,'bi, : . ftiiiiiiji . : - .-':. '..Cittittig4i,...::::.qtrlf:fi.i:',l,l:',-...A'A'r,k*.tf,..'#',.l-
30.---nuATTit, Proprietor.
scuba.
DR. 3ETINELEIr,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGE9N—Afficc—
Ofain street, - .lleur the Post Wise. Dom. it.
will give his pariicular attention to Surgical
diseases, and diseases4D women and children.
He will also give his attention every Saturday
morning, in his office, gratis, from II to 12 o'.
Mock, to surgical cams among
,'lto poor. •
January 22, IS6I.
• . ...
' 'Dn. X. C. LOOMS ,
s'quiri, • • WILL perform.all
C.tillx‘r...l, overawes upon the
'I eeth that are requi
red for their preservation, such as Sealing,Filing,
-Plugging . , &c, or will 'restore the lose of thorn,
by inserting Artificial Teeth, from a single tooth
to a full sett. 11 - office on Pitt street, a few
oors south of the Railroad Hotel. Dr. L. is ab•
eat the last ton days of °yet y,month. -
F. raziamit,
II '3 UN° l) ,l , 7[ffe,
succeeded Dr. Lippe, formerly practising phy
sician of this place, solicits the patronage of the
friends of his pre-decessor. god shall be happy
to wait upoh all who may favor hint With a call.
novl3.lm . F. MI I.LER, M. D.-
- .
1101a0E0P-A,THIEC
Practice of Medicine, Surgery mid' Obstetrics
Drs. A. V. 03.; J. rtikieltlAN, respecolully
announce,te the citizens of Carlisle and vlpinity
hat they have taken the office recently oecu
pied by Dr. Smith,' in Snodgrass's Row, and
will be happy to attend to all who may factor
them . with a call in the various branches of
their profession. We are prepared to.visit pa
tients in the country at any distance. Charges
moderate. •- • • fapthf
39x:114-230110E Z. 33111.T.Z,
WILL perform' al
o orations • the
tooth P
that may ho re
required fortheir preservation. Artificial teeth
inserted, from a single tooth to an entire set, on
the moat SClOntific nrinciplue; -Diseases-of-the
mouth and irregularities carefully treated. Of
fice at the - residence of his ,
brother on North,
itt Street, Carlisle. --
. ,
uhlt. .1. W. - I.I.ENVEL., Surgeon Dentist
informs his former patrons that he has re
united to Carlisle, and will be glad, to attend to
all calls in the line of his profession.. loct3l
'zrinrrEa,
Dr.. S
14FFICE in North Hanover streciadjoining
Ail. Wolf's store. ,Pflicc hours, more par—
ticularly front 7 toil o'clock, A. and irotn
5 to 7 o'clock, I'. M. (junelB,',sl
Zif.. V . /Z.l'l7nel/ ,
TToII.NEY.AT LAW-,--gill - practice in
the several Courts of Cumberland county.
OFF I.QE. in Main Street, in
y occupied byL. G. Brandeburythe room former
,
venQRGIEI MGM,
LISTACE-011:rilE PEACE. 017-
t , rice tit his residence, corner of Nlnin street
and tee Public Square, opposite .11urltholder's
Hotel. Lt udditiun to the duties of Justice of
the edIICC, will attend to all kinds of wrifihg.,
su 311 as deeds;:brrlq, mortgages,' indentures,
articles of ngiecitiont, kites, &c.
Carlisle, up 8'49.
Fresll Drugs, 'Medicines, Ike. kca
-/ . ...—Lhay.e just. received from Philadel•
phis and .rdrlC.Very — itehli)re.
additions to my former stock, mks-
F cin g nearly every article of Medicine
now' in use, together 'with Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Turpentine, Perfumery, Soaps,
.Stationary, Fine Cutlery,- Fishing Tackle,—
Bruises of almost every description, with , an
endless variety of otherurttcles, which I ant de
termined to sell at the VERN' LO WEST prices. 4
All Physicians, Country Merchants, Pedlars
and others, are respectfully requested not to pass
the OLD - STAND, as they may rest assured
that every article will be sold of a good quality,
and upon reasonable terms.
S. ELLIOTT,
Main street. Carlisle.
May 30
Plainfield Classical Academy,
POIJEL . SIILES van' OF CARLISLE.
The 'lima Session will commence 'on .110.Nt
LAY, ALfirsth, ]SSI.
THIS Institution has been established near
ly live years, during which thnonuch ad
dmons and improvements have been made as •
to'render it ono of the most commodious • and
convenient it:tithe Stale. - •• •• ' •
In rezard - lo healthfulness it may be Men;
tinned that no case of serious Sickness has '
curred in the institution since it was founded.—
Its moral purity is attested by the fact, that
'depraved associates, scenes erviceoind resorts
PI dissipation have no . existenco in the neigh
berhood; . • .., _
The course. of instruction. comprises all tIo
branches required by the mOrchant, profession-,
al man.or collegian.. Also, modern languages,
vocal and instrumental music, &c. .
It is tho-determination of the Proptietor that
the institutien shall-sustain thereputetion it has.o
already_ acquirad. for imparting thorough t in
struction', and inculcating and .establishing vir
tuous principles in the minds of the youth sub
mitted 'to his charge.
7 grins (per Session-Five -Illonehs)-$50
For -catalogues containing references, Sre..,
address- ' R K BURNS,
-Principal'etnetl 4 roprietor,
Plainfield - P. 0., Cumbel;laiiet'Counly, Pa. ,
April 2, 1851
•
--WHETILTIALL_AW:LLDEBrir._
Three miles, Tres! of Harristn4, Pa.
XIIE Second Sessiou'of this Institution' will
eommenewon MONDAY, the 3d of November
next. situated in a pleasant imd.hetilthlul
section of country, and is convenient of access
from all Oils of the State. Application should•
be. made as eurlyes possible. as only a limited
number eau be received.
TERMS r•
Boarding,Wnshint.
suit on in the 1.1*,,,Li0...1
session , •
Si'ln it IJ'2'r
David Donloiger, Principal; and teacher ',a
1.,,,, 1 guagt0 tool . ••
Loninci TO :aller ol Vocal hnd Iu
alrorrwntal Manic.
