Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-02-27

i ~ eVinclng after the enormous sum OF dc
linquency, fraud, and useless expenditur,
had been established as aforesaid, viz:
From Treasurer Of State. -s2os, ,34l IA
Canals ----- 37I905 0C
Northern and Southern
Lunatic Asylums - l17,9o2.9t
Pcnitentiary -- l2,251.3s
State House ---- 149,229.44
Making in the aggregate - $500, ,629.91
That they were unwilling that they should
be printed and scattered abroad among tho
tax payers of the State. Do the Senator.
fear the people or is it Democratic to con
ceal from the people the rags and mean,
by which their earnings are fraudulently
used and squandered9 have been told by
the Senator from Hamilton TMr. Matthews
that an occasional Republican is mixed ur
in the contracts. So be it; like poor Trav,
he may possibly suffer for his tcmerity Is
there no need ofreform in these things or,
is it better to let things go on in this way
or, verify, is IL not better at once to arrest
the frauds, and if possible, prevent them
in the future9
Do we legislate for favored few who
are permitted to use the public money in
violation of all law and justice? or for the
whole peopleG Akin TO This kind of De-
mocracy stand the Senator's vote in favor of
the present tariff on sugar, thereby compel-
ing our citizens to pay 10, instead of 8 cents
per pound for that very valuable article
This seemed to be the theory of the Dem
ocratic party, which am not now disposed
to discuss; il shows its own inconsistency.
And again, the Senator voted in favor ofthe
priest, instead of the members { the church
having the absolute ownership and control
of church property, thereby making the
priests the milionaries, and the members
the pennIess serfs, of Gods free church on
earth which things advert to merely to
illustrate how a mind otherwise independent,
has been compelled by party necessity to
sustain an ecclesiastical supremacy over the
elective franchise for party purposes. Here
then we have shown the imperative neces-
sty of reform in every branch of the public
interest, while under Democratic rule.
will glance at the retrenchment mo-
ment. 1t is shown from the Auditors re-
port and Governors message, that the gen
eral expenses of the State Government are
s3S0,655.71, in 1856, under Republican
rule less than in 1855, under Democratic
rule, to which, add Legislative expenses in
1856, there having been none in 1855,
$l08,000 and We have the sum of $685.
655.71, or nearly half million saved to the
people in single year by the integrity and
economy of our public officers, to which add
the aforesaid sum of $500, less $40,
900 las above paidD and we have $I,349,-
2s5 so. Yes, sir in single year, under
Republican rule, we have saved thirteen
hundred and forty-nine thousand two hun
dred and eighty five dollars and sixty two
cents retrenchment and reform.
Is there any wonder that the people have
been burdended down with taxationl They
ever will be under such fragrant misrule.
The annual interest upon the State debt
of Sl4,0Os,247 AZ is SS29,253 90. This
amount we have more than saved in one
year. We submit these facts to the people,
and await the issue with an abiding conf
dencc, that our acts will be approved, and
that they will readily perceive the necessity
Of SO amending our Constitution, as to have
annual sessions and single districts. We
hope our Democratic brethren here and
elsewhere, will exert their utmost efforts to
accomplish these purposes. Surely they
must command the respect and support of
every lover of his country, and her glorious
republican institutions.
Will the Senator still speak of our pur-
pose as the 'idle and ilusory motto of re-
trencbment and reforn?" Will he again
say he is in favor of passing a law that
shall give efficacy to the fugitive slaoe act
in Ohio, and also the right of transit to the
slave holder with his slaves through our free
State Will he say that the "only sound
and safe solution of the slavery question,
is "non-interfercncc with slavery in the State
and Territories, or in the District of Coum-
biaT Yea, all these things, the frauds up.
on the elective franchise, and upon the trea
sury we leave with the people. And while
the Senator from Hamilton (Mr. Matthew'S
has called the Republican party 'young and
elastic" and has referred me to my constit
uents, will say to the Honorable Senator
that my constituents will take care of me
"iu bhd1 pVlndlS buc CcuttpT VIII nave
enough to do to attend to his own party and
constituency, without seeking either the
guardianship of my constituency, or tho
Republican party. When the Republican
party, young and elastic as she is, (yet still
, rapidly attaining to manhood full Of vigo
, and health, with all the noble virtues tha
characterized and immortalized the father.
of our country needs guardian she viii
be able to select for herself, and least Of al
will she call upon those who were once tho
sentinels upon the watch tower Of freedom
but whose political associations are nov
! with the propagandists of slavery, to giart
: her interests.
7 And now, sir in conclusion, will say t.
our democratic friends, that victory is ou
3 watch-word, and that whenever the Senate
: can pronounce that word in the sense tina
: VIC understand it-victory Of the constitu
ton and the people over disunionists, ant
r slavery extensionists; over the frauds upol
0 the ballot box, aud upon the treasury ma
tional and statc-tbcn, and not till then, cal
: he or they enter our camp, and be stationed
in the grenadier ranks Of the republican par
(; ty. awhile there is life, there is hope
' they say; and | do not despair of yet seeing
r many noble recruits from the democratic
: ranks. And least of all would it surpris,
D me 10 see the honorable Senator, (Mr Mat
( lthews1 rettirninV ike the nrodi0ol son 4,