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THE WHOLE A ROF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING -HONEST. JEFFERSON.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1851.
VOL. 12.
No
Jt'itblisliccl by Theodore SoEsocIi.
TERMS TivodnllaMpcc nnnum ftTaft vnnce Two
dollars and aqtiarter, Jialf joArtyand if not paid bo
rn Ihn on.l nflhp vn'ar. Ttfti dollars arid 11 lialf. TlinSO
who receive their papers" by ft carrier or stage drivers
GOV- JOHSS.TOS'S SPEECH,
At llic latc.Whls ilSoeiina ia PhiE-
;uSo5p5ssa.
acts of the Legislature in a period of three
and a half years. Citizens, by your partiality
' I have been in the discharge of the Executive
Fclloy citizens, I desire to" return to you my (duties three years, and during that period
wordivduring the administration of Gov.Rit
ncr, the public records show that riot one dol
lar of additional debt was added to the funded
debt during the three years the government
was under his charge.. "(Applause,) In 1849,
when I assumed the Executive functions, un
der an election by the people, the public debt
of Pennsylvania had swelled to the enormous
'.Slim of 841.(100.000. Tlinro urns n flnntinir
The Charge fmj2 rtvajVSrtiaSS-""0" ! ass?mblagcs of the people, a security for our ; gislature had immediately before passed an ! debt upon the canals and railroads, unrccord
A1C71 leufcra addressed to the Editor musVbc post-political institutions. I thank you also, as an ( act precisely the same in words, in leterslcdand undisclosed except to those having
paid. .-I, ; Executive Magistrate, for your presence here ( and in figures. (Laughter.) I thought that charge of the canal system, of 8370,000 or
j to-nignt, uecause it assures me tnat tue put)- an act ot iiasty legislation, and I said so ttf I more. This debt required something like S2,-
1.
employed hythc proprietor, win dc cimrguu i- uiuuua iui uiu naiu uuu cxiuiusiasuc manner j nave been calieu-upon and found it my duty
CK?i5rwSimicdunUUIl arrearagesare paid, j which you lmvo received me upon my pres- . to veto seven acts of the Legislature. The
except at the option ofthe Editor. , cnt visit to Philadelphia. I thank you, as a first of those was, the veto of a bill in rela-
teeSiuesS 'Pre8enc1e.onl th'"S ! lJon to a strcet in the lo Brookeville,
. K.n..fiv,. corns foi everv subsequent insertion, occasion : lor I think I have observed m these , and the reason ot the veto was. that the Le-
J O 35 PKISTING.
ifav:inff a general assortment of large, elegant, plain
and ornamental Type, u c are prcpaied
to execute ev'ery 'description of
Cards, Circulars, Hill ITcads, Nolcs.niank Hcccipts,
Justices, Legal and oil
printed with neatness
terms,
A.T TlYE OFFICE OF THE
Tcffcrsouitm Kfipublciisii.
The
lie are determined to examine the -acts of their ' the Legislature in my veto message,
, servants, and to pass upon these acts with the ; next was the veto of an act for the construc
voicc ofapprobation or disapprobation, as their tion of a railroad through some ofthe interior
honest judgments may satisfy them is right. I cdunties of the State, and twenty-two, out of
' also thank you for your attendance, asacandi- the thirty Senators present, sent a written re-
otheis BianKs. j'hanipnicts, &c date.ior.. office, because it affords me an oppor. quest to me to veto that bill, because it had
ica an. frcnnlfh till rr:i$mi:inlf . . . . ' i
' tunityof expressing to the people, my views up-1 passed without their und
i- .1 . i .r. . , . . ' .
000,000 annually to pay its interest, and of
that 2,000000, at least $1,500,000 was
every year sent out of the countrv to nav in-
honest judgments may satisfy them is right. I ' cdunties of the State, and twenty-two. out of I tercst upon loans held abroad. In addition to
these 2,000,000 required td pay the interest,
that interest was obliged to be paid semi-annually,
and allowing a period of twenty years,
would have at least equalled the original ag
gregate ofthe entire principal ; so that when
this sum had paid the debt, it stood precisely
where it did before the payment had com
menced that is, the State wasstiil $41,000,
000 in debt.
You will recollect that in the period of ten
years, from 1839 to 1849, the debt had in-
TEAS!!