Amos Row, Tutor, , ••
For circulars containing particulaTs, address
P. DENT,' N GER,
Principa/, Bar/is/nog,
sept 10
ZIG SPE.XNG
Institutim will bo open for the recep—
tion of students, on MONDAY, the sth of
May. All the branches of a, souhiblilitglish and
Classical Education will;ba tought,and students'
thoroughly mialitled, , for entering any•eless
to
College. or tilted tor business life. There will
be two sessions a yam', the first commencing
on the. First Monday in May, and the second
session on the first Monday in November, of
every Yam: - Circulars will be-furnished on ap,
plicatios in person or by letters eildrestied to the
subsetiber at-Newville I'. 0., Pitniberlund co.
W, It LINN.•
I.9aPlyl J. ALLEN BROWN,
OTIC 11 • „ '
Tao CoMmissioners of Cumberland county
Icon it proper to informtho public., that tic a' tl
3d meetings of the'lloard of Commissioners swil
0, held on Alto - second and fourth Mondays of
tale month, at which
l ime any persons' haring
selfless
,With said. 13 Orird.Will - meet, them - ut
ar otfico .
in Carlisle. '
tsttait
~ACH, LEE, AND FEEMAN
thcw&s-Lama 5S tca Lm
sAur ZL,LI
EW. CuMBERLA.NI).
• _____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____
THERE ARE TWO THINGS, SAITII LORD BACON, WHICH MEE A -NATION GREAT AND PROSPEROUS—A FERTILE SOIL ANF!-SiiSii'WORESHbPSO .I!dif.A.o
~nlitic~tl:
REMARKS OF
IVELLIAM lile PENROSE, ESQ.
Delivered at the Meeting of 'the Johnston Club, of
Dickinson township, held at Mount Rock, on
Saturday Evening, the nth inst., in reply. do
.1. Ellis Bonham, Esq.; on the subject of the
Slate Debt, 'ye.
, Friend., and Fellow-Citizenti:—An election of
more than ordinary interest is approaching.—
Thetwo great political parties are marshaling
their forces Preparatory - to a trial of strength.
at the ballot-lmx; where a decision of the is
sues involved in die controversy must be made„
The important considerations are: what van
tage ground do we, as Whigs, occupy in this
contest? What-are the expedients of 'the op
position for our defeat? Oxi‘ what is their sys
tem of Cooties ?
The great.element of Whig strength is the
fact that our Whig Governor, W. F. JoliPsten,
has devised and executed a plan which has re
established the credit of the State,-given her
bfickher good name, and is now paying that
enormous debt with which she has, for years
back been burdened. Now, knowing the of
fect the accomplishment of this great good
must have on the minds of the people of Penn
sylvania if properly-understood by them, the
opposition are endeavoring to conceal the truth,
and thus to deceive the - citizens of our State,
and blind thin to their true interests.- In car
rying out this scheme of deception their Your-,
mauls - and - their - speakers rtre-diO,ven-to the gross
est perversion and mis-statement of the official
State documents,sinpe these public records fur
nish the best and most conclusive arguments on
the-Whig-side. With-a view to the, exposure
of the fraud a number of our political friends
have requeSted me to notice a speech of Mr.
-Bonham, our-late representative at Harrisburg,-
delivered before the Bigler Club of Carlisle,
and to be found in the American Volunteer of
the 11Th of September, 1811, It is an extra
ordinary production, both on account, of its
great length, occupying seven and a half Tel
,urnns of that paper o and also on accetiut of the
labored ingenuity displayed in it to make fig
ures falsify. There•is, however, one source of
comfort to the Whigs, even- if all others had
failed; the great length Of the spe_eoll precludes
the idea of - its doing much harm; like;an over
dose of poison, it is not half as dangerous be
if the Bane wore in a more condensed form.—
;But, fellow-citizens, this is not the only conso
lation. 111 r. Bonham is entirely and •canclu-
sively refuted in his statements by the very of
' ficial publications to which he refers, and this
we will show beyoridat cavil.
. Mr. Benham:has &wailed - it neeessery to pre
face his remarks with on attempted vindication
I of his course on the Appropriation Bill, before
the Legislature, which increased the State
ebt, for the purpose of avoiding the inclined
pllnfes - dtitlin Portago - roil7=l; - evd — for ins"-
proving the curves on the Columbia rail road,
and in this part of his speech ho strangely
mingles the policy .
. of avoiding the idklined
plane near 'Philadelphia, and seems to argue
that because it was expedient to avoid thatin
-1 dined plane, it must be expedient to increase
1 the State debt,, to make further public improve
ments. The people of Cumberland county will
hardly be able to see the force of such an ar
gument. In this connection it may be well to
notice the significant fact that while forty loco
Bums,. (or if yoS prefer it modern democrats,)
Iltr,Botihana_being ono, _voted_in favor_of the
proposed increase of the-debt, all the Whigs
of the llonsp, except four, voted against. it,
and it is well understood, if the bill had pass-
ed the Legislature, it would have been 'vetoed
by: Coyerner Johnston. 'The' whole object_ lSf
oisicsitien.b 3 this attempt was to increase
tlieSlattS, debt, dad in the present contest use
that fact to theinjury of. Governor Johnston.
. .
Mr. Bonham next attacks Governor John
ston, because while the latter was in the,. TA:,
gislature, he favored the Relief Raiz, the Act
of. 4th May, 1841: yr. Bonham strangely mis-,
conceives this laW. He says -"she Relief Law,
as it is-commonly cermet!, Which' 'was passed
tit;4ol of May, 1841, authorizing an issue of
..
