St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-09-08

Gov. Ramsey amongst other things
said !" &>,7a 1aI
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Such An announcement TO- go abroad
would Of itself be a first and important
measure towards the renewal Of good times.
Confidence was the parent Of credit and
prosperity An extravagant reckless, Or
an unwisc government destroyed confidence
and there was no hopc that merely chang
ing the men but not the style Of the men
in it, t,swould restore that necessary CONT
dence to',eviving PROSPERITY. New men,
of a. new party, suntrammelled by the pre-
cedents, nor interested in bolstering up tile
wrons OF unwiseq conduct of their prcde-
cessors, was what was needed as Tie first
step to the restoration Of better times in
Minnesota. 5e,At ali events, it would not
hurt the people to try change of that
kind. Things could hardly be worse. -
! But be:ide the argument for change,
drawn from the ordinary extravaganza and
debt-creating and ta1-levying & conduct Of
the administration Of the Democratic par
ty in Minnesots, the unsound currency
with which the people had been cursed,
throug b the unwise action Of it, officials,
in not properly securing the people from
loss before allowing the currency to issue
whereby it had deprecated fifty rer. cent,
in the, hands Of the farmers. mechanics and
business men of the .country-was re-
4 sponsibility which properly belonged to
the Democratic party Of Minnesotx, and for
which they de"erved popular rebuke in tho
defeat tf their whole ticket at the ensuing
election. -.
+ The Governor then ridiculed that por-
tion of the Democratic platform which
pledges the "Party," --' ".- S'..*
:. III "I'o modify the banking law, Of The State
SO as to establish sound curreucy." -
4 Why, said the Governor, the present
law was passed by . Democratic Legisla-
ture! Did they fix it go as to establish an
. unsound currency? That point they seem
to admit-but then they were gong to dc
better for the future! The present lead.
crs Of the; Minnesota Democracy are good
at promises. They are always going to do
:, something wonderful for the people, bu,
unfortunately they seldom redeem their
promises. If sound currency is Of great
account to the State--+--and; all admit 1t is
; then the relief should be given at, once
It has been within the power of that, par.
ty to "modify the banking law 6tff the
4 State so as to establish sound currency
At any time within the last six months, by
calling the L gislsturc together, if fnrthe,
legislation was absolutely necessary to :.
sound currency! Some people think the
: discretion already lodged in she State Of
4 6cials in regard to the basis Tor currency
rightly exercised, would have given the
people a sound currency before this. with
out further legislation: ~ But with Demo.
cratic rulers, it: appears the people "never
are but always to 6e blessed. !" 4 1t issnever
no.o, but always "presently--by-.nd-by.'
! The Democratic party had been in pos.
session Of power from the organization Of
the State. It had received the State free
from debt It had received power with
none but trifling taxes upon the people. -
We had then . good currency, and good
times, Their two years lease Of political
power was nearly out: What had they
: done? Look around. &s Recall tie past
They controlled the first State Legislature
BY a majority in beth branches. They
had. .frittered away, time; held two long
sessions where one one short ) one e" would have
done; established aagoSvsefnAaehht Of largs
I salaries, Eantht1contingent''a fund from 81, ;
600, upato, SIC, 900 for al,apst every, State
officer; and in the first six months Of their
power, had exhausted the loan Of $3.50, ).
900 originally i1ed by The Constitution as
the limit Of the sStatesdebt tee755a s noed-.
1 lniFBu: this vaslnot all. eNo1 one could tell
how much more than this $3.50, 900 had
been expended, All this was, dark 70 the;
people. BY. Democratic management, no
Legislature is allowed to assemble fof the
space Of nearly eighteen onSonths. I'm Ill
this, time there could, sle nd settlement tof
accounts. 9 The books1 xerc closed, tq9ati,e
peoples eyes. Warrants on, the Treasury
~cfe repAd to BE abHrosad aabHrSosad obligations to
'Ipay State expenses rtb5eesy;ond this $50 900
1loaa and beyond1thc receipts inptlle State
Treasury TO- meet. .bNo pnsfeald in
to What sea Of debt great OF y smell !, the
Ship Of State lto borrow q Senatorial 6g-
ure) was being sun merely q to carfy on.
'Fshol demands for We saplptddfss ddfs 81 aheI State
Igoya1hment. Thus dsbty uledf, ,5deb,o Vas