Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-04-08


his allies We have shown TO the People that
this System passed by his advocacy and his vote,
with a full knowledge Of It's then estimated cost.
We have seen that Mr.. Whitcomb, not content
with the present extent of the System, voted for
heavy needless additions 10 il; and we have fur
iber tina, the fruitful source Of all the acts Of
that Systematic Representative principle in
the Board Of Public Wo:ks-was engrafted upon
the Bill at the Session Of its passage. The OBJ
ject Of This nunbe, is TO present few among
tho many evidences which crowd our memory Of
tho rapture with which tho lending Locofoco Poll
i,icans OF Indiana greeted that Bill upon its pas
sage, oppropria,ing il 10 hemseires EXCLUSIVE
LY as THEIR work and 8 their especial props
eriy.
Immediately ufler The massage Of the Improve
rhent Bill, NATHANIEL BOLTON, (to whom
we have before nlluded,) then the leading Indiana
Locofocu Editor and Publisher Of "7he Democrat"
published 10 the world the following magnificent
note OF ioy, through his Editorial columns, viz:
ION Saturday nigh, as, tho citizens Of indianapolis by
smul,a effort expressed their qualification at the
passage Of the Internal Improvement bill by splendid IL
1umnssion Joy and congatua lion beamed from the
senaness Of all citizens. That all party
feeling may be swallowed up in desire TO pro-
the and glory OF the State most earnest
prayer Tho citizens of indianapolis consider themselves
hundred per richer than they but week
since and il be wondered at that they should give
some token of their gratihcaton"
And, fearful lest some unsophisticated persons
nigh, suppose the Scheme TO be rather s,upen.
dous. MIR. Bolton, in the same paper, added what
follows, viz
ssdlhough the present scheme may Startling to
account Of IT'S ertenUenes, get beiiere that
~orks 70 DoUBLE THE EXTENT Or TIE PIES,
E.NI BILL"
Nor was Mr.. Bolton half satisfied as the rep
resentaIive Of the Locoloco Party, with these ex-
travBgant demonstrations. In few days after
tho publication of the foregoing extracts his Ed
torial columns gave forth the subjoined Locofoco
note Of rejoicing nd prophecy. Mr.. Bolton said:-
sThe system general and confined particular
section, benefits aud improves almost portion of
the State This great undertaking, worthy of the EN-
pre herself The different have been
sdhs Fund Commissioners have been authorised TO make
the Ioans-and portion of the work is commenced OF
is. then, there be doubt, that ALL the uorks
fenlpatsd BY the bill tcH be commenced and completed
Tho State the undertaken and the State is amply able TO
furnish the means 10 complete the works.
And so elorousy full Of this Locofoco Whit
comb System Of Internal Improvements was Mr..
Bolton, that he enlarged his newspapers upon the
strength Of it, and, in the March following, thus
did he sound the Locofoco Van Buren,, Johnson,
and Internal Improvement trumpet He said:--
.In enlarging paper ga,ifed with the pros
pect shall have room to attend to the interest oil
and and be able build paper
devoted to democracy with ITS columns nailed to the mast
en- our pledge aid party all its Iauda-
bic undertakings for union and harmony in ranks,
heavy expenditure have incurred and
abou, mourning, and the of Internal hprore-
n,ents and democracy IN our State"
Nor did this suffice. A celebration was given,
at Evansville, and Governor Noble was toasted in
honor of the System. Mr. Bolton flew into a
passion at this movement He regarded it as an
infringement upon Loeofoco rights to which, as
the acknowledged organ Of that Party, he could
not quietly submit. Accordingly he spoke
through his paper, of tina, celebration, in the
words which follow, ,o>wii:--
'We view this celebration in other light than
determined ride the Internal improvement hobby :.
B,ii::: THAT MEASURE WAS NOT PARTY
claim the honor of being the exclusive advocates of Inter
nal Improvement When this question first ag.ated
in this State by Goreror Ray Noble and
ed upon the idle visionary mind Ray laughed
and sidculed for advocating system which then was tho
impracticabe AMI ruinous. Mobiles voice then
heard in its favor But. after it had been discussedand
ofer the People had determined to all isngtfo the nm,
sroreeaf Of Noble the efroatery call
hi,nsef original improvement man-"dyed in the
wool We would not at all have alluded to this had we
believed that Noble doing I'M usce The
l supporters Of that system, and particularly to Governor
Ray.'
Nor were MIR Bolton, and Mr.. Whitcomb alone
among those who, in the high places of Locofoco-
ism, thus rejo,ced over The passage OF the Inter-
nal Improvement Bill. Among ,ha, number was
the Locofoco Idol of that party, General TiLGH
MAN A. HOWARD. Full of rejoicing a, the
event he sat down in his closet at Rockville, on
the 25th day of January, Immediately after the
passage Of that Bill, and wrote the following let
ter to his Locofoco friend, Doctor Candy -
ROCKVILLE, Jan p. 1886
.Tou will perceive by the papers that the INTERN AL
IMPROVEMENT BILL has passed. THIS Is A
GREAT MATTER FOR THE COUNTRY, and
beeve may congratulate you much as any person
whatever. NV honest opinion and belief is. that your
of land of 200 Upper abash is
worth $4,000.
81 am truly your friend and servant.
L. A. HOWARD,