American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-03-11

have been thrown into. no iueonsidera0le
slate Of excitemsnt and indigestion at the
course Of the Board Of Public Works in
supplanling (by the sppointmeht OF the
somewhat notorious Jacob Blickensdsrfer)
the experinced and well.iried Ecginser
who has had. for the past year. the snYer-
vision Of that section Of the Pubic Works
Of Ohio known as il,s " Hooking Yslley Ca
nal" and the M uskingum Improvement"
II Is not our intention. at tie present time.
to institute rigid investigation into the
causes that have doubtless brought about
this result. There will be time enough |
lor this by and ty. Sufi;e il, for the pres
'ent, to say. that the representatives of the
Republican Party in the Board Of Public
Works fave had fair opportunity to vim
dicate the reputation Of that integral por-
tion Of the State Government Of the odium
which public sentiment now attaches TO its
very name, and that this indication Of its
becoming subsidiary to the political powers
that have in years past controlled its ac-
lion, is a step that must call forth the Sc.
yerest reprobation.
In removing Rev. SAMUEL CARPENTER
from the post Of Engineer Of the section OF
Public Works referred to, Mr. Commission;
er WADDLE perpetrated a grievous wrong
upon the people Immediately inIerested-a
wrong they had no right TO expect at his
hands. and one they will not submit to in
silence. Ii is fact well known to every
person in this portion Of the State, that Mr.
CARPENTER superintended these works with
signal ability and faithfulness, and that as
an Engineer he has not superior in the
Statc,-the rectitude Of his official conduct,
as that OF his private relations, has never
been brought in question, nay. not even
so much as suspicioned, in the whole
course OF his life. He is, in fact, a model
Engineer, and one in whose hands the peo-
pie hereabouts felt perfectly sale in conf
ding the interests is of this section OF the
, Public Works. Independent OF the conf
dence reprosed in his professional ability
e there was peculiar fitness in his appoint
4. ment on account OF his resident interest il
keeping watchful eye over the work
/, confded 10 his care. This is matter tba
should not be lost sight of or overlooked
and in all instances, those Engineers onl.
should be appointed whose personal inter
ests are known to lie identical with tn
interests OF the works they are to superiu
n tend.
n But how does this rule apply TO the cas-
70 in question? Mr.. CARPENTER is supplan
II cd by Mr.. BL1cKENsDERFER; aud for wha,
ii Is it on account of Mr.. C.'s profession,
e inferiority to Mr.. B? That is not claim
i ed. On the contrary, it is acknowledge
!" by Mr.. WADDLy himself, that Mr.. G. is
every sense of the word fully competent. J
y it, then, on account Of the greater exp
u rience Of Mr.. B. over Mr.. C? No! M
ID CARPENTER, professionally. is Mr.. BLIcl
ly ENsDERFER's senior. Well, then, is it b
cause the personal interests OF Mr.. B. a
D. more closely Identified with the PublicW or
Of the State in this Division? So far fro
this being the case his interests are direc
ly antdgonistic, and lie in another portit
of the State. What, then, in comm,
d. honesty, were the secret motives viii
ed prompted this substitution of Mr.. BLro
ESsDERFER for Mr.. CARPENTER? This is
u, u delicate question, a faithful reply to whi
IA might not be calculated to reflect mu'
honor upon the dsinterestedness of t
Commissioners. 1t would not always
" hatterng to these who WELD the pow
We and patronage high official stations to
by the people know just exactly from VII
Id source, when. where, and for what Pa
~ ~ pose, the principles around which they r
y were derived; and it might possibly il
pair the dignity of this Republican Boa
'sE of Commissioners in this case to state
of what particular coterie, and for what {
stl jects their system of decapiation has be
ID. invented, which eliminated in the reno,
of one Of the most competent and faith
,ok officers in the Slate. Ii is a suspicc
Job circumstance, in connection with this Vh
Ter matter, that Mr.. CARPENTER has been
le placed by man who has been most e
m. phaticaly repudiated by large major
oa- Of the voters Of the State, and whose Ii
in a gr,at measure, has been consumed
: a series of attempts to get control Of
os Public Works Of the Stale and make th
of subssrvientto to his private ends. IT.
is this appointment, he can succeed in or
uu' ting public sentiment adverse to the {
. # formally expressed at the ballot-box
October, he may hope to retrieve the m
tifying verdict Of that campaign.
to The suspicious circumstances which c
.se- nected Mr.. Bliokensderfer with cert
fraudulent contracts, induced the voters