Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-08-19

The Indiana Journal, New Albany Tribune, and the
Wing press throughout the State, backed up by divers
Wing orators and small beer politicians trying 10
make the welkin ring with their vocerations abon the
extrayagant expenditures oil the Constitutional Conven
ton, and OF the last Legislature is by means
singular that they should find fault with the former
they opposed the holding Of Convention at all, and
voted against almost every salutary reform embodied in
the Constitution. As it is, they have discovered
nothing with which they can find word Of fault, ex-
cept what they pleased to call the extravagant al
low ances made to a few clerks and door keepers.
We have no defence apology to offer for any man, If
there be any such, who has been guilty Of squanderlng
the public funds upon avortes or parasites but on the
contrary willing that they should be held up the
stricest accountability. Let the Wing press single
the who have snned and then visit upon their heads
the full measure Of their indIgnation and far they
can substantate their charges ready TO 90 with
them. But the attempt to fasten the wrong upon the
whole Democratic party is mean, cowardy, unjust and
contemplate.
Were the Wings powerless in the Legislature that
they could not prevent these wasteul expenditures
Where were their Marshals, Dunns and Hoovays
that their keen eyes did ferret tie
fraud Were they attending to the legitimate business
of Legislation, they consuming the time of the
Senate in making bunkum speeches, and shedding
crocodile tears over pretty picture, which had
been purchased in a pot-house In Mexico in
squabbling over the fat matter Of printing bilIi Let
the history OF the session Let those who were
compelled listen TO their ntermnabe harangues
Let the delay of the public business occasioned
by their political schemes and speeches. their frequent
Dfedk tneT lnnufneTdDlo cds
the ayes and noes, and various other captraPs to con-
sumo the time, On their heads should
foil portion Of the responsibility.
Oh, Whggery, Whiggery Thou hypocrite, first
cast the beam from thine eye and then shalt thou
clearly pnck the beam from thy brothers eye J"
What the few items Of expense for clerks and door,
keepers, compared with the thousands-yes HuNDREps
OF THoUsANps-aye MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
squandered by the Wing leaders during their twelve
years OF misrule in the State OF Indanaf How does
this mole hill OF legislative expenses foot up alongside
Of that huge column of the peoples dollars squandered
IN the Encouragement OF public works. thrown into
that gaping whirlpool, the Morris canal layshed upon
the Sherwoods and Cohens bolster up rotten banks
invested in soap factories, Georgia Lands and water
lots, twenty feet below the tide
Do they agne the people have forgotten all these
things, and that they will be ready thus soon to return
10 dynasty which they hurled FROM power with indg
naton' Let them lay such aaterng JUNCTION to their
souls. The monuments Of Wing power are everywhere
around us-dilapidated bridges, unfinished bitches,
ruined turnpkes, and more than all huge, oppressive
and unjust debt amounting to millions Of dollars While
those remain the reign OF Whggery can never be for
gotten.
When these same before us, and ask this
restoration at our hands is we'll to look back little,
and rereshen memories with the history of the past
In 1880, the mammoth internal improvement system
was created at time when every branch Of the State
government, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
in the hands of the Wings. The bill supported by
men OF both partIes and therefore, not partisan
measure in its inception. The management, however,
OF the whole matter assumed by the Wings. They
issued the bonds of the State and into market
when they commanded premium, and for while
everything went on swimmngly. Money was borrowed
to pay interest, and the people had oretaste
OF the burden that accommodating. Money was lost
and squandered by thousands of which account at
the time given. Here and there patches of the
work done, pit-holes dug, and embankments piled
up, which have BEEN and will be Of dol
lars's value to the State.
In three years the credit Of the State PROSTATE
Indiana was bankrupt and could not buy breakfast
the system exploded-werk was suspended, and debt
Of thirteen millions Of dollars fastened upon our
necks The Democracy of the State in 1S41 demanded
Investigation, and the report of the committee and
that Of the Agent Of State, exhibited specimens Of
cality, ignorance, and incompetenoy, at which men
stood aghast.
We have not time to specify the details of these trans
actions it necessary for they too familiar to
all who have any knowledge Of the history of the State
Let the tay payers and voters of Indiana bear these
things in mind-not only when they pay their annual
tax, but when they go TO the polls When the Wing
State debt is paid it will be time enough these
worthy hnsncieIs to power.-Ind. Statesman.