The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-10-01

for money due the domestic creditors, and
the state had no means of paying, and had
this bill passed. There would have been no
necessity of the passage Of the celebrated
Relief Bill, which is afterwards brought
into the account Of the crimes of Daniel
Snyder.
ale voted to spend ON corporations.
$500 600"
There is no, one word of truth in the
above. This sum was appropriated by an
| amendmen, offered 10 an original bill. ex-
pressly for the annual expenses of the GO
vernment the repairs, aud the payment for
work already done TO the canals, aud was
to have been paid with the certificates OF
stock mentioned above. Both Of these
m6 asures, however. were defeated, and Of
course, no appropriations had been made
thus far--nor dollar voted out of the lrea-
sury, except th" first $500, 0,000,w which went
to pay The semi annual interest on the state
debt.
"He voted TO further increase the state
debt to the amount of SO, 100 ,000-to allow
the banks To issue shlnplasers TO that Il.
moun,-to give the shinpasiers to corpora
,ions &c.-and 10 tax The people 10 redeem
their shinplasters.'
This issa gross perversion OF lruth.and oi
| facts.
| Flrst-It did not increase the state debt.
for the money was 10 go to pay debts alrea
| dy due from The state.
Second--Ihe slinplas,ers were not given
to interpretations, but used Tor the purpos,
above stated.
These shinplasters, however were moth
ing more than small bills ISSUED BY tn,
banks, called Relief notes. aud now cunsli
tue almost the only circulation that is aiioa.
And Daniel Sny der voted for them in con.
sequence of petitions sen, from Columbia
county, sigAed by large number of prom
inen, democrats asking him to do so, and
Of others, who were in Harrisburg al the
lime the bill passed, urging hlm to vote for
il. Among those who signed petitions iur
the issue of small bills by the banks, were
John G. Montgomery, WIN. Colt VIM.
Donaldson, Peer Badly, Valentine Best
aud John and Richard Frun the very men
who denounce Daniel Snyder for voting fol
them, aud So well satisfied were they witt
lis passage, that delegates we've elected it
Darvlle aud Madison, instructed wi,hou
opposition, To sustain his denomination, ant
only brought up now, because he is IN,
candidate OF the removal party, and likely
if elected, 10 interfere with iheiI priuai
interest.
Thus much for these Sc, ,0OO, 900, which
they unblushingly charged Daniel Snyde
voting away. But il is in character will
them. Falsehood, misrepresentation ant
slander, are The only weapons they can US
!, ag gainsl him And these will be used with
out stint or measure, and 10 act is too vile
gross or unprincipled, for them to resort to
10 delea, the Election of Daniel Snyde, ,au
by that means prevent The removal frou
!. taking place.
The remaining votes mentioned in I'll
article referred 10, are OF piece with taos
we have dissecled above. Most of thel
were sections Of amendments offered for lh
10 express purpose Of killing the main bh
. before the house, and were voted down b
The friends of The several bills To HE
they were to be attached. knowing them
be So intended. Daniel Snyder did vo
for immediate resumption Of the banks
~ almost every shape and form in which
was presented 10 the house, and voted f
a the final passage of the resumption bill, an
the journals are full of his votes 10 th
effect, which will be found by any ma
who will take The trouble to examine Fl
.,c themselves. We have the journals Of bot
- sessions, which any person can examine
=, calling upon us.'rhey need nor take the lro
BILE of travelling to Da3ville, al the extren
-, end Of the county for The purpose. The
are in the centre of the county where II
courts ought loLg since to have been I,-i
nd al ~