&-;3~3 R AND CIRCULATE ing the interest thereon to remain un paii; in permitting. large cash balances to lie in the treasury of the State almost without interest, that State officials might grow rich from their loan to banks and other corporations; in squandering the proceeds of the Trust Funds, while the building of necessary State institutions was utterly neglected; in creating scores of Wild-Cat Banks that drove a healthy currency out of every artery of trade and commerce, and supplied its place with worthless rags; and in the general policy of the democratic party, of which these are but instances-a policy stubbornly persisted in through all the long, dark years of their sway-whereby the settle ment of the country, the development of its resources, and its growth in wealth and population were materially retarded. The Republican party have striven earnestly to remedy the chronic evils in flicted upon the State by the frauds and mismanagement of their predecessors. Upon their accession to power, they promptly stopped the interest upon the unadjusted portion ofthe five mnillion loan which had accimulated to nearly a mill ion of dollars; and remnained unpaid. They at once passed a law requiring the State Treasurer to obtain interest at five per cent. on all loans of cash balances in the treasury; thus realizing from this source over seventy thoutsand dollars in fivre years, whereas the only omount ever paid in by the Democratic party for the use of the large sum constantly kept on hand, was the paltry pittance of $1,553 86. They have promptly paid the interest upon the State debt, and reduced the principal as far as means were in their power. They have built up our State Institutions, and made them the pride and ornament of Michigan. They have applied the resources derived from the sale of the Swamp Lands to opening up the wilderness for settlement, and have given free homes to indigent actual settlers; and by providing for the completion of the Geological Survey of the State; and by the appointment of an Emigrant Agency; as well as by the general scope of their legislation, they have subserved the best interests ofMichigan, and have laid the foundation of her prosperity in tlhe future. To the general charges that ate made agains us, we propose to make: specific rejoinders, and prove by undeniable kestimony the falsehood ~f the accusajioas, - FACTS FOR THE PEOP[ ADDRESS OF THE Rep., Ceantral Commit OF INGHAM COU1NT~ 'o the People of tle State ot Mlichigan STATE ISSUpE. The leaders of the pro-slavery Del racy, sensible that they cannot main a contest with the Republican party on the National questions at issue tween the parties, seek to divert the tention of the people of Michigan to c tions of State policy and finance. Through a reckless misrepresenta of the purpose and policy of the Re liean party; by means of a carefu.l cealment of some of the features or policy, and a gross distortion cof oth by falsehoods, standers and libels, hope to delude the people into the taken belief that the Republican p~ ir the admini~stration of the State ernment for the past five years, been guilty of mismanagement, prot cy, and an utter disregard of the inte of the State. These are grave charges, and w 'render any party against whom the~ sustained, unworthy of your confiIf or support. A candid and truthful investigati the facts in thie Case, will, to an in gent mind, triumphantly vindicate Republican party from the charges -ferred against it. To this investigation we invite ou low citizens, appealing to records E cannot be disproved for the facts and ares we present. 'The causes of present embarrass] lie back of Republican administrat They had their origin in the reckles penditure of many hundreds of thous of dollars of borrowed capital upon less works of'1 internal imnprovem for the benefit of party jobbers and tractors, by which the State became a-dened with an enormous public debt from which - not a particle of benefit ever derived; in untold sums stolen the treasury by partizan favorites given away to then upon fraudt claims or-upon the most paltry pretax ina appropriating to private or party -poses-taxres levied expressly to pa: interest upon the State debt, and st 2 'But in order to shao the obstacles with not wasteful appropriations by the Leg which the Republicans, as a party, have islature of 1848 tot only included the resi had to contend. as well as to contrast due then retaininq, but also a large quant their policy with that of the Democrat- ity previously disposed of. The appropria ic party, it is necessary to begin with the tions then made, amounting in the aggre early financial history of Michigan. gate to 186,000 acres, produced but incon ORIGIN OF THE STATE DEBT-DEMOCRATIC sidetable good, while at the same time, RULE. they absorbed $232,500 of the re No State ever came into the Union sources of the State, being a sumn equal with brighter prospects than Mlichigan. to the minimum price of the lands, for Possessing a good climate, a fertile soil, which they would have been sold, and fot immense lumber resources and inexhaus- which provision must be made by direct tax tible mineral wealth, and being penetrat- ation." ed by numerous navigable rivers, and Yet these spendthrifts and robbers, surrounded by more than 3,000 miles of whose policy was to enrich themselves lake coast, her advantages were extraor- by fleecing the people, have the effront dinary, and with proper management of ery to cry out against the Republican her financial affairs, would have soon party for snaking the necessary appropri placed her, in wealth and population, in ations for building up State institutions the front rank of States. But unfortu- which they neglected, and for applying nately the interests of the State were the resources of the State for the liquida committed to the hands of most reckless tion of debts contracted by them. and extravagant men, who at once em- In the fail of 1846, the Central and barked in schemes the wildest and most Southern Roads were sold, and the sums absurd. received on these sates were applied to The State was without commerce, and ward the extinguishment of that portion almost destitute of population; yet three of the State debt known as the "Debt of lines of railroad were projected across it, the Internal Improvement Fund." and heavy appropriations made for their Gov. Felch. in his message to the Legis completion. Large appropriations were lature of 187h (pmage 4)states the total alsomadefor he iprovmentof rverslature of 1847, (page 4,) states the'- total also made for the improvement of rivers o whose navigation was valueless, and in of Internal Improvement debt," after de who e nvigtio wa vauelss, andin ducting the "balance due on the sale of opening canals through regions, some ting the Centralan ced Souther on tRairoadsale to portions of which are even yet inhabited be Central and Southern Rilof cours, wasto only by wolves and wild cats. e $,87,140.77, hich, of course, wa As the State had no resources, it was the amount sunk in the "internal im compelled to borrow. So the Democrat- provemnents" made by. the Democratic ic party effected the Five Million Loan, party as the balance of these works were $2,,342,960 of which (the only portion not worth the parchment upon which the ever received by the State) was expend- contract for their sale might be written ed, squandered, lost or stolen, in carrying The following is a or this "grand scheme" of Internal Im- TABLE showing some of the items of losse. to the r,i~overnen-ts. Like all lotteries, while a State on works of internal inlproveilentfrom 1838 io 1847, inclusive: few drew prizes, the mass of the people Deadoss p ~~~~~~~~~~Dead Loss.' drew blanks, and poverty and ruin were *CIinton and Kalamazoo]Canal (aban the consequence. doled)... —---------------------- $375,000 00 In addition to the State debt;thIus *Saginaw and Bad River Canal do:52,749 98 nSNorthern Railroad do 80,229 63 originated, the General Government in *Laplaisance Bay RTailroad do 84,113 00 1841 graoveented theo State 500,000 acres f ImrvementfStatealtSpringsdo 35,9~0 16 1 g a d e a*0as St. Joseph River do 26:797 72 land at a minimum value of $625,000, for X, Grand, Maple and R al Internal Improvement purposes. No amrazoo Rivers (abandoned),.. —------- 32,775 25 ,soonerbad this grant been confirmed, Cost of M. C. R. R.. (Felch's messages, sooner had this grant been confirmed, 8~ rd14... $32779 1846 and.l847,) --------—.