Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-06-10

ShSo SSAid so, - NA'' 60" N''S - S4Ai'
(L7ughior)
II Is chiefly from this class that No have tht
men who 10 n0l believe IN the good sense GuC
virtue Of the mass; Who, knowing the people d.
not wish 30 return TO the former state OF things
meat Us with ei0qaence AMI parade of Learning
They forget that this is he old age Of the word
rnd The periods 10 shich they revert with SO much
pleasure the years Of its gTeenness and youth. -
Mr.. w. cana not with The PTetenlons OF ihis Class
Tho believed The people were ready 10 think Tor
tbemselyos--ihere IS general! seeking Tor truth
witness The numerous reviRals OF religion through
the land. To this disposition, Mr. ". was dispo
sed 80 accommodate h!mseli-anj he would ad.
dress his fellow citkens as reasoning men. Away
then with eloquenoe and poetry and nonsense. and
lei u.eei the crisis as men--ihe MODEST tue
ever conferred on human beings.
Mr. w knew there we're men IN The country
who lived on their farms ia seclusion, and took
lille Interest in tho politics OF tho day. say
they, I'VE cannot understand these things We
have not the time 10 read or capacity 10 UNDER
stand. When We wish to understand q new mat
ter, ,here is Squire A, or Deacon b., or Mr.. c.,
at the cross roads, very smart men, a1d We never
have any difficulty 10 learn for whom 10 vote
they are SO kind as 10 tell US" (l.aughter.)-
These men do not deserve their rights unless they
throw Of this negIIgancs-think for themselves,
aud aid in tho promotion Of their country's inse'
rests.
MIR. ". came before his feow-citizens as
candidate for Governor. is had no claims. lie
believed man had any claims for Office. lie had
his principles, and no came 10 disclose them; he
INDUCED no conceAmens, and would answer 10
his ability any question addressed TO him this day
He was reared IN poverty md obscur!ty &c the nd
Joining county Of Butler, Ohio. IIe saw to-day
some faces dea, TO him in tha, day Of obscurlty.
He had set out for Indiana, poor, irendless, and
unknown. sone twenty years ago, IN debt for The
very horse be rode. He went 10 Bloomington 10
Monroe county--and soon found that among Hoo
- Ez,nr x4r
who acts as TO deserve them. He had been
appolr cd prosecutor, Sheo his district reached
tho adjoining counties. His partial fellow citizens
had chosen him TO represent them IN tho State
Senate for two consecutive terms. Here he pau
sad in sketching his history, 20 which he advert
cd merely because the opposition TO him made II
necessary, and would notice some charges allie
ged against him. His respected opponent char
ged hin Tlth being al ItofHa! nPrcg Sment man.
and for ;has reason thought he ought NOT 10 DO vo
ted for Governor Bigger had however voted Tor
tho survey Bill; and had made speeches IN favor
Of sorne measures of internal smproy emens.--I
fEiere Mr.. w. road from some old numbers OF tho
indiana Journal, notes OF two speeches OF Mr..
Bigger in favor Of some works OF improvement
which ihe reporter cannot remember. Here was
evidence Of Dir. BegeT's full enforcement of the
system Of improvements. But 20 the charge
against him. lie could not deny that nc had vo-
ted fox the system. He had voted under inslruc~
tons however, being personally opposed TO the
scheme. He bowed 10 the law OF instruction, as
a principle IN popular rights that lay near his
heart. HIS district was Intersecsed by the works
OF which the system was composed. His constit.
uen,s were in favor Of the system and instructed
him accordingly. lie acquicsced 10 these ins'ruc
tons Pending the bill however, the Legislature
was expecting the printing fihe sworn estimates
reported under The survey bill; Mr.. w. desired
that these estimates might be LAID before his con
siituenis, that they might act adyisedly. lie
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have defeated The bill, with the design OF gaining
time to circulate the reports of estimates; view
of q reconsideration Of the matter, If his con.
stituents still demanded the passage OF the bill.
Tho additional works were cted-the bill was
pushed to passage, and under these clrcumstan' .
ces he voted for il. lie was not recognised at the
time as friend OF the system; il was known be
voted for il because instructed 10 do go.
But after all, perhaps tho real objections should
be, not 20 the system itself, but to lis gross mis-
There were many good men who
favored the system and perhaps with economical
II might have been shouIdered with
on. seriously embarrassing the State. Mr.. w.
would not impugu the character or motives OF its
friends. Bat there had been mismanagement--
and if there had not been, perhaps the attempt
would now be made 70 Identify Gov. Bigger with
the system and 10 show Mr.. VS. opposition TO It
"a very just attempt too. Mismanagemeni-In .
the empovmen, Of incompetent and dishonest
officers. M,smanngenent-in the lavish expen-
diiuro of the public moneys. Acknowledgements
in violating the law by selling for sxiravagant
rates of interest MIsmanagement-in hypothe-
lIcatiug the bonds with Jews and brokers-with +
the Cohens, and the Morris Canal and Banking
Company. fundamentally the conduct Of
he fund commissioners, me of whom, y hen going
7u, of office, took great pains to introduce bis .
successor to soma very kind men who could &C
.onmoda,e the Slate on fair terms, while this
same obIiglng patron vas 10 partnership with the
Jews and brokers to fleece the State: and did
ieece her of large sum. Mr.. w. was employed
10 look into this matter-a bill in chancery had Ii
,een fled and he should "stir them up With
ong pole" (Laoghter) Atany rate, If the peo-
pie concluded that both his opponent and himself
are favorable to the system, all the advice he
could give 10 them would be not to choose the
Bigger of The two evils. (Laughter)
81, the fiat had gone forth, and Mr. w. was
a 4 nf ,ha edt /