The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-11-18
INSIST Upon marIra GoLn.

Our friends at the east are prolific in
plans by which they propose TO obtain
our .Preduee and give us in exchange
their worthless bank paper. Such an
exchange would be. a goodsone forthea,
tbut what would be its effect upon the
West2 aIpthe present. condition of mo.
Notary affairs, we can have no assurance
that the best bank paper will be a~yaila,
BILE tEeptyfour hoursuin the jpavment
of debts, or for the purchase of any arti.
Gle we may need. Wheat, Gsrn; Beef.
&c, have a value in themselves which
no except gold-and silver, has;
they are infinitely better to the owner
than the best paper money. Being ar.
Hicles of necessity, they will bring gold,
if gold is demanded. Why then rot in,
-sist on having goldP By doing SO, our
producers would protect themselves,
and vithina very shorttime correct the
financial evils under. which we now suf.
fer.
We hayezseon an experiment of this
kind tried in the West with. the most
complete success. The producers of a
section of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin,,
at a worse time than the present, ~resolv-
ed that they would keep their property
rather than selhits for bank papeFl1sTke.
result was that in six weeks gold CAME
in a~bundaneo for iispufchase, and frons
that day to this there hassn not .beensa
time in which their products have not
commanded the gold.-Iokeao Cont
E The remedy suggested by the.
Commercial for the evils of a deprecia-
ted currency, is an effectual one-ope;
which hasbeen frequently adopted here
tofore, and which has never failed in
any district where agricultural staples
were produced, and where the farmers
acted in concert. The plan was first
adopted By a body of planters in Geor-
gia, some twenty years ago, and from
that movement it became afterwards
known as The +" Macon specific" About
fifteen, years ago, during the former
Bank Suspension, the farmers ii one Of
the townships ID our neighboring county
of Huron, organized md geseived tore.
ceivSDothi5gsfn aaexohan ges for beuPTosC
ducEious 81 their farms but goid oPsii:
yer. The best paper Of Ohio Banks
was then deprecated about fourteen per
cent. The effect was, that when eastern
Wool or Wheat buyers appeared among
the farmers of that township for the
purpose of purchasing the staple pro-
ducts Of The farms. they provided tbsm-
selves with gold instead of with dePre-.
ciated hank notes, and thereafter the
producing interest of that district suffer-
ed none of the evils of u deprecated
currency.
The remedy is simple and effective,
if the necessary Organization can Be Sc
cured. The paper money interest forms
c~ombi6ptions against the producing inF
tersst Of the country. Why should not
the farmers combine to protect 'thenIa
selyssqss 8fsos sav ~ 20
There IS among tie farmers If the
county of Ashland a sufficient amouneof
surplus produce and live stock, notwith-
standing prices are rather depressed, TO
pay nearly or quite al the Indebtedness
Of the county, if brought into market.
What a relief would the cash proceeds
of these sales, ilnmediately afordl Mer-
chants could at once liquidate their east
iern indebtedness without being com
PEELED to pay the present enormous rates
for exchange. and our mechanics and
manufacturers could emancipate them
selves from the burdens of debt in the
only currency which has defraud-
ed mabkind.
Would il not be well for the farmers
of Ashland eoupty to agifate this CUES: !
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