$2,382,797 97 than the cormorants who had already Ploceeds of sale of M. C. fattened upon the State, seized upon and R. R.,. 2,000.000 97 " appropriated" it, and it disappeared at Cost of M. S. R. R. (Ran once into the vortex whither it had been 0om's message, 1849.). $1,200,000 00 Proceeds of sale of M. S. preceded by the $5,000,000 loan. R., —--------— 500,000 00 The " closing out" of this transaction: -,- 700,000 oe is thus commented upon by Gov..Barry, is thus comm entaged uf1850,(pae by G. B, Total loss on these items alone,-.$1,720,433,1 in h~is maessage of 1850, (page 14):"~ The - wInter'nal Improvement Lands are noo *See Barry's message of 1842, and subsequent ,. terna source of revenue. The large ifo messages and reports of Board of Intern Ina'.1,~'rrg~r..oufce of revenue..he largei if r rovment. ',,,,-,-Th If, profligacy and recklessness in the managem e n t of the affairsof the htate, to impuven the integri t y of the RApublican party because of expendjturei necessarily incurre(], a nd which have been made a burden by previous Xnismana,,iement and neglect. Do yQtu desire, fellow citizens, to reinstate a party in power, wiaiih in former times prov ed so recreant s to numerusts Wye believe. not. But th e exhibit we hatvegiven only discloses a portion of the losses incurred bys the peorale of a d;iceran under thirae granTd D er-ocratic 5interlal improveinent1 swindle. Sc ores of cl aims for danrs,aes sustained bay co'ntractors;, and (loth es con nected wsith these worlis, have been allowved by the Board of S tate Auditors, a nddpad, Here is a specime n y, a ,,Allowed by the - Bo ard, Dec. 2, 1854. "Gilbert-& Co., damages thy reas on of mi srepresent atio n of the Commissioner of Internal Improvement me o induce a low biadding on lettint contract on mrlintOni anid K~alainazoo) Canal.... $2,204.29,' "Dec 30, 18.54. BroD,;oll Ingalls & Co., claim for damages (as above) $6.234L 78" These suuims amount to malcyy thousiands hof d ollars. But vast amounts of mnoney were lo,-t in(-,ther ways. )f the arxoiint ori->inallIy rreceived on- the five millionll oan, $600,000 were deposited in the Alicbigara State Bank and lost i$30,>000 wer~e cari-ied ofl.bi, an abscoiidin- ag,ent of the South,-rn Rilroad, -tnd other'sums, too numerous to mnention, w-ere lost. that never saw the lifrbt of official r.eports., There were also transactions,, of a di'fferent character. Hiere, islone instance. In 1,9,38 a loan of $100,00.0, for twenty years, was made by the State for tbae relief of th,e Detroit and Pontiac Railroad Comlpany, -and an ple se.ctirity for the, paym,ent~of th~e principal and interest thereon was taken upon the stock and fixtures of the road. Only the first semniannual installment of interest was paid by the C.vrmpany, and in 184-8, tan years aft,,w-wards, the then Attorney General, Geo. IT. N. Lotlirop, com~promisedl tlhe entire debt for $32,000,at an ab)solute loss to the State of $185,000. This same Lothrop is the Democratic;cand'idlate for Co-iigre~ss in the First C,zrs> ion-,il Di~st,rict of the Stat'e. But let us now pass to the considera-t I t is proper, however,. that wre should acknowledge such credits to these works as we find upon the record. In Joint Doc. No. 4, 1847. (page 21,) David Shook, Superintendent of the Clinton and Kalainazoo Canal, states the amount of tolls received upon the canal to be $4,9D.42. Also, in Joint Doc No. 4, 1849, (page 3,) there is the following INVE13NW(RY of p operty noi onliand belonging to the St. Joseph Rtileie7- g?pg-ov~ement: 2 boats, 11 bed-ticks, 2 pails, 4 pieces of chai lo I seraper, 6 pair hool,s, 2 bais irot, 4 cralks, 2 lines (old), 2 crossCust saws. 3 blocks, X hniid-sn9y eov, 2 axes. 1 box old iron, 1 box dishes, 2 shovels, 1 ahi ,ior, 2Jijg,s 2 poles, 1 tinliorn, I rake,24blankets 1 sJa-3,tc4 block, 1 el boat (I{oosier), 1 scrape boat, 1 towel, 6 bed-ticks, 10 quilts, 3 blankets, 2 axes, 1 I 1N inch auger, 1 storve and trimii-i,, 12 earthen plates, 2 earthen dishes, 20 knives and foiks, Lh barge ,,)oo5s, 2 pot pails, 9 stone jilgs, I large tin pan, 11 tea-spo ons, 5 bo-",ls, 16; cups arid saucers, 2 pepp-er boxe, 1 stone jar, 2 tin pails, 2 tin dippers, 2 ca esdies-icks, 2 pie palls, 2 coffee-pots, 1 tea canrster, I wabs-dish, lpairblocks andfall, 741bs. 3- chropeo 6a lbs. 2y2 inch rope, 200 ft. 5-irich rope (old)., 40 ft. ,4lnch rope (old), 1 buck-saw, 1 bow saw, 2 pair stoi)e-hooks, 2 crow-bars, 2 socket pods (long), 5 ,ocket pods (short). JOI-IN F. PORTER, Stip't St. Joseph River. Such was, the origin of the chief portion "of the State debt, which still presses heavily upon the people of Michigan, and such were thie objects for which it was inaurred. The following is the proportion of the debt of the Internal' lmprove.jlient Fueind to the total State debt, as given by Aud;,tor General D. V. Bell, in his report of D~ec. 1st, 1846 (Joint Dloc. No. 2, 1847, 'pagp 23).; AGGREGATE INDEi~BTEDNESS OF THE s rATE. Dti~t of the General Fund,-. $ 11,909 75 Debt oftlie Internal lmprovenilt Fun-d, 1,957,140 77 Total Deb-t. - r-...... ----------- $'-,299,050 52 Ar fre.at e resources applicable to its .payment: P,esources of the General Fun d we ee app i89,2 5 01 do. titernbal impro,if then y'vere u fo.. su 422t123 00 Total Resources... ——. —-— 38 As we have already seen, the available resources of the Internal Imnprovemen t Futed mere squandered by t ie LFirislature of 1848.' Wve anno t aspersta;n t hat the resources .of the General Fund wrere ever applied uipon the debt, but if they ver-e, it fol-lows that the ent~ire State debt is due to to,e amount squandered upon Inlternal -Improvements by a pw-ty professing at the same time to be opposed to the doctrine that either the National or Statetinoth G~ov-ernments should.engage in any gen- TT aTscE14. 'oral system of Internal bnprovements. Asteroavr Deorc wol ''shall be and remain a PERPETUAL FUND." the interest and income of which a shall be inviolably appropriated and an nually applied to the specific objects of the origiual gift, grant or appropriation.' IDence, the increase of the debt to the Trust Funds is no argument against the econonmy of an administration, or the prudence with which it has managed the affairs of the State. The only manner in which this increase can be prevented is by robbery of these sacred inheritances of the people. In this, as in other instances, the Democracy have availed themselves oftheirprerogative ofplundering the State, as the following exhibit from the School Laws of Michigan —a work issued in 1859, by the Superinr)ten dent oifPublic Instruction, will show: Tabl,e',showing the animount lost to the Prinary School andi Unz,iversity lFunds dur-i2g Demnocrat ic r-ule. Deficiency in the Primary School Fund [seesclhool laws, page 191, - $ 34,234 6 Worthless loans of Priillarv School Fund, [see School,Laws, page 18].- - -..