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KALIDA VENTURE.
JAMES MACKENZIE, EDITOrI '
TUESDAY, SETT. 23. 1845.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
' FOR Sl'.S'ATnB.
ALFRED R EDGERTON.
FOR nVHlSKNTATT'K. .
HORACE a KNAPP,
.,. ...:.,.A-.iy Putnam Coundyi "-"
rUTNAM CO l iTY TICKET.
''"-.' FOB BIir.niFF.' ' t
JANES II.. V AIL.' "
THiMI'SIOWFU. -' K-
, SAMUEL RAMSEY.
.. FOB CORONER. . i'lvl? ,
- JOII.-V ItAMSEY. ,.., y. t!
; nitron nr PuiKrirMn.-l-Tho rww'e I' d -only oiit
f tefrfrlmata pownr; tl' renreentfitlvff to o'ey tl'-ln
tnjriion. of 1:1 PO-TrtiMent ; ll'e union, n PonfedPnirv.
It bum! Ho nrewrved : thr- f random, wwereiffrtv. imd Inde-
pentlenee of the wtnt(vf .tnte ; tin POnsMtiitto! A .-.
elnl front of rown-s Mml'ed mid det-t'e i c'r-tlon 'nd f
frnee nnhrfrul ; nottxr.tioi.t'evo'id tlemiV',. win; t
levii-d In ti nt mod wl lrh w"i 'est mliriit of pn' ll' ti
tiny : no niWonni det i rin nlop q- rn o- mo
nof-oMfwofenvklnd; no dt.trl' nrion of tho mi1 Hp lr-"ln
mnoiithe nw, lilt low .n'fo, iwitinoit nroaneprlv
lihernt nre-einntion wg; fny.'nm oftrrrlo nnd -numcf-e ;
Mn.nl taw sr-d rqti'p.' rtolirp : nro-rcw nnd-nrroemeot
Tim ire k few off-e lem'Inf irn'lp!cs wkicli democracy
aims to i&kolliru'eof.'ovrrnnie-i. ' '
, THE FALL ELECTIONS, " ; i
i AtrxES P." EroEnToii, the. Democratic riominef
for the Senate, will itttinl at ihr ilcejintdiv t
annexed, for the purpose or addressing hi Demo
cratic llow-citiip-'n upon the r'rlitieal queetior.t
.Stolen now interest the public mind. !' '
". Napoleon, tlnr ecunty, ' '-. September S3 .
, prrnru Wllinm county, : s.
Mnivc' Corners, do...?,'.
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, , Defiance, Defiance county, , , ., ,
.' C'mrloi". ppiiUlin" countvv "
'"' Columbtta Grove, Putnam county, '
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' Waupaukonnetta, do.
" Kt. rvlnri'n. Mercer countv.
October
'fitmtpr. ' do. "
' Celinn, . -do. -"-(
Mercer, ' do. ; ', -.-
' .... Viin Wort. Van Wert
r Mr. Kfait. the Democratic nominee for Repre
entntive, will ne present with Mrv Edserton ,at
,tb following places: , , v ; 1 V; , :::
s -Kalida, . do. , ." : ' ;; M ',. 1 '
Mr. K. will alaa 'addrcsa the 'Elector at the
Xollovring placea, nt ne tune specmeo : .
t Napoleon. Henry county, , October , 6
k'Hrvfi. Willinrr.eftimtv. ' " " ' " 7
DefianceatJp. M.)Defianceeo. "'i ' ' 0
i- Chsrloef7r.M.)Pauldingcounty. ".. v !8
CUboa, Putnam county, r ,. , -." .. ; 13-
.. ivMrri. kiMin nf mp.Atinpr will cenorallv be
' ly " o.
The LaniY St:iiF.MK. We pubhsh. the
following letter in rrlaiion to ftir. AcKerman s
land scheme, from JUr. luiapp. iimt geiv
tlemnn deals with the question a$ it roquire,
The State lands are pledged by Biatute for
the riavment of certain specifi ed state debts,
incurred in ronformitv with the. law. p-antine
Ihem. . Whatever tniplit , 1b our views if
, they were free from this condition, we nave
no disposiiion to aei'He tne quesuon, as it
admits of no practical result r'. i , . . .
