The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-15

NEW Yosx. October 18th, ls43.

NEW ok Oct00er IZtn, los~'
The Clay Wings, ever ready to resort TO any
measures 10 secure the fulflment OF their
schemes, are now endeavoring 10 control The
State el, clion by throwing the onus Of Inc
public debt, interest, &C., on the Democratic
party The Albany Evening Journal has been
the leader in this political misslatement. ny
comparison between the Wing and Demo
cratic expenditures, the former in ls4l and
the latter in 1912, this Federal Clay organ
makes the excess of the present ov,r the past
year three hundred and ten thousand dollars.
This plausible portion Of the siory--and The
aimsy veil that cunning has drawn before ny
pocrsy, are easily seen through. The excess
thus lauded forth as created by the Democratic
party now in power at Albany, is the interest
on four millions one hundred thousand dollars,
borrowed by the federal Uhig Legislature
1t is well known fact, tina, The incumben,s oil
office al Albany, las, year, aided by our Erecu-
tire, previous TO their dismissal from the spoils
aud profits of ill-directd power, threw into the
market a tremendous amount Of bonds oil the
Stale-a market already glultsd 10 excess, to be
sold at any price-,hal the proceeds might De
handed over 10 The New York and Erie Ran
Road Company.
From 1888 to 1912. the Wings had the con-
troll over the State finances during that period
trenty millions Of dollars hare been added 10
our State debt. Our public works within the
same period have yielded nearly one million OF
dollars annually. This has be- changed 10 an
aggregate deficiency OF $500, 900. From whence
are such result, =? From the Democracy? Com
mon sens deni the assertion. The Demo
Gratis have ha no pOUer over the Distribution
of the pubic Stale fu4ds. The Albany jour
nal charges our party with stopping the pup &c
works-throwing laboreIs and mechanics out oil
employment, and burdening the people with
tax. The day is past for such decisions to be
efeclual. The public works stopped OF them
selves-stopped for want OF m,ans-nolwith-
standing the enormous debt which the prufil-
gacy OF a Wing State Government has inl'
posed upon us. Yet the rallyng cry OF the
Clay Wings is the sloppage OF the public works.
We are not unaware that the projectors and
supporters of the New York and Erie railroad
will make the completion Of the public works
the nucleus around which TO concentrate their
party. Thank Heaven, however, we have
common sense enough lett among US to look
back and the truth
The Democratic ticket must succeed no
doubt is entertained on the issue Of the contest
for Governor In the interior of the State all
looks well and cheering. Yet, in defiance Of
the expression of public sentiment, in almost
every State, and the inderes that are now
pointing to the Presidential contest, the Courier
of this morning has The assurance to tell It's
readers that " Henry Clay is not only at this
moment, but has been for years, the strongest
man in the United States-that there are more
legal voters in his favor than can be counted
upon by all the other candidates put together"
WHY was he not el cted2 The Courier
attributes this circumstance to the Wings
at the Harrisburg Convention: it quarrels
with its friends-ful6lling the old adage-
" that a house divided against itself can
not stand" The braggadocia style of the
Courier is really amusing--it vaunts, and
puffs, and blows as if it really was the organ
of political truth and wisdom, and held within
lis hands ca,holicon for all the political disas-
tiers to which we have been subjected for years
The day of trial is not far distant We look
TO the issue, If not with as much assumption,
at least, with as much confidence, as he politi-
cal organ which thus arrogates for its political
deity the suhrages of our fellow-counlrymen