, 1860-08-30
Nre8a 81 Trmi1tttte,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 80, 1860.

I9te8s Trni1tttte,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 80, 1860.
An ACT FOR rnE HELlEF OF JOEL
4. mATTESOn'
Our statute book is already numbered "1tn
one or .wo acts for the relief Of Joel - Mat
though With none Of exactly the char
acter which is contemplated BY tho Democrat-
ic file leaders at the present time. n~they |
aha|l be 90 fortunate IS 80 secure q majority Of
the re1t Legislature. The former acts, Il we
remember rightly, refer to certain old canal
ooutsac.s-:he latte. refera to certain old ca.
nal scrip.
1t: now raihor moro than air weeks since
the evidences OF design to release Matteson
from the payment Of his State mortgages
(soms $23o, ,ooo) became 60 notorious that they
were made the subject Of resolutions Of disal"
probation by several County Conventions. 1t
il rather more than six weeks since the mat"
tar waa presented in these columns, and the
Democratic newspapers requested to pass m
opinion on the correctness Of cur Information.
Yet, not single organ Of that party, nor 50
far as We are advised, single Oenoc12' ~
the Stale, has uttered a word Of denial, OF IN
any way ai8niaed the slighteat ditapprobanon
Of the scheme. On the contrary, 30 strong
have become the eyldences Of scheme 10 re-
lieye Mat,eson from Tie consequences o. tne
pieantic fraud, in the counties Of eaogamon
and Madison, where his money (the people
money), is most freely layished for The beneh
Of the Democratic candidates for tho Leg1sla-
tufe, that q very considerable stampede Is ta'
King place nmong the more honest members
Of the party, aud those who do not wan. W
par their taxes two or three lines over 70 o's'
charge the same debt
The case glands in this way: The State ls-
sued the scrip and borrowed money "''n
which to redeem it, It was duly redeemed
and bonds were issued to secure the repay
ment Of tho money. The bonds are now be-
ing redeemed with the peopls's taxes. But IN
some mysterious way, the old scrip which had
beeu placed in Aatteson's hands for sate
keeping, WAS taken out and converted ln1o
new bonds, which were delivered, duly slgned
and sealed, into Matteson's hands Upon
these new bonds the State has been paying
interest regularly for some years, aud taeg
a,e likewise to be redeemed ultimately With
the peoples taxes. When tho fraud woa
brought to light Aattesou, being unable To
show how be erer came BY dollar OF it hon
estly, voluntarily offered to give the State
security for the whole amount, principal ant
interest," payable in five years from date, o.
shout the first Of January, 1864. The judg
meut Of the public has bsen pretty thoroughly
made up as to whether a man would volun
teer to pay the State $3.50. 900. unless he hor
sstly owed that trins to the State.
It is also pretty generally conceded that
msu who has that amount of liabilities tallln
due in few years, will naturally be econom
cal in such times as The present. Its deen
ed a1trayagant Tor man in this situation
be giving $500 towards the erection OF
Democratic Wigwam in Springfield, beside
paying for the transportation Of the iumbe
It is deemed IN evidence Of moro than ord
nary zeal in politics Tor the same person
send $500 to Alton to pay for the paraphe
uslis Of Douglas demonstration. Il is n
sarded rather moaomania for the samc Pc
son to draw bis checks whenever si1nl]i
demonstration is gotten up at Springfield, Fl
lust the amount Of the deacitin the party e,
checquor; and it is deemed very eurpr'slr
circumstance that all Democratic Convention
and Democratic mass meetings at the Sta
capital should take special pains To pay eou
to The $4,000 man at Scrip Villa.
Isit alleged that al this does not anou
to direct charge Of completely batween NJ
teaon and the Democracy, for the purpose
carrying the latter through the campaign a
releasing the former from the payment Of
la.se dsht to the psopla? Lot US ask, IN
ply, why III hands arc so costive in deny'
It It = verY simple thing to say: No;
have no such design; We are equal]y oppo'
to such swind1e, with yourselves; We
cooperate with you in al proper efforts
defeat ii, e,c. Bu. they say nothing Of
sort They are dumb as oysters on oil gu
tions affecting the Aatteson mortgages.
they sra not parties to such conspiracy II
can very easily say 50. Why do they
speak it out? Their re!uss, to do so is o II
admission Of the alleged fact 1t can be
strt1ed in no other way, and they ase ii
aware Of TINT also. Let no one suppose t
the movement here indicated is too monst1
to be entertained. If the Democratic pa
had been told few years since that Il
Governor would become possessed Of So;
600 belonging to tho State in such way
lie would voluntarily give mortgages on
property for that sum, to reimburse the
ple and to relieve himself in some meas
from the odium Of the transaction. that vi
hsye been too ruonstroua for belle
If they had been told that after the full a:
sision Of the affair their leaders would cont
to ua7 court to the individual in question
attend his levees and 10 accept his mo
that also would have been too nonstzouz
belief
We repeat the question, and we call 70
explicit answer. Do you, the Democrat
the State Of Illinois, intoud 10 release Jot
latteson, by act Of the Legislature, ffur
payment Of certain mortgages given BY III
the Auditor Of Public Accounts to reimh
the State for the Cana1 Scrip Fraud7
all speak at once!
LANDS FOR THE LANDLESS.
The fact that the country is about entt
upon another era Of prosperity, suggests