The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-09-20

He says in his Inaugural Of 1912. al would re-
spectfully urge upon you the policy and even the
necessity, Of avoiding any further increase Of our
State debt an increase for new objects
would not only add to the present burdens Of the
people, but, at the same time, materially depress
our State bonds"
or, in his Message of ls44l ..The public debt
imposes serious burdens on the people, and creates
humiliating dependence on Foreign Capitalists,
degrading to the independence and character of
Freemen More than 81 ,00O, 900 is drawn from
the substance Of the people Of the State annually
and sent off to discharge the interes. on the public
debt which, in its tendency, retards our prosperity
and keeps up the balance oftrade against US. And
every Ia Is years, the entire amount OF the debt
will be paid in interest, while the btrdensome
principal remains, and continues its perpetual
drafts on products Of labor"
This, Sir, is the language Of Democrats, when
speaking upon this subject-the language of Men,
whose chiei desire has been TO prevent the further
extension of this system oi plunder
Now let US turn our attention to another Federal
leader, and see what he will say:
.Mordeeai Barley, in his Inaugural, speaks to
us almost IN the language of Governor Vance:
"The subject ofinternal Improvements will, trust
always receive the careful consideration OF the
Legislature. 1t is to be hoped that the various
public enterprises will be carried forward with
prudence and energy, until, by the extension Of
the channels Of commercial intercourse, the mar
kets shall be accessible to all parts of the State"
Thus, and by language like this, has this system
been pushed to lis EXTREMIST point, and in the year
1874, when the State was laboring under Twenty
Millions of Debt, your newly elected Federal
Governor still urges further extension of the
system-yes, Sir, even to every portion of our
State, which would require over Hundred Mil.
lions of Money!
How different the views-how different the
language of Democratic Governors! They have
ever spoken and written to restrain further accu
mutation of Public Debt.
While this system has grown up, and the State
Debt has been accumulating, YOU have always
been found lending your untiring energies to the
support OF the Federal party!-And you now seem
by your late address, for the first time, to have
caughta glimpse of the enormity Of your own ac-
tons, and that of your party.
But how is it possible for the People to believe
that You are sincere, in the "hue and cry" you
raise, and the alarm you seem to manifest, on ac
count of the largeness of the Public Debt? For
when we examine the Journal ofthe House Of Rep
resentatives, we find that in every solitary instance
you voted for the largest amount of expenditure,
and the highest salaries to Public officers.
You voted, Sir, for the erection of gigantic
State House, (while we are laboring under an
enoi nous debit which will cost, before completed,
not less than Million Of Dollars!-[H. ]. page
500. ......r.
You voted, Sir. to take convict labor from the
extension of the Lunatic Asylum, and apply that
labor to the erection OF State House,--(p. 69s'
You voted for the Indefinite postponement OF
Resolution, urging the reduction of the pay OF
Members of Congress to Six Dollars per day, in
place OF Ss.-[p. Is.
You voted to raise the salary of each Member of
the Board of Public Works from $3.50 to One
Thousand Dollars year!-[p. 552, 8; 652.
You voted to give Two hundred Dollars addi-
fional salary to the Clerk of the Secretary Of
ate!!--(page 92l.
With these facts before the People, and the evil
dence they furnish Of the truth of what Gen. Har-
rison said, in his Ihaugral Address, to witt
"That most striking constrast was observable
in the conduct of Candidates for offices of power
aud trust, before and after electing ihem--they
seldom carrying out in the latter case, the pledges
and promises made in the former"
Will the People of Old Belmont any longer re-
pose confidence in the Man, whose ,Dords and con-
duct are in such dametriea opposition?
We again repeat that it Is not out of any per-
sonal dislike, or unkind feelings towards Mr. Cow
ell as a citizen that we have thus been induced to
address him, but from a solemn sense of duty, we
feel we owe to the community. He is man of
iron nerve and constitution, always interchangeable
IN carrying out his own peculiar notions, and we
fear that in political point of view he is not very
scrupulous of the means he uses lor his own ad-
vancement