Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-09-20
The annroaching ELECTION.


The approaching Election.
Our neighbor of the Democrat as is usual
with that class of politicians, appeals to bis
friends in the most pathetic and unscrupulous
manner to rally. and come up to the polls en-
masse, and vote the Locofoco ticket. He ap-
peals to their prejudices as Democrats not to
see the party defeated, for the sake of the
party tells them that the triumph of the
Wings this fall, will totally annihilate, and des
troy all the anticipations of the leaders for
for future power and spoils.
This would be all well enough if he only
gave any substantial reasons why the Locofo-
co party should triumph. True, he makes the
most reckless charges, but never accompanies
them with the proof-he lets the Wings
show the falsity of his assertions, and when
they do so, he has not the manliness 10 ac-
knowledge his error, .,.
Now we desire to call the attention of our
readers to a few facts, land we shall produce
the proof as we go along) and trust that they
will give them an attentive hearing, and then
decide for which party they should cast their
votes. We do not wish men to vote the Wing
ticket unless they are satisfied that they are
thereby aiding the cause of correct principles
In 1856 the old Board of Canal Commits
sioners were legislated out of Office by the
Locofocos, who had majority in both bran
ches of the General Assembly, and their
places were filled BY Ransom, Wall, Bates
Dickinson and Mcconnell, the two first being
the acting Commissioners. Afterwards, Bates,
Dickinson and Spencer had charge of portions
of the Public works, as acting Commissioners
From April, 1886. to April l846, the Loco
focos had entire control of the Board of Pub
lie Works, and of the Auditors office, with the
exception of 1888 when the Wings had ma
iority upon the Board of Public Works
When the Locefocos came into power, in
1885, the amount of our State debt was as
follows:
Foreign debt $4,5o0ooo 90
DomeStc dept oOo,459 III
tE ---
Total amount of State debt e5
on the first of January,
1886, S5.3o3,439 10
We refer to Mr. Brough's report of State
liabilities, dated 18th of February, 1885. Doc
Al, which shows the amount Of the foreign
debt as above; and to the report of Auditor
Bryan, of December 1885. pages 5 and s,
in which the items of the domestic debt are
stated auG
The whole debt of the State amounted, as
we have shown, on the first of January, 1886,
to the sum of $500, 439 10.
In February, l845, Mr.. Brough, in his
report of State liabilities, above referred to,
reports the debt of the State as follows:
Foreign debt $l6,964.282 SO
Domestic Debt 2,32e, ,I29 So
Amount of the State debt as
stated on the books in the
Auditors Office February
| I845, $19,699,412 03
Amount in January 1886, 5,SoO.43s IS
Increase in 9 years from 1886
to lS45 $13,9e5.972 90
Here we have in the space of nine years of
Locofoco financial rule, an increase of the
State debt of 13,985,972 90!
But this is not all. Mr.. Brough says in his
report Of State liabilities, December, 1912,
Doc. 8, that the Public Works were indebted
to the sinking fund in sum over tOo millions
of dollars: and it appears BY report made to
the Senate in February, 1845, by the Finance
committee, of which David 7. Disney and Mr..
Kelley were members that the interest fund
was deficit in the sum of l,550,490 SO. [See
Senate Journal OF 18445, appendix, page 81. ]
The correctness of this report has never been
questioned. Here, then we have an increase
of the State debt of nearly fourteen millions,
the squandering of two millions of the sinking
fund, and deficit in the interest fund of more
than one million and a half which had been
added to the principal OF the State debt.
This is a chapter of Locofoco 6nanciering
to which we call the special attention of the
people of the State. I
But it may be said that these gentlemen
expended these enormous sums in the most
economical manner upon the Public Works Of
the State. To expose the fallacy of this de-
fence we present the following table, Com
missioners and the Board of Public Works.
made by the Legislature during the session
of l844-5, Doc. %, page 3, and Doc 25,
page Z. .a
Cenals constructed by the Wing Commission
Miles, Cost pr mile Total cost
Ohio Canal 384 $l4,o57 S4,e95,2Oa
Miami Canal 85 1859 l,2S7,5s2
Total 419 SI4,159 $5,932.755