J. N. & E. W. C.OLESS.
No. 69 PCQl'l StrCtt. NeW-YGrlc ' arrival of numerous delegations from Ken&ing- of representation a rig
j y. , 1 ti ton, Spring Garden and .Northern Liberties, and formidable to demagc
S5?552 in a prece(cd by bands ot
SIS e" ln n 1 did not distinctly he.,
nderstanding its proyis
on public measures that, in this government, ions. (Great laughter.) The next veto I
constituted of the people, and under1 their ( sent to the House of Representatives, or the
control, all may know the opinion of tbo man j Senate, I am not now certain which was
for whom they are called upon to vote at the ; that of thd apportionment bill, which not on;
next election. j ly violated the Constitution, but which depri-
(Hcrc the Governor was interrupted by the , ved large portions of the people of their right
lit sacred to them,
gogues oulv: (Great
music. Uur reporter applause.) The next was the veto ot a bill to creased 510,000,00U: and you will remember
tltr linrtl llin nnCCnrmC nf ttin 1 nKnHnfAirAiiiPtiiifn('niiniiti.l!nMntipnrtliin . f linf Mitt ln . i I - r.i . . n M .7
it lll'I'I'II li M (Til?. .... . , r. . " . .. . - . .
muL .7 . . . - .. snppo h tnat imineuiateiv louowea. ) RitviiLCountv. t ie nowerover licenses, uecause , nals which were not comnlctei at tlm tmm
WWmnl all desciiptions suiieu 10 tue , - ' W,:...,, .; '. V - rir ...... r V
A,r'V rereivinT from Ih'e hpst mauufac- Plc 11 islft)r tnem t0 c viS''ant in reference ly vested under thelav then existing, would ted in 1849, I distinctly state, from the best
... rG an rt'o nr'rniui'rn nf Ihr to the conduct of their agents. I have too be better vested in any other place than in 'of my recolletion, and from the most careful
lures a lull asSiiimicni 01 i iiroi a', 01 mi- , , ... c ? ... . J 1 . . ... i '. . T . , .. ,
ot or,,..r,-,i hmn.ic ill fif ivhw ii nrp run- much regard, myselr lor the republican msti- courts called on to pass upon the rights, lib- examination 1 can make of the history of the
must appiovco uranus, an ui hhkii jii. lu . r-.,-, ,.i- . t .i '. i .i ' i- . .ri. .
tidently offered as equal to any in market, tuttons of this land to desire to be the repre-( erty, and reputation of citizens. Another . internal improvements of the State, not a sm-
aml at the lowest cash prices. ' sentative of any men whose opinions Upon case was a grant to a company of the exclu-1 gle mile of railroad or canal was brought in-
Merchaiiis vj'siiinr the City would do well public policyl could notcoiisriientiously car- sive right of navigation, by steam, a portion to active usefulness during the period of ten
m c- -ind pximiue our stock befuie purchas- ryout. The next election, in my judgment, in- of the Susquehanna river. As that river was 1 years to which I have referred. I do not say
volvcs me settlement oi imporiani questions a public highway, penetrating three states ot anu l have not saw there were no appro-
.3m to the people of this State. It it were but a the Union, I conceived the Legislature had ; pnations made during that time for public mi
mere eilort to elevate A. or U. to oflice, who no constitutional authority to deprive any provements, becatise such is not the truth.
would discharge the duties of the Executive ! portion of their citizens from navigating it by ! Citizens, I believe if this system werecontin
inn elsewhere.
September 4. 1851.
HARDWARE,
The next year, 1850, the citizens of the 'glorious one than could be achieved by
Commonwealth saw proper to send to the Le- j the power of the sworilV Ife is to place
gisiutivo halls a muiority of the pnrtv who ' ,..:u: i Ii, :.
acteu in opposition to the State admmislra-1 i ti r i V .i ,T.
tinn Tli-.r r P.r;:l.,tr r ""a.rd ,vltun freG lJor(ler3 0( tU3 Union.
hoik . xn.it .Legislature, lor some reason beat! . , i i ,i
known to themselves for I desire to impute, (APPlause0 & 1S to Pce Yltlll the
as I do impute, no impure or improper motives ! "eul'fc each. of the rising generation the
to any one interfered with the laws e&tab- .lve of our institution?, and the love of
lishing the fund for the payment of the pub-, freedom. When you. shall liave accom
Jic debt, so that the receipts into that fund, pli&hed that, and Pennsylvania has her
nertorm in the great
made for yourselves
uuuntr uie year ioqu, icii so low as to enable share and her part to
.h io purchase omy uv,yuu inueotcdness. ; Avork you wiu havc
iuVt i TV r ' u r .f , ' a destiny, which I had
lisbment of t. Kin.Jn, T?.,n,l fi, P bc ouvicd by the an
- --w rvass L4 A 14 klt V Ulilill IJ- ,
almost said might
irlcs themselves.
