Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1855 — Secretary Collins and State Bank Law. [ARTICLE]

Secretary Collins and State Bank Law.

In the Indianapolis Republican of the Sth iti*t., the Secretary of State gives a series ofobjtjetlcfflKMithe new Sttfte Bank lavr, a* a justification for hhtiot He further tteoires an expression of opinion-a* tp whethcr he shall in? elude itin the laws -when published-, _ „|fosi' we do not allow the Secreta- . rv or any onaelß e >to abominate thafiL laW more than we (To. We regarcT it as iniqtiitonirV ahd anti-dcmocralic throughout, and 1 we believe that, «ouM it be submitted to the people, it would be defeated ten to one ■lt :1a far more objettionabledn our opinion, than the new Free Bank Law.But we see no hope, unless the Governor calls a session of the Legislature and have it repealed. Much • as we desire to thwart the men who nre already moving to take advantage of-its defects, we could not recommend such a means of doing it as that proposed by the Secretary. It would be revolutionary and arbitrary ip the extreme, though we believe, on that single issue, the people would sustain him. But the idea of the Secretary’s setting in judgement on the expediency of laws, is abhorrent. We cannot recommend it ville Democrat (Fusion.)