The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-04-19
Guernsey a. Washington 7s5 so
D.yton B.nk" 34Os.

Total amour, assessed sz6,594.OS
The above amounts were drawn for by
the Comptroller as rtQui,ed by The law,
but al. the drafts were returned unpaid.
excep, shat on the Gu rnseJ Branch Bank,
($795 So and that on the Dayton Bank,
Il S34. O2, amounting 10 $S99 s2, which
sums hav. been paid in'o the Treasury.
The amount paid in lS4O was S2i $685.
56; in 1860. $829.52, or $50, J,854.U4 less
than in the previous year. The way
matters and a. present no lmmedlate
revenue can be looked for from his source
The taxes assessed on the banks under
the oct Of 1859, except the amount rec ev.
ed from the Guernsey Branch Bank and
the DAYTON Bank, recIed above, have
been placed 10 the hands Of the Attorney
General for collection. After the matter
shall have been adjudicatSd in the Courts
of the etate, the question will doub!lass
be carried again TO the Supreme Court OF
the United States. Lis confidently at
frmed by some that in the former decis-
ion the court was divided, that the decis-
ion was only declared BY majority Of
one, and th.t in fu urs decision. it would
bs reversed. Whittier this be 90 or not
} the future will determine; but of one
: thing there can be little doubt: the mass
) of the people of Ohio regard the decision
. o. the s ae npreme Court as just anc
; right, and hold that it ought to be sus
tained. In the meantime the State Treas
t ury is deprived Oh almost all income tron
T this source.
: The charters Of the Banks nov inexist
!, ence have but few years to run, whe'
g they will expire by limitation. Il may b
n doubted whether it is worth while, unde
}; these circumstances. to foment bite
: feeling against them. and derange th
u currency of the State to the inevitable in
Jury of ito business interests, aud whethe
i il is not better. on the whole, to perm
n the Banks to pay taxes at the rate aIlowr
It by the former decision OF the United Sta'e
l. Supreme Court. especially when it is COT
sidered that the claws delay" is provel
,3 bal, and their charters may expire b
10 fore a flual decision is had OF the question
3, The leaders Of the so.called Democra
&c ic party have, since tho announcement (
8. the Dred Scott dictum, been laboring wit
T. grea, zeal 20 induce the people TO belisV
ut that the opinions Of the United States 81
is D, eme Court are Of so sacred and immacl
10 late character that it is little short
10 treason to inquire into the grounds O
1t Which they are ssed. The Dred SEQ
i. dictum they have incorporated into the
le pla forms, exloled it in their speeches 0
ID the ump. and exalted it to such d.
il gree that many have been led to suppo'
I. that the men who pronounced it are lit
W short of demi-gods, whose lightest opi'
c. ion should be held "s Of more weight tha
,s the matured opinions of others who d
j. not occupy their elevaed positions.
D. will be Interesting to observe the condu
in Of these men il the fu ure decision oftf
same Court on the question Of Bank lax
\. zion in Ohio shal! b. in accordance viii
"a that heretofore made. Will they shol
10 and th'ow up THAR caps and grow ell
s, qu-nt on the lump in praise Of the
A. Judges shou they reverse, by n derisic
,v the Democratic Le gislation Of 1859?
~ is i, only when the Court decides 10 fav
Of Of tn slavery interest. and against fre
be dom in ,he Territories, that their deri
rs io"s are to be regarded as Of peouli
h. sanctily2 Who can tell?