Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-27
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ed the loan of SOU, OOO originally liked by
the Constitution as the limit of the State
debt.
But this was not ALL No one could tell
how much more than this $3.50, 900 had been
expended. All was dark to the people. BY
Democratic management, no Legislature is al
lowed to assemble for the space of nearly 10
months. In all this time there could be no
settlement of accounts. The books were
closed to the peoples eyes. Warrants on
the Treasury were reputed to be abroad-ob-
legations to pay State expenses beyond this
$25o,OOO loan and beyond the receipts in the
State Treasury to meet. No one could know
into what sea of debt, great or small, the
Ship Of State Ito borrow Senatorial figure)
was being sunk-mereIy to carry on the de-
mands for the support of the State govern
ment. Thus debt, debt, debt, was being piled
up, and as necessary consequence, tao, tao,
tag, must ensue to the people, whom this De-
mocratic Party when it assumed power in the
State found without debt and without taxa
ton.
Wasn't it time that the people of every
party should go in for a change, if only to
get settlement of financial matters; to re-
duce expenses to more economical stand
ard to encourage capital and emigration to
place confidence in Minnesota by the an
nouncement that she was endeavoring to
retrieve her reputation, and as first step,
had changed her old rulers of debt-making
and tax-levying propensities for new men Of
another party pledged to an honest, economi-
cal and strict administration of public af-
fairs
Such an announcement to go abroad would
of itself be first and important measure to-
wards the renewal of good times. Conf
dence was the parent of credit and prosperi-
ty. An extravagant, reckless, or an un-
wise government, destroyed confidence; and
there was no hope that merely changing the
men but not the style of the men it, would
restore that necessary confidence to reviving
prosperity. New men, of a new party un'
| trammelled by the precedents, nor interested
in bolstering up the wrong or unwise conduct
of their predecessors, was what was needed
as the first step to the restoration of better
times in Minnesota At all events, it woulC
not hurt the people to try change of tina
kind. Things could hardly be worse.
But beside the argument for change
drawn from the ordinary extravaganza ant
debt-creating and tax-levying conduct of thu
administration of the Democratic party il
Minnesota the unsound currency with which
the people had been cursed, through the un
wise action of its officials, in not properly sc
curing the people from loss before allowing
the currency to issue-whereby it had depre
ciated quite fifty per cent in the hands ofth
farmers, mechanics and business men of tn
country-was responsibility which properl
belonged to the Democratic Party of Mime
sofa, and for which they deserved popular re
buke in the defeat of their whole ticket at tn
ensuing election. Z --a
The Governor then ridiculed that portion
the Democratic platform which pledges tn
"Party,"
"To modify the banking law of the Stat
so as to establish sound currency"
: Why, said the Governor, the present la
was passed by Democratic Legislature =
Did they fix it so as to establish an unsoun
currency? That point they seem to admit
but then they were going to do better for IL
future! The present leaders of the MINES
ia Democracy are good at promises. The
: are always going to do something wonderf
t for the people, but unfortunately they seldo
: redeem their promises. If sound current
e is of great account to the State-and all q
q NIT it is-then the relief should be given
e once. 1t has been within the power Of tn
it party to "modify the banking law of t
S State so as to establish sound currency"
it any time within the last six months, by ca
it ing the Legislature together, if further legis
a ton was absolutely necessary to sound c,
s rency! Some people think the discretion
g ready lodged in the State officials in rega
S to the basis for a currency, rightly exercise
would have given the people sound cure
cy before this, without further legislation.
70 But with Democratic rulers, it appears
70 people never are but always TO be blessed
+ 1t is never noac, but always "presently-t
m and-by."
10 Gov. R. then proceeded to dissect the tt
. teenth resolution of the Democratic Platfor
~ relative to the Railroad Policy of the Sta
g. He read it clause by clause, and CONNIE
to ed upon it. So far as it talked of "prese
ing inviolate the faith and credit of the Stat
as and in protesting against Reputation,
Il platforms of the two parties agreed. ]
~. Democratic Convention disgraced itself wi
do it said that /" the doctrine of reputation ,
H. announced by the Republican party" Til
,e. was certain dignity of truth which eve1
~ partisan Convention should always maint
No. in its public and solemn declarations of p
he ciple. The position was not well taken,
e. Their, when they said that the " doctrine
fit reputation was abhorrent to the Demos
cyl That the Democracy of the North "
nj opposed to it, might be true, for no part.
2e the North would ever tolerate such (
nd trine, and least of all would the Republi
an. party, made up as it was of the business
asst ergy, bone and muscle of the country, ,
20, whom mercantile honor was cherished
of ing. The only States Of the Union that
on. ever repudiated, and which persisted to
ess day in repudiating, were the Democl
the States of Mississippi, Arkansas and Flol
in This was well known, and in those States
ced adherence of the Democracy" to pa
ore their own debts much exceeded their he
lis of reputation. Still he did not feel like
to ing the Democratic party Of Minnesota t.
tate repudiationists, because of the lax prime
of their brethren in the. States named
ppi, was glad to think that mo one in Mime