Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-03-15

ETY.. To the WIZ politicians generally, therefore,
justly attached the responsibility Of these reckless
schemes, which have Mt only involved the pc 1pe in
4 tremendous debt bat have done much. from the r
inception t. tcr catastrophe t. zap the found atoms
# tie public morals.
The indebtedness Of Indiana says t4is plnder of
ihe fundmou- Is. has been Incurred by mlny sue
cessi,e legislatures efroaftauaity .Racfa4fiag poll
dcs. and % The Jackson party was foremost IN the
@ork'-aul " tle Jackson organ ~ indianapolis
adopted tic motto of " ,rtn an y ren aud Inter.
nal improvements" And he then. with astounl
ing iniquleure goes mo,ed ately t. sey.-.. But
tbs IS nothing. There NJ otclcucc of party ac.
ton in .ncuuug tins debt"
- - as-art8n 10 he paragraph from which we
make taa foseg,41 extracts, Is esther totally false
Or ract- arc perverted u.h manner as parpose!y
to convey impressions equally lllse As forthe pre-
tended continually fuctuatiug" politics IT our
Legislatures, every intelligent person who kno s.
an thing Of the political history Of this State ku5vs
wei that siiee fte bcsutnag ofae Internal Inproce-
met System u s,riaatng, ruE DcYocRArs HAYS
NEVER BEEN - POWER ~ THE STATE or INDiANA.
IN two Instances only since the establishment, Of the
Seat ofC;overament at IN l,aaap,lis have the Demo
Gratis lad IN li5rty the House of Representatives
al,ac. TAe Governor has always been Wing
Tire m1l1r'y Of the Sen1te ms also invariably been
Wing; and a nri 'rity Of the House of Representa-
tires. the sams. except dIrag two sessions, when
the Democrats had a maj ,sity 1lere,y nominal. We
say merely a0mi8al, because on b9tn occasions upon
really test questions, more or less of the protested
Democrats were led by sinister Influences to vote
with the Wings
Wei, therefore, may the l5eller Of the Tribune
sensible Of MS baseness in attempting to saddle the
Democracy with the iniquitous practices Of the
Wings in this state, sneaking.y affirm in the same
breath that itere Is preieace Of Pariy action IN
ueurriag les debt. Aye, but there though; and
prctence which an impartial history Of the Inter.
nal improvement system flstcas upon the Wing
party beyond hope Of escape.
Dem,crlts, I've confess, anil never have deued,l
WHO were deceived by the false estinltas AMI spe-
cous pretences of the Wing concDctars OF the sys-
ten, did consent originally tAat it should be aioptel
and prosecuted By the State. Thus much, they n
conjunction with the Whigs are responsible for and
thus much We have never. nor has any sensible
Democrat ever denied they were responsible for.
Bat there, as party, their responsibility ends and
from that period, lior the corruption OF the Wing
managers was Immediately mlnested,) their hos
tilty TO the system commenced, anl continued IN
ceasiugy
Tae responsibility IS precisely similar to that
which attaches to the action of the maJ)rl,y OF the
people at the period alluded to by the Tribune, lS37)
when two clnlidates for Gorernor-whch it forgets
to say were both Uug5-were run. The people,
n clectng the candidate favorable to pushing the
whole system at once, acted generally under de-
Iuson similar in It's Effects to that of 1910 They
were msled by the fa'sehoads and msrcprescnta-
tons Of swadlers and spectators; and were made
for the time being To BELIEVE LIE. In either
case, they should hardly be held morally accounta-
bic for their conducts for they infected with 4
sort Of monomanil, which was a complete obstacle
the just operation of sober argument sound ad-
vice-or were mised by appeals to that passion al
ready alluded to- which never listens to the voice of
reason while there is aprospect for its qualification.
We feared " continues the Tribune, - some
result akin to population, when we learned that
ocol5coism had triumphed in the House vet we did
hope that tas Wing Senate would take pattern by
Gov Bigger and no5y stand forth on the side OF
honesty and Justice
Now what are the facts in relation to actual re-
padation! Why, anxious were the Wings to
flrestan the Democrats in acting upon the subject,
that Ma. Collins, a Wing Senator, on the OH De-
cember, before members were fairly warm in their
seats made haste introduce the first resolution in
ftyor Of reppdilting all those bonds for which the
State had received nothing whether procured through
fraud, or not! \ Wing, therefore is entitled to the
honor of taxing the first step favor Of actual une-
qu.voca reputation.
Anl what was the i" noble stand " taken by Gov
Bigger. 50 pruseworthy in the estimation of the
Tribune In his annual message, after stating va
rious particulars OF the financial difficulties Of the
State the Governor Observes
such is actually our condition and candor and
"lstice to ourselves, aud to our creditors require
US 70 acknowledges. THAT WE HAVE Mel
"THER UNDER OUR CONTROL NOR IN
" PROSPECT FOR SOME TIME TO COME,
the means to discharge the interest on the whole
" Of our public debt."
The amount Of these Treasury notes still in
" circulation uusr PREVENT Is. FOR SEVERAL
YEARS, FROM DERIVING ANY AVAILABLE MEANS
FROM THE COLLECTION or rAxrs, with which t.
"Iquidatc Any PART Of the interest on the State
debt"
By these extracts, the Tribune libcller VIII per
ccye that when he undertakes to puff our Wing
Governor at the expense OF the =" I.ocoloco" ma
lority Of the committee of Ways and Means. he Is
barking up the Urong tree That committee but
reiterated the recommendations Of Gov. gger, and
nothing more. Neither did the Dhig minority Of
that committee dissent from the report pre-
tended by the Tribune. Is the report OF that mi
nority is short. we copy it entire:
Report ftte minority cofapaiee + Hays and .eqns.
The Undersigned, members of the committee
If Ways and Means. ia coitciding ruth he majority
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