The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-07-09
treasury and granted away our millions
Hhis is not treating US fairly.

tromlscuouS crowd OF males and femaies,
Of Dervises and dancing girls, entering the
temple of the great Lama, and barring the
doors and extingushing the lamps, he
would suspect that lewdness reigned with.
in. He would make the warmest protes.
tations against such practices. Suppose
an Asialic to demonstrate with him-to
cay, sir, what right have you TO complain,
what right have you to contend that any
iechery OF debauchery is practiced within
che darkness Of these walls? If you con.
Tend that anything wrong is done. name
me guilty pair-tell us when, or in what
department they have INDUCED in the graf
tication of their lusts? Would this Ash
atic logic convince anybody. would itmake
the slightest impression? Would not the
missionary reply, "My friend. do not
know that anything wrong is done in these
dark retreats, the less know the more
tsuspect. Innocence loves the day, guilt
loves concealment. If the purposes Of
the worshipers in that temple of lewdness
were such as could be avowed. such as
could bear the light of day. they would
have no need OF so much concealment.
II is the genius Of the institution-its adap.
,ation 10 aid and give lhciliiies 10 vice 10
which, object.
The gentlemen Of the committee them.
selves have borne testimony 10 this effect.
A subsequent section of their report pro.
vides that when the present debt shall have
been paid off, the power of the State Au.
ditor and secret cabal over the peoples
treasury shall forever cease. That is like
the resolution OF the drunken man, TO
drain the wine cup once more, to have one
more frolic, and then return to sober and
temperate habits. Like the resolution Of
the debauchee of another charter, to go
once nore to the arms and embraces OF a
courtezan, and then to lead a lite of ex-
empiary chastity. Poor deluded wretches!
II they understood their own true inter-
ests they would abandon their evil prac-
tices--they would shake off the claims Of
their ignoble lusts, not soon. but instantly.
They would not consent to live u single
day under the dominion of degrading
vices. But we are told that this system
must continue till the present public debt
shall be paid. When will that desirable
ccnsummation be realized!
The gentleman from Franklin Mr..
SrANbEayl makes strenuous objection to
the scheme which proposes to accomplish
that object in abou, forty years. The
proposition Of the gentleman from Wash
ington Mr.. Cutler would discharge our
public debt in one hundred and fifty years
We have paid millions upon millions ior
many years past; at one time we had
public debt the capital of which was $780,
100000, yet the gentlemen OF the COM
xnittee mention it as matter Of boast
as matter of pride, Of honest exukation
shaf our public works are now worth $6,
o,0OO-that we can consign TO posterity
q capital of that amount, vested in these
works, and this after the payment OF sc
many millions. The task of payment un
der the direction of this secret copclavt
seems to be forever renewing and forever
renewed. The labors Of the Buckeye tax
payer remind US continually Of the labor
OF Sysiphus-
"Wih many weary step, and many
aaa groan. -
Up q high hill he heaves huge roun'
StOn6.
The huge round stone, resulting with
bound,
Thunders impetuous down, and smokes
along the ground"
IGrcat and continued laughter.]
Then it was his duty to commence tht
-nonotonons operation over again, and Sc
--On nd infnitum. His labors bear. stron!
resemblance to those Of our Buckeye tax
PAYERS, under the dominion and direction
of our money king. This interesting per
-sonace was condemned to these everast
ing and unremitting tolls by Rhadanian
the inexorable Judge Of He'll, for SIM
done in the body. If the Buckeye tax
PAYERS consent TO fix up such fnancia
machinery as this,-if they place them
selves under the dominion OF this money
king, they will well deserve similar fate
They may pay and pay, but they shal
have none of my sympathies. None bu
q nation of slaves in soul would ever fly
UP such machinery, and unless this Con
yention is filed with polished and eloquen
slaves, not only from the Eastern" bu
from the Western and middle provinces
they will never make such proposition te
the people, and whether it is filled witt
.poiished and eloquent" or mute ant
trembling slaves, shall disdain to be one
Of the ignoble crowd. ,.
II this abomniable proposition shall &c
into the constitution, my friends and my
sell will have no relation to that instru
ment, except that Of unmitigated and i'm
mi,igabls hostility. The whole riches ant
strength, Of the language, every admissl
be collocation OF words shall be used, t
show forth its odiousness to the people, an
then we will not be able TO do ithalf justice
THE EXPORT OF GOLD.