The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-01-16

ana SATISFACTORY a i8hb ny jus 5tlhplcSt
computations, that further argument o.
illustration is unnecessary.
Assuming a partial renewal of the
loan of january, 1851, for.......$z,0O0 600
The State for a loan of twenty years
receives a premium ofl5Per cent. or 100000
Receipts at the Treasury.-...S2300,00 900
But at the end of twenty years this
debt is to be paid. and the disbursements
have been as follows:
Principal. .-.. x-$2 ,000,0 900
Interest for twenty years. 2A0000
Paid ONT zz0o0 900
Deduct amount received 100000
Loss to the Slate z. 100000
And this result is accomplished without
any computation upon interest, which
must be paid OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES be
paid a year in advance of its disbnrse-
ment, and charged with per ccntages to
the Treasurer's collecting it, and the
expense Gifts transmission to New York.
Such losses may be submitted by q
State which cannot pay its debts, but
the people of Ohio would cheerfulIy
submit to an additional tax of three.
fourths of a mill with the knowledge
that after January, 1857, even that rate
of taxation would steadily and largely
diminish.
Such a system is adapted 10 specialy
commend itself to the approval of those
a public blessing Public faith
should be kept to the people as we'll
as nto the creditor. Many of our
tions. are deeply involved The pres
ent high credit Of the State which has
its origin IN, and now depends upon, the
punctual payment Of the public debt, is
to them of great value. A proposition
to postpone the payment would tend to
diminish the public confidence In the
hitherto uatarnished reputation of the
State, and thereby produce an injuri-
Gus effect upon our private as we'll as
our public credit. There caH b. M
more desirable object than to see q
State free from all foreign liabilities.
The organization of the Executive
branch of u State Governments into
separate and distiEct departments, in
dependent of each Other, has certainly
many advantages Which it is unnecessary
to enumerate. 1t is believed, hoYeysr-
that it would be improved aud rendered z
mors efficient, if a greater degree of uni
ty could be impaired to the delibera-
tious and actions of these divisions
This could easily be effected by requi-
ring the various Executive officers to
meet together once n month, or ~efteneF
if desired by the Governor, in Exeeu-s
tive Council, to receive and consider re-
ports from their respective departments,
aid each other with advice, and decide
such action as will best tend to protect
the public interests in cases of delln-
quency or suspected malfeasance.
This Council might be authorized to
inquire into and personally inspect the
condition of the Treasury at reasonable
periods, and to exercise such discretion
airy powers in relation to the depart-
ments generally, as it would be uDwise
and probably unsafe to entrust to a sin s
gle Executive officer. The union of ser.
eral Executive officers into boards of
this kind is not without precedent in
this State. The Board Of Fund Co.'S
missioners, composed of the Auditor,
Secretary of State, and Attorney Gen
eral, has not only tested the practice.
bility but the advantages of such ar
rangements. The people of those States
which have adopted Executive Councils
in the construction of their Govern
ments, regard them, as / am told, as
most important safeguards in the ad.
ministration of their Executive affairs
The printing and distribution of publ
lie documents desioned to be laid before
the Legislature is an object of great in-.
terest to the people. The practice hith-
erto pursued is neither favorable to a
proper dispatch of the public business,
nor a wide circulation Of the inforinar
ton they contain. They have usually
been printed very late in the session.,
and their distribution confined to a very
few persons, mostly the friends Of the
members.
I would respectfully suggest the pass
sage of a law authorizing the Governor
to have printed, by the recognized pub
lie printer, a specified number of the re-
ports made to him by the several depart
ments of the State Government, in time
to have the same ready for distribution
at the meeting of the General Assem-
bly. The law should, like that providing
for the distribution of the laws andt
Journals, specify certain officers and lne
! stitutious, to whom copies of these docs s.
umentsshould be officially transmitted I
as soon as delivered to the Legislature,
leaving a reasonable number to be dis-
tributed by the members themselves
among their Constituents.
Such a law, instead of incrcas.ngs
would certainly dimisish the expenses 3
now incurred, Us the matter would be
printed but once, and me contractors
have ample time to make the required
arrangements. The information designs
ed to be communicated would then reach
the people much earlier, and enable them Q
to make such suggestions to their repre>
sentatives as they might think proper.
The initiatory measures which have
been adopted by the-S Secretary Of State
to gather the statistics of the agrieultus
raj wealth aud improvements of the
State, render the report Of that oAesF
for the current year one Of puusual inter,
est, and demonstrates the wisdom Of that
provision of the Constellation which
contemplates the establishment of . Blu
reau Of Statistics in connection with
that Office. There are few persons out
side of Ohio who fully realize the ex<
tent and greatness Of her natural re
sources.