The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-16
DEMOCRATIC AND KEPURLICAN
POLICY CONTRASTED.

DEmOCRATIC AMI KEPUBLICAN
POLICY CONrRASTED.
The CINCINNATI Commercial, which, in
1855, wasTthe "home organ of Mr..
Chase, has become SO disguised with the
lamentable failure of its party to admi-
mister the State government, that it
now declares There is nothing at issue
liz this canlpaign.no3 lo 7d r5s
Let US look into this: If there are no
questions affecting MEASURES involved
in this campaign-if the whole thing is
a mere scramble about men and place
the conflict is one in which patriotic and
intelligent voters have no interest.
But we maintain that there are ques-
tions of the very highest importance to
the future welfare of the people of Ohio
depending upon the result of the octo-
Der election and prominently among
these, is the question,
LIST. Whether we shall have a govern
ment of the BANKS, OF Of the PEG
PLE?. Whether we shall continue the
FlunderiDg system of the Banks, Chase,
Gibson & Co., Independent Of the PEG
pie, and irresponsible to wholesome lar,
or whether we shall RESTORE THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEG
PILE, and make it INDEPENDENT of the
Banks, of the stock jobbers, the Glib
sons and Chases of the present dynasty ?
Is not this an issue worthy the thought
and ACTION of intelligent freemen? No
wonder that the Commercial is disgust
cd with the attitude of as party on this
question: oa1G e741o
I'd. The policy os the late Democrat
ic Administration of the State Govern
ment was DEBT PAYING POLL
roy. ~ 7st-3 Ga ooagrs-r1 "a Ssr-
The DOCTRINE and PRACTICE
of, our opponents exhibit them ia the
Light of the advocates of EXTRAVA-
CANOE, and of the creed of the old
fathers Of their party that "appblic delt
is a public blessing" ~ .gTraest
In proof that this statement is true,
We iappeal.to the record: ii.
Z In the first four years of the Demo
cratic State Administration under the
present Constitution, consisting of Me.
dill, Morgan, !Trevitt, Pugh and Nc
Cook which, most unfortunately for the
interests and good name of Ohio, wal
brought TO q close on the 18th of Jan.
uary 1856, there was PAID, of the Fo
J reign and Domestic Debt of Ohio, the
sum of ONE MILLION SIX HUN
FDREDs AND TEN THOUSAND
three hundred and sizty-one dollars ant
seventy.eight cents. 5e
Tho total amount of INTEREST
stopped by, paying off these bonds il
advance=of their maturity, amounted II
the handsome sum of sa1s,619 09-al
most half q million-aImost as much a
has been plundered from the Treasur.
T by the Gibsonisms and Chaseisms O
, this Galphin Administration A fey
plain figures will illustrate the resalt
! of the antagonistie policy and practice
: of the two parties:
| Under. b Democratic Administra
ton. l
There was paid of the principal of the Publ
: Debt ,6lO,361 .
Amt of interest that W ould
accrued on said stocks had -e-
they run until 1877 (22 years
:. from LIST of January, 1867 2,125,677
In addition to this the Democra-
tic Administration had pro-
vided nearly half the means
necessary and had announced
: il as their in6exible resolve
. to procure the balance, where
r with to meet the bonds which
matured on the Jst of Jan'y.
1857, amounting to---.... 2.5Os, IO9
Add amt of interest that would
have accrued on said stocks,
D Jan. /, 1877, ........-.-.-. 5,OlO,4ol
q Making a total of. S, a55 200
which would have been saved 10 ii
. Treasury under the debt-paying poli'
l. of the Democratic party, had not Cha
10 and Gibson, by their demagogue how
ing about "blood in Kansas" have So
% Laced in smuggling themselves into pl
they could bleed the Oh
NADd9A -oswart the policy of t
o94mmeo zais e.
,TTIY8 1T RW''ion' No"'
90 ssimIo0 g4ssisIE -uinistr
per a''ds ad' 10 seeass1oI5I i%.asy
IS ~hess apa,
easury'. AauipisS'-