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Editorial
February 21, 1845
The Kalida Venture
Kalida, Putnam County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Editorial in Ohio Statesman criticizes passage of corrupt Whig bank bill in legislature, exposes its dangers, blames coercion by party leaders, and urges public alarm and resistance to preserve republican government against bank aristocracy.
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The Whig Tin-Pan Has Again Decreed It.—When the odious bank bill passed the Senate, its monstrosities and dangerous provisions had been so thoroughly exposed and laid bare by the Democratic members of the Senate, that there was a relenting among some of the whig members of the House of Representatives, and intimations were thrown out that the bill would be remodelled before it could pass the House. But the screws of the "Tin pan" were again brought into requisition. Mr. Keller set all his creatures to work; and the crowd of hungry bank cormorants who throng the Halls of the Legislature, made a regular set upon the whig members of the House, until they have all been whipped and coaxed into the traces. It is now settled that this monstrous bank progeny of the corrupt whig tin-pan is to become the law of the land. It is with deep humiliation that we make this announcement. The bank plunderers have triumphed over the people. Whether the people of Ohio are to remain a free people, or become the vassals of a corrupt paper feudal system—whether we are to have a republican government, or a swindling bank aristocracy in Ohio, is now the great and alarming question. Let the tocsin of alarm be resounded to the remotest quarters of our State. Let the struggle of the people to be free be commenced in due time, and in a manner becoming the occasion.—Ohio Statesman.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Bank Bill
Whig Corruption
Ohio Legislature
Paper Feudal System
Bank Aristocracy
What entities or persons were involved?
Whig Tin Pan
Mr. Keller
Democratic Members
Bank Cormorants
Ohio Statesman
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Whig Bank Bill
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Whig Bank Bill And Corrupt
Key Figures
Whig Tin Pan
Mr. Keller
Democratic Members
Bank Cormorants
Ohio Statesman
Key Arguments
Bank Bill's Monstrosities Exposed By Democrats
Whig Members Relented Initially But Were Coerced
Bill To Become Law Despite Opposition
Triumph Of Bank Plunderers Over People
Threat To Republican Government In Ohio
Call For Alarm And Struggle For Freedom