Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-04-03

Their because he belongs to the same
sect; third because they fought toge-
Their. and thus calculates on creating pre-
indice in favor of himself or fellow citi-
zens.' What surer mark of disgusting
weakness ,an be exhibited to the intelii-
gent, impatial commissioner! Again !;
one may be heard to express his deter
mination 10 meet the commissioners
when they come, and stick by them to
the last.
Another mark of weakness, ifnot wick
edness, in the party employing it, is the
enmity they discover to any person who
attempts TO act in honest opposition !;
though Immediately before he rises up
in opposition TO he undue measures of
these upstairs, they would have kissed
his foot to secure his friendship, imme-
diately afterwards, they originate and
circulate false, scandalous reports con-
corning his character, motives, and &C
tons every thing connected with oppo-
sition is tortured and distorted in the
most horrible manner. Let the COM
missioners, viewing their revilings as
marks OF weakness, never pretend to be-
lieve any thing essential to the subject
until they thoroughly investigate it,
If by numerous, steady, respectable citi-
zens near the centre of population, the
townsmea should be outdone in Offering
support tdplans of public improvement,
or in max hg donations for the use of the
county, tie gentry may be induced TO
drop all IDEAS on the subiect---say they
never hal any intention of the kind, and
accuse tie cOuntrymen of attempting to
bride tlt commissioners, by donations
to the ptblic!
AS thu mere name of town has often
a magical effect, here let me earnestly
object ID tie tacit assumption Of town
pre-emp,ion rights for the seats of JUS
ticc. Even admitting a town to possess
the local aud relative advantages enume-
rated, it isB,ill liable to more objections
than an unoccupied site on the account
ofpublic and private good. All the good
lots are selected by speculators--if for
particular reasons they do not hold them
uominally, they probably do in reality.
Instead, then, Of fair chance at public
sale being given, the latter inhabitants
and real supporters Of the town will be
deprived Of the benefit of choice. AS
all the valuable lots and adjacent land
are bought in, the poorer materials must
either remain deprived OF land, or pay
an eXtravagant advance, sc.
Ysss.*..sa*
Before l conclude, the word village,
Vile, bureh, or town, all synonymous
here, should be defined. II means
the boundaries and subdivisions of tract
of land exhibited on PAPER, as village
a: no matter whether the land car
be found or not 1t means a tract Of land
with stakes at the corner of each subei-
vision, termed lot, as B-N. b. If the
stakes are blown dozvn, or burnt Nh, it is
no longer town. 1t means the addition
to b of one log house as, G; inhabited
as D; add pedllng shop for E, and a
cobler for L two or three light laborers
for G: after short time these will re.
move or run away, and restore it to the
original condition of B; and let the de.
finifion run down to r and Il, and my
readers will find parallel somewhere
in their own neighborhoods.
Ifany one spot Of this kind should offer
its claim to prominence, the commits
sioners will probably inquire, Is it in the
centre of population ? If either On one
side or the other of population, of the
creek or its branches, as it thus wants
the relative advantages, has it even the
local advantages enumerated, as neces-
sary for ilourishing village! Will the
location of county seat there give rise
10 a village on the opposite side, to per-
pctuate the discussions which may now
exist, and divide the resources of the
county! Would not, independently oil
other considerations, concentrating
compromise be desirable event? Have
any ofthe articles denoting weakness OF
cause been employed? Do they exhibi,
marks OF lrcnziedrage at non-speculating
opponents, and does all snow the despe-
rate struggles of drowning speculation
SC. Finally, have we any right whatc
yer, to be governed in our decisions, by
the simple existence of such town, any
further than as regards the site?
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Now afew words for Young Rustic
himself. He does not pretend either to
amuse, or instruct, but to recall attention
to everyday occurrences. The ague
has almost ceased to alarm the most IT,
morous, or create sympathy in the DO.
SONS OF the most sensitive lis dirty ca.
bins excite no DISGUST among the most
delicate, nor do its starving victims dis
turb the feelings or quicken the motions
ofthe most charitable. Alarm, sympa-