Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-04-04
DEmoCRAT-
For the Centre Democrat.

sing the false position taken by the Berich.
ter. AS the Berichter has went to some trou-
Bile to create the impression that the affairs
of the county are SO badly managed that the
only resource left to the Democratic side is to
have a new county formed out Of Miles.
Haines, Penn, Gregg Potter, Harris and
Ferguson Townships, and, of course. placed
under the control of democratic officers, it
is but fair that the opinions of citizens who
differ from Fred, Kurtz should also be
heard on the subject.
A careful examination of the expendi-
lures of Centre County for the last twenty
years, reveals the fact that the affairs of the
County have never been administered with
the same economy in any other hands, that
has characterized the Beard of Commission
ers ever since majority Of it became Re-
publican ; and this is easily accounted for
when we remember that the candidates of
the Republican party are selected by the
people for their honesty and capacity; in
stead of being CT by the leaders of the
party for their aptness to prostitute their of
flee to political purposes, as has always been
the case under Democratic rule.
From the lowest petty Township officer up
to the President Of the United States, we find
democratic officers following the same system
of plunder, extravaganza and oppression, un-
til. at this day, we find our Government,
once the greatest and mightiest government
of the world, brought to bankruptcy, ruin,
and political dsmemberment, sad and last
ing commentary on the extravaganza aud
corruption of the Democratic party, who have
plundered the taxpayers Of half the revenue
of the country, and used it in corrupting and
enriching its satellites and hangers on.
The day has goue by when venal demo-
cratic paper can gull the taxpayers of old
Centre and induce them to pay taxes to keep
up political organization to rob them, and
Mr.. Kurtz evidently feels this in its full
force or he would not be so anxious to have
the old county dismembered and new coun.
ty formed out of such townships as have not
| yet been fully awakened to the enormous ex-
travagance and corruption of the present
Democratic party; he evidently fears that if
we remain as we now are the Republican
papers published at Bellefonte will be gradu-
ally scattered through his pet democratic
townships, and he knows If such should be
the case, that the darkness in which he has
long sought to enshrth1 us will be dispelled
before the light of truth, and dishonesty and
all hope of Democratic plunder would have
to be abandoned, and he, perferce, be CON-
pelled either to advocate the cause of truth
and honesty or besake himself to some other
section of the country where his Plutonic pa
tron still held sway.
The Republican party is the party of the
people, and especially of the taxpayer, and
20 long as We haYe tax to pay we will be
opposed TO the formation of county that
would exclude Republicans from the admin,
istration of its affairs and place them in the
bands of a partywhose extravaganza and ut
Ter want of principle has been SO fully and
fearfully developed, not only to our cost, but
to the cost of our nation and country.
We have heretofore been opposed to the
erection of new lail as a matter Of economy,
but higher sense of economy now demands
that we should have one Immediately as that
would forever settle the question of the divi-
sion of the county. and we would rather pay
double our proportion of the tax necessary
for its erection than to be sadded with one
horse Democr attic County and its attendant
train of extravaganza and corruption.