Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-10-03
as oil they claim for all their items taken
together!
Who ever heard of spending over
$500, 100000

Who ever heard OF spending over
sI,5OO, 100000
for house which the law forbade them
spending more than one fifth as much for!
We might proceed to smaller items but
this will suffice as q sample. We have said
nothing of the Four Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars expended by the board Of
public works under locofoco rule, to the one
hundred thousand under Republican. The
best test of all these things is the AGGRE-
GATE, the SUN TOTAL, We find them pay
ing off million of locofoco deficits, and
then assessing nearly million less Of taxes,
to pay all their own expenditures and the
locofoco defet besides. These are items
paid by the Republicans, not by the Loco
focos, but for all their expenses of the form
er are more than TWO MILLIONS less
than these of the latter.
The appointment of investigating COM
mittees was once done by the democrats"
and no one complained. None would
now have complained but the guilty, and it
becomes evident that their terror will be
shown, sCeH founded in the reports of that
committee next winter.
As to the contingent fund of the officers
of State, we have one further item to offer.
The Auditor of State under Loco rule
had contingent fund of $2,500,00. Un-
der Republican rule, not one cent-a clean
saving in this particular of $2,500,00. No
one will pretend that the salary Of officers
or Judges was raised last winter. But now
take the appropriation which fell short for
Judges in 1855.
Appropriation 6s,ooO,Oo
Fell short 100000
Total. 1855 100000
This 81, 100000 was paid by the Repub-
licans, (see laws, page 209.)
Republican appropriation 1856, 59,800,-
90. DECREASE, twelve thousand dollars.
These facts are very different from the false
statement of the Buchaneers.
The statement in relation to the Peniten-
tiary shows, that small boats should keep
close to shore"
Let the whole truth be proclaimed Re
publicans are to expend, as stated by the
Advertiser, 100000 in 1856 in supporting
the Penitentiary. How much was expen-
ded in 1855! The appropriation was $45,-
600 but at the end of the year that Insti-
tuition owed $32, 2,262,80, to pay which the
money was appropriated. See laws of 1855,
page 22O. They cost $77, ,262,sO for 1855,
as shown by the Warden's report and the
laws referred to, so that here the Republi-
cans actually saved S17,262,sO, instead of
wasting SIS, 900, as Breslin's seribblers, SO
Irecklessly stated.
Taxes ERRoHEousLY AssEssED.-Here
we are gravely told $4,000 is appropria-
ted to refund taxes enormously assessed by
Republicans in 1856. But it is at least ad-
mitted that it is to meet taxes Illegally col
lected from the Banks. The locofocos pass
ed law for the taxation of banks in 1852,
which was claimed violated the federal Con-
stitution.
The first Judicial opinion pronounced up
on that question, was by VIM. Lang, ESQ.,
then Probate Judge of this county; and
then as now a democrat" That opinion
would have done honor to any Judge and
in it, he held, that the laW as aIaconstitution-
al, and he granted an injunction to prevent
the collection of taxes under it. Auditor
Morgan however was rabid upon the subject,
and by means of the "Crow Bar" law he
collected about 100000 from the Banks il
legal ly. The Banks sued. The State ex-
pended thousands, in paying Attorneys but
the hanks at last defeated the State. The
opinion of Judge Lang, was fully sustained,
by the Supreme Court of the United States,
sir of the nine Judges being democrats
The taxes being held illegal by the highest
Judicial tribunal. The Banks had right
to recover hack the amounts, collected from
them by Mr.. Morgan.
These taxes, then, were not assessed by
the Republicans, BUT BY THE LOCO
.FOCOS, and were at length pronounced il
legal by Locofoco Court, as they had been
at first, by Judge Lang, whose Democracy
and integrity no one will doubt. Relying
upon the official reportof w. Morgan, $780,
900 was thought sufficient to refund to the
banks.
Upon inquiry we are informed that the
$50, 900 has been expended for that pur-
pose, and that $4,000 more will bc requi-
red.
But we charge that the Republicans re-
ceived the government, with debt of S755-
1890, recklessly contracted by the corrupt
locofoco administration, consisting of the
following tins:
Ohio Lunatic Asylum, s24,o25,4l
Newburgh Asylum, 5O,975,28
DAYTON Asylum, 67,6s2,49
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, S,4S8,oO
Blind Asylum, 100000
Penitentiarv. 32,262,SO
Public works, before November
18th 1855, 65,369,6l
Other items. 45,257,l3
New State House, 307,ll5,35
Debts contracted by Com. of
Common Schools, 81,340,00
Canal debts, after November Is,
1855, 74,893,OO
Total S755,719,OO
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