'•3,000,000,00 of government stirip directly in
the face of the 10th section of the Ist article
of the Constitution of the United States, that
'no State shall coin money or erect bills of
credit.'." Rio well Mr. - Bonhaties reputation
as a lawyer does not depend on this legal
lon,.pronoueed with such an ex cathedra ale 'On
'turning to the panupidet laws ot'lB4l, page 804,
the first section of this law will be found to pro
vide for 4t loan Of an amount not exceeding three
millions'one hundred thousand dollars, and to
raise this loan the baidiS Vibie autilliidied; on
subscribing to. the same ; to issue notes of this
denominations of one, two 'arid live dollars, and
to payinto the State Treasury the amount of
their subscription to tliis loari in those notes.—
The notes were also to be rbdeemed by the
banks issuing them, by certificates of State
stock, on which stock the banks.were to pay
Ilie.intertsf. The banks were besides required
to receive these notes en deposit, and in pay
ment of debts due them. Now such bank notes
are not government scrip, and unless the Con
.stitutfon of 'the United States prohibits banks
froln issuing notes, this law is clearly note vim
elation of its provisions,. Legislittivajournals
ehow,loo, that very many of Mr. Bonhands
political friends voted in its favor. The ob
.jeet.was to enable the State to pay those who
had labored on her public vroras, that men
whose bread depended on On sweat of theie
brows, might not Lio•without the fruits of their
hard earnings. 11'e bad supposed that those
who Imofeksed to be par excellence the . : friends
of the poor Man, .would never have objected to
such a law, but. Mr.' Benham's speech .shows
we were mistaken. •
',:9u-00
Ve now come to his exposition of tho Btato
finances, the principal portion of his speech.—
Ile asserts that Gov. Ititner largely increased
the public debi i •and that it amounted to $52;-
789,754 22 'at the expiration of hiaterm of of
fice. I wiil now refor you to the offmiardom:
men'ts to show that Govornor Ititner,tliat honest
'though Muclx n traduced 11xecutii9,did not in
•crease the, debt, and th'at it never could have
aniiniuted to 4512,789;754 . 22. The steeli ions
debt created by note oetlie Logielfittire Poised
preVious to Governer.Rither's ' , inauguration,
eollitted po l o' 120 Of the . Auditor Geriral's
repert for 1860, was $22;88b,884 12. Tho
tire timmint of the permanent State debt being
- -
CA.E.LISLE,,.PA...;___WEDNESDAy," SE P i kEIKEE*
•
at that time $24,330,003 82. Gee last annual
message of Governor. Ratter, Executive dom. ,
meats, 1838. The Auditor General in 1850
was John N. Purview:to, it Prominent member_
of Mr. Bonham's own party,
S and his repOrt
and the executive documents, of 1888 give us
a debt of $24,880,003 82, of undoubted dem
ocratic origirtbefere over Ititner held office.- . -
This cannot be gainsaid. Now when Governor
Ritner retired from office, in 1838, the execu
tive documents of that year, show this perma
nent State debt wasreduced to $24,230,003 22, -
or one hundred-thousand dollars less than at
the commencement of his term: - There was a
floating debt, which added to, the permanent
debt, made the entire amount about $25,000,-
000,
but Governor Ritner was no responsible
forthis floating debt; for his last annual mss
sage (Executive documents,' 1888,) shows it
was createdin spite of his exertions and against
.his most earnest protestations.- - New,here -are .-
$25,000,000 of, the State debt accounted for.-
Governor Porter, who succeeded Got. Either,
admitted in his last annual message (Ricca-
Itivo documents, 1846, page 6,) that' the'publie -
debt during hiii administration had increased
$15,006,520 00. Now if the debt bed.. been.
$32,187,754 22 when. Chimney Porter entered_
upon office, as Bonham assorts, the fifteen:
millions created during his term
-would have ,
made the entire debt when ho. retired about.
$48,000,000. 00, but the Auditor General's re
port shows the delit"was thou only $40,885,-
013 60. Put now this $16,000,000 00 to the
$25,000,000 00, the real debt when Governor ,
Railer retired, and it makes $40,000,000 00,
- about - the - amount - of - the - debt - as - shown - by - the --
Auditor General's report.
Mr. Bonham asserts that the loans contract
ed during Governor Porter's term . went mainly
to - pay - Ritner's - debts: The acts ' - of - Assembly -
authorizing these loans will be found in the
Pamphlet laws of 1830,-'4.0,-'41,-'42 4 -'43, and
'44, - and they show on examination that
the exception of about $600,000 00. none _of
the $15,000;000. 00 went to pay GOV. Ritner's
debt, and as to the-$500,000 00 you have the
- fact I mentioned before, that it was contracted:
against Governor ltitner's earnest protest. ,
Another proof that Governor Ritner - inaile
none of the State debt is this. .In'tltti Auditor
General's report for 1850, as I have already
stated, on page 120,nre.collated tub acts of As
- setablly - bywhielc_the steel...loan debt
_of the
State was created; andon_eiaminetion you
will find many of these acts passed previous to
Governor Ritner's term, between the years
1826 undlB3s, but during his term you *will
- find none. They begin again, however, in 1838,
when Mr. Bonimin's patty resumed power, un
der Porter, and continue down through Gov
ernor Shunk's time, a steck• loan of $4;786,-
621 GO having been' contracted while"wits
Governor. The'ra is one loon of $400,000
made during Governor Johnston's term, but
that is the loan for avoiding the Columbia In
clined plane, the necessity of which, Mr. Bon
harnAilmself-defendsymnd•though
loan was made in the Sloe of it, Gov. JOII nsten
has, lessened the State debt about $700,000 00.
You all know, Fellow-citizens, that on the
'sth day of the present month, Governor John
ston, in accordance with the requirement of
the Sinking Fund law; act of 10th April, 1849,
issued his Proclamation, announcing that
$659,122 98 of the principal of the debt of this
Commonwealth had been extinguished. This
news you might have fairly.expected from tho
great ability exhibited by Gov. Johnston as a
financier, but I doubt whether any of you an
ticipated the information Mr,
_Bonham gives .
you that Governor Shunk reduced the State
debt • Let us look at the assertion and test
its.truth by the""rceord."' hir. Bonham says
"Governor Skunk reduced the debt the first
year of his administration 510,816 22, the
second year $101,627 49, and.Piii third $164,-
212 68." ' Observe that on Mr, b`O nham'a Ttn
showing the reduction is greater the first year,
and diminishes several thousand dollars each
succeedini year, so that things seem to have
been getting n'e better fast, under 'Governor
Shunk!
But was there a reduction ? The funded
arid unfunded debt on the Ist of Deeembei,
1848, a feW months after Gov. Shank's death,
was, as Mr. Bonham admits, $40,474,736 98.
