The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27
0The PeOpIe's Duty.o

interior counties against the support for Office of any Of
those members of the late Legislature, who attempted to
do their duty the State and their constituents by
forming abuses-cnrailng expenses and to carry out
clearly defined principle of the Democratic party Those
familiar with the causes influencing that Sheet
prsed or disappointed at the pursues toward the
Democratic party its reckless attacks upon the
prominent ones of the party On the contrary the
thwarng of pecunary pecatons of the late State
Printers upon the Treasury of the State it expected
they would with bitterness upon those who prevented
them from continuing their pundering operations and that
expectation has not been disappointed.
1t mus e recoected that the propretors of the Times
and Transcript have been enjoying office under the
State the legitimate profits of which, with pru
dence would have placed them among the wealthy of the
and and more than probable they would have continued
in the situation perhaps for years. but for their reckless
desire to punde the State to control the action of the
Democratic party
The taught the Democratic party for the last few
months will be useful during the coming political campaign.
1t has learnt the people, especially in the mining counties,
that band desperate political obber under the lead of
the Times and Transcript having their adjuncts in the
cities and villages with their satellites Of lesser magnitude
scattered throughout the country whose doubedeang
and base hypocrisy is notorious banded together
plumber the State and to control its offices To attain this
obct-to contnne themselves and their coadutors in po
sons defraud the State, series of dsrepuable meas
have been pursued, by the leading spirits of the con-
piracy discredabe to the character Of Cataline
Under the pretence of being Democratic they have assdu
ousy eudeavored parallyse Democratic action; and to
disaGect the masses while at the time they are
striving rob the Treasury by presenting false accounts
It is evident, from the position of affairs and from facts
that have TRANSFERRED that the rtnons indignation sent up
the Senatorial question: had its foundation the know
edge that the printing swndle would not be permitted to
continue that reform must be had in this well in
other departments Of State rolcy that the people through
the ballot boxes had demanded that the vampires who
had been depicting the Treasury, should be Topped off, and
healthy and congenal line of policy be pursued In
compliance to the mandates the people, when the Legs-
ature convened, attempt made, and finally succeed
ed to reform the incubus that had been weighing down the
party under its cppng influence and would have, had not
been checked seriously damaged the finances Of the State
to say nothing of the disastrous defeat that would have
awaited the party Driven to desperation, by Of
reckless expenditure and dissipation the verge Of bank
ruptcy unless the system of plunde allowed to continue
adro overturcs were held out the mutual admiration
SYSTEM the acceptance of which would have changed the
tone the whole coalition press Of the State and beautiful
perfection would have been discovered whore the most
horrid dcormy exists. But the people had spoken in
their might They had decrced that he State should be
protected from the leeches who had been draining the
the masses that nearly quite oneh of the
the State went the State Printers and the people de-
mandcd that such abuses should mue In obedience
to this demand Members of the Legislature set work
with will, ana by ndomtable energy and perseverance
effected the reform
Concurrent history of the past winter tells that the
opposition to the Senatorial question merely
continue the printing swnde that the parties who have
showed much indignation, and shed many tears
the lost rights of the people, ready at moments
notice. if they continued to enjoy the pos to wheel into
line and lavish praise upon those they following
with malignant hatred This is not all. Falling to tam
per with majority of the Legislature they upon
them and counsel the people defeat each and every
of those if they should for Office again. who vot TO
reduce the price of printing and especially those who lad
been Instrumental in exposing the frau 5 committed, and
attempted to be committed by the late printers upon
the Treasury. To effect their object Sc issue is l'o-
seued and tale calculated to mpos aon the creduous
is ndusously circulated by the dsaieced and their in
ruments who expect to be benefited by it, The people
informed that they have been betrayed by the Members
of the Legislature who opposed all kinds of swndng opo
ration and watched zeaousiy the interests CT the State
but in all he horror profesed against the Senatorial ele
tiou the tonoss hcapol upon the heads of individual
Membe and the assaults against prominent members of
the parry outside of the Legislature have noticed in
varaby that the few of the majority Of the Legislature
who from to unknown, favored the connu
ance of the State printers in Office way escaped their
censure vituperaton This of ITSELF is strong proof
that they influenced only by purely pocunay motives
To Illustrate this point clearly make the follow
ing extract from the Report Of Joint Committe Of the
Legislature, appointed to investigate printing accounts
After examining the account for printing 10000 Foreign
Miners Licenses, and finding that the State had been
overcharged 5000, the Committee proceed to say:
Ths startling result in what would ostcnsibly seem
a small item of the State work. led to invest gate
the vouchers for Poll Tax Receipts these found chrg
ed in the every 4S0 single receipts being COM
putcd a The following the dates of the bills
March 10, 1858, "a reams (4j,000) at $35 $500
April 49, 1853, 42 reams (20000) at S35 $l,470
June 90 1853, 73 reams (36,000) at $35 $2.555
March 90, 1854, 2l0reans Q00,0O0) at S35 1850
$14,665
These receipts being printed five sheet the total num-
Der Of for which there possibility of charging
for the above POI 900 is but 81 and there being rule
work them the price according to contract should be $2J
per a total of 81 100, which shows overcharg,
during the year Of $l2,565 POI 600 Poll Tax Ee-
cepts"
From the above items The true secret Of the reckless
course of the Times and TaJs0i can be arrived at. 1t
had been swndng the St2 the tune of thousands and
the Legislature fit at The instance Of the people, tc
remove temptation from them The result is infamma
tory appeal to the people of the interior to osracse al
those who opposed the pundeng schemes of the late State
Printers knowing they have nothing to expect from the
ctes-ad ng their unpopularty where they are best
known manufactured false issue is sent into the nterio
for the purpose of misleading the people, and to scduce them