- 11,900 00 Deficienc'y in' the Umiversity Fund [see eS3chool Laws, page 57], 25,590 51 Total,.State..n..b........s L — -- -$71,725 15 Thus we see that the Democratic party, besides the vast amount it has plundered from other sources, has been guilty of a most culpable robbery of $71j'25I, 16 t from funds made forever sacred to the youth of Mi'chigain, by th6 constitution of the STtate d! Fellow citizens do you wish to return tO this Democrattic policy? If so, vote the Democratic ticket. But to return. We have shown bv their own records that the Democratic party, during the last seven years of its sinsas-a period pointed to with pride as illustrating, par excellence, Democratic State policy-increased the State debt $240.777 19. When. therefore, they assert that "'the Democratic policy was Censtantly to diminish the State debt," they state a willful and deliberate falsehaod. But what apology can they offer for this increase? None whatever. They did not expend the resources of the State on works of internal improvement, (with the exception of fii.,shling, in 1848, the grant of land made by Congress for that purpose, and paying old debts,) be cause these works had already been sold or abandoned. Neither did they apply these resources to building up State Inst~itutions, for they left this wrork for the Republican party to perform. Thley will hardly desire to claim that this increase was made necessary to meet the ordina~ I847, just as they repudiated the unpaid portion of the five million loan, and just as they seek to repudiate the profligate and corrupt administration of James Buchanan; and as they claimed that tlhe Democratic policy cotnnmenced with,that period, we will trace the history of the State debt from that time until an outrag ed and indign ant people hurled the Democratic party fron power a- 4d com,7 - paire their record eaith that'of thie Republican pa-rty'. I)DEMOCRATIC INCREA,SE OF THE STATE DEBT I.N 7 YEARS. Auditor eten. D. V. Bell, in his Report of Dee, 1, 1847, (page 1.9,) states the " Total State Debt, for which she is liable without coiltingelicy." to be $2,290,768 51 Auditor General Svegles, in Ills Re port of Dec. 1. 1854, (page 7.) makes the'Total furidedand funidab'e Deb,t,"..2,531.545 70 Do-n)cratic increase il 7 years,._ $240,777 19 RSEPUtbLICAN DECREASEg OF TD eyE STATE DEBR IN 5 YEAR,S. State Debt, Dec. 1, 1354, (Sweg',e s epC'o't) ~ $ 2,581,5,45 7i0 AudItor General C:Z,e, in his Report of Dec. S0, 1859, (page 11,) gives the Total State Indebtedness as - 2,316,328 94 Republican decrease ill 5 years,;.._ $215,216 76 },otwithstanding this evidence, furnished principally by Democratic records, there are not wanting those who have the hardihood to declare that the " Demnocratic policy was constantly to diminish the State debt," and that the Republica en party have largely increased it! The exhibit we have given does not include the accretions to the Trust Funds, but pertains exclusively to the bonded 'debt of the State. The relations of the T,'lust Funds to the State are entirely different from those of the bonded debt. The latter consists of loans made, usually for twenty years. the interest payable simii-aninually, and the principal payable at thle'close of the period for which the loan was nmade, or " at any time thereafter, or at any time previous, at the option of the S,:ate.' It is plain, then, "hat this debt is uindelr the direct control of the State govertnnenit, and may be increased or diminished accordimg to tle mleans or necessities of the State. But with the Trust Funds the case is different. These are funds arising principally from the proceeds of the sale of lands a granted by the United States to the State, for edutcationital peur)oses, and the proceeds of all lands or other property given by individuals, or appropriated by the State for like purrposes," which the constitution declares 5 ods, and first, let us look at the interest paid upon the State debt. f TABLE showin ihe inzterest paid upon the State debt, with the excha7ose thereon,fromn 1848 to 1859 zzclultsive. I)ern. ppriod (7 years). Rep. period (5 years). 1818,.... —$50,124 87 18)55, 1.$I4,141 66 1849. —---- -3-01 30 18056 91,020 29 1850, _. 52.522 6 e5 1857..129,134 (it 1851,.- 54e051 11 18t8 Saedb1151733 87 1852, _. 56 495 29 1859.....134,208 21 1853, - -------- 72,060 28 1854,r 56,304 26 Total,..$544,238 61 Total,....$.425,059 76 REC APITULATION. Initerest paid by'Reprblicans inii 5 years, $544,238 6R 'rw State adheDeneocrats in 7 years, 425,09,76 Republican excess. —------— 119-178 87 ORDIN-ARY ]XrPENSES. The following table comprises pay menetts of the principal of the State debt, (except Inlternal Improvement Warrants land WarrIant Bonds,) interest disbursed froim thle educational trust flinds, expen se.u of the tax-payling department. the Ju diciary, the State prison, the Legislature, printing, binding, &c., salaries of public officers, stationery for public offices, and sundry mrinor expenditures: Dein. period (7 years). I Rep. period (5 years) 148 ---— $206,032 99 1 185 - — $354,982 42 184'9, 2 18 3.. 2418 59 -1 1 1856.. 406,530 41 1850, 267,49-3 7a 18574 866,278 15 1851, ~252,322 14 | 1858- 375.786 64 35.786 64 1852, 356 352 63 182 la9 419,168 85 185', — 301.0X0 35 I *1854, 610 —99 353,911 38 Total,.$1,922,746 47 Total, —— $1,978,752 45 ] RECAPITULATION. CExpenises of Democratic period, $1,978.,752 45 " Republican " 1922,746 47 Democratic excess,....... $56,005 98 The orly discrepancy between the total of receipts and expenditures. as given iii these tables, and in the Auditor Generals' RIeports, is the following: in 1858 a renewal loan of $216,000 was made, for the purpose of taking up bonds about due. This amount is included in the receipts of thtat yeear, and the bonds taken up, $197.000; includclod in the expenditures, and the balanee, $20,000, included in the expenditures of 1859. As this transaction was simply a continuance ot a de bt already existing, the amount has been deducted from iour exhibit oL receipts and expenditures. Asidoe from variancese occasioned br pavyments upon the public debt, there Las been a constant antd steadv increase of S- tate expenses froin m ear to year. Trhis increase is a nlecessaryt consequence of' the growth of tile State, and thle maturity o~f it3 instiltutionls, as thle comparison of a fewv items for a givsen numnber of iyears *Thlis inlcludcs thle month of D~ecem~rber, 1$54.& ry expenses of the government, and on account of sums squandered or stolen from the treas ury by the emoselves, yet we defy them to show tha t this sum was dev oted to any hon est expen diture whatever. The Republican party, on the other ]land. besides reducing the State dlebt $215,216 76, as shown by the Auditror General's reports, have paid a much larger amount of interest accruin, thereon than was paid during the Democratic period referred to-have met the incre-asing expenditures consequent upon a growing State, and have paid a much larg,er sum for the development of the resources of the State and the buildinlg up of its institutions; wh;.le all these have been done with less 9ggregate receipts than were hllose of the sevene previou.s years of Democratic rule. The follovwing table exhibits the receipts from all sources for the following years: DEMOCR,ATIC PERIOD (SEVEN YEARS). Cash on hand Dec. 1, 1847, $ 62,304 45 Receipts of 1848, 360,868 57 "ii~ ~ 1849, 494,]65 06) 1850, 429,268 28 "; 1851, 352,517 22 1852, 451,082 97 " 1853, 655,667 86 1854, 610,699 97 Total........... $3,416,574 3 o REPUBLICAN PERIOD (rive YEARs). Cash on hand, Jan. 1,1855, $ 468,893 39 PReceipts of - 1855, 588,396 93 C., 1856, 511,271 70 C. 1857, 450,653 85 '5 1858, (668,720 O0 "c 1859, 704,006 02 T,,tal receipts of Democratic period, $3.416.574 38 ditto of Repub. period, 3,392,941 89 Democratic excess, $23,632 49 This showing is too favorable to the T)eniocratic party, as in the receipts of 1859i i included the loan of $100,000 made for the repairs of the St. MAlary's i Falls Ship Canal. By reference to the amount of cash on hland Dee. 1, 1847, it will be seen that there have been occasions under Delmoocratic rule when.there was a far less amount in the treasury than at a.ny tinie under Republican rule. Let us.lnow compare t4ha;xpenditures durin, thlsse peri Total............... $3 392,941 89 RECAPITULATIOIN; 6 will show. We give below statements of interest disbursed from the Trust iufidds, (Primary School, UJniversity and Norral School,) expenses of thle Juidiciary,. State Prison, and Tax Paying Departnient, for the l1st tell yeaf/s. The latter embraces the business expenses oi the .