Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-09-06
TEE HERALD.
THURSDAY MORNING.
SEPTEMBER I.
nm IssUE In INnLANA

THE ISSUE ~ INDIANA
!, should not be forgotten, in considering the re
suh Of the late election in Indiana, iba, the issu
was essentially local one 50 far as the candidate
Of the D.sfuc,ivcs could make il 50. that Viii!
ENmvg1nec, State Binkrup,cy, and the nccessi
" o. Rotrnehnent and Reform in the State Gov
eminent, were the weapons vigorously piled By
the Locoioco candidates with the effect of keeping
5000 wings away from the polls The wings en-
deavofCd TO hinge the question on National qucs
lions, but were to a great extent ovcuuled by ih'
clamor Sc, up by their opponents, Redeem oui
Bankrupt S,aier And though Whitcomb the
Locofcco candidate for Governor, was himself q
prominent advocate 10 the Legislature of the q
ennuf and iIl.managed Internal improvement
System Of tia, State, he was somehow enabled ,c
throw all the blame of his own acts upon che
wings and make capital out Of his own errors =
We are seldom so fortunate as this
Bat on another portion of the State issue, our
opponents had decided advantage-shamc to In
diana tha, we should have to say it We aludc
TO the State debt Indiana is deeply in debt, with
liule income, and does not even begin 10 meet the
interest on what she owes, which OF course is rap.
idly accumulating In this dilemma, there is but
one Of two things to be done, either practically if
not openly repudiae on the ono hand, or provide
means of payment on the other.
This question Gov. Bigger met frankly He
said in all his speeches, Our State debt must be
paid am in favor of getting the General Gov.
eminent 10 aid us with the proceeds of the Public
Lands but with or without aid, we must provide
means to pay our debt and restore our furnished
honor and faith But WhItcomb took the ground
tina, the State could not for the present, pay any
part of the debt, or even Of the interest upon it
that taxation would drive away from her all I'm.
migrants and that she had no recourse but to wait
pay nothing at ALL but husband her resources,
until her increased population and wealth would
enable her to pay with case And this convenient
doctrine has been adopted and endorsed by plu.
rality of those who voted in Indiana
Now there are doubtless men who staid away
from the polls and let this doctrine prevail there
are probably some whose votes carried it, who did
not clearly perceive that they were making q
covenant with DEATH and duplicating themselves
IN the most atrocous swindling and robbery but
let us exhibit the same principle in more faml-
lar case A. B is great manufacturer, lumber
man or Spectator and he makes bad venture
and becomes embarrassed. He lets his workmens
wages fall in arrears; and they come round him
for payment, for the means of giving
bread TO their children. But he bows them out,
with bland SMILE saying to the dcsparing chop.
per, teamser, butcher, taioress, washer-woman,
&c. who have trusted him-'Don't be impairment.
ii is no, convenient for me 10 pay those little bills
of yours this month, this year-perhaps not these
ten years-it would trouble me, derange my bust.
ness, empty my wine-gaul,s and impoverish my
larder; my great friends would not come 10 see
me as they now do; and could no longer double
my wealth every ten years, as | have hitherto
done--so go away, you troublesome creatures
you cannot reach me by law, and don't choose
to pay you-when do | will send for you.'-
Who would hesitate to pronounce this fellow a
most consumma,e villain How many hand
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graceessly impudent scoundrel is Indiana to the
life as expressed through her new Governor and
endorsed by her People.
All the prctcxt set up by the opposers of a pre-
seat payment of the interest on her debt prove that
they mean nerer to pay. Immigrants worth hav.
ing would certainly sooner settle in State that
was paying her interest, though with some diff
Guilty, than one which was letting it run on IN.
paid accommodating on compound ratio. The
preience that she can't pay is frivolous so long as
she consumes superhuities to twice the amount,
and her People sqaander in idoness ten times the
interest every year. Her Debt is hardly more
than that Of this City, with half her population
her Annual Taxbill, provided she paid the last
cent, would be Far less Than ours, while her growth
is more rapid, her capacities far greater than ours
What imbeclity in ylainy, then, is j, not TO pre-.
tend tina, she eant pay and thus render her knave.
ry though gigantic, intensely contemplate IN
Y Tribune
THIRD PARTY INCONSISTENCIES.