Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-10-09
Col. RigIer i'm stroud.burs.

Il On Saturday last, agreeably to appointment,
~ Col Wm. Bigler, the Locoloco candidate for
Governor, addressed public meeting at the
es Court House, in this place, composed of his
party friends and such others as were desir-
Gus to hear his views upon the different topics
of National or State policy. We will'en-
: deavor to give (without pretending to report
I him litcraly) his principal positions.
He admitted the finances of the State to be
&c in more prosperous condition than under for
mer radmnistrations-tha the revenues were
& increased and sinking fund founded which
) was gradually liquidating the State debt
9e but most emphutically denied that the present
Administration was entitled to the least cred
it for it. He had while in the Senate, re-
70 ported plan for it" the lamented Skunk"
had recommended it in message-all the
Wings had done was "to make box to hold
the money, and that he felt quite sure that
+ he could do just as well, if the people would
only let him try. Is he not magnanimous
\ opponent
Speaking of the Expenditures under the
different Administrations, he said the expen-
-; ses of Government under Skunk in 1S47 were
: $4,000 less than under Johnston in 1850;
but he forgot to tell US that in AZ the Wings
had majority in both branches Of the Le-
gislature; that in 1850 his own party had
the majority, and raised the salaries of most
of the public officers, themselves included.
His tariff notions were highly conservative,
and most cautiously expressed. A tariff for
revenue would, he thought, Of course inciden-
tally protect, to greater or less extent, the
manufacturing interests-the tariff of 1916
might possibly, perhaps, be changed for the
better-he even ventured SO far as TO say
: that, in his judgment, duties shade higher
y should Lr levied upon imported Coal and
> Eroa,-i; was, however, subject Of difficulty
D and really puzzled wise heads.
d Upon The Compromise measures he was
L most oAriic;t He went the whole figure.
e The douc,r of S10OGO0O0 to Texas to keep
: her still, was Of no more consequence than
:, the lump Of sugar which the anxious mama
eifCS ~ a f'CCNleH Iuiiu W AZ No4Sts
!. Fugitive Slave Law was the ''ne plus ul-
E ira of good and wise legislation-it hushed
i the storm of political agtation-had saved
{ the Union and would yet save it two or three
= times more-was even blessing to the fugi-
tive. Governor Johnston had no business to
keep the Bill in his 'breeches' pocket repeal
:, ing the law of AZ, refusing the use of our
+ jails to "hunters of men'-that law was un-
, constitutional-its repeal was necessary to
allay Southern excitement, and it was better
for fugitives to be in jail than to be nowhere.
He did not, however, choose to tell the audi
ence that the lamented Skunk legislated
upon the law of AZ by giving it his signature,
or that he, Col. Bigler, gave his vote for it
in the Senate, or what is still worse, lodged
the question. In fact, upon these topics the
man talked Just as We ought to expect man
TO talk, who is moved and seduced by the in
stigations of james Buchanan, the prince of
time servers and dough faces in Pennsylva-
nia-who, should he ever get ''mess of pot
tage" as the price of his manhood, would get
infinitely more than it is worth.