-uditor General,s Department, consisting of payments to Counties on accouint, expenses of sales refunded and disbursed from proceeds, money refunded on redemptions, &c. IXTRAORDINA -T B1XI — 1S 46S. Demoratii c period 7 yrs. iRepfbcan period, tyre' 1848 _ _115333 61 1849. 165,338 71 1850 129,339 oO $131,691 0 t1851 46,113 97 118p56 - - - ---- 142,228 1t 1352, _. 19,071 05 11857 --------- 184,56r6 44 189.3 --------- 3,,,8 76 1 1858 -------— 140,495 34 185l* 107,216 64 1859 163,445 67 Total, _.._$605.:75- 74 I Total..$762,425 65' Deduct Democratic expenditures, 605,751 74 Republican excess --------------—................ $156,673 91 BALANCES IN FAVOR OF REPUBLICAN RULE., Let us now compare the results of the two periods men,tioned, and see how the account stands: Itep ublican receipts, les.... 23.632 49 decrease in State debt. 215 216 76 " Interest paid, excess, 119,178 87 "Extraordinarv expen penises, excess, 156,673 91 Total. $514,703 03 Deduct Dem. exc. of ord. exp. 56,005 88 IN?TEREST DISBURSED FROM TRUSTFUNDS. J)emocrat c Rule, 5 yrs. Pepublicau PRnle. 5 c n r s. 1850.-$54,043 6 6 1855. 6 uc.8127.5 6l 1851 - - --— 59.034 85 1856 -146542 6 1852 - ---- 71.706 40 1857 d e iS' d153,Oll 20 1853 -..... 131.074 84 Itrs ad xes 19188 1,853 - ---------- 73,353 89 [1858 - — 151.074 84 .1854. 110,383 31 t859 -aorda147y565 36 Total, ---— $368,522 11I Total', -.-$725736 297 D)educt D(m cratic Expenditure,i-___368,522 11 Republican Excess, - - ----------... —.:$357,214 16 EXPENSES OF THE JUDICIARY. ])emocratic PRule, 5 yrs. Republican Rule, 5 yrs. 1850 -...$9,154 83 1 1855 -------— $14 900 61 ~~~18;;7,663 19 11856 29 1852 14,674 90 1857 ddD.in.- o a17,94556 1853' -15,25420 1858 --— 25840 10 1854 -.....15,785 58 1859 T- blne33.542 63 Total,. 62,53 60 Tota l, -. —-,108, 950 1 B D)educt.1emocratic Expenditiire,-._~___$62,532 70 Total balance in favor of Republican rule..... $699,474 34, But this is quite too favorable a slhowing in favor of the Democracy. We gave the State debt, Dec. 1, 1847, as $2,290, — 768 51. But there were at that timiie the following resources, applicable to its payrient. [Se e Joint Docunmients 1848, No. 2, page 19]: Resources of General Fund, $396,621 95, do Internalhnlir. "1 301,998 Off, Republican Excess;j_:_,__ __.. - -_$46,47 491 E,XPENSES OF STATE PRISON. I)emocratic Rule, 5 yrs. epb ru 5 years. 185'). —----- - $6.000 001 1855,. --—,000 00 18-51 - ----- 000 00 18, 6 - - ---- 20,000 00 1852 -- ---— 9,000 00 1857,. -t - 2a.000 18 N 1853 ----------- 9,500 11 O — - 21.000 00 1854 --------— 10.500 00 1859, ---------- 13,000 00 uTotal - -$41,000 00| Tota l,.p-d$95,000 00 lfeduct Democratic expenditure,. —----- 41,000 00 Republican excess,.............,......$54,000 00 Total 9...$98,619 95 This sum should be deducted from tlhe amount given above, which would make the actual State debt at that tiime..-1,59ff,. 148 56, and would therefore ad(ld this sum of $698,619 95, to the democratic increase of the State debt. In addition to this the sumn of $$6)3,972,46 should be deducted from tlhe Repul)licon receipts for the year 1859, being the difference between the amount expended upon the Sitilt Canal, and the loan made exclusively f,r its benefit. This would make the total balance in favor of the PRepublicans, $1,462,066 75, or neailv' one and a half millions of dollars. EXPENSES OF TAX-PAYING DEPARTMENT. l )emnocratic rule, 5 years. Republican rule, 5 years. 1850 ——,...-.$39,783 84 1855,...$97,437 99 4351....,133 40 1856,... 84.313 1 3 1852,. —....- 441-970 23 1857, 79,632 24 1253........... 73.646 75 1]858,.. —----- 112,904 33 85, 87,533 65 1859, - -— 124,775 47 Tiotal,.....:$289,07 87 Total......$499,063 16 ]}ed,ict Democratic expelditure, ------ 289,067 87 Republican excess.............. $209,995 29 , Recaytu~lationl. Republicans paid in five years, more than was paid by Democrats for a like period, on the following items, alone: Int. disbursed f'm ~'st F'ds, $357,214 16 Ex. of the Judiciary..........46,417 49 Ex. of StaRe Prison........... 54,000 00 Ek. ofTax-paying Department,209'995 29 Total Rep. Exc. in 4 items, $667,626 94 The following table completes the comparison of expenditures for the last 12 ye.ais' FURTHER COMPARISON. The following table exhibits the objects for which extraordinary expenses have been incurred for thle past twelve years.- We call your attention, fellowcitizens to thle great disparity in ojects *Including Decamber, 18~L Bal. in favor of Republicans, 458,697 15 Add Dem. inc. of State debt, $240,777 19 7 for which the principal expenditures have been incurred by the two parties. ITEMS OF EXTRAORDINARY EXPFNDITURES. Dem. period. Rep. period. 7 y'rs. 5 ylrs. Const'tutional Cornvention, $36,015 20 Enlargemeintof State Prison, 7,249 90 $ 83.000 00 State Prison building Com'r, 3,990 00 Appropriat'ns from int. imp. fund, 379,833 44 36,442 18 Compilation of Laws,....... 41.175 52 A\ppropriations for Asylums, 29,771 74 262,570 96 l'uilding Corn'rs & Trustees of Asylums........... 5,187 02 MIich. State Agricultural So ciety,...................... 4,800 00 10.500 00 State Agricultural School _ 113,994 76 House of Correction & Re form School,............. - 78.701 46 Mich. Jour. of Education - 6,074 52 Teacher's Institutes,. -----— 7,590 00 YNormal SchoolBuildinig,__. 6,860 26 Emigran, Pgency, -- -- 502 50 2,214 91 Geological Sur irey,. 2,750 00 wlilitary purposes,. —. 13,788 51 2,191 71 Relief of Gratiot and other counties, 11,386 21 Re lief of K ansas,. 1,000 00 Assessment on Asset Lands in city of Detroit (for pav ing),-........ —------—. 2,715 19 Swamp Land Fund (adver tisingand building roads), 2,574 60 33,776 98 SEaut St. Mary Canal.-...... 1,071 92 36,027 54 New Capital building, fire proof offices and commis sionler............. 30,278 35 455 12 Improvements at Lansing and on Great Capital Square, and removal of State offices.- 11,631 69 14,312 37 Road in Houghton and On tanagon eounties, _....... 4.000 00 Sundry appropriations. 27,071 05 2,364 20 Fraud ulent awards of Board of State Auditors, 53,844 03 Uncurrent funds,. - -------- 458 55 Phoenix Bank, do Job Brookfield, do Geo. W. Peck, constructive printing, award, Dec. 29, 1854................... S. D. Elwood & Co., flat cap never delivered, award, Dec. 30. 1854,........... Bronson, Knight & Ingalls, award, Dec. 30, 1854,...... uDec. 30 1854,........1........1,076 00 Bronsonl, Knight & Ingalls., >award) Dec. 30, T1854,tees 0,234 78 Total................... $53,844 03 With this record staring them in the face, the Democracy have the brazen ef frontery to prate about the profligacy and corruption of the Republican party, and ask you to restore them to power, that they may re-inaugurate the policy to which they have invariably a]hered when in power. If you believe in wholesale robbery theft, fraud, profligacy and ex travagance, and desire to renew their sway in Michigan, you have only to re store the Democratic party to power, and your desire will be abundantly gratified. CONSTRUCTIVE PRINTING. The award to Geo. W. Peck for con structive printing was not only a fraud, but a direct violation of the Constitution of the State. The Constitution, Art. IV., Sec. 22, declares that "'the Legislature shall prescribe by law the manner in which the State printing shall be exect ted, and the accounts rendered therefor; and shall prohtibit all charges for construct ive labor'." The following is a transcript of the vouchers upon which MIr. Peck drew pay for constructive printing: STATE OF MICHIGAN, Per See. of State. 