The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-08-29

State, and OF course the burdens of II
people. The Office of Sergeant.
was created, under the FOLLOWING provi
ions of the law: "The Sergean-at.arn
shall receive the same pay as Membe
OF the General Assembly, and such con
pensa'lon for his services in the recess n
shall be allowed by the General AssembI,
to be made up and included in The deben
lures otlhe House Of Representatives. -
Rer. Stat p. 66, sec. co., In 1889 tn
Auditor deemed the services of JUDI
Ware, (who, by the way, is not a vcr,
stunch whg,) to be worth SIG 25 NOR,
than his debentures The efforts of his
successors IN the good cause were consd
cred worth about $500 per annum, while
The eSertons of the present incumbent,
more Jealous and active wing, are worth
to mat party, SI,llO. Taxpayers! wher
Sergcdnf-at-drms costs the State eIcrc,
Hnndred dollars year, is there not some.
thing "rotten in Denmark? Can YOU
sustain party, which squanders your hard
earned substance, for such dishones, pur-
posesl
From the persual of the foregoing facts,
and view of the wonderful strides of the
present state administration, in prohigacy
and extravaganza, it can but be apparent
That should the same party remain in pow er
and improve at the same rate for ten years
to come, all the services performed by the
different State officers will be accounted
"Erira' and paid for accordingly, and the
poor pllful salaries will be left solitary,
nnsought, and unearned. But the picture
is not yet complete.
During the period embraced in the first
table, as before stated, the amount paid
Tor printing is embraced in the amount Of
orders drawn, with line exception of 50 $50,
PAID Tor printing SHADES compiled laws
Now, 1t will be observed, that the whole
amount of orders drawn in 1897 is only a.
bout thee dollars more than the amount
paid the Waltons IN 1913! And the
whole amount of orders drawn, during the
lormer period, is but between $1,000 and
%, OOO more than the amount paid the
Waltons during the latter period! 1t is,
indeed, difficult to determine the necessity
Tor this tremendous increase of expense for
Printing, Stationery, &c" The Laws
and Journals were printed then as now,
which, certainly, embrace the greatest
share OF necessary Printing and Station
cry" The conclusion then is, tina, the
prices paid for printing are very much en-
HANGED, or the &C" is very much in.
creased.
Now. Freemen, what think youl Is it
necessary to pay E. P. Walton g. Sons
$4,000, to $4,000 year to ensure the
performance of the whig party! Are
You willing to be constantly taxed for this
purpose! The example,, is true was set by
Biddle, ho,whIe controlling the
often monster, and through that the public
unds, paid $4,000 of the peoples money,
or printing and distributing uhig speeches.
Profilng by this example, the dlgni,ary
who controls the Treasury of Vermont
pays E. p. Walton g. Sons S12, 200 to en-.
'ble them to distribute gratuitously, whg
papers among the freemen of the State
For what purpose, it is asked, is this i'm
nence patronage bestowed upon one man
'r one firm, when there are so many other
printers in the Stale who are willing to
work as cheap, and who have far greater
reed OF assistance! The truth is, the party
could not derive the same advantage from
my other Press, and the interests of the
rholt ptople must be sacrificed to the in
crest of The party, and the people must be
aSed to pay the bonus The WaI;ons
nave long enough. heen iattening uponithe
abors OF the toillng masses, and it is quite
line that this patronage was more equally
distributed.
But let us look again to the unprecedented |
march OF extrvagance. In 1916, the whole
ordinary expenditures of the State amout.
ID TO only s42,7G9 %; in 1917, to S35,
'S5 OF; in 1918 to S4I,4I3 26, (the re-
'ort OF 1919 is not at hand in 1920, to
$751; 30. Total; SlG5,l73 35. The
hree former years amount to only 1920,
)6S %, which is more than TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS less, than the expense of lS43 n.
one. These three years were under IA
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION, and cost
he people but one-thirJ of the amount per
mum, which is expended by the whig
r'nt ADMINISTRATION. There were then no
resses to be fed; no hungry partizans to
re led in order to retain their influence
10 generous-hearted Auditor of accounts,
0 distribute bonuses; no needless office.
olders, and no herd of Ioalers doing"Ex-
ra services, but the people managed their
wn affairs and selected faithful agents;
he public officers had honest hearts, and
he people light iarcs. And there are
thousands of honest men in the wing ranks,
Tho, did they but know the corruption and
xtravagance of their leaders, and could they
ut look behind the scenery and see them
ind the burdens to lay upon thar Shout
ers, would start back in disgust and hon.
st Indignation, and abandon their corrupt
,aders forever.
FREEMEN OF VERMONT! The
'regong is but faint expose Of set Of
,aders, who, whatever may be their exter-
al appearance or pretentions, are within
full Of dead mems bones and all unclean-
ess," whose "iule fingers" as you al.
eady perceive, are thicker than their ia.
hers lons. They have oppressed YOU