. Mr. Mackenzie, -'
' ri)bscrve 'in yoni" paper of last Tuesday
; that John J; Ackerman, Esq. has announced
himself is a candidate for Representative in
the next legishture. " .This movomenl I well
understand has loen made, by and with the
" advice arid consent of.'ihe men who pull the
wires for the wing party, intlits District.
ji", ,, If Mr. Ackcrman had cuoscn a lair jiosmiimi.
1 . . .. ... . ...
j anu tne noncsi aim gumiaio ... ......
f are before the people, he would have merited
Bna no UOUOl qoiuin inuuu, suiiiy ul6'-".."
respect. But he has thought proper to ac
company his announcement with a scheme
so absurd and so insulting to the popular iu-
- tclligenco, that I cannot treat him with tha
degreo ofennsideration which I 'should l'ke
" to observe toward the candidate put forward
: by my'polilical opponents., ':' r
' This famous schemo of Mr. Ackerman'e
for ' giving 'away the people' domain shall
1 receive only a, brief and final notice at my
, hands, because 1 can not.be driven on to
. .,iph r.lan issues. Ills nronositioii which he
'' invites mcjo discuss, is to surrcntler "thr
Wabash and Erie and the Miami Extension
Canal Lands to nclual settlers in quantities
- of 40 or 80 acres to each settler, upon the
' condition, only that such settlers shall ac
' tually and c'outinuairy occupy the Bame for a
term not less tlian five years.'?
And this proposition comes from a gentle
' man whose pin ty leaders in congress have for
"years steadily opposed pre-empiions and (!''
graduation of the price of the lands of the ge-
'neral government la those portions ol tlii'
.' Western States, vvhero ihere aro no roids,
1 nor canals', nor accessible markets, the" policy
( of graduating the price of the public Ciihals
. down, to t tninimqm ot V? cents per acre, is
dcfubtless a good one. ' 'But here in Oiiio,
where our Canals, now finished, will furnish
o, market at the very door almost, of every.
farmer who shall .in future, till those lands,
- the proposition to give them away, strikes
t nje as being' the most ridiculous oblation tUiit
' was everoff. red upon the whigaltarof"Bnn
J combe." . How , idle to suppose tliat lira
schema will find favpr at the . bauds of the
oionecrs of the country the men who came
' fan at an early day and paid for their lands.
' jand -redeemed the country from its wilderness
ondUkml Who can suppose that the tux
ma vera of the State, whoso burdens are oven
now almost beyond endurance, will consn
to quietly aurrender ihia rich legacy from the,
general government granted for a specific
propose. Are. tho people of, O!) o so rich'
that thry can afford, to. nuke.' such, a sn
crificct But suppose it possiblo that such a
wild scltetno sliould be adopted by any' Le"
:slalnre what Would bo its effect? Why
the instant tho law would "o into operation
fio lands would be crowded with llio 40 and
iO ncre lot speculator und litignled titli-s
And probably numerous violaiions of the juib
lie peace "would bo'the rrsult." This woiiltij
i admit, bo desirable 'to Mr. Ackeminn, on
'Ccount of the additipn whicli if would bring
to his business as a lawyer, but it would be
:i state of things which every disinterested
man and good citizen would have cause to
. I am, and always have been, as desirous
s any one that these lands should be brought
:ito market and sold.'1 The iutoresis of the
itize 8 of ilrs portion of t'hio Urgently ro
luire it. ;. The I tnds should bt rc-appraised
,.jd put down to- their .lwtt ixissiblo: value
md then sold to actual settlers, iti srnill tracts
.?very ''applicant at the laiid ofiic ("or.'p'jr-
otiasc, beiyg'jre'qirrpd to make oath that lifs
di's'gn was to cultivato' tho laud purchnsod.
The proceeds should go, as fur ns th;y Would,
tow iicls relieving tho people of the' State of
beir present burdensome djbt a dcbi wliich
was chiefly contracted for the construction
f our Canals, and for t'e payment of a por
tion "of which tho pnit ceils of "the sales of
these very 'lauds' island pledged. I' ,: '.'