1854. To GEo. W. PECK, DR. Dec. 23. To printing census statistics, &c., 1854; composition, 3,030,000 ems, at 33s. -.- te —------------— $999 90 Endorsed "Allowed and paid Dec. 2'9, 1854." Here -follows another voucher which in cludes pay for exactly the same work at exactly the same price —there being only one compositioqt for the same charges for printing: STATE OF MICHIGAN, per State Ag. soc., 1854.. To GEo. W. PEeCK. DR. Dec. 23. To printing Report ofatich. State Ag. Society; composvtion, 4,858, 5770ers,at;3c,................ 3,275 $1,603 f9 Endorsed correct, and paid Dec. 29. 1854. The amount of $999.90 was here al lowed in the second voucher, after ]aving been paid in the first —the census statis tics being included in the r~eport of the State Agricultural Society. This sum, which justly belongs to the Treasury, was fraudulently paid over to a political parti san, upon a false voucLer, for conlstructive printing, expressly prg]ibitedf by ~the >Con stit~tion! Total.-.-..... —--------- $605,751 74 $762;426 65 Of the $379,833.44, which the Demooratic party expended'a. appropriations for internal imnprovement, in addition to the legacy of $;6,442.18 which they left to the Repubiicans, $232,500 was the amount squandered by the Legi. lature of 1848 in worthless appropriations, of which mention has already been made. It will be seen that the Republican party, in five years, have contributed to educational agricultural, and charitable purposes, the sum of $497,004.93, while the DI)emocracy, during seven years of their rule, applied to all these objects only the paltry sum of $41.432!! The sum of $53,844.03, fraudulent awards, was principally expended during the last month of Democratic administrations, and consists of the following items: Geo. W. Peck, double pay, award, Aug. 18, 1853,...... $450 00 C. J. Fox, et al., timber agency and sham suits, awards, 1854~................... 3,275 32 Gilbert & Co., award, Dec. 2, 1854............... 2,204 29 35,603' 4-4 4,000 OO 999 90 I rState, had not a word of condemnation or this gross violation of duty! GOVERNMENT STOCK BANK FRAUD. The law required the bills of the Gov rrment Stock Bank to be countersigned oy the State Treasurer, and that no bills should be put in circulation except their tull value was secured by stocks deposit ld in the Treasury. Consequently the cver-issue of these bills which occurred. was a base fraud, perpetuated by the State Treasurer, his I)eputy, or others, who had access to the vaults of the State. tinder Republican rule, all surrelndered bills of State banks are iinmediatelv burned in the presence of the person making the surrender. Had this mani fest duty been performed under demo cratic rule. no over-issue of the circulat ing notes of the Government Stock Bank would have occurred. Instead of this being done, they were not eveni b'.utilated, but were suffered to remain scattered about on shelves and other convenient places, from which they could be stolen and put again in circulation. According to a notice previously given by the State Treasurer, upon which the surrender of these bills was made, the dividend was declared on the 3d day of July, 1855. The amount given in the following tables as outstanding, was bilis which were surrendered subsequently to the declaration of the dividend, and were consequently a total loss to the holders' DEAD Loss. Circulat'g I't's surreiid'd, $95,425 25 Dividend paid on same —--- 38,170 10-$57,255 15 Amount Outstanding.-.......... 15,000 00 Total Loss.-.-....... —--------------- $72,255 1.5 Here, then, in this one item alone, the dehiocratic party robbed the people of $72,255 15!! TABLI showing the cash balances inthe Trea,3ury at the com-menicemrelnt of each of the follow iing fiscal years, (see Auditor Generals' Reports,)' except the year 1855, in which we give the. amount in the Treasury on the accession of the Republican party to power. Democrat rule. Republican rule. pu iin rule 1842,... —------ $83,726 82 1855,.. —---- $468,893 39 1- -,.......... 70,522 29 1856,..-.- - 516,475 15 1844,... 85,789 55 1857,........ 387.968 04 1845.-... —---- 86,424 97 - 1858,642 70 1846,.-.... -'- 18,892 81 1859~.-.- 176,347 20 1847.- ----- 78,561 00 -, --------- 62,304 45 1849,.. —--—.... 51,681 55 180, --------- 55,447 391 1851, —.._._._ 3. 35,044 27 1852, ------—..... 97,243 23 1i853,. —-- -— 116,407 23 1854.. —------ 375,625 70 Aggregate$ 1,167,671 26 Aggregate$1,708,326 48 It will be seen that at the commencement of the fiscal year 1846, the cash balance in the Treasury was only $18,892 81! When it reaches that figure tinder Republican rule, it will be ample time for the fierce democracy to begin to howl. Upon an aggregate cash balance of $1,708,326 48 the Republicans have received the sum of $71,338 61 in five years, as interest for its use. A proportionate sum upon the aggregate for the democratic period given above, would, without regard to time, ambunt to $49,.104 10. This amount, at least, sloould ha ve been received into the Treasury as interest upon cash balances during that long period of thirteen years. But, as we have already stated, the only amount the democrats ever paid into the Treasury for the use of cash balances, was the sum of $1,553 86! Here; then is a swindle of $47,550 24!! Y et th es e Demo cratic Datritts, t who have such terrible convulsions over a loss which hi~s nye been incured by th OT.HER RAIL ROAD LOANS. The amount sunk in the loan to the Pontiac Railroad Company was by no nmeanis the entire loss incurred by loans to railroads. Gov. Ransom, in his message to the Leislature of 1849, (page 25,) says: " The policy of lo aning the m oney or credit of the State to corporations, ha s al most universal ly proved dis a stro us to the interests ofthe State. Our own past experienee is full of instruction on this subject. This policy formed a prominent feature in our original system of internal improYmenit. The credit of the State was loaned to various railroad companies, to a very large,ainount. which resulted in a certain loss of more than THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, every dollar of Schich is yet to be wrui2ng fromt ihe pockts of the people by the hands of the -ta'x gatiherer." Deduct from this sum the amount lost by the Pontiac Rail Road loan, and we have, as the loss. in loans to otker railroads, the sum-of $115,000 I;:[ 9 the sale of State lands,. it is believed. will be found sufficient to defray the ordinary expenses of the government."._Audit tor Joule's Report, 1855. We append: the following table, in order that intelligent flen may be able to judge how much of the State taxes that have been levied under Republican rule. have reall] been " required to meet tlh or,dinary expenses of tile government:"1 TIHE SWEGLES FRAUD. In the fall of 1857, duplicate part-pald bonds, to the amount of $4,000, were sent to the State Treasurer for payment of interest thereon. After considerable. investigation, it was ascertained that these bonds had been issued by "honest!"j' John Swegles, and that he had received their cash value, $2,269 40. On beingi charged with the crime, this hotest demiocrat official confessed it, and might at any timtne be incarcerated within the State prison, for this robbery of the State. GRAND RECAPITULATION!!! Approlpriations Lzgistatztre 1855. For Asylums............. $100,000.00 For House of Correction,..... 25,000 00 For enlargein'nt State Prison 44,000 00 Totar................ 169,000 00 State tax, 1855,..40,000 1856,.. 