates IN any
parl u oar country, may the proud name VI
oar0zn noble S,aIe be he last To b. sullIed by
aag thing 80 dishonorsble and disgracelul "
us pfople. WhetevyT grants VIC have made,
let Us, as become an honest parsy, keep our
faith, and P,rl1rm our part VI The contract
s,rcly.
GnllsmSn mast pardon me for doubling their
sinsoiyi formerly they were lhe open sdVO.
easssof the repeal OF the bank laws, bu; after
lev years Of unsuccessful efforts to repeal, al
0sher MEANS is resortsd to effect the object, BY
dong Indirectly what they cannot do directly,
by a series Of caprcious acts--iO destroy these
lranohises. cripple their busines, and finally
dnve-them oul Of existence. But this game
vsnho. via. You may, through ignorance or
FY-iGSiee, carry this blll--bul even that doubt
bet still you have aOt effected the object
Tie passage o. this bill violates the constitution
Of the BniIed States aud the State OF ONO, and
a,o mAn can knowing record his vote in It's IA
vF Witbeal VO3laling the oath he has taken.
Bat when you have passed 1t into the form OF
las, yoar object has not been accom- phshed,
You may q astep furlher in this desperate
game, aad compel the Organ cation Of your
eOdrs; "by truck and ickss bargains" to car
~ out tyoar designs in the Legislature; you
may elect only such as are ioresIaled IN their
Opinions on ,nis QlesIion, and whe,e are you
theng the wisdom OF our torefathers lett not
the sacrifice OF private rights and private pro
perty 70 the eaprciOus whIms of the Legislature.
Chey had, previous to the revolution, seen
prlyAte estates sacrificed an condscated by lh,
onnipotent power OF the BRUSH Parliament, II
violation Of previous grants. They hal VII
nesssd The s0roSaaon OF property in France
for no ether reason, than the owners had Oltrn
ded against the Oinnp dent power that rclgned
They SAW 10 nearly all the Europeon govern
meats this doctrine OF omnpoIcnL power prac
tIced until the vic Ims were hurled from Opu
neessnd driven into penury and want thelI
property coLd5caled 10 the crown, and they
compelled at asst 10 seek home on this slide
Of he Atlantic, with nothing lett but the rish
Of conscience. Against this evil they wlsel,
guarded, and organized the Supreme COurt .
the United States to .akU special cosuistnce o
these privite rights, and protect the people ~
g.inst the hssty and Inconsideratg acton OF III,
Legislature OF State. rhal Uour. Is removed
tom the p,ejudices that govern here They
hear Wha. 10 70 be said with almost as llLLie pa.
sion as statute. No eifory TO excite priud,cv
and il there WAS, it would be unaealllng. The
decide according TO the rules OF right that In
wisdom Of ages have established, aud their de
-clsion is hnal-irom it there is no appeal. An
II this doctrine Is 10 prevail, that Sc curry Is n
longer 10 be extended by the Legislature /
private property, aud the phgthed alth ot I'll
SJate is 90 longer TO be observed, We have cyI
tAlhly great reason TO thank God for the lofy
sight and wisdom OF our fathers in providln
this QUE security for oar rghts--a tu4una
with power TO interfere between The STATE Al,
It's people, aud compel the Stale 10 kecplts lall
and redeem the promises made 10 It's peop
That tribunalis the bulwark OF our hopes an
sale anchor Of our security Through all ii
revolutions OF party and scenes VI political II
malt, that one department nas remained ul
corrupted, and unaffected by the rxcltemtl
Of The times--lhe sure protector OF prva
rights, and Impaired albIer oI individual grey
Enoes.
Am not correct when say that there is n
tincCTiy 10 this cry aghInsl the banks. Ii 81
Uhy did not the Democratic party, when tht
had Cue power, adopt different system OF tai
stionS Bat in 1884, when there was lar,
Democratic majority in both branches, the
Incorporated the Ohio Life Insurance AZ
Trust Company, the banks OF Masilon al
Wooster, and other banks, making in all le
and provided that they should pay tax Of Il,
per cent. on their dividends. Agaln, 10 1873
when the same party had majority IN bo
branches, bills for the Incorporation OF lhr
banks passed Che House, all OF which provide
for taking on their dividends only. So sJon,
" attached to thai mode OF taxing banks. ",
ths Democratic party; that in 1875 An {
tort was made 10 tax all properly at It's Gas
value. Auditor BrOugh and his Democrat
friends perfected and introluced bill lor th
purpose vet strange as il may seem, it COZ
famed provision exemptng bank stock fro
being listed for taxation. There never W.
in my opinion, such an uamitisaIed eilsrt
demagoguelsm.
As 10 bank taxation, | have one WORT
say. The banks, in 1899 pa d a tax of 81 90
The Democratic party continued war p,
them until they were nearly all exLermuale
Shd the amount oftax paid by them, in l044, I
duced to oSi4,000. Al that lime the Wing par
came into power and passed the bank law, al
this year We receive from hanks over S6 |, ,Ou
Without tie bank law, we should have reclev
BoLLing, and j, is question easi settled, n
wo beDeaaed by The passage ol the bank
law?
Such is. briefly, history of the action of
two parties on this qaestion; and an an hon
z nind come TO other conclusion, than that G
whole thing is got up for effect and That ta,
Is an entire want OF sincerity in the projcct,
ofthis measure. But lei gentiemen's mott,
be what they may they are certainly salisf
that the passage OF this law would violate