The Evansville daily journal., 1856-02-16
The Bank euestion-Ignored by the State
- tre Sentinel.

SOOH BSb DIN VI GllS AS0OAO-
ton adopted by their late State Convention,
and have taken the trouble to exhibit few
symptoms of sickness already manifested by
several Old Line papers. But we were hardly
prepared for the sudden nauseating of the
ostrich stomach Of the State Sentinel 1t has
heretofore proven itself capable Of digesting
anything profered it by the State Conventions
Of its own party, and we have known it to
yoraciously swallow scraps of POLITICAL IRON,
glass, &C., as if they were so many Irish pota-
toes or so much real German krout without
winking an eye. But this anti-Bank resolu-
ton was evidently more than it could attack.
For a long time this political ostrich regarded
the precious morsel and apparently studied
its probably effects on the system, and the ca
pabilites of the gizard within to grind it up
into something digestable 1t walked around
the resolution and straddled oyer it, and once
or twice seemed ready to gobble it up. But
finally it has become sick at the stomach, and
now actually refuses to swallow this chunk of
anti-bank food thrown to it by its own State
Convention providers! Now we beg leave to
say to the Sentinel ostrich, he should either
have swallowed the morsel at once, or have
Indignantly refused it, His dilatory course
has hiisled some of his Old Line cotempeFaries.
They have like himself, been in the habit of
taking everything emanating from an Old Line
State Convention, as claw and gospel" and
acting accordingly The Sentinel gave them
no hint even, that they were not to fight out
the anti-Bank resolution, just like all other
resolutions adopted by this Convention, so
they have been pitching into banks, resnrrect-
ing Gen. jackson, and swearing like troopers
that the Democratic party always has been
and ever will be opposed to Banks.
This resolution was adopted by the conven-
ton by large vote. It was thus laid down
as part of the platform of the party for the
coming campaign, and it illustrated just how
hard up are the leaders Of that party for some
thing out Of which to make political capital
Ifit did not receive the vote of the Delegates
from this county, we are much mistaken. At
all events, the particular Delegate who has the
honor of presiding over a few newspaper
columns in this city, backed up the resolution
on his return. Now are they not placed in a
pretty predicament by the State Sentinel?-
Hear that leading Old Line paper. We make
few extracts from the Sentinel of the 18th.
The resolution disclaimed for the Democracy
all responsibility in the passage of the lava
most absurd, lying disclaimer throughout, and
the Sentinel itself declares it untrue. The
Sentinel says Of the resolution:
1t was certainly untrue in some of its parts
and declarations. The Democratic party could
not truthfully "disclaim'' ''al'' responsibility
for its passage, if as party, it held itself re-
sponsible for the individual opinions and votes
Oft members. Some few democrats support
ed and voted for the Bank charter and they,
no doubt, thought they had right to do so,
without violating any of the cardinal princi-
pies Of the Democratic creed. A mans opin-
ion upon banks has never been a test of his
democracy, and we hope never will be made
one
Shades of jackson defend US! Why we
well recollect when opposition to banks was the
great cardinal principle of the Democratic par
ty. Even when Democrats might dodge a
little about Internal Improvements and Pro-
tective Tariffs, and be Democrats still, yet to
favor banks was an outrage against Democracy
for which there was no hope Of PARDON
But here is the Sentinel again:
The present State Bank charter was passed
by men ofall political parties, without reference
even to party lines. The charter of the old
State Bank was about to expire, and it became
question whether another enc should be
chartered. The circulating medium of the
country was too small for the business of the
people, and if the State Bank was to be crushed
out, at least four millions of our own state
currency must have been withdrawn from the
already limited supply.
Good for the Sentinel, but dreadful on tho
resolution. Here is something to the point
and contains little common sense that will
sit badly on some Democratic editorial stom-
achs:
Tie views of the State Sentinel On the sub
iect of Banks, are these: We believe the sub
iect of Banks and of currency is not legiti
mate political principle; but distinct, outside
irrelevant question, not included in the regulal
Democratic creed. 1t is like any other queS
ton, which materially affects the business in
terests of the public. 1t stands in the Same
relation Of politics, that railroad charters ant
all other corporate institutions do. Itconnect
itself with the business operations of the com
munity and must be regulated by the want!
and condition Of trade and commerce. It il