Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-08-18
OUR SENATOR, AND HIS ACTS OF
ASSEMBLY,

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which our Senator had taken especial care /.
to guard his own interests, If not the inter-
est of the people. A consciousness of the
truth of our remarks has prompted him to ,
attempt species Of defence in his last pa
per. the Miltonian, when his best friends
would have counselled him that silence
alone should be his policy, where not even
the shadow of an excuse could be offered in
justification of his course. IF Mr.. Senator
Frick can show that he has been instrument
tai in passing any acts excepting several
which were passed for his special benefit,
we should be glad to learn what they are.
But why should he care for that' Has he
not achieved noble triumph in smuggling
through the Legislature law repeating an
act which authorizes the Sheriff and Com
missioners to publish their notices, procla-
nations, sales, &C., in at least one German
paper in the county! and has he not, with
magnanmity of soul that should place
him on the highest pinnacle of fame, i'm
posed on the legislature the passage of
law requiring these proceedings to be pub
lished in three English newspapers, in
order to get them into his own, thus COM
pelling the county, and the unfortunate
creditor, to advertise in four, instead of
two newspapers In pecuniary point of
view we have no reason to complain, as
we shall, under this act, have the advertis-
ing in our English as well as our German
paper. Our only surprise is that the act
did not specially except the "Sunbury
American" But our magnanmous Sena-
tor, no doubt, thought he had accomplished
enough in legislating thus much for his
Nlitonian, and deprving, as he thought,
our large German population of know
ledge of the proceedings Of our county af-
fairs--Sheriff's sales, &c.---in which no
people take deeper or more lively in
tereSt.
But, alas our best laid plans sometimes
fail, and our most cherished hopes are fire.
quently nipped in the bod. Thus it was
with our friend of the Miltonian. The
little bantling, nearest his heart, and which
he nursed with the utmost care and tender
, ness through the long and weary session of
e last winter, like an ungrateiul offspring of
another biped race, only lives as monu-
ment of its parents shame, without real
c izing any of his fondest hopes. The act
repealed being special one, did not repeal
the general law requiring the Sheriff to ad-
!. vertise in German paper, when there is
one published in the county. And as the
Commissioners of Northumberland county
are under oath to give sufficient notice in
two or more papers, there is no danger Of
their cutting off our German citizens from
a knowledge of their proceedings. They
know them to be among the most honest anc
;. industrious portions of our citizens, and tha
none are more prompt in the payment o
their taxes and in contributing to the sup
!. port Of the government; and they woule
IT sooner resign than be instrumental in out
t, raging the rights of their German fellow
j citizens in order to crafty the wishes o
e this very gallant and impartial Senator.
IS Mr.. Frick cannot evade the true issu,
by vain attempt to impose on his reader
a statement that we have lost Is or 81
=. dollars year by his legislation for tn
-, Miltonian, when the fact is, that we shal
gain about that sum. Nor will the attemp
. to decry our German paper-a paper tha
II has better circulation in the county thai
:. his own-avail him in this instance.
= We might have alluded TO another i'm
, portant act by which he distracted for hi
l. own benefit some fourteen hundred dollar
- from the State Treasury, the proceeds c
the labor of some unfortunate creditors, I
> whom in justice and equity it should hav
r. been more properly awarded.
~ We repeat, that SO far as our personal in
terests are concerned, we have no cause
complain ofour Senator as law maker. H
n. has been magnanimous in one thing at leas
to in not legislating exclusively for the Mi
&c tonian and in embracing the American i
to his "three English newspapers" We sha
r. not, therefore, question his motives. An
ID if at the next session, he should have anc
Il ther act passed, requiring every taxable i
III the county, to subscribe for the Miltonia
in under the penalty of losing his vote, W
u hope he will be equally magnanimous tc
q o. wards the "American," in embracing it i
he the list of "Three English newspapers"
cd " GEN. TAYLOR ABRoAp.-Gen. Taylt
r. was not able TO attend church at Harrisbur
e' in consequence of an attack of diarrhpa
which he has had several, since he lie
=, | WASHINGTON. Ii is stated that he eypresse