Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-01-30
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of noliticians, (but candor comPe's mt ~
say | believe they are very iew) 10 oii's
themselves into public notice, by mis,ePie-
eentations and abuse Of the present EAec',-
two of this State; and no doubt they are al
reodv rewarded, in anticipation, tor All 'h9
od;n,n thew NAV accumulate upon the heao
IS that Individual. ] am led into these re-
marks from the character oil s'i'7''''''
sent forth to the public, by a certain l'n Urn
bic Committee, in an address recoiAh'Y" Nv:
their favorite candidate, the heVefeiP w
Liam Kinney, for the Office CT u"Vernyr, II,
which il is pravely asserted, "'ha' ,'e s''u "
debt has magnified to an aiar'hing oegr9e
within the last three years; and consnm-
mate skill and prudence can only relieve the
treasury from its embarrassed situation" =
More recently a certain writer in the Advo-
cate over the signature of "Vandalla,' who
doubtless belongs to the class of politicians
aforementioned, after declaiming loudly a.
gainst q certain individual in the south, who,
he says, sis diving into every little caucus,
with a view and in expectation OF being
brought forward by the coalition concludes
by saving "That the fiscal concerns OF the
State are in q wretched situation and require
n men of little more financiering genus
to get her out of the dilemma, than the pre-
sent inefficient incumbent seems to possess"
From these statements it would seem that in
thenext guberna,orial election, the candidates
or their friends, build their hopes oil success
entirely upon the principle of deiamlnS ahd
slandering the present incumbent
AS to the writer who signs himself evan
daia," it is but too evident that he Is dis
appointed political aspirant. Doubtless hs
is a Younger member of the ,rould-be family,
and has great laundering to be Il candidate
for that important Office himself; and if he
thought he could see his way clear without
the aid Of glasses, no doubt bis name would
be seen IN large capitals under the head of
candidates for Governor"
1t is the object of the writer Of this article
TO show, by simple statement OF facts, with
how little truth the assertion is made, "that
the State debt has magnified to ain alarming
degree pithin the last three years." and that
the present Executive is not amenable to the
charges so recklessly made by the writer Of
'bandalla."
Admit that the State is in debt, does !,
follow of course, that it originated under the
administration of Gov. Reynolds | answer,
ra,ions of the State government for the last
eight or ten years, knows that 1t DID not
Every one conversant with the financial CON
Germs of the State knows, that the true cause
of the debt now owing by the State was The
creation of the State Bank OF Illinois.
And aow for the facts: from these it will
be seen, whether that debt has been increa
sed or reduced under the present admins
tralion. | think l can show to the satIstac-
ton of the public, that the fiscal concerns oil
the State are 10 u more prosperous condition.
now than under former administrations; and
if thew were not, would it not be an ACT OF
extreme injustice 10 hold Gov. Reynolds re.
spousible Tor all acts of legislation in rela
ton 10 the revenue.
By reference 10 the reports OF the Auditor
and Treasurer to the General Assembly a
their session in 1880 and 1881, it will be
seen that there were outstanding debts "a
gains; the Treasury on the LIST day OF Dec.
1880. (the time of Gov. RS induction into
office J OF Sll.500. The amount that the
State was at that time indebted to the Schoai
and Seminary funds, with interest on The
same. was $4,000. The amount of out
standing paper of the State Bank of Illinois
at that time, nearly all OF which has since
been redeemed at the Treasury, was about
$4,000; making the total sum of SIG
500, which the Safe was IN debt when GOV
REYNOLDS came into office. Vi this debt
abou. 100000 has since been paid to re-
deem that amount of paper of the State BANK
TO the sum of Sl76,500 might with propri-
ETY. be added the following appropriations, orr
expenses, some of which were for objects OF
internal improvement, and do not properly
apper,ain to the ordinary expenses Of the
government, and which were created OF in
CURED by the Legislature since the com
mencement OF Gov. Reynolds, and which did
not accrue under any former administration,
to wit: The expenses Of the last Genera AS
semb.v over and above those of any former
session including the expenses incurred in
the impeachment case, amounting to about
$4,000; the building of the Penitentiary,
$40, 600; three years interest on the Wig
gins loan, $4,000; which sums, in addition
to the amount before stated, make total Of
SaI9,50O.
According to the official reports ofthe pub
lie officers to the Executive, made on the LIST
of November last, the whole amount that the
State would be indebted on the LIST OF Jan.
1884, after deducting the revenue due for the
year 1888, would be SiS9,OOO. lffrom this
sum we deduct only the amount OF Interest
paid on the Virgins loan, we will find that
the State debt has been actually reduced since