sioners of that Fund should make a report to ' is.tuis system lor the reduction ot the
the Executive of the amount of stocks of the 'P"Wic debt to be persevered in, or is it
Commonwealth which had been purchased, be. abandoned? I take it for granted
and required the Executive to issue a procla- that the result of the next election will de
mation stating that fact to the people. i termine that question. On the one side
The object of fixing this date was to you have presented a candidate, who,
separate the operations of that fund from however unexceplidridble he may be per
the general settlement of financial affairs, sontlly, is yet pledged to carry out the
which takes place in November. This former practices and doctrines of his par
was done for the express purpose of show- ty, and that party has uniformly levied
ing to the people the operations of this ; taxes upon the people when in power ;
system. On the 1st of September, the ; has made but feeble ellbrts for the reduc
Commissioners of that fund, consisting of tion of the public debt. The party with
the State Treasurer, the Auditor General 1 which I act while it has had charge of
and the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the State Government has not increased
made their report to the Executive depart- the public burthens, and has in no single
ment, and I have the pleasure now of an- instance, failed to use its best endeavors
nouncing, what was declared by Procla- for the reduction of the public debt. The
mationiothe people of Pennsylvania, that party in opposition, throughjts represen
the operation of that system, thus far, has tatives in the last Legislature, made an
been to extinguish and forever discharge effort to increase the debt of this Com
from the property and the labor ofthe cit- monwealth, by proposing to borrow $250,
izens of this Commonwealth, $G59j000 of 000 at 5 per ccut interest; to be applied
your public debt. (Applause.) (to the avoidance of the Inclined Planes
All the Proclamations heretofore which ' on the mountains, a project which may
have issued trom that department since costSl ,500,000beforecompletcd. Isay,
liiir TawIc riiiHr tinder the Constitution and the laws with ii-, steam. 1 he sixth was a case of divorce, ued for another period of ten years, and your Li A rtrt,, . ( A 1 xi A t -I r it i i
Dry Goodr, &, Gl OCCI feioi C. wQud be a of momQnt dearIy wiUi.n tM jurisdiction of tho courtg; f debt incronged .J the rate of 1Gi0bo,O0b, or Jhc commencement of your system ot In- then that it is for he people at the com-
at uuiiKt & oiiU bid.M),y whether A or 1 should be the successful can- and, therefore, expressly prohibited by the even one-half of that sum, it would be so e-
IroKortJiIIamiltorist.Easton nearly op- didate. But, if I can satisfy the citizens of constitution from the interference of the Le- normously large as to force the honest people
vositc the IVhitc Horse Tavern. this portion of Pennsylvania that important gislature. The last was of a bill which re- of Pennsylvania into a dishonest repudiation
ternal Improvement, have been invitations ing election so settle the great question
to the people to come forward and pay whether they desire the continuance of
their taxes or lend their money to the that policy which is reducing the public
Commonwealth, and take a bond upon debt, or whether they desire to return to
the property and industry ofthe State. the old state of things, when itwa3 an-
For the first time in the history of your nually increasing. "Whatever decision'
State, since she commenced her system of they may make on the subject, will be
Internal Improvements, have you a paper entirely satisfactory to me.
I ir i j.i--t .3 i r-.ii:;. i a-i.i r : :
Permit me to occupy a moment of your , while in the rural districts, the same class of , of the delt, at all events in the prevention of, Iua,IUUUS uie auotua que-uou ui ..pux a, .u u.j
. . mipstinnc imnortant to their interests, are in- nnirnrl in nil thr rural districts of t'ennsvlvn- nf ihpir rihlifrnfunic. nr nliirn nnnri their nrnn-
THOMAS 1. &-P-L vki b. i j j ' i vojve(j m tj,c cmmng contest, and to be set- nia, that jawyers, or gentlemen learned in erty and their industry, such burdens as they
tivuiu i ivi.-u.. t .... Tioi vip rpsmi. 1 mil uuiiiinuiiL. Liiuru win inn i:iv siinnm lit; iii!r:inii : ss ninm 1 i ims. rmim nni np.ir. i.nnnrirnr imiinr i simTirns.
