Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-08-10
of course they are.

| There are no men in this county more active In
getting up the "people's convention tnan the
Bankers, and for the very good reason that no
set of men hope to profit as much from Its results
Indeed the signs pretty clearly indicate that the
| NOVA was conceived and hatched in the Bank
parlor. Ever since the passage of the law tax
ing the Banks the same as the people and the law
TO enforce the collection of that tax, they have
resorted to every possible means to evade COM
pliance with the just obligation which those laws
impose. First they threaten to call in their issues
wind up business, and bring 'sruin'' and distress
upon the people, but they found out that that
"scare' wouldn't take, and they more 10th
to part with the power by which they put Is per
cent. into their Golfers from the product of indus
try without having added farthing to the PRO-
ductive wealth of the country, than the people
were to get rid of the >leeches that were preying
upon their substance, and they gracious.y con-
cuded to prolong their existence for the benefit
of the sdear people, Next they claimed to be
endowed with privileges beyoud the common
mass of men, and that these privileges were Sc
cured to them by sacred and inviolabe contract
beyond the power of the people to revoke or al
ter, and they appealed to the courts to release
es But they found the courts unfavorable to
granting their demands, so they seek by a ruse to
secure to themselves what they could not obtain
| from the people their servants-a continu-
ance of the unjust privileges granted to them by
partial legislation. To this end ''people's con-
vention is set on foot, and the whole fraternity
of bankers and their lackeys are harnessed for the
work and traversng the county to bring about
the accomplishment of their purpose. But it will
not answer to go before the people with their real
objects fairly and fully avowed, and they there
fore press the Temperance question into their SER
vice. in hopes thereby to blind the eyes of honest
temperance men and entrap them into their snare
But it will not do to leave altogether unnotic-
ed all other questions of public policy which have
claimed so great share of the peoples conside-
ration, so among other things, in their call, they
profess to be in favor of equal Taxation.'' Now
of the sincerity of these professions how can any
one entertain doubt! Did any one ever know
banker that was not in favor of ''equal taxa
ton!" Look back over their course for the past
few years. When they were taxed upon their
profits only, Notwithstanding they were sensible
they were taxed more than the people, did they
not paw without word of murmur! When af-
forwards the Legislature gave them the privilege
of being taxed upon their capital instead of their
profits, did they not graciously choose to pay
upon the latter, although they always claimed
their taxes would have been less to have chosen
the other course! And now, when they are tax
ed upon their property as the people are on theirs
some people may think it strange, that they
refuse compliance with the law; but no one
can doubt that they are in favor cf "equal taxa
tion.' Of course they are---And when the-peo'
Pile see them taking such an active part in the
affairs of the stpeople," no one can possibly sus
, pect that there is s'a cat in the meal tub
would be wrong to believe that they are opposed
to "equal taxation,' because it sought not to be
truer' " .-