The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-08-27
BY G.. G. EASTMAN.
Tbe spirit Of Tbe Age.
MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1871.
The State Debt,""NO, 3.


its income. and also that the State Debt does ac-
idally exceed the sum of 100000, now propose
to present some strong reasons why Gen. Walton
has (even at the expense Of ruth) been so anxious
10 conceal the facts in relation TO the financial con-
di,ion of the State from The people who bear the
burdens of the State; and,
In the Grstplace, as Il piovs man and a church-
membe, he is bound by moral obligation, faithfully
to serve his employers and see to it, that he cats
no mans bread for nought. Now Gen. Walton,
through the IFotchman, is the organ oithe federal
party, as he was during the last war, and is under
moral obligation to administer 10 the temporal
necessities of those who rely upon him for support,
and inasmuch rs he cannot do this so ohundanty
by pcrsung nm honest calling he is bound TO resort
To faIschood and deception, under the belief that
because he is rery pi0Hs man the good people of
his party will consider it simply a pIoUs FRAUD,
and of course overlook ii: and the rulgdr demo-
crGiS he cares nothing about.
That " the love of money is The root of all evil, :"
is truth excmpiicd TO the life in the course of the
editor of the IVaichmop, for that gentleman mn
derstands very well that if the plain truth in rca-
ton to the condition Of the State should be laid
before the people without note or comment, they
would at once decide to place their affairs in other
hands, and he of course would loose the golden
harvest which is now so proiuscly showcred into
his widespread lap,
1t appears by the report Of the Auditor of ac-
counts for 1887, the amount paid to +. p. Walton
& Sons, for State Printing, STATIONERY, &c.
was 81 ,S71 81; the amount paid in 1888 for smi-
lar services was not entered on the journal; in
1889 the amount paid these truh-oving editors for
State printing and STATIONERY was S ,053,3l,
aud in 1910 these same pious men received for
State Printing and STATIONERY S2,3lO,5S,
averaging the snug little sum of so ,O70,53 per an
nun ont of the State Treasury, under the present
administration. Does not this solve the problem
And is it astonishing that Gen. Walton should lick
the hand that feeds him But how is il about this
Stationery? Is it possible that some six or eight
hundred dollars is necessarily and legally expended
for Stationery for the use and benefit of the State
No, it is not So But STATIONERY Is furnished
without law or right, to the members OF the Legs
nture, at the expense Of the State, and for Gen
Waton's especial benefit. The members oil the
Assembly have their per- diem and per mi'e Allow
ance fixed by Laws, but there Is no law Tor furnish
ing them with paper, ink, pencils, quilts &c. at
the expense of the people. This abuse has grown
up as an item Of federal extravaganza and corrnp-
Al, sinrn IL, nririu unlpr
Alexander Hamilton, have been the unwarerlng
advocates of splendid establishments, and II spen-
did government. 1t was this disposition that reared
the splendid, granite temple Of foiiyat Montpelier,
which strives to vie with the Capitol of the Nation;
aud the same spirit, after loading us with ire
meudous debt for that purpose, would further carry
ont its extravaganza, and because the members
of Congress are furnished By law, with the articles
above named, the managers in Vermont would do
the same rHhom law, for the treble purpose of
apiug grcat folks, rewardng THEN 'iyOrile General,
and fixing on the people State blessing in form OF
State debt.
But, the General should have some little remu-
nerdiioa extra, in shape of the "mamnon OF uli-
righteous" for there can be no doubt, that were
he not pious man, his course of lying and deccp-
ton must have procured him the prenumship of
Plulo's dark domain, and rs il is, even now, the
wear and tear of conscience must be greGi-worth
at leat the profits on the 50 900. But this Sta
iioucry matter is curlously managed through the
whole family. The General couples ii with the
State Printing, and the Auditor reports it in the
same way. without explaining for what purposes
1t was furnished, lest the ruigar people should
make noise about it, Verify, 1t is high time that
we had an Auditor of Accounts who will expose
smuggling, and that Gen. Walton get his living
some other way than by spunglng 1t out Of the
State.
But ",he CALLED jade winccs," az soon as the
people assemble TO discuss the subject of the fnan-
ccs, this pous General is thrown into spasnis and
cries out the sold hobby again," and pounces upon
poor Capt Partridge as the author Of all his fears
and troubles, and abuses him in manner too
shameful for any man to adopt, except it be one of
the Generals own sort. What has Capt Partridge
done, Only jegaa to expose the corruption of
the federal leaders of,Vermont But the half has
no, vet been told We, even the little hint that has
bepn uiyen. The General would dissipate, by the
cry Of taxation on the hand, and by holding up
in prospective the bride Of $4,000 on the other,
which if the people Of Vermont ever Obtain 1t must
be at an expense Of more than $50, 900.
But. SAYS the General "What does Capt. Par
fridge mean to do Isl tito Cypress the people with
fgrgiioni What was the loco foco plan in 1889"
What the pious General means by loco foco
am unable 10 say, but If he intends to apply The
ephs, to the democrats, it is only another evidence
Of his old federalism, for part Of the old federai
creed was, 10 apply epihers and cant phrases to
the democrats; and if we examine the old files of
This truth-telIing Wdichmnn, we shall find that
more than % years ago this General VaIinnt-ior-
truth, was playing at the same game, weekly call