Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-10-03
WIN. B. Foster and n, Tax Payers.

that every vote poled in hvor efwmsB. Foster,
Il vote ia favor ofinc resting eur alresly hssvy
tsxes MI. Foster q now using the public mo.
ney which ought to 90 into the treasury to pay
the interest Of oar state debit which amounts to
nearly two millions Of dollars PEI snnum, for the
purpose Of eiecting himself 70 sfice. He has
now employed on the West Branch canal hir.
teen foreman to do the work which was always
done by six, even when the canal had been in.
jured BY The late food The expenses on that
line are now inv dohars per day. :. And wha, is
all this done for Why to get voters under his
employment and to quiet grumbiers, by finding
a place for them at the expense Of the State. all
ofwheh must come out Of the pockets Of the
people Look again at the Shamokin Dam, which
will cost ten or hfteen thousand dollars to re.
psir. They have nearly 100 hands At work at
ll23 per day. They are now paying, OF have
been paying eieren cents for squa:e timber. which
could have been got at four cents in the spring.
says to raise the water Now IL ne was to raise
the dam as high ss the hills it would not raise
the water, unless il yves tightenrd. I. and no man
who looks at it will pretend that i. will hold wa.
ter. The money expended is therefore ell thrown
away. At the Nantcoke dam he has appointed
an engineer al a, good salary when the Super.
visor says that there is no use for one. Through.
out the whole state he is engaged buying Up
men, by giving them an Office Of some kind, at
the expense Of the state. And now we would
ask the tax payers, when is this thing to take
an end, If Mr.. Foster should again be elected. II
was to prevent such extravaganza that the L-gis-
lature took the appointment ofcanal Commission.
ers ont ofthe Governors hands and placed il 10 the
hands Of the people, intending they should elect
neW man every year. If Mr.. Foster is re.elec.
ted then Mr. Hartshorne, who is Mr. Fosters
shadow. and does just what he says, will also
claim to be reelected. and as these two consti.
tute the majority Of the Roard, they may, by the
appointments on the canal and the use Of the
public money, keep themselves in Office for life.
will any man who has drop of democratic blood
in his veins submit TO such an outrage, We be.
lieve there are bnt few. and these are kept in e.
norance Of these facts, by leaders who are in Of.
NV ~ ""o o'e 'VoA"S ioi ihVtc 10
scarcely an editor warmly supporting Mr. Fos.
ter, who has not been promised or expects an Of.
fee or reward for himself or his friends. But
a great portion Of the democracy Of the whole
state is up against Mr.. Foster. and IT would not
be surprising if he was beaten ten or fifteen thou.
sand votes.
o. TnE TARIrF AND CANAL Coxx,ss,osEa
Several snti,nriff papers. who have too much
candor 10 deny Mr.. Fs:er's free ,rsde notions.
cay that the election Of . Canal Commissioner
10 not in any way connected with the Tariff
question. Now we think that it is. lndepen
IDENTIFY Of the fact that the tolls upon our canal
will be greatly lessenej, and our taxes greatly
increased by the operation Of the British Tariff
Of lS46, what inference will the South draw
from the election of Tree trade Canal Commits.
sioner! They will say at once that Pennsyi,
vsnia is satie6ed with the bill Of 1916. She
will adhere to the party. although her iron ma.
nufac,uers are destroyed end her coal thrusted
out Of market by British coal. Such an infe.
renee will have q most injurious effect upon
any fort 10 modify the Tariff 30 a. to protect
the great stsp!e. Of Pennsylvania. And tae
s. u'hern free traders will point to the election
Of VIM b. Foster as an evidence that the De.
mocracy Of this s's'e ere in favor Of these mea.
sures We canno' sec. therefore. how sny Tariff
Democrs'-how sny P"nnsylvan'an car. with
ary regard 10 Ter interests, vote Tor him..
20 Ma WLMoT's DnrRicr.-This district,
which is composed Of the counties Of Bradford,
Susquehanna and Tioga, is now the scene Of a
most spirited political contest The Tariff dem.
iocrsts Of the district refuse to support Mr. vii.
mot, and have nominated Robert g. White, ESQ.,,
OF Tioga, ss their Candidate. The Wings have
made no nomination. and are going en- masse in
favor Of Mr.. White. Mr.. White is gentleman
Of fine talents, aud highly popular in the district
His prospects are highly datterng, and his friend,
are sauguine Of success. Tioga. which gives
1000 democratic majority. il is said. will give q
handsome majority TO Mr.. White. Susquehanns
is expected to do the same. In Bradford, Mr.
wilmot's own county. the democratic majority
is but 800 or 400. which the Tariff democrat,
will most certainly carry for Mr.. White. The
rival candidates are both talented democrats
The one in favor Of protection other in "a.
vor of free trade. For the sake OF the great in.
terests Of the state. and the sseendeney Of the
democratic party, we trust Mr.. White may be
'nceessfnl, Of which we have strong hopes.
The demand for Pennsy ylvanis White Ash Coal
is now quite dull, and very little is being pur.
chssed-that which is going forward from the
mines having been contracted for some time