The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-05-11

A BRoKEH VESSEL WHICH CAN HoLD nc
WATER.-Tbe Treasury Of Ohio is a leaky
vessel-a sieve-an old basket hogs
head all bung hole. The Treasury is Ike
hose, merely a conduit through which the
money passes its outlet bein9a ARle larger
than It's Inlet. The Treasury is like X in
Algebra, an unknown quantity, an ima1in.
airy amount, depository Of taxes, having
the shadow, but devoid Of the substance.
Turn TO any branch Of. our State govern.
ment and Treasury blee1ing is the "order
Of exercises" The suckers" hang on as
fthe Treasury was an oldbladder OF exbil-
arating gas, and the more Of the sweet bcy-
erage they inhale, the harder it is to Jerk
the delicious fountain from their mouths;
and drinking deeper and deeper they run
theiving mad, and throw the peoples dol
lars around like seed, which they cxpcc. to
spring up and bear fruit, some a hundred
fold, come fifty fold, some thirty fold. Even
when the vaults are drained, these german
Diners lay abou. like loafeSs hanging over
the rim OF an empty sugar cask, smacking
their lips and digging out from crack and
%crevice any little sweet morsel of coin
which may have escaped the scoop shovel.
And afer nothing is lefs Of the old money
box 6at he holes they have bored in.oit,
the Jolly companions" join in the cho-
rus:
"YSS may break, you may shaitieF Tie wave Of your
But the scent Of the roses viii hang ro1nd ii s,ai.n
The Board Of Public Warks il one sluice
way from which flows an abundant stream;
the committee appointed at a Iate day by
the Legislature TO examine the cause ofthi:
leakage, report that they have no time tc
spare for investigation, and arc thercupoI
discharged from farther duty, Thus a Ii
cense by authority is granted for two year.
more to this reckless Board, to scatter the
public funds without rest nj.
The Lunatic Asylum management, la.
rimea ont its bung-hole so as to increase is
discharge Oyper cent. This, too, is per-
mittcd to flow on unchecked, and ike all
the other drains, should it be damned or
stopped by g sudden spasm Of Locofoco re-
~pentance, it is but m%omentary, and serves
only to increase its head, and swell It's afer
torrent.
The Statesman lately gave an able article
upon the subject Of taxation, and as hence
springs the leakage which disgraces
Ohio, we will quote IN extract. In speak
ing of the Auditors report for '53, that pc
per says:
ain his statement, he shows that, for The
support of the State government, including
legislative, executive, Judiciary, and benev-
client departments, etc. there was 1898,
396 81, being an excess of $85. 314over
1852, in that one department. In the pay
ment of the prin;ipd and interest of the
State debt, there was raised in 1868, an ex-
cess over 1859 of $171 ,G20 81; and for the
support of Schools in 1858 an excess over
1859 of S992, 342 40. Now, be it remem-
bered, that it is over these items-little
items-.hat the Legislature has control. BY
Legislative action, there is an aXcess of a
little less than ONE MILLION TWO NDR
AND FIFTY THOUSAND oLLAR Of the State
levy of 1858 over 1882"
Here is a startling picture for tax pay
ers to gaze upon, and as they gaze, let them
weep. What swells this burthen from
year to year? We answer srEALING-nc
milder term-STEALING. The wors
form of stealing, for it is robbery from
friend who has deposited hisfunds in full
confidence for safe keeping.
The Salesman we'll remarks:
1--WE do not mistake the signs. ThcPec
pleTare, the PEOPLE of Ohio-Whig, Dem
ocrat or what not-canno. understand VIII
Ohio should be oneef the rorst tared STATE
in tie Unita, not to go for a parallel to tn
d~espotisms of EuropeP'
Another hole knocked into the Treasur,
has Just been discovered, from out of which
at a moderate calculation eighty ousanddol
lars of the hard earned money Of the people
has flowed; like water uponthe sand neveI
again to be gathered up. We refer to the
new State House.
w. R. West, the architect of the build.
ing has resigned, and in his letter of rosiS-
nation says:
81 expected during the two sessions Of
1852 and 1858, to have been able to finish
the exterior stone work, Except the ter
race, J and to put the permanent roof on the
building. To accomplish this, / stated
that $4,000 would be required; and in
nv report at the close of the year 1851 re-
commended that not less thanthat amount
should be asked of the General Assembly,
which amount has since been appropriate
ed"
The Journal states "that it will require
from ssvcnty5f fee to eighty thousand dollars
to bring the work to the state promised
when the appropriation was granted" OF
course these eighty thousand dollars are
lost the State, and il becomes an interesting
question to know who has got the mon
ey. -.
We do:not question the honesty Of the
Commissioners who take issue with the
Architect, but it certainly was due to the
reputation ofall concerned, and to the inter
ests of the State, that a thorough investiga-
ton take place. The Legislature had plen-
ty of time TO spare, in which to pile on the
taxes, but no time to spare in fcrreting out
wholesale plumber of the peoples pockets
C2eH. Her.
Ono DEMocRATIc PREss,=Two-thirds
of the Democratic newspapers in Ohio,
which have spoken upon the Nebraska bill
are opposed to it. What is not a little
strange, several of the onc-third who sup
port It, have read the other two-thirds out
ofthe Democratic party. We have heard
somewhere of a juryman who disagreed
With his II fellows, and denounced them as
the most obstinate II men he had ever mel
with. This. seems to be. a case some what