Litchfield enquirer., 1854-03-16

us" and prove our assertion. using only the known laws of tto Slale anJ the es- limGIs1 ol Onr Sale OfIice,s themselves. The Conp.rOIIsf ofpublie accounts in his report b the last General Assembly,, esA inmates the expenses of-tl.s current ydAr at Sl2o.loo. No one will suppose they are tOO high. especially as the expendi> lures of the previous year exclusive of the public debt were $I27. .o22 l7. And it wilrbe seen that his estimates in some instances are much too low. The Gov. einor in one of his veto messages to the Assembly (HOuse Journal. 1858. p 2sa) states that the debenIure and contingent expenses of the session of 1853. would be $s5, 1000. instead of O.oOO, as esti> mated by the Comptroller, The Gov> ernor also says in the same message. page 2s6, that should the act relating to the judicial expenses (which he vetoed go into effect. it would impose an extra bur then on the treasury of not far, from $l6. .000 for heremainder of the present fiscal year. and for the year succeeding probably liulee if any thing short of $20. 0.000." .asH sFas fs3as 7ses4
 
 Now the law did go into effect.
 These two items mske an addition ne- cessary to the Comptroller'sa estimate of $2o. 900. Tlrese are. observe. no esti> mate of ou,s-tbey are from the men whom ths4psople havedelighted 10 honor as the Comptroller and Governor of the State of Conpecticus. By the way, that law referred to ss vetoed, is character. is,ic dodge of the locofoco party. They pass law in 1850, by the operation of which, we have shown some $39, ,O0O to have been saved to the State treasury, though perhaps, an equal addition may have been made to the town or county expenses. But when in tho course of time this latter fact began to be appar- (ent, and it was whispered. about that county taxes must be imposed to meet this increased expense, then presto change, measure right in 1850. was wrong in El853, and is sweptftom the statute book l in spite of the Governors veto, who, honest soul. could not see the secret rea> sons for such sudden change of policy. But to 'eturn-the appropriations not included in the Compttoller's estimate for various purposes made by the last General Assembly exceed the sum of $3o, ,0o0. To this must be added the salaries and expenses of their railroad commissioners, three nice little teats to be sucked by as many greedy locofoco mouths-offices entirely unnecessary, as the duties enjoined might be as efficiently discharged by the commissioners on each rail oad, who receive their pay and conn pensa'ion hona the roads and not from the State treasury. No one would esli
 mate this at less than $3,000. These several items show an aggregate of$l7S,. 100 as the ce' tain and inevitable expen. ses of tLe State the current year, and the probability as near the sum of $lso ,0oO. That many of these expenses are waste full and unnecessary, we verily believe
 and to use the language of Gov. Sey- mour. {" in view of these facts it will be in vain 10 expect sufficient surplus at the end;of the year butin all probabil> ity the Stale will be forced b borrow money 10 meet the expenses of the next session, the tendency of all of which will
 be to bring upon the State, debts and an increaseof the State tax" We call upon the other side to deny thess facts if they can, or justify before the people if they cannot deny. .taA asa snna zsA SUsP1c1oNs OF PRivATEERINe.-Iti is stated that an unusual number of vessels chiefly clipper schooners. are now being fitted out at New Yolk and Baltimore, destined. according Co the explanation of