old friends in Monroe county and the pub- bG no backwardness upon their part to do ! You may not appreciate the force of this ob- sion, I turned my attention at an early day
lie generally, that they havc taken the what they believe to be just and right to the 'jection, because in your city and county, the to the accomplishment of some project which
above establishment, and offer for sale a institutions under winch they Jive. ; associate judges aresumciently remunerated, ! might result, it not to the absolute reduction
larae and well selected stock of ilard-
, . -rv nnr,ia ,nri Gmr-friov cnnvnris- time, while I make a few remarks in reference officers receive about 125 or $140 per year, its increase. I believed if vou desired to pro
" t f 11 - n to some charges which have been made against ' You can easily imagine what kind of a law- serve the money of the people, and to appro-
lllg e o owing nQW addresses you. In the first yer could be obtained to serve for that mon- priate it to the legitimate purposes for which
S3 i. SI SD IB. Ipa place, it has been charged that the present i ey. T believed, however, the Legislature, in ' it was intended, the surest means to, reach
50 doz Rim Locks, with white, brown Executive has been unfaithful to his pledges i assuming that none but a lawyer should be : that result was by keeping your treasury poor,
and brass Knobs. i in one or more particulars. It has been in j elected as associate judge, transtended the jihad known enough of the legislation of
000 cross Screws assorted1 - reference to the exercise of that high power j power vested in them. Inasmnch as their re- j Pennsylvania to know that,- with a treasury
T- S ' ! t-Qcfo1 in mo ln llir rnn ct it II t inn f hp nnVVPr ' fnrimo1 f'nrictitnf inn linl nlnnoil nn limifnfinn ft 1 11 np mnnotr nr ivhilo mnnpir nnnlil Vp !mrl
" UOZ JiUlUS, lSS01Lt-U. ' -T (rnniinrr nnrlnnc ntlll rpmittino- flflPS nnrllnnrfh ihn nnnn'o in llin -lin?n nt flioco fiiti-
50 " Pulleys, Bl
manufacture
60 doz Till Locks.
ii C W f ll grn'ing pardons and remitting fines and upon the people in the choice of these fui
lakes-A- Vk estvnie s forfeitures that i ,ave failed to discharge j tionaries,- I vetoed and sent that bill to t
'5'f ', the duties which I owed to the citizen. I i House in which it originated, and so satisfi
the
ac-
upon the faith ofthe Commonwealth, that le
gislators would devise Various projects to
waste it extravagantly. I was satisfied that
the moment the treasury was brought down
mention this for the purpose of asking vour i torv were the reasons assiirncd in mv messasre.
500 planes assorted; the celebrated Mi attention for one moment to a matter, about ; or so entirely was that House convinced of, to a point where it could only meet the de-
lews 1 entertameo, that manus lor legitimate purposes, it a. reduction
passed the of the debt could not be commenced, an m-
Copeland's make of Planes arcumongst which I cannot, on this occasion, enter into j the propriety of the views I enter
this assortment detail. The exercise of the pardoning power j although but the day before they
20 doz Saws' Spear & Jackson's, and vested in the supreme Executive of the State,
i.i tt.1T 1 ! C ti Illay we, UiJU uuuuuwc, in many iijoiujiuw ic
also the celebrated London spring ban, bc abuse(, bthe one who
manufactured by H. Pisston. Also, i)is- OXQTcQS the pmver and it may be abused by
ston's Mill Saws for sawing white pine; t,ose;froni.whom.he derives his information,
circular and cross-cut do.; Broadaxes, j can say j,erc tbat m tiie exercise of that
hand and cooper axes; hatchets; compas- power, upon no single occasion was I ever
sps- Rfppl trvinfr snnnvGs: Stock Howls influenced to nrantor withhold a pardon, by
and cooner cross. Also, a lot of Macke- political partialities or prejudices. (Cries ol
Government declaring to you that a por- judgement, to be affected by the result of
tion of your liabilities has been discharged, the next election, is that connected with
You have also in the operations of this the policy of the National Government, in
system for the last two years and a half, either giving or withholding protection to
anassuranccthatifitrcmainsundisturbed, the industrial pursuits of the country. I
it must result in the entire payment and believe that the question of a protective or
liquidation of the enormous burthens that non-protective tariff will be settled for
now hang over the industry and prosper- years to come by the action ofthe people
ity ofthe people. It has been said that at the ballot box on the 14th of October
but a very small portion of the people next. If your decision be in favor of that
have an interest iu the payment of the party which advocate the policy of the