65,00 $105 000 00 Thbe people's mtoney qwhtichehas been squanzdered, lost or stolen, by the democeatic party. Loss on sale of Central and Southern Railroad>, and on abandoned public works.......$1,720,433 71 L oss on P -mtiac Railroad Loan................. 185,000 00 Loss on other Railr'd Loans 115,000 00 " onl in't on Cash Balances, 47,550 24 Amount stolen froma the Primarv School and Uni versity Fulnds........... 71,725 16 Grv. Stock Bank frrud.... 72,255 15 Fraudulent awards of. 1853 and 1854.............. 53,794 03 Fraudulent re-issue of bonds, 2,269 40 Uncurrent Funds.............. 458 55 $105,000 00 Excess of appropriations for above objects.............$64,000 00 Al)]-)ropricatiorts Legisla,,,Yie 1857. For Asylum,............... $125,000 00 For House of Correction,... 33,773 76 For Agr icultnral College,..... 40,000 0(0 For enlargea't State Prison, 32,000 00 Total,.............. $230,773 76 State tax, 1857..$85,065 20 " 1858.. 85,065 20 i70,130 40 Excess of appropriations.... $60,(643 36 Appropriationis Leg,islature 1859. For Asylums...............$182,500 00 For House of Correction.... 20,000 00 For A-r,icultiiral College,e.. 37,50O 0O( For enlargement State Pris'n 27,000 00 Relief of Gratiot County,... 15,000 00 Total,..... $282,000 00 State tax, 1859,..202663 00 a 1860,..154,663 00 - $357,326 O0 .$2,268,486 24 We have only included in this statement such instances of democratic imbecility and corruption as are indisputably proven by public records. Neither have we added interest upon the amounts, but have only given the orignal loss. Had we included all obvious cases of fraud, and reckoned interes to the present time upon each original loss, the aggregage would have swollen to the enormous sum of over $5jooo,ooo oo i 3 TAXATION FOR TIIE EXPENSES OF STATE GOVERNMENT. The sbam democracy have attempted to realize, little capital by misrepresentation of tthe following entracts: "The State is perfectly free from embarrassments in her financial condition, and it is believed that by the practice of a proper system of economy, no resort to a system of direct taxation will be requi-i. red to meed the ordinary expenses of the government."- Gov. Bing7ham's lngETugu'al, 1855. i'The nlarge sfrplus in the Trbea.sur y, witl thue income froin s,,ecific taxes and Recai,)itztlatiogi. Aggregate appropriations during six years of Republican rule, for the a,bove items alone,.............. $,81,773 7C) Aggreg,ate State Taxes during six years of Republican rule...... 632,456 40 Excess of appropriations,.. $49,317 36 As will be seen,this statement includes only the largest items of appropriations. DEMOCRTATIC CHARGES. Amorng the numerous false and ridicu 6lus harges made against the Relpublicaa pairty w find the following: 10 "Over 6,000 acres of these lands were ltocated in 1836, known as the'Brent lands,' and are among the most valuable timbered and unimproved lands in the county of Genesee. These lands alone are worth at a cash valuation more than the amount of the mortgage, as is well known to the writer of this, fioni a personal knowledge of many years of the lands in question. There can, therefore, no longer remain a doubt as to the ultimate security of the $50,000 due the State upon this loan. "It gives us pleasure to make this announcemnent, the more, because we have been among those who have heretofore placed very little confidence in the value of the security in question." DEMOCRATIC NON-PAYMENT OF INTEREST. The Democracy are wont to boast of the large amount they kept on hand in the Treasury, and left to the Republican party; notwithstanding the keeping of a large sum in the Treasury was regarded by Gov. Parsons as detrimental to the interests of the State. But had they perIformed their duty in the single tmatter of the payment of interest upon the State debt, which they left unpaid during only the last five years of their rule, the amount they would have left ou hand in the Treasury, when they went out of power, would have been slightly reduced; as the following exhibit shows INTEREST LEFT UNPAID BY DEMOCRATS DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF THEIR RULE. In 1850 they left unpaid...'$96,5)0 00 1851 ".... 93,000 00 1852 " -.... 92,600 00 1853;';... 94,800 00 O e l n1854 "'.... 94,000 00 Total................ $47 0,900 00 Cash on hand, January Ist, ~ 18 55................... 468,893 39 Excess of Interest left unpaid ill 5 years........ 2,006 61 Thus we see that, if they had performed this obvious duty of paying the interest upon the State debt" for only the last five years of their rule, there would have been $2,006 61 minus a red cent in the Treasury on the first day of January, 1855. "The Republican party, during five years of its rule, increased the l iabilitie s of the S t ate onl one million one hundred and forty-eiglt thousand, seven hundred and thirty-four dollar s and sninety-one cents." -Lansig,hg Jou ar nal. As a smatter of curiosity, we will show Lhow so absurd a. result is reached. I n t he f irs t place, t th e amo unt of Republican reducti on o f the State debt is whittled down to a mere cypher. Then to i de th plade the atde d trust tuspds-operilcital a,d iateoreust; the Saut Canal loan of $100,000; t he renewal and temporary loans of 1858,'which appear in th e accounl t of S tate indebtedness; and also the balance due c ounties on account with the Auditor General. The only one of thes e items necessary to explain here is the last one mentioned. All lands in the different counties, on which th e t axes remain unpaid. are returned to the office of the Auditor Gen eral, and on such return, th e amo un t of t ax es due is credited to the several counties. When such taxes are paid, or the lands are sold' thecounties are entitled to receive the amount credited to them, after deducting their appor tioned amount of State tax, and n ot before, To charge this amount due the counties as one of the "liabilities of the State," is therefore supremely ridiculous. By such a queer system of double entry and false charges, the sham democracy arrive at the astounding result we have quoted. The wonder is that they should stop at the sili they have specified; for by suchl a liberal disregard ot facts an(] senee, they might have made the amount alImiost any sum they chose. THAT FIFTY THIOUSAND DOLLARS. One of the principal arguments which the Democratic politicians employ in this canmpaigni, is the charge that the Republicans have lost.$50:000 of the Saut Canal loan. In order to place this Ymatter in its proper light, and also to quiet the apprelhensiors of these sensitive individuals, we copy the following truthful statement of the Detroit Tribule, with rerard to the securities obtained for this sum: "A full report has been received from a competent person employed to make an abstract of the title to the lands included in the mortgage executed by Geo. M. Dewey and E. H. IIazleton to the State o)f Michigan, for the collateral security of the $50:000 of the Saout Ste Mearie's Canal loan above mentioned. "Thle mortgage covers ].3,440 acres of lands situated mnainlly mn Genesee, Sag;naw, Midland and Tuscola counties. STATE TAXES. - As the locofoco party raise a great cry about the burden of State- taxes with which the Republican rarty have borne down the people, we invite their attention to a comparison of the five years of 0 11: Republican rule witlh an equal number of years of Demrnocratic rule: Comparison of the Rate of Tax uqpoi the Dollar durinqg fve years of Dem?ocratic and Five Years of Reputblican rule. Democratic Rule, irepublican Rule, YEAR MILLS YEAR MILLS 1848......... 5.04 1855....... 0.33 1849.. 3.53 11856......... 0.47 1850......... 3.86 1857........ 0.61 1851.. 3.42 1858........... 0.61 1852.........3.55 1859. 