Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-04-01


"We a,e alarmed and aslonished al the
number of people that we NEE. daily, lhat
are determined. If possible, 10 sell out, and
leave The STATE. A new policy mus, be ad-
voca.ed, and brought, TO contamination.
and The people can do ii. They have butt
will it in their might, and the hing is done.
|, is cowardly 10 run away--il is base
slave TO submit. ."-Statesman. 4o4
The uboye is true and humilia,ina con-
(ession Of the terrible evils which six years
of Locofoco rule have brought upon the
people oi this Sla,e. In l849, the las,
year ol Wing rule the total taxation Of the
S,ale, for ali purposes, was $3, ,63l ,878.--
Since then tho party Of which the States
man is the organ, has been in power. Ii
has adopted q new Constitution, and remoa-
eIed all the machinery Of government. 10
has had entire sway Tor all purposes. And
what is the grand result? The total taxa
lioh Of the past year amounts 10 TEN
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! Is tha. all?
We wish we could sny,hal these cormoranls
had been satisfied with this enormous Ia
crease. But they have not. They have
expended all the appropriations that were
made for them by Locofoco Legislature.
They did not stop a, that limit.
They have eaped up debts against
the Slaie 10 an enormous extent. They
have created an Indebtedness in the New
STATE House ol more than Three Hundred
thousand Dollars. They have created q
debt on the Lunaiic Assyluns Of ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS. They have made contracts
with political favori,es for finishing the pub
lie buildings. &c., that ore mons,rously ex.
navagant, and which, II not repudla,ed by
The Legislature, will !nvolYe the SiaIe in
debt 10 The pmounl Of at least half millisD
Of dollars.
These are some OF the fruits oil Locoioco
6nanciering, for the last six years. i has
truly alarmed the people Of Ohio. They
have been "as,onished" a, the recklessness
and extravaganza OF these men. They
have been, and are ye, determined" 70 In
augurale new policy. They have jus,
begun tha, system Of reform, by turning ous
The old leeches, anu putting reliable men In
ltHCtt PIlSSos i uO GtulHlUChoi mo UASSWo
ems, and the entire swarm OF plundereTs
must be driven from pow Ter and place. Tho
people have In ,hoir might willed II, and
have commenced the work. They Temem.
Der the history Of the past. They seethe
taxes enormously increased, and, beyond
all, they see these men leaving behind them
debt Of nearly million of dollars for
their successors TO pay, in addition 70 the
ordinary expenses Of the governments.
In view Of these things II is no, surpris.
irg ,ha. so many persons should desire 10
sell out, and leave the State. The people
have determined upon new policy, but
they do not see how they are 10 escape pay.
ing the expenses heaped upon them by tho
plunderers Of the Staiesman's party co
If any man in his sober senses supposeS
the people have forgotten the past, and are
disposed 10 restore TO power and place the
class Of men who have perpe.rated all these
ouirages, he must have very low estimate
Of public intelligence and virtue. Time
will demonstrate the error Of oil such cali
culations. s.-S:dte Journal. kvN sT