The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-31
Democratic Professions aad Praea

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The Indiana Democracy, in their
/ 9Th Of January Convention, passed d
strong resolution in favor of the abor
lition otsthe National Banks. and Fe7
solved tina i5iuntiIi such system uof
banks shall be abolished, we demand
that the shares Of such banks in II:
diana shall be-, subject to the, same
taxation, State and municipal N as
other property Of the State, ,fo1q 10
They passed a further resolution
looking to an unlimited d issue of
greenbacks. "striI b9iinU 9dl 10
Such are the professions >of
principles which these willy polf-
ticians prepared to be read BY the
people, who are jealous of monoper
lies, and are generally ready to APP
prove Of that policy which PROPOSES
to make money more plenty, But
who are the men selected by these
politicians as their candidates to car
ry out the principles announced,
should they succeed In carrying the
elections2 For President they fex-
pressed their preference for PENDLE-
TON, Of Ohio, and Nominated HEN-
bricks for Governor and EDGERToN
for Lieutenant Governor. How do
the actions of these gentlemen cor
respond with the platform of princi-
pies announced? f(+.
Itwould be natural to suppose that
Mr. PEEDLEToN, who was, endorsed
upon platform calling for the aboi-
tion of the National Banks, and who
had canvassed the State of Ohio to
point out to the people the injustice
of exempting National Bonds and
Banks from taxation, would have
nothing whatever to do with these
iniquitous monopblies which were
grinding the faces of the poor for the
benefit Of few wealthy stockholders.
But it now appears as an undis-
puted fact, that he is not only a
Stakeholder, but Director, of one of
the National Banks of Cincinnatil
Yet this is not the most damaging of
his inconsistencies. The Cincinnati
Gazette. of January 18th. publishes a
list of the Shareholders of the Ma
tional Banks of that city who have
not paid their taxes. The Republican
Legislature of Ohio, at its last SEES
sion, passed law taxing National
and State Banks on their capital
and surplus earnings. The State
Banks paid the tax, but it
appears that very large number of
the stockholders of the National
Banks refuse to pay the tax assessed
against them, and propose to resist
its collection. The list published in
the Gazette is long one, and includes
many of the most prominent Demo
Gratis in that city, and among them the
name Of GEORGE III. PENDLEToN ap-
pears! -,-.a
Here we have the Presidential can
didate of the Indiana Democracy not
only a stakeholder and Director of
the National Banks, but obstinately
refusing to pay taxes upon his bank
stock How much weight viii the
people attach to the complaint which
the leaders of such a party make
against burdensome and Unjust taxa
tiCn, with such an example set by
their candidate for the Preside ncy?
The great cry now, on the part of
the Democracy, is for " more green
backs" and yet they select, as their
candidate for Governor, a gentleman
who voted in favor Of the bill author
izing the contraction of the currency,
and who is the devoted advocate Of
the policy of the Secretary Of the
Treasury And for Lieutenant Gov
ernor they chose Mr.. EDGERToN, a
townsman and supporter of McCUL-
LOCH's financial theories; and both
HENDRICKs and EDGERToN are Ma
tionaI Bank stockholders. Such are
the men. who are expected to carry on
the crusade against these monopo-
lies" and give the people plenty of
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