But I shall ( estow po.further notice upon
this schemo as every voter in the district will
readily understand that it was designed with
a vjew to devcrting I ho public m!nd fiotn the
tfuo issues before the people of tho State
issues which tho fed3ral. legislature of last
winter tendoren the people of Ohio for their
decision this fill. But the Federal party of
this district cannot evado the true questions
involved m the preseut contest, .by resorting
to such a miserable contrivance Rsthis. It is
not iho fiist draft that Mr.' Ackerinaii has
m:;do upon the popular credulity. ' I am
much mistaken if this draft is not as promptly
protested as all his others have been. . ,
i y Respectfully Yours, '
:.t v '-; ; :. "": H." S.' KNAPP. .
' Kalida, Sept, S, 1945, .' ', , ; ..".' ,',:::.'
V,""; ' A TRIP. TO BOSTON , ,
77ie Cars Greeniport-Jfew LonlonWorcettcr
Boitm Bunker. Hill monument the prospect
the Yankee at ho-netuit h the Churches the
Cathnlicsteaiing semoru pewsiiti enter
- prite-papcr money English news, tee,
Extract of a letter to the Editor, dated
" ' -;i - ' ' Boston, Sept; 1, 1845.
I left Brooklyn by tho Long Isl ind Rail
road hist. Wednesday morning, found the road
very pleasant for the first twenty miles, but
after that a long and woary trlict of pines and
barren land. ' Toward the east end of the Isl
and (some p0 miles long) tho prospect bright
ened, the soil improved, and the village of
Grcenejiorf, where wo took the steamboat
for New London,' with its' wli irf, sh!pp:ilg,
and the varied scenery of hill and plain, isU
a uds, firms and sea beach, and mainland re
lieved the eye, wiilo tho c ipicious boat en-
ililed the traveler to take plenty of exercise,
.vfter a" four hours1 j-iliing ,in"a siuirig jxiRture
in the cars , Tho liip is mailt? to Boston
in 12 hours,! for 240 miles,' 50 of them by
water. Ni w London,thongh not so overgrown
is its old names ikoj is .finely situated, and
on the Thames too,, tip which wesiilcd se
veral miles, passing through Norwich, Con
necticut, a thriving rmiirifucttiring town bull
on the brow of a hill, and on the rising ground,
near the banks of two treelis which rneei
there.- Its appearance is exceedingly : pic
turcsriie.,: Tlienco Vlie railroad to Worces
ter, a lovely place, and charmingly situated
in a furtilo and thriving neighborhood, passos
ihrough an uneven but well Settled country,
filled with, farms, factories, villages', mills and
machinery, and a 'manly, stoiit-m idO( intell?
Milt.' population From , iVorcestcr to Bs-
lon there is a double line of rails', tho Trail
line (and it is the bes ) being used through
out. This being my first visit to the classic
capital of New England, I resolved to see
ill I could of it. and a nobler city of its s;z.
I havo not yet fmnd on thS American Coriti
nent. It lacks but onb thing, tho best of
ficsh water. ',', 'i
From the top of Bunker Hill monumen
in Chailestown, a substantial column of 22(1
feet fiom the br.se,' Boston is seen, filling
with buldings, squares,' wharves,' &c.i what
would have been an island, but for a narrow
peck of j ind which unites it lo ho main
shore Its surface ' is very irregular, the
streets narrow as compared with New York,
but everything betokens superior neatness
cleanliness and good order. Drains under
ground are very conducive to the comfort of
the inhabitants," a hale, hcar'y, (not seldom
florid) cheerful, business-loving race,' with
hat shrewdness an j intellectual look, which
a kqfn, cold, northern cliniate, and the pure
sea breezes from the Atlantic, added to im
ported habits, from their English forefathers,
and an excellent education will probably per-
petuate7r riiitd seen many 'yankee in the
X i t, I ..." I I'l . "i t" I . i. P
oiirse or a long jiic, out i iikc uicm uesroi
all when seen at home. Nowhere -in Ame
rica have I been better pleased with the
countenances' of the "people ' and IhS aspect
of a Jocalit than in Boston. . WeH may they
bo proud of the surcd spot wliere indepen
dence, ' through revolutiou, was cradled in
America, and which set Iho bill a rolling in
France and Europe, and much have they im
proved nV Boston is jiterally a cityoi pala
ces and must be. very wealthy. :,'
f From the top of Bunker Hill column,
which strangers may visit by paying 1? cents,
the environs of the cityj Roxbiiry, Charles
tori; South aotl. East Boston, Chelsea, and
a fine settled country many milcs'round may
bo seen. Boston1 is approached by eight or
nine bridges, some of them very longRiid all
of thrm of wood: There is a great deal of
litis' ness done' fir moro than I had any idea
of. ,,Th' y Iiivo railroads .fiom every quarter,
und arn busy planning inore.r. One is to com
menceat Ogdensburgh on the St. Lawrence
and pass thriitijih the heart of Vermont!
