Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-04-16
TIJUANA STATE DEBT.

.;.,. v;sh to mise and redeem the
10 - thei, State-,o walk erect like men,
- honest people in the face! linen ie'
apo -" ..rch to the polls 10 August next. and vote
ne' - vbo will tako measures 70 iiqiuda'c our
ioI .. in biIitics.-Vote for Wings VINO WIN urge
S'ato ILL.," &c having tho debt. Why should this
the mo" Ss,nved longer, to suit the cquivocal
ma"e' . ofcanitaI.making Locofoco demagogues!
pitt vho oIectioneer upon. and make merit
-i" ...d,,;on as avowed Repudiators! This
o.. 49, ,ruat be met at last. Why not at once!
0''"...;riv the sooner the better. interest," Is
-Ss .,,,rulot;ns-and must continue at heavy
90. s,.le.. something is Immediately done.
rnuo' ,-,,e,h;no can DO done-and will be done
- - homes. Wing Legislature. 10 provide Tor
y :, yu,,nf Of honest debts-to raise the charac-
~, n the State-to givo stability ana nrnnoss 20
snsncss 10 enhance the value OF heai E.s'a'e' oy
..oudistng Reputation. would be no'hihS more
,ssn carrying out Wbig principles 20 good anu
1;,h6I purpose. What honest land-holder would
,..;,.,o n INV few cents upon each aero OF his
"a vben the effect would be to raise that land
!. ,,Ine more than twenty, or perhaps hfty times
hs amount thus paid. in very few years.
The State debt, is, in effect, a mortgage upon
.,e,v acre Of land in Indiana. Who Will pur-
.h,.e land under such circumstances IN our State.
Who can sell his land except al a sacrifice while
III. mortgage remnins!-What emgrant VIII
make this his stopping place, until inc encu"-
h,,oce is remoycd!- Look at illinois. Last WIN
M .be passed law raising tax to meet the IN
er,t of her debt. Already has the stock OF her
character raised. "The people of Illinois, says
The Register. "may now confidently look forward
"a Tho day, whom sho will sta nd forward among
10, sister States, free from debt, as she now Is
free from the disgrace Of countenancing Repudia-
lion. Tho gloomy period Of doubt and uncer-
,,u.y is past and a stability will be followed by
prosperity in every branch Of business that our
citizens nro engaged in"
Since 1910, the population of Illinois has not
increased, though previous to that time, no IVES
tern State increased moro raidIy.-Emigrants of
spcctnbiIity passed tho fertile soil of Illinois and
vent further West-whilo thousands, says Gov.
Ford in his Message last winter, were prevented
from leaving the State only because thoy could
no, sell their property. This picture, if it does
no, now, may soon resemble, the situation Of
affairs in Indiana. Surely our Legislature had
bet,or commence in time. Tho condition Of
things in Indiana is certainly not yot quito SO bad
rs were those Of Illinois, but they arc fast verg-
lng to the same state, and ought to BIO checked
in duo time, and while have tho power
Let this be raying point at our next election
Me Of the important issues-and depend upon 1t,
tho people will arousc-wll como forth In their
majesty and put down tho Locofoco ideas OF rum
and reputation, by eIccting a Wing Legislature,
through which, means will be at once taken to pay
The interest, and bring about a liquidation Of our
State dcdt.-l Wabash Courier.