The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-09-02
The Economy of the State
Administr ation.
TaX-Payers! Attention.!

When Andraw g Curtin assumed the
powers aud duties of the Executive Office
of Pennsylvania. We will not say that the
condition of the State. in the various de
partments of her government, in the
industrial pursuits and corporate euter
prises OF the people was not prosperous
1t was at period of profound peace, not
withstanding it was a time when the
Democratic slave drivers of the south
with their dough face sympa,hizers OF
the north, were completing their plans to
overthrow the National Government
In the gear 1852 the receipts tr"H or
dindry sources Of reUenue acere an ercess
eT receipts iron, the same sources an
1861, one million thirty thousand one
hundred and serenity sir dollars and
eighty-t,ro cents, the ercess Of Interest
paid IN 1862 orer dbu Of 1861 bseng
sl4,0 81. and that the ordinary er-
pennies for 1852 ,cere ninety fire thousand
three hundred and seventeen dollars and
sirteen cents less than the gear preri-
Gus =!
This healthy condition of the revenues
and the excess of the recei pts over the
expenditures, secured by the rigid and
general economy which was insisted upon
BY Governor Curtin in every department
of the State Government, induced him to
recommend to the Legislature a revision
of the revenue laws, with view to the
Ilegslizing of the burdens of taxation At
the sane time, Gov Curtin also recon-.
mended to the Legislature the justice
and expediency of restricting the rate of
LEGAL taxation, which has been and still
is, in some parts of the Commonwealth,
oppressive.
Considering the increase of taxation
By the National Government, and con
siderlng, too, the enormous enlargement
| OF the war expenses. those figures at once
redOuud to the credit of Gov Curtin and
the people of Pennsylvania We want
the tax payers carefully to ponder these
facts. We want the lax payers to re-
me~ber. IN the first year of Andrew @.
!
That he Increased tie rerenues of III
STATE, one million, thirty thousand. one
haRdred and >irty, sic doiiars and eighty
tJco CENTS; aud,
That the ordtdary expenses Of He
STATE for the gear 1862, ,oere ninety fee
thousand three hundred and seryl.teea
, }oiidrS tess chan tie year prerious. and.
That Andre.C g. Curtin, by the rigid
economy tchich he enforced during his
entire administration, ecen ,chiie he ras
equjppin3 and sending out thopsaads Of
sotdiers, ,ehjie h. ,eus reiierjag the rants
ot tie sctRjer' tdm7g, ,chiie he ras sue.
cortsg the s5ck and tcounded. and Bripg
ing tie dedd ,5irooe tie battle trids home
to be buried among their k,adred. he . a.
enabled 10 recommend, In tie face o.
these e:rtraordtHary expenses. reUision
et the rerenue hlcs uitk a vie,c 10 tie
reduction ofthe rate IF locat and STATE
tdLdttOn ~
The administration of 10 other State
Govern neuf III the Union, can point To
such record for the past three years
ihe HISTORY of no government In the
world exhibits such results. These facts
prove rigid economy and a wise stare>
manship entirely due to Andrew G.. Cur
tin. They put to rest ali doubts as TO
his claims to re election. They prove
that 10 has hands. the interests of the
State and the welfare of the people are
safe. wiz the tax PAYERS of Pennsylva
nia accept the proofY viii the people
continue to repose in Andrew 6. Curtin,
she confidence aud approval with which
they attended his steps during the past.
for the coming three years? If they do
net, they must expect increased taxation
and enlarged Indebtedness. If hsy do
if the people Of Pennsylvania decide.
Gas ace delieve they aciU, to re-elect An
dreac g Curtin. GoUernor of the State,
Just III proportion al the revenues hare
been Increased and the State tares icere
reduced for The past, so uM those reve-
rues be increased and htdt taxation e.
duced an the coming gears Of another
ddmtnist, alton. This is an important
fact. 1t can be viewed only in one
light. 1t cannot be distorted or misrep-
resented. The result in figures, of the
increase of our revenues and the redue.
tion of the State taxes, depend entirely
upon the contingency that Andreto G.
Curtia be Governor Of Pennsylvania,
for three gears after the expiration of
has present term!
Tdr puyers Of Pennsylvania ! remeza-
Der these facts !!!-Harrisburg Tete-
graph. ..f