Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-06-03
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nounces in his last weapon, that the COM
missioners appointed to determine the
point for the Seat Of justice in the county
ofLucas, have placed the same at To-
ledo, with as much sang froid as though
such was The case. wonder if Toledo
claims the whole Maumee river as part
and parcel of the Incorporated limits of
that wonderful city? Or it not bound
ed on the north by Greenland. on the
south by Cape Horn, on the east by the
Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific,
thence back to the distributing office in
Toledo? Ifsuch is the case the odds is
against me, and / must acknowledge
that have lost my reckoning; but |
will not give it up. without at least, one
shot form Long Tom.
came up the Maumee river from
Toledo few days since, soon after this
important decision was made, and found
many inquirng "where is the court
house to stand" After proceeding up
the river about mile, we discovered a
long, tall, slim sapling with the bark off,
which, we were informed, was guide
board, placed there for the. purpose Of
finding the stake, which was driven by
the commissioners. In front of this new
city in embryo, is one Of the most beau
tiful Frog-Ponds in the United States,
which extends from half to three quar-
ters of Il mile into the stream, and rem
dering it impossible for vessels to land
at this place. "Oh! for lodge in some
vast wilderness" of bull rusbes. What
a charming place for hiding The children,
should Toledo be so unfortunate as to
have another, brush with the Wolverines,
who in the course of time, would be able
to turn the Maumee, between Toledo
ald the foot of the rapids into blood, and
the bull frogs into iron, with as much
ease as they now divert the business
from its natural channel. The lawyers
in the vicinity of Toledo, will soon be-
come as celebrated for their oratorical
powers, as Toledo was for her cutting
instruments which were made of Steel
instead of type, ink and paper, tempered
with the brains of modern Toledo edi-
tor. Like Demosthenes who was in
the habit of exercising his talents on the
sea shore, midst the roar ofthebreaking
surf, that he might accustom himself to
the noise of the Frabble, the Toledo
lawyers for the want Of "a little spray,
can raise their voices to the tune ofmar-
tial music: like that which disturbed
the midnight slumbers of the inhabitants
of Windham, in days. long past. |
make these remarks for the purpose Of
showing that the county seathas not been
located at Toledo, any more than it has
at Cape Cod. The site on which the
court house is to be built, has not the
honor, like most ofthe farms on the Mau-
NEE, Of ever having had the pleasure ol
seeing itself dressed out in lithograph
nor has it been laid out into lots. But
suppose we shall soon have an opportu-
nifty of seeing it pictured out in Robin
sons best style, and Dater lots in abund,
ance, with eight feet water in front and
ten in the rear. The Toledo people claim
that the present location will benefit the
greater share of the inhabitants of Lucas
county, and they have the impudence to
assert that small strip of land, eight or
:cn miles long, extending back from the
river four or five miles, will in Recourse
of time contain more inhabitants than the
rest of the county. Perhaps the commits
sioners were made to believe that such
will ultimately be the case, but if they
did, they are greater dough-heads than
now suppose them to be. The country
in the vicinity of Toledo, is the poorest
part Of Lucas county, and great por-
ton of the land cannot be cultivated, on
account of its being most of the season
under water and that portion contigu-
tous TO the present location ofthe county
seat, is about one sixth of the county, and
in the course of a few years will contain
about one tenth part Of the inhabit-
ants, consequently, one man out of ten
only will be accommodated by the present
vise and judicious decision ofthe county
seat commissioners.
The statute on the subject Of " estab-
fishing seats Of justice" says that the COM
missioners, "shall proceed to examine
and select the most proper place as a
seat Of Justice, as near the center of the
county as possible, paying regard to the
situation, extentrof population and qaat-
itg ofldnd, together with the convent
ence Of the inhabitants"
Can the commissioners reconcile their
consciences, and return to their homes,
saying, i" wehave done our duty? Have
they not acted in contradiction to the
statute, which they are sworn 10 obey
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