Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-10
DIALOGUE.

DlALO1SuLs
The following dialogue is said TO have taken
place between two contractors not hundred miles
from the Northumberland bridge. They are both
strong friends of Jesse Horton, for fhe hest reason
in the world, which is, that Horton makes his mo-
ney in the same way they do, by getting fat jobs on
the state works:
Mr.. J-Do you know that Horizons prospects
are getting worse and worse, every day! II the
election had been few weeks earlier, think hrs
chance would have been much better.
Mr. W-Yes, | see it all plain enough. Horton
was getting along pretty smoothly. as long as the
people thought he plain hard working farmer
They have found ou, that it was all hunbus, and
as that cursed new paper came out in Sum
lury they published it, that Horton was con,rac-
tor, and no flrmer. Wen. how under the sun
could we deny il! Every body about here knew
il.
Mr. J--Thcy say Horton would do much Bet
,er, if he would stay at home, and let his friends
el,ctionecr Tor him. They say when he was riding
through Augusta township, he asked every man,
woman and child he met with, how its daddy, or
Van Buren, or Harrison man. The fact is. the
people in the country don't know the man, and his
appearance, you know, is not calculated t, make
very favorable impression.
Mr. W-True. heard but few days ago, he
met respectable oil gentleman riding on thr tun-
pike. Horton, they say came up 10 him. and in
rough way commenced sneering at, ard abusing
Charles W. Heglns. The old gentleman said
thing at the time, but told his friends when be got
home. that he had seen Horton. and was pretty
well satisfied what kind Of man lie was,
Mr.. J-Well, the fact is, we must make a b-h
push. We must get as ANY young men as we
can gather on our works, from different counties
II they are here only days. you know every vote
is just gond any old democrats in The county.
Mr.. W.-Thcre is certainly bad prospect now
for more jobs aud you'll see if we don't ee, good
many contractors, or friends of contractors in the
Legislature, are done for, at least for year or
swo anyhow The farmers are beginning to get
frightened when they see three or four millions
every year added To tn, public debt-lhey know
very well that their land- mut le taxed 20 pay The
debt.
Mr. J-If we cnuld only keep out Higgins, !
would not care much. who they would get in his
place-you know he was the chairman Of the com
mitee of internal improvements last winter, and ii
he is elected yo1 know, he will most likely be sP-
pointed on that committee again. Well! you know
that all the bills for the different improvements and
repairs are reported Ivy him-now YOU will ,ecol-
l,ct that we wanted atouI four millions Of dollars,
last winter, and that Higgins had the hill cut down
I, about two miiions, JUS cs asf and declared
that he was opposed to granting cent more mo-
ney than was actusly necessary fot rrpsrs and 10
keep up the public works.
Mr.. W.-Yes, know very we'll Many OF his
friends on the public works were dissatisfied with
him, and, fhe is elected again, they will try to
keep him off that committee but am afraid there
will be too many like him in the next legislature
The truth is the farmers wont vote for contractor
If they know it, II does lo,k little too bad 10 le,
man vote to pay himself He is always sure To
"take care Of number one" and that's just the way
our public debt has got as large j! IT, This thing
of contractor getting into the legislature to vote
money into his own pocket, never will go dowr
well with the farmers.