Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-05
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nal assumes to be, declares that there is"
pretty general dissatisfaction with Govern,
or AsDEKsoN' 8 Message on the part Of the
Union press" and that the praise Of It by
the Democratic press sis damnation in the
first degree" 1t becomes incumbent on the
people to again take up the Governors
Message and scan itsomewhat critically,
1t don't matter, in this connection, whether
che Message is too long, or whether its style
Is stilted or not. What does he suggest
what does he recommend upon the consid-
Grafton of the Legislature-and are the sug-
gestions and. Recommendations he makes
entitled to favor? This is what should
command the attention of the people.
Let us see:
The Governor shows that IN 1866 the in
crease in the revenue receipts was $4,5l0,-
9I399 more than in 1854 (or more than fifty
per centuu), and that "our expenditures
have so swollen as to leave correspondent
balance, less than that of the former year
by the sum of $l,244S7475.p What occurs
to him touching this matter? Is it thatthe
Legislature should launch out in profigate
appropriations No. He avows himself
sSof the fixed and clear opinion, that 10 Is
tie serious duty Of all Of US in the State and
NatiOag at this time, to come promptly and Sc
verely do.oR" TO The simplest and pIdiHest aeoH-
onN" and he urges that a ''RetreRchD,ent"
''HAs BECOME WITH US AN IMPERATIVE,
ovERwHELMING necessity This Is the
marrow of the Message "Retrenchn'ent has
become ,cith as an Imperative, ouer,ohelmtng me-
ceSsity." Is this not true9 Don't the tax
paying people feel it to be true? He
would, therefore, have unnecessary officers
dispensed with; he would have the 81 mill
tia Communication imposition abolished; he
would have no appropriation made
unless most abselut sly demanded by the
interests of the public; he wants the Leg
islature to throw its influence against such
an interference in Mexican affairs as will
involve the Federal Government in war
with France, and probably with Europe
generally, because it would subject thepe
pie of Ohio to,drafts, additional crushing
taxation and despotism yet he would not
withhold from our Benevolent Institutions,
including the Soldiers Home, beftting ap-
propriations. He found Treasurer DORSEY
guilty of what he called nlalversation in
Extraordinarily using the funds of the
State-and he removed him. Now this is
about all that there is in the Message. He
has been at pains to elaborate his views on
these points. They are matters that closely
affect the people of Ohio-their interests,
their welfare and their property-and
yet we are told that "the Union press
look upon Governor ANDERsoN's
Message" with ga pretty general dis
satisfaction" Why this general dis
satisfaction" Is it because he urges the
Legislature and every department to cut off
abuses and unnecessary expenditures by
thorough "Retrenchment? 10 this prop
ositlU.. Of the Governor the Democratic
press respU.' with hearty amen, and
because they do D.. is this suhjecting the
Message to ''damnatioL. - the firstdegree?"
Or does the ''pretty genera. dissatisfaction
with Governor ANDERsoN's Mess, re on the |
part of the Union press" grow out - the |
fact that he completely unhorsed Senatol
WADE and General SCHENCK, who had be-
stridden the hobby of Republicanizing |
Mexico, in anticipation that the people Of
Ohio were as Quixotic as themselves and
would follow them to their personal and
material destruction; and does the Message
fall under ''damnation in the first de-
gree" because the Democratic press cry
''bravo !" to this magnificent achievement tof
the Government? Or are 1.-THE Union press"
soured into "a pretty general dissatlsfac-
tionn ''with Governor ANDERsoN's Mes
sage' because he would have all the Benev-
Olent Institutions of the State, including
the Soldiers Home, adequately provided
for; and inasmuch as the Democratic press
this, should the Message be
Dlighted with "damnation in the first de-
gree?" Or is the fact of "pretty gem
eral dissatisfaction with Governor ANDER-
sons Message on the part of the Union
press" produced by the circumstance that
he did not pronounce against President
JoHNsoN's reorganization policy, and glo-
,ify the just emancipated Negro as pre-
,mnently qualified to exercise the elective
franchise; and because the Democratic
jress commend him for the good taste he
las herein shown, is his Message to be
reated as having been cursed with dam
latinn in the first deprpp 2n -