They have llio cash? tho ' woikmen and the'
enterpriz and as Bcston was tho greatest
city in America 'in 18 IS, I should not be
surprised to see her make up with New York,
which 'through Clinton's canal and a fit of
sleepiness here (and they are , not diowsy
folks I assure yon,) look the. wind out of theii
sails and shot ahead under the pilotage of
the great "Do Wilt." . ' '.' '.;" '-'"
. Yesterday I went to more churches than I
generally visit on one Sunday and first to
the Old South, which hireling soldiers in the
nation's hour of peril turned into a riding
school. ' . It is a fine old brick structure (lie
parson read his sermon very well iudocd
the mtis'c, vocal and ivsirumcntal, was
strange and new but faultless yet how thin
the congregation was! It was iho same with
a handsome Episcup ilian church near by, and
the sun a with another facing the green com
mon of 48 acres, wisely and religiously pre
served for health, ornament and recreation
the same with a Unitarian, church,, (all but
the reading.) but not with ho ltomiti Cath
olic. Though ft large house, I found it filled
to overflowing no chance to set foot iuside
its doors, nor even to got up stairs to the
galleries vast numbers uncovered in tho
street in front of it, and an ecclesiastic in
a white surplice, and Willi a countenance ei
ther Irish or Highland Scotch, preaching
with a clear voice and an appropriate action,
p nn earnest anrl winning manner, as if he
believed what he said, and without any man
uscript. The minister whom God inspire?
may surely open his mouth in earnest, euor
getic, and judicious exhortation, look his peo
ple "in the face,' and finish a sensible dis
course, without that downcast look which rer
suits from reading a copied or closet-composed
sermon from a manuscript placed in
a large Bible on the desk;" In nil the places
of worship visited tho pews wero divided
off vith doora the best to the rich, of course.
Not 3", on tho continent of Europe, . In the
most splendid dihedral there, tha king and
(he bnjjgar kneel side by side, on a "perfect
equality, m mo awiui presence or tno great
author and bountiful benefactor of tho uni.
verse; 1 wisn tt was so Here in America.
