Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-09-19
The State Debt.

The crisis through which the credit Of our
State has just passed was indeed fearful one
Starting up into great commercial State from a
mere wilderness, with apopulation who regarded
more their individual and personal prosperity
than the fate OF our State organization our cti-
zens Fastening TO amass fortunes that they might
enjoy beneath an older and more firmly cstab-
lshod policy. in some one of our sister States Of
the Atlantic; it is not source of astonishment
that our government assumed an unstable att
tude, With politicians and officers who labored
more for their own advancement than to promote
the interest of the people for whom they profess
cd to work, il is not to be wondered at that wher
the eyes Of the masses we're opened 10 the loose
manner in which The laws Of the land were made
and executed, that howls Of Indignation were
heard throughout our borders, and organization.
formed to resist or execute summary Justice
Yet when we know from the recent vote upor
our State debt that the " sober second thought
has had its due weight and the people of oul
young and noble State have attributed these re
suits to the proper causes, We may well congrat
ulate ourselves, not only upon the manner in
which We have passed this fearful crisis, but we
may reasonably anticipate for our citizens in fu
ture greater manifestations Of interest in, and the
devotion of greater energy to our State admins
tration than has heretofore been accorded.
Although it was conceded on all hands that our
State Government had been lily administered
that our revenue had been wildly sQuandered
that our ere dit had been idly and foolislly jeop
ardized yet the citizen who had hitherto pur.
sued his own fortunes, regardless of the welfare
Of the State, paying little or no attention to the
proper exercise Of his right of suffrage, frankly
confessed that half the offence was through his
own inattention, and with resolve in the future
by his own exeriions, to elevate the dignity oil
our fallen credit, assumed the responsibility, and
with honesty stamped upon his brow. cordially
voted, Pay the debt"
This step having been taken, eyincing thereby
a disposition to correct whatever of abuses may
have had an existence heretofore. a better and
brighter future for our people may be regarded
as near at hand. The people are aroused to the
necessity OF attention to State policy, and care
full examination Of the character and qualilica-
tions of those who propose themselves as candi-
dates for positions Of honor and profit Already
has that reform which was so much needed been
commenced by the dominant party in our State,
and the youngest richest and brightest star in
that galaxy which forms the Union, will soon as
sumo her appropriate position among her older
sisters. That foul and incfaccGble blot Of repu.
diation, which for some time past has lain hea
Willy on US as some horrid nightmare has at lengtl
been brushed away, and though there are those
whose extreme selfshness induced them to cndca
vor to fasten upon our young State the black
stigma Of liquidation, yet We rejoice that the
minority is woful, and that honesty is still a
large ingredient in the ruling majoriy