The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-01-17

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ceives premium of fifteen per ceut., or. 800, ,0'
Receipts at the Treasury. $50. ..$2 ,3OO, ,oOO
But at the end of twenty years this
debt is to be paid. and the Disbursements
have been as follows: Ne @ hA
Principal. ........ ............ s., ,oOO OOU
Interest for twenty years. 40O ,Ooe
Paid out. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 ,400, ,OO0
Deduct amount received. $. .. s.... 800 ,0Ot
Loss to the heState~.~.>...s....-.. ,l9O,OOU
And this result is accomplished with
out Sasv couiputati0nk upon interest whi h
,nasa De paia SEMI annuaiiy, mus, be col
lcctcd \ year ia advance Of lis disburse,
aent. aud charged with per crntagcs, TO
the f'rcasurer's co'lectingit, AMI the cx-
~ ilse Of lis transmission TO New York =
such losses may be submitted 70 b, a
Slste which cannot pay lis dcb:s. but the
peopte Of Ohio would cheerfully sub
mit to af, additional tax of three ourths
q mill. with the knowledge that. after
January, 1857, even that ratcof taxation
would Steadily and largely diminish.
Such system is adapted 70 special. not
to general In erests, ana can only com
menditself to the approval Of those who
think th that'.public debt is a public blessing.
Public faith. should be kept TO the people
as well as to the creditor. Many Of our
counties and cities. With other eorporations
are deeply involved. The present high
credit Of the State, which has its origin in,
and now,depends upon. the punctual pay
ment of the public debt, is to them 0!
great value. A proposition to postpone
the payment would tend to diminish the
public confidence in the hitherto untarnish
reputation Of the State, and thereby pro-
duce an Injurious effect upon our private
as well as our public credit. There can be
no more desirablc object than to see a
State free from all foreign liabilities.
The. organization Of The executive
branch of our state government into sep
arate and distinct departments, indepen
dent OF each other, has cefainly many ad
vantages which it is unnecessary toenu-
merate. g It's believed. however. that 1t
would be improved and rendered far more
efficient if greater degree OF unity could
be the deliberations and ma
tions lof these several divisions. This
could easily, be affected by requiring the
various executive officers to meet together
once month, or oftencr if ifdcsired by the
Governor, In Executive Council, to re-
ceive and consider reports from their res
peetive departments, aid each other with
advice, and decide such action as wi best
tend to protect the public interests in cas-
cs of delinquency or suspected malteas
sncc. 0<b Is ..g-.u
This Council might be authorized to
inquire into and personally inspect the
condition Of the Treasury at reasonable
pefiods, andto exercise such discretion.
ary powers in relation to the depart
ments generally as ii would be unwise
and probably unsafe to lntrust to single
executive officer. The un on of several
executive officersinto boards of this kind
is not without precedent in this State;
The Board of Fund Commissioners, com
posed of the Auditor, Secretary of State
and Attorney General, has not only test
ed1hecpracticabiity, but the advantages
of such arrangements The people of
those States which have adopted Execus
t;xe Councils in the construction of their
governments, regard them, am told, a
most important safeguards in the admin
istfaiion Of their executive affairs. oia1,.
The printing and distribution Of pub
lic documents designed to be laid before
the Legislature is an object of great in
terest to the people. The practice hither-
to pursuedis neither favorable to prop
or dispatch of the public business, nor a
wide circulation of the information they
contain. They have usually been printed
very late in the season and their distrbu-
tion confined to very few persons most
ly the friends of the members.
Iwould respectfully suggest the pass
age of law authorizing the Governor
to have printed. by the recognized pnblic
printer. specified number of the reports
made to him by the several departments
Of the State government in time to have
the same ready for distribution at the
meeting Of the General Assembly. The
law should, like that providing for the
distributions of the laws and journals,
specify certain officers and institutions tc
whonpcopi6s of these documents should
be officially transulitted,aa as soon as deliv.
credit s the Lay yislature.> leaving a reasona-
Number be distributed by the mem
bers themselves among their constitu
ents. .s+yAiil' ''ie
Sach a law, instead of increasing
weaid certainly diminish the expense
now incurred, as the matter would b.
printed but once, ana the contractors hav
ample time to make required arrange
msttssG The Inform alton designed to b
communicated would then reach the peo
pie much earlier, and enable them to max
such Suggestions to their representative
as they might think proper.
The; ,initiatory measures which hav
been adopted by the Secretary Of State t.
gather the, statistics of the agriculture
wealth and improvements of the Stat
render the report of that officer for til
current year lone Of unusual interest, an
demonstrates the wisdom Of that provis
ion Of tile Constitution which contem
plates, the establishment of a Bureau O
Statistics in connection with that office
There are few persons outside of Ohi'
who fully realize the extent and greatnes.
Of her natural resources.
With the view of developing these re
sources. and Of collecting and preservin
the information Of SO much value to til
General Assembly as .sell as to the pee
pie, 1 respectfully recommend the estat
lishment by2law Of Bureau Of Statistic q
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