" As a 'proof of increasing 'wealth 'aiid coni-
forl, I give you the (iict that at no tiim with
in my remembrance has the building, itnpro-
ving,- and :nl irgiug of : bouses been car
ried ori in New York to the" extent that it is
now;. New Vorkj with her suburban citict
and ; villages is more populous tr) day than
Loudon was 100 years since. Boston with
the villages only separated from her by her
bridgesj cannot Contain less than 150,0C0
souls.' Tho rage for building here is, to the
full as great as at NewYork ; plenty of money,
means and bricklaycis! Were it not for the
litigious character which lawyers, the papei
dollar trio, and those who thrive by couvul
rons affecting ..'the value of real estate and
labor have given to business, I would not foal
;t re-action j as it is I do fear it. Tho Uni
ted States B ink, and its 25 branches (nr pots)
md (he pressul pet or deposit bank system
ire twins, as to 'character, and if, tho scenes
of 1837 do uot como back again, then have
rtockjobbers, and speculators, like the Ethio
pian Leopard, changed their spots, ' and
,lmir nutuies aldo. Banking and the sale o(
privilege in some form or other corrupts the
very fountains of justice in America and so
ivoll is tho bribe made to fit the taste-, and
temper of tliose who have political influence,
that I fear we have trouble before us yet.'";
Monday, Sept. 8th. , I had not time to
close my letter, last week," The packet ha
irrived from Liverpool and Boston, but has
only the , news of bad crop ahead', in Eng
land, with far more cash in tha treasury, and
far more wheat in hand than on the occasion
of the last scarcity. Tne pavement here is,
in some places blocks of wood, in others ma
cadamized, more generally of stone. For
sidewalks brick commonly, but sometimes
larca slabs of Quincy granite. The tide
rises very high in the harbor, and it's a love
ty prospect out towards the jast blue sea,
thoJircrza from which must bo very jdvigora-
ling.-Thero are but few Fienchi here Ire
land is very fairly represented but the bulk
of" the people aro of tho TEnglisIrpuiitan
stock English . faces, signs, habits, and a
.'roat share, of course, of the old English
laws,
r Lowell tho saat of (he cotton manufacture
s witliiii n hour's rVilroad ride, and Lynn,
tho'great mark for hoots "and shoes,"" I 'could
see from tho column. , -
n-.'ft:- "' ... .vr.
i , OUIl SENATORIAL NOMINATION.' 1
' The Whig jonrnur at Lima,' which ordi
narily rises to the.' levelt of common sense,
1 .1 ! I L ' ' 1 ' , ' ' i. I '' .1 ' ' " 1 1" '' ' "
puui sues an arncio in waicn tnero, is. con
siderable' htcut malignity, , but , rendered
harmless by tha weakness and pointlcssiicss
of tho effort. Desiring to bo courteous; we
nottcoit.as probably llio. editor tbiuK no
has said something. "'l ' , ,. .'
At the Representative Convention held at
Section 10 on the 3d instant, for the district
composed of the counties of Alien; Mercoi
and Van Wert, a preference was expressed
for Jamks Cl'MNOHABt, Esq., of Allen, as
nomiucQ for Senator, and delegates were ap
pointed to utlend the district Sena'orial Con
vention,' to bo held at tho Junction to pre
scut his claims, lie was a prominent but
unsuccessful candidate, and at length A. P,
EnoKKTON. Esq., was nominated, receiving
tho vote of Allen County, and of Mr.' Cux
ingiiam's friends, after they had dono all In
thoir power to give effjet to tho wishes of
the Convention at Section, 10, in favor of
the latter gentleman. Ou this state of facts
the Editor of the Reporter Volunteers a vast
amount of superfluous indignation,, talks of
cliques and , intrigues, and : twaddles about
what Mr. Cuningham ought to do, ns if that
gentleman could be brought for a moment to
listen to the disorganizing suggestions ofapo
liticul cucmy.; The Reporter will find that Mr
C. has too much self respect to do otherwise
man neat wun mcrneu coniotnpt tins s;jiy
and pitiful attempt upon bis integrity, In re
lation to the noniiiuiior of Mr. Edgerton,
wq will siy, once for all, that a more decis
ively favorable vote has not been given for a
candidate in any convention in the State.
!"an was cast for him at Junction.
,,But Mr. Edgerlon, the nominee, is a new
man. " Who is James K. Polk P was lately
a Whig cry, and wa believe it got sufficiently
answered. This silly pretence of ignorance
of tho character and capacity of democratic
opponents is in exceedingly bad taste on the
part of the whig journals; and on thisica,-
sion it would seem that the old rule,
learn by experience", must admit of an ex
ception. v..-. .,,,;. ;.:.:" ' . l,
Tho Reporter also complains of Mr. Ed'
gcrton that he is agent for an Eastern gentle
man who holds lands for sale in this section
if Ohio; this grave matter of the agency
we admit. Jl is quite iu opposition to whig
practice, i We should have selected some
wealthy stockholder who could live in idle
ness on tho dividends of his B ml; stock. A
inau who depends on his oau energies fii
a competence ia inadmissible in iwhig esii
tnation. Wj will try uu J gat along)' however;
democrats ate rather inclined to respect nvtn
.vlio depend ou their own indusiiy . whethei
h y are agents or principals, so long as they
pin sue a manly, liberal, npiilit Course; and
ihat such has been Mr. E.'s deportment we
bclievo'will not bo questioned. ..This ohjco,
;ion iniglit with equal piopticty be brpugl
agiiust yvery member of tha -1 gal profess
ion thmugiiout the Suuc, and wo presume
'gainst the writer himself. To us at least ii
appeals one of tho 'shallowest pretexts thai
sober silliness ever peuued.
