New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-28
BOND Co. Illln.i. Defended.

T. sEr .1- rf
- n aTcls hes latslg been published IN ne New
York Tr bane which is ,ak5n from tine B1ttaio -oii-
mercinl Advertiser, accusing the ciizens OF Bend
Conn,v. Illinois. OF repudia,ion-of dsmanting
rgdpcaoa ef taxes whilst refusing 10 pay snyta1rs'
ct opposing tne completion Of the canal ~c- &c
TIE people OF Bond Ccanty were among the hrs'
70 tenon=treie egsius! lie wicked issus o' H'hie
bands. and the mad sysram Of Internal improve
,nsa: aad tii-s predicted tie ruirous result "hcn
mas -n=ued, IN the earliest stages o. rs ffos'ess'
nurino the wsstetu prosecution OF this sfs'tth 10
IEsg and ussier an iacfe-s= Of ;aIaioE- no ctuzrn
a; ;..is county was nnd 5ias 80 a7sfss oF collect
me taxes ;-hlt i.i iiiIs TtFfect p9hd Cguatf "=s
no, altogether singtile!; n9r We o-si-s r.: t'
,,l. q; nav vs-ii 30 officer existed VINO iiit! me
,,ff,fit, 10 coi.e2J. ii ;his was !auH, to"eYsT'
i .s,,s amply eIo.rc iu' hl prompt pa IN nt 81 NJ
f1ii amount. as s9on rs called ugcn b! tEs proper
authority.
That isey OF me contrary men, the name o' I
,sxus,iee ;.-of.e may lie gEihsrsd from he TACT
,ha5 has not fsen found necessary. in single ic-
rapce since the organization 81 the county, 10 W
an ,,ro,,s nv Tor tse collection .; 1ay tax due 10 ts
Si7is ar County.
.Fh., haze nevef opposed the canal, bal have been
he gni;orm friends oi iis successful prosecution
An, further attempt however TO nouUw money n
Eurona li complee Ihis wors appears 20 t-en not
nly 4plndicous tut hopeless and eisf emp Sips
t.o commissioner for years upon the conuurnt
Of Earoy- 10 z- loan tor t,lls purpose WIN
out SUCCESS, tie: recominisnd ,l:ei some more e''i
..-f stiift iasy noS be uiede III its iIsnr
III. cal! 70: jldcious retrencbment IN me
:siale exn-uses, AID q pFopOrioaate reduction III
taxes They ara opposed, al liIs TINE oil grEer4i
dis.fr.-, arising irCm two successive years o. ba1
crons and of unprecedented suffering 5y disease 10
any .acrsa=e of taxation lyr the eso~ea purpose OF
,a- tlng STATE Indebtedness, not because thcy e'r
unwilling IL gay 70 the last aTthinS theii fropofuoh
a I'll; Iast claims agdIast the State tui because tie
ref,Dlt are comparatively destitute and discouraged
npdcr th-i: recent snaering; aud because mojer
al. tax similar 10 Ghatnow proposed, vas Ia's-d iot
;7- same ayoYas purpose under an eci oi lo40, and
bring altogether Inefficient for the object proposed
nnt u doilsf OF ii ever appropriated to me pay
iuent OF this debt.
the nave recommended what they conceived TO
ne t1e most iudicious measures OF State pocy, iuT
t!,. rurpose of promoting the general prosperity,
sad meeting the usi liabilities ol the State govern
mant nor Is Il ~ their power 10 conceive "h@'
motive could be lgsHy attributed 10 them Tor any
at.n,nt 10 Oppose the progress Of useful enterprise,
cr n d-rract from the trir lame their Sine.
Relative 10 this most unlocked icf ard ufdrs7r'-
ed attack II might have been deemed me part oi
wisdom 10 disregard L. GO lar as rhe state c WI
uos - Interested, reply is unnecessary hut since
:!-ns o. strangers abroad may be- deceived OE me
instrumentation II has lesn considered r1jsolrhi
o.
should oe suifci-ns roIutetiOr that he clZen7 oi
Bond County are farmers, who earn ilrir bresi ey
honest labor, and VINO can have 10 motive 10 make
rDeir sentiments on public nnusts known 10 Iheif
fellow citizens bal The nope CT promoting the gen
eral N-lia-e.
it's hoped ihu, those -litors who have given place
to the rrtnqrks so deFogaJofy 10 the good name oil
the citiz-Ds OF Bond Cnuny, siay be prompted hy
sense of that justice when nan owes 10 his fellow
map, 10 publish this repIs III yintication VS. w.
IL The only com.nont We care now to offer
on the foregoing IS the following extracts rom
the actress OF The People Of Bend County, in
OF. last. watch gave :iso 10 The remarks which
tacy seem 10 disrrlish. Their Address says
4. n.a. be- y duty also me worthy oi lsgisie-
tiy- attention 10 advise our iidcary tot7 r The de-
sisioH Of TIE Fed,ra' court may be aloced % 0br0
gate ire AIirS Of ii3tHOts IN cases which admit OF no
nnpeal from the decision OF tee courts oi hs con-
incnw5ti,h Constitutional and stais riehis should
noI ns at Ine mercy OF Legal precedent"
The PROJECT Of ta1tig rse people 10 pycPlti0te
fhe 6gHs hoifsr end by this nlsuns obaluins loan
OF sixteen hundred thousand dollars, II successful
wauId prove wholly inadeq complete t'ie Gu
tiu IL ts present Jilapdaed condition. Bur IN JIls
reason oi universal! depression such Tax can
neither lie imposed! nor collected, ard II could Only
,r attributed 10 false decacy lack ot rstdor dd
,re :aii 10 saw thaI the present sts4oa OF lll-
nns, without means, and destitute Of credit, we
should consider any attempt 10 complete the canal
on the responsibility OF the people or tue property
of the State Of lllinois no; only impracticsbe but
absurd"