The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-09-15

exceed the cost of carryiDg the ms;l In
the Department of public printing, large
defalcations and frauds upon the Govern
meut have been detected aud exposed by
committee Of Congress, and it is shown
that the press which supports the admin
i>tration, lacking the support and sympa
thy Of the people, is subsidized from the
profits of the printing aud binding dOue
for Congress and other departUeDts.-
This specification of abuses aud acts OF
mal-aiuinistratiou might be greatly ex-
tended; but We must content our-elTes
with the example given, aud ask the peo-
Die whethether the ad ministration aud the
party which sustaus it are longer worthy
of their confidence and support. Public
virtue is the life blood of free Govern
ment, and without it republican in>titu-
tions hasten to ruin. The tax of reform
is the work of the people themselves they
must achieve it by disDissipg unfaithfnI
public servants, aud replacing them With
others of firm integrity and PATRIOTISM
While the Government is thus dcmoral-
lied by extravagaut expenditure on uD-
worthy objects for partizau ends, vscilla-
zion and uncertainty mark many OF 1t
public acts The natnralized citizens OF
the Union, to whom the admin ration
was so largely, if not entirely, Indebted
for its access TO power and whose exclu
sire friends its party professes to be, we're
shocked By an ofi5ial declaration that
they could not claim the protection of thi>
Government should they visit their native
eouutrics and be there required to render
military services; and they could not be
else than disgu,ted, when terrified at the
possible result Of such q declaration. the
President, Secretary of Stata and Attor-
uey General put forth three subsequent
official publications on the same subject
each differing from the other, and all in
tended to avert the political consequences
of the FIRST .tanr pas, and rather to pre-
vent the alienation of former friends than
to guard their rights which they had GFsi
compromised, and under their official sig
nature bad placed in the bands Of foreign
monarchs an admission which wou'n
be rctorted upon them with irresistible
effect when they should attempt to cou
test with them the doctrine of the mali
enable allegiance which they claim TO be
due by their native born subjects. luI
conclasion We invoke the earnest coDsid |
GRAFTON of these subjects which We have
brought to their attention, by the people |
of Peunsyls anis. We have no doubt
that the sentiments of large majority
coincide with the views which We have
expressed. The only matter remaining
is to make the will OF the majority efrc.
tive through the ballot boxes. The Ma
tional administration in possession of the
immense public patronage and all the ad
vantage which it possesses in the dispen-
saticn of the large appropriations at IL
command, has trained and peRsioned
band OF soldiers on duty. No effort will
be spared to perVert the expression of the
public sentiment of Penu-ylvspia into al
apparent approval of the Administration
and its measures. That can only be
done by superior vigilance and activity
ou their part, ard the failure of the great
body of the people of the State to attend
the election, aud make their sentiments
known at the polls. In order to avert
such result, We urge upon you. the peo
pie. to form a thorough aud complete or
gsni2ation 10 every County. City. Town
ship. Borough, Ward aud School District,
with the single purpose of securing the
recording OF the votes on toe cay of the
General Election on the second Tuesday |
of October next, and affecting TO th'
world that Penusylyania takes no step
backward from the proud position which
she assumed last year. but is re ady, pre-
pared, and waiting to 20 forward in the
cause of Administrative reform and re-
translucent. and Of protection to the free
labor OF American citizens both against
the aggressive movements of Slave labor
at home snd the policy which sacrifice
our interests to the fallscious doctrines OF
free trade, and pro.trates them under the
unequal competition which they are com
pelled to wage with the aggregated capi
tai, matured skill and unpaid lator O.
foreign nations.
The candidates nominated by the Con
veution, by which We were constituted
State Con- mittee, for the ofices of Audi
tor General and Surveyor General. res
tively--Tbos. K. Cochran, of York
and Wm. II. Keim, of Berks county
deservedly enjoy the confidence of their
political friends, are above reproacb,
and stand upassaiIed by political op-
ponents, sbd possess the quaiica
tions of integrity. ability and fidelity,
which make them worthy of public sup
port. They are the exemplars of tue
principles aud measures which We have
advocated, and their election will give the
whole country assurance of the position
OF Pennsylvania on these great questions
LEVI KLINE, Chairman.
J. HERON Fo. TER, c
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