The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-08-11
The Republican Central Committee
Meet and Nominate themselves
as Candidates They dig Gov.
Chase under the Fifth Rib.

W Is always an amusing institution, out
the one held on last Tuesday casts all its
predecessors in the shade According to
the best information we can get, there
were seven regular delegates in atten-
dance-the ten vacancies being filled with
the about-town folks.
The following county ticket was pre-
sented, and, according to the Herald,
unanimously nominated:
For Auditor-GEo. H. DAVENPORT;
For Rccorder-JoHN w. BARNET;
For Cerk-HENRY II. LoIIMIRE:
For Commissioner-DAvI BATES;
For Inf'ry Director-JAs. HENTHoRN.
The chief beauty of this ticket is that
no less than three, and possible four, of
the five, were members of the committee
which unanimously nominated them! Does
not this indicate the immense strength of
the party in this county? Seven regular
delegates, and to make ticket they had
pity there was not On Office for each.
They adopted platform. and oh, what
q platform! The Hcrald's report says the
resolutions were expressive of the sense
of the meeting" If it were not that we
know the delegates to be sensible men, We
would suppose the resolutions were ex-
pressive rather of the avant Of sense of the
meeting But let US get at them.
The first endorses the State platform,
aud the second objects to the repeal of
the '.jail bill," last winter. The third is
as follows:
Resolved, That the law passed by the late
| Legislature, compelling us in short time to
pay all our taxes in gold and silver, is impoli-
| tic and oppressive and should meet the unqual-
iied condemnation of all taxpayers.
What slightly damages that resolution,
is the fact that there is no such law as the
one condemned SO unquali6edly. There
is law requiring that all sums under five
dollars shall be paid ont of the treasury in
specie, and gradually increasing the sun
until all shall be paid out in specie. l
Republicans want any authority on thi
method Of paying out, we will give then
a quotation from Gov Chascs last mes
sage. Here it is: g..
IL recommend provision Of this nature
and that hereafter al public moneys be re
Quired to be collected and dsburSed i'll specie
or notes of specie paying banks of this State
and that no pa ynient be made from the Treasur
of any sum under tsUenty dollars otherwise thd,
in coin."-Chase's Message, 1855, page 20.
The fourth resolution reads Us fol
lows:
Resolued, That we unhesitatirgly condemn
the Legislature of last winter which almos
, doubles the salary of County Auditor, and ma
terially increases that of the County Treasure
and is without sufficient reason all unnecessar
extortion upon the taxpayers of this an
every other county in the State.
This is intended to apply to the law 70
the collection of taxes semi-annually; bu
r it is grossly untrue. 1t does not ''almos
double the salary of the County Auditor,
nor does it increase that of the Count
Treasurer, one cent. But here the com
mittee get into the wool of Gov. Chas
again. In every message Of his to tn
, Legislature he has recommended q la
for the semi-annual collection of taxes
In his last message, he says:
al respectfully recommend also that prov
] sion be made by law for the collection of take
semi annually instead of annually, as at pre-
ent. In that case there need be no accum,
, lations in the State or County Treasures, b,
I the money of the people will remain in the
: own hands till actually wanted for public pu
poses"
The scmi-annual collection of take
was Chase's fayorite hobby, after his da1
ling n'g ser. Wont he feel bad when b
learns that such an immense body of hi
partisans met and solemnly resolved ths
he is and has been in favor of "unnece'
= sary extortion upon tn tax paye s?"-
e Wont the Republican memoe:s of the la
IeSlSldIuTc Ietl udu-dUOuL tWO tulTl
f of whom, as near as we can recollect, vl
=: ted for this measure? Is not the part
in harmonious condition when its grei
right arm here in Monroe county "unhes
e tatingly condemns" the favorite measu
e of its Governor, and the act of a major
). ty of it's members in the legislature.
/, We dono believe that this commit,
intended to entirely anihilate Gov Cha
, and the Republican representatives; tn,
1t merely wanted to help the State conve
Is ton out of a difficulty. That body sa
y nothing in Their p form about State pc
rs icy, simply because the party had non
- and the committee wanted to supply Il
deficiency. Not being very well post,
\. about matters, they unfortunately pitch'
ID into the measures of large portion
n. their own party. .-...
In the next resolution they express t
opinion that the county expenditures ha
not been as economical as they shou
have been. Of course if any thing W
or wrong this committee would not fail
n. find it out.
In tho neyt resolution fhav ondo,