Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-09-30
To the People of Pennsylvania.
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.
READ: READ!! READ!!!
yeloDnentS


now stumping in the western part of this
State, dealing out charges of FRAUD
AND CORRUPTION against the great
Wing Party. Let us see whether he,
himself, is fit person to throw. this stone!
The people shall have the benefit and ad-
vantage of STUBBORN FACTS, while
he imposes upon them with naked asser-
tions without proof.
This gentleman. in the Legislative ses-
sion of I839-40, was speaker of the
lower House. Previous to this time the
United States had ceded to Pennsylva-
MIA that part of the CUMBERLAND
ROAD lying within her limits. While
Mr.. Hopkins was in the chair a bill was
passed for the management of the Road,
from which we make the following ex
tracts
Sec 4. That from and after the first
Monday Of November next, the repairs
of that portion of the Cumberland Road
which passes through Pennsylvania, shall
be under the superintendence and direc-
ton of one commissioner, who shall be
appointed by the Governor, and shall
hold his Office for the term Of three years,
unless sooner superseded, and shall re-
ceiye for his services three dollars per
day, for each and every day necessarily
engaged in the performance Of his duties.
Sec. 6. That the said commissioner
shall, annually, render to the Courts Of
Common Pleas of the counties OF Fayette
and Washington, an account of all the
receipts and expenditures on the said road
specifying the receipts and expenditures
of each county, and said court shall ap-
point auditors to settle and adjust the a.
mount so rendered by said commissioners,
and the amount when so settled and ad
justed by said auditors, shall be publish
ed in at least one newspaper in each of
the counties of Fayettes and Washington.
See pamphlet laws l639-'4O, page 2O7.
In pursuance Of the enactment Of this
law several citizens of this county became
applicants for the Office Of Commissioner
Of the road; but Mr.. Hopkins came home,
either with the appointment IN HIS
POCKET, or he received it from the Gov
ernor Immediately after his arrival here.
He was charged at the time with unfair
ness and it was alledged that the Office
of Commissioner was created at his spe-
cial instance and request and for his per-
sonal benefit and behoof 1t has since
been ABOLISHED as was tie La7ld
Office acltilc he was IN H,-as partaking
too much of a sinecure character
BY the sections of the act above quo
ted it was made the duty of the Commits
sioner to give an account Of his steward
ship at stated periods;
We have labored in vain to get hold Of
these first accounts, but hope to find them
before our next issue. We have before
us, however, one of the accounts of Mr..
Hopkins, which we stumbled upon in No.
of the Examiner" newspaper printed in
l848. From this we gather enough of
facts to StaJtle tie h0nea roter! 1t is an
account of the Receipts and Expenditures
of the Road from the first Of January to
the 7th of June 1S4S inclusive, making
I59 DAYS, including every, SAB
BATH DAY, for which WILLIAM
HOPKINS, the present Democratic can
didate for Canal Commissioner, has char
ged the people the sum of $1,000
when the act of assembly LIMITED him
to $500 per day, for every day necessa-
rily employed on the Road Figures
won't lie,-and let us examine them:
l59 days at $500 per day S477,00.
But that won't make up enough;-let's
try it again:
165 days at $500 per day-S495 90,
Still we are behind the mark we'll
give it another trial
172 days at $500 per day-J16,-
0O!!!
That fits exactly. Now we have the
STARTLING FACT that Mr.. Hopkins
has charged the people at the rate Of So,
90 per day for THIRTEEN DAYS more
than can be counted from the first of Jan
uary to the 7th of June inclusive, count
ing EVERY SUNDAY. But suppose
we deol1sct the iSab5atb days which occur
within this period. Then the case will
stand thus:
From 159 take 20, which leaves 139
Then l39 days at $500 makes S4l7,-
%, showing that while Mr.. Hopkins was
entitled to receive only 4l70O, accord
ing to his own account, he really kept
$4,000! that while he should have
charged for but l39 days he really char
ged for l79 !-being THIRTY THEE
working days more than can be computed
within the period stated in his account.
Now we are really honest in this mat
ter, and defy the "Examiner," the self
styled organ of the Democracy, to deny
a word or figure of it Why, what have
we doney We have given Mr.. H. the credit
of unparalleled industry and attention to
business by supposing that he was not sick
a single day; that he was not at home with
his family single day, except on Sundays,
that he did not devote a single day to the
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