1.47 Let us illustrate: In 1848; a man worth $1,000 had to pay a State tax of $5 04, and ill 1855 his tax was $0 33! I In 1851, at the lowest rate of these five years of Democratic rule, his tax was $3 42, and in 1859, at the hieghest rate of the five years of Republican rule, his tax was only $1 47!! This must be plain to the most obtuse mind, Now let us take another view of the subject. The aggregate State valuation from the year 1848 to the year 1852, in clusive, -as $150,244,781.'!he aggre g-ate State tax for the same time was -$582,893. The aggregate State valua tion from the year- i855 to the year 1859, inclusive, was 671,014,510. The aggre gate State tax for the same time was ~477,793. Thus we see that during five years of Democratic rule, upon an avgige gate property valuation of the Sta te of 8520,769,7 29 less, they assessed an aggre gate State tax of $105,100 GREATER, than has been levied during five years of RIepublican rule Ha!d the Republican party during the past five years, oppress ed the people of Michigan with a State tax proportionate to that which tihey had to bear upon the property valuation dur ing the five previous years mentioned, they would have compelled themin to payr the round sum of $21GO43,216 28' TIHE SAI7T CANAL. The subject-of the Saut canal, and the loan made for its benefit, has excited con siderable attention. As this question has been pretty thoroughly discussed, we on ly propose to call your attention to a siin gle point made by democratic stump ora tors. It is this: They state that, if the loan of $100*000 had not been made, all the large amount of tolls, necessary to be collected for its payment, would have flowed into the Treasury of the State, and would thus ha,ve furnished funds which must be drawn from the pockets of the people. In order to put down this falsehood, it is only necessary to quote the Act of Congress making the grant of THE YEAR 1853. This was an extraordinary year in the financial history of Mlichi,,an. That rear the State Tax was only $10,000 00! The democracy never tire of parading this fact before the people. No person, by reading democratic papers, would be informed that any State Tax was ever raised previous to that time, as in all their statements on the subject they never go back of that $10,000. In all their estimrate s of the incr ease of State taxes the y invariably commence wi th that 10,000 00! But let us look at the facts connected with their financial management of the affairs of the State during that year, and see if they furnish anything of which the Democracy. can boast. The onstitution of the State, Art. XIV, Sec. 1, says: "The Legislature shall provide for all annuc tax, sufficient, with other resources, to pay the estimated expenses of the State Government, the interest of the State debt, and such deficiency as may occur in the resources." AVe give below a statement of the current expenses of the year 1853, comprelhended by this clause of the Constition, and the resources applicable to the payment of said expenses: TA4BLe- shiowving thle c?t),'eg?,t e.,rlen1 ses of the State for the year 1853, anzd the resoure's a2.pbicable to the pzaymzent thereof. CURRENT EXPENSES. Salaries of public officers..... 1$12,959 0, Expenses of Legislature, 1853, 21,148 23 " State prison,.... 9,500 00 cc Supreme Court,. 15,254 20 Interest on State indebtedness,173,050 44 Total,...................$231,911 94 12 U. S. 5 per cents,............ 10,328 17 State tax)................. 10,000 00 Total,.................. $116,346 60 RECAPITULATION. present them to you with the fullest Con fidence of your cordial and hearty sup port. We have dwelt at length upon matters of State finance, not because of their overshladowing importance, biut because we would stop the mouths of those wh3 desire to draw your attention from the vital issues that press upon your conside rationi, Questions of greater importance than these meet each other face to face in this contest, and demand a sol ution at your hands. As tlt e fath er s stood, in the try ing days of the Revolution, manfully up to their duties to their counte y, t o hiu manity and to God, so ycu are called upon to stand, amid tl he political revolution of to-day, and bo,ao earnest yet peaceful struggle in behalf of the samee principle s for whlich te a o t hey pleded teir lives, their fortunes, and tlheir7 sacred hoinor," prove that you' are worthy sosoi ns o f noble sires! Tthe errors of the past, whatever theley may hiave been, must rest with their autbors; but the future of thi u s c oun try i s your own. It has a~.yet buitjust entered upo~n its career of greatness, an d th e w oof of its destiny i s almost uniwoven. By preserving sacred to fi'eedom the vast inheritance that lies a iniglhty, unoc cu-pied empire on our westertn border, yon w1ll lay the foundation of a greatness, prosperity and endurance that will exceed the hardihood of Rome, the glory of Greece, the serenity of Cartll,hage! The iiname of our republic has become the rallying cry of freedom in all lands, and no wn who loves her fame. or cherislhes her welfare, will deface those principles front her escutcheon which have given her prosperity, prestige, and immortal renown. Republicans! the tlhiclkenin, evidences of the success of our principles should nerve youlr arms and stren,then- Tour heartsfo, the closing, struigge! Already, in the mi(dst of the contest, the green hills of Vetrmo it send fo)rtlk her thunders of victory,that roll to the remotest verge of the republic! Scarce lhavethlie footsteps of this mig,hty peal pa.-ssel ac:os the heavens, ere tie ;' r ockinig pinies"' of Maine, fi'om all their deep reces,ses, give beack the glorious and swellin, anthem of triumph! Our enemies see the hand-writing on thle wall, gnd like the imbecile kingy of old, their knees smite together! They have scoffed at anld defied the " highler law,~: andl ignored and denlied thle " irrepressible conflct," y~et thec tlighler law, which workis out the grand results ofijus Current expenses,.......... $231,911 94 Resources, 116,346 60 Amount unprovided for,...115,565 34 Here, then. is a legacy of $115,565.34 left to the people of the State in direct violation of one of the plainest provi sions of the Constituttion-left, too, by the Democratic party in that wonderful year of our Lord, 1853! ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC TIOLATION OF THIE CONSTI TUTION. Among other provisions of the Demnocratic Constitution of 1850, is one (Art. XIV., Sec. 2,) which declares that " thfe Legislature shall provide by law a sikinoi n find of at least $20,000 a year, to cor i n mence in 1o852, with compound inter est at the rate of six per cent. per aninum, and an annual increase of at least five per cent., to be applied solely to the payment and extinguishinent of the State debt." Yet thlis model Demnocratic party made no provision whatever to comply with this requirement of a Constitution made exclusively by themselves! It is to be regretted that the change of administrIationl did not occur until this provision had been rendered inoperative by Democratic neglect. We give the following estimate btr teni years, from the report of Auditor General John J. Adam, Dec. 1, 1850, of the amount of State tax necessary to be levied to pay the interest upon the State debt, and to provide for thle liquidation of the principal as it should fall due: TOTAL TAX FOR INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF STATE DEBT. YEAR. TAX, YEAP. TAX. 852,_____.___ 1 40,000 00 1.1857 —- _ $146,227 80 185c, --------- 141,000 00 i 18-S,- 147 9.2 86 1854, - ------- 142. 110 00 1849. 149,783 27 1855,.-..- 143,i342 10 j 1860,. 