As to Mr. E.'s being of the "Knapp school,"
in politics, that' is all fudge. If by it is
meant that he concurs in opinion ;ith Mr. K.
on tho question of hard money, so far it is
correct,: aud will eutiile hini to the hearty
stij of (lie democracy cf the Northwest.
But il at is meant that he"bnd other demo
crats who hold theso opinions, are nbi self-
thinking men, it is an impudent , assumption
and deserves but contempt.' Schools in poli
tics are for those who follow men not princi
ples and to say iho'Clay or Webster school
would J.o correct -but ft (s meaningless and
absurd when applied to tlmsa. who make
principles their guide in the selection ol
men, and not ' men their guide in the se
lection of principles, .' "'- '.''.
- There is one or two other matters allud
ed to,' of eo i puerile' a. character that they
deserve no remark-."
1 That truth is as effectual hi a'coutest as
fraud and finesse appears to be a fact )cf
winch iho Keporler is ignorant, and ho has
given evidence that however anxious ho may
be for the reputation of a shrewd politician
he, at least, has not tho capacity to make the
worse appear the better cause,?'
. The amount of specie in the Bank of Eng
land is no less than $-10,000,000, neaily $$),.
000,000, an unusual largo quantity. On
this account the .Bank ' refuses to ' piirchusa
the Chinese instalment of $2,000,000 in
silver, and it will be. publicly sold. ' ' -
THE SEVENTEEN PLAGUES OP OHIO.
. There are ten Uranuliea of the State Bank and
aeven of the Independent Sank oow in operation.
Whig paper.
Seventeen. ortroase of mammon i seventeen
strong holds of despotism !. are added to thoae In
our midst, to control the prices of the farmer's
produce and the fruit of tho mechanic' labor.
Monrj repreaent the bread for whjch we toilith
house and land from which ve derive shelter
and (uatenanc) the clothing, which we wear, and
the book which teacb our children, initruct and
iiriiuaa'tbe rip'eat agcr" It niove the wheel of th
wagon that carrie our good to market, and deck
the elegant carriage , in which our families.
driven- to church, t In every lituation it control.
direct, upholds or confound if give that for
which labor and industry toil; and the dweller
in cities, whose home i in foul allies and damp
cellars, finds that tho very air of heaven is not
free to him who ha it not. ,... , a "
And the control of this mighty power thi
more thonarchimedeau lever ia too generally given
o men, whom sordid avarice-has made rich, whom
hnao Villainy has mode capitalists, whom heart
iessnes :p all. the sympathies of benqvolenc and
generous fueling haamnde miser of their gold
and these mcnaro our rulers; The despots of" the
iron ee had some noble characteristics even the
base demngogue will affect" virtue if be have ir
not,1' but instead of giving tho guidance of pur
free institution into the hand of intellect end
integrity, the whig party have ehoson for us wor
than the Kina Log of tho fuble, tbe serpent King
of a dissolute banking system that ii slinging to
death all that is nobto, pur, and freo in our N
ican system. y , .
These seventeen institution are, it i alleged(
instituted for the purpose of supplying Ohio with
a currency, or in other words a standard of value.
But has paper money the quality essential to con
stitute a standard? A standard should not b
liable to fluctuation, its value should at oil times
and placea bp equal. That thi i true of gold
and silver, or nearly so, is an admitted fact, but
that it is never true of a paper currency i equal
ly a fact. Tried by comparison with the pre
ciuu metals, it is a falao measure or itandard.-
At one time It. i plenty, ut another scarce; not
only by the fluctuations of trade, bitt by the flue
tion of speculation. It is as if a yard 'stick to
measure good wore mado of india rubber and
shortened or stretched out at the will of the shop
keeper. At one time the yard would measure
two feet, at another three, four or perhap six, and
the public would never reoeive equal justice.
