Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-09-02
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For the Daily Indiana State Sentinel
The last LegisIature--Whig Charges of Ex-
travagance--InvestigatiO of the Charges
Comparison of the Labor of the last Session
with previous Sessions.
The policy Of claiming political preieIment on the
ground OF the mpeTecons and aiIties OF others has,
Of late, attained some ltle notoriey. My attention
has been called pamphlet containing what purpors
to be the expenses OF the last Legislature The object
seems TO have been TO publish the expenses advance
oil the laws, journals, and Revised Slaiutes-to urge
the people TO believe that they are cxtravagant-and
ask them to pass judgment upon the expenses before
they have had opportunity examine the work ac
eomplished by the Legislature in order Judge wheth
er the servants oil the people have rendered an equva
lent for the amount expended. hold that the great
jury Of the State impartial and will not be Tired
with Indignation" upon a sided staement-that
they will not render final verdict until they are in pos
| session of all the facts
The Wing candidates in this county seem to be pur-
suing the train, and il may be that these pam
phles have been forwarded all portions of the State
designed textbook for Wing orators be discuss
ed in lieu of Wing platforms and Wing principles
When great political party assemble in National
Convention and adopt platform, and portion of that
party take occasion to spit upon and say that is
binding will be surprised that they should
construct platforms best suited to their sectional
venience. The same course resorted to in the last
canvass. Convention assembled, framed, and sub.
mitted to the people New Constitution-one surpass
cd by in the Union-one that would have saved
the people millions had been in operation when the
Wings had the lower in 1896 To preiudce the people
the expenses oil that Convention. But the people tr.
umphed-the Constitution adopted and end put
to all schemes calculated again involve the State
debt OF millions. The people not to be induced
abandon their cherished principles in consequence of
the cry of extravaganza.
Mr. Sheets in Of his speeches, charged the last
Legislature Of being guilty of the most extravagant
and wicked expenditures. Having had the honor Of
seat in the last Legislature and dsking even in my
humble position, to be claSsed among the wicked and
exavagant, wiIhe all due Difference the gentleman
making the charge, shall offer few facts, leaving
unbiased people to draw their own conclusions. As
am not candidate, perhaps modesty should dictate
that should say nothing about il but every how
ever humble, has reputation to sustain and that repu
tatlon as dear TO him when he is not when be is
candidate Mr.. Sheets said that he was clerk at the
session of 1s303l and that he performed all the du-
ties with assistant, and that the laws were revised
that session. Let what kind of revision that
was, and what labor was performed by that Legisa-
ture. Upon examination it will be that the Legs.
laiure of l630'3l, passed some fifty odd bills which
covered 39l pages all told and then passed bill de-
clarng that certain laws passed by previous Legisa-
lures should REMAIN IN FORCE AND BE RE.
that certain other should be repealed There was
another revision in 1885, and also one in lS43 The
revision of lS43, compilation by Gov Bigger and
Hon. G. H. Dunn, and reported to the House
Enrolled Bills and piled upon the desks and many
chapters passed without reading. Hence it required
labor Of clerks in either House engross and enroll
But then came the revision OF 1852 Everything e.
qured change. A new Constitution had been adopt.
ed The general and local laws had accumulated to
over 5000 pages and it became necessary make
vision to conform to the New Constitution The fol.
lowing table will show the number Of pages Of laws in
force at that tme not including the unrepeaed laws
previous to the Revised Statutes OF lS43.