Now•bY referring to the Governor's message,
delivered lst of January, 1849, (Executive
documents, 1849, page 4,) you•find in addition •
JOthis - Sum - a - debt of $367,642 38, being a
debt of canal; • railroad and motive poi t% con
tracted prior to the Ist of December, 1848, or
a floating debt left by Governor Shunk, and to
imadded to the' permanent debt above. This
item_Mr..Bonhomilas entirely-overlooked,-aMI, 7 -
makes the debt in 1848. instead of $40,474,-
736 93, as be asserts, $40,842,379 81 while
in 1847 as lie hiaiself says, the debt was only
p• kit
with a V11111.:C:1111:1,
too, the Acre in ',well a healtliy
condition during tiov..Shunit's administration, '
why is it the State Treasurers of that ieriud_
could tied mailing hut depregiated currency
pay the interest on the State debt? Why is it •
Pennsylvania credit stood so low? Why were
State _stocks so ..far. _The money
market furnishes as =Milian index of the fi
nanoial
character of our,State,asilietfierourY
in the thermometer does of the temperature
of the atmosphere, and on an 'examination of
the 'stock quotations while. Mr. Shunts was
Governor, our State s's & 6's will he &Md .
twenty or thirty t dollars below par, while al--
Most simultaneously with the whigs corning into
power; under Governor Johnston and Vreasts , -
'ror Ball, these-stocks-wilt' be found to have irn
preied rapidly ii:Otiirile„,and they now stand
MMOst, if not, quite, at parl I r refer yen to
the money talkies containedp any file of city
papers for last finir years,•te . . promo: the,
m w
truth oral' thisnd it shoWslie
dente in . the' financial:o)Bit; ef the State hes
inerenied"tinder the Whig ;of
Governor Johnston.
The next Pertion'ofMr..llonhont's epeeohis
teast'O'r,..pii3e.o of l Leeefoon logic,,not ,original,:
'however, gentleman,, but borroped
froni Bigler'e Spread Engle
erid sane, time babk, near Phihuhililde,
since elSerihere; and elaborated by Bit . ..Bonin:ma..
.to,help flit out , the eight oolurnnslof .
teer, ~:The'argureent is this seureles . of:.
Ste:te'rerenueesay these gentlennon, are :010',
saino nOwotith ti-fow trifling additiens,,ne they.
were prevleue'to-Qovernor Johnston's adminis
tration, and therefore he Is not entitled to Oily
.credit for the imprOvement in . our finenciallif,:
fairs and tho payment of the - State clobt.iiii‘l.
low, eitezens,,tho whole matter may be, it us
traced this way: A owns a farm ; he employs
B to manage it; B.manages sto,badly that thO
wheat, and the rye, and the porn, don't, pay
the farm expenSea, and a large debt' accumu
lates against the property ; A becomes 'dissat.
isfied at this, 'and he turns 'B off and gives the
management of the farm to C, and C witli , the
same farm, contrives, out
-of the Wheat, *.rjw
and corn, not only to pay the farm expenses,
but also gradually to 'pay off the debt made du
ring B's time. Now according to Mr. ,Bon
shams argument, C is entitled to no credit; be.;,
cause the farm is exactly the same farmll had.
This is hardly common sense,' Men of good
1 sense would say why C is entitled to the more
credit, inasmuch. as he contrived out of the
same farm to accomplish so much., It would
lessen tilt 'credit, if, vihen he got possession,
a'number of good fat acres had been afftled in-
stead of leiVing it the same size as when ,lurt=
der D's . management. Now, friends and fellow-,
citizens, for A, the owner of the farm,,pnt the
People of Pennsylvania; for the farm, put this
good old Commonwealth,Wor B, the-bad-Man
ager„put the Locofoco Gavernors whom we
have proved made the State debt; and for C,'
the good manager,-put W.'F. Johnston; ; the
Whig Governor, whose system of policy is now
1 paying that debt and say if Mr. Bonham'snri
gument takes in the least froth Gov. Johnston's
credit ? It adds to 'ale thousand fold; - But
Governor Johnston has also brought in now
'sources of revenue, Mr. Bonham to the min.:.
trary ; _notwithstanding„:andimprovekscne vi ef
the old ones by better regulations for' collect : .
ing'them. lie now Parma fields which the Le
eofocos left idle, and by proper cultivation
makes certain badly-tilled-fields-much-morel
productive than they were when the 'opposi-.
tiOn had this big farm of Pennsylvania. Re
cortainly_is_orititledto_sothe_credit for this, al;
do. Now that he has accomplished this; take
for instance the collateral inheritancetax: 'The
act of 10th of April, 1840, (the Sinking Fund
act, pamphlet laws 1849, page 570,) 'Made ad
ditional regulations in,regard to...thie tax, :and
you will find by turning to the Auditor Gene
rats report for the last few years, that tinder
this law the amount received-from this source
has increased thousands of dollars.. For- ex
ample, the amount received inl.BlB, bafere the
passage of the law, (Auditor General's report
for that year, page 5.) was $65,359 Oi,,vvhile
in 1850 (Auditor General'sropertforthatyear,
page 5,) it was $102,205 07. I have not the
meats of coniparing :oiler years-'but -- this is
enough to prove the great iperease.. . •
,
, I come now to the crowning piece of unfair
ness in 'this most unfair productien• Of Mr.
llonliam„ It reads, thus:---..X.l.fitel he-'.(Gov..
Johnston) is spending more money in his ad
miniAration than his predecessor ,In office,
Governor Shunk. The ordinary el:iron:uncu
t:LP-expenses under. Mr. Shunk'S Administra
tion were as. follows:—For the year 1845,
$239,304--20; 1840 E-4270,532 .221% 1847-,
$200,113 37. The year 1848 was Partly un
der the administration of Mr. Shnnk and part
ly under that of Mr. Johnston, and the gov
ernment expenses; that year were $239,650 78.
But under Governor Johnston's administration,°
these expenses have neon for the year 1849,
$237,105 33; 1830, $202,809 71, being a
difference in the ordinary expenses of the'gov- -
ernruent between the last year of Mr. Shank's
administration and that Of Mr. Johnston's of
$62,786 34, against the latter, &o." I read,
fellow citizens; the whole cx/ruct in order to
make theattempt to mislaidllie more — glaring.