debt that only those who are called up- present tariff law, I take it for granted that
on to pay heavy taxes havc ever com- your recorded verdict will be received as
plained of the amountofthatindebtcdncss. the deliberate expression of your opion
rcl & Richardson's celebrated window
fastenings ; Flush Bolts, shutter Bolts ;
plastering and mason's trowels; hammer
ed pans; brass and iron Kettles; shovels
jjood good," and applause.) I have uniform
ly endeavored from the lights I could obtain to led upon to use that power, were cases where
guide my judgment, to make such decisions
upon all questions ofthe kind that were pres
ented to me, as justice and truth required,
bill by a large majority, not a single inan had! crease might be prevented. An examination j a different opinion.' I believe that on this subject. If on the other hanH;
the hardihood to record his vote against that of the public resources induced me. to believe c manin the community is deeply in- you should decide in favor ?f that party
veto message. (Great applause. that a slight revission xn some of the laws as- i Tf ili,:i, oi.fnil tbn unlfpf
nn ,.,-, I - . ., . c ,1 .- icitsitll ill iuu mallei. iiunutui uaiti- iuiiv.ii uuo uniuij mnt....w. xr J
These are, then, the cases in which I have sessing taxes upon the propperty of the citi- . ... x,.1,, tor.i;nn frt fhn, Initio, inilns-
zen and theexercise f proper energy m their uurt4 t - vlsi,;"p i' "
administration, might produce the desired re- portion of my fellow-citizens who pay a , try 'of the country, your voice will bc re
sults. I recommended to the Legislature of very small ainouut of tax; because they spectcd. It will be respected because the
1849 the establishment of a Sinking Fund, for have not been blessed with much proper- influence of Pennsylvania in National e
the purpose, of ascertaining whether the re- tv, are more deeply affected, if possible, lections and in National contests has al-
sources of the treasury were sufficient to car-j ti,e paylnCnt or non-payment of the ways been felt and always regarded.
j ry out the objects I had in view. Certain i-1 vniylG debt, than that class who pay hea-' You will remember that without the vote
exercised the veto power dunnir the tune 1 1 zen
have presided oyer the public affairs of the
State ; and for this exercise of that power,
charges have been mrtde against me thatlvi
olated pledges given to the people. Observe
all the instances in which I have been cal-
and forks, &c, with a. great variety oi rpiiat I havq granted pardons that mighthave I to be so. I know o
hardware, too, .numerous to mention. better not been granted, I. have no doubt; but' reference to the dis
Thp nn'rfmtMit will comnare with Svitb in all case? 'if the kind the public records will ties, or Executive
the Constitution of the State had been violated, terns of taxation which hefore that time had
or were it was manifest there had been hasty 1 been used for gene
legislation the legislature itself admitting it 1 pnated to that
f no other accusation in which a more e
charge of Executive du-, nues
rights, that our political durin
price
i..i i t i i ; 4i .. viT.i.i. ii i- -i ' r -
rF1' tfi'Vfa S21 uiai cieiHcucy nau uueii givuu uujuitj mu ucl , - v nu niese preliminary ouservauons l pro
r .v' , ' ' was done. In no single instance have I ever , deed to show that important questions are in
Clbtlis. French "blue black, blue,brown, fyied t0 make everv exertion I could to - volved in the rcsu!' .f the next election.
er
cadet style, mixed, Beaver, Tweed, Cro- obtain information from such souces as my ' And here I frankly declare, I have no oth
ton; Satinets; a full assortment of C as- judgement told me were reliable. I may.fur-' interest in the contest than that which be-
ci'n.avoc A luvfrp .iKsnrf.iriAxit. Ladies thcr sav to you that, notwithstanding the large longs to all withm the sound ot my voice.
-
chase of a quarter of a million of the indebted
ness of the people, your public stock, which
before that period of time had been far below
par, was immediately brought up to and above j
par value.
Dress
lustre
- t p -p j convictions iui tii.ut; uiLiiui iiuo uuiiiiuuii- iv ii
fancy linen, gingham calicoes, A.c. Jed lhere hav(? bpen fe.ver panong granted or jts
ticking, bleached -and brown mu?lin; lin- b th(J present Executive than by hispredeces-' as it
institutions, would be a lamentable evil,
would be to everv man who hears inn.
en plaid; coatings "chdcks;flannelhpes ; gors Another charge has been made, and that I have no interest separate or distinct from
jx lull a-ssoiD- Ej notwithstanding whether these pardons yours, and 1 desire to have none. 1 am per-
buttons; thread and silk
ment of
GROCERIES.
