The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-05-25
" NORTH BRANCH CANAL.

finite oil both nlOralN pOllllCal prlHClples,dnu
IN the habit of sandering and faslying the
actions and doings Of their neghbors) to
;mnress it upon the public mind that there
has been a priUafe letting, to some Of the
6tjzens Of this place, Of the rebuilding aHd
repairing Of the Canal Bridges, &c. The
whole story is uatrue--it was fabricated
and put in circulation by pirates, tOfers,
and the sly and insidous enemies of the
Democratic party, who are watching Tor
the commission Of some act, by those who
now have charge OF the Canal, which they
NAV use to prejudice the public against the
Canal Commissioners, the Supervisor, and
his deputies. SO far, they have aCGtched
in yniIl Mr.. Krownover has been emf
uentlv successful in discharging his duty
thus far, and he may fearlessly challenge
,Ee closest scrutiny into all his acts. The
only repairs made, or making, are done by
The deputies and hands in his immediate
employ, and no repairs have been under
taken but what was absolutely necessary.
When the necessary appropriations are
imade for general repairs. and at the proper
time there will be public letting of the
repairs on the publec a0orkS on the North
Branch Canal, after which the public will
be pttbicly informed Of the names of the
contractors, &c. In the mean time.it would
be well for the pirates and dlsseminators Of
white and black stories TO start something
new in the line Of their business"
The above article is from the DanvilIe
Intelligencer, of the l7th inst. We publish
it that our readers may know how much re-
lance is TO be placed in the statements of
lis author; and to show what means some
men will resort to, to shift from their shoul-
ders the responsibilities of dshonorabe
transaction. That reports have been in
circulation, for some weeks past,that the Su-
pervisor had entered into private contract
with individuals OF Danvile, for rebuilding
The canal bridges between Northumberland
and Fishing Creek, is true; but that the sto-
ry Of their being so let," was fabricated and
put in circulation by pirates, loa(ers,and the
sly and insiduous enemies OF the democratic
party" IS wholly untrue, unless, indeed,
the Supervisor and the gentlemen supposed
to have received the contracts, are Of that
stamp; for it was upon the authority Of their
assertions, made time and again, in and ont
Of Danville, that such contract had
been made, that the story first came into
circulation, and one or more of them have
also asserted that the contract had been rat
iied by the Canal Commissioners. And.
in addition, the Supervisor has, within two
or three weeks past, offered 10 enter into a
private contract for rebuilding the canal
bridges between Fishing Greek and Ber-
wick, with as respectable and highminded a
democrat as there is in the county. The
offer was Indignantly refused not because
the gentleman was not anxious to obtain
the contract, but because he considered it
an attempt on the part of few individuals,
to make him party to their dsgracelul
treatment to, and utter contempt of the
voice OF, the democracy OF Columbia county.
This offer was intended, no doubt, to Z" al
lay the erciiement," which had become
general in consequence of the private letting
below; but it failed in its object. 1t was too
barefaced for its delormity TO be covered up
by ever othick veil; not even by the sbu-
'sive language heaped upon the democracy of
the county, for finding fault with these pri-
Vate contracts, in the maniac rawlings Of the
new Prothonotary.
lis with the greatest reluctance that we
have said thus much, but sense Of justice
to the democratic party, has compelled us
to defend them against this gross, whole
sale SANDER from such source, and for
such purpose. We have heretofore re-
trained from mentioning the subject, in the
hopes that they would see the error of their
ways, and relrace their steps without bring
Hng the subject before the public. But in
Mis- It seems we wero mistaken. Flushed
with the success that last winter crowned
their efforts to obtain all the offices within
the gift of the Executive and CanalC Commis
siooners, and having complete control of the