What are iheso government expenses? I take
' theM from the Auditor General's report for
1850, commencing aj,,,page 44. The heading
is "expenses of goiernment;" and they consist
of
-the expenses-of-the' Legislature being the
pay of the Members,-clerks; fico., And amount
ing to $102,721 17. Piddle printing amount
, ing to $80,447.38. Biecutiyo Department,
(under the , control of Governor Johnston,)
$11,458 02. - Auditor General's office, (ender
the control of a Lecofooo,) $8,607 24. Troaa-•
ury Department, under the centred of a Loco
foco, $7,180 85. Surveyo4eneral'es,office,
Older Lecofooo control,)..s6,4iff 76. , Judicia
ry, $95,422 H.:. : Miecellan,e?ne, $708,66.
All these make up the, wO,BOO 71,' expenses
of which Mr. Bonham'speaks.'. I ask whathns
Governor Johnston to do with' theie different
departments, - eXeopt, - the Executive, the rex
pease of which is only $11,468- 02. ' Tho bal
ance is the expenses of the other depaitments:
Can Governor Johnston prevent Mr. Bonham's
political friends, greedy for their pity, from
noldinglong sessions of_the.Legislaturet : What
control hoe he over the public printing?' How
can he bo held responsible fur the expenses of
the Locofoeo Auditor General, State Treasu
rer and Surveyor-Ueueral? ilow,enn, he lee
sen the cost, of the Judiciary? • llere,, fellow
citizens, you have a specimen of Mr. Bonham's
candor. - 11614 you may see, the defpeiate. re,
setts of the Opposition. I appeal i to all candid
men to look ut this end say if even party _zeal
can justify such subterfuges. Mr. Bonham
might as well hold Governor Johnston respon
sible for the time ho,.binmelf wasted at the',
last session of the. Legislature,. in reading
his voluMinous anti-tariff report and-the deliv
ery of his very lengthy.speeoh thereon!' But
again, take Mr. Bonham's Own statement, and
in 1846, under Governor Shunki - the taper:his
of GovernMent wore $270,582'22, near, sl4,',
000 morOhan the's° of the year ' 1850,- which
Mr. Bonham says are so hirgo. ; Let IHr. Mon
ham-explainibisrandlet hinsiell7too - thnt in
1847' Is Whig. Legislature by their despatch of
business , lessened tho 'expenses of the , State,
near thirty :thousand clellarsi. : Hero Is am
ther specimen of Mr. • Bonham's ingonuity,- 7
Ho eayn - Ciovortior Johniton stated In his Lan. :
caster ,apencii„ Abet° . had been ani.ittoreased
taxation ea no farmers of , the.Commonivealth;
during Incadministration, linden thin reteirkih
,..This idle beast leiligain refutedl.V tbe facts
~ , , k .
and figutes. • ,By the Auditor GeneraPs report
far . 1.860, page I la,)y,a'snatiie: B . itttp,tariaB;•,
no'Ssedven the noteral counties , nf tho Coin.,
raoiwonith . for , the . year, 1846, -}cps-$1,824,,
694 61 ;,.)a'f9P ht 3 i7;:,5 1 t 48 ,1r0¢7i!72,' tanking
for the two, years naioca 1% agSrelgoto of $2,-
744.4/ gs, 31,!14A
9 ;V° ~filuir,, rtit4lulr,itrille
find that the''State; titi, aliossed., ler the '
1849,tve5.0,446,p4.,86,;44.f05i,186Q,43; 7 ..
t
ppm° 44, tut agdropite, for Hipi
Iwo yeapa t of. '
$2,1192,864 80, thus:abetting th during-the
last two years of, flevornor John ton's, admin..
4itration the State taX issessedliait $238;898;-
47 greater than during thi• lnet:'',tvic; - Yearn 'ef .
Gevernor fihnuk'S';aditirdstration: "Thus' we
find ?the farmers of the Commonwoolth" have
Paid more tax into the State Treasury during
Governor Jobaston'ti administration than they
ever did•before.”..
_Friends and follow
111. r BOrtheni justmieseit the' truth . by one col
tima of figures; ; In the Auditor General's re
port for 1850,,'0n pegollB, the book itrid page,
frcim , Which Mr Bonhaltl ipzetes,:therejs a ta
ble giving in one.cd4mn the amount of texas.
soiled tor Several years back, 11;1, the `next
the aineimt of tax actually recei v ed in the
_
State Treasury during those years; and on an
examination of this table you Willfind a great.
difference between the tax aasesited and the
tax.redeived. Yonwill findthatin the year's,
,
1846 and 1847 of Governor Shunit'i adndnis
..
tration there wereinctually . received
803. 89,While in_.lB4o.and .1850Go.v_ernor
JOhnston'i administration there was . enly ,ac
tually received- $2,611,742 78,- so that there
Was 'paid info the ;State Treasury actually
$.214,15111 More dining the pare of 1846
and 184 l of Shunk!ts adrainietriation than the
Years - - of '1849 and ;1850 of Governor John
atoll's. Poi 'the verification of tl)is I•refor
you, as
,I hbve Vetere said, tithe Auditor Gen.
Craig report of 1850, page.l.lB, column tax
Sante booki:the same page, the
same able to which Mr. Bonham refers, only
not to the same column. And that there, is a
difference bet Ween the amount of tax received
and-that assessed, I would quote from theAu
ditorAeneral's remarks on page, 119 of same
book --"`The-differene,e-ttetween-the-aggre
gatee tai'assesied-and tax received are con
sitititted by the commissions allowed for :Cl
lecting; eioneratinns for lost 'tax and tax' yet
4lffeolleeted." -- Geieraor - Johnsten , ;teld -- lha
the truth then that he had received less
. from
the tarmeinthan his predeoessors in -offion. 7 --
Mr. Bonham will hardly any that7fthe com
missions ,for , collecting.tax, the exhonera
fiats for lost tax and the fax yet uncollectetP?
aro all chargablo to Governor Johnelort, and
ho is to be held 'responsible for them.. Mr.
I Bonham says farther;'- The State-Debt during
Governor Johnaton's„admiiiistration has only
.diminished $158;874 68.'A most e.omplcte and
triumphantltnifver, to this is the Certificate
of the Soototary. of the Commonwealth, Audi
tor General - and State Treasurer,. Comthission:-
ers of the Sinking Fund; contained in the
proclamation Of September 5, 1851, to . which
we have already referred, that the State Debt
has decreased $650,122 98!
