The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-02-07

r. thu psembers Of the La Halle County
Agricultural Society.
The annual meeting Of the La Sale
County Agricultural Society takes place
AT the Court House in Ottawa on the 10th
inst-next Tuesday. Important business
will come before that meeting. The Fl.
nances of the Society need attention and
overhauling, new officers are to be elected,
and the question of holding county fair
in 1868 must be decided 1t is Of great
Importance, therefore, that the meeting
should be full one.
But we are anxious for large meeting
.-for one at which all the leading agricul.
turalists and the clearest headed men Of
the county land they are among the farm
ers) shall be present, for another reason.
A proposition is being prepared, and will
be submitted to that meeting, intended
to procure o solemn pledge from every
| farmer in the county not TO sell another
; dollars worth of produce except for gold,
silver. or greenbacks. The government Of
the U. s has thus far issued about $500,
900, 900 of paper money. This is more by
500, 5000 than all the bank paper that
was in circulation @ year ago. Such a
volume Of government paper, therefore
should be abundant for all the business
wants OF the country. Yet comparatively
little Of it is in circulation, but instead
we have still the old bank rags. Why SO
Because, instead Of gold, as formerly, the
banks hoard sreenbacks to issue their
/ worthless paper upon SO that, in reality
except by the increased issue sf bank
paper, the real volume of the paper circu
laiion of the country has been very littl,
increased notwithstanding the large issue
of government paper. The result is Oh
vious. As government issues legal tende
notes the bank imitation will 60 on. thre'
dollars paper to one Of greenbacks, unit
pressure comes call for redemption
and then TIE bar Ks will collapse, being M
more able to redeem all their paper II
greenbscks than they were able in stump
tail times 10 redeem in gold.
The President Secretary Chase, ant
Congress have Jeen appealed TO in tn
sironges. and most ursen: language to ia.
bank paper out OF existence, and let In
people have the paper OF the government
II is their own-issued on their own goo
faith {for the people are the government
| and for the ultimate redemption ef whic
) the honor of all the people is mutual
pledged. Our Legislature, also, has bee
. appealed 10, To help our own state, b
taxation or otherwise TO get rid OF tn
7 bank paper But all-irom the Pre.iden
,, down-are apparently deaf 70 the or.
: They are either owned bodily 10y. or i
I the interest Of, the bankers. What r
course !. left? No great measure Of r
form ever came from above from Ia
ruler. All great reforms come up fro.
2 the people The people mus, pa, til
|. ball in motion. Let them, by mutual VI
der.tandlng and united action, initial
!, this reform, and our rulers vii! be IA
. enough to give it the sanction Of law. l.
, the farmers u! la Sale county alone sd
they will IrY@r again touch bank Pap'
for produce, and that they will never vol
4 for man for any Office from PresideI
! down 10 constable who vii! no, adv oca
G the passage Of law 10 efeut ua!ly excluc
{ hank paper from circulation. and n
+, moral force cf that resolve alone, rigid
!. live I'D to. will be suffice nj in very sho
f time. 10 effec, the desired reform