Democratic banner., 1846-09-21

<EezotlEeR Observation-Disclosures an sane
man supposeifthe; cpHRty 9Pqr hsln
green enough to ordeitHe toif
inc ofthe old Clarksyille orLouisiana bridge
each seperately ctI,at a majority Of the Pso-
ME would have voted fJr the appropriAieA?
Surel{ not; AID yetngope,dsaie the justice
Iof the, appropriation merely because q ma
ioriitty' Of aiithe ccoiuhhty We're hStkhAeFesSdan
1.-The work. And here is q parallel case
lprecisels to the appropriation 4fW G4SF-
olina street, with ltn exception that the
court appropriated eps halt the eEnopnt pc
Lcessary,,, and the Board Of Trustees Tess
1N,an one foluth, and the treasury juytas.asIs
lin one case IS the, other. l!f
Now asI do not know who thiS "s1Hall
portion'' is, ], cannot say whether he Eas
always been a maturity nan Or not put
this much ! do Know, that some Of those
who have been most clamorons against the
Board iornot consuBinS the majority be-
fore they acted Oh a certain time and occs-
sion tlnigflt It right that at'smdHp 6rt16nr
should have the. selection Of a,Post muster
In preference 10 the majority. and one vent
80 fas as to sayl'sI would have done Just as
Iha did" but now think, tie majority Prirci-
lpiss ~"wOnderful' pEoper"' But now truly
l:scircumstances alter CAFES"
, Having said this much as % the genersl
principle which should govern tBeTrustees,
twho are appointed to protect and promote
rIthe rights and interest Of al The people of
the town, | viii admit that shere ate cases
which.might require them to appeal to the
instructions Of the majority, as for instance
an act or appropriation Of an nnusnsa or
| enormous amount, requiring the creation OF
ia large debt, or involving a weiehty question
of doubtful expediency, But deny that
the question under consideration was such
!, an one. The improvement so ,mnch COM
! iuIained of, to my certain knowledge has
desired and talked offof upwards Of
: Fifteen wears, and noH a respectable NUS
Der of our citizenshaye tesstifedt their belief
i'm its utility by voluntarily Subscribing ov'F
sI5O to the "infernafp' Improvement as
t"small portion terms it. .AId,the srhoGn.
called for in aid Of it, being feasone bic,
and shown to be available, it &cu,d have
been a policy as narrow contracted''shOft
sighted, and liberal in the Board to have
refused 1t, as it would have been Unjust shd
oppressive when undertaken to be regu-
lated on the principle Of arbitrary and inter-
But really Mr.. ssmall portions,',1 differ
elm opinion with You, both in +sgafd 10 the
yirh and the erient of the excitement"
in question. HIksve not been rgregioGsly
,Jimisinformed, tie whole "exciiemert" -
c%onfn,d 70 lie int.abitapls, business men and
TO property holders on Georgia street, winch
.. some people ecln: consider ''nigi: nren
-,itl,e hrUof the town" And If il shbh!d so
IS happen that you arr ono III ttoseTi0rfc' L'-
!, Ia interested III tie Improvement 81 that
!. street, (which l 10 not pretend TO assert
however, it would az least constitute 8 'al-
Lilo objection to the partially IF your tes'i-
- monv, iiti,is question wcrr Before dcouIt OF
NJ law. And the same objection ~outd apply 70
nincteen twcntietiis ofail thet'exclted' ones
It (~ifthere be SO many SO far az El.ate heerd
a., their names. ~,
N, Sir did you. ever see a fish trap pre-
re sumo Won have. But for the Information Of
So those who nave not, I will say that it " =
sort Of rough wooden cage, placed in mar,
#. row place in a~sirca,n where the Natrr Is oil
forced iutd a narrow passage, with small O.
!, a pening enough TO admit The FISH,, and so
guarded b. stones and stakes, &c,
, as to prevent the fish passing by any othsr
~ shute, and they are thus forced-into the trap
u when they are taken by tho n"ucr at hls
10 pleasure.
al Now it would seem from the course and
remarks of some gentlemen, that they con-
h elsidcr Ills town merely a large fish pond
e%-itirut Georgia street is the, shute on which
to they have their traps set, and into which
nn they would endeavOr to Erce all the trads
do, and travel Of the country, and as that hs;
been tie only sh'lte,t:avelled, and'aI the
&C. labor of the Town spent on il for over q
be- years, they seem now to immagine. that ii
ct. has become private property, that tc at
ns tempt to open any other shats is to intefer'
: = with gesteH rights, and hence the terrible
Of ''~excitement' 0f Ssman portion" On GeOr'
cir gia street., <..,,, ..a-.-..
1 shall only add ION this part ofahe sub
re j"ct, that while / admire and spplaud al
lna iuSt Efforts cf individuals 70 Improve theI
roc Gown property and neiehboriood,s Gstes
or the policy as selfish, nsrrcw-WHded an
on limroIi'ic, which seeks to discourage an
ere chcci" The Improvement ofal ,qtEer part