Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-06-21
FROM the Harrisburg Telegraph.
HINTS TO THE PEApTc

- ~ Ihk FEUELEs
No 0tate IN the Union has suffered more
enhsy ivahla from the errors, toiles, and
iP''ou7 Oh polllcS, and too strict party at
.nd h lef state debt is overwhelming,
1"" her taxes oppressive; vet. with all tbIs
ourthen upon the people, her treasures arc
daily squandered with an jmprovident b,nd
an me income, or nearly so, Of her public i'm.
pro'ements, is scattered along the lines to keen
tne'n p4ssdote' mitch less in good repair The
eyS'ciii Oh paying oil active partzans with ia,
IooS-supPiying lumber, and other materioIs
i'r haullng' &e.,-has swallowed up our tolls
Tor many years, while our State debt and our
taxes have gradually increased.
II the people knew why this was so. and how
! 10 apply remedy, we are confident thew would
not fold their hands until the end was accom-.
| pushed We propose briefly to offer some hints
ior ther consideration, trusting that they will
see and feel their force
! FOR many years all those officers who exppod
/ the public funds, and settle the accounts. have
oeen IN the hands Of one party Our Canal
commissioners, our Superntendents and Su
! PerVlsors, and the Auditor General have been
Vi one iamliy and itls not necessary to charge
open corruption, 10 prove that this fact alone
lds cost fennsylVania many hundreds of thou
SANDS OF dollars. Party prejudice. party al.
lead the judgement There has been no check
or watch upon their actions-there was " M
! one TO make them ashamed or afraid" even
'hough they might be too honest to steal out
right The treasures of the people-vet when
ones sell Is In the scale, It is hardly rightly ad-
justed."
ia every state where party power has changed
hands occasionally, we find the condition of the
treasury always better than in those States
where one party has been permitted to rule su-
pFeme, and have grown insolent and corrupt.
because of their strength
For twelve years the mysteries behind the
curtains of the Auditor Generals cffice have
never been exposed to the public eye-(and
may that not be one reason why Just at the time
when Whig Governor would expose the Sc
crets of that "prison house" the appointment
was taken out of his hands and given 10 the
people, believing that they were still safe in
their party strength y The people are now
called upon 10 choose from among their own
number some person TO fill that Office Do they
desire to know It's secret history If so, they
must not select one of the old party nanagers
whose interests are to keep them still in Igno
rance Again, would it not be more certain to
guard the money of the people if the auditing
OF these accounts of political favorltes was to
be done by one whose pride would be to detect
and expose any and all abuses of power!
Would not that very thing make the disbursinr
agents more careful-perhaps more honest?
Nothing can be more certain. Ii would save
for the State thousands and thousands of dollars.
FTeemen and Work.doers !-Taxpayers and
State debt payers Would it not be well for
you to think over this subject and act at the
next election as common sense shall dictate
You all remember how the lameated Power,
nTs,Ic- roJ
Treasury OF the State the vulturee of party,
who sought TO mpoversh il by their lavish aad
imprudent appI opriations. Has the lesson been
thrown away! will you permit another chance
to pass and refuse 10 set one TO watch ttgo ,
While one member of the Canal Board Is di-
olitcaly--interested in watching the
other two-Gt matters but little TO the people
for what nlotiVe)-the temptation and the abil-
ity to do wrong is much lessened. Fear, If
not honesty, make the majority more cautious,
more prudent, and less careless and extrayaraut.
and The result is that the money OF the taxpayer
IS more sparlngly ard more properly applied.
Inc opportunity is again offered to divide the
polltcal character OF the Canal Board and as
1t may be that both parties need watching. each
Will be as watch set over the other, and the
people will reap the harvest in the repenished
Treasury THIS is worthy of every mans CON-
sclentlous consideration; and then It demands
that action at the election which republican
integrity will endorse as we'll done.
Let every Farmer, Mechanic, Laborer. and
those who SIT at home at ease" examine these
hints, and see If they cannot profit thereby