New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-15
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sins although lttd not actually fail to,,eed the
timely Of It's prncnies saved the state iei ~
political coinprH'"n o. ING = ~ , rine;Ias mud
the resn that the advent that parry 10 power IS aINs
The Message her Governor puts tins nu'isI beyond doub
Now notwithstanding this fact md the general truth fia
their paymen and ,hOee of Their De'necr9c oppoGGni ii
have been branded as Des,ractives and Repadaor'
II When journals aspiring 10 respectabllit'
ean set forth sach statements as the foregoing, IS
i, II wonder that the public mad is abused aud
perverted The Morning Ne,cs would make
the Wing the party OF Reputation l. 1t 50
We appeal to facts:
PENNSYLVANIA had Wbig Governor and Ac
mristrs atom through 1886, Y and 49, Durln2
these years Interest on her debt WAS psd
promptly, and TIE priqepai ,oas not Increased
Since then, sne has been under ioco-Foco fnic
though one or The other ofauch Of the Legislature
has occasonelIy been Wig Trae, SIZE votei
70, Harrison By 3i3 majority ia 1910, but that
had ~ effect on her internal administration j1
l64l the year Of " tie oGuentof the Wing pasty
10 po,,er," which was " to!lo,osd by the dshoner
of niD5 sovereign States OF the union,' she
elected Loco Foco Governor and Legislature
by $4,000 majority, and has ever since been tho
roughly Loco foco IN every branch Of her Gov
eminent Size has Gov. Porter says during his
Administration, increased her Debt Fifteen
Millions Of Daiiars--rcn Millions OF it for la
terest eioue, having paid neither principal nor
interest for years. The News says tie Ways
are 10 blame for her dshonor
%Afaryland has involved herself in system Of
very expensive and utterly uaproductlvc internal
Improvements. She is cotsed with Slavery IN
the last sts ges of tina, rulnous disease which has
desola,ed her fields and is annually converting
her onca fertile plans inlo deserts. Hcr Legs
, latute has repeatedly imposed taxes, which toe
People of her oldog Agricultural Counties find II
very difficult { impossible is their term 10 pay,
and so the money is not raised 10 pay the accru,
ing interest. For sir gears past, she has he'd
Loco. Foco Governors exclusively, with advisers
to match, and Legislatures frequently Zone or
both branches) of the same party. IN lS4l, the
year of "the adpent Of the Whigp arty 10 Potoer,"
she chose u Loco-Foco Governor, and VIC believe
House also. A decided majority OF her Legs
lature elected in 1912 was Of that faith. Now,
decidedly Wing Legislature, and strenuous efforts
are making to put the STATEN an upngh; position,
and the new Governor talks as late Governors
have not talked in iavor Of paying. or he sug
ges,s that State Stocks held by foreigners should
ba taxed the same as Others, he does no more than
is done by Peel in the Income Tax, now IN force
in Great Brittany And now, If the Stale be
brought 10 pay, we shall doubtless fad the News
claiming that as one Of the fruits of Poik's cleo
ton, or at least as taking place ION 'he advent
Of the" Loco Focos Z" to power"
Michigan was under sthig rule IN 1910 and
ls4l, and paid her interest. In November lo4l,
following the advent OF the Wing party 10
power" she went Loco. Foco all TO nothing, and
a, once openly repudieted the payment Ola large
portion of her debt, and has not since paid the
interest on any. She doesn't even talk OF paying
There has hardly been Wing in her Legislature
since lo4l. Ii she resUmes this WINTER, we are
willing to give Polki,m iai! credit.
Iediana ran deeply IN debt years ago, when
National Politics had lilteiafaencs in her coun.
ellis, and when the rival parties wed with each
other in zeal fos Internal Improvement Her
funds were msmansgsd or prodigally osbursed.
and a, length, when borrowing more became I'M
possible, she stopped her Works and stopped pay
ment, with nothing finished or likely TO be pro-
ductiye Her iirst Governor elected on decided
patty grounds was Gov. Bigger chosen III le4o,
who in his Messages, on the stump and every
where, urged the necessity OF paying and the
rascality Of repudiating. He was beaten IN 1913
by the present Loco Foco incumbent, Whitcomb,
who took the ground The stump that the State
eosiS not pas, which ne still mSintalrS, ms
whole party Sustaining am IN it. They neither
pay nor propose TO pay any part Of the interest
annually accrung. a Wing Senator recently
proposed that the State should pay thsee per ceot.
of the interest on her DebS, but THIS was promptly
laid on the table. Tnere IS no probability that
the State Will ever attempt to pay principal OF
interest while the Loco.Fucos bear sway. It's
bn, far to add that part of the Wings appear
to be as rascaliy as the bulk Of the Leo Focos.
Iilinois has always been Loco Foco IN cvcly
branch of her Government, except that losspt
Duncan was chosen Governor On no,pssn
grounds in 1884. He was decidedly opposed to
the wf,ole Internallmprovements So stem through.
out his Administration. This State is in JUS
about the same condi;ion as irdiana-wosse if
any thing. She has been trying 70 raise money
of her Foreign OR, diso,s to complete hes maia
Canal: They all adranso II pfovIdea she frs
Laws a tax to meet the annual interest on her
Debt. which she won't do, and they of course
decline 10 lend any more I'll she does This the
News ODDLY calls " a continuance other distress
we should rather say, of theirs.
AJkansas hss neper been Wing in any depart
ment of her Government, nor have the Wings
eYsr constituted formidable minority in either