151,869 43 18I6 - --------- 141,709 73, 1861,. - ------- 154,15;3 97 Mr. Adain's estimate fori thle paymnient of these t wo items go es on inacreasi.g f s onm yea. to year, until 1875, when it reaches the sum of $231,147.91!! We commienid these figures to the consideration of those wlio have b rawled so vocifei otisly about ,, Taxes! Taxes!! Taxes!!!" AP?I>EAL. Fellow citizens! our cause is before you. Conscious of the rectitude of our principles, the correctness of our policy, and thle ability, integrity and fitness of our caodid.ates-State and national] we 13 tice, Ihas underinined tlie foundation of wrong upon which thrv have built; while the irrepressible conflict between truth and error, right and wrong, which'they have so long deriided, has penetrated to their very vitals and'rent tlemn in twain! Verily, " whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad-!'" In -11 these events whlich are transpiring before our eyes, wve see the wonderi-workings of that overruling Hand that leads the nations by paths they have not trodden, and that brings joyTous and beneficent results out of evils that have too long afflicted the world. Let not victory causb you to relax your efforts, nor the dissensions of your foes lull you to sectrity. but let each incite you to more vigorous and dleterminied actionll. It is only by eternal vigilance that liberty can triumph, or her triumph be maintained. And if, in the corinig con test, prejudice, treachery, or fiauti, shall accomplish our defeat, be not disheartened. The Republican party will still live, for its principles are life-giving; and 'victory must sooner or later attend its onWvard march; for ',Freedoia's battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won!" I. M1. CRAVAT-R, tIORAc'E ANCELIL, JOIIN DUNSBACrX, Ex.Comrn. of Ingham Co. Rep. Cen'l Corm. I. H. BARTHOLOMEW. Sec'y. Lansing, Sept. 13, 1860. TO THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORS OF KALCAMIAZOO COUNI[TY. Your County Commnittee, with pleasure, indorse the above clear and able expose of our State Finances. We have carefully examined it, and believe it to be true in every particular. We bespeak for it a careful perusal by every Republican in the County. Read it, study it, and wit7& it prove to your Democratic friends and neighbors that our State is not bankrupt, that its finances are in a prosperous condition, and that both the State and its finances are still safe in the hands of the Republican Party. Your Committee have tatken measures so that every voter in the County mnay have a copy of this valuable document; and that, hereafter, no person will have any excuse for decei'ving or being deceived in reference to tEe present financial condition af our Stane. DCIGHT R R.AY. ~E. R. MILLER, OHAS. T. RI(;ttARDSON. 9ct. 16th. t~869. Co. Corn. From the Daily Telegraph, Oct. 15. IIOUGLAS'S ADVENT. 'To-morrow Senator Douglas speaks to the " citizens of Kalamazoo and vicinity on the political topics of the day.'. What he will say it may~ or may not be easy to tell; what he has said in a hundred places is before the couniitry. Of this much we may be certain —he will carefully consult the latitude of the place in, which he speaks, and temper his senti merits to the prevailing opinion of his auditory. This piece which he recites is variously tuned to sui t th e dissimilar tyoApane, of the crowds whiche he has addressed in such separate localities-for it is evident that " Demccr-acy"' is not quite the sai'e everywDerfre,and Douglas strives to be a " Democrat" everywhere. Here whAere Free-Soil STUART is domiciled, and Free La bor seanitim oents grow rank, his lyre will probably be tuned to Anti-Slavery concert pitch, and so oiur townsmen will hear but the one commendable str-ain. But that lyre has a thousand strings, and that tune has a hundred'variations, and for fear that the crowd on Tuesday will have no opportunity of hearing all of Douglas's performances, and the many changes he can get out of that good old recitative —" My Principle,"-we publish below a number of the variations which have struck his various audiences with so rmiuch admiration. Read carefully and see if the Little Giant can't turn his band to alhost everything January 23, 1860. in the Senate, D-ouglas said: " IF I WAS A CITJZEN OF LOt-TSIANA I WOULD VO'TE FOR RETAINTNG SLAVE RY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE GOOD OF THA T PEOPLE WOULD REQUIRE IT."-Conzgr-essiontal Globe, 1859-60; page 559. 'city, he said: of The Almighty has drawn the line on this continent ON ONE SIDE OF WHICI THE SOIL MUST BE CULTIVATED BY SLAV! LA1BOR.)) If tlii be hot a straightforward:sl,eV e,e ~. I At Aletnpbis, Tenn., November 2-9th I 1858, as reported in the Avelanche, of that ment that the Almighty requires the existence and perpetuation of slavery, we do not read it aright. 0, yes, he is opposed to slavery as much as any one! When the Toombs bill was under consideration in the Senate, Senator Trum-A bull offered an amendment, giving the people of Kansas power to e.cluede slavery. Douglas, popular sovereignty man that he is, (and Stuart, too,) voted this doii;u., and thus explains his vote: LAWS NECESSARY FOR ITS PRO. TECT ION; THAT TItERE IS AND CAN BE NO EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, TH:AT A RIGHT GUARANTEED BY TIlE CCNSTITUTIO N MUST BE PROTECTED BY LAW IN kLL CASES WHIERE LEGISLATION IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS ENJOYMqENT. " And he goes on further to say: "All who believe that slavery- exists in the Territories by virtue of the Constitution, are bound by their consciences and their oaths of fidelity to the Constitution TO SUIPPORT' A SLAVE CODE FOR THE TERRITORIES.)) The "'Wickliffe" resolution of the Baltimore Platform, and consequently part of the creed of Douglas Democrats, is the ~ If the Contstituttion carries slavery there, let it go, an7(d lo power oib earth can tahe it away." Where is "r my great principle" now? In New Orleans, Dec. 6, 1858, he said: "Slaves are recognized as prioperty, and p-lacedl oii an equal footig?g with all otheif prioperty. Ifence, the owvner of slaves-the same as the owner of any other species of 1y'ioperty —has a right to remiove to a Ter-irrtory acid carry his propeirtyl with himt. eo In the Senate, on the 23d of February, 1859, he said: ~I do not put sla-erv on a different footing from other property. I recogluize it as property under what is understood to be the decision of the Supreme Court. I recognize slave property to be on ai equality with all other property, and apply the same rules to it. I will not apply one rule to slave property and another to &11 other kinds of property.Cozigressional Globe, 1858-9, part 2, page 1256. a following: ": Resolvecl, That it is in accordance with the Cincinnati platform, that during tile existence of Territorial Governnieiits, the measure of restriction, whatever it may be, imposed by the Federal Constitution on the power of the Territorial Legislature over the subject of the domestic relations as the sanze has been of, sdagll nheieafper be de xided b oy the Supreme Ccoudt of the pinited St ates, should be respected by all good citizens and enforced with promgptness aJdg fidelity by every branch of the General government.' On th is straightforward s lave code resolve, Mlr. Douglas remarks in his letter of acceptance, dated Washington, June 29, 1860; I" Upon a careful examinat-on of the platfolrn of priniciples adopted at Cha,ston, and re-affirtiied at Ba tiraore, with an additional resolution which is in perfect harmony with the others, I find(i it to be a faithful embodiment of the timelhonored ptrinciples of the Democratic party, as the satne were proclaimed andl understood by all parties in the Presideiintial contests of 1848, 1852 and 1856." Il tile Senate, 1855, he said: "I am for a reduction of the tariff to a strict revenue standard. I am a fi'eetrade man to the fulle~st extent that we canl carry it." And again: ~"Slaves according to that decisi