10 hhds Mohnses.- ; .
20"bblsN.0- and Trinidad Molasses
5 hhds Sugar.
30 bbls do. Avhite and brown.
15 " snerm. -whale-and lard' Oil.'
25 boxes soap
20 do. , candles'.
3000 lbs Bacon. I .'
25 bbbr iridss pork1.
25 do Tlstar. '
T- " 1 1 "XT'
10 chests imperial ana xoung zgz
T?inp. Kt.arch. chocolate, Indi-H??j
go, Madder, aiium. o:c.
wererightornotjthatlwaspledgcdagainstthe fectly willing to stand or fall sink or swim
, exercise of the pardoning power. 1 his is un- with the majority of the people of Tenn
1 just and untrue. I could not, at any time, or sylvania. (Applause.
1 under any circumstances, have pledged my- The first subject to which I will ask your
self against the exercise of a power which attention, is that of the public debt of the
must necessarily be called into action in a ; State. I know its discussion is necessarily
correct administration of the government. dry, but I am satisfied you will bear with me
(Great applause.) It has been stated that T have ( for the lew moments I will occupy your
been derelict in duty and fuithless to pledges, time in explaining, so far as I can, the action
!bv'Jhaving occasionally arrested the legislation ofthe present administration in reference to
believed that the interest on the debt should be
paid. It was done, fellow citizens, without
resorting to tempory loans, in anticipation of
the revenues of the coming year. I desired
that mode of paying the obligations of the
Commonwealth, simply because I never
knew an idividual who drew largely upon the
incoming year's resourcs, who did not get
into a tight place before the year ended.
(Laughter.) I believed it to be the same with
the state, that it you aiuicipatcu tue reve
nues of the first quarter of the year to pay the
Ii a more efficient collection ofthe reve-j ot pF' eyj , ww r
was secured. The operations ofthe fund , are equally interested in the education of industry of the country ever was parcel
n-the first year was the payment into it their children. The man of means can without the assistance ot 1 eiinsylvama,
anv in this place in quarifitv, style and shouvthjit I had the mostconclusive testimony ' opponents have seen propper to bring against ! of $227,000, with w-hich sum more than 250. send his children to school and secure and I regret to say that no tarilt law thac
' f .' '- before tm of the worth of the object to whom me. j 000 of the public debt of the Commonwealth ! them an education, whether the State does took away protection from the industrial
was purchased, and in addition to this pur- anvthiu-' for the aid of public instruction pursuits ever was passed unless it was
ot not. The man who unfortunately has through the agency ot some recreant
not means, unless there be some provision Pennsylvanian. You will remember that
for education made by public authority, on a late occasion, when an effort was
is deprived of the peculiar pleasure that made to restore to the people of Peunsyl-
7nn;: i r;?,: hlatk silk ,varD increase of our popukition, and the consequent ' To me the prosperity ofthe State is a bless- I In addition, as a part of the system, I dc- must fill the heart ot a parent when ne vaina boine mu- piuuu.,
Good,, black nu blak. wik .jm ip tf and of the nURjb1er of jnfrit jg am, evc cilizcn; that Uje intehst yoBr Iebt sllouId I fin(s his offspring'-receiving the benefits it great branches oftheir industrial pursuits,
s, bareges, dolamc, iav jib p.ain ina conviclions for cri.ne wilhin this comraon. to nie lhe injury or downfall of the State, be paid in that kind of money which your con- bestows. i the desertion of four Pennsylvania mem-
stituted authorities contracted it should he nr n.n nnWin dpbf. of the bcrs ot the lower noue oi oougra
paid in at the time the stocks were issued I j J ' iffmem t. affects direct! v our found necessary to defeat the hopes and
present system of popular education. I the wishes of the people ot the fctate.
do not speak particularly with reference ' The people of Pennsylvania arc an in
to the city and county of Philadelphia, dustrious and a hard-working people,
because I know that you havc a school Ninety-nine out of every hundred of her
system peculiar to yourselves. But out citizens are men who rely upon their la-
of Philadelphia you will call m vain tipon uor lor uie eiy mwu u.u iuj -the
tax payer to pay that amount of tax Ye are a nation of workmen. I he Go-
j.t was
and
they
,if Tfvnnr public debt were naid, I not demand afthatUovornmcut protection
ask you, and I ask eyery citizen of this for their industry, (Applause.)
