Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-02-24
THE MILTONIAN AND THE SHERIFF. AUDI.
TORS, COMMISSIONERS, AND CLFRK
OF THE COUNTY.

Of
Much has been said and written on the
licentiousness and venality of the Press, and
not, it must be confessed, without truth. But
probably its greatest prostitution is, when
those who have it under control, use it as
an engine to crafty personal revenge or pri-
vate pique. We were led to these remarks
on looking over the last Miltonian, which
contains most unjustifiable attack on Sheriff
Covert, the Auditors, Commissioners and
Clerk of the county. 1t is not difficult to
understand why these attacks are now made,
and the shallow pretence that will no doubt
be set up, that it was for the public good,
will only serve to render the perpetrators
more contemplate in the eyes of an hon.
est community. Who can doubt if Sheriff
Covert had favored the Mitonian with the
printing patronage of his office, that any
such attacks would have been made. When
the county is in danger of losing any thing
in the shape of taxes, or from any other
cause, by Sheriff Covert, it will be time
enough for the Miltonian to raise its croak-
ing voice. But if we are rightly informed
land we think the records will show that
we are,) the editors ofthc Miltonan are the
last persons who should complain of Mr..
Coverts delinquency. The county will
lose nothing by Mr.. Covert, in shape of
back taxes, but can as much be said of those
connected with the Miltonian! The ex-
onerations on the Milton duplicate would
probably show who had most cause to COM.
plain, the county or the editors of that pa
per. We too think, "the citizens Of Mil
ton should see to it-pay up."
In regard to the Auditors report, we
presume we should never have heard any
thing alledged against it, had the Commits
sioners of the county CREASED the palms of
the editors of the Miltonian with little
of the Treasury pap. The report of the
Auditors, made up precisely as it is now,
has been published in the Miltonian for six
or eight years past, and not word did the
editors ever alledge against it, for want of
clearness or precision. 1t was then "easily
UNDERSTOOD" as the Miltonian then figured
in the report TO the tune of about fifty dol
lars per annum, for printing but as the
Commissioners Of the county have thought
proper to allot the printing to another, the
thing which for ten years past was clear as
mud, has become obscure to the mental vis-
ion of these disinterested editors. The
film has at length fallen from their eyes,
and they have become patriotic and "honest
by compulsion." The Commissioners we
presume will continue to perform their du-
ties SO as to promote the best interests of
the county, without having the fear of the
Miltonian before their eyes.
The Clerk too it seems, according to
these wiseacres, is also to blame, as he
would, they say, "have little more wri-
ting to do if he made out clear and salts
factory statement" Now these editors ex-
hibit degree of verdancy, that would make
even a schoolboy laugh, in making such
charge. Every body knows, that knows
any thing, that the Clerk has no more to do
with the Auditors Report, than the editor
of the Miltonian, and if the Auditors, were
to incorporate all the items as entered by
the Clerk, the Miltonian could not contain
them.