The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-10-02
From he West Chester Republican.
Let the Truth be known.
SUGGESTIONS TO TRUTH-sEEK1se wH1es


Frequent meetings are being held throughout
| the country by our whig opponents Johnston
CLUBS are being formed-and at all their gather
ings, speeches are made by Whig orators for the
purpose of arousiug the lukewarm increasing
/ the activity OF the jealous, and, we fear, not
un1requently, misleading the uniformed We
stopped into one of their meetings here the
! other evening, and listened patiently to speech
from young wing friend who always speaks
eloquentiy whether at the bar or Oh the stump
lie tou;hed upon most of the points ag:tated in
the present contest, and which are the subjects
! of remark by both Bgler and Johnston in their
addresses to the people; but we regretted 10
observe an evident holding back Of much which
ought to have been made known in order tba+
the audience should have the whole truth 1t
occurred to US, on this occasion, that il might
oe wen 10 make few suggestions for the benz
Mt OF wings who desire the whole truth when
present at similar meetings here as in other
parts OF the county, listening TO similar remarks
from this or other speakers; and we shall there
fore, proceed to make them:
when you hear speaker use language con-
Teylng the idea that the interest on the State
debt had not been regularly and promptly met
ana pald Tor several years, until Gov. Johnstons
time, ask him for direct yes or no to the cues.
tlon-Was it not regularly and promptly pa:d
by State Treasurers Snowdon, Banks. and Plum
mer, during Gov. MlnakS term There is lot
an intelligent whig stumper, who has proper
regard for truth, who viii not answer, YES.
Should he attempt to prevaricate and relieve
himself by saying that although the interest was
thus paid, portion of il was paid in yhrpIasters
then ask him, If Gov. Johnston, as a member of
the Legislature did not assist in fastening those
shinplasters upon the State and the peoples
He will again be compelled to answer, yes
If the speaker should use language conveying
the idea that no portion of the public debt of
the State had been paid off previous to Gov
Johnston's term, ask him for a direct yes or no
TO the questiOn-Were not several hundred
thousand dollars of the public debt of The State
paid during Gov. Shunks term. II he knows
the whole truth on the subject and is willing TO
tell it, he viii answer, YES.
If the speaker should use language CONVEYING
the idea that the State debt was not increased
by RitReTs administration, ask him for direct
yfss go 10 the questionable not the Ritner
administration leave la sc amount of State
liabilities, incurred by it, unpaid and unprov ded
for at the close of its term. II he knows the
whole truth, and is willing all should know it,
he will answer, YES.
On this point, no little deception is ATTEMPTED
to be practiced by most OF the whig speakers,
Gov Johnston among them. They talk of pub
lie debt" funded debt recorded debt"
knowing that these terms do not critically en-
brace vast amount of other State Indebtedness
or liability for payment Let us illustrate VIII: I
We mean, and, at the same time, expose their
deceptive play upon words, by case which all
will understand. \. b. owns fine farm-with
perhaps ten thousand dollars. There are iudt-
ments and mortgages entered and recorded
against him TO the amount of FIVE thousand do
lars. Besides these, he has notes in Bank-he
owes the hmebuIner, he owes the mason and
carpenter for u new building,-he owes other
bills OF divers amounts all these may amount
p. $1,000. According TO Gov. Johnston and
many whig stumpers, the debt, the public debt
the funded debt, the recorded debt of a Il. is
only $4,000, Because the other $1,000 are n, 1
funded or recorded, they don't speak of il as
debt 1t is just so in regard TO the Ritner ad-
mnistration. They would keep out of view the
hundreds of thousands and millions of State
liability and indebtedness incurred by that ad-
ministration, because it is not funded or re
corded.
If the speaker should use language conveying
the idea that sinking fund for the gradual pay
ment of the State debt originated with Gov.
Johnston, ask him direct yes or no to the ques-
! ton-Did not Col BigteT, while in the Senate,
| several years before Johnston said a word on
the subject, introduce and advocate ii bill pro-
/ viding sinking fund for this very same pur-
pose? If he knows the whole truth and is will
ling that others should know it, he vii answer,
YES.
! If the speaker should use language conveying
the idea that Col BigIer is not safe man for
the credit, economy, ana true interests Of ths
State, ask him for direct yeS no to the ques-
| tiOn-Was not Col. Bigier one of the leading and
most influential advocates, in the Legisla ture.
OF the resumption of the prompt and regular
payment of the interest on the State debt in
! 1867 Did he not then, and at other tin, s. 60
with those who went strongest and farthest in
| support of the credit of the StateI Has he not
always, both in public and private life, favored
| every measure which was calculated to main
tain the faith of the State and relieve her from
her debt? If the speaker know the whole truth,
and is willing others should know it, he will, ts
all these questions, answer, YES
! The records of the Legislature and of tho
Departments at Harrisburg, fully sustain us in
! oil this.