Commonwealth, "what amount might not Let us look to the condition of the
bc safely spared from the Treasury for working classes and in this expression
the purpose of establishing a general sys- working class, I include every man who
tern of education? You pay now 82,000,- carns his bread by the "sweat of his
000 a year interest on the public debt. face." Our institutions require of them
Appropriate that rtmniount to popular cdu- the performance of important public
cation, and you will havo established such trusts, the execution by themselves, or
a system as exists iu no other country, the selection of those into whoso hands
(Applause.) If results so important to j3 to bc committed the care of the gov-
the commuuity as (ho enlightenment of eminent. They are called upon at thr
the risin" generation and the education of ballot box to exerrfsc right, which, if
the masses', are to bo effected by the pay- properly exercised, uuis-t result in thepres-
ment of the public deb(t, is there a citizen ervation of the CoMtituiion ami the laws.
of Pennsylvainia who would not rejoice nt The genius of our institution expect of
the adoption of means which would- pror Um. portion of our people that they should
duce its entire liquidation. perform those duties with intelligence and
T. x1 ;.v . , ,i ftf fiedlitv. What then does thnt citizen re
I know thatifc has been said that wq vft,Te ;. A
, ... n'.. autre here? lie requites time to nn-
avc a uestmy to perjm. u;v "J- p0Ve his mfnd, that he may fulfil tle
Amnvif'nn nation has a doitinv toDerlorm, J""1- " 1 J . .
of the'State, by the exercise ofthe veto power, it The public debt of Pennsylvania was in- demand of the last quarter, bciore the year tcr-
- which is vested in the Executive by the Con- curred fdr'the" purpose of constructing your . mmated you would again be in linancial dit-
lnternal improvement was com-j these arrangements,! laKc occasion, wiiu
1824-5. It was originally designed pleasure, here to say, and I have said soon
the waters of vour beautiful DeM all other occasions, notwithstanding what
btitution. I f 'reeley say to you, that 1 have been great lines of Canals and Railroads. That Acuities to meet your obligations. In making
opposed to the too frequent use, and have so system of
declared to the people upon a former occasjon, menced in
nf tho rftn nnwnr. T believe its exercise on to connect
the part of one individual, so very frequently aware with the waters ot the Uhio and the j has ueon said uy my opponents, i was luiyuij
nvernil'mw thn action of the neonle's renresen- waters of Lake Eric. It was extended so far : assisted by the other officers who were coti-
ThVid o!w niches white beanB, &c. tatives, is not a republican feature in his ad- as to embrace improvements up the river nected with me in the State administration,
inn i S " ?l ,u ' ' r ministration. 1 said so before the last elec- Delaware to reach the coal fields, as well as, I must return my thanks particularly to the
1UU sacks 01 . wioea ii tion, and that assertion I repeat, for the pur- to develop the mineral resources lying upon ! then Auditor General and the then Whig
50 kegs white Lead; rmdOW giasb aim . . . f ,i;nv,mf i,r,nf,i.Po. nf t., Siisniifihrilnna. State Treasurer. Gideon J. Bill, for doing
this portion ofthe Uommonwealtfi, wherq the , In lt30, when the late Governor won re- j everything mey cotiui to tuwuu uju --o
Llmr-rn lini: lmptl mnrff nflon mn.In ?i n.linsiKtol tirnil finm nfllPP. t hrt nil 1 if. debt, nf Peniisvl Va- tilt; Executive. fApplaUSe.V
Mm l.noris ntiire ot lH'l'J. Slipposill'T uiat
x- ..I- r-V.c-f.iTn rip (inm. vnrmrifMlf. hp OnfS tO the DCOPie.
necessary to &UIMIU1 o i Bj.-n.u,wi v... ----0 .
frrflnrl fn 1m under their control.
mon scuooi euuL-auiuu, m"v "w . v. , - i . Sv
, o un nmnnnf. nf tnv in or- administered for their advantage.
mm tu 4t iciw v . .
fbo intnresfc unon the Tjublic then may they not aslv why may
V1V. I L J vw vw-w a
putty
100 kecs nail?
100 bbls, and half and qr. bbls Maok-
upon, than in any other.
crel.