1 110.Au'ditor Gexieral and tho State Treasu
rer belong to Mr. Bonham's party. As a sam
isle of Mr:Bonham's statesmanship take his
idiaof, the Sinking Fund: "merely taking
mime) , from one pocket and . putting it quto
another." • Until he better understands the na
ture, of the Pinking Fund, ho is hardly compe
tent to comment on its policy. $059,122.08;
of. tho State debt have been cancelled since the'
- 10th - pril;l.B4o, and Yet, he coTniforie - e - tro:
benefits of, a Sinking Feud! , .
The accusation that the Whigs have resorted
to sophistry and chicanery requires no answer.
Lot tile facts speak for themselves, and on
these facts let any fair mail say whether Mr.
Bonham or the Whigs have been guilty of so
phistry and chicanery. 'have noticed this
speeeli_becanse, it is 4 einnmary, though by, no
means a brief one, of all the Locofeco- argu-*
Meats against Governor Johnston: You, fel
low citizens, can now see hoW entirely these
arguments aro founded on misstatements of
the - public - documents - cr on - pure - intagirm flow
alone: I have attempted no oratorical flour
ish. I have felt the importance of having the'
facts fairly before the people to be too great
to permit `of beauties of rhetoric 'and flights
Of fancy. The flights of fancy may be, 'found
in Mr. Bontam's speech and Emelt .Other pro
daotions of the opposition. The detail of sta
tistics from the , üblio records may have been
very dry, but th e y are of .vast moment at this'
crisis, as proving beyond cavil :the I(,oco_,Foce
party to be the debt-creating party; the-Whigs
the debt paying party.
From whnt I have said, friends and follow
citizens, the Whig argument may ; be summed
thiiup ti": -The reports - of Loco Focai Auditor
Generals, sworn public officers, the official
communioatiens made by Governors of Penn
sylvania to the. Legislature,• the truth of which
noitlier wasat 'the time npr can - hp - diSpifted;
and the acts of the I f egielatUre contained in
the pamphlet: laws, showthat previous to Gov
ernor Ititner'S term there were $24,830,003 03.
of the present Slate Debt which is of undoubt
ed Democratic) origin.
..plat before Governor
Itiper's inauguration, there wore nuiner , .n. ,
acts of Asselnhly, anthorl zing the contracting
of ,3tate loans: That ,illl-i4' his
. U31).1, there
is no such act to' be l'eund on the statute books,
but as soon. the other Party.resumed power
under Porter they commenced again, and are
found down through Mr. Shunk's time. You
have the additional fact that Governor Porter
himself admitted in his last annual message,
that the State - Debt' - had - increased' under his
administration, $15,000,520 00, and the note
of Assembly authorizing the - raising -of this
money, show it wasnot forthe purpose •of
paying the.debts of Mr. Ritner's Administra-,
tion, 'OS has been' , faliely alleged., • Yon have
Been too, that when Gov. Shunk died in 1847,
the Eitate.Debt was larger than in the preced
ing year, .1847. You have too the implied ad
missions 'of Mr.-Bonham and other leaders of
the opposition,that -with the same sources of
revenue the interest on our public debt was
paid during Mr. Shunk's administration in des
preolated ,currency, tb
, the disgrace 'of the
State; that her financial credit stood low, her
stook depreciated, her ability to meet her en
gagetnentedoubtful:-,-Now turn - te - the , bright
side of.,the.piaturo, And you who,. together
;with; all good Pennsylvanians, had in .tinics
gone by, looked upon this' - enormous •debt
these, withent lope ; 'Who - deemed' Inii•den"
entailed upon tho'Cenundawealth ter genera
tionti;pconie, , tind with that idea felt thee
of yeurinduStry.'ParalYzed. - . :44, and there
were oven, Some liedri l Oni` t eni lior4era as,
tram!a'uotintiy taefintl:fur her i4etidPt
cos., I say, now friends and follaiV r eiiiSeiis; use
der our Whig greener, iph . net i ou.,l4o7;:,,her
3 .4 n," ti ii?Pa, . 11 .1 1 .0! 1 ,Y.440 : 9 1 Pjn,0 1 5 4911 " 40 4
(if„ . theNP# 6 s.;AMkti li c! 1 4.4M 0 .4 1, 44ffitia .the:xer
sources of 'the State . to,hef:, aevly ~p. ap eten t ,
properimanagement to pay the pub:lie
debt, groat as . it is.' Although at the head o'f.
. „
1 - '11:11t @tiltrgt
affairs a little Mere ' than :two years, already:
has diminislu4 it more than half a
million, 'and withont' ne we have shown; hay
ing received as , much tax from the agricultural
Interests as hie'iredecessilis. The glad tidings'
have-bean' tient fUrtli under. the .r aanetiOdef off
flcialautherity t BPread the'444lthr?ugllout
the-length and breadth 'tile'. Old keystone;
and let the heart of the tax payer, grow light
under its
•
yi k .kpAnlcipg ‘ kund too has just ,gone
into col:int:Gen. The reduction Trois:lees ; to be
even More rapid for subsequent years. • Nor is
this all: the State credit is restored, the. We-, •
rest in the debtyaid in par funds, and the , honor.
of the . Conmaonwealth standto vedeemedi All
this since Governai..ieihnst4Mune into poker. :
Whit say you,' Fartnire , of, Giunberland
county.'' Will you retain this man in the office
of Gevernor? This man whcr,has acne po much
for,: the
,oppressed tax-payers of yennsylvn-','
ula._: This man; every act of Whose adminis
tration shows , him wise, sagsmious and' patri-.
otio. ,This man' Whoa° whole, course , exhibits...
hia.strong,love for thinhis .native stato r . and
his deep devotion to hal. interests. The cora- .
ing election-1i .to. decide between hiin and those
who tivought'the - State to the verge' of belie
lesh insolvency, • Will any true hearted "Penn-
. 1
sylianien who,loves his State better than his
party, hesitate?, It.cannot be. The popular
decision must and will be' in favor of : W.
JOHNSTON ? • • '
i
~_P.
-£ The distinguished 9overneur Morrie, of
Merriam:inn, near the eity - of -New York, who
Ivan a. gentleman. by_birth,..education,and-the
nrst loftyhearing,'On being liked for his de- '
finition of a gentleman;replied, in' the . words
of "the - P t '
salmie:•L= -- - - :
.
"Tie he who every though and deed::
By rule' of.virtue-mAee;
Whose generous tongue disd'a'ins to speak
The thing his heart disproves !
