Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-09-01


pie of that quarter, justly outraged Mt the
transaction, have held public meeting to
prevent this specializing absorption of the
public domain.
Even at-the government minium price,
Mr.. Allen will receive $3l, $1,000 as n
tee in the matter, for calling The attention
CT the General Land Office, TO the unde~
nlob'e rights Il sovereign Slate, whose
Interests the Constitution and laws protect
by corden Of 2 Senators and 81 Repre-.
sentatives. The law already provided
;hat the State should have the right to Sc
lect this land from any unscld land within
her borders, and all that was necessary
was to call the attention Of the authorities
in the General Land Office TO tie fact that
by the inattention Of the State authorities,
her righ, had not been fully exercised -
| And for doing this, Mr.. Allen, O. violent
Whig partisan, receives five dollars per
acre, which the land is richly worth, the
enormous sum of $4,000 90.
But there are other facts connected with
this matter, oe which the public are not
yet advised. We are informed upon high
authority that shortly before Gov. Ford's
contract with Mr.. Allen, some gentlemen
in Washington city, Of standing and char.
acter, advised one of our Senators, that
they possessed Information, by which they
could obtain, for a reasonable compensa-
ton, for the Stare somewhere from fifty to
one hundred ard fifty thousand acres of
land. They wanted as a fee, ten per cent,
on all they Could get for the State They
we're told that ,fre per cent. was sufficient,
and more than sufficient, and after some
demur they assented. With letters from
this Senator and some Of our Orleans in
Washington to Gov. Ford and others,
they came to Columbus for the purpose OF
concluding contract with the State.-
| They now say, as we are informed, that
after getting authorities of the State, who
could have had the same work done by
them for five per cent gave the job 10
John w. Allen at FIVE times that rate Of
compensation!
w do not vouch for the truth of these
facts, but VIC have them from so high a
source, that we feel it our duty TO publish
them, in order that if they admi, of denial,
Gov. Ford and Mr.. Allen may embrace
the opportunity at once, and thus restore
themselves to their former high standing in
the opinion of the community.
The payment OF such an extravagant fee
TO Allen, however, is, under any circum.
stances, waste OF the public funds.
Have the public forgotten that under the
suspics of Wing Governors Mordecai
Barley and Bebb, over thirteen thousand
dollars was paid to Samuel D King and
his conlederates, fol Obtaining Se5,0O0 be-
ing the unpaid portion Of Inc per cent. fund,
a debt due tine Stale, which the federal Gov
eminent never denied, and for collecting
former instalmenls Of which, John Brough
was paid only one half of one per cent.
What became of Senator Halch's resolu.
ton Of inquiry into the conduct of cur Whig
Auditor, Fund Commissioner and Treasur.
er in loaning hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars of the public funds secretly, to the
Little Miami, Cleveland. Columbus, and
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton, and other railroad companies. W as
it smolhered by Wing Senate? Who
received the INTEREST,"
Truly, the idea OF Mr.. Reemelin in
one of his letters of last week is JUST
The issues Of 1928 must be revived
There is perfect mania for stealing from
the National and State Treasures. Mem.
bers of the Cabinet, public funclionaries oI
all sorts, are seen basely robbing the peo
pie. When shall we again hear the wal
cry of 1898, "Rstremchment andReform',
ring through the land9
The effort paid one national debt out ol
an income from customs Of thirty millions
Another of like nature can easily pay
the present debt from our enlarged income
! af fity millions, provided the Democracy
make i, and from March 4lh, 1853, a
Democratic President. Cabinet and Con-
grsss take charge Of it.