Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-09-29

beginning to a position which any man
might envy. /
Mr. M"rg,n is no Favored ch;d Of for.
i1ne; his pa h has tot been s:rewn with |
flowers. His career has Leen one Of un |
assu ming. bal honorable and conlenoi toll !
|! ha, sought no fl :al honor, nor ems
,ieavored 10 evade the Common place, but |
iruel, honorable d,4i cs Of s'cie,y. True,
te has been Il few cars treasurer ol Colufn-
b,anu COUNTY, but even that Duslllnn was
I'LL honor thrust upon HIN, raiher thar so>
iici:ej. IheFe too lie has kept steadily IN
view The glrlious maxin, Of Pope: sa
"-Act well your part, there all the honor lies"
Aud 10 show the appreciation will, which
Mr.. Morgan is regarded. b,lh personally
aid offi :luIIy, such has been lis devotion 10
! lhe inieres.s IS his county, That even up TO
I the day un which he was nominated for
| State Auditor, SO earnest and overpowerihg
| h I'd been the Solicitations of his friends ut
.ilo,Ec 10 run for &c cleo ion rs county treas
uier, thai he was not until the lasl moment,
Induced 20 yield to lhe acton OF The Stale
cunSenllnu.
/ l nus n,sch. and far more might We say
Of " !lian Dlnne Morgan-as n man
lie is one lIo adnpis the J,rksonlan pro-
velb-that The right Is ,Llways eNpedienl.'
His sytDPathies have always guided him TO
advocate all measures necessary 10 secure
happiness aEd prosperity to the needy =
/ He has ever advocated an encone.nical sys
lsr nt government, III order that iaxallnI:
might be !essened upon the loi!ing classes
/ Of lhe State. Ills iIberalily Of principles
arises from the known benevo'ence and
Tree healsd kin'ineSs Of his disposition.
There is nothing in his business habs bu,
what qualities him peculiarly for the labor
ious ruties Of Auditor. No post i'll the
State requires more method, slricler aud
closer attention 10 official business, arc
pnore careful accountability 10 the State.
No: sing 10 whig opponent oven OF Mr..
Morgan, will deny 10 hitn The entire and
ncst ample qualifications Of u fai! hlui aud
able Auditor.
| These are the person,l qualifications of
Mr.. Morgan. We know lhe man, and We
challenge the slightest contradiction to
single assertion Ii this imperfect and neces.
sarily limited sketch. oil his qualifications
i Rad character. But there are polil.
ical reasons, aud official considerations,
q which cry alond with emphasis for q
change in this department OF the public
service. For many yenrs this importan,
branch Of power has been in the hands OF
a patty who nre never scrupulous as to
constitutional duiy. and never hesitate TO
employ the mighty Influence Of public
.Euiley for the adsancenon, OF partisan
schemes The pclii.cs Of OHIO has beeu
sensi5y tainted by the direc, or indirect
use OF this species Of patronage, more than
once since the financial fiji :es o: the exec
ut We department! has been in the hands OF
the whigs Mire tiian once have the ulti
mate uses OF public money been felt in the
Atmospheric Il political mnnag cement, when
it has not been diff :ult To trace the s:ream
TO its fountain, through ca annels of moral
evasion, il no. Of overI mallensarce.
it is The province Of the office OF Auditor
to perlor,n prescribed duties. Ii is part
Of the executire department. Is chara--
a Ter is one OF constant and exclusive obej;.
cnce to the behes,s Of legislation. llknoWs $
II piiseiege Of duty mol found in spfci6c
| provision The nature Of tie Office is Pc
culiar lis line and Geid OF dn:y are found
in municipal prescription There nre no
details, no extensions nur limits OF power in
| CONSTITUTIONS FuGdu.neLt INV merely
provides for lis existence, and that it shall
report all ii has seen and done from ti.Go
to lime Official oath looks bu. 10 The coE-
stitutiaI-u man, as an rtticer. swears no,
10 support The laws merely, bu. the cons;i
iu.io.. We all kEow ,hnl there has long
been n species of casuislry rife in the land
which acqniis any malfeasaBce in an officer,
mol fofbiddsll BY The let:er Of the consli,u>
ton. This loose principle Of moral ac-
coun,ability has been more largely infused
INTO public sentiment By the whig party,
in order to ensure them immunity in gal.
phinis,n, gafdnerisn, laid scriptism, three
per nt-fo.dism, anl all the other islns ex.
prcssiye Of the abuse Of public money FOR
! the accomplishment of party ends, and the
depletion Of The public treasury for the re-
ward Of party services. We leave i, to The
people, ask yourse.yes,-h you can per,
ceive in community thai wholesome growth
Of aversion to utiicial declaration parlicu.
larry in money matters, which once you all
te.s.surrounding J ou paipably as the peryad-
ing light oil day. Has moi moral sentiment
degenerated; ;and who will stain his sonIwiill
the indeiible lie, that habnual whig mal~ad-
ministratlon has not been the sole cause OF
Ills alaiming lapse in political moralityl
Even Wigs, themselves, have been CON.
pclied to praise our Broughs, md oiher
democratic AUDITORS, md GU, lreasufers.
i A State Autilor should look closely 10
the plain letter OF the law as to his duties
these b e should obey. and stop there. II
ne is allowed by 4u5lic iorbearahcesto g,
beyond them one sler-his power becomes
literally boundless. Who does not remem-
Der the appropriate appellation given by
Senator arehbold TO the present State Au-
dior. wien he was urging The passage Of
J. fes9Iutials locking 10 The Limitation OF tie
e Aud:or's power, mud expression of cen
.are upon his frequent tralscenslons Of the
plain and legal Intent Of his daty. This
:'ll:,sey woulsev king" said Mr.. A. should
be shofn Of his iniiaite discretion over all