Whonever 'did a slander forgo, . '
His neighbor's famelo isoundi'
Nor hearken to a false, report, °
By malice whispered -round,
Who vice in all its pomp and power •
Can treat with just neglect; ' --
And piety, though clothed in rags,
Religiously respeot.
IN'ho to hispig7ited words aturtrust ,
11as over firmly stood;
And, though he promiso to Ms loss,- •
Ho makes his promise good. -
Whose soul in usury_disdains
Ills treasure to employ; . „. .
Whom no rewards can ever bribo '
The guiltless-to destroy,'
[This Paslni was copied by' M. Jefferson,
in the smallest hand and , neatest' manner, in
Lis common-place - book.] • •
ELECTIONEERING IN MISSISSIPPI.
Quo of the, greatest cleotioneerers of :the
a Mr. Daniel R. Russel, a candidate for,
Auditor in Mississippi.-._liamode_of_eleation,-
cering is to deal with the "sovereigns," with
the most blunt frankness—discarding every
particle of blarneying . humbng. The follow
ing sketch of a late speech delivered by bilit;_
will be read with interest, if, not profit, by tke
many aspiring individuals throughout the
State, who aro now soliciting the "dear flee
plo" for their support: , -
"Ladies and gentlemen: I rise—but there's
no
no nee, telling you that, yoti• know iiiet 'ram
up, as well Its I do. lam a modest man—
very—but I have nev,er lost a picayune by it
inmylife=being a scarce commodity among
candidates, I thought I would 'mention, it, for
fear if I didn't you would never hear it.
Candidates are generally considered as nui
sances, but therare not; they are The politest
men in the world, shake you by the hand; aek
liores your , family, what's the prospect for
crops, &c. ; and I am the_polite r st man there is
inlho State. Davy Crocketsays, the politest
man'he 'ever saw•,'when he asked a man to
drink, turned his back, so that he might drink'
as much as he pleased. I beat that all hol
low; I give a man a chance to drink tidier) if
he wishes, for I not onlYturn round, but sbut
/lay eyes. I lips t
not only the politest man bu
the beet eleotieneerer—you ought - to see me
shaking hands with the variations,. the pump
handle and . pendultn, the oroes-oat, and wig
gle-waggla; Lunderstand the science perfect-,
ly;*tuul - if any of -the-candidaterwishinstrue
tione,-th\ey may pall on me.
Fellovd-ditizens, I was... born—if, I -hadn't--
been I wouldn't have been candidate, but I am •
gi'ling to tell you where—'twos not in Missis , '
sippi, bat lives on thnright si,le of the, u pio.,,
LG:; .1 i ,
ink.Ay born 'on the same side, I start•
ed in the world ns liobv . as a chureh-Inoilse,
ytit Tcame honestly by.my poverty; Tot; I in
herited it,aud if I did start poor, no man can't.,
,say but that I have hold my own' remarkably -.
welly
. Candidates generally' tell you-:—if you think
they are qualifiod, &o. Now, I don't sak . your
thoughts; I - ask: 'your votes. - my; rihore'i3
nothing to think of, but watch and see that
Swan's name is, not 'on your 'ticket; if so,
think' to scratch 'it Off and tit mine on. lam
certain that I am competent, for' who 'ought
to know 'hatter than I ilo?—nobody I will
allow 'that Swan' is .'the - best Auditor in the'
State ;-.that . is, till ' I am elected-then'iterhapi
It hi not proper for me to say anything 'moro".
Yet; as an honest man, I am' henna to 134'7 that'
Ibelieve it's a grovious ein to hide anything
froin : my fellow-citizens, therefore', 'I. say that,
it'e, my private opinion;; publicly eiprissed;
that ninatk4 the'best. Auditor in the 'United ,
States': •
• 'Tip not for honor I Whih td lie Auditer; for
itt - nly inn - bounty - I Wfie 'offProd' 'officio that,
Was all honor —Corener--whieli. 'reepentftilly
deolined. AuditellproffiPe jaiwerth some'
$5,0Q0 nint r in for it like a thous- -
,linti:ilftbriak.l ;Tot show , ray goednlitia'
'Mako . this:. offer to, my lognipett tOr.' '‘, I 'anti . '
eii 'of. being telootedoind he Will ipso- tioniet-4`•
tidrQ the toiin*ose—therittiin 4 , am wilfin' g
to lO rlde.„,etinally. With'
_law and make 'thet
talnit,the Palary, arid he - rita
Plev . henerj ,. me lie. may have the 'beiio
ond - ,lll.taice'theitplary.t.: • , • . ,
Iq the ',w4t: Iha ortiookOd'epou'gl i i ;
to eolixoktoe4 l '
eatl3ork.' and raittintil
and swallowed everything -except live Mb: 11-
bane. , Nyhett I was ordered to 'go,' I wont
BEE
I VOLUME :LI-1• NO 4
, q.b t aize,' 1. Oarged. AO; break
ehaipernl;? %you' bad lietter A ,
elieve beat' a:
quarter nag in doing.n4,duty.;
, .
- .
My competitor, firrad; is bird' o . goldere
pluinage, whO boo ,been. sidrusinifOr 'the last
four,yeare in the tiAt's! pond, at , s b,ooo •• '
am`fdis' rotOtiOn. " want to rbtate: : :
him out; and Jiti r retatit ' !I'here's.
plenty of room' 'for; 45#.
that pond therefore
.rop in . year"rotes for mei ,
I'll pop him eat, asickpap , „myself
I am for it dltieren of labor.:,,Bwan sage lie
has to work all the tibia : l4oa its nose down
aria:L. the pUblli goinchitone. Four yoga must ,J,
have ground *tier , a•• pint.. Poor fellow, the
,public ought not toinsiitt ter hatini the IPInCUV.
of hie rci?g gronitd• clean n 9 I baye;:e. large, •
fau ; Staa'a fal:ea ll4 :ahwa'amet- - eedse a l?oet -,
and tough se sole! linsther. I mkt° the.poie.
of duty. I offer it ort• ev, a iirioitbsir.. , 1 oleic ,
it on the grindistonet , l'elloWsitititeris 'grime
awair, r grind till, I "logo_ epough,,andthaVll,..
be some time
'death'to a dead .tifrioan: s . ' • -
roost . out:•:.*oll 1-11ktsici forget to'''
•, . .
tell you my moue::
• Itit-Dixdor t fisi . slierk,
Not ato
handsome sn;.for , my parente - wertr"
people who live& where the • cinality:aiproyirlr,
ated the nicotinmos-;.therefOrtr,they had
take what was left and difidb , eionnd among_
,as--bnt it's itanillsoroe es I sin Rue7'
'eel. itemembewevery one of yea that it's not
. I am sure to Be..,elcoled,.eo one and
great and small, shert:andtall,.whitn you oomo..:;: ,
down to Jackson,. after. the: election.--stop at..
the Auditor's office-the 140 h. string '
isangeout--enter without. katooking—yaks off
your things and make yourself ayhome; t-
. .• ..
