The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-02-18
That's tIle Talk.

From an able article in the last number OF
the Ohio E,gle entitled 'the smelling commit
tee" we extract the following just remarks
When the Republican party shall go out ofPow
er in the State, comparison Of its administrs-
ton with that Of the preceding Democratic ad-
min;strahou, will rebound much to the credit
Of the Democratic party '' 3"
"These disclosures and developments are no
new thing although paradeti now with -four
ish Of truinpets as if It had been the work Of Sir-
tuous FnsiouiSts in power, to bring them to
light. The, Democracy had a, vigilant, brave,
honest sentinel on guard at the treasury OF the
State, man Of stern, unbending integrity, as
Iincorruptible as Aristides, and ut type Of tbs
pure, bold, jackson Democrat, we mean our
former Auditor Of State, Hon Wm, ID, Morgan.
who boldlyt Id in plain language MI that these
dark lantern committees have endsavored t'
cover with the air of mystery. Phe letting OF
the public works, the extravaganza Of the trls-
tees Of the new asylumS the bad policy Of going
lbcyond the appropriations of the Legislature
| in making contracts for the work on tbs now
public buldiugsSas all distinctly set forth AMI
! denounced III the last annual report Of Auditor
Morgan, aud the intelligent reader will lind in
the l3 pages Of his report costing the State no
extra expense, all of Importance that can b
cleaned from the 2oo0 pages Of foolscap gotten
up at an erorntous useypense by the fusion smell
hing committee; we will take occasion hereafter
kt5 publish extracts from this report to substat-
,tiate what we now say: But how much of
credit whit faithful officer ever receive.
First, we have the report upon the lettings.
this exparte report implicates in what it alleges
to be great wrong the board of which that
ancient whig model of public works man, the
Black Republican Blckensderfer was an active
member, and who never yet has opened his
mouth TO condemn the conduct Of the board;
why? because If fiietfs' were favored his old
Wing ard Fusion friends received tile lionsshars
q of the fayors. They were not given to party
favoritcs exclusively. for we end men protesting
to be Democrats and Fusionists the recipients Of
them. Why, we ask, did not Blickensdcrer
tand the fusion member Of the board, who sue
ceeded Mr.. Steedman, when they were IN tina
: majority and held the whole control OF the mat
ter bring to the light these fraudulent contracts?
and why did TREY ratify and approve them ii
WRONG? lfEroug has been done, and the Dem
t ocracy dare boldly to denoenee the wrong doerI
= who act with them; dare the Fusionists 10 bring
their own men to the bar and denounce and i'm
peach them? We shall see Again, who was
the active man, in creating the vast debt against
the State lor expenditures in building and fur
, 'niShjng the new Imnatic Asyluns9 What droTs
e P. i''I,owe from the Democratic party to th0
more uongeniai companions Of the Black Repab-
icans? Rumor says that he was angered by
the tirlhness and integrity Of the Democratic al
r ministrati6n in refdsing'to pay enormously eA-
, travagant bills against the State made by hiGi
as one OF tie trustees. @ei'
'How many Of the contractors on the new
State House work, who may possibly have got
i the, advantage 6ftlie- State in their contracts
| were old wings and fusionists? 1t is contenp-
tible in dishonest party jerrnals to seek tC
charge the Democratic party with whatever pri-
= vate and individual wrongs may have been done
: the State by men employed in it Before tho
: mighty power Of that great party of the people
= how mach error, fraud and wrong has gone
down. and we challenge comparison and con
trast between the last Democratic administra-
ton of the State, and the present or any fltprt
9 one, for rigid economy and faithful honesty
We again demand an investigation ofthe trans
action by which our State bonds were sold by
the fusion commissioners alta premium OF tlroS
. and a-half per cent, showing sacrifice intsom'
= manner Of one hundred and fifty thousand dol
: lars The people want to know who got that
= money, or why the sacrifice was made. The
, smell and dust caused by the stirring up of th,
:, Investigating committees have rot hidden this
transaction from the light iet