The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-09-02
The Last Card of LOcOfOcOiSm

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and taxpayers, by member of the late I Soi.,s
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This is the title Of pamphlet, which we call H.
''ast card Of oco(ocoism"-it author is unoDvm,."
Somebody-we know not who-sent us a emu :,
this precious document, bat at so late an hop, y.
preclude detailed exposition OF the rascalv Orn'
pretended "exposure." We shall merely touch M
the principle points SO Far as to show the ch,,,.
ter Of the document. There is first comD,,,,
statement of expenses from 1926 to 1880, and ,ooo
TO 1913 il is grossly deceptive statement. F..
instance the "ordinnry expenses Of Is43 mr.. y,
down at $3.50, ITS, So when the author knows If +,
is not more ass than knave, that during d,,
year the debts of the state prison. accrung for vs,,
past, were paid, making for the prso alone an a.,
pense OF $I4, 99I ,26, and by the adoption the O.
financial system, funds were advanced to "clerk, n
courts for court expenses" 10 the amour, Of 10 27o
80. There Is a test TO show whether the e,O.n,
SEES OF the government have been advanced beyoDa
the natural increase OF population, governmental bv.,
ness, SC , and that is The amount of ta1es. pvv,
the taxes been Impressed, or do the ordinary mean.
of the government (a below its ordinary expep,a,,
We answCr-No.
The writer has selected sundry liens for snc,ir
nnimadverSion. As illustrating the knavery Of tho
whole pamphlet, we will notice the principal oae,
Descniures Of the Legislature. From '2s 10 100
this item SOS, l73, 4s-lrom $50 to'43 ssh E1s.
65-being increase Of SIG, 3O6.l in Eve years,
S3,435,23 per year; but he conceas The faeis that
in the latter period had Senate of 80 instead Of
the old Council and that in that period also occurred
the extraordinarily long session in which the whOl.
In al tn II IL,
be remembered, that the increased population and
business of the would naturally produce an IN
creuse Of legislation.
An allowance Of 1854, 90 TO the treasurer is the
subject Of great flourish. The simple fact is that
the treasurer was required to re-dvde and re-dstr.
ute the surplus to all the towns in the
purely extraordinary service, not coming within
The duties he is usually required and expected per-.
form, and for which it pelfecy just that he should
be paid. This knave, however, does not condescend
to give the reason OF the allowance which was made
with the approval OF the Committee of Claims, If
which nearly one half were ocofocos This yer
Committee, locofocos inclusive, were in favor of pay
ing the Treasurer a still further sum last yoa'-
though not nsk ed to do BY the treasurer and II,
proposition prevented by vote oflhe Iouse--
aye, and by Whig House.
similar allowance TO the auditor is another hug
bear The fact that the Auditor was required to
perform extraordinary labor, covering the whole
financial system Of the state, and embracing the 10.
vestiga,on Of accounts for years Should he DO
for nothing? The Committee Of Claims thought mol
and every reasonable man will say that il was bat
right for the State to pay for services which were re.
quircd.
The Auditor is charged with making liberal allow.
nnces 10 political friends. This charge is an ur.
mitigaed falsehood--a libel upon that officer We
venture to say that every man who has pissed
through his hands will testify that he has besN WO
rigid rather than liberal. Tha, is our expereNce,
This anonymous slanderer then makes
saugh, upon the sergeant-at-Arns, and absolutely
represents him receiving for his own seviccs-S
"cos,ng the staie"-$llOO. This officer receives
the same pay member during the session, and
tho expenses actually incurred, which are for repairs
Of The STATE house, furniture, stationary, oil for
lamps, SC. These items all went in 10 make The
sum Of $1,000 and yet that sum is knavishIy rep
resented the PAY Of the officer
The next item is the state printing which is sci
down at the enormous amount of So 800 to $500
per year(ess,we have no doubt than any other state
in the Union Of equal population. pays,)-and tho
people told that this s'enormous paronage"is paid
to our firm "to ensure The performance of the Wing
party" and TO distribute, gratutously, Wing pa.
pers among the freemen Of the state" Wo know
not the author of these charges; but be he whom he
will, we pronounce these charges UTTERLY
FALSE. We refer the render to page 6s of the Re-
vised Statutes for the law which regulates the ptn-
cipa part of the State printing, and assure him that
we have secured that printing only in accordance
with the law, and because we offered TO do il cheap
er, better and quicker than competitors we
distribute papers at expense for po''lca'
purposes. Altogether, the representation oil .Os
pamphlet is villainously false, and base imposition
upon the public.
| Let no be deceived by falsehoods and MIS-
representations ofthis character Above all, lei '"e"'
not induce you to support party who would ROD
the State of her share of the public ands-a SUN
more than equal to all the ordinary expenses Oh WV
State.-[ Montpelier Waterman.
POLK PRINCIPLES AT THE SOUTH