'[Dan orawdahed;'out of Ate stead; bohling •
bis head like ca taiwop r amid.. the 'cheer& foi
, Dan,',__ , A ,Dan.._lteasel l ' and , yettm_pavy
_•,.
1
Crooket. — . ' , ',_ . . _ •
.CARRY 'TICROUG‘h..
. .
..-Carry a thing ihrong4.,_Tiqtra pn!t_
do anything yon once. soundly ,
wide-awakedly begina thing,,lat it lie carried.:
through though: it aost your comfort, time,
orgy, and , all that-you command. We luiaiti 7
aliondnate this of turning backward, ,
this wearying and' - Wilting „of soul and 'per
'poSe. It speaks imbecility --- orixiiiicwant
'character,. conrage, true manliness.. ; - . • •
Carry.a-thing-through, , -- - Don't - begin --,,
you are fidly prepared for ita accomplishment.
Think; " dig till , you know , your ground, see your
way. This done, launch-out with, all your soul,
lifehear and fire,. noither turning to
nor right. . Pusvi on gignnticeily-. push, as.
though-you , weroborn r for the-very •-work- you--,
are about•beginning
,ri though creation had
been waiting through all ,time for 'your espe
cial hand and spirit. Then ,you some
thing worthy youreelf and kind.. .
- Carry a . .thing through. ,Don't roadazadal
ly from ono thing to another. No man ever
did anything that way. You can't. Be strong.
-minded. "--Belduckish,-pation4 --- consistent: - Be
'hopeful,- stern, manly. - When oncb fairly in a
work don't give up.,„ Don't disgraee yourself,
by being on this thing to-day, on that to-mor
row, and on another next day.. We don't Caro
if you are the most active mortal living; we
•
don't care if you labor night and day„ sea-.. .
son and out; beaure the end• of youclice,witt ,
show nothing if you perpetually change froth,
object to objoot. Fortune, fame, success and
position, are never gained but by piously, de
terminedly, bravely 'sticking, growing lively to,
a thing until it is fairly accomplished.
Inshort, you must carryathing,throngiL.
you would be anybody or anything. No mat
tor
if it denies you, the pleasure of society and •
the thobsand`yeirly gratifications of life. No.
matter of these- Stink to anything ald• Garry
it through. Believe yea west, made' for the ,
matter, and that no person) else• can do it Oral:.
Put forth your whole individlial energibs4'-.
Stir, wake, electrify , yourself, and go forth to
the task. Only ones leprn to •carry a thing .
through in all its emitpleteneas•and proportion'
and you will be'come a hewn., Ton' wM
thinit -
better of yoursilf, and others will think better
of you.. Of course they will. The-world,in
its heart,'admires tho-stern deterthined doer.
It sees in him its best sight,. its highest object,
its richest treasure. Drive on, then, whtitov
er you undertake.. Consider yourself amply
sufficient for the. deed.. 'You'll - sileneed, never'
, •
• Imionineria--11.ow much Of the misery 0f,, ; ,
the world hatfitef origin in - . ignoirilise. how
many, influenced by thefalsaideas that .stelen
waters are sweet,' and that bread eaten' in "se-,
cret is pleasant.' How many . , imi:essed'arith:
11 - . - P - so - fatal - noti nth - thei bitriitic4:tie: -
ocean of life, in the lieliev that
crown . the voyage. antl. that thehaveirto . .arhiel.*l .
they are bound eoritaips'all that heart Cat,wish
for., Mistaken souls 1 .--they !maw 'ant. that
they 'are moving onward to miser apd nsiefor-,
tunes, the consequOnces of which aro . Often
the result of their own tranagressionb,„ and the'
germinations of aiedaonn by thoiu omit: l / 4 0k :
Such • individuals;:- ttdally -ignorant_ of. .clod's_
moral government, . are continually scolding„—,
and finding fault with the ways of
They should know that the; physical,: the, pt- ;?.
ganie, and the Moral world,. t are •govorned,
certain laws, veriest, Mmitanging,.,ptirtahing,,,
of tha,fonntain from wbonan #9 1 T7 , 7 13 '
which nannoi'he infringed with impunity, no •
mord tian pia Can thiMat your hand into the„!:
livid flame, and escape unhurt,. , •
,Gentle, reader, impress tide upon your raitni,::
and also the important fact; that,,thearillaine,„.
and their ponaltion :wore institutedto guidemid
govern, tlle .0 111,1 4e4 , Men :to tliacard , vim - ) •;::.
,and PT to virtue;, to Omille , the. wayegot PrOvo., •
Idenee t instead of, grumbling miti.finding fault .1.
with them, In short cease it'? do, evil, atid,;
learn to dowoll,', Lot ,thenbovo facts bo,folly q „,
y
known in the
orld—lot mankind understand,
acknowledge awl bo guided by theM, and lion e••':
much of ,the misery le la. now, heir: to would-,';)
cease. 'l i ken will the moral tlatknesti thatinta•
ac t long ,bound hixrvin ;bondage, beolispolled„l4 ••."
the purifying rays•of divine truth. ')
••Tfienwill menial Slavery be aboliednl, and
the grovelling . antVainfal-propeneilioe'Whiair
'haves's° long-hold eitity;inti'letUoike -‘taine`rYd'' ! '
and initne,'be extinet,'
BOY prevail.
A " TLot
laketardeeeraMiit,olitlowiltrdiag;;;:..l
laho'being preseed to May e:'llttlp. lorger, ro 7 -
plied : Fifteen aninntee will make 'no
difference ;;my tail.? (a notafia tna a jadahe can be 1!
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