New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-10-07

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more, which amount will be asked of the next
Legislature, and of course must be voted, or the
building remain unfinished and unavailable
There is no provisions in the law to limit the
cost, and the most we are permitted to know
about it, is card from Grimes, stating that ss22-
900 more is required to finish it, Do not under
stand me to be opposed to the erection of such
and other charitable buildings-but, while be-
lieving that we should have them, do oppose
erecting them upon scale not commcnsure with
with our means as ayoung State. (Applause.)
Various other appropriations have been made,
for purposes equally reckless, which I have not
time to examine in detail. Under pretext of
beneftting and investigating various accounts
connected with the school fund, a horde of po-
litical agents were let loose upon the State at
$500 each, per day, and they occupied their
time in electioneering in every district in Iowa.
Among other kindred appropriations was one
Of $4,000 to send a Swamp Land Agent to
Washington, a perfectly unjustifable and un-
reasonable act as the whole duty, if necessa-
ry to be done at ALL should have been accom-.
plished by other means at a comparatively NOM
inal expense to the State. Our Senators and
Representatives in Congress would cheerfully
have attended to the business. If Democrats
voted for this appropriation, it did not make it
nearer right, or change the responsibility of the
act. The question is simply whether the ap-
preparation was right and of its being so we can
very reasonably doubt, as we have had no return
OF any duties performed by the incumbent Of this
office. ,.Ia@58a
AS young as our State is, and as lily able as
it may be to sustain all these financial burdens,
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Capitol has been removed, and we shall soon be
called upon for another heavy tax to pay for new
capitol buildings. liGI - @
Independent of known useless expenditures
there are other extraordinary applications of the
known, and from ascertaining which we are sed-
ulously prevented by our Republican rulers.
On the 23d of March, 1858. committee was ap-
pointed to examine into the affairs of the State
Officers, from which Democrats were carefully
excluded, and was composed of three Republi-
cans. As yet we have had no report from them
and the result thus far has been that they have
done nothing except to attack the Administra-
ton Of Maturin L. Fisher, and to attend Re
publican Convention in time to warn the Repub-
llcans not to nominate Morris and Pattee. Thus
they have gone on for more than year, doing
everything except to discharge the duty for
which they were appointed, and in fact doing
nothing except drawing their per diem. Iwould
like to devote more time to this matter of State
expenditures as it really is one of the most vital
Importance, and one upon which every citizen of
the State should inform himself before casting
his vote at the October election. ~ .s1 =,
My competitor will attempt to disprove all this
-he will assert that affairs have been conduct
ed more economically since, than during Demo-
cratic administration and to sustain his position
on these points he will produce an er parte
statement Of financial affairs prepared for this
purpose by John w. Cattell, the State Auditor
But need not anticipate this, and will only say,
that to refute it, draw out your tax receipts for
the last years of Democratic and Republican
rule and the statement will be at once answer
ed. (Applause.) sgvma aa1 a8 s5.ai
The speaker at this point proceeded to the
discussion Of National affairs. He said that the
subject Of Mr.. Kirkwood's speech would be to
convince his audience that the slavery question
is the main issue in this campaign-that he
would argue to them the propriety Of Congress
establishing new Wilmot Proviso-that he
would appeal to their passions in discussing the
issues in National politics. The speaker an
nounced himself as devoted to the great princi-
Piles of Popular Sovereignty. We foug ght in
Revolutionary days for the right to legislate for
ourselves, and the case Of our Territories now is
precisely analogous. We require no Congress
to legislate for us-we have the intelligence, the
Unborn right-we have everything within our
selves sufficient for the requirements of self gov
ernment. He concluded an examination of the
platforms of Republicarism and Democracy by
eulogizing Democracy, which he said is the Car
of Progress, of which Republicanism is simply
the brake. Republcanism uses every creed,
adopts every disguise and assumes every garb in
order to secure success. iAt sae&@ a15 lAAltst&
He alluded in high terms of compliment to
Stephen A. Douglas, who, he said, had pointed
out common ground upon which both north and
south could stand. Douglas has done more than
any other man for the Democratic party and in
breaking down barriers between the north and
south, and uniting them in harmonious action for
the good of the whole country. Mr.. Kirkwood
will probably arraign me for thus endorsing the
great champion of Popular Soyereionty, and NAV