All persons
it greatly to
make their
er's large
Goods. Sold
Burke's old'
MILLER & BftQTHTCIl
I beg leave to nia amounted to about $25,000. The main The
. 43 - . - - . . ' ji. 1 i ..Ml I it thntr
; - ; refer to some facts taken lrom the records. Jme of tho canal and railroad, extending irom tney nau wining, uui-s, uVvn ,.uu.
visitin"- "Eastoh will lipd During the ail ministration or uov. i'orter, the the city ot i'liuaueipina to j-uisourg, was i migut pmuu nuuvjr umuciB,
nnlv to nav the interest oi
u Mi . V i Ash n .,r i nls.c0A tl,o TtrislnturR 'fliirincr hf form nf lnn ihn iVIr, vr.-irn.- fulled the Delaware ! this debt, without temporary loam?, and in
purchases' or jyiillfei & -1; fifhUuven-- making an aver- Division," and another was constructed along! specie, and to pay a certain sum of money in
and well selected stoQdC; 0t fcfwrf.f4Ifinri, t hnn nine Autnfr cach session of the main trunk of the river Susquehanna, and ! to this sinking fund for the ultimate payment
wholesalc-aba'tdypft?..' rf ure. Durimr the administration extended a considerable distance up the North of the public debt; but they also. required the
stand, by J ' '"- ;0f his immediate successur.'.find my predeces- and West branches. A canal was iijso com- Administration, in its first year, to pay over
Easton, April'24, 1851.
lsoj,flh,eJale (pv, Shunk. the number of vetoes menced up6n the waters of French Crpek,
f in a n'eriod of a little more than three years and upon the waters ofthe Beaver riv-
tlired sessions ofthe Lecislature of our State cr, these being parts of the extension of the
j W ikiiJycWJ 3 vasixty-six',--making an uverage or twenty- puojic improvement, as was uie original ue-
R NBiT A'r " X. A W. : twoeachyear. Ibelieved because I was in the sin, to the waters Of Lake Lne. lhe debt
f .- n . . . 1 nf vmirSfntH at the time that the "ex all these works to which I have referred
ect 111s omce po -nis owe;img- ,. , : Mnnu un;nrr mmnini,i,mi! i,..i eos nnn nnn
1 prwsn it iiip inwflrTCici icu iu iviuuiiu-ituuu- ..n. v.w....,vt.. r no """v -v
5r0 as,
ATTO
xt as remov
nouse, hrst, door below ttie omce ot tlie . . tpl,GncVi & wag opposed to the best When Gov. Rither retired from office about
t " ' --r--i , . r icon i.:i. .
bnteresta of the people. . 1 havo no douut,anu tne mi m January, icoy ui wmuu ins iunn
l have heforcdrequently sai
"juonroc Democrat' .and directly oppo-
oiiAj u. u. 43.0111ns ncaujs uvjuviy-Auii&ufjvhu
300.000 hoatiHr debt, which they know
nothing about when they came into office.
That Legislature also required them to pay
S150.000 towards the completion ofthe Aurth
Branch Canal, and also to make the necessa
ry arrangements and negotiate the necessary
jqans to avoid that great impediment to pub
lic improvements the Schuylkill Inclined
Plane. All these things were none Dy mat
dwhatInow,repeat, had been extended by the npw Constitution, AUnm siraium, u 'u "v - p..
)i . AcyI. L... ,0,Mr'r,,,w i.infinnlv,,.,;.-. borrowinff or p edging the faith of. this Com-
but I do not believe, w.ith some, that our
destiny consists in extending our borders
important trust: ami he requires to rc-
dVive for his labor such compensation as
will onable him to dispense with the labor
. , 1 Will UUIlUie llllll W UlSUCUCiU n. t-u iuii iuuvt
by the force of the sword or by purchase. w ' 1 -i 1 1 , i.m m.tt
tV , r :. : inrniu of children, and to give to them such
I do riot nelievc that it consists m iorcing 1 i,A. .ira
nn;,.;nt education as will quality them to. di
our peculiar rciigiou, 1 ch in a proper umnnPr their dnfief aa
imnn nn f nni rthhftvs -vvhRther tnOaO neijlll- . . o . r r ...... r.
r: ... 0..I . - T citizens when they take-ms place.
StroudsbufllfclO
mat if must nave oeqn
crhifchftallcd vlb.rtlf
StySeVof th J