Exactly ao with poper money, a compared with
gold end silver; it .first exclude specie and be
comes its substitute. Bankers can then increase
or lessen it quantity at their will, and at one tim
property of (he value of $100 can from tho scar
city of money be bought for $60, end at another
time it will require $150 paper dollar to. buy. it.
And alt thi isnt the will of the banker; manegod
for hi benefit, and effected for bis aggrandize
ment. n ': .v i;:.,'..',. , .:'' r; s
These sovonteen bank are not required to hav
gold and silver for more than $15 of every $100
of circulation, and sight drafts ate by the 65th
section of Kelly's Bank law, made gold and sil
ver. So that deatitute of the first mill of specie
these shaving abop are allowed to commence
business. I there a man of lonse in tha state,
believe that they will survive the first fluctuation,
founded a they are in such utter disregard of all
financial rule' " ;' ' " ',;-; . ' !:
Ohio State Stock, iipon the security of which,
the individual liability clauses in the charters of
the bank' of Wooster,' Sandusky, Norwalk,
Sic, Were rtpealed, ore an uncertain dependene
fur the 70 per cent, whica they may represent.
They are now nominally at from 05 to CO, buf may
uun ciinnge tueirvu.ue. uunareasoi inousanas-ot
dollar, have been sold at 40 per cent, discount
since 1840; and they would be liable to still great
Vr depression if suddenly forced, into market, to
any great amount, by tbo failure of any number
of these beautiful currency making institution.
Beside it is not very good policy to involve, the
credit , of the etatc, with that if so very frail am
institution, as a Bank., ,.. . .. ... ,!
: This pernicious law i well calculated to meet
the necessities of those' who want banks. It i
provided m the twonty-third ection that th di
rector and stockholders may borrow and become
liable fur five-sixth of the whole stock of (he
Bank. ' If the discount were intended for th
benefit of the people generally, thi, perhaps,
would have been thought rother too large a (bars
of the public plunder to be divided among bank'
er. iBut Kelley & Co. hove very few sympathies
in common with such valgur matters a the inter
est of farmers and mechanics. : - -' '''. -!
.Not to enlarge, there are seventeen more whig;
argument in the field corrupting and to corrupt;
effeminacy is on the increase; aristocracy ha
strengthened net' hand, dishonesty is seventeen
times more popular," and 'the. only eufierer wil
prove to be the people and our republican system.
MKXiCAit; News to the 30th ult.' Gcri. Ar
ista is at Miitamorns ' wWi 2000 men, and
knows of Gen.' Taylor's, position. Gen.' A.
has 2000 men tiow under his command." No
lighting has yet taken, place, nor have w
now ay confidence that there wilK To the
ihlo and decided course of President Pblk
in concentrating iroops at ,1110 ' point wher
war menaced iis, we will owe it that no. war
occurs. 1 The whig journals which have se-
(Lir:iiv iiifN'ri'ii wr its iiii'rc;iMi wit v nonii-
tiire of government and prevent the repeal of
t(re present unjust'tariif,. are of course quite
indignant 4 at the course of the President,
thotigli it is sanctioned by tha example of
Jeflersoh. t';' '"'"' -' ' - ' - ; '
fj-i We received by lasl mail the Ohn
Statesman of the 30th July, containing tha
proceedings of tho Agricultural State Con
vention, which we hud not . before , received
only one month and twenty days in com
ing from Columbus here. It camo via Van
Wert; r."-t ! '.-s- ,t,::ai ;t ...,"i
Jgf" Elier Wilson is the democratic candT
date for Representative in the district com
posed pf Lucas) Wood, Hancock and Ottawa.
He is a popular man, and a good democrat,
and will undoubtedly' bo elected. -Already
the whigs anticipafe defeat. .Last .full there
was soul difficulty and dissatisfaction in th.