The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-09-01


Editorials ought to be otherwise made
up. No sound or wise legislation is to
be expected where individual opinion is
not free. and instead of being intimidated,
the citizen ought to be encouraged to
express his opinions freely on political
subjects. ~ -a
If the Editor had put in the word whig,
republican, fusion, know-nothing or some
thing of that kind before the word LEG
islatures" in his thirteenth paragraph, he
would have been much more accurate than
in his former statements. The subscriber
has been compelled to complain of the
Legislatures of that party for the enor-
nous and ever-increasing burthens and
losses of the Ohio taxpayers. He has
complained of the long postpohement of
the public debt whereby the taxpayers,
as can be demonstrated, are compelled to
pay the same debt three times over, taking
into the account, the interest and the ex-
penses of collection. Public faith die
not demand this postponement. 1t was
mere gratuity to the rich capitalist at
the expense of the taxpayers.
He has complained of the passage Of
the free banking law with the provision
that the Auditor of State should furnish
the Bankers with engraved notes ready tc
he filed up with the officers names. Sure
ly if these ragbarons get the privilege Of
forcing their worthless trash upon us, as
currency they ought 20 be left to pay
for their own fraudulent pictures. S.
He has complained of the repeal of the
Democratic small note law. whereby four
or five millions of dollars were transferred
from the pockets of the people of Ohio to
those of the sharpers and swindlers Of
distant States.
Also of the determination of the lead.
ers of that party to deposit the public
moneys in rag-meney limits, such as the
Columbus Insurance Company, the Ohio
Life and Trust Company, the City Bank
of Cincinnati, Seneca County Bank and
others of that stripe, thus entailing enor-
nous losses on the State Treasury In
this connection may be mentioned the re-
peal of the old system of requiring pay
ment of the opulent lunatics in the State
Asylum and taking all rich and poor to
live and be cured at the expense of the
State free gratis for nothing as the boy
said. But an object was attained. The
private retreats set up by the medical fac.
, ulty were undermined and destroyed, and
two new Lunatic Asylums had to be pro.
vided at the expense of the State, with
their hosts of officers and their long list.
of salaries, fees and perquisites. 60
Z To complete the job or rather jobs, thu
last Republican Legislature must set VI
: an idiot school!!! An appropriation at TIN
. expense of the taxpayer to set up an lido
> school, looks, in the eye of common sense
t like an appropriation to set up a mode
farm amongst the sharp ssnds on the Sc,
Q shore. But an excuse will be found TO
. our Whig and Republican legislators O.
. to the two last items. A palliation vii
: be discovered for their conduct in thei
sympathy with their afflicted friends!!!
: We, have just grounds of complain
! against the Legislatures of our politica
. opponents for~lengthening out their ses
, sious in passing laws which are NO bette
than the old laws repealed by them, ant
therefore useless or much worse than tn,
old ones. and therefore pernicious. Hun
{ dreds of the euactments of the last Whil
and Republican Assemblies could b,
J pointed out which are of no more use t.
the community than SO many hundred
/. rotten eggs. Does any judicious, candle
/ man believe that oil their enactmeuts sine,
|, 1850, are q sufficient compensation 70
, the mischief done by them in the rcpea
D of the one Democratic Statute agains
! small foreign shin-plastersl!! Ye. ther
q they sit from January to May in streuuou
] idleness making up Statute books, who's
' very best use lie to go to the baker and pie
Z man. ~
!. But why particularizs. Does not ever.
! we'll informed man know that the chroni
. disease of our Republican officials at Co
). lumbus is q canine appetite for the collec
. ton of tsxes7 That they have pondere,
D on the subject until they begrudge US tn
9 sop that vets our bread, unless it has bee1
: duly assessed, listed, valued, appraise,
and taxed!!! Hence their reform schools
their long lists Of officials, their jobs, con
5 tracts, fees, salaries and their nests 0
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