Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-08-30

FTOW THc NO7Vs7OTK WT0UTY OT Aug. 20.
AN EXPOSITION Of A SHORT


friend has lust shown me the W. Patrio, of thr
9th inst on the first mo, of which, an ouonvm,us
wr,cr has undertaken to comnqrc the expenses of
the State for two periods of five consecutive YEAR.
the first cpmmcnrnr with ls26 and ru,lInu with
1880. the latter commenrnr vii, ls}o and en.l.ng
with 1913 The appar,nt purpnse WINS to inf Ipi,rr
the coming elections and the dsn.enuousncss of the
writer is seen upnn hastv pcrusal Of the piece and
particularly in the fact that it was reserved to Pc
It virtually calls the rccmcn To Judge of the inan-
OF the state for period of ten ycirs in space
Of as many minutes, and to decide upon the political
conduct ct men IN Inc same summary m1nncr.-
Time will not allow Of examining infinitely all the
ela'e'l'eh "fi out ny ms wholesale dealer III dc-
h"nc'"U'h "Hu Ho',' lhe toi'S process '" nc hccu-
rae eAponeh's OF inc expenses 81 he sat" govern,
lheh lot p'tIoi OF nNc cl'il hu me difference ul
me tWo Is paced 10 me dll'rrncr III me economy OF
uhIreh' years or h1hInsUnN1hs pne PERIOD was
inferior 10 lhc hmhng the STATE tlo>r ana the olh-
er subsequent. me money to bul'd the house "as
lake" rom inc school tnno and Win the concur
renee anu co'S,hI III hii ''e '"c' par'eS III n'1
n me tIinc Inc STATE honlnalv owes tins lnnh'
nnu me interest mas accumulated ana sHl continues
10 acc"i'''a'e rom VChr 10 year mum IN l7i6 IL
amounted ,'. 10 oyer - iuvo me a'uu2nH rNprnst
W 'c'ae ""' NV 'cnt' expenses {" U'c "o's' ana
"lher expenses hciien' To the i'9slnho, anu about
whirh there IS not known to be dhtrenre oi opin-
ron pet"'c" INC p"''c'i rniI"S VIII :" TAI '" hc-
count Tor any apparent dulcrCn'e oi expense III the
two nmi"d' Iho writer Of the cNpose has stated
tne dllerenre between l9l2 ana lel3, 10 he over
soOo0o and against lel3, where's IN truth me real
expense OF me government N l1l5 Is less 'h1n IN
~. :" ntc reliance Is to be placed upon this IL
bclous eXnose.
The writer aval'' 'nnscI literally OF the Reports OF
the Auditor ct Accounts, II accomplish the double
purpose OF dccap1n ana ~antor. lie says: "A
large moety of this cycess Is in favor of allowances
by mat PINK oi the Nh'E nrtV the Auditor ot Ac-
counts, vino tli> recon- assumed The pcrogn'Hc oi
dealing out 10 himself ana ms political trends, ror-
TONS from The treas rr, IN favor Of compensation for
extra allowances An example o! tins i ioand IN
the abstract oil orders drawn hy the Andl'nr as re-
ported n l,4} /" ~ Nv now iiie TT tt'li Is 10 he
found IN TINS long ami Iihorcd eNnpsr we will exam
me this short q'oin,on, and from one we may le1rn
nll. We have hastily BOXED through the whole alb
s;ract Of l5l3 and find not a Jingle order dawn by
the AUDITOR an extra service and allowed hv him
Ey the law OF Isl! TO prevent the expense of b.
fishing acts OF the Legislature, making grants Of
money io individuals, the Auditor was required 10 in
clude such claims IN his abstract of orders and since
that net, these grants have appeared IN the abstracts
but do not appear among the nets Of the Lenisaure.
Let any one now examine the acts of lSi2, and he
will ind giants Of the Le iIaurc Of more than S 1000
to nd,v'uals while by the law now in force, sich